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ProShares Ultra Utilities

UPW
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Jan 30, 2007
Expense Ratio
0.95%
Type
US Equities
Fund Owner
ProShares
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$65,979
AUM
$8,403,077
Associated Index
S&P Utilities Select Sector Index
Inverse/Leveraged
Leveraged (2x)
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus

Top 10 Holdings

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)
26.25%
NEE
NextEra Energy Inc
10.83%
SO
Southern Company
5.98%
DUK
Duke Energy Corp.
5.69%
SRE
Sempra Energy
3.57%
AEP
American Electric Power Company Inc.
3.22%
EXC
Exelon Corp.
3.16%
D
Dominion Energy Inc
3.16%
PCG
PG&E Corp.
2.83%
CEG
Constellation Energy Corporation
2.81%

What is UPW?

ProShares Ultra Utilities seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times (2x) the daily performance of the S&P Utilities Select Sector Index.

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UPW
Performance Measures**

for the time period Feb 1, 2007 to Jul 21, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return: -0.2%

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

3M Trailing Return: -1.3%

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

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown: -77.8%

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

Standard Deviation: 39.1%

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: 0.43

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.

ETFs related toUPW

ETFs correlated to UPW include UTSL, XLU, FUTY

UPW
ProShares Trust - ProShares Ultra Utilities 2x Shares
UTSL
Direxion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily Utilities Bull 3X Shares
XLU
SSgA Active Trust - Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF
FUTY
Fidelity Covington Trust - Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF
VPU
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Utilities ETF
IDU
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares U.S. Utilities ETF
RSPU
Invesco Capital Management LLC - Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF
FXU
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III - First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund
SPLV
Invesco Capital Management LLC - Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF
LVHD
Legg Mason ETF Investment Trust - Franklin U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF
FVD
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III - First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

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
Related toUPW

Maximum Overdrive V0.1 (53,31,2011)

Category

Tactical momentum, volatility regime, leveraged ETFs, risk-on/risk-off, single-position, daily rebalanced, defensive hedges

OOS Cumulative Return

177%

TQQQ RSI Strategy with 3x Leveraged Defensive ETFs and QYLD for Sideways Markets

Category

Tactical timing, RSI, Leveraged ETFs, Sector rotation, Bonds, Covered-call income, Daily rebalance

OOS Cumulative Return

124.57%

Create your own algorithmic trading strategy with UPW using Composer

FAQ

UPW is a US Equities ETF. ProShares Ultra Utilities seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times (2x) the daily performance of the S&P Utilities Select Sector Index.

UPW tracks the S&P Utilities Select Sector Index.

No, UPW 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, UPW 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 UPW is 0.008%. This is the percent change in the value of UPW over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on UPW is -0.0822%. This is the percent change in the value of UPW over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of UPW for the past year is 0.3831%. 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 UPW include SDP, SSO, and TNA.

ETFs correlated to UPW include UTSL, XLU, and FUTY.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to UPW include DRV, SRS, and SDOW.

Yes, UPW is a Leveraged (2x) ETF: This means that UPW will try to match the performance of S&P Utilities Select Sector Index, but with 2x the returns.

No, UPW is not an inverse ETF.

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