DWSHAdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF
Seeks capital appreciation through short selling securities.
By AdvisorShares · Launched 2018
6.22%
#5,854 of 5,861 · expensive
$11M
#4,858 of 5,861 · small
-11.4%
8 years
#1,735 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDTotal-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundWhat it actually holds
By weightConcentration
synthetic exposure — holdings shown are derivatives collateral, not the fund's positions
Asset allocation
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsYear-on-year price swings
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks capital appreciation through short selling securities.
- Strategy
- Actively manages a portfolio to obtain short exposure to the U.S. large-capitalization equity market through short sales of U.S.-traded equity securities and ETFs. Utilizes a quantitative model to identify securities with the highest relative weakness, aiming to outperform the broader market.
- Inception date
- July 10, 2018
- Fund family
- AdvisorShares
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Structural notes on how this fund behaves. Read our guide on the 6 warning signs.
You can be right and still lose
This fund returns the opposite of its benchmark's daily move, then resets. Hold it longer and the daily compounding takes over: the market can move your way over a week and you still finish down. It works as a one-day hedge and nothing beyond that.
Sources: Cheng & Madhavan, 'The Dynamics of Leveraged and Inverse ETFs' (2009)
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 2026-08-04