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ETF Comparisons

SQQQ vs. TQQQ

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

SQQQ
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ProShares UltraPro QQQ

TQQQ
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Correlation

-1.00

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ProShares UltraPro QQQ
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Performance Measures**

for the time period Feb 11, 2010 to Feb 13, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

SQQQ

16.7%

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TQQQ

-12.8%

-7.2%

Diff.

+29.5%

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Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

SQQQ

-100.0%

64.3%

TQQQ

-81.7%

61.9%

Diff.

-18.3%

+2.4%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

SQQQ

-0.83

-0.52

TQQQ

0.87

0.50

Diff.

-1.7

-1.02

SQQQProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
TQQQProShares UltraPro QQQ

What is SQQQ?

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ seeks daily investment results before fees and expenses that correspond to triple (300%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index .

Snapshot
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SQQQ ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
TQQQ ProShares UltraPro QQQ
Inception date
Feb 9, 2010
Feb 9, 2010
Expense ratio
0.95%
0.86%
SQQQ has a higher expense ratio than TQQQ by 0.08%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in SQQQ than TQQQ.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
SQQQ targets investing in US Equities, while TQQQ targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
ProShares
ProShares
SQQQ is managed by ProShares, while TQQQ is managed by ProShares.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$2,217,551,125
$3,460,839,081
Both SQQQ and TQQQ 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
$4,455,851,279
$16,056,070,130
SQQQ has more assets under management than TQQQ by $11,600,218,851. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Nasdaq 100 Index
Nasdaq 100 Index
SQQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index, while TQQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
Inverse (-3x)
Leveraged (3x)
SQQQ uses Inverse (-3x), while TQQQ uses Leveraged (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
SQQQ and TQQQ 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
SQQQ and TQQQ may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither SQQQ nor TQQQ 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 SQQQ is going to fall, it would make sense to invest in TQQQ, as based on historical data, when SQQQ decreases in value, TQQQ tends to increase in value.

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Category

Volatility timing, RSI-based, Tactical hedging, Cash/Treasuries, Gold/inflation/rate hedges, Daily rebalance

OOS Cumulative Return

0.76%

Trading Strategies
Related toTQQQ

optimization testing

Category

Volatility timing, RSI-based, Tactical hedging, Cash/Treasuries, Gold/inflation/rate hedges, Daily rebalance

OOS Cumulative Return

0.76%

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