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ProShares UltraShort S&P500 (SDS)

Trading--Inverse Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
54.14 USD +0.26 (0.483%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 54.20 +0.06 (0.111%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:50 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:32 a.m. EDT

This instrument is a specialized tool for hedging a bearish view on the S&P 500, not a vehicle for capital appreciation. The underlying index has suffered a catastrophic multi-year decline, dropping nearly 95% over the last nine years, with the most recent three years showing consecutive losses. While the fund offers a 5.3% yield, this is a tax-inefficient return generated by the compounding drag of leverage on a falling asset, not a sustainable income stream from a profitable business. The options market confirms this pessimism, with traders buying heavy insurance against further drops while ignoring any chance of a rally. For a long-term investor, the structural deterioration of the underlying asset makes this a dangerous holding; it is designed to lose value over time. It serves only as a tactical hedge for portfolios exposed to equity risk.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.044332
MSTL0.046602
AutoTheta0.091984
AutoARIMA0.216144

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 55%
H-stat 0.84
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.519
Excess Kurtosis 0.16

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:32 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for a continued decline. In the January 2027 expiration, out-of-the-money put open interest is massive (18.2k contracts) compared to calls (511), creating a dense 'wall' of downside protection. Conversely, call open interest is negligible beyond the money, indicating almost no speculative demand for a rebound. Implied volatility is significantly elevated for deep out-of-the-money puts (e.g., 323% vs 38% ATM), suggesting the market prices in a high probability of further drops.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.04% 4.49% 5.69% 3.82%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-24 0.615 1.044320
2026-03-25 0.415 0.561266
2025-12-24 1.173 1.758357
2025-09-24 0.825 1.126280
2025-06-25 0.860 0.998259
2025-03-26 1.165 1.122892
2024-12-23 2.115 2.220472
2024-09-25 1.705 1.631579
2024-06-26 2.220 1.938865
2024-03-20 1.720 1.374900
2023-12-20 2.920 1.900423
2023-09-20 2.465 1.402560
2023-06-21 1.875 1.056934
2023-03-22 1.370 0.630610
2022-12-22 0.795 0.343338
2020-03-25 1.425 0.168191
2019-12-24 2.350 0.376754
2019-09-25 3.225 0.439823
2019-06-25 3.600 0.461538
2019-03-20 2.250 0.268256
2018-12-26 4.400 0.397022
2018-09-26 4.300 0.517293
2018-06-20 3.075 0.333514
2018-03-21 1.950 0.199488
2017-12-26 0.900 0.087869
2008-12-23 4596.400 14.840501
2008-09-24 1616.400 5.848046
2008-06-24 58.000 0.227594
2008-03-25 95.200 0.387496
2007-12-20 228.400 1.054089
2007-09-25 174.000 0.849112
2007-06-26 173.200 0.802000
2007-03-27 138.800 0.603373
2006-12-20 287.600 1.251959
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 5.29

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 53,280.0
All Time Low 22.13
Ask 54.11
Ask Size 4,700
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,989,880
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,878,330
Average Volume 2,878,330
Average Volume10Days 1,989,880
Beta3 Year -1.87
Bid 53.25
Bid Size 7,000
Category Trading--Inverse Equity
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 54.2991
Day Low 53.3209
Dividend Yield 5.29
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 56.183
Fifty Day Average Change -2.0429993
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0363633
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -31.66772
Fifty Two Week High 80.5
Fifty Two Week High Change -26.36
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.32745343
Fifty Two Week Low 52.54
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.5999985
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.03045296
Fifty Two Week Range 52.54 - 80.5
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,152,797,400,000
Five Year Average Return -0.2035498
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change 0.259998
Fullday Change Percent 0.482551
Fullday Price 54.2
Fund Family ProShares
Fund Inception Date 1,152,576,000
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. The index is designed to measure the performance of 500 of the largest companies listed and domiciled in the U.S. Under normal circumstances, the fund will obtain inverse leveraged 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 UltraShort S&P500
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_28040473
Nav Price 54.6093
Net Assets 418,065,216.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.91
Open 53.8
Post Market Change 0.060001373
Post Market Change Percent 0.11082633
Post Market Price 54.2
Post Market Time 1,787,961,001
Previous Close 53.88
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.259998
Regular Market Change Percent 0.482551
Regular Market Day High 54.2991
Regular Market Day Low 53.3209
Regular Market Day Range 53.3209 - 54.2991
Regular Market Open 53.8
Regular Market Previous Close 53.88
Regular Market Price 54.14
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 3,192,182
Short Name ProShares UltraShort S&P500
Source Interval 15
Symbol SDS
Three Year Average Return -0.2882054
Total Assets 418,065,216
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -6.56404
Trailing Three Month Returns -6.56404
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 64.1575
Two Hundred Day Average Change -10.017502
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.15613921
Type Disp ETF
Volume 3,192,182
Yield 0.0529
Ytd Return -15.17953