MIDU ETF — Direxion Daily Mid Cap Bull 3X Shares

Direxion Daily Mid Cap Bull 3X Shares (MIDU)

Updated October 16, 2026.

MIDU is an ETF linked to Mid Cap. its distribution rate is 0.09%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.48%, its expense ratio is 0.98%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 30/100 (Elevated risk). Total return is 2496.9% over the past 17.8 years, 1444.7 points ahead of SPY at 1052.2%.

Direxion Daily Mid Cap Bull 3X Shares is an ETF that seeks to deliver three times the daily return of an index tracking 400 mid-sized U.S. companies, using leverage through swaps, securities, and other financial instruments. The fund has a modest current distribution rate, pays distributions quarterly, and carries an expense ratio of 0.98%. This leveraged fund appeals primarily to active traders and experienced investors seeking magnified short-term exposure to mid-cap equities, rather than buy-and-hold income investors.

MIDU performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 2496.9% over the past 17.8 years, 1444.7 points ahead of SPY at 1052.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 24.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 25.8%.

MIDU key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

30 · Elevated risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.03%

Issuer

Direxion

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

01/08/2009

Expense ratio

0.98%

Distribution rate

0.09%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.48%

Last close

$59.69 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$62,618,656

Average volume

31628.0

Dividend

$0.013

Ex-dividend date

09/22/2026

Payment date

09/29/2026

Beta

3.06

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.09%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.48%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Direxion; Index: Mid Cap; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

MIDU risks and drawbacks

MIDU's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 25.8%.

Who may consider MIDU — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (MIDU pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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