Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Shares
DFEN NYSE Arca
The Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Shares seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 300% of the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index. This leveraged ETF seeks a return that is 300% the return of its benchmark index for a single day
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- Fund size
- 42.0M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 1.00% per year
- Dividend yield
- 11.62% Yearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 70.5% High Risk
- Beta
- 2.42 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 43.3397.46
How DFEN has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, DFEN returned −19.7% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +8.4 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±71% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −55.5% on Oct 23, 2026 — 235 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 89% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 2.42 means DFEN has moved more than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Downtrend- 12-day average47.04 +1.7%
- 26-day average48.54 −1.4%
- 50-day average53.38 −10.3%
- 200-day average62.70 −23.7%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Industrial Goods · Leveraged x3 — tracking the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index.
- Assets under management42.0MUSD
- Expense ratio1.00%per year
- Holdings51
- Risk score8.0High
Launched May 2017. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 116 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 5.56
- Frequency
- Yearly
- Last paid
- Sep 22, 2026
Last 12 months
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About Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Shares
The Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Shares seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 300% of the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index. This leveraged ETF seeks a return that is 300% the return of its benchmark index for a single day
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 51 holdings
- Ticker
- DFEN
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US25460E6611
- CUSIP
- 25460E661
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Industrial Goods
- Industry
- Leveraged x3
- Benchmark
- Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 27, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.