ProShares Short QQQ (PSQ)Trading--Inverse Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
24.74 USD
+0.08
(0.324%)
⇧
(Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 24.75 +0.01 (0.037%) ⇧ (Oct. 13, 2026, 7:52 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 4:31 a.m. EDT
This instrument is a high-risk, high-turnover vehicle designed for tactical hedging, not long-term holding. The underlying business quality is nonexistent because the fund simply bets against the Nasdaq-100; its performance is entirely dependent on the volatility and direction of the tech sector, which has shown a brutal multi-year decline. The price history confirms this structural deterioration, with the asset down nearly 87% over the last nine years and missing three consecutive years of gains. While the 4.19% yield looks attractive, it is a function of the collapsing share price, not sustainable earnings power, and represents a significant drag on total returns during any market recovery. The options data reveals a crowded trade where investors are betting on further downside in the tech index, reinforcing the view that this security is currently a defensive play for a bear market rather than a wealth-building opportunity. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.058729 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.060957 |
| MSTL | 0.061428 |
| AutoTheta | 0.064247 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 53% |
| H-stat | 1.72 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.043 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.49 |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 4:31 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for continued weakness in the underlying Nasdaq-100, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money calls on the inverse ETF (betting on further declines in QQQ). Conversely, put buying is concentrated near the money, suggesting a floor or mean-reversion expectation rather than a crash scenario. Implied volatility is significantly elevated for deep out-of-the-money calls compared to puts, indicating a skewed fear of a sharp drop in the tech index.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.04% | 3.75% | 5.22% | 3.88% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 0.257 | 1.039224 |
| 2026-06-24 | 0.229 | 0.882466 |
| 2026-03-25 | 0.154 | 0.486726 |
| 2025-12-24 | 0.400 | 1.346348 |
| 2025-09-24 | 0.360 | 1.152738 |
| 2025-06-25 | 0.401 | 1.169437 |
| 2025-03-26 | 0.341 | 0.867243 |
| 2024-12-23 | 0.699 | 1.914544 |
| 2024-09-25 | 0.678 | 1.713419 |
| 2024-06-26 | 0.756 | 1.873606 |
| 2024-03-20 | 0.540 | 1.235698 |
| 2023-12-20 | 0.950 | 1.977107 |
| 2023-09-20 | 0.715 | 1.337699 |
| 2023-06-21 | 0.725 | 1.347584 |
| 2023-03-22 | 0.460 | 0.721569 |
| 2022-12-22 | 0.255 | 0.347411 |
| 2020-03-25 | 0.225 | 0.168413 |
| 2019-12-24 | 0.410 | 0.332657 |
| 2019-09-25 | 0.575 | 0.417726 |
| 2019-06-25 | 0.660 | 0.463483 |
| 2019-03-20 | 0.505 | 0.343537 |
| 2018-12-26 | 0.530 | 0.304335 |
| 2018-09-26 | 0.510 | 0.345763 |
| 2018-06-20 | 0.385 | 0.250569 |
| 2018-03-21 | 0.200 | 0.121470 |
| 2017-12-26 | 0.030 | 0.016959 |
| 2008-12-23 | 85.080 | 5.665956 |
| 2008-09-24 | 3.260 | 0.254171 |
| 2008-06-24 | 4.020 | 0.352817 |
| 2008-03-25 | 5.220 | 0.428924 |
| 2007-12-20 | 10.440 | 0.975701 |
| 2007-09-25 | 16.880 | 1.571402 |
| 2007-06-26 | 12.860 | 1.096147 |
| 2007-03-27 | 11.880 | 0.957910 |
| 2006-12-20 | 19.640 | 1.582595 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 1,896.4 |
| All Time Low | 24.09 |
| Ask | 24.73 |
| Ask Size | 133,300 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 18,816,440 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 11,496,910 |
| Average Volume | 11,496,910 |
| Average Volume10Days | 18,816,440 |
| Beta3 Year | -1.17 |
| Bid | 24.75 |
| Bid Size | 100,800 |
| Category | Trading--Inverse Equity |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 24.89 |
| Day Low | 24.715 |
| Dividend Yield | 4.19 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | PCX |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 25.4508 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.7108002 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.027928403 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -20.936197 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 33.47 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -8.730001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.26083064 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 24.09 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.6499996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.026982134 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 24.09 - 33.47 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,150,896,600,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | -0.1328885 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSEArca |
| Fullday Change | 0.06139946 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.24898402 |
| Fullday Price | 24.74 |
| Fund Family | ProShares |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,150,675,200 |
| 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. The index is designed to measure the performance of 100 of the largest Nasdaq-listed non-financial companies. Under normal circumstances, the fund will obtain inverse exposure to at least 80% of its total assets in components of the index or in instruments with similar economic characteristics. The fund is non-diversified. |
| Long Name | ProShares Short QQQ |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_27776689 |
| Nav Price | 24.6586 |
| Net Assets | 593,677,120.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.95 |
| Open | 24.87 |
| Post Market Change | 0.00920105 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.037190985 |
| Post Market Price | 24.7492 |
| Post Market Time | 1,791,935,574 |
| Previous Close | 24.66 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0799999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.324412 |
| Regular Market Day High | 24.89 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 24.715 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 24.715 - 24.89 |
| Regular Market Open | 24.87 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 24.66 |
| Regular Market Price | 24.74 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,791,921,600 |
| Regular Market Volume | 17,611,746 |
| Short Name | ProShares Short QQQ |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | PSQ |
| Three Year Average Return | -0.1831284 |
| Total Assets | 593,677,120 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 0.15766 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 0.15766 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 27.79145 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -3.0514507 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.10979818 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 17,611,746 |
| Yield | 0.0419 |
| Ytd Return | -15.84521 |