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ProShares UltraShort Yen (YCS)

Trading--Miscellaneous | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
53.29 USD +1.24 (2.382%) ⇧ (April 20, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:54 p.m. EDT

YCS is exhibiting classic ETF volatility decay characteristics within a sideways-to-slightly-bearish context, making it a poor candidate for long-term wealth generation (0 yield, high drag). The options data confirms market participants are explicitly hedging downside risk around the $50-53 range rather than speculating on a major upside break for this leveraged short yen instrument.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.026821
MSTL0.026843
AutoTheta0.031791
AutoARIMA0.061173

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.22
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.152
Excess Kurtosis -0.94

As of April 18, 2026, 11:54 p.m. EDT: Options flow reveals a distinct bearish bias for short-term protection. In the April expiration, put volume is nearly 4x that of calls, with heavy Open Interest (OI) concentrated at strikes below the current price (50.0 and 51.0 strikes), indicating stops or insurance being placed at support levels. Conversely, call activity is sparse; the 0.25 ATM anchors lack notable OI, and bulk call volume is found at higher strikes (59.0) in very few contracts. For near-term expirations, the speculative edge leans heavily against a price decline, while 6-month+ puts show significant positioning at 43.0 and 45.0 strikes, suggesting a floor is being spelled at roughly $45-50.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 78.38
All Time Low 9.93
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 68,000
Average Daily Volume3 Month 39,172
Average Volume 39,172
Average Volume10Days 68,000
Beta3 Year -35.89
Bid 53.51
Bid Size 1,500
Category Trading--Miscellaneous
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 53.435
Day Low 53.05
Dividend Yield 0.0
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 52.2062
Fifty Day Average Change 1.0838013
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.02076001
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 34.77491
Fifty Two Week High 54.67
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.3799973
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.025242314
Fifty Two Week Low 38.91
Fifty Two Week Low Change 14.380001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.36957082
Fifty Two Week Range 38.91 - 54.67
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,227,623,400,000
Five Year Average Return 0.23574829
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family ProShares
Fund Inception Date 1,227,484,800
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 investing under normal market conditions in any one of, or combinations of, Financial Instruments based on the fund’s benchmark. 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 as collateral for Financial Instruments and pending investment in Financial Instruments.
Long Name ProShares UltraShort Yen
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_51150762
Nav Price 53.358
Net Assets 29,016,452.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.98
Open 53.22
Phone 240-497-6400
Pre Market Change 0.3376007
Pre Market Change Percent 0.63374203
Pre Market Price 53.6086
Pre Market Time 1,776,770,385
Previous Close 52.05
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.24
Regular Market Change Percent 2.38233
Regular Market Day High 53.435
Regular Market Day Low 53.05
Regular Market Day Range 53.05 - 53.435
Regular Market Open 53.22
Regular Market Previous Close 52.05
Regular Market Price 53.29
Regular Market Time 1,776,715,200
Regular Market Volume 19,803
Short Name ProShares UltraShort Yen New
Source Interval 15
Symbol YCS
Three Year Average Return 0.2274151
Total Assets 29,016,452
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 4.09461
Trailing Three Month Returns 4.09461
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 48.4108
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.8792
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.10078742
Type Disp ETF
Volume 19,803
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 4.09461