ETF PROAI
SPXUProSharesINDEX

ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500

$33.91-2.02% vs prior close
336252-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
55.847.539.333.91DAILY NET FLOWOct 2Feb 2Jun 2Oct 2

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$461K OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$30K of net inflows over the past month, while the price has returned -31.8% 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

$421Massets under management
0.90%expense ratio · $90 per $10,000 a year
+$30Knet flow, trailing month
7.8Mavg daily volume, 30 days
24holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed June 25, 2009 · beta -2.98
Sector weights
Government170.77%
Cash & Others100%
Other100%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other100%
United States100%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.0%
1 month-2.8%
3 months-9.3%
6 months-40.2%
YTD-31.8%
1 year-36.5%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$17K
1 month+$30K
3 months+$22K
YTD+$185K
1 year+$12K

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
32%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
39%realized volatility, 1 year
-46.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-45.4%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
1Kcalls · latest snapshot
393puts · latest snapshot
0.29put/call ratio
7.4Mshares traded
The case against SPXU

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SPXU 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 · 39× 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 · 292× 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 · 18× 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 · 56× 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 · 44× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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