CARDMax Auto Industry -3X Inverse Leveraged ETN
Seeks daily investment results equal to -3x the daily performance of the Prime Auto Industry Index, less a Daily Investor Fee.
By Bank of Montreal · Launched 2023
0.95%
#4,876 of 5,854 · expensive
$1M
#5,572 of 5,854 · small
-36.9%
3 years
#2,980 of 5,854 · seasoned
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDTotal-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundWhat it actually holds
By weightConcentration
synthetic exposure — holdings shown are derivatives collateral, not the fund's positions
Asset allocation
By sector
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsYear-on-year price swings
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks daily investment results equal to -3x the daily performance of the Prime Auto Industry Index, less a Daily Investor Fee.
- Strategy
- Daily-reset 3x inverse leveraged exposure to U.S.-listed automobile industry companies (manufacturing, parts and retail, new and used car dealers) via the Prime Auto Industry Index. Designed for short-term trading; daily compounding causes returns over periods longer than one day to diverge significantly from -3x the underlying index return.
- Inception date
- June 27, 2023
- Fund family
- Bank of Montreal
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Structural notes on how this fund behaves. Read our guide on the 6 warning signs.
Your return drifts the longer you hold
Leverage amplifies the index's daily move, by 2x or 3x. The fund resets every day, so over weeks and months your real return drifts from that multiple. It can run ahead in a smooth climb and bleed in a choppy one. Hold one for months and you own a different bet than the label suggests.
You can be right and still lose
This fund returns the opposite of its benchmark's daily move, then resets. Hold it longer and the daily compounding takes over: the market can move your way over a week and you still finish down. It works as a one-day hedge and nothing beyond that.
Sources: Cheng & Madhavan, 'The Dynamics of Leveraged and Inverse ETFs' (2009)
Educational analysis of structural product characteristics. Not investment advice. Always read the fund prospectus and consult a qualified advisor before investing. More
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Data updated on 2026-08-04