(SRTY) ProShares UltraPro Short - Overview
ETF Category: Trading--Inverse Equity | Exchange: NYSE ARCA (USA) | Market Cap: 72m USD | Total Return: -63.9% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 66.5M
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
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The ProShares UltraPro Short Russell2000 (SRTY) is a leveraged inverse exchange-traded fund designed to track the daily performance of small-cap U.S. equities. The fund utilizes financial derivatives, such as swap agreements and futures contracts, to seek a return that is -3x the daily performance of the Russell 2000 Index. Because the fund targets daily objectives, its performance over periods longer than a single day can deviate significantly from the inverse return of the index due to the effects of compounding and volatility decay.
The underlying Russell 2000 Index consists of approximately 2,000 of the smallest securities in the Russell 3000 Index, serving as a primary benchmark for the small-cap market segment. This sector is characterized by higher historical volatility compared to large-cap indices, as smaller companies often have less diverse revenue streams and more limited access to capital markets. SRTY is a non-diversified instrument typically used by sophisticated investors for short-term tactical hedging or directional speculation against domestic small-cap stocks.
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- Small-cap equity volatility increases demand for inverse leveraged hedging instruments
- Rising interest rates pressure Russell 2000 constituent debt servicing and valuations
- Compounding effects and daily rebalancing cause long-term performance decay versus index
- Broad economic slowdown disproportionately impacts domestic small-cap corporate earnings growth
- Increased short interest in small-cap sectors drives daily inverse fund appreciation
As of June 07, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 26.56 with a total of 3,378,527 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by +8.72%,
over one month by -0.49%,
over three months by -27.55% and
over the past year by -63.91%.
ProShares UltraPro Short has no consensus analysts rating.