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QQQ vs. SQQQ

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

QQQ
$--
vs

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

SQQQ
$--

Correlation

-1.00
QQQInvesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
SQQQProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

What is QQQ?

Invesco QQQ is an exchange-traded fund based on the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Fund will, under most circumstances, consist of all of stocks in the Index. The Index includes 100 of the largest domestic and international nonfinancial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market based on market capitalization. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted annually.

Snapshot
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QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
SQQQ ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
Inception date
Mar 10 1999
Feb 09 2010
Expense ratio
0.20%
0.95%
QQQ has a lower expense ratio than SQQQ by 0.75%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in QQQ than SQQQ.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
QQQ targets investing in US Equities, while SQQQ targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Invesco
ProShares
QQQ is managed by Invesco, while SQQQ is managed by ProShares.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$17,559,045,883
$2,217,551,125
Both QQQ 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
$197,956,569,440
$4,455,851,279
QQQ has more assets under management than SQQQ by $193,500,718,161. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Nasdaq 100 Index
Nasdaq 100 Index
QQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index, while SQQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Inverse (-3x)
QQQ uses undefined, 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
QQQ 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
QQQ and SQQQ may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
QQQ may issue a K1, while SQQQ does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for QQQ in its “Related ETFs” section.
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 QQQ is going to fall, it would make sense to invest in SQQQ, as based on historical data, when QQQ decreases in value, SQQQ tends to increase in value.

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Risk Rating

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