ProShares UltraShort S&P500 (-2x)
SDS NYSE Arca
ProShares UltraShort S&P500 seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of the S&P 500®. This short ProShares ETF seeks a return that is -2x the return of its underlying benchmark (target) for a single day, as mea...
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- Fund size
- 1.37B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.89% per year
- Dividend yield
- 3.22% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 25.7% Above Average
- Beta
- -1.84 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 52.1578.90
How SDS has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, SDS returned −14.0% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +2.7 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±26% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −33.9% on Aug 13, 2026 — 136 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 88% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of -1.84 means SDS has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Downtrend- 12-day average54.22 +3.1%
- 26-day average53.99 +3.5%
- 50-day average54.17 +3.2%
- 200-day average60.01 −6.9%
The price is above 3 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
US Equity · LargeCap Inverse x-2 — tracking the S&P 500®.
- Assets under management1.37BUSD
- Expense ratio0.89%per year
- Holdings82
- Risk score7.0High
Launched July 2006. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 32 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.80
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Sep 23, 2026
Last 12 months
1.80 USD / shareWhere SDS shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold SDS. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About ProShares UltraShort S&P500 (-2x)
ProShares UltraShort S&P500 seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of the S&P 500®. This short ProShares ETF seeks a return that is -2x the return of its underlying benchmark (target) for a single day, as measured from one NAV calculation to the next.
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 82 holdings
- Ticker
- SDS
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US74347B3832
- CUSIP
- 74347B383
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- LargeCap Inverse x-2
- Benchmark
- S&P 500®
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 27, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.