Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF
$145.37−6.58 (−4.33%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.91%
- Fund size
- $20.0B
- 1Y return
- +341.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.07%
- Holdings
- 44
- Volume · 30D
- 62.5M sh
- NAV per share
- $114.87
- 52W range
The ETF.net SOXL Grade
Score 71 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 97Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 33Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 60Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.Not scoredDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 69Category rank
Our read on SOXL
AThe semiconductor cycle, dialed up to three. SOXL aims for three times the daily move of the NYSE Semiconductor Index, a strictly one-day contract that has made it one of the most heavily traded leveraged funds around.
It is designed to deliver a daily result three times the performance of the NYSE Semiconductor Index, before fees and expenses, with the objective applying for a single day.
Why people hold it
- At 0.91% a year, it undercuts the typical 3x bull fund on fees, which matters when you are paying to rent leverage.
- One of the most heavily traded leveraged ETFs, with a multi-billion-dollar asset base behind it.
- Trading since 2010, it has run through several full chip booms and busts, and ranks among the stronger implementations in the 3x bull group.
- No mystery in the mandate: 3x the daily move of the NYSE Semiconductor Index, roughly 40 chip names, before fees and expenses.direxion.com
Worth knowing
- The 3x target resets every day. Hold past one session and compounding can push your result well away from 3x the index move over that stretch.direxion.com
- One industry, about 40 stocks, tripled. Chip shares move hard on their own, and the leverage magnifies both directions.
- Cash comes out once or twice a year at most; the structure is built around daily price exposure, not income.
SOXL Holdings
- Stocks
- 44
- 76%
- ICESEMI SWAP ASSET LEG (ICESEMGSL)
Sectors
- Technology100.0%
Geography
- United States84.09%
- Netherlands4.74%
- Taiwan (Province of China)4.59%
- Korea (the Republic of)3.21%
- Cayman Islands1.58%
- Israel1.24%
- United Kingdom0.54%
SOXL Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | SOXL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +261.7% |
| 1 month | +26.1% |
| 3 months | −49.4% |
| 1 year | +341.7% |
| 3 years | +105.4% |
| 5 years | +27.6% |
| 10 years | +49.6% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | SOXL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +261.7% | |
| 2025 | +54.9% | |
| 2024 | −12.3% | |
| 2023 | +227.0% | |
| 2022 | −85.7% | |
| 2021 | +118.8% | |
| 2020 | +70.0% |
SOXL in the news
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SOXL Dividends
- 0.07%
- $0.10
- $0.09 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Pays Sep 29, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.01 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | $0.06 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Jul 2, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 26, 2024 | $0.04 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.06 |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Sep 26, 2023 | $0.03 |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Jun 28, 2023 | $0.04 |
| Mar 21, 2023 | Mar 28, 2023 | $0.03 |
SOXL Risk
This fund targets a multiple of the daily move of its index and resets daily. Hold it longer than one reset and compounding makes the return diverge from that target. In choppy markets it can lose value even when the index ends flat.
- 134.9%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.86
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −90.5%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 7.64
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SOXL Cost
- The middle half of 3x Leveraged Long funds
- Median 0.98%
No 3x Leveraged Long fund charges less.