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SQQQ

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ · XNAS · ETF · 131 sessions on record
$34.41▼ −0.25 · −0.7%from $34.66 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$34.36
High
$34.44
Low
$33.66
Day's range
$0.782.2% of the previous close
VWAP
$34.06close +1.0% from it
Volume, shares
45.4M1.01× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$1.55B
Trades
121K370 shares per trade
Previous close
$34.66−0.25 to the close
Market cap
—
Day range96% of the way up
$33.66$34.44
52-week range2% of the way up
$33.35 Sep 23$90.72 Mar 30

−62% from the high · +3.2% from the low

The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
call-heavy
options read
calls 61% · puts 39% of OI
0.64
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 0.44
$36.00
max pain
+4.6% from the close
$45.00
most call OI
18.7K contracts · +31% from the close
▲ +2.8%
option OI on the day
+13.8K contracts · 504K open

Call-heavy into a 16-day expiry: 0.64 puts per call by open interest, option OI +2.8% on the day, the most call OI sits at $45.00, the most put OI at $36.00, max pain $36.00.

Options

Sep 30 open interest · 12 expiries listed

SQQQ options carry 504K contracts of open interest across 12 expiries, 24% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 0.64 puts per call.

Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 12 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 8 expiries
ExpiryCall OI · on the dayPut OI · on the dayPuts per callShare of OI %Strikes
Oct 22 days57.7K+5.91K63.9K−8121.112457
Oct 99 days17.1K+5197.32K+2280.434.849
Oct 1616 days84.6K−58337.1K+4510.442444
Oct 2323 days4.16K+2913.42K+490.821.546
Oct 3030 days7.3K+1663.14K+270.432.145
Nov 637 days1.96K+71778+130.040.4042
Nov 2051 days15.3K+8742.93K+1040.193.634
Dec 1879 days24.5K+10212.4K+10.517.360

47% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 44 strikes listed for it · 504K contracts open in all

Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days

The Oct 16 contract holds 84.6K calls and 37.1K puts, the most call OI at $45.00 and the most put OI at $36.00; max pain $36.00, +4.6% from the close.

Call OI, contracts
84.6K−583 on the day
Put OI, contracts
37.1K+451 on the day
Puts per call, by OI
0.44all expiries 0.64
Max pain
$36.00+4.6% from the close
Strikes listed
44for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
18.7K
$45.00
10.3K
$42.00
12.7K
$40.00
3.02K
$36.00
27.9K
$35.00
1.35K
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+431
$41.00
+381
$34.50
+179
$33.50
+84
$33.00
+175
$32.00
+176
Close $ · S&P 500 rebased to the first close126 sessions to Sep 30 · axis fixed at 4 × ATR-14 around the last close
131 sessions on file · from Mar 25
SQQQ close over the last 126 sessions, with S&P 500 rebased to the first close28.3760.1691.95axis spans 224%S&P 500SQQQApr 1Jul 2Sep 30126 sessions from Apr 1 to Sep 30; the price axis spans 224 percent.

Shareholding

quarter to Jun 2026 · SEC Form 13F

No open-market insider buying or selling in the last 90 days.

Held by 13F managers
—
Shares held
7.36M+0.36% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
7872 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
—Jump Financial, LLC
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of SQQQ
ManagerSharesOf outstandingValueChange on quarter
Jump Financial, LLC1.03M—$37.4M+1.02M
IMC-Chicago, LLC957K—$34.8M−661K
CITIGROUP INC848K—$30.8M−26.1K
Trivest Advisors Ltd782K—$28.4M—
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP533K—$19.4M+416K
UBS Group AG505K—$18.3M−811K
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC298K—$10.8M−283K
O'Neil Global Advisors, Inc.276K—$10.0M—
Timothy G. Youngquist 2020 Irrevocable Trust276K—$10.1M+163K
StoneX Group Inc.255K—$10.8M+155K

Corporate actions

exchange records

Nothing upcoming on record; the last was a dividend of $0.47 a share, ex-date Sep 23, 2026.

Actionsex-dates · upcoming first, then the last eight · dividends in dollars a share, splits as ratios
Corporate actions of SQQQ, upcoming first, then the most recent
Ex-dateActionAmount or ratioRecord date
recent
Sep 23, 2026dividend$0.47—
Jun 24, 2026dividend$0.64—
Mar 25, 2026dividend$0.64—
Calendardividends by ex-date
Dividends in 365 days
—a share · ex-dates inside the year
Last dividend
$0.47ex-date Sep 23, 2026

Price history

131 sessions on record · to Sep 30 · end of day

SQQQ is −13.9% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 62% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 46% annualised.

Returns against S&P 500longest window first · S&P 500 over the same sessions
Returns of the stock and S&P 500 over six windows, longest first
WindowFrom $SQQQ %S&P 500 %Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9$67.86▼ −49%▲ +12%−61
60 sessionssince Jul 7$40.38▼ −15%▲ +2.0%−17
20 sessionssince Sep 1$39.97▼ −14%▲ +0.11%−14
5 sessionssince Sep 23$34.14▲ +0.79%▼ −0.67%+1.5
1 sessionsince Sep 29$34.66▼ −0.72%▼ −0.21%−0.51
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$34.37close +0.12% from it
20-session average
$37.19close −7.5% from it
50-session average
$38.93close −12% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$1.54.4% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$1.03.0% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
1.01×45.4M vs 45M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
46%≈ ±2.9% a session · moved more than that on 5 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
58%≈ ±3.6% a session · moved more than that on 15 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
-4.63moved with S&P 500 on 14 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Last 20 sessions
8 up · 12 downof 20
Last 60 sessions
30 up · 30 downof 60
Best session, 250
▲ +14%Jun 5
Worst session, 250
▼ −10%Aug 4

Short-sale volume

25 sessions · to Sep 30, 2026

Short sales were 52% of reported volume on Sep 30, 2026, against 54% over the last 25 sessions.

Last 10 sessionsshare of the day's reported volume
SQQQ daily short-sale volume
SessionShort volumeReported volumeShort share
Sep 30, 202611M20.9M52.4%
Sep 29, 20269.09M17M53.6%
Sep 28, 20269.84M22.1M44.5%
Sep 25, 202610.4M20.7M50.3%
Sep 24, 202612.2M25M48.6%
Sep 23, 202613.4M24.4M54.9%
Sep 22, 20269.66M17.5M55.1%
Sep 21, 202618.6M31.6M59.0%
Sep 18, 20267.7M14.8M52.2%
Sep 17, 202611.1M19.4M57.4%

Filings

SEC EDGAR · newest first
SQQQ SEC filings
FiledFormReport date
Sep 24, 2026485BXT—
Sep 24, 2026485BXT—
Sep 24, 2026485BXT—
Sep 21, 2026485APOS—
Sep 17, 2026485BXT—
Sep 10, 2026485APOS—
Sep 10, 2026485BXT—
Sep 10, 2026485BXT—
Sep 10, 2026485BXT—
Sep 4, 2026N-MFP3Aug 31, 2026
Sep 4, 2026485BXT—
Aug 28, 2026485BXT—
Aug 28, 2026N-PXJun 30, 2026
Aug 28, 2026N-PXJun 30, 2026
Aug 27, 202624F-2NTMay 31, 2026
Aug 27, 2026485BXT—
Aug 27, 2026485BXT—
Aug 26, 202640-17G—
Aug 21, 2026485APOS—
Aug 21, 2026485BXT—
Aug 17, 2026485APOS—
Aug 17, 2026485APOS—
Aug 14, 2026N-CENMay 31, 2026
Aug 13, 2026CERT—
Aug 13, 2026485APOS—

About ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

SEC and exchange records
Company
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
Exchange
XNAS
SEC CIK
1174610
Sessions on record
131
Price source
End of day · delayed
Computed
1 Oct, 10:34 pm IST

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