Leveraged GameStop ETF comes roaring out of the gates
The newly launched T-REX 2x Long GME Daily Target ETF, which offers its holders exposure to double the daily move in retail favorite GameStop using swaps, debuted on Thursday with a loss — but also with more than $4 million changing hands in the product.
Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, who observed that this is a larger debut for dollar volume than similar products launched by GraniteShares and Direxion that are tied to Nvidia and Tesla, respectively, tweeted, “Never bet against the American Eater or Degen.”
The 2x GameStop ETF $GMEU had a great opening day with over $4m in volume. That's more than $NVDL and $TSLL did their first day and those two are now multi-billion ETFs. Never bet against the American Eater or Degen pic.twitter.com/LWFo36829J
— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) April 24, 2025
Reception on the Superstonk subreddit has largely been positive, though some are also worried the product could be used in nefarious ways.