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ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

SVXY
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Inception Date
Oct 3, 2011
Expense Ratio
0.95%
Type
US Equities
Fund Owner
ProShares
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$143,676,128
AUM
$247,603,736
Associated Index
S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index
Inverse/Leveraged
Inverse (-0.5x)
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus
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Top 10 Holdings

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Net Other Assets (Liabilities)
100%
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Derivatives offset
50.02%
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What is SVXY?

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF seeks, on a daily basis, to provide investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index. This Short ProShares ETF seeks a return that is -1x the return of an index or other benchmark (target) for a single day, as measured from one NAV calculation to the next.

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SVXY
Performance Measures**

for the time period Oct 4, 2011 to Dec 4, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return: 5.0%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 1-month period.

3M Trailing Return: 4.0%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 3-month period.

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown: -95.2%

The greatest percent loss from peak to trough in value over the time period.

Standard Deviation: 55.9%

The typical amount that daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio: 0.56

The annualized arithmetic mean of the daily returns divided by the annualized standard deviation of the daily returns for the selected time period.

Calmar Ratio: 0.12

The annualized return divided by the max drawdown for the selected time period.

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ETFs correlated to SVXY include SVIX, LGRO, XAUG

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What is ETF correlation?

Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.

Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.

Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction

ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:

  • •Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
  • •Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
  • •Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.

Trading Strategies
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Semiconductors, Leveraged ETFs, Tactical, Volatility-aware, Mean-reversion, Momentum, Risk-managed

OOS Cumulative Return

1443.68%

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Category

Tactical, High risk, Leveraged tech ETFs, Momentum/RSI, Trend following, Volatility hedging, Inverse ETFs, Bonds/cash, Daily rebalanced

OOS Cumulative Return

611.53%

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FAQ

SVXY is a US Equities ETF. ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF seeks, on a daily basis, to provide investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index. This Short ProShares ETF seeks a return that is -1x the return of an index or other benchmark (target) for a single day, as measured from one NAV calculation to the next.

SVXY tracks the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index.

No, SVXY is not actively managed. It is passively managed. 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.

Yes, SVXY is passively managed. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested.

The 1-month return on SVXY is 0.048%. This is the percent change in the value of SVXY over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on SVXY is 0.0635%. This is the percent change in the value of SVXY over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of SVXY for the past year is 0.2573%. Standard deviation is the typical amount that the daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

ETFs similar to SVXY include SSO, QID, and SDS.

ETFs correlated to SVXY include SVIX, LGRO, and XAUG.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to SVXY include VIXY, UVIX, and VXX.

Yes, SVXY is a Inverse (-0.5x) ETF: This means that SVXY will try to match the performance of S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index, but with 0.5x the returns.

Yes, SVXY is a Inverse (-0.5x) leveraged ETF: This means that SVXY will try to match the performance of S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index, but move 0.5x in the opposite direction.

Disclaimers

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