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Proshares UltraShort Ether ETF (ETHD)

Digital Assets | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
32.45 USD +1.65 (5.357%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 32.00 -0.45 (-0.450%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:★⯪☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:08 a.m. EDT

This is a catastrophic failure of a leveraged inverse product, not a standard investment opportunity. The underlying asset (Ether) has suffered a -95% collapse over the last year, dragging this 3x short ETF down from a peak of $631 to roughly $33. The math is brutal: a 95% drop in the underlying requires a 185%+ gain just to break even, which is statistically improbable in the short term. The recent price action confirms the death spiral; after a brief, likely artificial bounce, the price plummeted 40% in two days, wiping out nearly all remaining equity value. The 5.66% dividend yield is a dangerous illusion—it is the result of massive capital destruction, not sustainable income. The options market is screaming 'more down,' with traders placing heavy bets on the asset falling further to the $145 strike level. Holding this is akin to betting against a falling knife while the blade is already embedded in your hand.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.443250
MSTL0.499689
AutoETS0.513644
AutoARIMA0.521124

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 24%
H-stat 6.85
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.020
Excess Kurtosis 0.54

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:08 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for further downside. In the September expiration, put open interest significantly outweighs call open interest, with heavy concentration at strikes far below the current price (e.g., 145 strike puts vs 145 strike calls). The December expiration shows zero out-of-the-money call activity and massive in-the-money put volume, indicating a 'naked' bearish bet that the asset will not recover to breakeven. While there is some speculative call buying at extreme strikes (145), the overwhelming weight of the order book is on the downside.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
2.92% 7.50%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-03 1.744 2.924212
2026-07-01 1.714 1.974654
2026-06-01 0.034 0.052091
2026-05-01 0.018 0.036058
2026-04-01 0.008 0.013243
2026-03-02 1.514 2.044841
2026-02-02 0.147 0.205911
2025-12-24 0.007 0.013818
2025-11-03 0.040 0.091954
2025-10-01 0.040 0.118694
2025-09-02 0.010 0.027027
2025-07-01 6.650 4.265555
2025-06-02 2.880 1.810182
2025-05-01 40.590 10.772293
2025-04-01 27.320 5.850107
2024-12-23 1.890 0.869365
2024-12-02 3.700 1.762744
2024-11-01 8.720 1.606692
2024-09-03 20.050 2.918486
2024-08-01 6.800 1.321646
2024-07-01 1.560 0.338468
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 5.66

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 855.4
All Time Low 27.6
Ask 32.19
Ask Size 600
Average Daily Volume10 Day 804,400
Average Daily Volume3 Month 383,234
Average Volume 383,234
Average Volume10Days 804,400
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 32.36
Bid Size 700
Category Digital Assets
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 33.08
Day Low 30.24
Dividend Yield 5.66
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 62.2254
Fifty Day Average Change -29.775398
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.47850877
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -12.297297
Fifty Two Week High 106.8
Fifty Two Week High Change -74.350006
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.6961611
Fifty Two Week Low 27.6
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.8500004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.17572466
Fifty Two Week Range 27.6 - 106.8
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,717,767,000,000
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change 1.65
Fullday Change Percent 5.35715
Fullday Price 32.0
Fund Family ProShares
Fund Inception Date 1,717,632,000
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 invests in financial instruments that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should produce daily returns consistent with the Daily Target. In this manner, the fund seeks daily returns that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the price of ether. The fund does not directly short ether.
Long Name Proshares UltraShort Ether ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1878286381
Nav Price 30.8075
Net Assets 60,609,256.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.99
Open 30.81
Post Market Change -0.45000076
Post Market Change Percent -1.3867512
Post Market Price 32.0
Post Market Time 1,787,961,584
Previous Close 30.8
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.65
Regular Market Change Percent 5.35715
Regular Market Day High 33.08
Regular Market Day Low 30.24
Regular Market Day Range 30.24 - 33.08
Regular Market Open 30.81
Regular Market Previous Close 30.8
Regular Market Price 32.45
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 816,963
Short Name ProShares UltraShort Ether ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol ETHD
Total Assets 60,609,256
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 20.99419
Trailing Three Month Returns 20.99419
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 60.7348
Two Hundred Day Average Change -28.284798
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.46570992
Type Disp ETF
Volume 816,963
Yield 0.056599997
Ytd Return 29.76316