ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas (BOIL)Trading--Leveraged Commodities | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
19.96 USD
-0.49
(-2.396%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 20.05 +0.09 (0.451%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:38 a.m. EDT
This is a classic 'value trap' disguised as a distressed opportunity. While the price has fallen nearly 99.96% over the last nine years, the data reveals this is not a bargain; it is the inevitable result of compounding leverage decay and contango eating away the underlying commodity's gains. The asset has suffered three consecutive years of negative annual returns, confirming a structural deterioration in its ability to preserve capital. The lack of any dividend history further cements its status as a pure speculative vehicle with no income floor. Although options traders are placing heavy bets on a sudden spike to $25-$30, this is likely a contrarian bet on a weather event rather than a sustainable trend. For a long-term investor, the math is unforgiving: holding this leveraged product through a sideways market guarantees ruin. It belongs only in a tactical trading portfolio for capturing short-term spikes, not as a core holding. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.227735 |
| AutoTheta | 0.241287 |
| AutoETS | 0.241530 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.241532 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 35% |
| H-stat | 12.79 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.104 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.16 |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:38 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for extreme volatility rather than a specific directional breakout. Call Open Interest is heavily skewed out-of-the-money (OTM) at strikes like $25 and $30, suggesting bets on a massive surge, while Put Open Interest clusters deep in-the-money (ITM) at strikes like $10 and $13, indicating a hedge against a collapse. This 'long gamma' setup creates a volatile environment where the asset can gap up or down significantly without clearing the option walls, resulting in a flat, choppy price action typical of leveraged ETFs in a contango environment.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 7,952,000.0 |
| All Time Low | 8.92 |
| Ask | 20.03 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 4,696,560 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 4,132,135 |
| Average Volume | 4,132,135 |
| Average Volume10Days | 4,696,560 |
| Beta3 Year | 2.88 |
| Bid | 19.97 |
| Bid Size | 700 |
| Category | Trading--Leveraged Commodities |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 20.365 |
| Day Low | 19.77 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | PCX |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 22.5476 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -2.5876007 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.114761695 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -65.984695 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 93.7 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -73.74 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.78697973 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 18.41 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.5499992 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.084193334 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 18.41 - 93.7 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,317,907,800,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | -0.70575494 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSEArca |
| Fullday Change | -0.490002 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -2.3961 |
| Fullday Price | 20.05 |
| Fund Family | ProShares |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,317,686,400 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Legal Type | Exchange Traded Fund |
| Long Business Summary | The fund seeks to meet its investment objective by investing normally in Natural Gas futures contracts. It may also invest in swaps if the market for a specific futures contract experiences emergencies (e.g., natural disaster, terrorist attack, or an act of God) or disruptions (e.g., a trading halt or a flash crash) or in situations where the Sponsor deems it impractical or inadvisable to buy or sell futures contracts (such as during periods of market volatility or illiquidity). |
| Long Name | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_141381155 |
| Nav Price | 20.026 |
| Net Assets | 368,832,256.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 1.39 |
| Open | 20.32 |
| Phone | 240-497-6400 |
| Post Market Change | 0.09000015 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.45090258 |
| Post Market Price | 20.05 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,587 |
| Previous Close | 20.45 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.490002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.3961 |
| Regular Market Day High | 20.365 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 19.77 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 19.77 - 20.365 |
| Regular Market Open | 20.32 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 20.45 |
| Regular Market Price | 19.96 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 4,087,707 |
| Short Name | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natur |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | BOIL |
| Three Year Average Return | -0.6813461 |
| Total Assets | 368,832,256 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | -21.97249 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | -21.97249 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 36.40905 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -16.44905 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.45178467 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 4,087,707 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | -54.96696 |