INVESTMENT GRADE
EXCHANGE TRADED NOTES
The MicroSectors™ Investment Grade Bond lineup of exchange traded notes provides 3x long exposure and -3x short exposure to the daily share price performance of LQD, the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF. Daily-resetting trading tools built for sophisticated investors.
TWO WAYS TO TRADE INVESTMENT GRADE CREDIT
Long or short, at 3x. Each ETN seeks a daily return of 3x, or -3x, the daily share price performance of LQD, the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, before fees and expenses, resetting each trading day.
WHAT IS LQD?
Seeks 3x the daily share price performance of LQD
Seeks -3x the daily share price performance of LQD
Leverage resets each trading day; multi-day returns differ from the stated multiple
LQD, the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, is one of the largest and most actively traded corporate bond ETFs in the world. It seeks to track the iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index, a market-value weighted benchmark, subject to a 3% cap on each issuer, designed to reflect the performance of US dollar-denominated investment grade corporate debt.
Because LQD concentrates a broad basket of investment grade corporate bonds into a single exchange-listed instrument, its daily share price has become a standard intraday expression of investment grade credit. The ETNs on this page reference that daily share price directly: 3x long or -3x short, resetting each trading day.
LEARN MORE ABOUT LQD AT ISHARES.COM
KNOW THE STRUCTURE
Both ETNs are designed as short-term trading tools, not buy-and-hold investments. Leverage resets daily, so returns over any period longer than one day will differ from three times, or three times the inverse of, the return of LQD, and losses compound the same way gains do. A flat or choppy market can produce losses due to the daily reset. Because the reference asset is an ETF, the ETNs’ returns also reflect LQD’s own fees and any tracking difference against its underlying index. The notes reference the closing market price of LQD rather than its net asset value, so any premium or discount in the ETF passes through as well. Investors can lose their entire investment. The ETNs are unsecured debt obligations of Bank of Montreal and do not hold underlying assets, so repayment depends on the creditworthiness of the issuer.
The inverse note carries risks the long note does not. The -3x note is designed to lose value when LQD rises, and because the exposure resets each day, a sustained rally compounds against the position. A single-day increase of approximately 33.33% in the level of the Index would reduce the value of the note to zero, leaving aside the effects of the applicable fees, and investors would lose their entire investment.
Benchmark for the MicroSectors™ Investment Grade Bond ETNs*
- 100.00% ISHR IBX USD INVGD CB ETF-UI
*Components as of SOD 08/11/2026
Performance
Source: Bloomberg L.P. Index data prior to July 13, 2026 is hypothetical and reflects the application of the Index methodology in hindsight. The hypothetical data cannot completely account for the impact of financial risk in actual trading. Past historical or hypothetical data is not a guarantee of future Index results.
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Leveraged and inverse products are intended for sophisticated investors and involve significant risk, including the potential loss of the entire investment. Leverage resets daily; returns over periods longer than one day will differ from the stated multiple of the return of the reference asset. Exchange-traded notes are senior unsecured debt obligations of the issuer and are subject to the creditworthiness of the issuer. Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of any product carefully before investing. This and other information can be found in the relevant prospectus and offering documents, available at microsectors.com.
Bank of Montreal, the issuer of the ETNs, has filed a registration statement (including a pricing supplement, product supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus) with the SEC regarding each offering of the ETNs. Please read those documents and the other documents relating to the ETNs that Bank of Montreal has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Bank of Montreal and the ETNs. These documents may be obtained without cost by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Bank of Montreal, and any agent or dealer that participated in the offering of the ETNs, will arrange to send these documents if so requested by calling toll-free at 1-877-369-5412.