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UCOProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

Take a bet17y track recordRanked #87 of 949 in this goal

Seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, corresponding to two times (2x) the daily performance of the Bloomberg Commodity Balanced WTI Crude Oil Index.

By ProShares · Launched 2008

Annual Cost

1.47%

#5,672 of 5,861 · expensive

Fund Size

$312M

#1,950 of 5,861 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+51.3%

Track Record

17 years

#624 of 5,861 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$27,195+171.9%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Commodity

Strategy

Leveraged

Index tracked

Bloomberg Commodity Balanced WTI Crude Oil Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

synthetic exposure — holdings shown are derivatives collateral, not the fund's positions

ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETFIQMM
16.0%

Asset allocation

Cash
89.5%
Other
10.5%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
60.0%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-98.8%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.41Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.58Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, corresponding to two times (2x) the daily performance of the Bloomberg Commodity Balanced WTI Crude Oil Index.
Strategy
The principal investment strategy of UCO involves investing in financial instruments such as futures contracts, swap agreements, and options that provide exposure to its benchmark. The fund aims to achieve its investment objective through daily rebalancing to maintain its targeted exposure, focusing solely on achieving its daily performance goal rather than long-term results.
Inception date
November 24, 2008
Fund family
ProShares

Our take

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

Leveraged
Warning

Your return drifts the longer you hold

Leverage amplifies the index's daily move, by 2x or 3x. The fund resets every day, so over weeks and months your real return drifts from that multiple. It can run ahead in a smooth climb and bleed in a choppy one. Hold one for months and you own a different bet than the label suggests.

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