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ETF Comparisons

TQQQ vs. VTI

ProShares UltraPro QQQ

TQQQ
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Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

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Top 10 comparisons with TQQQ:
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TQQQ
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VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
SwitchQLDProShares Trust - ProShares Ultra QQQ 2x Shares1.00QQQInvesco Capital Management LLC - Invesco QQQ Trust Series 11.00QQQMInvesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II - Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF1.00MGKVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF0.99ONEQFidelity Covington Trust - Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF0.99SCHGSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF0.99VUGVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Growth ETF0.99IWYBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF0.99IWFBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF0.99VONGVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index ETF0.99

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Performance Measures**

for the time period Feb 11, 2010 to Dec 16, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

TQQQ

2.6%

5.9%

VTI

2.4%

3.0%

Diff.

+0.2%

+2.9%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

TQQQ

-81.7%

61.1%

VTI

-35.0%

17.6%

Diff.

-46.7%

+43.5%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

TQQQ

0.88

0.51

VTI

0.84

0.40

Diff.

+0.04

+0.11

TQQQProShares UltraPro QQQ
VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF

What is TQQQ?

ProShares UltraPro QQQ seeks daily investment results before fees and expenses that correspond to triple (300%) the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index .

Snapshot
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TQQQ ProShares UltraPro QQQ
VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
Inception date
Feb 9, 2010
May 24, 2001
Expense ratio
0.86%
0.03%
TQQQ has a higher expense ratio than VTI by 0.83%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in TQQQ than VTI.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
TQQQ targets investing in US Equities, while VTI targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
ProShares
Vanguard
TQQQ is managed by ProShares, while VTI is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$3,460,839,081
$607,495,967
Both TQQQ and VTI are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$16,056,070,130
$306,403,223,628
TQQQ has more assets under management than VTI by $290,347,153,498. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Nasdaq 100 Index
CRSP US Total Market Index
TQQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index, while VTI is based off of the CRSP US Total Market Index
Inverse/Leveraged
Leveraged (3x)
No
TQQQ uses Leveraged (3x), while VTI does not use an inverse or leveraged strategy. Inverse and leveraged ETFs can be used to either take an opposite position or amplify returns of a given index.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
TQQQ and VTI both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
TQQQ and VTI may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither TQQQ nor VTI require a K1.

Trading Strategies
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Leveraged ETFs, Tactical market timing, Trend + mean-reversion, Tech/semis focus, Volatility hedging

OOS Cumulative Return

1506.45%

Trading Strategies
Related toVTI

V 1.0.0 | 🦠Amoeba | BT JAN 14 2014 | 311.8% AR, 40.5% DD (Dec 12th 2022)

Category

Tactical trading, leveraged ETFs, trend following, mean reversion, volatility hedging, tech/semis

OOS Cumulative Return

427.3%

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