Aims for twice the daily return of its space-related underlying investment through swap contracts, as its name describes. Because it resets daily, its return over weeks or months can differ a lot from twice that return.
SPCL, the Defiance Daily 2X Space ETF, is a $13 million ETF whose main story is the orbital economy.
The narrative it carries
This is its only narrative.
The orbital economy →
Launch, satellites and the space companies around SpaceX, now that it trades publicly.
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 | NASA | 39.2% | $1.33bn | – | – |
| 2 | UFOX | 22.5% | $875.0m | +39.8% | 0.30% |
| 3 | UFO | 19.7% | $535.8m | +15.2% | 0.75% |
| 4 | ARKX | 13.6% | $737.1m | +9.8% | 0.75% |
| 5 | WARP | 1.6% | $42.9m | – | 0.50% |
| 39 other ETFs | 3.4% |
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 44 ETFs on the narrative page →
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
| 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPCL | +1.1% | −43.6% | – | – | – | – |
| The orbital economyits narrative | +6.6% | −9.9% | +16.9% | +18.1% | +38.0% | +13.5% |
| 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 April 8, 2026: −13.7%.
$10,000 invested April 30, 2026
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
SPCL has traded for less than a year, so how it moves against the market is not shown yet.
Risk
How it is built
Seeks 2x the daily return of its exposure, and gets its exposure through swaps. 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 SPCL selling?
SPCL’s main story is the orbital economy, which covers launch, satellites and the space companies around SpaceX, now that it trades publicly.
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