XLCD -3x MicroSectors -3x Short Communication Services (XLC) ETNs

BEAR ETF extreme · Issuer MicroSectors · Tracks Communication Services (XLC)

Quote & options All leveraged ETFs
Implied AUM
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shares out × price
Last close
$49.90
20261001
30-day avg volume
84
no listed options
XLCD realized
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what holders actually earned
Theoretical -3x
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-3x × Communication Services's return
Decay gap
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realized minus theoretical

Realized vs theoretical -3x Communication Services

Cumulative return of XLCD against a clean -3x of Communication Services's return over the same window; the red line (right axis) is the gap between them.

Pair counterpart: XLCU (+3x bull, MicroSectors 3x Long Communication Services (XLC) ETNs)
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 Communication Services

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SymbolFactorDirectionIssuerNameImplied AUM30d volumeOptions
XLCU +3x BULLMicroSectorsMicroSectors 3x Long Communication Services (XLC) ETNs — 246
LTL +2x BULLProSharesProShares Ultra Communication Services $6.1M 11,465 ✓

How XLCD works

XLCD targets -3x the daily return of Communication Services — 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.