ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (UVXY)Trading--Miscellaneous | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
38.15 USD
-0.70
(-1.802%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 38.25 +0.10 (0.262%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 8:14 p.m. EDT
UVXY is currently a trapped momentum play: while technicals show a recovery from the lows and options flow screams a near-term spike in volatility (bullish for price), the instrument remains a structural time-decay trap. With zero dividend history and a price trading 28% below its 200-day average, this is a trade, not an investment. Enter on the volatility spike signal but exit immediately as the move fades. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.130679 |
| AutoETS | 0.130841 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.131178 |
| AutoTheta | 0.235982 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 48% |
| H-stat | 5.23 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.221 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.07 |
As of April 18, 2026, 8:14 p.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioned for volatility expansion. Short-term call flows (April/May) show heavy buying in OTM strikes (38-45) with open interest walls at 45 and 60, indicating a bet on a breakout or sustained spike above current levels. Conversely, put open interest is heavily concentrated below 35-37, acting as a support floor or defensive hedge. The elevated Implied Volatility (IV) across all expirations (rising from 27% ATM in April to 104% in late May) confirms pricing in significant price swings, while the skew towards call volume suggests a primary directional bias toward upside risk or a 'short squeeze' in volatility.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 612,000,010,000.0 |
| All Time Low | 22.77 |
| Ask | 38.25 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 6,219,100 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 8,675,201 |
| Average Volume | 8,675,201 |
| Average Volume10Days | 6,219,100 |
| Beta3 Year | 90.48 |
| Bid | 38.24 |
| Bid Size | 600 |
| Category | Trading--Miscellaneous |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 38.17 |
| Day Low | 36.93 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | BTS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 44.6532 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -6.5031967 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.14563787 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -80.30968 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 200.1 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -161.95001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.80934536 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 33.95 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 4.200001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.12371136 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 33.95 - 200.1 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,317,735,000,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | -0.6790377 |
| Full Exchange Name | Cboe US |
| Fund Family | ProShares |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,317,600,000 |
| 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 index seeks to offer exposure to market volatility through publicly traded futures markets and is designed to measure the implied volatility of the S&P 500 over 30 days in the future. |
| Long Name | ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_141277002 |
| Nav Price | 38.093 |
| Net Assets | 290,079,744.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 1.23 |
| Open | 37.37 |
| Phone | 240-497-6400 |
| Post Market Change | 0.099998474 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.26211917 |
| Post Market Price | 38.25 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,390 |
| Previous Close | 38.85 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.699997 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.80179 |
| Regular Market Day High | 38.17 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 36.93 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 36.93 - 38.17 |
| Regular Market Open | 37.37 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 38.85 |
| Regular Market Price | 38.15 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 8,161,375 |
| Short Name | ProShares Ultra VIX Short Term |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | UVXY |
| Three Year Average Return | -0.6578553 |
| Total Assets | 290,079,744 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 45.31864 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 45.31864 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 53.1057 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -14.9557 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.28162137 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 8,161,375 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | 45.31864 |