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ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors (SSG)

Trading--Inverse Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
12.62 USD +0.81 (6.859%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 12.53 -0.09 (-0.090%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:☆☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:07 a.m. EDT

This is a classic 'value trap' disguised as a high-yield opportunity. The underlying asset, the semiconductor sector, has suffered a catastrophic multi-year collapse, dropping nearly 99.98% over the last nine years with zero positive annual returns. This is not a temporary downturn; the market has permanently repriced the business quality of the underlying index to near zero. The 8.89% dividend yield is a dangerous illusion; it is being funded by the erosion of the principal, as evidenced by the massive, accelerating dividend cuts over the last two years. Buying this inverse leveraged ETF is akin to betting on a house fire to generate rental income while the structure burns down. The options market confirms this despair, with heavy put buying at lower strikes and negligible call interest, signaling that smart money expects the carnage to continue. Avoid this security entirely.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.059931
AutoARIMA0.059967
MSTL0.062345
AutoTheta0.144470

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 1.65
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.087
Excess Kurtosis 0.71

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:07 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 to $14+, while put open interest is concentrated deep in-the-money (ITM) at strikes like $11 and $9, suggesting a floor or further downside. Implied volatility is significantly higher for puts than calls, reflecting fear of continued losses rather than anticipation of a rally.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.66% 4.17% 4.75% 3.37%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-24 0.083 0.662939
2026-03-25 0.179 0.634302
2025-12-24 0.481 1.613011
2025-09-24 0.488 1.255144
2025-06-25 0.440 0.807636
2025-03-26 1.404 1.163793
2024-12-23 1.880 1.870275
2024-09-25 2.260 1.771160
2024-06-26 1.780 1.212534
2024-03-20 2.300 0.923695
2023-12-20 8.300 1.520147
2023-09-20 6.400 0.810127
2023-06-21 9.600 1.224490
2023-03-22 9.700 0.702899
2022-12-22 8.900 0.364008
2022-09-21 9.700 0.323333
2020-03-25 19.200 0.079260
2019-12-24 52.800 0.226648
2019-09-25 76.800 0.231660
2019-06-25 171.200 0.390654
2019-03-20 128.000 0.295639
2018-12-26 188.800 0.279092
2018-09-26 121.600 0.236025
2018-06-20 99.200 0.212474
2008-12-23 6781920.000 48.957034
2008-09-24 27680.000 0.191924
2008-06-24 27680.000 0.281392
2008-03-25 24000.000 0.214347
2007-12-20 95680.000 1.056911
2007-09-25 34560.000 0.423032
2007-06-26 247040.000 2.726952
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendDate 2019-03-27
dividendYield 8.89

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 34,001,600.0
All Time Low 7.42
Ask 12.61
Ask Size 1,500
Average Daily Volume10 Day 501,770
Average Daily Volume3 Month 896,903
Average Volume 896,903
Average Volume10Days 501,770
Beta3 Year -3.33
Bid 12.34
Bid Size 1,500
Category Trading--Inverse Equity
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 12.68
Day Low 11.82
Dividend Date 1,553,644,800
Dividend Yield 8.89
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 12.5998
Fifty Day Average Change 0.020199776
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0016031823
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -72.493454
Fifty Two Week High 47.52
Fifty Two Week High Change -34.9
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.73442763
Fifty Two Week Low 10.91
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.71
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.15673694
Fifty Two Week Range 10.91 - 47.52
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,170,340,200,000
Five Year Average Return -0.65492105
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change 0.809999
Fullday Change Percent 6.85859
Fullday Price 12.53
Fund Family ProShares
Fund Inception Date 1,170,115,200
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 index is designed to measure the performance of U.S. companies in the semiconductors subsector. 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 Semiconductors
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_32432379
Nav Price 11.8111
Net Assets 44,714,304.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.95
Open 11.92
Post Market Change -0.09000015
Post Market Change Percent -0.7131549
Post Market Price 12.53
Post Market Time 1,787,961,590
Previous Close 11.81
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.809999
Regular Market Change Percent 6.85859
Regular Market Day High 12.68
Regular Market Day Low 11.82
Regular Market Day Range 11.82 - 12.68
Regular Market Open 11.92
Regular Market Previous Close 11.81
Regular Market Price 12.62
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 569,590
Short Name ProShares UltraShort Semiconduc
Source Interval 15
Symbol SSG
Three Year Average Return -0.73546416
Total Assets 44,714,304
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -22.2637
Trailing Three Month Returns -22.2637
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 21.9794
Two Hundred Day Average Change -9.359401
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.425826
Type Disp ETF
Volume 569,590
Yield 0.0889
Ytd Return -54.15512