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Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bear 3X ETF (LABD) holdings & weights

Per-holding contribution · concentration · sector skew — a deep read

Leverage/Inverse -3xUS-listedAs of 2026-10-19
IndexS&P Biotechnology Select Industry
Annual fee1.07%
Net assets$64M
InceptionMay 28, 2015

Fund overview

This is a US-listed ETF from Direxion. It tracks the S&P Biotechnology Select Industry. Key facts — expense ratio 1.07%; net assets about $64M; inception May 28, 2015. Its 1-year return is -75.79%.

Index tracked
S&P Biotechnology Select Industry
Provider
Direxion
Expense ratio
1.07%
Net assets (AUM)
$64M
Inception
May 28, 2015
1-year return
-75.79%
Holdings
10
Fund details

Fund overview

This is a US-listed ETF from Direxion. It tracks the S&P Biotechnology Select Industry. Key facts — expense ratio 1.07%; net assets about $64M; inception May 28, 2015. Its 1-year return is -75.79%.

Index tracked
S&P Biotechnology Select Industry
Provider
Direxion
Expense ratio
1.07%
Net assets (AUM)
$64M
Inception
May 28, 2015
1-year return
-75.79%
Holdings
10

157 identified stocks · net exposure / NAV -300.00%. Display weights are normalized to 100%; calculations retain original exposures without an additional leverage multiplier. Underlying allocation is estimated using XBI (2026-10-16). Cash and unallocated contracts are excluded from stock attribution.

Weight and calculation basis

157 identified stocks · net exposure / NAV -300.00%. Display weights are normalized to 100%; calculations retain original exposures without an additional leverage multiplier. Underlying allocation is estimated using XBI (2026-10-16). Cash and unallocated contracts are excluded from stock attribution.

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Holdings not priced
18.1%
Top-10 weight
112
Concentration HHI (Low)
Health Care
Top sector

We have this ETF's holdings, but the prices for those particular listings are outside our quote coverage (currently Korea- and US-listed securities). So today's contribution and return are not computed — showing 0% would claim it did not move, which is a different statement. The holdings and weights below follow the calculation basis above.

Today's summary

Its top 10 holdings make up about 18.1% of the fund. The concentration index (HHI) is 112 — Low — evenly diversified, and the largest sector is Health Care (99%). The higher the concentration, the more one stock or sector drives the whole ETF's return.

Structural health

A five-axis read on how this fund is built. It is not a return forecast or a recommendation, and a low score does not mean a bad fund — leveraged products score low by design. Each axis shows the figure behind it.

29/ 100
DHigh-risk structure
DiversificationHHI 112100

Concentration is below 1,500 (112), so no single holding dominates.

Sector balanceHealth Care 99%0

Health Care alone is 99%. This is effectively a bet on that one industry — if the sector falls, diversification will not help.

Cost1.07%/yr11

1.07% a year is on the high side — about 10.7% over a decade, so it needs a reason to earn that.

Fund size$64M4

Net assets of $64M are small. Thin funds trade at wider spreads, and very small ones get closed or merged.

Structural simplicityInverse 3x10

A 3x inverse fund. It resets exposure daily, so over more than a few days the result drifts from "index move × 3". Built for short holds.

Concentration and diversification

Structural health

A five-axis read on how this fund is built. It is not a return forecast or a recommendation, and a low score does not mean a bad fund — leveraged products score low by design. Each axis shows the figure behind it.

29/ 100
DHigh-risk structure
DiversificationHHI 112100

Concentration is below 1,500 (112), so no single holding dominates.

Sector balanceHealth Care 99%0

Health Care alone is 99%. This is effectively a bet on that one industry — if the sector falls, diversification will not help.

Cost1.07%/yr11

1.07% a year is on the high side — about 10.7% over a decade, so it needs a reason to earn that.

Fund size$64M4

Net assets of $64M are small. Thin funds trade at wider spreads, and very small ones get closed or merged.

Structural simplicityInverse 3x10

A 3x inverse fund. It resets exposure daily, so over more than a few days the result drifts from "index move × 3". Built for short holds.

Top 20 holdings

Weights are normalized to 100% of absolute exposures across analysed positions, including positions outside this top list. Cash, collateral and unverified assets are excluded. Contributions retain original signed NAV exposures; leverage is not applied twice.

Normalized to 100% of analysed positions

Weights are normalized to 100% of absolute exposures across analysed positions, including positions outside this top list. Cash, collateral and unverified assets are excluded. Contributions retain original signed NAV exposures; leverage is not applied twice.

#HoldingWeight
1MODERNAMRNA2.53% Short
2NATERANTRA1.87% Short
3ABBVIEABBV1.79% Short
4HALOZYME THERAPEUTICSHALO1.78% Short
5AMGENAMGN1.74% Short
6BIOGENBIIB1.74% Short
7GILEAD SCIENCESGILD1.69% Short
8EXELIXISEXEL1.68% Short
9TWIST BIOSCIENCETWST1.66% Short
10UNITED THERAPEUTICSUTHR1.65% Short
11IOVANCE BIOTHERAPEUTICSIOVA1.63% Short
12TG THERAPEUTICSTGTX1.55% Short
13REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALSREGN1.54% Short
14VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALSVRTX1.51% Short
15SPYRE THERAPEUTICSSYRE1.45% Short
16KRYSTAL BIOTECHKRYS1.43% Short
17ALKERMESALKS1.43% Short
18CRISPR THERAPEUTICSCRSP1.42% Short
19ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALSALNY1.41% Short
20INCYTEINCY1.41% Short

Holdings below 0.5% or outside the top list are folded into “Others” and omitted above.

Where the weight sits — sector mix

Listed equity weights summed by sector and normalized to 100%. Each band is one sector's share.

Health Care99.4%
Financials0.6%
Industry breakdown
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations53.8%
Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances)35.5%
Medical Specialities5.8%
Biotechnology: In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances2.5%
Biotechnology: Commercial Physical & Biological Resarch1.9%
Finance: Consumer Services0.6%
Medical/Dental Instruments0.1%
Concentration at a glanceHHI 112well spread
spread1,0001,8002,500concentrated

HHI sums the squared weights. The more it leans on a few names, the higher it goes — and the more the whole ETF moves with them.

Leverage / inverse caveat

This fund tracks 3x the inverse of its index — it rises when the index falls, and vice versa.

That 3x applies to a **single day**. Held longer, the daily reset makes the period return drift from 3x the index: if the index chops up and down and returns to where it started, this fund is still down. That is volatility decay.

It bites hardest in sideways markets and compounds with holding time. These are built for short directional trades.

How concentrated is it

Concentration (HHI) is low at 112, with the top 10 holdings at just 18.1% of equity weight. No single name can dominate the fund.

Good for damping single-stock risk — and equally, a big winner inside gets diluted.

HHI squares each weight and sums them: 10,000 means one stock is everything, and the more evenly spread the holdings, the closer it falls to zero.

Where the sector weight sits

By sector, Health Care alone is 99% — whatever the fund is called, this is a bet on that industry.

Bad news for the sector moves the whole fund. Worth checking against anything else you hold in the same space.

Weights above sum the individually listed equities and normalize that equity total to 100%.

How much it overlaps others

Its closest neighbour is AAPD at 3008% overlap — effectively the same basket.

Holding both is not diversification, it is buying the same companies twice. Pick whichever is cheaper.

What it is made of

Equities are -300.0% of the fund, the rest swaps and cash — index exposure built synthetically rather than by owning the shares, which adds counterparty risk.

The expense ratio is 1.07% a year, which is not cheap. Fees come out of returns every year you hold, so it is worth checking whether the same index is available for less.

This page is not investment advice. Investment decisions and responsibility are your own.

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