ONDL

Defiance Daily Target 2X Long ONDS ETF

Defiance · $29.9m in assets, October 8, 2026

An actively managed ETF: aims for twice the daily return of ONDS shares, using swaps and listed options. Because it resets daily, longer-term returns can differ a lot from twice ONDS's.

ONDL, the Defiance Daily Target 2X Long ONDS ETF, is a $30 million ETF whose main story is the defense trade.

ONDL · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
−77.3%Total return since launch, December 2025
−80.7%Year to date
193.3%Volatility since launch

The narrative it carries

This is its only narrative.

The defense trade →

Defense contractors, defense technology and the industrial companies around them, paid from government budgets.

The defense trade · the narrative this week
48.6WARM level, 12 of 22
last four weeks
67ETFs carry it
82.5%held by the top five
XLIlargest holder, 38.8%
$78.9 bncapital, 14th of 22

The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.

Who owns the capital
XLI 38.8%ITA 15.8%VIS 11.1%PPA 9.6%XAR 7.2%62 other ETFs 17.5%82.5%top five
#ETFSHAREASSETS1 YEARCOST
1XLI38.8%$29.83bn+11.5%0.08%
2ITA15.8%$12.14bn−0.5%0.37%
3VIS11.1%$8.52bn+11.0%0.09%
4PPA9.6%$7.40bn+0.1%0.58%
5XAR7.2%$5.54bn−1.9%0.35%
62 other ETFs17.5%
ONDL carries this narrative but holds no Share of Narrative, because only unlevered long exposure counts.

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 67 ETFs on the narrative page →

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
ONDL−13.9%−27.3%−80.7%–––
The defense tradeits narrative−3.2%−10.2%+4.9%+5.2%+24.3%+14.7%
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 December 30, 2025: −77.3%.

$10,000 invested December 31, 2025

ONDL $1,932The defense trade $10,487The market $11,464
$0$10,000$20,000Dec 2025Jun 2026$0$10,000$20,000Dec 2025

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.

Common questions

What story is ONDL selling?

ONDL’s main story is the defense trade, which covers defense contractors, defense technology and the industrial companies around them, paid from government budgets.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →