Top Performing Leveraged/Inverse ETFs: 04/27/2025

These were last week’s top performing leveraged and inverse ETFs. Note that because of leverage, these kinds of funds can move quickly. Always do your homework.

1. SSG – Proshares Ultrashort Semiconductors

SSG ETF, which offers 2x daily short leverage to the Dow Jones U.S. Semiconductors Index, topped the levered/ inverse ETFs list, gaining ~22% last week, before key reports and big tech earnings. Investors remain cautious about growth, tariffs, and trade uncertainty.

2. TSLQ – Tradr 2X Short TSLA Daily ETF

TSLQ provides inverse exposure to the daily price movement for shares of Tesla stock, ranked second on the inverse ETFs list with nearly ~21% weekly returns. Tesla reported its largest-ever sales drop, with deliveries plummeting 13% in Q1 2025 due to backlash against Elon Musk and increased EV competition, as well as after President Trump’s tariffs on imported goods and foreign cars.

3. UVIX – 2x Long VIX Futures ETF

UVIX, which offers daily 2x leveraged exposure to short-term VIX futures, ranked third on the list of leveraged ETFs, with ~21% weekly returns, driven by heightened market volatility. Financial market stress surged due to shifts in US tariff policy, falling earnings estimates, and a higher probability of recession. Market gloom deepened after Trump’s Powell remarks.

4. NVDS – Tradr 1.5X Short NVDA Daily ETF

NVDS, which provides a 1.5x inverse exposure to the daily price movement for shares of Nvidia stock featured on the list, with ~20.7% returns last week. Nvidia’s stock price has been falling due to US export restrictions on AI chips for China, concerns about a potential deepening U.S.-China trade war, and competition from Chinese AI chip makers.

5. TECS – Direxion Daily Technology Bear 3X Shares

Another inverse technology ETF, TECS, made it to the list, gaining around ~20% last week.

6. SHNY – Microsectors Gold 3X Leveraged ETNs

SHNY, which provides 3x daily leveraged exposure to the spot price of gold by tracking GLD, an ETF that physically holds gold bars, featured on the list, with over 19% weekly gains supported by escalating trade tensions, particularly between the US and China, and concerns over potential tariffs. This has led to increased safe-haven demand for gold.

7. BERZ – MicroSectors Solactive FANG & Innovation -3X Inverse Leveraged ETN

The BERZ ETF provides daily -3x inverse exposure to an index of FANG and technology companies, also featured on the list of top-performing inverse ETFs, with over 19% weekly returns ahead of major reports and tech earnings, and US-China trade restrictions.

8. SDOW – ProShares UltraPro Short Dow30

SDOW ETF, which offers 3x daily short leverage to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, was one of the top-performing ETFs after Trump’s Fed attacks and stalled trade talks.

9. FNGD – MicroSectors FANG+™ Index -3X Inverse Leveraged ETN

FNGD ETF, which provides inverse exposure to the US big tech equity, was also on the list of top inverse ETFs with ~18% weekly gains.

10. SOXS – Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3x Shares

The SOXS ETF inversely tracks the PHLX Semiconductor Index, was another semiconductor fund on the list of levered/ inverse ETFs with ~18% returns last week amid persisting investor caution regarding growth, tariffs, and trade uncertainty.

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