ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

SVXY provides inverse exposure to an index comprising first- and second-month VIX future positions resulting in a weighted average maturity of one month.

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF benefits from falling volatility; post-election VIX normalization makes it less attractive, prompting a 'Sell' rating to take profit. SVXY is not suitable for buy and hold due to potential significant drawdowns from sudden volatility spikes. The fund should be bought when VIX spikes due to external events and sold after volatility subsides.

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SVXY experienced a -40% drawdown following a spike in the VIX on August 5, 2024. The ETF aims to provide a -0.5x return against the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index. SVXY performs well in calm markets and normal bear markets, but experiences losses during sudden spikes in volatility.

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ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

U.S. investors looking for positive returns had few options on Monday. Stocks tumbled while Treasury bond prices pared early gains.

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ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (SVXY) offers 0.5x exposure to shorting VIX futures, making it a unique "leveraged" ETF. SVXY has outperformed the highly popular Simplify Volatility Premium ETF (SVOL) and the overall market in the last 3 years. SVXY behaves differently in extreme cases, such as during the market drop in March 2020, but has performed well overall.

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SVOL utilizes a volatility selling strategy by selling VIX futures one month out instead of the front month future.

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Recreating Simplify Volatility Premium ETF's strategy using short volatility ETFs is possible and provides us insight into SVOL's potential flaws. ProShares Short VIX Short-Term ETF and Volatility Shares' -1x Short VIX Futures ETF offer investors access to ETF-only portfolio strategies that can provide short volatility exposure. These strategies are unique because they give investors access to gains via capital gains, not current income. The strategies perform wildly different based on varied backtests.

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Markets love volatility, but current conditions suggest a high volatility risk-off event is possible in the near-term. The ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF has performed well by shorting volatility, but it carries the risk of crashing. The counterparty risk and potential for significant losses make SVXY a risky investment, especially during periods of market turmoil or heightened volatility.

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We assessed the risk-reward for both the long and short sides of trading the VIX, and briefly discussed several common trading strategies. For traders holding onto the ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (SVXY), the act of shorting the VIX resembles that of "picking up pennies in front of a steamroller".

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We discuss the mechanics behind the VIX and its historical behaviour, before exploring simple strategies to trade the VIXY and SVXY. The VIXY and SVXY are effective tools to trade the VIX only in the short term but are destined to become losing trades the longer one extends the holding period.

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SVXY is a small group of quirky but often effective ways to profit when the S&P 500 rises in price. This ETF aims to profit from falling volatility. That is, when the VIX volatility index drops. That is typically associated with periods in which the S&P 500 is rising.

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The VIX ETPs have quite a few quirks and as a result of these quirks and their high volatility, there are considerable risks for both longs and shorts.

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Volatility exploded on Monday as stocks, index futures, and stock ETFs tumbled, following the S&P 500′s worst week since March 2020, as investors and traders expected more corporate earnings results and awaited a major policy move from the central bank this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged almost 1100 points, or 3.1%, losing ground [.

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With the last day of September more than halfway over, stock indexes and ETFs have continued to fall as investors prepare to finish a challenging but predictable month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed another 370 points, or over 1%, after climbing at the open.

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