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ITOT vs. SQQQ

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

ITOT
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ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

SQQQ
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Correlation

-0.94

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Top 10 comparisons with ITOT:
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ITOT
Correlation
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SQQQ
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
-0.94
SwitchIWVBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell 3000 ETF1.00SCHBSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF1.00IWBBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell 1000 ETF1.00SCHKSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab 1000 Index ETF1.00VTIVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF1.00IYYBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF1.00SCHXSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF1.00DFUSDimensional ETF Trust - Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF1.00SPTMSPDR Series Trust - SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF1.00ESGUiShares Trust - iShares Trust iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF1.00

Top 10 shared holdings

The top 10 holdings shared by ITOT and SQQQ:

There are no shared holdings.
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Performance Measures**

for the time period Jan 23, 2004 to Dec 5, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

ITOT

1.3%

5.9%

SQQQ

-1.6%

-22.6%

Diff.

+2.9%

+28.5%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

ITOT

-55.2%

18.8%

SQQQ

-100.0%

61.3%

Diff.

+44.8%

-42.5%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

ITOT

0.62

0.19

SQQQ

-0.92

-0.53

Diff.

+1.54

+0.72

ITOTiShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
SQQQProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

What is ITOT?

The iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF seeks to track the investment results of S&P Total Market Index.The S&P Total Market Index (TMI) is designed to track the broad equity market, including large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks. The index includes all common equities listed on the NYSE (including NYSE Arca and NYSE MKT), the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, and the NASDAQ Capital Market. The S&P 500 and the S&P Completion Index are subsets of the S&P TMI.

Snapshot
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ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
SQQQ ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
Inception date
Jan 20, 2004
Feb 9, 2010
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.95%
ITOT has a lower expense ratio than SQQQ by 0.91%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in ITOT than SQQQ.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
ITOT targets investing in US Equities, while SQQQ targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Blackrock (iShares)
ProShares
ITOT is managed by Blackrock (iShares), while SQQQ is managed by ProShares.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$92,311,586
$2,217,551,125
Both ITOT and SQQQ are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$43,679,376,151
$4,455,851,279
ITOT has more assets under management than SQQQ by $39,223,524,872. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P Total Market Index
Nasdaq 100 Index
ITOT is based off of the S&P Total Market Index, while SQQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Inverse (-3x)
ITOT does not use an inverse or leveraged strategy, while SQQQ uses Inverse (-3x). Inverse and leveraged ETFs can be used to either take an opposite position or amplify returns of a given index.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
ITOT and SQQQ both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
ITOT and SQQQ may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither ITOT nor SQQQ require a K1.
When ETFs are inversely correlated, they can be used in actively traded strategies (multiple trades per week) to take positions in opposing directions. For example, if you believe ITOT is going to fall, it would make sense to invest in SQQQ, as based on historical data, when ITOT decreases in value, SQQQ tends to increase in value.

Trading Strategies
Related toITOT

AutoSignals | (TQQQ or SH? Edition)

Category

Trend-following, risk-on/off, RSI and moving-average filters, cross-asset signals, TQQQ vs SH toggle, high turnover, leveraged ETF

OOS Cumulative Return

1.49%

Trading Strategies
Related toSQQQ

001 half-low catch / 0.50% SLIPPAGE s90 50/40 maxDD (417/33 s04-02-24) 2.68sh 69.4sd

Category

Leveraged ETFs, tactical allocation, trend following, mean reversion, volatility hedging, risk management

OOS Cumulative Return

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Disclaimers

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