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ProShares Short Financials (SEF)

Trading--Inverse Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
30.04 USD -0.19 (-0.624%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 3:52 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 30.03 -0.01 (-0.011%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 7:27 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:☆☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:14 a.m. EDT

This is a dangerous instrument for any investor not actively betting against the financial sector. As a leveraged inverse ETF, SEF is designed to lose money in a rising market, and the data shows the market is currently rising. The price has dropped nearly 76% over the last nine years, with the last three years seeing double-digit declines. This is not a 'value trap'; it is a structural failure of the thesis that financials are collapsing. The recent price action confirms this, trading well below its 50-day and 200-day averages, which act as heavy resistance. While the 3.25% yield might look attractive to a distressed investor, it is a trap; the fund is eroding capital rapidly, and the payout is likely unsustainable given the massive drawdowns. The options market agrees with the downtrend, with heavy put positioning at distant strikes. Avoid this security entirely.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.016331
AutoETS0.017660
AutoARIMA0.017660
MSTL0.017955

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 66%
H-stat 3.46
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.060
Excess Kurtosis 0.18

As of July 11, 2026, 4:14 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for further declines. Call open interest is heavily skewed out-of-the-money (OTM), indicating bets on a rebound that haven't materialized yet, while put open interest concentrates deep out-of-the-money strikes, suggesting a fear of significant downside moves. Implied volatility is elevated for calls relative to puts, reflecting uncertainty about a potential bounce, but the sheer volume of OTM put positioning confirms a bearish bias.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.80% 3.26% 4.41% 2.99%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-24 0.250 0.798977
2026-03-25 0.110 0.322959
2025-12-24 0.328 1.087894
2025-09-24 0.331 1.054140
2025-06-25 0.345 1.054079
2025-03-26 0.324 0.953502
2024-12-23 0.538 1.523216
2024-09-25 0.392 1.016597
2024-06-26 0.656 1.564886
2024-03-20 0.444 1.077670
2023-12-20 0.772 1.672444
2023-09-20 0.548 1.100402
2023-06-21 0.444 0.857805
2023-03-22 0.252 0.459184
2022-12-22 0.204 0.389016
2020-03-25 0.080 0.080225
2019-12-24 0.204 0.263975
2019-09-25 0.240 0.291262
2019-06-25 0.296 0.342276
2019-03-20 0.224 0.247132
2018-12-26 0.280 0.271739
2018-09-26 0.132 0.147916
2008-12-23 27.512 4.243060
2008-09-24 1.080 0.196278
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 3.25

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 1,036.16
All Time Low 9.6
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 2,000
Average Daily Volume10 Day 6,160
Average Daily Volume3 Month 10,247
Average Volume 10,247
Average Volume10Days 6,160
Beta3 Year -0.74
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 2,000
Category Trading--Inverse Equity
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 30.11
Day Low 30.0413
Dividend Yield 3.25
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 32.1028
Fifty Day Average Change -2.0614986
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.06421554
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -5.8255434
Fifty Two Week High 35.26
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.2186985
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.1480062
Fifty Two Week Low 29.77
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.27129936
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.0091131795
Fifty Two Week Range 29.77 - 35.26
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,213,277,400,000
Five Year Average Return -0.0714845
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family ProShares
Fund Inception Date 1,213,056,000
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 financial companies included in the S&P 500 Index. 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 Financials
Market us_market
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_45835709
Nav Price 30.29
Net Assets 13,913,133.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.95
Open 30.03
Post Market Change -0.011299133
Post Market Change Percent -0.037612
Post Market Price 30.03
Post Market Time 1,783,985,234
Previous Close 30.23
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.1887
Regular Market Change Percent -0.624213
Regular Market Day High 30.11
Regular Market Day Low 30.0413
Regular Market Day Range 30.0413 - 30.11
Regular Market Open 30.03
Regular Market Previous Close 30.23
Regular Market Price 30.0413
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,344
Regular Market Volume 2,098
Short Name ProShares Short Financials
Source Interval 15
Symbol SEF
Three Year Average Return -0.123123
Total Assets 13,913,133
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -7.13024
Trailing Three Month Returns -7.13024
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 32.1535
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.1121998
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.06569113
Type Disp ETF
Volume 2,098
Yield 0.0325
Ytd Return 3.22042