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VIXY
ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

Price: $38.95
Change: $2.24 (-0.05%)
Category: Volatility
Last Updated:

Vitals

Investment Themes

Trading Data

Open - Volume -
Day Lo - Day Hi -
  • Open
  • Volume
  • Day Lo
  • Day Hi
  • 52 Week Lo $10.80
  • 52 Week Hi $64.56
  • AUM $243.9 M
  • Shares 5.9 M

Analyst Report

This ETF offers investors a way to access equity market volatility, an asset class that may have appeal thanks primarily to its negative correlation to U.S. and international stocks. The VIX index tends to spike when anxiety increases, and as such often moves in the opposite direction of stocks. However, it's important to note that VIXY does not represent a spot investment in the VIX, but rather is linked to an index comprised of VIX futures. As such, the performance of this product will often vary significantly from a hypothetical investment in the VIX (which isn't possible to establish). The focus on short-dated futures increases the correlation to the VIX, but also increases the potential for the adverse impacts of contango. Longer-dated options such as VIIZ, VIXM, or VXZ may be appropriate for longer holding periods. This ETF should never be held over the long term in a buy-and-hold portfolio; it is designed as a trading instrument that appeals to those looking to place a short term bet against the market or use as a hedging tool. One structural note: VIXY is an ETF, while other options for similar exposure (VXX and VIIX) are ETNs. That distinction can have an impact on the potential tracking error, tax treatment, and credit risk.

Historical Trading Data

  • 1 Month Avg. Volume 9,032,283
  • 3 Month Avg. Volume 6,823,975

Alternative ETFs in the Volatility Category

Type Symbol Expense Ratio Assets Avg. Daily Vol YTD Return
Cheapest VIXM 0.87% $48.6 M 124,352 94.08%
Largest (AUM) VXX 0.89% $862.4 M 60 M 213.23%
Most Liquid (Volume) VXX 0.89% $862.4 M 60 M 213.23%
Top YTD Performer EVIX 1.35% $3.1 M 22,333 232.94%

Top 15 Holdings

Concentration Analysis

This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

1
Number of Holdings
100.00%
% Assets in Top 10
 
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Number of Holdings
1
Rank
4 of 7
Low
EVIX (1)
High
VXX (1)
% Assets in Top 10
100.00%
Rank
4 of 7
Low
EVIX (100.00%)
High
VXX (100.00%)

 
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Sector Breakdown

VIXY Valuation

This section shows how the P/E multiple of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

P/E Ratio
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VIXY Dividend

This section shows how the dividend yield of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

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VIXY Fund Flows

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Realtime Rating

The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for VIXY on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Volatility with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETFdb Pro. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.

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Metric Metric Realtime Rating A+ Metric Rated ETF
Liquidity A- n/a
Expenses A n/a
Performance
Volatility
Dividend
Concentration

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VIXY Expenses & Fees

This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.

Expenses Ratio Analysis

ETF Average
0.542%
ETF Wtd. Average
0.60%
Category Average
0.96%
Expense Ratio
0.87%
Rank
2 of 7
Low
VIXM (0.87%)
High
EVIX (1.35%)
ESG Themes and Scores

VIXY does not have an ESG score. There are no ESG themes that map to this ETF.

VIXY Performance

This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peer group ETFdb.com Category.

2.64%
1 Week Return
76.72%
4 Week Return
225.94%
13 Week Return
86.01%
26 Week Return
213.35%
Year to Date Return
64.21%
1 Year Return
-26.06%
3 Year Return
-88.54%
5 Year Return
 
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1 Week Return
2.64%
Rank
6 of 7
Low
VIIX (2.53%)
High
EVIX (13.76%)
4 Week Return
76.72%
Rank
4 of 7
Low
VXZ (58.45%)
High
EVIX (91.36%)
13 Week Return
225.94%
Rank
4 of 7
Low
VXZ (97.67%)
High
EVIX (251.63%)
26 Week Return
86.01%
Rank
5 of 7
Low
VIXM (68.52%)
High
EVIX (113.78%)
Year to Date Return
213.35%
Rank
3 of 7
Low
VXZ (93.23%)
High
EVIX (232.94%)
1 Year Return
64.21%
Rank
5 of 6
Low
VXX (64.10%)
High
XVZ (117.70%)
3 Year Return
-26.06%
Rank
4 of 4
Low
VIXY (-26.06%)
High
XVZ (44.85%)
5 Year Return
-88.54%
Rank
4 of 4
Low
VIXY (-88.54%)
High
XVZ (34.84%)

 
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VIXY Charts

VIXY Technicals

Volatility Analysis

This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

 
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5 Day Volatility
453.78%
Rank
3 of 7
Low
VXZ (128.42%)
High
EVIX (510.32%)
20 Day Volatility
208.93%
Rank
2 of 7
Low
VIXM (140.89%)
High
EVIX (217.28%)
50 Day Volatility
154.64%
Rank
2 of 7
Low
VIXM (95.02%)
High
EVIX (163.36%)
200 Day Volatility
116.19%
Rank
2 of 7
Low
VIXM (69.86%)
High
EVIX (122.94%)
Beta
-4.2
Rank
7 of 7
Low
VIXY (-4.2)
High
XVZ (-0.39)
Standard Deviation
7.56%
Rank
3 of 6
Low
EVIX (2.27%)
High
VIIX (19.54%)

 
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Technicals

  • 20 Day MA $40.18
  • 60 Day MA $22.12
  • MACD 15 Period -4.38
  • MACD 100 Period 20.24
  • Williams % Range 10 Day 66.27
  • Williams % Range 20 Day 63.16
  • RSI 10 Day 52
  • RSI 20 Day 57
  • RSI 30 Day 59
  • Ultimate Oscillator 48

Bollinger Brands

  • Lower Bollinger (10 Day) $34.83
  • Upper Bollinger (10 Day) $47.04
  • Lower Bollinger (20 Day) $24.67
  • Upper Bollinger (20 Day) $55.93
  • Lower Bollinger (30 Day) $7.26
  • Upper Bollinger (30 Day) $58.00

Support & Resistance

  • Support Level 1 n/a
  • Support Level 2 $37.08
  • Resistance Level 1 n/a
  • Resistance Level 2 $42.28

Stochastic

  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (1 Day) 35.06
  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (5 Day) 42.84
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (1 Day) 41.73
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (5 Day) 43.37

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