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AGQProShares Ultra Silver

Take a bet17y track recordRanked #48 of 775 in this goal

By ProShares · Launched 2008

Annual Cost

1.29%

#5,280 of 5,562 · expensive

Fund Size

$1.9B

#775 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+67.8%

Track Record

17 years

#641 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$18,080+80.8%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Commodity

Strategy

Leveraged

Index tracked

Bloomberg Silver Subindex

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 1 holdings = 15.2% of fundwell diversified

ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETFIQMM
15.2%

Asset allocation

Cash
57.6%
Other
42.9%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
123.1%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-79.9%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.86Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.15Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Strategy
The principal investment strategy of the ProShares Ultra Silver involves investing in financial instruments such as futures contracts, swap agreements, and options that provide exposure to its benchmark, the Bloomberg Silver Subindex SM, in a manner consistent with its daily investment objective. The fund employs leverage to achieve its investment objective and does not seek to achieve its stated objective over periods longer than a single day.
Inception date
December 1, 2008
Fund family
ProShares

Our take

Structural notes on how this fund behaves. Read our guide on the 6 warning signs.

Leveraged
Warning

Leveraged ETF — not a long-term hold

This fund uses leverage to amplify daily returns (e.g. 2x or 3x of an index). Daily rebalancing creates volatility decay — over weeks and months, the fund's return drifts from the stated multiple. In trending markets with low realised volatility, leveraged index ETFs can outperform their nominal multiple; in sideways or volatile markets they bleed. Designed for short-term tactical use, not buy-and-hold.

Source: Cheng & Madhavan, 'The Dynamics of Leveraged and Inverse ETFs' (2009)

Why we flagged this: strategy=leveraged + leveraged_name_or_strategy

Educational analysis of structural product characteristics. Not investment advice. Always read the fund prospectus and consult a qualified advisor before investing. More

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Data updated on 2026-06-20