ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY)Trading--Miscellaneous | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
16.40 USD
-0.13
(-0.786%) ⇩
(Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 7 a.m. EDT
This instrument is a specialized tool for hedging extreme market crashes, not a vehicle for wealth creation. The data reveals a catastrophic long-term trajectory, having lost nearly 99.6% of its value over the last nine years due to persistent compounding decay. This is not a temporary slump but a structural feature of the product designed to lose value during calm markets. While the recent price action shows a slight bounce off lows, the underlying mechanics ensure it will continue to erode capital over time. The options market confirms this pessimism, with traders stacking heavy protection against further drops rather than betting on rallies. For a standard investment portfolio, this security is effectively worthless; it serves only as insurance against a systemic collapse. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.138698 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.161405 |
| AutoETS | 0.177933 |
| MSTL | 0.178398 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 51% |
| H-stat | 3.07 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.084 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.19 |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 7 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for a continued decline, evidenced by massive open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes 32, 35, 48, 60) and significant new volume flowing into strikes 25 and 27. Conversely, call activity is concentrated near the money or slightly out-of-the-money, with very little speculative capital allocated to deep calls, indicating a bearish skew in the options market.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 1,013,920.0 |
| All Time Low | 11.33 |
| Ask | 16.15 |
| Ask Size | 1,500 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,227,750 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,402,185 |
| Average Volume | 2,402,185 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,227,750 |
| Beta3 Year | 45.4 |
| Bid | 16.15 |
| Bid Size | 3,000 |
| Category | Trading--Miscellaneous |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 17.025 |
| Day Low | 16.255 |
| Display Name | VIX Short-Term Futures ETF |
| 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 | 17.4774 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.0774002 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.061645336 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -54.100193 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 39.7 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -23.300001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5869018 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 15.88 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.5199995 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.03274556 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 15.88 - 39.7 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,294,151,400,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | -0.4639322 |
| Full Exchange Name | Cboe US |
| Fullday Change | -0.21999931 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.3422778 |
| Fullday Price | 16.17 |
| 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 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 VIX Short-Term Futures ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_117792624 |
| Nav Price | 16.532 |
| Net Assets | 220,552,096.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.96 |
| Open | 16.82 |
| Phone | 240-497-6400 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.21999931 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -1.3422778 |
| Pre Market Price | 16.17 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,792,148,821 |
| Previous Close | 16.53 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.130001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.786455 |
| Regular Market Day High | 17.025 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 16.255 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 16.255 - 17.025 |
| Regular Market Open | 16.82 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 16.53 |
| Regular Market Price | 16.4 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,094,400 |
| Regular Market Volume | 4,101,715 |
| Short Name | VIX Short-Term Futures ETF |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | VIXY |
| Three Year Average Return | -0.4538682 |
| Total Assets | 220,552,096 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | -20.77965 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | -20.77965 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 24.14495 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -7.7449512 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.32076898 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 4,101,715 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | -34.51372 |