TMV -3x Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bear 3X ETF
BEAR ETF extreme · Issuer Direxion · Tracks 20+ Year Treasury (TLT) · Listed 2009-04-16
Realized vs theoretical -3x 20+ Year Treasury
Cumulative return of TMV against a clean -3x of 20+ Year Treasury's return over the same window; the red line (right axis) is the gap between them.
Other leveraged products on 20+ Year Treasury
4| Symbol | Factor | Direction | Issuer | Name | Implied AUM | 30d volume | Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMF | +3x | BULL | Direxion | Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF | $1.9B | 6,624,227 | ✓ |
| UBT | +2x | BULL | ProShares | ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury | $57.3M | 109,854 | ✓ |
| TBT | -2x | BEAR | ProShares | ProShares Trust UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury | $347.1M | 329,724 | ✓ |
| TTT | -3x | BEAR | ProShares | ProShares UltraPro Short 20+ Year Treasury | $28.5M | 15,990 | ✓ |
How TMV works
TMV targets -3x the daily return of 20+ Year Treasury — not the return over longer windows. It rebalances every day, so over weeks and months its result drifts away from -3x × 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 -3x 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.