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SQQQ vs. QQQ

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

SQQQ
$--
vs

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

QQQ
$--

Correlation

-1.00
SQQQProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
QQQInvesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

What is SQQQ?

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ seeks daily investment results before fees and expenses that correspond to triple (300%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index .

Snapshot
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SQQQ ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Inception date
Feb 09 2010
Mar 10 1999
Expense ratio
0.95%
0.20%
SQQQ has a higher expense ratio than QQQ by 0.75%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in SQQQ than QQQ.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
SQQQ targets investing in US Equities, while QQQ targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
ProShares
Invesco
SQQQ is managed by ProShares, while QQQ is managed by Invesco.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$2,217,551,125
$17,559,045,883
Both SQQQ and QQQ are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$4,455,851,279
$197,956,569,440
SQQQ has more assets under management than QQQ by $193,500,718,161. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Nasdaq 100 Index
Nasdaq 100 Index
SQQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index, while QQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
Inverse (-3x)
No
SQQQ uses Inverse (-3x), while QQQ uses undefined. Inverse and leveraged ETFs can be used to either take an opposite position or amplify returns of a given index.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
SQQQ and QQQ both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
SQQQ and QQQ may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
QQQ may issue a K1, while SQQQ does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for QQQ in its “Related ETFs” section.
When ETFs are inversely correlated, they can be used in actively traded strategies (multiple trades per week) to take positions in opposing directions. For example, if you believe SQQQ is going to fall, it would make sense to invest in QQQ, as based on historical data, when SQQQ decreases in value, QQQ tends to increase in value.

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