Performance analysis of SQEW (LeaderShares Equity Skew ETF)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, SQEW has had an average annual return of +10.05%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.96% annual.
Over the past 5 years, SQEW has had an average annual return of +1.79%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.99% annual.
Since May 12, 2020, SQEW has had an average annual return of +10.48%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +18.78% annual.
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +6.77% | +9.23% | +14.01% | -20.76% | +19.56% | +36.71% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | +2.44% | -3.37% | -6.15% | -2.47% | +3.70% | +3.87% | +1.40% | +5.26% | +2.73% | -0.23% | +6.77% | ||
| 2024 | -1.84% | +3.80% | +3.18% | -4.97% | +4.71% | +0.84% | +1.52% | -0.42% | +2.85% | -1.65% | +8.55% | -6.72% | +9.23% |
| 2023 | +7.81% | -5.03% | +2.16% | -0.72% | -1.56% | +5.73% | +5.18% | -4.63% | -4.46% | -3.50% | +8.39% | +5.24% | +14.01% |
| 2022 | -4.58% | -3.13% | +0.63% | -8.39% | +1.26% | -7.93% | +9.87% | -4.09% | -9.16% | +5.87% | +5.50% | -6.72% | -20.76% |
| 2021 | +3.69% | +4.57% | +2.20% | +1.76% | +2.21% | +0.60% | -1.56% | +1.81% | -2.64% | +3.52% | -2.86% | +5.10% | +19.56% |
| 2020 | +5.30% | +2.06% | +3.56% | +4.23% | -3.24% | +0.13% | +13.41% | +7.25% | +36.71% |
Drawdown analysis of SQEW (LeaderShares Equity Skew ETF)
The maximum drawdown for the SQEW was -26.26%, occurring on Oct 14, 2022. Recovery took 518 trading sessions.
The current SQEW drawdown is -1.41%.
Since May 12, 2020 SQEW has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 20% or more: 2 times
- 10% or more: 2 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -26.26% | Nov 8, 2021 | 235 | Oct 14, 2022 | 518 | Nov 6, 2024 | 753 |
| -23.98% | Nov 25, 2024 | 90 | Apr 8, 2025 | 121 | Oct 1, 2025 | 211 |
| -8.72% | Jun 8, 2020 | 14 | Jun 26, 2020 | 27 | Aug 5, 2020 | 41 |
| -8.00% | Sep 2, 2020 | 14 | Sep 23, 2020 | 13 | Oct 12, 2020 | 27 |
| -7.19% | Jun 8, 2021 | 28 | Jul 19, 2021 | 69 | Oct 25, 2021 | 97 |
| -6.09% | Mar 12, 2021 | 8 | Mar 24, 2021 | 24 | Apr 28, 2021 | 32 |
| -5.51% | Oct 12, 2020 | 14 | Oct 30, 2020 | 4 | Nov 5, 2020 | 18 |
| -4.78% | May 7, 2021 | 3 | May 12, 2021 | 11 | May 27, 2021 | 14 |
| -4.43% | Nov 11, 2024 | 4 | Nov 15, 2024 | 6 | Nov 25, 2024 | 10 |
| -3.86% | Jan 20, 2021 | 7 | Jan 29, 2021 | 5 | Feb 5, 2021 | 12 |
| -3.85% | Feb 12, 2021 | 13 | Mar 4, 2021 | 4 | Mar 10, 2021 | 17 |
| -3.52% | May 12, 2020 | 1 | May 13, 2020 | 3 | May 18, 2020 | 4 |
| -3.30% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| -2.60% | Nov 24, 2020 | 3 | Nov 30, 2020 | 4 | Dec 4, 2020 | 7 |
| -2.30% | Oct 25, 2021 | 2 | Oct 27, 2021 | 3 | Nov 1, 2021 | 5 |
| -1.99% | Aug 12, 2020 | 7 | Aug 21, 2020 | 5 | Aug 28, 2020 | 12 |
| -1.42% | Apr 28, 2021 | 2 | Apr 30, 2021 | 5 | May 7, 2021 | 7 |
| -1.37% | Nov 11, 2020 | 1 | Nov 12, 2020 | 1 | Nov 13, 2020 | 2 |
| -1.32% | Jan 14, 2021 | 1 | Jan 15, 2021 | 2 | Jan 20, 2021 | 3 |
| -1.29% | Aug 28, 2020 | 1 | Aug 31, 2020 | 2 | Sep 2, 2020 | 3 |
| -1.21% | May 18, 2020 | 1 | May 19, 2020 | 1 | May 20, 2020 | 2 |
| -0.96% | Dec 10, 2020 | 2 | Dec 14, 2020 | 1 | Dec 15, 2020 | 3 |
| -0.83% | Nov 17, 2020 | 1 | Nov 18, 2020 | 3 | Nov 23, 2020 | 4 |
| -0.83% | Jun 1, 2021 | 2 | Jun 3, 2021 | 3 | Jun 8, 2021 | 5 |
| -0.80% | Dec 17, 2020 | 2 | Dec 21, 2020 | 2 | Dec 23, 2020 | 4 |