SMZ -2x Tradr 2X Short SMR Daily ETF

BEAR ETF standard · Issuer Tradr · Tracks SMR · Listed 2026-02-10

Implied AUM
—
shares out × price
Last close
$19.27
20261001
30-day avg volume
153,920
SMZ realized
—
what holders actually earned
Theoretical -2x
—
-2x × SMR's return
Decay gap
—
realized minus theoretical

Realized vs theoretical -2x SMR

Cumulative return of SMZ against a clean -2x of SMR's return over the same window; the red line (right axis) is the gap between them.

Pair counterpart: SMU (+2x bull, Tradr 2X Long SMR Daily ETF)
Shorting both legs of a daily-reset bull/bear pair captures their combined decay over time. It isn't free money — the edge depends on borrow rates (often punitive on the bear leg) and assignment risk on hard-to-borrow shares.

Other leveraged products on SMR

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SymbolFactorDirectionIssuerNameImplied AUM30d volumeOptions
SMU +2x BULLTradrTradr 2X Long SMR Daily ETF — 593,097 ✓
SMUP +2x BULLT-RexT-REX 2X Long SMR Daily Target ETF — 289,273 ✓

How SMZ works

SMZ targets -2x the daily return of SMR — not the return over longer windows. It rebalances every day, so over weeks and months its result drifts away from -2x × the index, usually downward when the market chops around.

The maths: the drag is roughly −½ × N × (N−1) × σ² per period (N = leverage, σ = the index's volatility). For a -2x fund on an index with 25% annual volatility that is several percent a year before fees — the red line above is that drag measured.

Short-term trades (a day or a few) are what these funds are built for. Premium sellers like their rich option IV — see the quote page. Multi-day directional bets work in strong trends and get eaten in chop.

Not investment advice.