OILU
MicroSectorsTM Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 3X Leveraged ETNs
OILU, the MicroSectorsTM Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 3X Leveraged ETNs, is a $68 million ETF whose main story is geopolitical supply. Over the past year it returned +105.6%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.
The narrative it carries
This is its only narrative.
Geopolitical supply →
Oil and the companies that produce, move and refine it, priced partly on the risk that supply is cut off.
The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.
| # | ETF | SHARE | ASSETS | 1 YEAR | COST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XLE | 37.4% | $39.13bn | +46.1% | 0.08% |
| 2 | AMLP | 12.1% | $12.62bn | +22.2% | 1.01% |
| 3 | VDE | 9.6% | $10.01bn | +44.9% | 0.09% |
| 4 | GUNR | 6.5% | $6.84bn | +24.8% | – |
| 5 | GNR | 4.8% | $5.07bn | +29.1% | – |
| 83 other ETFs | 29.6% |
Share is each ETF’s slice of the capital carrying this narrative. 1 year is market price total return; cost is the expense ratio. See all 88 ETFs on the narrative page →
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
| 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OILU | −16.3% | +48.7% | +109.1% | +105.6% | +3.8% | – |
| Geopolitical supplyits narrative | −4.2% | +13.8% | +36.3% | +39.7% | +16.9% | +20.3% |
| The marketbroad US ETFs | +0.8% | +2.6% | +14.6% | +16.8% | +22.9% | +12.9% |
1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on November 9, 2021: +14.1% a year.
$10,000 invested November 30, 2021
Year by year
Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if OILU traded for all of it.
Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The narrative is the asset-weighted return of the unlevered ETFs that carry it. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
How closely it moves
OILU moves largely apart from the market. When the market has moved 1%, OILU has tended to move 0.77%.
OILU moves closely with geopolitical supply. When geopolitical supply has moved 1%, OILU has tended to move 3.53%.
Weekly returns over 157 weeks. The narrative is measured without OILU in it, so it is not compared with itself.
ETFs it moves most and least like
Correlation of weekly returns over the last 3 years, among unlevered ETFs StoryVector covers.
Where it sits in Geopolitical supply
Each dot is one of 48 unlevered ETFs whose main narrative is geopolitical supply, placed by its return (up) and how much it swung (right) over the last year. OILU is levered or inverse, so it is shown against them but not counted among them.
Risk
How it is built
Seeks 3x the daily return of its exposure. It carries the narrative but does not count toward Share of Narrative, because only unlevered long exposure does.
Narrative exposure
Common questions
What story is OILU selling?
OILU’s main story is geopolitical supply, which covers oil and the companies that produce, move and refine it, priced partly on the risk that supply is cut off.
Which ETFs compete with OILU?
The ETFs whose weekly returns move most like OILU’s over the past 3 years are FENY (0.99), VDE (0.99) and IYE (0.99).
How has OILU performed against its story?
Over the past year OILU returned +105.6%, the ETFs carrying geopolitical supply +39.7% and broad US ETFs +16.8%, to October 2, 2026. Its weekly returns have a correlation of 0.98 with the story. Past performance only.
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