GDXW vs MSFW

GDXWCRoundhill Gold Miners WeeklyPay ETF

MSFWBRoundhill MSFT WeeklyPay ETF

In short

GDXW Gold miners with the leverage dial turned down: GDXW targets 1.2x GDX's weekly total return, resetting Friday to Friday instead of daily, and pays cash out every week.

MSFW Most leveraged single-stock funds reset daily at 2x. MSFW dials it down: 1.2 times Microsoft's calendar-week total return, a payout every week, 1.00% with no fee waiver.

Stated mandate

GDXW GDXW seeks weekly distributions and weekly returns equal to 1.2 times the calendar-week total return of the VanEck Gold Miners ETF, before fees and expenses.

MSFW MSFW seeks to provide weekly distributions and calendar-week returns, before fees and expenses, equal to 1.2 times the calendar-week total return of Microsoft common shares.

Why people hold it

• GDXW Leverage resets once a week (Friday close to Friday close), so the compounding math plays out over weeks rather than the daily grind most leveraged funds run on.sec.govroundhillinvestments.com
• At 0.99% a year, it undercuts the typical leveraged bull fund, and it sits in the upper half of that peer group on our review.roundhillinvestments.com
• No options selling here. Exposure comes from total return swaps plus common stock, with weekly distributions built into the design.roundhillinvestments.comsec.gov

• MSFW Leverage resets by calendar week, not daily. Hold it a full week and you get the 1.2x target; the day-by-day compounding drift of daily-reset funds is not the mechanism here.roundhillinvestments.com
• 1.2x is a gentler dial than the 2x single-stock crowd: 20% more Microsoft, up weeks and down weeks alike.roundhillinvestments.com
• Weekly distributions are the fund's primary stated objective, with the 1.2x weekly return second. The schedule is the point, not a side effect.roundhillinvestments.com
• At 1.00%, no fee waiver, it sits near its category median and matches Roundhill siblings AAPW and AMDW at 1.00%, and it has stayed close to its stated weekly target.

Worth knowing

• GDXW Weekly payouts are not free income. Roundhill notes distributions may exceed the fund's income and gains, making part of them a return of capital.roundhillinvestments.com
• The 1.2x multiplier magnifies GDX's down weeks too, and miners swing hard. The fund is non-diversified and leans on swap counterparties.sec.govroundhillinvestments.com
• Launched in October 2025, so the track record is short. The prospectus says it suits investors who actively monitor their holdings.roundhillinvestments.comsec.gov

• MSFW Roundhill expects a significant share of the weekly payout to be return of capital: your own money back, trimming cost basis rather than adding income.roundhillinvestments.com
• The 1.2x works both ways, amplifying down weeks by about 20%, and the fund takes no defensive positions when Microsoft slides.roundhillinvestments.com
• A 2025 launch that still trades thinly next to mainstream single-stock funds, so limit orders help. Exposure runs through total return swaps, which carry counterparty risk.roundhillinvestments.com

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