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About ProShares Trust Ultra VIX Short Term Futures ETF
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Inception date
Oct 3, 2011
Structure
Commodities Pool
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
No distributions
Income tax type
60/40
Max ST capital gains rate
27.84%
Max LT capital gains rate
27.84%
Primary advisor
ProShare Advisors LLC
Distributor
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
UVXY offers daily leveraged exposure to short-term VIX futures, designed to capture the volatility of the S&P 500, in a commodity pool wrapper. As a geared product with daily resets, UVXY is designed as a short-term trading tool and not a long-term investment vehicle. Returns over holding periods greater than one day can be, and often are, significantly different from 1.5x. Like its peer products, UVXY does not deliver leveraged returns on the VIX index itself, but on front- and second-month futures contracts. As a commodity pool, investors will get K-1 at tax time but avoid the counterparty risk of an exchange-traded note. Prior to February 28, 2018, the fund provided 2x leveraged exposure.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Cash
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Cash100.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history