The growth of leveraged ETFs
Leveraged and inverse ETFs have gone from a niche product to a flood of new launches, especially single-stock funds. This chart counts new fund launches each year from their inception dates, so you can see exactly when the market accelerated.
2026 is shown lighter because it counts launches recorded so far this year, not a full year.
Based on 829 leveraged and inverse ETFs with a recorded inception date, launched between 2006 and 2026. The busiest full year on record was 2025, with 227 new funds. The bars stack long and short funds by default. Switch to Per year for annual launches, or break them down by leverage.
Total assets under management over time
Launch counts show how many funds exist; this shows how much money is in them. Each bar stacks leveraged fund assets on top of inverse fund assets, so you can see how the overall market and its two halves move over time.