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DIREXION DAILY SEMICONDUCTOR BULL 3X SHARES

$120.60-1.32% today
2530152-WK

The Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull and Bear 3X Shares seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 300%, or 300% of the inverse (or opposite), of the performance of the ICE Semiconductor Index.

Price & daily flows
138.7121.8104.8120.60DAILY NET FLOWJul 24Aug 4Aug 12Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$2B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$2B of net buying over the past month, about 9.9% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +155.3% so far this year. At 0.94% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV runs the same ground at 0.18%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$20Bassets under management
0.94%expense ratio · $94 per $10,000 a year
+$2Bnet flow, trailing month
73Mavg daily volume, 30 days
31holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed September 28, 2023 · beta 7.65
The book at a glance
NVDA-1.0%MU-0.8%AMD+0.8%AVGO+1.2%MRVL-5.6%INTC-2.2%AMAT-0.8%TSM+0.7%LRCX+1.1%KLAC-1.0%ADI+0.8%TXN-0.5%MPWR+0.4%TER-1.9%NXPI+1.2%QCOM+0.0%ASML+0.8%MCHP+0.4%ALAB-1.9%CRDO-0.3%ON-0.7%ASX+0.0%UMC+1.9%ARM

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA1.92%$214.72-1.0%
2MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY1.63%$966.78-0.8%
3AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES1.78%$473.25+0.8%
4AVGOBROADCOM1.77%$368.45+1.2%
5MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY0.85%$237.04-5.6%
6INTCINTEL1.10%$90.07-2.2%
7AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS1.04%$492.32-0.8%
8TSMTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR0.99%$418.95+0.7%
9LRCXLAM RESEARCH0.85%$314.00+1.1%
10KLACKLA0.95%$183.99-1.0%
11ADIANALOG DEVICES0.91%$373.09+0.8%
12TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS0.95%$264.36-0.5%
13MPWRMONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS0.79%$1316.28+0.4%
14TERTERADYNE0.66%$375.74-1.9%
15NXPINXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV0.80%$225.56+1.2%

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Sector weights
Technology100%
Electronic Technology82.39%
Other74.54%
Producer Manufacturing10.49%
Cash7.12%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States85.53%
Other78.44%
Netherlands7.68%
Taiwan5.87%
Bermuda2.71%
Taiwan (Province of China)1.16%
Switzerland0.92%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-20.4%
1 month-11.8%
3 months-36.7%
6 months+84.9%
YTD+155.3%
1 year+339.3%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$208M
1 month+$2B
3 months+$3.3B
YTD−$10.5B
1 year−$16.1B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
159%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
135%realized volatility, 1 year
-69.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-59.9%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.9% of the book; the top ten carry 13%. Spread across 30+ names, it behaves like roughly 20 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
127Kcalls today
199Kputs today
1.57put/call ratio
46.1Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$562M$679M
NVDA NVIDIA$348M$395M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$201M$188M
INTC INTEL$89M$130M
MRVL MARVELL TECHNOLOGY$97M$109M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against SOXL

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SOXL on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-91bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-90bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-90bp on fee · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-91bp on fee · 45× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-91bp on fee · 25× the assetsHead-to-head
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