ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF (VIXM)Trading--Miscellaneous | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
14.37 USD
-0.01
(-0.097%) ⇩
(July 14, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:29 a.m. EDT
The ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF is currently a pure volatility play with no income component. Fundamentally, the instrument is neutral; the underlying VIX index has shown a mixed multi-year history with significant drawdowns offset by spikes, resulting in a flat-to-slightly-negative long-term trajectory. The recent price action shows the asset trading near its 52-week lows, failing to recover from previous peaks, which indicates a lack of sustained bullish momentum. However, the options market tells a different story for the immediate future: there is massive positioning for a volatility spike. Traders are buying protection and bets on high readings well above current levels, driven by headlines regarding geopolitical instability. This creates a tactical opportunity for short-term hedging or speculative plays on fear, but it offers no rationale for a long-term buy-and-hold strategy given the inherent decay of volatility futures and the absence of dividends. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.028193 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.029816 |
| AutoTheta | 0.029913 |
| AutoETS | 0.030525 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 51% |
| H-stat | 68.26 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.062 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.14 |
As of July 11, 2026, 3:29 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for elevated volatility rather than directional moves. Call Open Interest is heavily skewed toward strikes significantly above the current price (e.g., 30, 34, 35), while Put Open Interest clusters around the money and slightly out-of-the-money. This distribution suggests a 'straddle' or 'strangle' bias where traders are betting on a spike in the VIX index due to geopolitical risks, rather than a specific crash or rally in the ETF itself.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 380.0 |
| All Time Low | 13.68 |
| Ask | 14.35 |
| Ask Size | 700 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 198,200 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 268,442 |
| Average Volume | 268,442 |
| Average Volume10Days | 198,200 |
| Beta3 Year | 33.64 |
| Bid | 14.33 |
| Bid Size | 500 |
| Category | Trading--Miscellaneous |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 14.37 |
| Day Low | 14.3306 |
| 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 | 15.2522 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.88619995 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.05810309 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -14.149255 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 17.72 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.3539991 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.1892776 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 14.17 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.1960001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.013832047 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 14.17 - 17.72 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,294,151,400,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | -0.1440061 |
| Full Exchange Name | Cboe US |
| Fund Family | ProShares |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,294,012,800 |
| 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 seeks to meet its investment objective, by taking long positions in VIX futures contracts. It will also hold cash or cash equivalents such as U.S. Treasury securities or other high credit quality, short-term fixed-income or similar securities (such as shares of money market funds) as collateral for Financial Instruments and pending investment in Financial Instruments. |
| Long Name | ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_117792623 |
| Nav Price | 14.329 |
| Net Assets | 40,292,380.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.92 |
| Open | 14.3 |
| Phone | 240-497-6400 |
| Previous Close | 14.38 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.013999939 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.09735701 |
| Regular Market Day High | 14.37 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 14.3306 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 14.3306 - 14.37 |
| Regular Market Open | 14.3 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 14.38 |
| Regular Market Price | 14.366 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,784,037,876 |
| Regular Market Volume | 14,172 |
| Short Name | VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | VIXM |
| Three Year Average Return | -0.101579905 |
| Total Assets | 40,292,380 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | -16.77123 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | -16.77123 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 15.74965 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.3836498 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.08785273 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 14,172 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | -5.99698 |