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ProShares UltraShort S&P500

$53.59-1.34% vs prior close
538052-WK

Price through Oct 2 · Flows through Oct 2. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 2. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 2.

The fund invests in financial instruments that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should produce daily returns consistent with the fund's investment objective. The index is a measure of large-cap U.S. stock market performance. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
70.464.057.653.59DAILY NET FLOWMar 31Jun 1Jul 31Oct 2

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET −$17K OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$17K in net outflows over the past month, while the price has returned -21.8% so far this year. At 0.90% a year it is not the cheapest way in — GSIG has a reported fee of 0.14%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$370Massets under management
0.90%expense ratio · $90 per $10,000 a year
−$17Knet flow, trailing month
3.4Mavg daily volume, 30 days
20holdings · US-domiciled
2006listed July 13, 2006 · beta -1.99
Sector weights
Government137.78%
Cash & Others100%
Other100%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other100%
United States100%
Cash16.77%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.6%
1 month-2.2%
3 months-6.3%
6 months-28.8%
YTD-21.8%
1 year-25.2%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$38K
1 month−$17K
3 months+$2K
YTD+$119K
1 year+$45K

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
21%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
26%realized volatility, 1 year
-33.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-32.9%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
133calls · latest snapshot
2puts · latest snapshot
0.02put/call ratio
4.7Mshares traded
The case against SDS

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SDS on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.3B+$489M-87bp on fee · 44× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-85bp on fee · 332× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.5B+$1.4B-87bp on fee · 20× the assets · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-86bp on fee · 64× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-86bp on fee · 50× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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