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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018.

or

 

Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

for the transition period from                      to                     .

Commission file number: 001-34200

 

 

PROSHARES TRUST II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   87-6284802

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

c/o ProShare Capital Management LLC

7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000

Bethesda, Maryland 20814

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(240) 497-6400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Common Units of Beneficial Interest

 

NYSE Arca, Inc.

(Title of each class)   (Name of exchange on which registered)
(Title of class)   (Name of exchange on which registered)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    ☒  Yes    ☐  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    ☒  Yes    ☐  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large Accelerated Filer     Accelerated Filer  
Non-Accelerated Filer   ☐  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller Reporting Company  
Emerging Growth Company      

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.).    ☐  Yes    ☒  No

 

 

 


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PROSHARES TRUST II

Table of Contents

 

     Page  

Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1. Financial Statements

     3  

Item  2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     141  

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     174  

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

     194  

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

     196  

Item 1A. Risk Factors

     196  

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     196  

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     202  

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

     202  

Item 5. Other Information

     202  

Item 6. Exhibits

     203  

 

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Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Financial Statements.

Index

 

Documents

   Page  

Statements of Financial Condition, Schedules of Investments, Statements of Operations, Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity and Statements of Cash Flows:

  

ProShares Short Euro

     4  

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     9  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     14  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     19  

ProShares Ultra Euro

     24  

ProShares Ultra Gold

     29  

ProShares Ultra Silver

     34  

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     39  

ProShares Ultra Yen

     44  

ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF

     49  

ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF

     54  

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     59  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     64  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     69  

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     74  

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     79  

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     84  

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     89  

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     94  

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     99  

ProShares Trust II

     104  

Notes to Financial Statements

     108  

 

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PROSHARES SHORT EURO

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,734,911      $ 923,063  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     117,810        122,430  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $5,990,049 and $6,996,595, respectively)

     5,989,804        6,996,235  

Receivable on open futures contracts

     14,343        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     7,856,868        8,041,728  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable on open futures contracts

     —          43,311  

Payable to Sponsor

     6,306        6,537  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     6,306        49,848  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     7,850,562        7,991,880  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 7,856,868      $ 8,041,728  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     200,000        200,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 39.25      $ 39.96  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 39.04      $ 39.99  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES SHORT EURO

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(76% of shareholders’ equity)

     

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.536% due 05/10/18

   $ 6,000,000      $ 5,989,804  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $5,990,049)

      $ 5,989,804  
     

 

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Sold         
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Euro Fx Currency Futures-CME, expires June 2018

     51      $ 7,878,544      $ 70,931  

 

^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES SHORT EURO

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 19,567     $ 15,696  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     18,350       36,567  

Brokerage commissions

     283       650  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     18,633       37,217  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     934       (21,521
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     (379,586     82,257  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (379,586     82,257  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     237,219       (252,663

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     115       309  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     237,334       (252,354
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (142,252     (170,097
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (141,318   $ (191,618
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES SHORT EURO

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 7,991,880  

Net investment income (loss)

     934  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (379,586

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     237,334  
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (141,318
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 7,850,562  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES SHORT EURO

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (141,318   $ (191,618

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (179,974,006     (20,976,677

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     181,000,000       23,168,000  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (19,448     (15,696

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     (115     (309

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     (14,343     (9,425

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (231     (130

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     (43,311     (76,666
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     807,228       1,897,479  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     807,228       1,897,479  

Cash, beginning of period

     1,045,493       2,694,612  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 1,852,721     $ 4,592,091  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 31,905,262      $ 1,468,000  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     342,286,549        299,200,276  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $237,731,973 and $494,962,509, respectively)

     237,745,084        494,910,644  

Receivable on open futures contracts

     88,502,947        20,758,850  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     700,439,842        816,337,770  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     —          44,817,710  

Payable on open futures contracts

     6,605,050        528,750  

Payable to Sponsor

     588,103        827,439  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     7,193,153        46,173,899  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     693,246,689        770,163,871  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 700,439,842      $ 816,337,770  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     59,800,000        6,050,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 11.59      $ 127.30  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 11.74      $ 128.21  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(34% of shareholders’ equity)

     

Federal Home Loan Discount Notes^^:

     

1.200% due 04/02/18

   $ 76,000,000      $ 75,997,467  

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.672% due 04/19/18

     62,000,000        61,951,987  

1.677% due 05/17/18

     100,000,000        99,795,630  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $237,731,973)

      $ 237,745,084  
     

 

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Sold         
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

VIX Futures - CBOE, expires April 2018

     11,205      $ 221,578,875      $ (33,863,059

VIX Futures - CBOE, expires May 2018

     6,525        125,443,125        (2,897,897
        

 

 

 
         $ (36,760,956
        

 

 

 

 

^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 1,769,973     $ 352,258  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     2,156,096       743,985  

Brokerage commissions

     1,337,687       514,465  

Brokerage fees

     26,789       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     3,520,572       1,258,450  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (1,750,599     (906,192
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     (1,883,525,731     99,893,092  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (260,231     (4,058
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,883,785,962     99,889,034  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     (53,802,405     29,160,974  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     64,976       (23,940
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (53,737,429     29,137,034  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (1,937,523,391     129,026,068  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (1,939,273,990   $ 128,119,876  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 770,163,871  

Addition of 69,900,000 shares

     2,358,163,073  

Redemption of 16,150,000 shares

     (495,806,265
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of 53,750,000 shares

     1,862,356,808  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (1,750,599

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,883,785,962

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (53,737,429
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (1,939,273,990
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 693,246,689  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (1,939,273,990   $ 128,119,876  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (5,883,845,728     (864,629,486

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     6,142,262,211       675,775,355  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (1,446,178     (352,258

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     260,231       4,058  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     (64,976     23,940  

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     (67,744,097     (3,550,622

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (239,336     66,438  

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     6,076,300       3,349,656  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (1,744,015,563     (61,193,043
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     2,358,163,073       771,316,846  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (540,623,975     (640,759,258
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     1,817,539,098       130,557,588  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     73,523,535       69,364,545  

Cash, beginning of period

     300,668,276       57,174,744  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 374,191,811     $ 126,539,289  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA BLOOMBERG CRUDE OIL

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,662,259      $ 1,532,748  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     5,523,210        8,796,755  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for swap agreements

     6,123,400        —    

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $389,399,948 and $459,543,053, respectively)

     389,408,580        459,515,902  

Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements

     24,872,652        62,238,361  

Receivable on open futures contracts

     1,424,986        2,242,001  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     429,015,087        534,325,767  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     17,551,180        9,464,420  

Payable to Sponsor

     334,965        415,821  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     17,886,145        9,880,241  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     411,128,942        524,445,526  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 429,015,087      $ 534,325,767  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     14,961,317        22,161,317  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 27.48      $ 23.66  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 27.50      $ 23.44  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA BLOOMBERG CRUDE OIL

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(95% of shareholders’ equity)

     

Federal Home Loan Discount Notes^^:

     

1.200% due 04/02/18

   $ 50,000,000      $ 49,998,333  

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.354% due 04/05/18†

     26,000,000        25,996,459  

1.336% due 04/12/18†

     50,000,000        49,977,015  

1.511% due 04/26/18†

     70,000,000        69,925,569  

1.536% due 05/10/18†

     60,000,000        59,898,036  

1.594% due 05/24/18

     53,000,000        52,874,830  

1.724% due 06/07/18

     30,000,000        29,908,974  

1.738% due 06/14/18†

     51,000,000        50,829,364  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $389,399,948)

      $ 389,408,580  
     

 

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Purchased         
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

WTI Crude Oil - NYMEX, expires May 2018

     2,391      $ 155,271,540      $ 10,767,950  

 

Total Return Swap Agreements^           
     Rate Paid
(Received)*
    Termination Date      Notional Amount at
Value**
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Swap agreement with Citibank, N.A. based on Bloomberg Crude Oil Sub-Index

     0.18     04/06/18      $ 200,208,114      $ 7,042,924  

Swap agreement with Goldman Sachs International based on Bloomberg Crude Oil Sub-Index

     0.25     04/06/18        192,610,038        7,454,750  

Swap agreement with Societe Generale based on Bloomberg Crude Oil Sub-Index

     0.25     04/06/18        86,577,855        3,306,542  

Swap agreement with UBS AG based on Bloomberg Crude Oil Sub-Index

     0.25     04/06/18        187,785,873        7,068,436  
          

 

 

 
         
Total Unrealized
Appreciation
 
 
   $ 24,872,652  
          

 

 

 

 

All or partial amount pledged as collateral for swap agreements.

 

^ The positions and counterparties herein are as of March 31, 2018. The Funds continually evaluate different counterparties for their transactions and counterparties are subject to change. New counterparties can be added at any time.

 

^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.

 

* Reflects the floating financing rate, as of March 31, 2018, on the notional amount of the swap agreement paid to the counterparty or received from the counterparty, excluding any commissions. Total Return Swap Agreements payment is due at termination/maturity.

 

** For swap agreements, a positive amount represents “long” exposure to the benchmark index. A negative amount represents “short” exposure to the benchmark index.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA BLOOMBERG CRUDE OIL

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 1,425,965     $ 1,044,411  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     1,072,854       1,961,599  

Brokerage commissions

     18,117       37,317  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     1,090,971       1,998,916  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     334,994       (954,505
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     16,750,268       (2,694,318

Swap agreements

     95,767,623       2,282,231  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (6     (5,011
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     112,517,885       (417,098
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     (1,178,029     (19,478,648

Swap agreements

     (37,365,709     (128,386,659

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     35,783       1,067  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (38,507,955     (147,864,240
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     74,009,930       (148,281,338
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 74,344,924     $ (149,235,843
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA BLOOMBERG CRUDE OIL

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 524,445,526  

Addition of 1,950,000 shares

     50,670,933  

Redemption of 9,150,000 shares

     (238,332,441
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of (7,200,000) shares

     (187,661,508
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     334,994  

Net realized gain (loss)

     112,517,885  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (38,507,955
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     74,344,924  
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 411,128,942  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA BLOOMBERG CRUDE OIL

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 74,344,924     $ (149,235,843

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (3,328,447,440     (1,408,298,554

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     3,399,999,661       1,344,338,268  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (1,409,122     (1,044,411

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     6       5,011  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     37,329,926       128,385,592  

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     817,015       (1,897,768

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (80,856     (162,971

Increase (Decrease) in brokerage commissions and fees payable

     —         (2,332

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     —         (1,993,438
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     182,554,114       (89,906,446
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     50,670,933       428,942,155  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (230,245,681     (335,797,109
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (179,574,748     93,145,046  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     2,979,366       3,238,600  

Cash, beginning of period

     10,329,503       22,011,155  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 13,308,869     $ 25,249,755  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA BLOOMBERG NATURAL GAS

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,179,566      $ 4,417,324  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     4,185,939        10,299,573  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $32,965,473 and $50,963,586, respectively)

     32,966,685        50,961,356  

Receivable from capital shares sold

     —          326,440  

Receivable on open futures contracts

     940,055        1,520,156  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     39,272,245        67,524,849  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     —          4,211,794  

Payable to Sponsor

     32,700        44,105  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     32,700        4,255,899  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     39,239,545        63,268,950  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 39,272,245      $ 67,524,849  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (Note 1)

     1,428,150        1,938,434  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share (Note 1)

   $ 27.48      $ 32.64  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 1) (Note 2)

   $ 27.53      $ 32.50  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA BLOOMBERG NATURAL GAS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(84% of shareholders’ equity)

     

Federal Home Loan Discount Notes^^:

     

1.200% due 04/02/18

   $ 16,000,000      $ 15,999,467  

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.400% due 04/26/18

     2,000,000        1,997,873  

1.677% due 05/17/18

     15,000,000        14,969,345  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $32,965,473)

      $ 32,966,685  
     

 

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Purchased         
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Natural Gas - NYMEX, expires May 2018

     2,872      $ 78,491,760      $ 2,251,369  

 

^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA BLOOMBERG NATURAL GAS

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 136,075     $ 44,039  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     104,599       108,892  

Brokerage commissions

     24,021       21,654  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     128,620       130,546  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     7,455       (86,507
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     1,134,812       (14,377,716

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (20     (419
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,134,792       (14,378,135
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     (4,974,441     900,424  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     3,442       493  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (4,970,999     900,917  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (3,836,207     (13,477,218
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (3,828,752   $ (13,563,725
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA BLOOMBERG NATURAL GAS

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 63,268,950  

Addition of 650,000 shares (Note 1)

     18,760,719  

Redemption of 1,160,284 shares (Note 1)

     (38,961,372
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of (510,284) shares (Note 1)

     (20,200,653
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     7,455  

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,134,792  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (4,970,999
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (3,828,752
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 39,239,545  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA BLOOMBERG NATURAL GAS

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (3,828,752   $ (13,563,725

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (808,881,732     (72,915,545

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     826,999,848       68,197,564  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (120,023     (44,039

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     20       419  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     (3,442     (493

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     580,101       —    

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (11,405     4,959  

Increase (Decrease) in brokerage commissions and fees payable

     —         (433

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     —         (1,500,821
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     14,734,615       (19,822,114
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     19,087,159       32,218,707  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (43,173,166     (12,185,209
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (24,086,007     20,033,498  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     (9,351,392     211,384  

Cash, beginning of period

     14,716,897       8,584,212  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 5,365,505     $ 8,795,596  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA EURO

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,741,234      $ 1,416,427  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for foreign currency forward contracts

     444,000        922,000  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $7,993,930 and $6,996,595, respectively)

     7,993,805        6,996,235  

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts

     532        321,609  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     10,179,571        9,656,271  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable to Sponsor

     8,089        7,298  

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts

     218,599        57,457  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     226,688        64,755  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     9,952,883        9,591,516  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 10,179,571      $ 9,656,271  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     550,000        550,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 18.10      $ 17.44  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 18.09      $ 17.46  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA EURO

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(80% of shareholders’ equity)

     

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.521% due 04/19/18†

   $ 8,000,000      $ 7,993,805  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $7,993,930)

      $ 7,993,805  
     

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts^  
     Settlement Date      Contract Amount
in Local Currency
    Contract Amount in
U.S. Dollars
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/
Value
 

Contracts to Purchase

         

Euro with Goldman Sachs International

     04/06/18        8,112,625     $ 10,089,002     $ (105,437

Euro with UBS AG

     04/06/18        8,724,400       10,849,200       (112,772
         

 

 

 
          $ (218,209
         

 

 

 

Contracts to Sell

         

Euro with Goldman Sachs International

     04/06/18        (416,900   $ (513,578   $ 532  

Euro with UBS AG

     04/06/18        (240,900     (296,067     (390
         

 

 

 
          $ 142  
         

 

 

 
         
Total Unrealized
Appreciation
 
 
  $ 532  
         

 

 

 
         
Total Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 
  $ (218,599
         

 

 

 

 

All or partial amount pledged as collateral for foreign currency forward contracts.
^ The positions and counterparties herein are as of March 31, 2018. The Funds continually evaluate different counterparties for their transactions and counterparties are subject to change. New counterparties can be added at any time.
^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA EURO

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 25,079     $ 14,780  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     23,592       30,067  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     23,592       30,067  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     1,487       (15,287
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Foreign currency forward contracts

     800,513       (628,668
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     800,513       (628,668
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Foreign currency forward contracts

     (482,219     894,328  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     235       191  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (481,984     894,519  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     318,529       265,851  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 320,016     $ 250,564  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA EURO

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 9,591,516  

Addition of 100,000 shares

     1,842,786  

Redemption of 100,000 shares

     (1,801,435
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of 0 shares

     41,351  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     1,487  

Net realized gain (loss)

     800,513  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (481,984
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     320,016  
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 9,952,883  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA EURO

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 320,016     $ 250,564  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (196,972,256     (15,867,986

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     196,000,000       14,801,000  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (25,079     (14,780

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     481,984       (894,519

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     791       1,737  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (194,544     (1,723,984
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     1,842,786       2,095,967  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (1,801,435     (728,800
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     41,351       1,367,167  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     (153,193     (356,817

Cash, beginning of period

     2,338,427       606,393  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 2,185,234     $ 249,576  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA GOLD

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,930,956      $ 1,237,103  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     6,820        8,800  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $94,801,873 and $88,890,367, respectively)

     94,809,555        88,884,844  

Unrealized appreciation on forward agreements

     —          3,646,355  

Receivable on open futures contracts

     —          2,420  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     96,747,331        93,779,522  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable on open futures contracts

     540        —    

Payable to Sponsor

     76,331        70,774  

Unrealized depreciation on forward agreements

     1,368,417        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     1,445,288        70,774  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     95,302,043        93,708,748  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 96,747,331      $ 93,779,522  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     2,300,000        2,350,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 41.44      $ 39.88  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 41.55      $ 40.67  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA GOLD

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(99% of shareholders’ equity)

     

Federal Home Loan Discount Notes^^:

     

1.200% due 04/02/18

   $ 15,000,000      $ 14,999,500  

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.354% due 04/05/18†

     10,000,000        9,998,638  

1.536% due 04/26/18†

     10,000,000        9,989,367  

1.594% due 05/24/18

     20,000,000        19,952,766  

1.724% due 06/07/18

     10,000,000        9,969,658  

1.738% due 06/14/18†

     30,000,000        29,899,626  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $94,801,873)

      $ 94,809,555  
     

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Purchased

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Gold Futures - COMEX, expires June 2018

     2      $ 265,460      $ (440

Forward Agreements^

 

     Rate Paid
(Received)*
    Settlement Date      Commitment to
(Deliver)/Receive
     Notional Amount
at Value**
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Forward agreements with Citibank, N.A. based on 0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

     2.45     04/06/18      $ 54,500      $ 72,198,330      $ (492,775

Forward agreements with Goldman Sachs International based on 0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

     2.50     04/06/18        40,920        54,205,906        (415,609

Forward agreements with Societe Generale based on 0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

     2.58     04/06/18        13,000        17,221,230        (124,446

Forward agreements with UBS AG based on 0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

     2.30     04/06/18        35,300        46,759,086        (335,587
             

 

 

 
            
Total Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 
   $ (1,368,417
             

 

 

 

 

All or partial amount pledged as collateral for forward agreements.
^ The positions and counterparties herein are as of March 31, 2018. The Funds continually evaluate different counterparties for their transactions and counterparties are subject to change. New counterparties can be added at any time.
^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.
* Reflects the floating financing rate, as of March 31, 2018, on the notional amount of the forward agreement paid to the counterparty or received from the counterparty, excluding any commissions. Forward Agreements payment is due at termination/maturity.
** For forward agreements, a positive amount represents “long” exposure to the underlying commodity. A negative amount represents “short” exposure to the underlying commodity.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA GOLD

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 312,544     $ 121,475  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     225,014       242,441  

Brokerage commissions

     19       19  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     225,033       242,460  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     87,511       (120,985
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     7,360       (9,101

Forward agreements

     8,647,915       9,456,591  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (172     (105
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     8,655,103       9,447,385  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     (5,920     27,700  

Forward agreements

     (5,014,772     6,372,657  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     13,205       177  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (5,007,487     6,400,534  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     3,647,616       15,847,919  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 3,735,127     $ 15,726,934  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA GOLD

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 93,708,748  

Addition of 200,000 shares

     8,385,392  

Redemption of 250,000 shares

     (10,527,224
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of (50,000) shares

     (2,141,832
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     87,511  

Net realized gain (loss)

     8,655,103  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (5,007,487
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     3,735,127  
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 95,302,043  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA GOLD

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 3,735,127     $ 15,726,934  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (693,597,668     (188,779,641

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     687,998,513       189,403,317  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (312,523     (121,468

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     172       105  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     5,001,567       (6,372,834

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     2,420       (1,960

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     5,557       6,971  

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     540       (1,280
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     2,833,705       9,860,144  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     8,385,392       10,610,305  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (10,527,224     (20,710,797
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (2,141,832     (10,100,492
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     691,873       (240,348

Cash, beginning of period

     1,245,903       1,275,551  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 1,937,776     $ 1,035,203  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA SILVER

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,181,339      $ 1,113,594  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     7,920        10,340  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for forward agreements

     3,343,000        3,343,000  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $227,612,933 and $235,605,469, respectively)

     227,622,182        235,581,716  

Unrealized appreciation on forward agreements

     —          21,735,334  

Receivable on open futures contracts

     150        2,220  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     232,154,591        261,786,204  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     —          3,354,851  

Payable to Sponsor

     182,162        186,657  

Unrealized depreciation on forward agreements

     10,109,148        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     10,291,310        3,541,508  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     221,863,281        258,244,696  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 232,154,591      $ 261,786,204  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     7,196,526        7,696,526  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 30.83      $ 33.55  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 31.09      $ 33.85  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA SILVER

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(103% of shareholders’ equity)

     

Federal Home Loan Discount Notes^^:

     

1.200% due 04/02/18

   $ 15,000,000      $ 14,999,500  

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.292% due 04/05/18†

     50,000,000        49,993,190  

1.336% due 04/12/18

     5,000,000        4,997,701  

1.536% due 04/26/18†

     13,000,000        12,986,177  

1.451% due 05/03/18†

     30,000,000        29,958,408  

1.536% due 05/10/18†

     16,000,000        15,972,810  

1.677% due 05/17/18

     13,000,000        12,973,432  

1.594% due 05/24/18

     26,000,000        25,938,596  

1.724% due 06/07/18

     10,000,000        9,969,658  

1.738% due 06/14/18†

     50,000,000        49,832,710  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $227,612,933)

      $ 227,622,182  
     

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Purchased

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Silver Futures - COMEX, expires May 2018

     2      $ 162,680      $ (3,970

Forward Agreements^

 

     Rate Paid
(Received)*
    Settlement Date      Commitment to
(Deliver)/Receive
     Notional Amount
at Value**
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Forward agreements with Citibank, N.A. based on 0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

     2.50     04/06/18      $ 8,770,000      $ 142,873,824      $ (3,377,838

Forward agreements with Goldman Sachs International based on 0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

     2.54     04/06/18        7,643,800        124,520,560        (2,770,026

Forward agreements with Societe Generale based on 0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

     2.68     04/06/18        3,284,000        53,499,972        (1,197,274

Forward agreements with UBS AG based on 0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

     2.51     04/06/18        7,530,000        122,665,206        (2,764,010
             

 

 

 
            
Total Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 
   $ (10,109,148
             

 

 

 

 

All or partial amount pledged as collateral for forward agreements.
^ The positions and counterparties herein are as of March 31, 2018. The Funds continually evaluate different counterparties for their transactions and counterparties are subject to change. New counterparties can be added at any time.
^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.
* Reflects the floating financing rate, as of March 31, 2018, on the notional amount of the forward agreement paid to the

counterparty or received from the counterparty, excluding any commissions. Forward Agreements payment is due at termination/maturity.

** For forward agreements, a positive amount represents “long” exposure to the underlying commodity. A negative amount

represents “short” exposure to the underlying commodity.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA SILVER

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 773,864     $ 365,340  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     559,446       707,554  

Brokerage commissions

     10       10  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     559,456       707,564  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     214,408       (342,224
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     (4,050     (7,800

Forward agreements

     12,805,793       30,209,688  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (372     101  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     12,801,371       30,201,989  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     (5,570     29,720  

Forward agreements

     (31,844,482     27,251,883  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     33,002       (5,852
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (31,817,050     27,275,751  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (19,015,679     57,477,740  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (18,801,271   $ 57,135,516  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA SILVER

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $  258,244,696  

Addition of 100,000 shares

     3,076,883  

Redemption of 600,000 shares

     (20,657,027
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of (500,000) shares

     (17,580,144
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     214,408  

Net realized gain (loss)

     12,801,371  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (31,817,050
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (18,801,271
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 221,863,281  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA SILVER

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (18,801,271   $ 57,135,516  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (1,051,230,256     (512,387,609

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     1,059,996,262       508,391,289  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (773,842     (365,331

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     372       (101

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     31,811,480       (27,246,031

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     2,070       (40

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (4,495     16,851  

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     —         (2,290
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     21,000,320       25,542,254  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     3,076,883       —    

Payment on shares redeemed

     (24,011,878     (26,549,101
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (20,934,995     (26,549,101
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     65,325       (1,006,847

Cash, beginning of period

     4,466,934       1,678,901  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 4,532,259     $ 672,054  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 44,929,806      $ 1,539,237  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     162,866,198        87,211,683  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for swap agreements

     46,761,000        —    

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $125,846,434 and $287,546,397, respectively)

     125,853,064        287,533,132  

Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements

     2,050,397        —    

Receivable from capital shares sold

     —          516,930  

Receivable on open futures contracts

     10,449,226        17,578,451  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     392,909,691        394,379,433  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     54,537,814        —    

Payable on open futures contracts

     11,271,050        —    

Payable to Sponsor

     275,804        344,292  

Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements

     3,243,723        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     69,328,391        344,292  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     323,581,300        394,035,141  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 392,909,691      $ 394,379,433  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     17,027,238        38,127,238  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 19.00      $ 10.33  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 18.53      $ 10.21  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(39% of shareholders’ equity)

     

Federal Home Loan Discount Notes^^:

     

1.200% due 04/02/18

   $ 55,000,000      $ 54,998,167  

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.677% due 05/17/18†

     71,000,000        70,854,897  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $125,846,434)

      $ 125,853,064  
     

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Purchased

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

VIX Futures - CBOE, expires April 2018

     10,838      $ 214,321,450      $ 30,667,661  

VIX Futures - CBOE, expires May 2018

     6,322        121,540,450        3,516,033  
        

 

 

 
         $ 34,183,694  
        

 

 

 

Total Return Swap Agreements^

 

     Rate Paid
(Received)*
    Termination Date      Notional Amount
at Value**
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Swap agreement with Deutsche Bank based on S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index

     11.48     04/23/18    $ 23,853,609    $ 2,050,397  

Swap agreement with Goldman Sachs based on iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures

     2.88     04/23/18        125,126,211        (3,243,723
          

 

 

 
           $ (1,193,326
          

 

 

 
         
Total Unrealized
Appreciation
 
 
   $ 2,050,397  
          

 

 

 
         
Total Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 
   $ (3,243,723
          

 

 

 

 

All or partial amount pledged as collateral for swap agreements.
^ The positions and counterparties herein are as of March 31, 2018. The Funds continually evaluate different counterparties for their transactions and counterparties are subject to change. New counterparties can be added at any time.
^^ Rates shown represents discount rate at the time of purchase.
* Reflects the floating financing rate, as of March 31, 2018, on the notional amount of the swap agreement paid to the counterparty or received from the counterparty, excluding any commissions. Total Return Swap Agreements payment is due at termination/maturity.
** For swap agreements, a positive amount represents “long” exposure to the benchmark index. A negative amount represents “short” exposure to the benchmark index.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 666,743     $ 370,985  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     842,811       921,662  

Brokerage commissions

     891,428       766,833  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     1,734,239       1,688,495  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (1,067,496     (1,317,510
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     389,536,146       (365,515,188

Swap agreements

     27,073,634       —    

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (9,609     (22,315
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     416,600,171       (365,537,503
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     68,649,814       (28,593,655

Swap agreements

     (1,193,326     —    

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     19,895       883  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     67,476,383       (28,592,772
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     484,076,554       (394,130,275
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 483,009,058     $ (395,447,785
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 394,035,141  

Addition of 47,850,000 shares

     695,078,742  

Redemption of 68,950,000 shares

     (1,248,541,641
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of (21,100,000) shares

     (553,462,899
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (1,067,496

Net realized gain (loss)

     416,600,171  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     67,476,383  
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     483,009,058  
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 323,581,300  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 483,009,058     $ (395,447,785

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (2,346,460,032     (605,949,939

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     2,508,653,639       854,156,672  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (503,253     (370,985

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     9,609       22,315  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     1,173,431       (883

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     7,129,225       18,215,754  

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (68,488     (109,078

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     11,271,050       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     664,214,239       (129,483,929
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     695,595,672       541,551,867  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (1,194,003,827     (308,047,522
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (498,408,155     233,504,345  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     165,806,084       104,020,416  

Cash, beginning of period

     88,750,920       82,333,580  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 254,557,004     $ 186,353,996  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA YEN

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,971,726      $ 903,472  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for foreign currency forward contracts

     251,000        —    

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $998,715 and $1,998,216, respectively)

     998,614        1,997,933  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     3,221,340        2,901,405  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable to Sponsor

     2,584        2,312  

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts

     46,625        34,824  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     49,209        37,136  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     3,172,131        2,864,269  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 3,221,340      $ 2,901,405  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     49,970        49,970  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 63.48      $ 57.32  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 63.49      $ 57.45  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA YEN

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(31% of shareholders’ equity)

     

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.451% due 05/03/18

   $ 1,000,000      $ 998,614  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $998,715)

      $ 998,614  
     

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts^

 

     Settlement Date      Contract Amount
in Local Currency
    Contract Amount
in U.S. Dollars
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/
Value
 

Contracts to Purchase

         

Yen with Goldman Sachs International

     04/06/18        354,324,700     $ 3,354,156     $ (23,376

Yen with UBS AG

     04/06/18        344,160,500       3,258,417       (23,183
         

 

 

 
          $ (46,559
         

 

 

 

Contracts to Sell

         

Yen with Goldman Sachs International

     04/06/18        (20,860,500   $ (196,035   $ (61

Yen with UBS AG

     04/06/18        (2,809,900     (26,409     (5
         

 

 

 
          $ (66
         

 

 

 
         
Total Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 
  $ (46,625
         

 

 

 

 

^ The positions and counterparties herein are as of March 31, 2018. The Funds continually evaluate different counterparties for their transactions and counterparties are subject to change. New counterparties can be added at any time.
^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA YEN

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 4,154     $ 4,310  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     7,223       13,643  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     7,223       13,643  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (3,069     (9,333
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Foreign currency forward contracts

     322,550       (81,511

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     —         (32
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     322,550       (81,543
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Foreign currency forward contracts

     (11,801     589,704  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     182       (62
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (11,619     589,642  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     310,931       508,099  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 307,862     $ 498,766  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA YEN

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $  2,864,269  

Net investment income (loss)

     (3,069

Net realized gain (loss)

     322,550  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (11,619
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     307,862  
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 3,172,131  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRA YEN

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 307,862     $ 498,766  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (996,345     (4,996,716

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     2,000,000       8,284,784  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (4,154     (4,310

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     —         32  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     11,619       (589,642

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     272       212  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     1,319,254       3,193,126  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     1,319,254       3,193,126  

Cash, beginning of period

     903,472       604,691  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 2,222,726     $ 3,797,817  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRAPRO 3X CRUDE OIL ETF

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 14,042,402      $ 9,683,852  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     1,730,190        1,285,048  

Receivable on open futures contracts

     382,161        289,395  

Offering costs (Note 5)

     —          52,846  

Limitation by Sponsor

     51,299        24,342  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     16,206,052        11,335,483  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable to Sponsor

     2,095        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     2,095        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     16,203,957        11,335,483  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 16,206,052      $ 11,335,483  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     350,008        300,008  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 46.30      $ 37.78  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 46.33      $ 37.23  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRAPRO 3X CRUDE OIL ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts Purchased                     
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

WTI Crude Oil - NYMEX, expires May 2018

     749      $ 48,640,060      $ 3,003,955  

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRAPRO 3X CRUDE OIL ETF

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
    January 13, 2017
(Inception) through
March 31, 2017
 

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 2,545     $ —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     2,095       —    

Brokerage commissions

     5,676       873  

Offering costs

     52,846       2,846  

Limitation by Sponsor

     (26,957     (1,901
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     33,660       1,818  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (31,115     (1,818
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     1,620,825       (959
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,620,825       (959
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     1,585,957       850,582  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     1,585,957       850,582  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     3,206,782       849,623  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 3,175,667     $ 847,805  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRAPRO 3X CRUDE OIL ETF

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $  11,335,483  

Addition of 200,000 shares

     8,203,903  

Redemption of 150,000 shares

     (6,511,096
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of 50,000 shares

     1,692,807  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (31,115

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,620,825  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     1,585,957  
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     3,175,667  
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 16,203,957  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRAPRO 3X CRUDE OIL ETF

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
    January 13, 2017
(Inception) through
March 31, 2017
 

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 3,175,667     $ 847,805  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     (92,766     (72,963

Decrease (Increase) in Limitation by Sponsor

     (26,957     (1,901

Amortization of offering costs

     52,846       2,846  

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     2,095       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     3,110,885       775,787  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     8,203,903       5,001,196  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (6,511,096     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     1,692,807       5,001,196  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     4,803,692       5,776,983  

Cash, beginning of period

     10,968,900       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 15,772,592     $ 5,776,983  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRAPRO 3X SHORT CRUDE OIL ETF

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 24,660,755      $ 19,203,543  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     2,875,950        2,396,625  

Offering costs (Note 5)

     —          52,797  

Limitation by Sponsor

     35,485        35,309  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     27,572,190        21,688,274  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable to Sponsor

     3,537        —    

Payable on open futures contracts

     618,344        527,098  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     621,881        527,098  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     26,950,309        21,161,176  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 27,572,190      $ 21,688,274  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (Note 1)

     874,908        500,002  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share (Note 1)

   $ 30.80      $ 42.32  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 1) (Note 2)

   $ 30.77      $ 42.88  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRAPRO 3X SHORT CRUDE OIL ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts Sold                     
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

WTI Crude Oil - NYMEX, expires May 2018

     1,245      $ 80,850,300      $ (3,735,138

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRAPRO 3X SHORT CRUDE OIL ETF

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
    January 13, 2017
(Inception) through
March 31, 2017
 

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 4,204     $ —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     3,537       —    

Brokerage commissions

     15,260       952  

Offering costs

     52,797       2,846  

Limitation by Sponsor

     (176     (1,967
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     71,418       1,831  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (67,214     (1,831
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     (4,675,967     (105,766
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (4,675,967     (105,766
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     (746,983     (661,506
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (746,983     (661,506
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (5,422,950     (767,272
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (5,490,164   $ (769,103
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRAPRO 3X SHORT CRUDE OIL ETF

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 21,161,176  

Addition of 687,500 shares (Note 1)

     23,827,284  

Redemption of 312,594 shares (Note 1)

     (12,547,987
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of 374,906 shares (Note 1)

     11,279,297  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (67,214

Net realized gain (loss)

     (4,675,967

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (746,983
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (5,490,164
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 26,950,309  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRAPRO 3X SHORT CRUDE OIL ETF

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
    January 13, 2017
(Inception) through
March 31, 2017
 

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (5,490,164   $ (769,103

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Decrease (Increase) in Limitation by Sponsor

     (176     (1,967

Amortization of offering costs

     52,797       2,846  

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     3,537       —    

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     91,246       48,085  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (5,342,760     (720,139
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     23,827,284       5,000,888  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (12,547,987     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     11,279,297       5,000,888  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     5,936,537       4,280,749  

Cash, beginning of period

     21,600,168       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 27,536,705     $ 4,280,749  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,848,029      $ 1,297,022  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     253,001        485,375  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $4,991,033 and $11,984,898, respectively)

     4,990,788        11,983,904  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     7,091,818        13,766,301  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable on open futures contracts

     22,737        52,950  

Payable to Sponsor

     5,585        11,249  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     28,322        64,199  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     7,063,496        13,702,102  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 7,091,818      $ 13,766,301  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     150,000        300,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 47.09      $ 45.67  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 47.18      $ 45.72  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(71% of shareholders’ equity)

     

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.405% due 04/26/18

   $ 2,000,000      $ 1,997,873  

1.594% due 05/24/18

     3,000,000        2,992,915  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $4,991,033)

      $ 4,990,788  
     

 

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Sold                     
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Australian Dollar Fx Currency Futures - CME, expires June 2018

     184      $ 14,123,840      $ 298,160  

 

^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 21,139     $ 14,271  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     19,484       35,132  

Brokerage commissions

     1,520       2,468  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     21,004       37,600  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     135       (23,329
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     (1,119,990     (532,227

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (247     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,120,237     (532,227
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     1,191,380       (1,432,614

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     749       287  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     1,192,129       (1,432,327
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     71,892       (1,964,554
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 72,027     $ (1,987,883
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $  13,702,102  

Redemption of 150,000 shares

     (6,710,633
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of (150,000) shares

     (6,710,633
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     135  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,120,237

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     1,192,129  
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     72,027  
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 7,063,496  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 72,027     $ (1,987,883

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (28,984,280     (23,978,767

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     35,998,666       24,912,000  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (20,768     (14,271

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     247       —    

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     (749     (287

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     —         (46,195

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (5,664     (1,058

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     (30,213     (32,340
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     7,029,266       (1,148,801
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Payment on shares redeemed

     (6,710,633     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (6,710,633     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     318,633       (1,148,801

Cash, beginning of period

     1,782,397       3,749,149  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 2,101,030     $ 2,600,348  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT BLOOMBERG CRUDE OIL

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,650,457      $ 1,120,278  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     2,917,530        2,567,813  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for swap agreements

     1,696,500        —    

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $214,658,663 and $253,669,155, respectively)

     214,661,693        253,646,823  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     220,926,180        257,334,914  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     5,076,427        —    

Payable on open futures contracts

     707,280        693,787  

Payable to Sponsor

     168,799        190,701  

Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements

     14,598,025        30,607,142  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     20,550,531        31,491,630  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     200,375,649        225,843,284  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 220,926,180      $ 257,334,914  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     10,039,884        9,289,884  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 19.96      $ 24.31  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 19.95      $ 24.56  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT BLOOMBERG CRUDE OIL

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(107% of shareholders’ equity)

     

Federal Home Loan Discount Notes^^:

     

1.200% due 04/02/18

   $ 40,000,000      $ 39,998,667  

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.354% due 04/05/18†

     14,000,000        13,998,093  

1.336% due 04/12/18†

     21,000,000        20,990,346  

1.536% due 04/26/18

     2,000,000        1,997,873  

1.451% due 05/03/18†

     20,000,000        19,972,272  

1.536% due 05/10/18†

     29,000,000        28,950,717  

1.594% due 05/24/18

     46,000,000        45,891,362  

1.724% due 06/07/18†

     20,000,000        19,939,316  

1.738% due 06/14/18†

     23,000,000        22,923,047  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $214,658,663)

      $ 214,661,693  
     

 

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Sold                     
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

WTI Crude Oil - NYMEX, expires May 2018

     1,263      $ 82,019,220      $ (4,689,834

 

Total Return Swap Agreements^                          
     Rate Paid
(Received)*
    Termination Date      Notional Amount at
Value**
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Swap agreement with Citibank, N.A. based on Bloomberg Crude Oil Sub-Index

     0.18     04/06/18      $ (100,134,158   $ (5,450,062

Swap agreement with Goldman Sachs International based on Bloomberg Crude Oil Sub-Index

     0.25     04/06/18        (92,256,796     (3,439,171

Swap agreement with Societe Generale based on Bloomberg Crude Oil Sub-Index

     0.25     04/06/18        (37,907,759     (1,717,946

Swap agreement with UBS AG based on Bloomberg Crude Oil Sub-Index

     0.25     04/06/18        (88,373,131     (3,990,846
         

 

 

 
         
Total Unrealized
Depreciation
 
 
  $ (14,598,025
         

 

 

 

 

All or partial amount pledged as collateral for swap agreements.
^ The positions and counterparties herein are as of March 31, 2018. The Funds continually evaluate different counterparties for their transactions and counterparties are subject to change. New counterparties can be added at any time.
^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.
* Reflects the floating financing rate, as of March 31, 2018, on the notional amount of the swap agreement paid to the counterparty or received from the counterparty, excluding any commissions. Total Return Swap Agreement payment is due at termination/maturity.
** For swap agreements, a positive amount represents “long” exposure to the benchmark index. A negative amount represents “short” exposure to the benchmark index.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT BLOOMBERG CRUDE OIL

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 729,417     $ 259,046  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     527,954       536,024  

Brokerage commissions

     11,981       13,722  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     539,935       549,746  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     189,482       (290,700
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     (2,362,689     2,533,513  

Swap agreements

     (45,733,461     (3,683,380

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (187     392  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (48,096,337     (1,149,475
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     (727,186     5,255,071  

Swap agreements

     16,009,117       34,684,763  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     25,362       (10,580
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     15,307,293       39,929,254  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (32,789,044     38,779,779  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (32,599,562   $ 38,489,079  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT BLOOMBERG CRUDE OIL

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $  225,843,284  

Addition of 4,200,000 shares

     90,237,490  

Redemption of 3,450,000 shares

     (83,105,563
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of 750,000 shares

     7,131,927  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     189,482  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (48,096,337

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     15,307,293  
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (32,599,562
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 200,375,649  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT BLOOMBERG CRUDE OIL

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (32,599,562   $ 38,489,079  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (2,161,257,588     (365,653,894

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     2,200,992,331       394,763,785  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (724,438     (259,046

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     187       (392

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     (16,034,479     (34,674,183

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (21,902     31,980  

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     13,493       461,148  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (9,631,958     33,158,477  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     90,237,490       71,710,751  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (78,029,136     (106,000,611
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     12,208,354       (34,289,860
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     2,576,396       (1,131,383

Cash, beginning of period

     3,688,091       7,647,292  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 6,264,487     $ 6,515,909  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT BLOOMBERG NATURAL GAS

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,906,074      $ 1,886,831  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     571,340        1,123,375  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $2,999,900 and $3,999,667, respectively)

     2,999,900        3,999,751  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     5,477,314        7,009,957  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable on open futures contracts

     120,618        104,104  

Payable to Sponsor

     4,387        3,110  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     125,005        107,214  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     5,352,309        6,902,743  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 5,477,314      $ 7,009,957  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     124,832        174,832  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 42.88      $ 39.48  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 42.83      $ 39.65  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT BLOOMBERG NATURAL GAS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(56% of shareholders’ equity)

     

Federal Home Loan Discount Notes^^:

     

1.200% due 04/02/18

   $ 3,000,000      $ 2,999,900  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $2,999,900)

      $ 2,999,900  
     

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Sold

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Natural Gas - NYMEX, expires May 2018

     392      $ 10,713,360      $ (165,045

 

^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT BLOOMBERG NATURAL GAS

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 15,138     $ 4,941  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     16,545       15,245  

Brokerage commissions

     8,180       5,512  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     24,725       20,757  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (9,587     (15,816
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     746,971       1,858,381  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     —         (259
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     746,971       1,858,122  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     932,004       (665,754

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (84     (125
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     931,920       (665,879
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     1,678,891       1,192,243  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,669,304     $ 1,176,427  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT BLOOMBERG NATURAL GAS

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 6,902,743  

Addition of 250,000 shares

     9,051,492  

Redemption of 300,000 shares

     (12,271,230
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of (50,000) shares

     (3,219,738
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (9,587

Net realized gain (loss)

     746,971  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     931,920  
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     1,669,304  
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 5,352,309  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT BLOOMBERG NATURAL GAS

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,669,304     $ 1,176,427  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (259,987,139     (9,990,836

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     261,000,000       7,899,138  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (13,094     (4,941

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     —         259  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     84       125  

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     —         103,295  

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     1,277       2,614  

Increase (Decrease) in brokerage commissions and fees payable

     —         (144

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     16,514       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     2,686,946       (814,063
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     9,051,492       1,395,521  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (12,271,230     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (3,219,738     1,395,521  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     (532,792     581,458  

Cash, beginning of period

     3,010,206       1,037,286  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 2,477,414     $ 1,618,744  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT EURO

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,632,580      $ 1,255,895  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for foreign currency forward contracts

     3,038,000        3,038,000  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $179,761,730 and $204,788,208, respectively)

     179,764,007        204,770,166  

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts

     3,981,617        449,302  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     188,416,204        209,513,363  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable to Sponsor

     153,571        171,595  

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts

     239,257        6,793,571  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     392,828        6,965,166  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     188,023,376        202,548,197  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 188,416,204      $ 209,513,363  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     9,250,000        9,550,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 20.33      $ 21.21  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 20.32      $ 21.20  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT EURO

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(96% of shareholders’ equity)

     

Federal Home Loan Discount Notes^^:

     

1.200% due 04/02/18

   $ 15,000,000      $ 14,999,500  

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.354% due 04/05/18†

     45,000,000        44,993,871  

1.521% due 04/19/18

     10,000,000        9,992,256  

1.536% due 04/26/18†

     12,000,000        11,987,240  

1.451% due 05/03/18†

     12,000,000        11,983,363  

1.536% due 05/10/18†

     36,000,000        35,938,822  

1.677% due 05/17/18

     10,000,000        9,979,563  

1.594% due 05/24/18

     16,000,000        15,962,213  

1.724% due 06/07/18†

     24,000,000        23,927,179  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $179,761,730)

      $ 179,764,007  
     

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts^

 

     Settlement Date      Contract Amount
in Local Currency
    Contract Amount in
U.S. Dollars
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/
Value
 

Contracts to Purchase

         

Euro with Goldman Sachs International

     04/06/18        20,692,400     $ 25,638,759     $ (174,261

Euro with UBS AG

     04/06/18        8,138,700       10,080,650       (64,996
         

 

 

 
         

Total Unrealized

Depreciation      

 

 

  $ (239,257
         

 

 

 

Contracts to Sell

         

Euro with Goldman Sachs International

     04/06/18        (160,609,525   $ (199,574,692   $ 1,925,270  

Euro with UBS AG

     04/06/18        (173,574,200     (215,660,368     2,056,347  
         

 

 

 
         
Total Unrealized
Appreciation      
 
 
  $ 3,981,617  
         

 

 

 

 

All or partial amount pledged as collateral for foreign currency forward contracts.
^ The positions and counterparties herein are as of March 31, 2018. The Funds continually evaluate different counterparties for their transactions and counterparties are subject to change. New counterparties can be added at any time.
^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 617,984     $ 384,744  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     449,855       743,765  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     449,855       743,765  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     168,129       (359,021
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Foreign currency forward contracts

     (18,923,242     15,679,619  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (181     (1,625
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (18,923,423     15,677,994  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Foreign currency forward contracts

     10,086,629       (24,060,957

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     20,319       (6,557
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     10,106,948       (24,067,514
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (8,816,475     (8,389,520
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (8,648,346   $ (8,748,541
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 202,548,197  

Addition of 500,000 shares

     10,357,941  

Redemption of 800,000 shares

     (16,234,416
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of (300,000) shares

     (5,876,475
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     168,129  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (18,923,423

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     10,106,948  
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (8,648,346
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 188,023,376  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (8,648,346   $ (8,748,541

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (1,115,354,492     (502,532,256

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     1,140,998,773       535,510,111  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (617,984     (384,744

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     181       1,625  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     (10,106,948     24,067,514  

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (18,024     (42,615
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     6,253,160       47,871,094  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     10,357,941       8,005,313  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (16,234,416     (58,239,262
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (5,876,475     (50,233,949
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     376,685       (2,362,855

Cash, beginning of period

     4,293,895       2,916,502  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 4,670,580     $ 553,647  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT GOLD

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,441,369      $ 1,026,645  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     6,820        8,800  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for forward agreements

     194,000        —    

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $27,977,178 and $31,979,626, respectively)

     27,977,621        31,977,900  

Unrealized appreciation on forward agreements

     411,780        —    

Receivable on open futures contracts

     540        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     30,032,130        33,013,345  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable on open futures contracts

     —          2,420  

Payable to Sponsor

     22,663        25,256  

Unrealized depreciation on forward agreements

     —          1,488,259  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     22,663        1,515,935  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     30,009,467        31,497,410  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 30,032,130      $ 33,013,345  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     446,978        446,978  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 67.14      $ 70.47  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 66.98      $ 69.11  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(93% of shareholders’ equity)

     

Federal Home Loan Discount Notes^^:

     

1.200% due 04/02/18

   $ 17,000,000      $ 16,999,433  

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.451% due 05/03/18†

     2,000,000        1,997,227  

1.416% due 05/10/18†

     1,000,000        998,301  

1.677% due 05/17/18†

     7,000,000        6,985,694  

1.724% due 06/07/18

     1,000,000        996,966  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $27,977,178)

      $ 27,977,621  
     

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Sold

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Gold Futures - COMEX, expires June 2018

     2      $ 265,460      $ 440  

Forward Agreements^

 

     Rate Paid
(Received)*
    Settlement Date      Commitment to
(Deliver)/Receive
    Notional Amount
at Value**
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Forward agreements with Citibank, N.A. based on 0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

     (1.95 )%      04/06/18      $ (16,100   $ (21,328,314   $ 136,085  

Forward agreements with Goldman Sachs International based on 0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

     (1.65 )     04/06/18        (13,198     (17,483,127     107,211  

Forward agreements with Societe Generale based on 0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

     (1.68 )     04/06/18        (4,800     (6,358,608     42,275  

Forward agreements with UBS AG based on 0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

     (1.50 )     04/06/18        (11,050     (14,637,051     126,209  
           

 

 

 
           
Total Unrealized
Appreciation      
 
 
  $ 411,780  
           

 

 

 

 

All or partial amount pledged as collateral for forward agreements.
^ The positions and counterparties herein are as of March 31, 2018. The Funds continually evaluate different counterparties for their transactions and counterparties are subject to change. New counterparties can be added at any time.
^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.
* Reflects the floating financing rate, as of March 31, 2018, on the notional amount of the forward agreement paid to the counterparty or received from the counterparty, excluding any commissions. Forward Agreements payment is due at termination/maturity.
** For forward agreements, a positive amount represents “long” exposure to the underlying commodity. A negative amount represents “short” exposure to the underlying commodity.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT GOLD

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 90,144     $ 51,417  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     67,746       98,275  

Brokerage commissions

     20       19  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     67,766       98,294  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     22,378       (46,877
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     (7,300     9,080  

Forward agreements

     (3,262,575     (4,880,240

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     128       (1,001
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (3,269,747     (4,872,161
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     5,900       (27,740

Forward agreements

     1,900,039       (4,182,942

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     2,169       203  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     1,908,108       (4,210,479
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (1,361,639     (9,082,640
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (1,339,261   $ (9,129,517
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT GOLD

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 31,497,410  

Addition of 200,000 shares

     13,301,973  

Redemption of 200,000 shares

     (13,450,655
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of 0 shares

     (148,682
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     22,378  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (3,269,747

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     1,908,108  
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (1,339,261
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 30,009,467  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (1,339,261   $ (9,129,517

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (217,905,921     (60,927,990

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     221,998,623       86,565,185  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (90,126     (51,411

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     (128     1,001  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     (1,902,208     4,182,739  

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     (540     600  

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (2,593     (25,916

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     (2,420     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     755,426       20,614,691  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     13,301,973       4,089,610  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (13,450,655     (24,462,922
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (148,682     (20,373,312
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     606,744       241,379  

Cash, beginning of period

     1,035,445       134,040  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 1,642,189     $ 375,419  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT SILVER

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,249,922      $ 614,804  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     7,920        10,340  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for forward agreements

     738,500        738,500  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $17,974,764 and $18,352,808, respectively)

     17,974,591        18,349,861  

Unrealized appreciation on forward agreements

     981,543        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     20,952,476        19,713,505  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     —          3,171,777  

Payable on open futures contracts

     150        2,220  

Payable to Sponsor

     18,221        17,086  

Unrealized depreciation on forward agreements

     —          1,716,163  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     18,371        4,907,246  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     20,934,105        14,806,259  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 20,952,476      $ 19,713,505  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     616,976        466,976  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 33.93      $ 31.71  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 33.54      $ 31.40  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(86% of shareholders’ equity)

     

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.354% due 04/05/18†

   $ 2,000,000      $ 1,999,727  

1.536% due 04/26/18†

     7,000,000        6,992,557  

1.451% due 05/03/18†

     3,000,000        2,995,841  

1.677% due 05/17/18

     2,000,000        1,995,913  

1.594% due 05/24/18

     4,000,000        3,990,553  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $17,974,764)

      $ 17,974,591  
     

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Sold

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Silver Futures - COMEX, expires May 2018

     2      $ 162,680      $ 3,920  

Forward Agreements^

 

     Rate Paid
(Received)*
    Settlement Date      Commitment to
(Deliver)/Receive
    Notional Amount
at Value**
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

Forward agreements with Citibank, N.A. based on 0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

     (2.00 )%      04/06/18      $ (1,067,000   $ (17,382,710   $ 349,648  

Forward agreements with Goldman Sachs International based on 0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

     (1.69 )     04/06/18        (622,500     (10,140,774     275,540  

Forward agreements with Societe Generale based on 0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

     (1.78 )     04/06/18        (156,000     (2,541,412     55,384  

Forward agreements with UBS AG based on 0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

     (1.61 )     04/06/18        (715,000     (11,647,493     300,971  
           

 

 

 
           

Total Unrealized

Appreciation      

 

 

  $ 981,543  
           

 

 

 

 

All or partial amount pledged as collateral for forward agreements.
^ The positions and counterparties herein are as of March 31, 2018. The Funds continually evaluate different counterparties for their transactions and counterparties are subject to change. New counterparties can be added at any time.
^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.
* Reflects the floating financing rate, as of March 31, 2018 on the notional amount of the forward agreement paid to the counterparty or received from the counterparty, excluding any commissions. Forward Agreements payment is due at termination/maturity.
** For forward agreements, a positive amount represents “long” exposure to the underlying commodity. A negative amount represents “short” exposure to the underlying commodity.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 58,592     $ 22,503  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     45,395       46,053  

Brokerage commissions

     10       10  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     45,405       46,063  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     13,187       (23,560
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     4,000       7,650  

Forward agreements

     (1,600,841     (2,864,911

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (2,032     (124
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,598,873     (2,857,385
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     5,570       (29,720

Forward agreements

     2,697,706       (1,853,089

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     2,774       (438
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     2,706,050       (1,883,247
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     1,107,177       (4,740,632
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,120,364     $ (4,764,192
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $  14,806,259  

Addition of 450,000 shares

     14,776,297  

Redemption of 300,000 shares

     (9,768,815
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of 150,000 shares

     5,007,482  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     13,187  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,598,873

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     2,706,050  
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     1,120,364  
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 20,934,105  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,120,364     $ (4,764,192

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (103,936,938     (38,960,618

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     104,371,519       46,556,582  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (58,569     (22,497

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     2,032       124  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     (2,700,480     1,853,527  

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     —         2,290  

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     1,135       (4,592

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     (2,070     500  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (1,203,007     4,661,124  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     14,776,297       3,537,990  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (12,940,592     (6,591,124
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     1,835,705       (3,053,134
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     632,698       1,607,990  

Cash, beginning of period

     1,363,644       100,351  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 1,996,342     $ 1,708,341  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 1,365,277      $ 1,582,684  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $84,900,364 and $131,844,652, respectively)

     84,902,317        131,834,352  

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts

     1,214,175        1,568,997  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     87,481,769        134,986,033  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     —          3,759,983  

Payable to Sponsor

     69,898        106,863  

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts

     103,009        41,734  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     172,907        3,908,580  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     87,308,862        131,077,453  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 87,481,769      $ 134,986,033  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     1,299,290        1,749,290  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 67.20      $ 74.93  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 67.14      $ 74.98  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT YEN

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(97% of shareholders’ equity)

     

Federal Home Loan Discount Notes^^:

     

1.200% due 04/02/18

   $ 10,000,000      $ 9,999,667  

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.354% due 04/05/18†

     30,000,000        29,995,914  

1.536% due 05/10/18†

     25,000,000        24,957,515  

1.677% due 05/17/18

     10,000,000        9,979,563  

1.724% due 06/07/18†

     10,000,000        9,969,658  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $84,900,364)

      $ 84,902,317  
     

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts^

 

     Settlement Date      Contract Amount
in Local Currency
    Contract Amount
in U.S. Dollars
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/
Value
 

Contracts to Purchase

         

Yen with Goldman Sachs International

     04/06/18        1,468,052,600     $ 13,900,901     $ (100,674

Yen with UBS AG

     04/06/18        85,158,000       802,851       (2,335
         

 

 

 
         
Total Unrealized
Depreciation      
 
 
  $ (103,009
         

 

 

 

Contracts to Sell

         

Yen with Goldman Sachs International

     04/06/18        (10,732,727,200   $ (101,487,859   $ 596,328  

Yen with UBS AG

     04/06/18        (9,404,092,000     (89,019,725     617,847  
         

 

 

 
         
Total Unrealized
Appreciation      
 
 
  $ 1,214,175  
         

 

 

 

 

All or partial amount pledged as collateral for foreign currency forward contracts.
^ The positions and counterparties herein are as of March 31, 2018. The Funds continually evaluate different counterparties for their transactions and counterparties are subject to change. New counterparties can be added at any time.
^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT YEN

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 312,520     $ 323,279  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     231,119       635,023  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     231,119       635,023  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     81,401       (311,744
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Foreign currency forward contracts

     (11,252,403     (271,234

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     3       (1,420
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (11,252,400     (272,654
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Foreign currency forward contracts

     (416,097     (26,634,964

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     12,253       (6,885
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (403,844     (26,641,849
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (11,656,244     (26,914,503
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (11,574,843   $ (27,226,247
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT YEN

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $  131,077,453  

Addition of 50,000 shares

     3,516,719  

Redemption of 500,000 shares

     (35,710,467
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of (450,000) shares

     (32,193,748
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     81,401  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (11,252,400

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (403,844
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (11,574,843
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 87,308,862  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES ULTRASHORT YEN

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (11,574,843   $ (27,226,247

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (810,742,971     (484,578,984

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     857,999,782       508,179,909  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (312,520     (323,279

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     (3     1,420  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     403,844       26,641,849  

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (36,965     (33,713
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     35,736,324       22,660,955  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     3,516,719       58,094,887  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (39,470,450     (82,762,349
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (35,953,731     (24,667,462
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     (217,407     (2,006,507

Cash, beginning of period

     1,582,684       3,166,988  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 1,365,277     $ 1,160,481  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES VIX MID-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 11,004,443      $ 1,639,958  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     4,630,200        4,626,400  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $9,990,278 and $20,993,328, respectively)

     9,989,367        20,993,515  

Receivable on open futures contracts

     —          170,015  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     25,624,010        27,429,888  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     —          1,058,309  

Payable on open futures contracts

     657,556        —    

Payable to Sponsor

     21,046        23,631  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     678,602        1,081,940  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     24,945,408        26,347,948  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 25,624,010      $ 27,429,888  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     937,403        1,237,403  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 26.61      $ 21.29  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 26.45      $ 21.15  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES VIX MID-TERM FUTURES ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(40% of shareholders’ equity)

     

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.405% due 04/26/18

   $ 10,000,000      $ 9,989,367  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $9,990,278)

      $ 9,989,367  
     

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Purchased

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

VIX Futures - CBOE, expires July 2018

     276      $ 5,244,000      $ 1,048,620  

VIX Futures - CBOE, expires August 2018

     438        8,267,250        1,043,935  

VIX Futures - CBOE, expires September 2018

     438        8,332,950        560,680  

VIX Futures - CBOE, expires October 2018

     161        3,107,300        49,050  
        

 

 

 
         $ 2,702,285  
        

 

 

 

 

^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES VIX MID-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 61,704     $ 44,260  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     54,959       85,185  

Brokerage commissions

     11,232       3,642  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     66,191       88,827  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (4,487     (44,567
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     3,720,436       (8,167,318

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     —         (600
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     3,720,436       (8,167,918
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     4,917,565       (3,264,135

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (1,098     193  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     4,916,467       (3,263,942
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     8,636,903       (11,431,860
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 8,632,416     $ (11,476,427
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES VIX MID-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 26,347,948  

Addition of 550,000 shares

     11,690,691  

Redemption of 850,000 shares

     (21,725,647
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of (300,000) shares

     (10,034,956
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (4,487

Net realized gain (loss)

     3,720,436  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     4,916,467  
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     8,632,416  
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 24,945,408  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES VIX MID-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 8,632,416     $ (11,476,427

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (509,940,631     (68,935,466

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     521,000,000       89,496,529  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (56,319     (44,260

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     —         600  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     1,098       (193

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     170,015       222,740  

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (2,585     (6,770

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     657,556       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     20,461,550       9,256,753  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     11,690,691       4,450,525  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (22,783,956     (3,004,049
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (11,093,265     1,446,476  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     9,368,285       10,703,229  

Cash, beginning of period

     6,266,358       2,207,730  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 15,634,643     $ 12,910,959  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 16,951,852      $ 1,850,632  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     55,402,770        1,864,500  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost $47,989,011 and $134,855,770, respectively)

     47,988,100        134,845,604  

Receivable on open futures contracts

     2,168,949        2,667,474  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     122,511,671        141,228,210  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     3,142,870        3,431,713  

Payable on open futures contracts

     6,931,692        —    

Payable to Sponsor

     51,785        54,937  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     10,126,347        3,486,650  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     112,385,324        137,741,560  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 122,511,671      $ 141,228,210  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     2,826,317        5,901,317  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share

   $ 39.76      $ 23.34  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Market value per share (Note 2)

   $ 39.15      $ 23.15  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     

(43% of shareholders’ equity)

     

Federal Home Loan Discount Notes^^:

     

1.200% due 04/02/18

   $ 38,000,000      $ 37,998,733  

U.S. Treasury Bills^^:

     

1.405% due 04/26/18

     10,000,000        9,989,367  
     

 

 

 

Total short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (cost $47,989,011)

      $ 47,988,100  
     

 

 

 

Futures Contracts Purchased

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount
at Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)/Value
 

VIX Futures - CBOE, expires April 2018

     3,627      $ 71,723,925      $ 8,592,453  

VIX Futures - CBOE, expires May 2018

     2,115        40,660,875        656,296  
        

 

 

 
         $ 9,248,749  
        

 

 

 

 

^^ Rates shown represent discount rate at the time of purchase.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 276,528     $ 158,805  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     252,387       309,772  

Brokerage commissions

     71,299       33,254  

Brokerage fees

     268       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     323,954       343,026  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (47,426     (184,221
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     77,276,980       (65,227,857

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (1,993     (1,496
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     77,274,987       (65,229,353
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     14,010,626       (6,856,808

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     9,255       (2,288
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     14,019,881       (6,859,096
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     91,294,868       (72,088,449
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 91,247,442     $ (72,272,670
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 137,741,560  

Addition of 1,875,000 shares

     62,436,457  

Redemption of 4,950,000 shares

     (179,040,135
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of (3,075,000) shares

     (116,603,678
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (47,426

Net realized gain (loss)

     77,274,987  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     14,019,881  
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     91,247,442  
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 112,385,324  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETF

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 91,247,442     $ (72,272,670

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (1,094,786,505     (202,769,692

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     1,181,914,328       230,169,991  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (263,057     (158,805

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     1,993       1,496  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     (9,255     2,288  

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     498,525       (300,292

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (3,152     (14,599

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     6,931,692       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     185,532,011       (45,342,283
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     62,436,457       65,697,001  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (179,328,978     (19,492,172
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (116,892,521     46,204,829  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     68,639,490       862,546  

Cash, beginning of period

     3,715,132       21,772,280  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 72,354,622     $ 22,634,826  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES TRUST II

COMBINED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

     March 31, 2018
(unaudited)
     December 31, 2017  

Assets

     

Cash

   $ 165,990,219      $ 55,713,112  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts

     583,390,167        420,018,133  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for swap agreements

     54,580,900        —    

Segregated cash balances with brokers for forward agreements

     4,275,500        4,081,500  

Segregated cash balances with brokers for foreign currency forward contracts

     3,733,000        3,960,000  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations (Note 3)
(cost 1,714,584,249 and 2,445,970,899, respectively)

     1,714,635,757        2,445,779,873  

Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements

     26,923,049        62,238,361  

Unrealized appreciation on forward agreements

     1,393,323        25,381,689  

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts

     5,196,324        2,339,908  

Receivable from capital shares sold

     —          843,370  

Receivable on open futures contracts

     103,883,357        45,230,982  

Offering costs (Note 5)

     —          105,643  

Limitation by Sponsor

     86,784        59,651  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     2,664,088,380        3,065,752,222  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     

Liabilities

     

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     80,308,291        73,270,557  

Payable on open futures contracts

     26,935,017        1,954,640  

Payable to Sponsor

     2,028,631        2,509,663  

Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements

     17,841,748        30,607,142  

Unrealized depreciation on forward agreements

     11,477,565        3,204,422  

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts

     607,490        6,927,586  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     139,198,742        118,474,010  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 2)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Shareholders’ equity

     2,524,889,638        2,947,278,212  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 2,664,088,380      $ 3,065,752,222  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     130,429,797        109,040,175  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES TRUST II

COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017*  

Investment Income

    

Interest

   $ 7,323,879     $ 3,596,560  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fee

     6,681,061       7,270,884  

Brokerage commissions

     2,396,743       1,401,400  

Brokerage fees

     27,057       —    

Offering costs

     105,643       5,692  

Limitation by Sponsor

     (27,133     (3,868
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     9,183,371       8,674,108  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (1,859,492     (5,077,548
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment activity

    

Net realized gain (loss) on

    

Futures contracts

     (1,401,277,515     (352,254,277

Swap agreements

     77,107,796       (1,401,149

Forward agreements

     16,590,292       31,921,128  

Foreign currency forward contracts

     (29,052,582     14,698,206  

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (274,919     (37,972
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,336,906,928     (307,074,064
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on

    

Futures contracts

     30,095,501       (25,038,772

Swap agreements

     (22,549,918     (93,701,896

Forward agreements

     (32,261,509     27,588,509  

Foreign currency forward contracts

     9,176,512       (49,211,889

Short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     242,534       (52,924
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (15,296,880     (140,416,972
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (1,352,203,808     (447,491,036
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ (1,354,063,300   $ (452,568,584
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* The operations include the activity of ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF and ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF since January 13, 2017 (inception date).

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES TRUST II

COMBINED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018

(unaudited)

 

Shareholders’ equity, at December 31, 2017

   $ 2,947,278,212  

Addition of 129,712,500 shares

     3,383,378,775  

Redemption of 108,322,878 shares

     (2,451,704,049
  

 

 

 

Net addition (redemption) of 21,389,622 shares

     931,674,726  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (1,859,492

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,336,906,928

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (15,296,880
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (1,354,063,300
  

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity, at March 31, 2018

   $ 2,524,889,638  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES TRUST II

COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
   2018     2017*  

Cash flow from operating activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (1,354,063,300   $ (452,568,584

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Purchases of short-term U.S. government and agency obligations

     (20,793,301,928     (5,453,130,656

Proceeds from sales or maturities of short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     21,531,184,156       5,610,569,479  

Net amortization and accretion on short-term U.S government and agency obligations

     (6,770,497     (3,596,532

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

     274,919       37,972  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     45,392,381       115,378,200  

Decrease (Increase) in receivable on futures contracts

     (58,652,375     12,665,414  

Decrease (Increase) in Limitation by Sponsor

     (27,133     (3,868

Amortization of offering cost

     105,643       5,692  

Increase (Decrease) in payable to Sponsor

     (481,032     (269,680

Increase (Decrease) in brokerage commissions and fees payable

     —         (2,909

Increase (Decrease) in payable on futures contracts

     24,980,377       252,554  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (611,358,789     (170,662,918
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

    

Proceeds from addition of shares

     3,384,222,145       2,013,719,529  

Payment on shares redeemed

     (2,444,666,315     (1,645,330,285
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     939,555,830       368,389,244  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     328,197,041       197,726,326  

Cash, beginning of period

     483,772,745       219,695,457  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

   $ 811,969,786     $ 417,421,783  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* The operations include the activity of ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF and ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF since January 13, 2017 (inception date).

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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PROSHARES TRUST II

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2018

(unaudited)

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION

ProShares Trust II (the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust formed on October 9, 2007 and is currently organized into separate series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). As of March 31, 2018, the following twenty series of the Trust have commenced investment operations: (i) ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF and ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF (each, a “Matching VIX Fund” and collectively, the “Matching VIX Funds”); (ii) ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF and ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (each, a “Geared VIX Fund” and collectively, the “Geared VIX Funds”); (iii) ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF, ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas, ProShares UltraShort Gold, ProShares UltraShort Silver, ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar, ProShares UltraShort Euro, ProShares UltraShort Yen, ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF, ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas, ProShares Ultra Gold, ProShares Ultra Silver, ProShares Ultra Euro and ProShares Ultra Yen (each, a “Leveraged Fund” and collectively, the “Leveraged Funds”); and (iv) ProShares Short Euro (the “Short Euro Fund”). Each of the Funds listed above issues common units of beneficial interest (“Shares”), which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of only that Fund. The Shares of each Fund are listed on the New York Stock Exchange Archipelago (“NYSE Arca”). The Leveraged Funds, the Short Euro Fund and the Geared VIX Funds, are collectively referred to as the “Geared Funds” in these Notes to Financial Statements. The Geared VIX Funds and the Matching VIX Funds are collectively referred to as the “VIX Funds” in these Notes to Financial Statements.

The Trust had no operations prior to November 24, 2008, other than matters relating to its organization, the registration of each series under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the sale and issuance to ProShare Capital Management LLC (the “Sponsor”) of fourteen Shares at an aggregate purchase price of $350 in each of the following Funds: ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraShort Gold, ProShares UltraShort Silver, ProShares UltraShort Euro, ProShares UltraShort Yen, ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares Ultra Gold, ProShares Ultra Silver, ProShares Ultra Euro and ProShares Ultra Yen.

Groups of Funds are collectively referred to in several different ways. References to “Short Funds,” “UltraShort Funds,” “UltraPro Short Funds,” “Ultra Funds,” or “UltraPro Funds” refer to the different Funds based upon their investment objectives, but without distinguishing among the Funds’ benchmarks.

References to “Commodity Index Funds,” “Commodity Funds” and “Currency Funds” refer to the different Funds according to their general benchmark categories without distinguishing among the Funds’ investment objectives or Fund-specific benchmarks. References to “VIX Funds” refer to the different Funds based upon their investment objective and their general benchmark categories.

Effective as of close of business on February 27, 2018, the investment objective of ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF and ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF changed.

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF changed its investment objective to seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to one and one-half times (1.5x) of the performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index for a single day. Prior to the close of business on February 27, 2018, the Fund’s investment objective was to seek results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times (2x) the performance of the Index for a single day.

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF changed its investment objective to seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to one-half the inverse (-0.5x) of the performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index for a single day. Prior to the close of business on February 27, 2018, the Fund’s investment objective was to seek results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the Index for a single day.

Each “Short” Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to either one-half inverse (-0.5x) or inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each “UltraShort” Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each “UltraPro Short” Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to three times the inverse (-3x) of the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each “Ultra” Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to either one and one-half times (1.5x) or two times (2x) the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each “UltraPro” Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to three times (3x) the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each Matching VIX Fund seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that match the performance of its corresponding benchmark. Daily performance is measured from the calculation of one NAV to the next.

The Geared Funds do not seek to achieve their stated investment objective over a period of time greater than a single day because mathematical compounding prevents the Geared Funds from achieving such results. Accordingly, results over periods of time greater than a single day should not be expected to be a simple multiple (e.g., -0.5x, -1x, -2x, 1.5x, 2x, -3x or 3x) of the period return of the corresponding benchmark and will likely differ significantly.

 

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As described in the prospectus for each Fund, each of the Funds intends to invest in financial instruments “Financial Instruments” (Financial Instruments are instruments whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset, rate or benchmark, including futures contracts, swap agreements, forward contracts and other instruments) as a substitute for investing directly in commodities, currencies, or spot volatility products in order to gain exposure to the VIX Index, natural gas, crude oil, precious metals, or currencies, as applicable. Financial Instruments also are used to produce economically “inverse,” “inverse leveraged” or “leveraged” investment results for the Geared Funds.

Share Splits and Reverse Share Splits

The table below includes Share splits and reverse Share splits for the Funds during the year ended December 31, 2017 and during three months ended March 31, 2018. The ticker symbols for these Funds did not change, and each Fund continues to trade on the NYSE Arca.

 

Fund   

Execution Date

(Prior to Opening

of Trading)

   Type of Split   

Date Trading

Resumed at Post-

Split Price

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil    January 11, 2017    2-for-1 Share split    January 12, 2017
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil    January 11, 2017    1-for-2 reverse Share split    January 12, 2017
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF    January 11, 2017    1-for-5 reverse Share split    January 12, 2017
ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF    July 12, 2017    2-for-1 Share split    July 17, 2017
ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF    July 14, 2017    1-for-4 reverse Share split    July 17, 2017
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF    July 14, 2017    1-for-4 reverse Share split    July 17, 2017
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas    March 19, 2018    1-for-5 reverse Share split    March 20, 2018
ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF    March 19, 2018    1-for-4 reverse Share split    March 20, 2018

The reverse splits were applied retroactively for all periods presented, reducing the number of Shares outstanding for each of the Funds, and resulted in a proportionate increase in the price per Share and per Share information of each such Fund. Therefore, the reverse splits did not change the aggregate net asset value of a shareholder’s investment at the time of the reverse split.

The splits were applied retroactively for all periods presented, increasing the number of Shares outstanding for each of the Funds, and resulted in a proportionate decrease in the price per Share and per Share information of each such Fund. Therefore, the splits did not change the aggregate net asset value of a shareholder’s investment at the time of the split.

NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Each Fund is an investment company, as defined by Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies.” As such, the Funds follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by each Fund, as applicable, in preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

The accompanying unaudited financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In the opinion of management, all material adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair statement of the interim period financial statements have been made. Interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full-year period. These financial statements and the notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Trust’s and the Funds’ financial statements included in the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, as filed with the SEC on March 1, 2018.

Use of Estimates & Indemnifications

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

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In the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements cannot be known; however, the Trust expects any risk of loss to be remote.

Basis of Presentation

Pursuant to rules and regulations of the SEC, audited financial statements are presented for the Trust as a whole, as the SEC registrant, and for each Fund individually. The debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular Fund shall be enforceable only against the assets of such Fund and not against the assets of the Trust generally or any other Fund. Accordingly, the assets of one Fund of the Trust include only those funds and other assets that are paid to, held by or distributed to the Trust for the purchase of Shares in that Fund.

Statement of Cash Flows

The cash amount shown in the Statements of Cash Flows is the amount reported as cash in the Statement of Financial Condition dated March 31, 2018, and represents cash, segregated cash balances with brokers for futures contracts, segregated cash with brokers for swap agreements, segregated cash with brokers for forward agreements, and segregated cash with brokers for foreign currency forward agreements but does not include short-term investments.

Final Net Asset Value for Fiscal Period

The cut-off times and the times of the calculation of the Funds’ final net asset value for creation and redemption of fund Shares for the three months ended March 31, 2018 were as follows. All times are Eastern Standard Time:

 

    

Create/Redeem

Cut-off*

  

NAV Calculation

Time

  

NAV

Calculation Date

UltraShort Silver, Ultra Silver    6:30 a.m.    7:00 a.m.    March 29, 2018
UltraShort Gold, Ultra Gold    9:30 a.m.    10:00 a.m.    March 29, 2018

UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil,

Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil,

        
UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF,         
UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF    2:00 p.m.    2:30 p.m.    March 29, 2018

UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas,

Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

   2:00 p.m.    2:30 p.m.    March 29, 2018
UltraShort Australian Dollar    3:00 p.m.    4:00 p.m.    March 29, 2018
Short Euro         

UltraShort Euro,

Ultra Euro

   3:00 p.m.    4:00 p.m.    March 29, 2018

UltraShort Yen,

Ultra Yen

   3:00 p.m.    4:00 p.m.    March 29, 2018

VIX Short-Term Futures ETF,

Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF,

Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   2:00 p.m.    4:15 p.m.    March 29, 2018
VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF    2:00 p.m.    4:15 p.m.    March 29, 2018

 

* Although the Funds’ shares may continue to trade on secondary markets subsequent to the calculation of the final NAV, these times represent the final opportunity to transact in creation or redemption units for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Market value per Share is determined at the close of the NYSE Arca and may be later than when the Funds’ NAV per Share is calculated.

 

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For financial reporting purposes, the Funds value transactions based upon the final closing price in their primary markets. Accordingly, the investment valuations in these financial statements may differ from those used in the calculation of certain of the Funds’ final creation/redemption NAV for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Investment Valuation

Short-term investments are valued at amortized cost which approximates fair value for daily NAV purposes. For financial reporting purposes, short-term investments are valued at their market price using information provided by a third-party pricing service or market quotations. In each of these situations, valuations are typically categorized as Level I in the fair value hierarchy.

Derivatives (e.g., futures contracts, swap agreements, forward agreements and foreign currency forward contracts) are typically valued using independent sources and/or agreements with counterparties or other procedures as determined by the Sponsor. Futures contracts, except for those entered into by the Gold, Silver, Australian Dollar and Short Euro Funds, are typically valued at the last settled price on the applicable exchange on which that future trades. Futures contracts entered into by the Gold, Silver, Australian Dollar and Short Euro Funds are typically valued at the last sales price prior to the time at which the NAV per Share of a Fund is determined. For financial reporting purposes, all futures contracts are typically valued at the last settled price. Futures contracts valuations are typically categorized as Level I in the fair value hierarchy. Swap agreements, forward agreements and foreign currency forward contracts valuations are typically categorized as Level II in the fair value hierarchy. The Sponsor may in its sole discretion choose to determine a fair value price as the basis for determining the market value of such position for. Such fair value prices would generally be determined based on available inputs about the current value of the underlying financial instrument or commodity and would be based on principles that the Sponsor deems fair and equitable so long as such principles are consistent with industry standards. The Sponsor may fair value an asset of a Fund pursuant to the policies the Sponsor has adopted, which are consistent with normal industry standards. Depending on the source and relevant significance of valuation inputs, these instruments may be classified as Level II or Level III in the fair value hierarchy.

Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of an investment. While the Funds’ policies are intended to result in a calculation of its respective Fund’s NAV that fairly reflects investment values as of the time of pricing, such Fund cannot ensure that fair values determined by the Sponsor or persons acting at their direction would accurately reflect the price that a Fund could obtain for an investment if it were to dispose of that investment as of the time of pricing (for instance, in a forced or distressed sale). The prices used by such Fund may differ from the value that would be realized if the investments were sold and the differences could be material to the financial statements.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The disclosure requirements establish a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between: (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds (observable inputs); and (2) the Funds’ own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available under the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The three levels defined by the disclosure requirements hierarchy are as follows:

Level I – Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level II – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level I that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level II assets include the following: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means (market-corroborated inputs).

Level III – Unobservable pricing input at the measurement date for the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs shall be used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available.

 

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In some instances, the inputs used to measure fair value might fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy. The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls is determined based on the lowest input level that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Fair value measurements also require additional disclosure when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased, as well as when circumstances indicate that a transaction is not orderly.

The following table summarizes the valuation of investments at March 31, 2018 using the fair value hierarchy:

 

     Level I - Quoted Prices     Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs        
     Short-Term U.S.
Government and
Agencies
     Futures
Contracts*
    Forward
Agreements
    Foreign
Currency
Forward
Contracts
    Swap
Agreements
    Total  

Short Euro

   $ 5,989,804      $ 70,931     $  —       $  —       $  —       $ 6,060,735  

Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     237,745,084        (36,760,956     —         —         —         200,984,128  

Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     389,408,580        10,767,950       —         —         24,872,652       425,049,182  

Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     32,966,685        2,251,369       —         —         —         35,218,054  

Ultra Euro

     7,993,805        —         —         (218,067     —         7,775,738  

Ultra Gold

     94,809,555        (440     (1,368,417     —         —         93,440,698  

Ultra Silver

     227,622,182        (3,970     (10,109,148     —         —         217,509,064  

Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     125,853,064        34,183,694       —         —         (1,193,326     158,843,432  

Ultra Yen

     998,614        —         —         (46,625     —         951,989  

UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF

     —          3,003,955       —         —         —         3,003,955  

UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF

     —          (3,735,138     —         —         —         (3,735,138

UltraShort Australian Dollar

     4,990,788        298,160       —         —         —         5,288,948  

UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     214,661,693        (4,689,834     —         —         (14,598,025     195,373,834  

UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     2,999,900        (165,045     —         —         —         2,834,855  

UltraShort Euro

     179,764,007        —         —         3,742,360       —         183,506,367  

UltraShort Gold

     27,977,621        440       411,780       —         —         28,389,841  

UltraShort Silver

     17,974,591        3,920       981,543       —         —         18,960,054  

UltraShort Yen

     84,902,317        —         —         1,111,166       —         86,013,483  

VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     9,989,367        2,702,285       —         —         —         12,691,652  

VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     47,988,100        9,248,749       —         —         —         57,236,849  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Trust

   $ 1,714,635,757      $ 17,176,070     $ (10,084,242   $ 4,588,834     $ 9,081,301     $ 1,735,397,720  

 

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Schedules of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statements of Financial Condition in receivable/payable on open futures.

At March 31, 2018, there were no Level III portfolio investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value.

The Funds’ policy is to recognize transfers between valuation levels at the end of the reporting period.

At March 31, 2018, there were no significant transfers in or out of Level I and Level II fair value measurements.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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The following table summarizes the valuation of investments at December 31, 2017 using the fair value hierarchy:

 

     Level I - Quoted Prices     Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs        
     Short-Term U.S.
Government and
Agencies
     Futures
Contracts*
    Forward
Agreements
    Foreign
Currency
Forward
Contracts
    Swap
Agreements
    Total  

Short Euro

   $ 6,996,235      $ (166,288   $  —       $  —       $  —       $ 6,829,947  

Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     494,910,644        17,041,449       —         —         —         511,952,093  

Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     459,515,902        11,945,979       —         —         62,238,361       533,700,242  

Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     50,961,356        7,225,810       —         —         —         58,187,166  

Ultra Euro

     6,996,235        —         —         264,152       —         7,260,387  

Ultra Gold

     88,884,844        5,480       3,646,355       —         —         92,536,679  

Ultra Silver

     235,581,716        1,600       21,735,334       —         —         257,318,650  

Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     287,533,132        (34,466,120     —         —         —         253,067,012  

Ultra Yen

     1,997,933        —         —         (34,824     —         1,963,109  

UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF

     —          1,417,998       —         —         —         1,417,998  

UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF

     —          (2,988,155     —         —         —         (2,988,155

UltraShort Australian Dollar

     11,983,904        (893,220     —         —         —         11,090,684  

UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     253,646,823        (3,962,648     —         —         (30,607,142     219,077,033  

UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     3,999,751        (1,097,049     —         —         —         2,902,702  

UltraShort Euro

     204,770,166        —         —         (6,344,269     —         198,425,897  

UltraShort Gold

     31,977,900        (5,460     (1,488,259     —         —         30,484,181  

UltraShort Silver

     18,349,861        (1,650     (1,716,163     —         —         16,632,048  

UltraShort Yen

     131,834,352        —         —         1,527,263       —         133,361,615  

VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     20,993,515        (2,215,280     —         —         —         18,778,235  

VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     134,845,604        (4,761,877     —         —         —         130,083,727  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Trust

   $ 2,445,779,873      $ (12,919,431   $ 22,177,267     $ (4,587,678   $ 31,631,219     $ 2,482,081,250  

 

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Schedules of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statements of Financial Condition in receivable/payable on open futures.

At December 31, 2017, there were no Level III portfolio investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value.

The Funds’ policy is to recognize transfers between valuation levels at the end of the reporting period.

At December 31, 2017, there were no significant transfers in or out of Level I and Level II fair value measurements.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Investment Transactions and Related Income

Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. All such transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis and marked to market daily. Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on open contracts are reflected in the Statements of Financial Condition and changes in the unrealized appreciation/depreciation between periods are reflected in the Statements of Operations. Discounts on short-term securities purchased are amortized and reflected as Interest Income in the Statements of Operations.

 

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Brokerage Commissions and Fees

Each Fund pays its respective brokerage commissions, including applicable exchange fees, National Futures Association (“NFA”) fees, give-up fees, pit brokerage fees and other transaction related fees and expenses charged in connection with trading activities for each Fund’s investment in U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) regulated investments. The effects of trading spreads, financing costs/fees associated with Financial Instruments, and costs relating to the purchase of U.S. Treasury securities or similar high credit quality short-term fixed-income would also be borne by the Funds. Brokerage commissions on futures contracts are recognized on a half-turn basis (e.g., the first half is recognized when the contract is purchased (opened) and the second half is recognized when the transaction is closed). The Sponsor is currently paying brokerage commissions on VIX futures contracts for the Matching VIX Funds that exceed variable create/redeem fees collected by more than 0.02% of the Matching VIX Fund’s average net assets annually.

Federal Income Tax

Each Fund is registered as a series of a Delaware statutory trust and is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, no Fund expects to incur U.S. federal income tax liability; rather, each beneficial owner of a Fund’s Shares is required to take into account its allocable share of its Fund’s income, gain, loss, deductions and other items for its Fund’s taxable year ending with or within the beneficial owner’s taxable year.

Management of the Funds has reviewed all open tax years and major jurisdictions (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable) and concluded that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in future tax returns. The Funds are also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. On an ongoing basis, management will monitor its tax positions taken under the interpretation to determine if adjustments to conclusions are necessary based on factors including, but not limited to, on-going analysis of tax law, regulation, and interpretations thereof.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-18, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash” (“ASU 2016-18”), which amends ASC 230 to provide guidance on the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents on the statement of cash flows. The ASU has been adopted for the current reporting period under the retrospective transition method. The adoption had no significant impact to the Statement of Cash Flows.

NOTE 3 – INVESTMENTS

Short-Term Investments

The Funds may purchase U.S. Treasury Bills, agency securities, and other high-credit quality short-term fixed income or similar securities with original maturities of one year or less. A portion of these investments may be posted as collateral in connection with swap agreements, futures, and/or forward contracts.

Accounting for Derivative Instruments

In seeking to achieve each Fund’s investment objective, the Sponsor uses a mathematical approach to investing. Using this approach, the Sponsor determines the type, quantity and mix of investment positions, including derivative positions, which the Sponsor believes in combination, should produce returns consistent with a Fund’s objective.

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on each respective Fund’s Schedule of Investments. Certain Funds utilized a varying level of derivative instruments in conjunction with investment securities in seeking to meet their investment objective during the period. While the volume of open positions may vary on a daily basis as each Fund transacts derivatives contracts in order to achieve the appropriate exposure to meet its investment objective, the volume of these open positions relative to the net assets of each respective Fund at the date of this report is generally representative of open positions throughout the reporting period.

As discussed in Note 1, the Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF and the Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF changed their investment objectives and target exposures as of the close of business on February 27, 2018. From this time through the effective end of the reporting period, the volume of the derivative exposure relative to the net assets was generally representative to their current investment objectives. From the beginning of the reporting period until the close of business on February 27, 2018, the volume of the derivative exposure relative to the net assets was generally representative to their previous investment objectives.

 

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Following is a description of the derivative instruments used by the Funds during the reporting period, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type.

Futures Contracts

The Funds may enter into futures contracts to gain exposure to changes in the value of, or as a substitute for investing directly in (or shorting), an underlying index, currency or commodity. A futures contract obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to accept) the future delivery of a specified quantity and type of asset at a specified time and place. The contractual obligations of a buyer or seller may generally be satisfied by taking or making physical delivery of the underlying commodity, if applicable, or by making an offsetting sale or purchase of an identical futures contract on the same or linked exchange before the designated date of delivery, or by cash settlement at expiration of contract.

Upon entering into a futures contract, each Fund is required to deposit and maintain as collateral at least such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is affected. The initial margin is segregated as cash and/or securities balances with brokers for futures contracts, as disclosed in the Statements of Financial Condition, and is restricted as to its use. The Funds that enter into futures contracts maintain collateral at the broker in the form of cash and/or securities. Pursuant to the futures contract, each Fund generally agrees to receive from or pay to the broker(s) an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by each Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Each Fund will realize a gain or loss upon closing of a futures transaction.

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk (specifically commodity price risk or equity market volatility risk) and exposure to loss in excess of the amount of variation margin. The face or contract amounts reflect the extent of the total exposure each Fund has in the particular classes of instruments. Additional risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the futures contracts and the market value of the underlying index or commodity and the possibility of an illiquid market for a futures contract. With futures contracts, there is minimal but some counterparty risk to the Funds since futures contracts are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts, guarantees the futures contracts against default. Many futures exchanges and boards of trade limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract prices during a single trading day. Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made that day at a price beyond that limit or trading may be suspended for specified times during the trading day. Futures contracts prices could move to the limit for several consecutive trading days with little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of futures positions and potentially subjecting a Fund to substantial losses. If trading is not possible, or if a Fund determines not to close a futures position in anticipation of adverse price movements, the Fund will be required to make daily cash payments of variation margin. The risk the Fund will be unable to close out a futures position will be minimized by entering into such transactions on a national exchange with an active and liquid secondary market.

Swap Agreements

Certain of the Funds enter into swap agreements for purposes of pursuing their investment objectives or as a substitute for investing directly in (or shorting) an underlying index, currency or commodity, or to create an economic hedge against a position. Swap agreements are two-party contracts that have traditionally been entered into primarily with institutional investors in over-the-counter (“OTC”) markets for a specified period, ranging from a day to more than one year. However, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) provides for significant reforms of the OTC derivative markets, including a requirement to execute certain swap transactions on a CFTC-regulated market and/or to clear such transactions through a CFTC-regulated central clearing organization. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns earned or realized on a particular predetermined investment, instrument or index in exchange for a fixed or floating rate of return in respect of a predetermined notional amount. Transaction or commission costs are reflected in the benchmark level at which the transaction is entered into. The gross returns to be exchanged are calculated with respect to a notional amount and the benchmark returns to which the swap is linked. Swap agreements do not involve the delivery of underlying instruments.

Generally, swap agreements entered into by the Funds calculate and settle the obligations of the parties to the agreement on a “net basis” with a single payment. Consequently, each Fund’s current obligations (or rights) under a swap agreement will generally be equal only to the net amount to be paid or received under the agreement based on the relative values of such obligations (or rights) (the “net amount”). In a typical swap agreement entered into by a Matching VIX Fund, an Ultra Fund, or an UltraPro Fund, the Matching VIX Fund, Ultra Fund, or UltraPro Fund would be entitled to settlement payments in the event the level of the benchmark

 

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increases and would be required to make payments to the swap counterparties in the event the level of the benchmark decreases, adjusted for any transaction costs or trading spreads on the notional amount the Funds may pay. In a typical swap agreement entered into by a Short Fund, an UltraShort Fund, or an UltraPro Short Fund would be required to make payments to the swap counterparties in the event the level of the benchmark increases and would be entitled to settlement payments in the event the level of the benchmark decreases, adjusted for any transaction costs or trading spreads on the notional amount the Funds may pay.

The net amount of the excess, if any, of each Fund’s obligations over its entitlements with respect to each uncleared swap agreement is accrued on a daily basis and an amount of cash and/or securities having an aggregate value at least equal to such accrued excess is maintained for the benefit of the counterparty in a segregated account by the Funds’ Custodian. The net amount of the excess, if any, of each Fund’s entitlements over its obligations with respect to each uncleared swap agreement is accrued on a daily basis and an amount of cash and/or securities having an aggregate value at least equal to such accrued excess is maintained for the benefit of the Fund in a segregated account by the Fund’s Custodian. Until a swap agreement is settled in cash, the gain or loss on the notional amount less any transaction costs or trading spreads payable by each Fund on the notional amount are recorded as “unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swap agreements” and, when cash is exchanged, the gain or loss realized is recorded as “realized gains or losses on swap agreements.” Swap agreements are generally valued at the last settled price of the benchmark referenced asset.

Swap agreements contain various conditions, events of default, termination events, covenants and representations. The triggering of certain events or the default on certain terms of the agreement could allow a party to terminate a transaction under the agreement and request immediate payment in an amount equal to the net positions owed the party under the agreement. This could cause a Fund to have to enter into a new transaction with the same counterparty, enter into a transaction with a different counterparty or seek to achieve its investment objective through any number of different investments or investment techniques.

Swap agreements involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk and exposure to loss in excess of the unrealized gain/loss reflected. The notional amounts reflect the extent of the total investment exposure each Fund has under the swap agreement, which may exceed the NAV of each Fund. Additional risks associated with the use of swap agreements are imperfect correlations between movements in the notional amount and the price of the underlying reference index and the inability of counterparties to perform. Each Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty. A Fund will typically enter into swap agreements only with major global financial institutions. The creditworthiness of each of the firms that is a party to a swap agreement is monitored by the Sponsor. The Sponsor may use various techniques to minimize credit risk including early termination and payment, using different counterparties, limiting the net amount due from any individual counterparty and generally requiring collateral to be posted by the counterparty in an amount approximately equal to that owed to the Funds. All of the outstanding swap agreements at March 31, 2018 contractually terminate within one month but may be terminated without penalty by either party daily. Upon termination, the Fund is entitled to pay or receive the “unrealized appreciation or depreciation” amount.

The Funds, as applicable, collateralize swap agreements by segregating or designating cash and/or certain securities as indicated on the Statements of Financial Condition or Schedules of Investments. As noted above, collateral posted in connection with uncleared derivative transactions is held for the benefit of the counterparty in a segregated tri-party account at the Custodian to protect the counterparty against non-payment by the Funds. The collateral held in this account is restricted as to its use. In the event of a default by the counterparty, the Funds will seek withdrawal of this collateral from the segregated account and may incur certain costs in exercising its right with respect to the collateral. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties, the Funds may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganizational proceeding. The Funds may obtain only limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances.

The Funds remain subject to credit risk with respect to the amount they expect to receive from counterparties. However, the Funds have sought to mitigate these risks in connection with uncleared swaps by generally requiring that the counterparties for each Fund agree to post collateral for the benefit of the Fund, marked to market daily, in an amount approximately equal to what the counterparty owes the Fund, subject to certain minimum thresholds. In the event of the bankruptcy of a counterparty, the Fund will have direct access to the collateral received from the counterparty, generally as of the day prior to the bankruptcy, because there is a one day time lag between the Fund’s request for collateral and the delivery of such collateral. To the extent any such collateral is insufficient, the Funds will be exposed to counterparty risk as described above, including the possible delays in recovering amounts as a result of bankruptcy proceedings. As of March 31, 2018, the collateral posted by counterparties consisted of cash and/or U.S. Treasury securities.

 

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The counterparty/credit risk for cleared derivative transactions is generally lower than for uncleared OTC derivatives since generally a clearing organization becomes substituted for each counterparty to a cleared derivative contract and, in effect, guarantees the parties’ performance under the contract as each party to a trade looks only to the clearing organization for performance of financial obligations. In addition, cleared derivative transactions benefit from daily marking-to-market and settlement, and segregation and minimum capital requirements applicable to intermediaries.

Forward Contracts

Certain of the Funds enter into forward contracts for purposes of pursuing their investment objectives and as a substitute for investing directly in (or shorting) commodities and/or currencies. A forward contract is an agreement between two parties to purchase or sell a specified quantity of an asset at or before a specified date in the future at a specified price. Forward contracts are typically traded in OTC markets and all details of the contract are negotiated between the counterparties to the agreement. Accordingly, the forward contracts are valued by reference to the contracts traded in the OTC markets.

The contractual obligations of a buyer or seller may generally be satisfied by taking or making physical delivery of the underlying commodity or currency, establishing an opposite position in the contract and recognizing the profit or loss on both positions simultaneously on the delivery date or, in some instances, paying a cash settlement before the designated date of delivery. The forward contracts are adjusted by the daily fluctuation of the underlying commodity or currency and any gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized gains or losses until the contract settlement date.

Forward contracts have traditionally not been cleared or guaranteed by a third party. As a result of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFTC now regulates non-deliverable forwards. Certain non-deliverable forward contracts, such as non-deliverable foreign exchange forwards, may be subject to regulation as swap agreements, including mandatory clearing. Changes in the forward markets may entail increased costs and result in burdensome reporting requirements.

The Funds may collateralize uncleared forward commodity contracts by segregating or designating cash and/or certain securities as indicated on their Statements of Financial Condition or Schedules of Investments. Such collateral is held for the benefit of the counterparty in a segregated tri-party account at the Custodian to protect the counterparty against non-payment by the Funds. The collateral held in this account is restricted as to its use. In the event of a default by the counterparty, the Funds will seek withdrawal of this collateral from the segregated account and may incur certain costs in exercising its right with respect to the collateral. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties, the Funds may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganizational proceeding. The Funds may obtain only limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances.

The Funds remain subject to credit risk with respect to the amount they expect to receive from counterparties. However, the Funds have sought to mitigate these risks by generally requiring that the counterparties for each Fund agree to post collateral for the benefit of the Fund, marked to market daily, in an amount approximately equal to what the counterparty owes the Fund, subject to minimum thresholds. In the event of the bankruptcy of counterparty, the Fund will have direct access to the collateral received from the counterparty, generally as of the day prior to the bankruptcy, because there is a one day time lag between the Fund’s request for collateral and the delivery of such collateral. To the extent any such collateral is insufficient, the Fund will be exposed to counterparty risk as described above, including the possible delays in recovering amounts as a result of bankruptcy proceedings. As of March 31, 2018, the collateral posted by counterparties consisted of cash and/or U.S. Treasury securities.

Participants in trading foreign exchange forward contracts often do not require margin deposits, but rely upon internal credit limitations and their judgments regarding the creditworthiness of their counterparties. In recent years, however, many OTC market participants in foreign exchange trading have begun to require their counterparties to post margin.

A Fund will typically enter into forward contracts only with major global financial institutions. The creditworthiness of each of the firms that is a party to a forward contract is monitored by the Sponsor.

 

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The counterparty/credit risk for cleared derivative transactions is generally lower than for uncleared OTC derivatives since generally a clearing organization becomes substituted for each counterparty to a cleared derivative contract and, in effect, guarantees the parties’ performance under the contract as each party to a trade looks only to the clearing organization for performance of financial obligations. In addition, cleared derivative transactions benefit from daily marking-to-market and settlement, and segregation and minimum capital requirements applicable to intermediaries.

The following tables indicate the location of derivative related items on the Statement of Financial Condition as well as the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations during the reporting period.

 

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

as of March 31, 2018

 

 

    

Assets Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 
Derivatives Not    Statements of               Statements of            
Accounted for    Financial               Financial            
as Hedging    Condition         Unrealized     Condition         Unrealized  

Instruments

  

Location

  

Fund

   Appreciation    

Location

  

Fund

   Depreciation  

VIX Futures Contracts

  

Receivables on open futures contracts, unrealized appreciation on swap agreements

  

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ 36,234,091  

Payable on open futures contracts, unrealized depreciation on swap agreements

  

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ 36,760,956
     

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     2,702,285     

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     3,243,723
     

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     9,248,749        

Commodities Contracts

  

Receivables on open futures contracts, unrealized appreciation on swap and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     35,640,602  

Payable on open futures contracts, unrealized depreciation on swap and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF

     3,735,138
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     2,251,369     

ProShares Ultra Gold

     1,368,857
     

ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF

     3,003,955     

ProShares Ultra Silver

     10,113,118
     

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     412,220     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     19,287,859
     

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     985,463     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     165,045

Foreign Exchange Contracts

  

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts and receivables on open futures contracts

  

ProShares Short Euro

     70,931  

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts and payable on open futures contracts

  

ProShares Ultra Euro

     218,599  
     

ProShares Ultra Euro

     532       

ProShares Ultra Yen

     46,625  
     

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     298,160     

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     239,257  
     

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     3,981,617       

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     103,009  
     

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     1,214,175          
        

 

 

         

 

 

 
     

Total Trust

   $ 96,044,149     

Total Trust

   $ 75,282,186

 

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Schedules of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statements of Financial Condition in receivable/payable on open futures contracts.

 

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Fair Value of Derivative Instruments  

as of December 31, 2017

 

 

    

Assets Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 
Derivatives Not    Statements of               Statements of            
Accounted for    Financial               Financial            
as Hedging    Condition         Unrealized     Condition         Unrealized  

Instruments

  

Location

  

Fund

   Appreciation    

Location

  

Fund

   Depreciation  

VIX Futures Contracts

  

Receivables on open futures contracts

  

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ 21,493,549  

Payable on open futures contracts

  

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ 4,452,100
     

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     3,974,642     

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     38,440,762
     

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     709,708     

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     2,215,280
             

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     5,471,585

Commodities Contracts

  

Receivables on open futures contracts, unrealized appreciation on swap and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     74,184,340  

Payable on open futures contracts, unrealized depreciation on swap and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF

     2,988,155
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     7,225,810     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     34,569,790
     

ProShares Ultra Gold

     3,651,835     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     1,097,049
     

ProShares Ultra Silver

     21,736,934     

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     1,493,719
     

ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF

     1,417,998     

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     1,717,813

Foreign Exchange Contracts

  

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts and receivables on open futures contracts

  

ProShares Ultra Euro

     321,609    

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts and payable on open futures contracts

  

ProShares Short Euro

     166,288
     

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     449,302       

ProShares Ultra Euro

     57,457  
     

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     1,568,997       

ProShares Ultra Yen

     34,824  
             

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     893,220
             

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     6,793,571  
             

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     41,734  
        

 

 

         

 

 

 
      Total Trust    $ 136,734,724      Total Trust    $ 100,433,347

 

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Schedules of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statements of Financial Condition in receivable/payable on open futures contracts.

 

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The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations

For the three months ended March 31, 2018

 

Derivatives Not Accounted

for as Hedging Instruments

  

Location of Gain

(Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

  

Fund

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on
Derivatives

Recognized in
Income
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation on
Derivatives
Recognized  in
Income
 

VIX Futures Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts/ changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures contracts

  

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ (1,883,525,731   $ (53,802,405
     

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     416,609,780       67,456,488  
     

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     3,720,436       4,917,565  
     

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     77,276,980       14,010,626  

Commodity Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts, swap and/or forward agreements/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures contracts, swap and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     112,517,891       (38,543,738
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     1,134,812       (4,974,441
     

ProShares Ultra Gold

     8,655,275       (5,020,692
     

ProShares Ultra Silver

     12,801,743       (31,850,052
     

ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF

     1,620,825       1,585,957  
     

ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF

     (4,675,967     (746,983
     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     (48,096,150     15,281,931  
     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     746,971       932,004  
     

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     (3,269,875     1,905,939  
     

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     (1,596,841     2,703,276  

Foreign Exchange Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures and/or foreign currency forward contracts/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures and/or foreign currency forward contracts

  

ProShares Short Euro

     (379,586     237,219  
     

ProShares Ultra Euro

     800,513       (482,219
     

ProShares Ultra Yen

     322,550       (11,801
     

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     (1,119,990     1,191,380  
     

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     (18,923,242     10,086,629  
     

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     (11,252,403     (416,097
        

 

 

   

 

 

 
      Total Trust    $ (1,336,632,009   $ (15,539,414
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations

For the three months ended March 31, 2017

 

Derivatives Not Accounted

for as Hedging Instruments

  

Location of Gain

(Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

  

Fund

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on
Derivatives

Recognized in
Income
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation on
Derivatives
Recognized  in
Income
 

VIX Futures Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts/ changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures contracts

  

ProShares Short VIX

Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ 99,893,092     $ 29,160,974  
     

ProShares Ultra VIX

Short-Term Futures ETF

     (365,515,188     (28,593,655
     

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     (8,167,318     (3,264,135
     

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     (65,227,857     (6,856,808

Commodity Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts, swap and/or forward agreements/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures contracts, swap and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     (412,087     (147,865,307
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     (14,377,716     900,424  
     

ProShares Ultra Gold

     9,447,490       6,400,357  
     

ProShares Ultra Silver

     30,201,888       27,281,603  
     

ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF

     (959     850,582  
     

ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF

     (105,766     (661,506
     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     (1,149,867     39,939,834  
     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     1,858,381       (665,754
     

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     (4,871,160     (4,210,682
     

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     (2,857,261     (1,882,809

Foreign Exchange Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures and/or foreign currency forward contracts/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures and/or foreign currency forward contracts

  

ProShares Short Euro

     82,257       (252,663
     

ProShares Ultra Euro

     (628,668     894,328  
     

ProShares Ultra Yen

     (81,511     589,704  
     

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     (532,227     (1,432,614
     

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     15,679,619       (24,060,957
     

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     (271,234     (26,634,964
        

 

 

   

 

 

 
      Total Trust    $ (307,036,092   $ (140,364,048
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

Each Fund is subject to master netting agreements or similar arrangements that allow for amounts owed between each Fund and the counterparty to be netted upon an early termination. The party that has the larger payable pays the excess of the larger amount over the smaller amount to the other party. The master netting agreements or similar arrangements do not apply to amounts owed to/from different counterparties. As described above, the Funds utilize derivative instruments to achieve their investment objective during the year. The amounts shown in the Statements of Financial Condition do not take into consideration the effects of legally enforceable master netting agreements or similar arrangements.

 

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For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statements of Financial Condition. The following table presents each Fund’s derivatives by investment type and by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under a master netting agreement and the related collateral received or pledged by the Funds as of March 31, 2018.

 

Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of March 31, 2018

 
     Assets      Liabilities  
     Gross                    Gross                
     Amounts of                    Amounts of                
     Recognized      Gross      Net Amounts of      Recognized      Gross      Net Amounts of  
     Assets      Amounts      Assets      Liabilities      Amounts      Liabilities  
     presented in      Offset in the      presented in      presented in      Offset in the      presented in  
     the Statements      the Statements      the Statements      the Statements      Statements      the Statements  
     of Financial      of Financial      of Financial      of Financial      of Financial      of Financial  
     Condition      Condition      Condition      Condition      Condition      Condition  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

                 

Swap agreements

   $ 24,872,652      $ —        $ 24,872,652      $ —        $ —        $ —    

ProShares Ultra Euro

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     532        —          532        218,599        —          218,599  

ProShares Ultra Gold

                 

Forward agreements

     —          —          —          1,368,417        —          1,368,417  

ProShares Ultra Silver

                 

Forward agreements

     —          —          —          10,109,148        —          10,109,148  

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

                 

Swap agreements

     2,050,397        —          2,050,397        3,243,723        —          3,243,723  

ProShares Ultra Yen

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     —          —          —          46,625        —          46,625  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

                 

Swap agreements

     —          —          —          14,598,025        —          14,598,025  

ProShares UltraShort Euro

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     3,981,617        —          3,981,617        239,257        —          239,257  

ProShares UltraShort Gold

                 

Forward agreements

     411,780        —          411,780        —          —          —    

ProShares UltraShort Silver

                 

Forward agreements

     981,543        —          981,543        —          —          —    

ProShares UltraShort Yen

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     1,214,175        —          1,214,175        103,009        —          103,009  

Asset (Liability) amounts shown in the table below represent amounts owed to (by) the Funds for the derivative-related investments at March 31, 2018. These amounts may be collateralized by cash or financial instruments, segregated for the benefit of the Funds or the counterparties, depending on whether the related contracts are in an appreciated or depreciated position at period end. Amounts shown in the column labeled “Net Amount” represent the uncollateralized portions of these amounts at period end. These amounts may be un-collateralized due to timing differences related to market movements or due to minimum thresholds for collateral movement, as further described above under the caption “Accounting for Derivative Instruments”.

 

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Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition as of March 31, 2018

 

     Amounts of
Recognized
Assets /
(Liabilities)
presented in the
Statements  of
Financial
Condition
     Financial
Instruments for
the Benefit of
(the Funds) / the
Counterparties
     Cash Collateral
for the Benefit of
(the Funds) / the
Counterparties
     Net Amount  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

           

Citibank N.A.

   $ 7,042,924      $ —        $ —        $ 7,042,924  

Goldman Sachs International

     7,454,750        (6,097,671      —          1,357,079  

Societe Generale S.A.

     3,306,542        (2,789,044      —          517,498  

UBS AG

     7,068,436        (5,649,698      —          1,418,738  

ProShares Ultra Euro

           

Goldman Sachs International

     (104,905      22,905        82,000        —    

UBS AG

     (113,162      —          113,162        —    

ProShares Ultra Gold

           

Citibank N.A.

     (492,775      492,775        —          —    

Goldman Sachs International

     (415,609      415,609        —          —    

Societe Generale S.A.

     (124,446      124,446        —          —    

UBS AG

     (335,587      335,587        —          —    

ProShares Ultra Silver

           

Citibank N.A.

     (3,377,838      3,377,838        —          —    

Goldman Sachs International

     (2,770,026      —          2,770,026        —    

Societe Generale

     (1,197,274      1,197,274        —          —    

UBS AG

     (2,764,010      2,764,010        —          —    

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

           

Deutsche Bank

     2,050,397        —          (2,050,397      —    

Goldman Sachs International

     (3,243,723      —          3,243,723        —    

ProShares Ultra Yen

           

Goldman Sachs International

     (23,437      —          23,437        —    

UBS AG

     (23,188      —          23,188        —    

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

           

Citibank N.A.

     (5,450,062      5,450,062        —          —    

Goldman Sachs International

     (3,439,171      3,439,171        —          —    

Societe Generale S.A.

     (1,717,946      1,717,946        —          —    

UBS AG

     (3,990,846      2,294,346        1,696,500        —    

ProShares UltraShort Euro

           

Goldman Sachs International

     1,751,009        (1,751,009      —          —    

UBS AG

     1,991,351        (1,991,351      —          —    

ProShares UltraShort Gold

           

Citibank N.A.

     136,085        —          —          136,085  

Goldman Sachs International

     107,211        —          —          107,211  

Societe Generale S.A.

     42,275        —          —          42,275  

UBS AG

     126,209        —          —          126,209  

ProShares UltraShort Silver

           

Citibank N.A.

     349,648        —          —          349,648  

Goldman Sachs International

     275,540        (267,024      —          8,516  

Societe Generale S.A.

     55,384        —          —          55,384  

UBS AG

     300,971        —          —          300,971  

ProShares UltraShort Yen

           

Goldman Sachs International

     495,654        (313,734      —          181,920  

UBS AG

     615,512        (615,512      —          —    

 

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The following table presents each Fund’s derivatives by investment type and by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under a master netting agreement and the related collateral received or pledged by the Funds as of December 31, 2017:

 

Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of December 31, 2017

 
     Assets      Liabilities  
     Gross                    Gross                
     Amounts of                    Amounts of                
     Recognized      Gross      Net Amounts of      Recognized      Gross      Net Amounts of  
     Assets      Amounts      Assets      Liabilities      Amounts      Liabilities  
     presented in      Offset in the      presented in      presented in      Offset in the      presented in  
     the Statements      the Statements      the Statements      the Statements      Statements      the Statements  
     of Financial      of Financial      of Financial      of Financial      of Financial      of Financial  
     Condition      Condition      Condition      Condition      Condition      Condition  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

                 

Swap agreements

   $ 62,238,361      $ —        $ 62,238,361      $ —        $ —        $ —    

ProShares Ultra Euro

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     321,609        —          321,609        57,457        —          57,457  

ProShares Ultra Gold

                 

Forward agreements

     3,646,355        —          3,646,355        —          —          —    

ProShares Ultra Silver

                 

Forward agreements

     21,735,334        —          21,735,334        —          —          —    

ProShares Ultra Yen

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     —          —          —          34,824        —          34,824  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

                 

Swap agreements

     —          —          —          30,607,142        —          30,607,142  

ProShares UltraShort Euro

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     449,302        —          449,302        6,793,571        —          6,793,571  

ProShares UltraShort Gold

                 

Forward agreements

     —          —          —          1,488,259        —          1,488,259  

ProShares UltraShort Silver

                 

Forward agreements

     —          —          —          1,716,163        —          1,716,163  

ProShares UltraShort Yen

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     1,568,997        —          1,568,997        41,734        —          41,734  

Asset (Liability) amounts shown in the table below represent amounts owed to (by) the Funds for the derivative-related investments at December 31, 2017. These amounts may be collateralized by cash or financial instruments, segregated for the benefit of the Funds or the counterparties, depending on whether the related contracts are in an appreciated or depreciated position at period end. Amounts shown in the column labeled “Net Amount” represent the uncollateralized portions of these amounts at period end. These amounts may be un-collateralized due to timing differences related to market movements or due to minimum thresholds for collateral movement, as further described above under the caption “Accounting for Derivative Instruments”.

 

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Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2017

 

     Amounts of
Recognized
Assets /
(Liabilities)
presented in the
Statements  of
Financial
Condition
     Financial
Instruments for
the Benefit of
(the Funds) / the
Counterparties
     Cash Collateral
for the Benefit of
(the Funds) / the
Counterparties
     Net Amount  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

           

Citibank N.A.

   $ 19,815,892      $ —        $ —      $ 19,815,892

Goldman Sachs International

     16,654,031        (14,861,090      —        1,792,941  

Societe Generale S.A.

     9,003,519        (8,525,505      —        478,014  

UBS AG

     16,764,919        (15,477,566      —        1,287,353  

ProShares Ultra Euro

           

Goldman Sachs International

     102,424        —        —        102,424  

UBS AG

     161,728        —        —        161,728  

ProShares Ultra Gold

           

Citibank N.A.

     1,513,310        —        —        1,513,310  

Goldman Sachs International

     969,501        (967,678      (1,823 )      —  

Societe Generale S.A.

     218,319        —        —        218,319  

UBS AG

     945,225        (945,225      —        —  

ProShares Ultra Silver

           

Citibank N.A.

     7,201,744      —        —        7,201,744  

Goldman Sachs International

     5,873,080      (4,903,696      —        969,384  

Societe Generale S.A.

     2,761,817      (2,516,153      —        245,664  

UBS AG

     5,898,693      (4,930,596      —        968,097

ProShares Ultra Yen

           

Goldman Sachs International

     (17,410 )      17,410        —        —  

UBS AG

     (17,414 )      17,414        —        —  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

           

Citibank N.A.

     (10,173,164 )      10,173,164        —        —  

Goldman Sachs International

     (9,242,398 )      9,242,398        —        —  

Societe Generale S.A.

     (1,904,113 )      1,904,113        —        —  

UBS AG

     (9,287,467 )      9,287,467        —        —  

ProShares UltraShort Euro

           

Goldman Sachs International

     (3,297,612 )      259,612        3,038,000      —  

UBS AG

     (3,046,657 )      3,046,657        —        —  

ProShares UltraShort Gold

           

Citibank N.A.

     (554,559 )      554,559        —        —  

Goldman Sachs International

     (428,358 )      428,358        —        —  

Societe Generale S.A.

     (126,928 )      126,928        —        —  

UBS AG

     (378,414 )      378,414        —        —  

ProShares UltraShort Silver

           

Citibank N.A.

     (632,593 )      632,593      —        —  

Goldman Sachs International

     (486,240 )      —        486,240      —  

Societe Generale S.A.

     (115,305 )      115,305        —        —  

UBS AG

     (482,025 )      482,025        —        —  

ProShares UltraShort Yen

           

Goldman Sachs International

     821,317      (810,030      —        11,287  

UBS AG

     705,946      —        (705,946      —  

 

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NOTE 4 – AGREEMENTS

Management Fee

Each Leveraged Fund, the Short Euro Fund and each Geared VIX Fund pays the Sponsor a Management Fee, monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to 0.95% per annum of its average daily NAV of such Fund. Each Matching VIX Fund pays the Sponsor a Management Fee, monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to 0.85% per annum of its average daily NAV of such Fund. The Sponsor has not and will not charge a Management Fee in each of the Fund’s first year of operations in an amount equal to the offering costs. The Sponsor has reimbursed and will reimburse each Fund, to the extent that its offering costs exceed the Management Fee, for the first year of operations.

The Management Fee is paid in consideration of the Sponsor’s trading advisory services and the other services provided to the Fund that the Sponsor pays directly. From the Management Fee, the Sponsor pays all of the routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of each Fund, generally as determined by the Sponsor, including but not limited to the Administrator, Custodian, Distributor, ProFunds Distributors, Inc. (“PDI”), an affiliated broker-dealer of the Sponsor, Transfer Agent, accounting and auditing fees and expenses, any index licensors for the Funds, and the normal and expected expenses incurred in connection with the continuous offering of Shares of each Fund after the commencement of its trading operations, including, but not limited to, expenses such as tax preparation expenses, legal fees not in excess of $100,000 per annum, ongoing SEC registration fees not exceeding 0.021% per annum of the NAV of a Fund and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) filing fees, individual Schedule K-1 preparation and mailing fees not exceeding 0.10% per annum of the net assets of a Fund, and report preparation and mailing expenses.

Non-Recurring Fees and Expenses

Each Fund pays all its non-recurring and unusual fees and expenses, if any, as determined by the Sponsor. Non-recurring and unusual fees and expenses are fees and expenses that are unexpected or unusual in nature, such as legal claims and liabilities, litigation costs or indemnification or other material expenses which are not currently anticipated obligations of the Funds.

The Administrator

The Sponsor and the Trust, for itself and on behalf of each Fund, has appointed Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (“BBH&Co.”) as the Administrator of the Funds, and the Sponsor, and the Trust, on its own behalf and on behalf of each Fund, and BBH&Co. have entered into an Administrative Agency Agreement (the “Administration Agreement”) in connection therewith. Pursuant to the terms of the Administration Agreement and under the supervision and direction of the Sponsor and the Trust, BBH&Co. prepares and files certain regulatory filings on behalf of the Funds. BBH&Co. may also perform other services for the Funds pursuant to the Administration Agreement as mutually agreed upon by the Sponsor, the Trust and BBH&Co. from time to time. Pursuant to the terms of the Administration Agreement, BBH&Co. also serves as the Transfer Agent of the Funds. The Administrator’s fees are paid on behalf of the Funds by the Sponsor.

The Custodian

BBH&Co. serves as the Custodian of the Funds, and the Trust, on its own behalf and on behalf of each Fund, and BBH&Co. have entered into a Custodian Agreement in connection therewith. Pursuant to the terms of the Custodian Agreement, BBH&Co. is responsible for the holding and safekeeping of assets delivered to it by the Funds, and performing various administrative duties in accordance with instructions delivered to BBH&Co. by the Funds. The Custodian’s fees are paid on behalf of the Funds by the Sponsor.

 

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The Distributor

SEI Investments Distribution Co. (“SEI”), serves as Distributor of the Funds and assists the Sponsor and the Administrator with certain functions and duties relating to distribution and marketing, including taking creation and redemption orders, consulting with the marketing staff of the Sponsor and its affiliates with respect to compliance with the requirements of FINRA and/or the NFA in connection with marketing efforts, and reviewing and filing of marketing materials with FINRA and/or the NFA. SEI retains all marketing materials separately for each Fund, at c/o SEI, One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456. The Sponsor, on behalf of each Fund, has entered into a Distribution Services Agreement with SEI. The Sponsor pays SEI for performing its duties on behalf of the Funds.

NOTE 5 – OFFERING COSTS

Offering costs will be amortized by the Funds over a twelve month period on a straight-line basis beginning once the fund commences operations. The Sponsor will not charge its Management Fee in the first year of operations of a Fund in an amount equal to the offering costs. Normal and expected expenses incurred in connection with the continuous offering of Shares of a Fund after the commencement of its trading operations will be paid by the Sponsor. The Sponsor will reimburse ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF and ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF to the extent that their respective offering costs exceeded 0.95% of their average daily NAV during their first year of operations.

NOTE 6 – CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS

Each Fund issues and redeems shares from time to time, but only in one or more Creation Units. A Creation Unit is a block of 50,000 Shares of a Geared Fund and 25,000 Shares of a Matching VIX Fund. Creation Units may be created or redeemed only by Authorized Participants. As a result of the Share splits and reverse Share splits as described in Note 1, certain redemptions as disclosed in the Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity reflect payment of fractional share balances on beneficial shareholder accounts.

Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Shares are not redeemable securities. Retail investors, therefore, generally will not be able to purchase or redeem Shares directly from or with a Fund. Rather, most retail investors will purchase or sell Shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker. Thus, some of the information contained in these Notes to Financial Statements—such as references to the Transaction Fees imposed on purchases and redemptions—is not relevant to retail investors.

Transaction Fees on Creation and Redemption Transactions

The manner by which Creation Units are purchased or redeemed is governed by the terms of the Authorized Participant Agreement and Authorized Participant Handbook. By placing a purchase order, an Authorized Participant agrees to: (1) deposit cash with the Custodian; and (2) if permitted by the Sponsor in its sole discretion, enter into or arrange for an exchange of futures contract for related position or block trade with the relevant fund whereby the Authorized Participant would also transfer to such Fund a number and type of exchange-traded futures contracts at or near the closing settlement price for such contracts on the purchase order date.

Authorized Participants may pay a fixed transaction fee of up to $250 in connection with each order to create or redeem a Creation Unit in order to compensate BBH&Co., as the Administrator, the Custodian and the Transfer Agent of each Fund and its Shares, for services in processing the creation and redemption of Creation Units and to offset the costs of increasing or decreasing derivative positions. Authorized Participants also may pay a variable transaction fee to the Fund of up to 0.10% (and a variable transaction fee to the Matching VIX Funds of 0.05%) of the value of the Creation Unit that is purchased or redeemed unless the transaction fee is waived or otherwise adjusted by the Sponsor. The Sponsor provides such Authorized Participant with prompt notice in advance of any such waiver or adjustment of the transaction fee. Authorized Participants may sell the Shares included in the Creation Units they purchase from the Funds to other investors in the secondary market.

 

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Transaction fees for the three months ended March 31, 2018 which are included in the Addition and/or Redemption of Shares on the Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity, were as follows:

 

Fund    Three Months Ended
March 31, 2018
 

Short Euro

   $ —    

Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     440,480  

Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     63,602  

Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     5,803  

Ultra Euro

     —    

Ultra Gold

     4,166  

Ultra Silver

     5,267  

Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     654,427  

Ultra Yen

     —    

UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF

     4,795  

UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF

     12,046  

UltraShort Australian Dollar

     —    

UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     37,931  

UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     2,110  

UltraShort Euro

     —    

UltraShort Gold

     5,915  

UltraShort Silver

     —    

UltraShort Yen

     —    

VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     9,933  

VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     67,306  
  

 

 

 

Total Trust

   $ 1,313,781  

 

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NOTE 7 – FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected data for a Share outstanding throughout the three months ended March 31, 2018:

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Per Share Operating Performance

   Short Euro     Short VIX
Short-Term
Futures ETF
    Ultra
Bloomberg
Crude Oil
    Ultra
Bloomberg
Natural Gas*
    Ultra Euro     Ultra Gold  

Net asset value, at December 31, 2017

   $ 39.96     $ 127.30     $ 23.66     $ 32.64     $ 17.44     $ 39.88  

Net investment income (loss)

     0.00 (1)      (0.04     0.02       0.00 (1)      0.00 (1)      0.04  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)#

     (0.71     (115.67     3.80       (5.16     0.66       1.52  

Change in net asset value from operations

     (0.71     (115.71     3.82       (5.16     0.66       1.56  

Net asset value, at March 31, 2018

   $ 39.25     $ 11.59     $ 27.48     $ 27.48     $ 18.10     $ 41.44  

Market value per share, at December 31, 2017†

   $ 39.99     $ 128.21     $ 23.44     $ 32.50     $ 17.46     $ 40.67  

Market value per share, at March 31, 2018†

   $ 39.04     $ 11.74     $ 27.50     $ 27.53     $ 18.09     $ 41.55  

Total Return, at net asset value^

     (1.8 )%      (90.9 )%      16.1     (15.8 )%      3.8     3.9

Total Return, at market value^

     (2.4 )%      (90.8 )%      17.3     (15.3 )%      3.6     2.2

Ratios to Average Net Assets**

            

Expense ratio

     0.96     1.55     0.97     1.17     0.95     0.95

Expense ratio, excluding brokerage commissions

     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95

Net investment income (loss)

     0.05     (0.77 )%      0.30     0.07     0.06     0.37

 

* See Note 1 of these Notes to Financial Statements.
# The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses during the period because of timing of creation and redemption units in relation to fluctuating net asset value during the period.
Market values are determined at the close of the New York Stock Exchange, which may be later than when the Funds’ net asset value is calculated.
^ Percentages are not annualized for the period ended March 31, 2018.
** Percentages are annualized.
(1)  Amount represents less than $0.005.

 

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For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Per Share Operating Performance

   Ultra Silver     Ultra VIX
Short-Term
Futures ETF
    Ultra Yen     UltraPro 3x
Crude Oil ETF
    UltraPro 3x
Short Crude Oil
ETF*
    UltraShort
Australian
Dollar
 

Net asset value, at December 31, 2017

   $ 33.55     $ 10.33     $ 57.32     $ 37.78     $ 42.32     $ 45.67  

Net investment income (loss)

     0.03       (0.04     (0.06     (0.11     (0.10     0.00 (1) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)#

     (2.75     8.71       6.22       8.63       (11.42     1.42  

Change in net asset value from operations

     (2.72     8.67       6.16       8.52       (11.52     1.42  

Net asset value, at March 31, 2018

   $ 30.83     $ 19.00     $ 63.48     $ 46.30     $ 30.80     $ 47.09  

Market value per share, at December 31, 2017†

   $ 33.85     $ 10.21     $ 57.45     $ 37.23     $ 42.88     $ 45.72  

Market value per share, at March 31, 2018†

   $ 31.09     $ 18.53     $ 63.49     $ 46.33     $ 30.77     $ 47.18  

Total Return, at net asset value^

     (8.1 )%      83.9     10.7     22.6     (27.2 )%      3.1

Total Return, at market value^

     (8.2 )%      81.5     10.5     24.4     (28.2 )%      3.2

Ratios to Average Net Assets**

            

Expense ratio

     0.95     1.95     0.95     1.14     1.21     1.02

Expense ratio, excluding brokerage commissions

     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95

Net investment income (loss)

     0.36     (1.20 )%      (0.40 )%      (1.06 )%      (1.14 )%      0.01

 

* See Note 1 of these Notes to Financial Statements.
# The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses during the period because of timing of creation and redemption units in relation to fluctuating net asset value during the period.
Market values are determined at the close of the New York Stock Exchange, which may be later than when the Funds’ net asset value is calculated.
^ Percentages are not annualized for the period ended March 31, 2018.
** Percentages are annualized.
(1)  Amount represents less than $0.005.

 

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For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Per Share Operating Performance

   UltraShort
Bloomberg
Crude Oil
    UltraShort
Bloomberg
Natural Gas
    UltraShort
Euro
    UltraShort
Gold
    UltraShort
Silver
    UltraShort Yen  

Net asset value, at December 31, 2017

   $ 24.31     $ 39.48     $ 21.21     $ 70.47     $ 31.71     $ 74.93  

Net investment income (loss)

     0.02       (0.06     0.02       0.05       0.02       0.06  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)#

     (4.37     3.46       (0.90     (3.38     2.20       (7.79

Change in net asset value from operations

     (4.35     3.40       (0.88     (3.33     2.22       (7.73

Net asset value, at March 31, 2018

   $ 19.96     $ 42.88     $ 20.33     $ 67.14     $ 33.93     $ 67.20  

Market value per share, at December 31, 2017†

   $ 24.56     $ 39.65     $ 21.20     $ 69.11     $ 31.40     $ 74.98  

Market value per share, at March 31, 2018†

   $ 19.95     $ 42.83     $ 20.32     $ 66.98     $ 33.54     $ 67.14  

Total Return, at net asset value^

     (17.9 )%      8.6     (4.1 )%      (4.7 )%      7.0     (10.3 )% 

Total Return, at market value^

     (18.8 )%      8.0     (4.2 )%      (3.1 )%      6.8     (10.5 )% 

Ratios to Average Net Assets**

            

Expense ratio

     0.97     1.42     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95

Expense ratio, excluding brokerage commissions

     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95

Net investment income (loss)

     0.34     (0.55 )%      0.36     0.31     0.28     0.33

 

# The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses during the period because of timing of creation and redemption units in relation to fluctuating net asset value during the period.
Market values are determined at the close of the New York Stock Exchange, which may be later than when the Funds’ net asset value is calculated.
^ Percentages are not annualized for the period ended March 31, 2018.
** Percentages are annualized.

 

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For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Per Share Operating Performance

   VIX Mid-Term
Futures ETF
    VIX Short-Term
Futures ETF
 

Net asset value, at December 31, 2017

   $ 21.29     $ 23.34  

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.00 )(1)      (0.01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)#

     5.32       16.43  

Change in net asset value from operations

     5.32       16.42  

Net asset value, at March 31, 2018

   $ 26.61     $ 39.76  

Market value per share, at December 31, 2017†

   $ 21.15     $ 23.15  

Market value per share, at March 31, 2018†

   $ 26.45     $ 39.15  

Total Return, at net asset value^

     25.0     70.4

Total Return, at market value^

     25.1     69.1

Ratios to Average Net Assets**

    

Expense ratio

     1.02     1.09

Expense ratio, excluding brokerage commissions

     0.85     0.85

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.07 )%      (0.16 )% 

 

# The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses during the period because of timing of creation and redemption units in relation to fluctuating net asset value during the period.
Market values are determined at the close of the New York Stock Exchange, which may be later than when the Funds’ net asset value is calculated.
^ Percentages are not annualized for the period ended March 31, 2018.
** Percentages are annualized.
(1)  Amount represents less than $0.005.

 

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Selected data for a Share outstanding throughout the three months ended March 31, 2017:

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Per Share Operating Performance

   Short Euro     Short VIX
Short-Term
Futures ETF*
    Ultra Bloomberg
Crude Oil*
    Ultra Bloomberg
Natural Gas*
    Ultra Euro     Ultra Gold  

Net asset value, at December 31, 2016

   $ 45.06     $ 45.62     $ 23.34     $ 94.24     $ 14.02     $ 32.90  

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.06     (0.18     (0.02     (0.12     (0.02     (0.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)#

     (0.49     25.10       (4.36     (32.76     0.24       5.47  

Change in net asset value from operations

     (0.55     24.92       (4.38     (32.88     0.22       5.43  

Net asset value, at March 31, 2017

   $ 44.51     $ 70.54     $ 18.96     $ 61.36     $ 14.24     $ 38.33  

Market value per share, at December 31, 2016†

   $ 45.12     $ 45.49     $ 23.36     $ 94.80     $ 14.09     $ 33.20  

Market value per share, at March 31, 2017†

   $ 44.29     $ 70.58     $ 19.02     $ 61.35     $ 14.27     $ 38.45  

Total Return, at net asset value^

     (1.2 )%      54.7     (18.8 )%      (34.9 )%      1.6     16.5

Total Return, at market value^

     (1.8 )%      55.1     (18.6 )%      (35.3 )%      1.3     15.8

Ratios to Average Net Assets**

            

Expense ratio

     0.97     1.61     0.97     1.14     0.95     0.95

Expense ratio, excluding brokerage commissions

     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.56 )%      (1.16 )%      (0.46 )%      (0.75 )%      (0.48 )%      (0.47 )% 

 

* See Note 1 of these Notes to Financial Statements.
# The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses during the period because of timing of creation and redemption units in relation to fluctuating net asset value during the period.
Market values are determined at the close of the New York Stock Exchange, which may be later than when the Funds’ net asset value is calculated.
^ Percentages are not annualized for the period ended March 31, 2017.
** Percentages are annualized.

 

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For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Per Share Operating Performance

   Ultra Silver     Ultra VIX
Short-Term
Futures ETF*
    Ultra Yen     UltraPro 3x
Crude Oil ETF+
    UltraPro 3x
Short Crude Oil
ETF+*
    UltraShort
Australian
Dollar
 

Net asset value, at December 31, 2016

   $ 33.44     $ 173.93     $ 55.43     $ 25.00     $ 100.00     $ 55.38  

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.04     (0.30     (0.09     (0.01     (0.04     (0.08

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)#

     7.20       (108.86     5.08       4.25       (15.33     (6.55

Change in net asset value from operations

     7.16       (109.16     4.99       4.24       (15.37     (6.63

Net asset value, at March 31, 2017

   $ 40.60     $ 64.77     $ 60.42     $ 29.24     $ 84.63     $ 48.75  

Market value per share, at December 31, 2016†

   $ 32.09     $ 175.00     $ 55.52     $ 25.00     $ 100.00     $ 55.24  

Market value per share, at March 31, 2017†

   $ 41.23     $ 64.68     $ 60.19     $ 29.42     $ 84.28     $ 49.00  

Total Return, at net asset value^

     21.4     (62.8 )%      9.0     17.0     (15.4 )%      (12.0 )% 

Total Return, at market value^

     28.5     (63.0 )%      8.4     17.7     (15.7 )%      (11.3 )% 

Ratios to Average Net Assets**

            

Expense ratio

     0.95     1.74     0.95     1.83     1.98     1.02

Expense ratio, excluding brokerage commissions

     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.46 )%      (1.36 )%      (0.65 )%      (1.83 )%      (1.98 )%      (0.63 )% 

 

* See Note 1 of these Notes to Financial Statements.
+ From commencement of operations, March 24, 2017 through March 31, 2017.
# The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses during the period because of timing of creation and redemption units in relation to fluctuating net asset value during the period.
Market values are determined at the close of the New York Stock Exchange, which may be later than when the Funds’ net asset value is calculated.
^ Percentages are not annualized for the period ended March 31, 2017.

For ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF and ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF, the returns of shares outstanding for the period from commencement of operations through March 31, 2017 are calculated based on the initial offering price upon commencement of operations of $25.00 and $100.00, respectively.

** Percentages are annualized.

 

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For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Per Share Operating Performance

   UltraShort
Bloomberg
Crude Oil*
    UltraShort
Bloomberg
Natural Gas
    UltraShort Euro     UltraShort Gold     UltraShort
Silver
    UltraShort Yen  

Net asset value, at December 31, 2016

   $ 31.70     $ 23.10     $ 27.08     $ 91.33     $ 37.31     $ 80.24  

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.04     (0.08     (0.03     (0.09     (0.04     (0.09

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)#

     5.04       6.22       (0.63     (14.84     (7.89     (7.60

Change in net asset value from operations

     5.00       6.14       (0.66     (14.93     (7.93     (7.69

Net asset value, at March 31, 2017

   $ 36.70     $ 29.24     $ 26.42     $ 76.40     $ 29.38     $ 72.55  

Market value per share, at December 31, 2016†

   $ 31.65     $ 23.05     $ 27.08     $ 90.54     $ 38.76     $ 80.25  

Market value per share, at March 31, 2017†

   $ 36.57     $ 29.25     $ 26.39     $ 75.93     $ 28.90     $ 72.50  

Total Return, at net asset value^

     15.8     26.6     (2.5 )%      (16.3 )%      (21.3 )%      (9.6 )% 

Total Return, at market value^

     15.5     26.9     (2.5 )%      (16.1 )%      (25.4 )%      (9.7 )% 

Ratios to Average Net Assets**

            

Expense ratio

     0.97     1.29     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95

Expense ratio, excluding brokerage commissions

     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.52 )%      (0.99 )%      (0.46 )%      (0.45 )%      (0.49 )%      (0.47 )% 

 

* See Note 1 of these Notes to Financial Statements.
# The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses during the period because of timing of creation and redemption units in relation to fluctuating net asset value during the period.
Market values are determined at the close of the New York Stock Exchange, which may be later than when the Funds’ net asset value is calculated.
^ Percentages are not annualized for the period ended March 31, 2017.
** Percentages are annualized.

 

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For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Per Share Operating Performance

   VIX Mid-Term
Futures ETF
    VIX Short-Term
Futures ETF*
 

Net asset value, at December 31, 2016

   $ 42.14     $ 84.86  

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.04     (0.08

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)#

     (10.20     (32.07

Change in net asset value from operations

     (10.24     (32.15

Net asset value, at March 31, 2017

   $ 31.90     $ 52.71  

Market value per share, at December 31, 2016†

   $ 42.34     $ 85.04  

Market value per share, at March 31, 2017†

   $ 31.95     $ 52.68  

Total Return, at net asset value^

     (24.3 )%      (37.9 )% 

Total Return, at market value^

     (24.5 )%      (38.1 )% 

Ratios to Average Net Assets**

    

Expense ratio

     0.89     0.94

Expense ratio, excluding brokerage commissions

     0.85     0.85

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.44 )%      (0.51 )% 

 

* See Note 1 of these Notes to Financial Statements.
# The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses during the period because of timing of creation and redemption units in relation to fluctuating net asset value during the period.
Market values are determined at the close of the New York Stock Exchange, which may be later than when the Funds’ net asset value is calculated.
^ Percentages are not annualized for the period ended March 31, 2017.
** Percentages are annualized.

 

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NOTE 8 – RISK

Correlation and Compounding Risk

The Geared Funds do not seek to achieve their stated investment objective over a period of time greater than a single day (as measured from NAV calculation time to NAV calculation time). The return of a Geared Fund for a period longer than a single day is the result of its return for each day compounded over the period and usually will differ from the one-half inverse (-0.5x), the inverse (-1x), two times the inverse (-2x), one and one-half times (1.5x) of the return, two times (2x) of the return, three times the inverse (-3x), or three times of the return (3x) of the Geared Fund’s benchmark for the period. A Geared Fund will lose money if its benchmark performance is flat over time, and it is possible for a Geared Fund to lose money over time even if the performance of its benchmark increases (or decreases in the case of Short, UltraShort and UltraPro Short Funds), as a result of daily rebalancing, the benchmark’s volatility, compounding, and other factors. Longer holding periods, higher benchmark volatility, inverse exposure and greater leverage each affect the impact of compounding on a Geared Fund’s returns. Daily compounding of a Geared Fund’s investment returns can dramatically and adversely affect its longer-term performance during periods of high volatility. Volatility may be at least as important to a Geared Fund’s return for a period as the return of the Geared Fund’s underlying benchmark. The Matching VIX Funds seek to achieve their stated investment objective over time.

Each Ultra, UltraShort, UltraPro and UltraPro Short Fund uses leverage and should produce daily returns that are more volatile than that of its benchmark. For example, the daily return of an Ultra or UltraPro Fund with a 1.5x or 2x or 3x multiple should be approximately one and one-half or two or three times as volatile on a daily basis as is the return of a fund with an objective of matching the same benchmark. The daily return of a Short, UltraShort or UltraPro Short Fund is designed to return the one-half inverse (-0.5x) or the inverse (-1x) or two times the inverse (-2x) or three times the inverse (-3x) of the return that would be expected of a fund with an objective of matching the same benchmark. The Geared Funds are not appropriate for all investors and present significant risks not applicable to other types funds. The Leveraged Funds use leverage and are riskier than similarly benchmarked exchange-traded funds that do not use leverage. An investor should only consider an investment in a Geared Fund if he or she understands the consequences of seeking daily leveraged, daily inverse or daily inverse leveraged investment results. Shareholders who invest in the Funds should actively manage and monitor their investments, as frequently as daily.

While the Funds seek to meet their investment objectives, there is no guarantee they will do so. Factors that may affect a Fund’s ability to meet its investment objective include: (1) the Sponsor’s ability to purchase and sell Financial Instruments in a manner that correlates to a Fund’s objective; (2) an imperfect correlation between the performance of Financial Instruments held by a Fund and the performance of the applicable benchmark; (3) bid-ask spreads on such Financial Instruments; (4) fees, expenses, transaction costs, financing costs associated with the use of Financial Instruments and commission costs; (5) holding or trading instruments in a market that has become illiquid or disrupted; (6) a Fund’s Share prices being rounded to the nearest cent and/or valuation methodology; (7) changes to a benchmark index that are not disseminated in advance; (8) the need to conform a Fund’s portfolio holdings to comply with investment restrictions or policies or regulatory or tax law requirements; (9) early and unanticipated closings of the markets on which the holdings of a Fund trade, resulting in the inability of the Fund to execute intended portfolio transactions; (10) accounting standards; and (11) differences caused by a Fund obtaining exposure to only a representative sample of the components of a benchmark, overweighting or underweighting certain components of a benchmark or obtaining exposure to assets that are not included in a benchmark.

A number of factors may affect a Geared Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that a Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent a Geared Fund from achieving its investment objective. In order to achieve a high degree of correlation with their underlying benchmarks, the Geared Funds seek to rebalance their portfolios daily to keep exposure consistent with their investment objectives. Being materially under- or over-exposed to the benchmark may prevent such Geared Funds from achieving a high degree of correlation with such benchmark. Market disruptions or closure, large amounts of assets into or out of the Geared Funds, regulatory restrictions, extreme market volatility, and other factors will adversely affect such Funds’ ability to adjust exposure to requisite levels. The target amount of portfolio exposure is impacted dynamically by the benchmarks’ movements during each day. Because of this, it is unlikely that the Geared Funds will be perfectly exposed (i.e., -0.5x, -1x, -2x, 1.5x, 2x, -3x or 3x as applicable) to its benchmark at the end of each day, and the likelihood of being materially under- or over-exposed is higher on days when the benchmark levels are volatile near the close of the trading day.

 

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Each Geared Fund seeks to rebalance its portfolio on a daily basis. The time and manner in which a Geared Fund rebalances its portfolio may vary from day to day depending upon market conditions and other circumstances at the discretion of the Sponsor. Unlike other funds that do not rebalance their portfolios as frequently, each Geared Fund may be subject to increased trading costs associated with daily portfolio rebalancing in order to maintain appropriate exposure to the underlying benchmarks.

Counterparty Risk

Each Fund may use derivatives such as swap agreements and forward contracts (collectively referred to herein as “derivatives”) in the manner described herein as a means to achieve their respective investment objectives. The use of derivatives by a Fund exposes the Fund to counterparty risks.

Regulatory Treatment

Derivatives are generally traded in over-the-counter (“OTC”) markets and have only recently become subject to comprehensive regulation in the United States. Cash-settled forwards are generally regulated as “swaps”, whereas physically settled forwards are generally not subject to regulation (in the case of commodities other than currencies) or subject to the federal securities laws (in the case of securities).

Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act (“Title VII”) created a regulatory regime for derivatives, with the CFTC responsible for the regulation of swaps and the SEC responsible for the regulation of “security-based swaps.” The SEC requirements have largely yet to be made effective, but the CFTC requirements are largely in place. The CFTC requirements have included rules for some of the types of transactions in which the Funds will engage, including mandatory clearing and exchange trading, reporting, and margin for uncleared swaps. Title VII also created new categories of regulated market participants, such as “swap dealers,” “security-based swap dealers,” “major swap participants,” and “major security-based swap participants” who are, or will be, subject to significant new capital, registration, recordkeeping, reporting, disclosure, business conduct and other regulatory requirements. The regulatory requirements under Title VII continue to be developed and there may be further modifications that could impact the Funds.

As noted, the CFTC rules may not apply to all of the swap agreements and forward contracts entered into by the Funds. Investors, therefore, may not receive the protection of CFTC regulation or the statutory scheme of the CEA in connection with each Fund’s swap agreements or forward contracts. The lack of regulation in these markets could expose investors to significant losses under certain circumstances, including in the event of trading abuses or financial failure by participants.

Counterparty Credit Risk

The Funds will be subject to the credit risk of the counterparties to the derivatives. In the case of cleared derivatives, the Funds will have credit risk to the clearing corporation in a similar manner as the Funds would for futures contracts. In the case of uncleared derivatives, the Funds will be subject to the credit risk of the counterparty to the transaction – typically a single bank or financial institution. As a result, a Fund is subject to increased credit risk with respect to the amount it expects to receive from counterparties to uncleared derivatives entered into as part of that Fund’s principal investment strategy. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties, a Fund could suffer significant losses on these contracts and the value of an investor’s investment in a Fund may decline.

The Funds have sought to mitigate these risks by generally requiring that the counterparties for each Fund agree to post collateral for the benefit of the Fund, marked to market daily, subject to certain minimum thresholds. However, there are no limitations on the percentage of assets each Fund may invest in swap agreements or forward contracts with a particular counterparty. To the extent any such collateral is insufficient or there are delays in accessing the collateral, the Funds will be exposed to counterparty risk as described above, including possible delays in recovering amounts as a result of bankruptcy proceedings. The Funds typically enter into transactions only with major, global financial institutions.

OTC derivatives of the type that may be utilized by the Funds are generally less liquid than futures contracts because they are not traded on an exchange, do not have uniform terms and conditions, and are generally entered into based upon the creditworthiness of the parties and the availability of credit support, such as collateral, and in general, are not transferable without the consent of the counterparty. These agreements contain various conditions, events of default, termination events, covenants and representations. The triggering of certain events or the default on certain terms of the agreement could allow a party to terminate a transaction under the agreement and request immediate payment in an amount equal to the net positions owed to the party under the agreement. For example, if the level of the Fund’s benchmark has a dramatic intraday move that would cause a material decline in the Fund’s NAV, the terms of the swap may permit the counterparty to immediately close out the transaction with the Fund. In that event, it may not be possible for the Fund to enter into another swap or to invest in other Financial Instruments necessary to achieve the desired exposure consistent with the Fund’s objective. This, in turn, may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective, particularly if the level of the Fund’s benchmark reverses all or part of its intraday move by the end of the day.

In addition, cleared derivatives benefit from daily marking-to-market and settlement, and segregation and minimum capital requirements applicable to intermediaries. To the extent the Fund enters into cleared swap transactions, the Fund will deposit collateral with an FCM in cleared swaps customer accounts, which are required by CFTC regulations to be separate from its proprietary collateral posted for cleared swaps transactions. Cleared swap customer collateral is subject to regulations that closely parallel the regulations governing customer segregated funds for futures transactions but provide certain additional protections to cleared swaps collateral in the event of a clearing broker or clearing broker customer default. For example, in the event of a default of both the clearing broker and a customer of the clearing broker, a clearing house is only permitted to access the cleared swaps collateral in the legally separate (but operationally comingled) account of the defaulting cleared swap customer of the clearing broker, as opposed to the treatment of customer segregated funds, under which the clearing house may access all of the commingled customer segregated funds of a defaulting clearing broker. Uncleared derivatives entered into directly between two counterparties do not necessarily benefit from such protections, particularly if entered into with an entity that is not registered as a “swap dealer” with the CFTC. This exposes the Funds to the risk that a counterparty will not settle a transaction in accordance with its terms and conditions because of a dispute over the terms of the contract (whether or not bona fide) or because of a credit or liquidity problem, thus causing the Funds to suffer a loss.

 

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The Sponsor regularly reviews the performance of its counterparties for, among other things, creditworthiness and execution quality. In addition, the Sponsor periodically considers the addition of new counterparties and the counterparties used by a Fund may change at any time. Each day, the Funds disclose their portfolio holdings as of the prior Business Day. Each Fund’s portfolio holdings identifies its counterparties, as applicable. This portfolio holdings information may be accessed through the web on the Sponsor’s website at www.ProShares.com.

Each counterparty and/or any of its affiliates may be an Authorized Participant or shareholder of a Fund, subject to applicable law.

The counterparty risk for cleared derivatives transactions is generally lower than for uncleared OTC derivatives. Once a transaction is cleared, the clearing organization is substituted and is a Fund’s counterparty on the derivative. The clearing organization guarantees the performance of the other side of the derivative. Nevertheless, some risk remains, as there is no assurance that the clearing organization, or its members, will satisfy its obligations to a Fund.

Leverage Risk

The Leveraged Funds may utilize leverage in seeking to achieve their respective investment objectives and will lose more money in market environments adverse to their respective daily investment objectives than funds that do not employ leverage. The use of leveraged and/or inverse leveraged positions could result in the total loss of an investor’s investment, even over periods as short as a single day.

For example, because the UltraShort Funds and Ultra Funds (except for the Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF which includes a one and one-half times multiplier) include a two times the inverse (-2x), or a two times (2x) multiplier, a single-day movement in the relevant benchmark approaching 50% at any point in the day could result in the total loss or almost total loss of an investor’s investment if that movement is contrary to the investment objective of the Fund in which an investor has invested, even if such Fund’s benchmark subsequently moves in an opposite direction, eliminating all or a portion of the movement. For UltraPro Fund and UltraPro Short Fund, because the Funds include a three times (3x) or three times the inverse (-3x) multiplier, a single day movement in the benchmark approaching 33% at any point in the day could result in the total loss or almost total loss of an investor’s investment if that movement is contrary to the investment objective of the Fund in which an investor has invested, even if the benchmark subsequently moves in an opposite direction, eliminating all or a portion of the movement. This would be the case with downward single-day or intraday movements in the underlying benchmark of an Ultra Fund and UltraPro Fund or upward single-day or intraday movements in the benchmark of an UltraShort Fund and UltraPro Short Fund, even if the underlying benchmark maintains a level greater than zero at all times.

Liquidity Risk

Financial Instruments cannot always be liquidated at the desired price. It is difficult to execute a trade at a specific price when there is a relatively small volume of buy and sell orders in a market. A market disruption can also make it difficult to liquidate a position or find a swap or forward contract counterparty at a reasonable cost. Market illiquidity may cause losses for the Funds. The large size of the positions which the Funds may acquire increases the risk of illiquidity by both making their positions more difficult to liquidate and increasing the losses incurred while trying to do so. Any type of disruption or illiquidity will potentially be exacerbated due to the fact that the Funds will typically invest in Financial Instruments related to one benchmark, which in many cases is highly concentrated.

“Contango” and “Backwardation” Risk

In Funds that hold futures contracts, as the futures contracts near expiration, they are generally replaced by contracts that have a later expiration. Thus, for example, a contract purchased and held in November 2016 may specify a January 2017 expiration. As that contract nears expiration, it may be replaced by selling the January 2017 contract and purchasing the contract expiring in March 2017. This process is referred to as “rolling.” Rolling may have a positive or negative impact on performance. For example, historically, the prices of certain types of futures contracts have frequently been higher for contracts with shorter-term expirations than for contracts with longer-term expirations, which is referred to as “backwardation.” In these circumstances, absent other factors, the sale of the January 2017 contract would take place at a price that is higher than the price at which the March 2017 contract is purchased, thereby creating a gain in connection with rolling. While certain types of futures contracts have historically exhibited consistent periods of backwardation, backwardation will likely not exist in these markets at all times. The presence of contango (where prices of contracts are higher in the distant delivery months than in the nearer delivery months due to the costs of long-term storage of a physical commodity prior to delivery or other factors) in certain futures contracts at the time of rolling would be expected to adversely affect an Ultra Fund, an

 

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UltraPro Fund or a Matching VIX Fund that invests in such futures, and positively affect a Short Fund, an UltraShort Fund or an UltraPro Short Fund that invests in such futures. Similarly, the presence of backwardation in certain futures contracts at the time of rolling such contracts would be expected to adversely affect the Short Funds, UltraShort Funds, and UltraPro Short Funds, and positively affect the Ultra Funds, UltraPro Funds and Matching VIX Funds.

Since the introduction of VIX futures contracts, there have frequently been periods where VIX futures prices reflect higher expected volatility levels further out in time. This can result in a loss from “rolling” the VIX futures to maintain the constant weighted average maturity of the applicable VIX Futures Index. Losses from exchanging a lower priced VIX future for a higher priced longer-term future in the rolling process would adversely affect the value of each VIX Futures Index and, accordingly, decrease the return of the Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF and the Matching VIX Funds.

Gold and silver have historically exhibited persistent “contango” markets rather than backwardation. Natural gas, like crude oil, moves in and out of backwardation and contango but historically has been in contango most commonly.

NOTE 9 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the possibility of subsequent events existing in the Trust’s and the Funds’ financial statements through the date the financial statements were issued. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Trust’s or the Funds’ financial statements through this date.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

This information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes to the financial statements included with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The discussion and analysis that follows may contain statements that relate to future events or future performance. In some cases, such forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “may,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “intend,” “seek” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. None of the Trust, the Sponsor or the Trustee (as each term is defined below) assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by federal securities laws, none of the Trust, the Sponsor or the Trustee is under a duty to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform such statements to actual results or to a change in expectations or predictions.

Introduction

ProShares Trust II (the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust formed on October 9, 2007 and is currently organized into separate series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). As of March 31, 2018, the following twenty series of the Trust have commenced investment operations: (i) ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF and ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF (each, a “Matching VIX Fund” and collectively, the “Matching VIX Funds”); (ii) ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF and ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (each, a “Geared VIX Fund” and collectively, the “Geared VIX Funds”); (iii) ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF, ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas, ProShares UltraShort Gold, ProShares UltraShort Silver, ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar, ProShares UltraShort Euro, ProShares UltraShort Yen, ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF, ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas, ProShares Ultra Gold, ProShares Ultra Silver, ProShares Ultra Euro and ProShares Ultra Yen (each, a “Leveraged Fund” and collectively, the “Leveraged Funds”); and (iv) ProShares Short Euro (the “Short Euro Fund”). Each of the Funds listed above issues common units of beneficial interest (“Shares”), which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of only that Fund. The Shares of each Fund are listed on the New York Stock Exchange Archipelago (“NYSE Arca”). The Leveraged Funds, the Short Euro Fund and the Geared VIX Funds, are collectively referred to as the “Geared Funds” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Geared VIX Funds and the Matching VIX Funds are collectively referred to as the “VIX Funds” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

The Trust had no operations prior to November 24, 2008, other than matters relating to its organization, the registration of each series under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the sale and issuance to ProShare Capital Management LLC (the “Sponsor”) of fourteen Shares at an aggregate purchase price of $350 in each of the following Funds: ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraShort Gold, ProShares UltraShort Silver, ProShares UltraShort Euro, ProShares UltraShort Yen, ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares Ultra Gold, ProShares Ultra Silver, ProShares Ultra Euro and ProShares Ultra Yen.

ProShare Capital Management LLC serves as the Trust’s Sponsor (the “Sponsor”) and commodity pool operator. Wilmington Trust Company serves as the Trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”). The Funds are commodity pools, as defined under the CEA and the applicable regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) and are operated by the Sponsor, a commodity pool operator registered with the CFTC. The Trust is not an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Groups of Funds are collectively referred to in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in several different ways. References to “Short Funds,” “UltraShort Funds,” or “Ultra Funds” refer to the different Funds based upon their investment objectives, but without distinguishing among the Funds’ benchmarks. References to “Commodity Index Funds”, “Commodity Funds” and “Currency Funds” refer to the different Funds according to their general benchmark categories without distinguishing among the Funds’ investment objectives or Fund-specific benchmarks. References to “VIX Funds” refer to the different Funds based upon their investment objective and their general benchmark categories.

Effective as of close of business on February 27, 2018, the investment objective of ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF and ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF changed.

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF changed its investment objective to seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to one and one-half times (1.5x) of the performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index for a single day. Prior to the close of business on February 27, 2018, the Fund’s investment objective was to seek results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times (2x) the performance of the Index for a single day.

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF changed its investment objective to seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to one-half the inverse (-0.5x) of the performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index for a single day. Prior to the close of business on February 27, 2018, the Fund’s investment objective was to seek results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the Index for a single day.

As described in the prospectus for each Fund, each of the Funds intends to invest in financial instruments “Financial Instruments” (Financial Instruments are instruments whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset, rate or benchmark, including futures contracts, swap agreements, forward contracts and other instruments) as a substitute for investing directly in commodities, currencies, or spot volatility products in order to gain exposure to the VIX Index, natural gas, crude oil, precious metals, or currencies, as applicable. Financial Instruments also are used to produce economically “inverse,” “inverse leveraged” or “leveraged” investment results for the Geared Funds.

 

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Each “Short” Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to either one-half inverse (-0.5x) or inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each “UltraShort” Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each “UltraPro Short” Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to three times the inverse (-3x) of the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each “Ultra” Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond either one and one-half times (1.5x) or to two times (2x) the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each “UltraPro” Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to three times (3x) of the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each Matching VIX Fund seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, both over a single day and over time, that match the performance of its corresponding benchmark. Daily performance is measured from the calculation of one NAV to the next.

Each Geared Fund seeks investment results for a single day only, not for longer periods. A “single day” is measured from the time a Fund calculates its respective net asset value per Share (“NAV”) to the time of the Fund’s next NAV calculation. This is different from most exchange-traded funds and means that the return of such Fund for a period longer than a single trading day will be the result of each day’s returns compounded over the period, which will very likely differ from -0.5x, -1x, -2x, 1.5x, 2x, -3x or 3x of the return of the benchmark to which such Fund is benchmarked for that period. In periods of higher market volatility, the volatility of the benchmark may be at least as important to a Geared Fund’s return for the period as the return of the benchmark. Geared Funds, that use leverage, are riskier than similarly benchmarked exchange-traded funds that do not use leverage. Accordingly, these Funds may not be suitable for all investors and should be used only by knowledgeable investors who understand the potential consequences of seeking daily leveraged, inverse or inverse leveraged investment results. Shareholders who invest in the Geared Funds should actively manage and monitor their investments, as frequently as daily. The Geared VIX Funds do not seek to achieve their stated objective over a period greater than a single day. Each Matching VIX Fund seeks results, before fees and expenses, that match the performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index (the “Short-Term VIX Index”) or the S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures Index (the “Mid-Term VIX Index”) (each a “VIX Futures Index”). Each Geared VIX Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to a multiple or the inverse of the daily performance of the Short-Term VIX Index. Each VIX Fund intends to obtain exposure to its benchmark by investing primarily in futures contracts (“VIX futures contracts”) based on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (“CBOE”) Volatility Index (the “VIX”).

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF, ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas, ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF, and ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas each have a benchmark that is an index designed to track the performance of commodity futures contracts, as applicable. The daily performance of these indexes and the corresponding Funds will likely be very different from the daily performance of the price of the related physical commodities.

Each Geared Fund continuously offers and redeems its Shares in blocks of 50,000 Shares and each Matching VIX Fund continuously offers and redeems its Shares in blocks of 25,000 Shares (each such block a “Creation Unit”). Only Authorized Participants may purchase and redeem Shares from a Fund and then only in Creation Units. An Authorized Participant is an entity that has entered into an Authorized Participant Agreement with one or more of the Funds. Shares of the Funds are offered to Authorized Participants in Creation Units at each Fund’s respective NAV. Authorized Participants may then offer to the public, from time to time, Shares from any Creation Unit they create at a per-Share market price that varies depending on, among other factors, the trading price of the Shares of each Fund on the NYSE Arca, the NAV and the supply of and demand for the Shares at the time of the offer. Shares from the same Creation Unit may be offered at different times and may have different offering prices based upon the above factors. The form of Authorized Participant Agreement and related Authorized Participant Handbook set forth the terms and conditions under which an Authorized Participant may purchase or redeem a Creation Unit. Authorized Participants do not receive from any Fund, the Sponsor, or any of their affiliates, any underwriting fees or compensation in connection with their sale of Shares to the public.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

In order to collateralize derivatives positions in indices, commodities or currencies, a portion of the NAV of each Fund is held in cash and/or U.S. Treasury securities, agency securities, or other high credit quality short term fixed-income or similar securities (such as shares of money market funds, bank deposits, bank money market accounts, certain variable rate-demand notes and repurchase agreements collateralized by government securities, whether denominated in U.S. dollars or the applicable foreign currency with respect to a Currency Fund). A portion of these investments may be posted as collateral in connection with swap agreements, futures, and/or forward contracts. The percentage that U.S. Treasury bills and other short-term fixed-income securities bear to the shareholders’ equity of each Fund varies from period to period as the market values of the underlying swaps, futures contracts and forward contracts change. During the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the Funds earned interest income as follows:

Interest Income

 

Fund

   Interest Income
Three Months
Ended

March 31, 2018
     Interest Income
Three Months
Ended
March 31, 2017
 

ProShares Short Euro

   $ 19,567      $ 15,696  

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     1,769,973        352,258  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     1,425,965        1,044,411  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     136,075        44,039  

ProShares Ultra Euro

     25,079        14,780  

ProShares Ultra Gold

     312,544        121,475  

ProShares Ultra Silver

     773,864        365,340  

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     666,743        370,985  

ProShares Ultra Yen

     4,154        4,310  

ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF

     2,545        —    

ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF

     4,204        —    

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     21,139        14,271  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     729,417        259,046  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     15,138        4,941  

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     617,984        384,744  

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     90,144        51,417  

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     58,592        22,503  

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     312,520        323,279  

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     61,704        44,260  

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     276,528        158,805  

Each Fund’s underlying swaps, futures, forward contracts and foreign currency forward contracts, as applicable, may be subject to periods of illiquidity because of market conditions, regulatory considerations and other reasons. For example, swaps and forward contracts are not traded on an exchange, do not have uniform terms and conditions, and in general are not transferable without the consent of the counterparty. In the case of futures contracts, commodity exchanges may limit fluctuations in certain futures contract prices during a single day by regulations referred to as “daily limits.” During a single day, no futures trades may be executed at prices beyond the daily limit. Once the price of a futures contract has increased or decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit, positions in such futures contracts can neither be taken nor liquidated unless the traders are willing to effect trades at or within the limit. Futures contract prices have occasionally moved to the daily limit for several consecutive days with little or no trading. Such market conditions could prevent a Fund from promptly liquidating its futures positions.

Entry into swap agreements or forward contracts may further impact liquidity because these contractual agreements are executed “off-exchange” between private parties and, therefore, the time required to offset or “unwind” these positions may be greater than that for exchange-traded instruments. This potential delay could be exacerbated to the extent a counterparty is not a United States person.

The large size of the positions in which a Fund may acquire increases the risk of illiquidity by both making their positions more difficult to liquidate and increasing the losses incurred while trying to do so. Any type of disruption or illiquidity will potentially be exacerbated due to the fact that the Funds will typically invest in Financial Investments related to one benchmark, which in many cases is highly concentrated.

Because each Fund may enter into swaps and may trade futures and forward contracts, its capital is at risk due to changes in the value of these contracts (market risk) or the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the contracts (credit risk).

 

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Market Risk

Trading in derivatives contracts involves each Fund entering into contractual commitments to purchase or sell a commodity, currency or spot volatility product underlying the Fund’s benchmark at a specified date and price, should it hold such derivatives contract into the deliverable period. Should a Fund enter into a contractual commitment to sell a physical commodity, currency or spot volatility product, it would be required to make delivery of that commodity, currency or spot volatility product at the contract price and then repurchase the contract at prevailing market prices or settle in cash. Since the repurchase price to which the value of a commodity, currency or spot volatility product can rise is unlimited, entering into commitments to sell commodities, currencies or spot volatility products would expose a Fund to theoretically unlimited risk.

For more information, see “Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Credit Risk

When a Fund enters into swap agreements, futures contracts or forward contracts, the Fund is exposed to credit risk that the counterparty to the contract will not meet its obligations.

The counterparty for futures contracts traded on United States and most foreign futures exchanges as well as certain swaps is the clearing house associated with the particular exchange. In general, clearing houses are backed by their corporate members who may be required to share in the financial burden resulting from the nonperformance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearing house is not backed by the clearing members (i.e., some foreign exchanges, which may become applicable in the future), it may be backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions.

Certain swap and forward agreements are contracted for directly with counterparties. There can be no assurance that any counterparty, clearing member or clearing house will meet its obligations to a Fund.

Swap agreements do not generally involve the delivery of underlying assets either at the outset of a transaction or upon settlement. Accordingly, if the counterparty to an uncleared swap agreement defaults, the Fund’s risk of loss typically consists of the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to receive, if any. Swap counterparty risk is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovery collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Fund’s custodian bank.

Forward agreements do not involve the delivery of assets at the onset of a transaction, but may be settled physically in the underlying asset if such contracts are held to expiration, particularly in the case of currency forwards. Thus, prior to settlement, if the counterparty to a forward contract defaults, a Fund’s risk of loss will generally consist of the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to receive, if any. However, if physically settled forwards are held until expiration (presently, there is no plan to do this), at the time of settlement, a Fund may be at risk for the full notional value of the forward contracts depending on the type of settlement procedures used.

The Sponsor attempts to minimize certain of these market and credit risks by normally:

 

    executing and clearing trades with creditworthy counterparties, as determined by the Sponsor;

 

    limiting the outstanding amounts due from counterparties to the Funds;

 

    not posting margin directly with a counterparty;

 

    requiring that the counterparty posts collateral in amounts approximately equal to that owed to the Funds, as marked to market daily, subject to certain minimum thresholds; and

 

    ensuring that deliverable contracts are not held to such a date when delivery of the underlying asset could be called for.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

As of May XX, 2018, the Funds have not used, nor do they expect to use in the future, special purpose entities to facilitate off-balance sheet financing arrangements and have no loan guarantee arrangements or off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business, which may include indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of the Funds. While each Fund’s exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, these general business indemnifications are not expected to have a material impact on a Fund’s financial position.

Management fee payments made to the Sponsor are calculated as a fixed percentage of each Fund’s NAV. As such, the Sponsor cannot anticipate the amount of payments that will be required under these arrangements for future periods as NAVs are not known until a future date. The agreement with the Sponsor may be terminated by either party upon 30 days written notice to the other party.

Critical Accounting Policies

The Trust’s and the Funds’ critical accounting policies are as follows:

Preparation of the financial statements and related disclosures in compliance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the application of appropriate accounting rules and guidance, as well as the use of estimates. The Trust’s and the Funds’ application of these policies involves judgments and actual results may differ from the estimates used.

Each Fund has significant exposure to Financial Instruments. The Funds hold a significant portion of their assets in swaps, futures, forward contracts or foreign currency forward contracts, all of which are recorded on a trade date basis and at fair value in the financial statements, with changes in fair value reported in the Statements of Operations.

The use of fair value to measure Financial Instruments, with related unrealized gains or losses recognized in earnings in each period, is fundamental to the Trust’s and the Funds’ financial statements. The fair value of a Financial Instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (the exit price).

For financial reporting purposes, the Funds value investments based upon the closing price in their primary markets. Accordingly, the investment valuations in these financial statements may differ from those used in the calculation of certain Funds’ final creation/redemption NAV for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Short-term investments are valued at amortized cost which approximates fair value for daily NAV purposes. For financial reporting purposes, short-term investments are valued at their market price using information provided by a third-party pricing service or market quotations.

Derivatives (e.g., futures contracts, swap agreements, forward agreements and foreign currency forward contracts) are generally valued using independent sources and/or agreements with counterparties or other procedures as determined by the Sponsor. Futures contracts, except for those entered into by the Gold, Silver, Australian Dollar and Short Euro Funds, are generally valued at the last settled price on the applicable exchange on which that future trades. Futures contracts entered into by the Gold, Silver, Australian Dollar and Short Euro Funds are valued at the last sales price prior to the time at which the NAV per Share of a Fund is determined. For financial reporting purposes, all futures contracts are valued at last settled price. If there was no sale on that day, and for non-exchange-traded derivatives, the Sponsor may in its sole discretion choose to determine a fair value price as the basis for determining the market value of such position for such day. Such fair value prices would be generally determined based on available inputs about the current value of the underlying financial instrument or commodity and would be based on principles that the Sponsor deems fair and equitable so long as such principles are consistent with normal industry standards. When market closing prices are not available, the Sponsor may fair value an asset of a Fund pursuant to the policies the Sponsor has adopted, which are consistent with normal industry standards.

Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of an investment. While each Leveraged and VIX Fund’s policy is intended to result in a calculation of the Leveraged or the VIX Fund’s NAV that fairly reflects investment values as of the time of pricing, the Leveraged and the VIX Funds cannot ensure that fair values determined by the Sponsor or persons acting at their direction would accurately reflect the price that the Leveraged or the VIX Fund could obtain for an investment if it were to dispose of that investment as of the time of pricing (for instance, in a forced or distressed sale).

 

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The prices used by the Leveraged or the VIX Fund may differ from the value that would be realized if the investments were sold and the differences could be material to the financial statements.

The Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.

Discounts on short-term securities purchased are amortized and reflected as Interest Income in the Statements of Operations.

Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gain (loss) on open positions are determined on a specific identification basis and recognized in the Statements of Operations in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur, respectively.

Each Fund pays its respective brokerage commissions, including applicable exchange fees, NFA fees, give-up fees, pit brokerage fees and other transaction related fees and expenses charged in connection with trading activities for each Fund’s investment in U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulated investments. Brokerage commissions on futures contracts are recognized on a half-turn basis. The Sponsor began paying, and is currently paying, brokerage commissions on VIX futures contracts for the Matching VIX Funds that exceed variable create/redeem fees collected by more than 0.02% of the Matching VIX Fund’s average net assets annually.

 

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Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017

ProShares Short Euro

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 7,991,880     $ 15,770,088  

NAV end of period

   $ 7,850,562     $ 15,578,470  

Percentage change in NAV

     (1.8 )%      (1.2 )% 

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     200,000       350,000  

Shares outstanding end of period

     200,000       350,000  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     0.0     0.0

Shares created

     —         —    

Shares redeemed

     —         —    

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 39.96     $ 45.06  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 39.25     $ 44.51  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     (1.8 )%      (1.2 )% 

Percentage change in benchmark

     2.6     1.3

Benchmark annualized volatility

     7.9     7.5

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse of the daily performance of the spot price of the euro versus the U.S. dollar. There was no net change in the Fund’s outstanding Shares from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2018. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse of the daily performance of the spot price of the euro versus the U.S. dollar. There was no net change in the Fund’s outstanding Shares from December 31, 2016 to March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 1.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 1.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a greater depreciation in the value of the assets held by Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 9, 2018 at $40.26 per Share and reached its low for the period on February 1, 2018 at $38.43 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 3, 2017 at $45.65 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 27, 2017 at $43.76 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 2.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s rise of 1.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a greater increase in the value of the euro versus the U.S. dollar during the period ended March 31, 2018.

 

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Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 934      $ (21,521

Management fee

     18,350        36,567  

Brokerage commission

     283        650  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (379,586      82,257  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     237,334        (252,354

Net income (loss)

   $ (141,318    $ (191,618

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a greater increase in value of the euro versus the U.S. dollar during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF*

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 770,163,871     $ 228,075,387  

NAV end of period

   $ 693,246,689     $ 486,752,851  

Percentage change in NAV

     (10.0 )%      113.4

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     6,050,000       5,000,000  

Shares outstanding end of period

     59,800,000       6,900,000  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     888.4     38.0

Shares created

     69,900,000       12,500,000  

Shares redeemed

     16,150,000       10,600,000  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 127.30     $ 45.62  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 11.59     $ 70.54  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     (90.9 )%      54.7

Percentage change in benchmark

     71.2     (37.7 )% 

Benchmark annualized volatility

     215.0     35.2

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse of the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index prior to the close of business on February 27, 2018, and one-half the inverse of the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index, effective as of the close of business, February 27, 2018, through the end of the reporting period. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV was offset by an increase from 6,050,000 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 59,800,000 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from an increase from 5,000,000 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 6,900,000 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017. The increase in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse of the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark prior to the close of business on February 27, 2018, and to one-half the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark as of the close of business, February 27, 2018, through the end of the reporting period. The Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 90.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 54.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was primarily due to a depreciation in the value of the assets of the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 11, 2018 at $138.18 per Share and reached its low for the period on February 5, 2018 at $3.96 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on March 30, 2017 at $72.55 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 3, 2017 at $49.10 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 71.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s decline of 37.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a rise in prices of the near-term futures contracts on the VIX futures curve during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (1,750,599    $ (906,192

Management fee

     2,156,096        743,985  

Brokerage commission

     1,337,687        514,465  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,883,785,962      99,889,034  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (53,737,429      29,137,034  

Net income (loss)

   $ (1,939,273,990    $ 128,119,876  

The Fund’s net income decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a rise in futures prices during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

* See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements in Item 1 of part I in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q regarding the Share split for ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF.

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil*

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 524,445,526     $ 933,731,860  

NAV end of period

   $ 411,128,942     $ 883,692,281  

Percentage change in NAV

     (21.6 )%      (5.4 )% 

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     22,161,317       40,013,933  

Shares outstanding end of period

     14,961,317       46,611,317  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     (32.5 )%      16.5

Shares created

     1,950,000       21,700,000  

Shares redeemed

     9,150,000       15,102,616  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 23.66     $ 23.34  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 27.48     $ 18.96  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     16.1     (18.8 )% 

Percentage change in benchmark

     8.8     (9.0 )% 

Benchmark annualized volatility

     22.3     24.1

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from a decrease from 22,161,317 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 14,961,317 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV was offset by an increase from 40,013,933 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 46,611,317 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to the 2x of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 16.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 18.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to an appreciation in the value of the assets of the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on March 23, 2018 at $28.29 per Share and reached its low for the period on February 9, 2018 at $22.60 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 6, 2017 at $23.49 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 23, 2017 at $16.87 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 8.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s decline of 9.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a rise of the price of the WTI Crude Oil during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 334,994      $ (954,505

Management fee

     1,072,854        1,961,599  

Brokerage commission

     18,117        37,317  

Net realized gain (loss)

     112,517,885        (417,098

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (38,507,955      (147,864,240

Net income (loss)

   $ 74,344,924      $ (149,235,843

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a rise in the price of the WTI Crude Oil during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

* See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements in Item 1 of part I in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q regarding the reverse Share split for ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil.

 

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ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas*

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
    Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 63,268,950     $ 43,203,386  

NAV end of period

   $ 39,239,545     $ 47,154,853  

Percentage change in NAV

     (38.0 )%      9.1

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     1,938,434       458,434  

Shares outstanding end of period

     1,428,150       768,434  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     (26.3 )%      67.6

Shares created

     650,000       550,000  

Shares redeemed

     1,160,284       240,000  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 32.64     $ 94.24  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 27.48     $ 61.36  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     (15.8 )%      (34.9 )% 

Percentage change in benchmark

     (6.9 )%      (17.0 )% 

Benchmark annualized volatility

     30.3     43.6

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from a decrease from 1,938,434 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 1,428,150 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of the Bloomberg Natural Gas SubindexSM. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted from an increase from 458,434 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 768,434 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017. The increase in the Fund’s NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of the Bloomberg Natural Gas SubindexSM.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 15.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 34.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a lesser depreciation in the value of the assets of the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 30, 2018 at $39.11 per Share and reached its low for the period on February 12, 2018 at $25.18 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 17, 2017 at $78.80 per Share and reached its low for the period on February 27, 2017 at $47.00 per Share.

The benchmark’s decline of 6.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s decline of 17.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a lesser decrease in the price of Henry Hub Natural Gas during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 7,455      $ (86,507

Management fee

     104,599        108,892  

Brokerage commission

     24,021        21,654  

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,134,792        (14,378,135

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (4,970,999      900,917  

Net income (loss)

   $ (3,828,752    $ (13,563,725

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a lesser decrease in the price of Henry Hub Natural Gas during the year ended March 31, 2018.

 

* See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements in Item 1 of part I in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q regarding the reverse Share split for ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas.

ProShares Ultra Euro

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 9,591,516     $ 11,914,585  

NAV end of period

   $ 9,952,883     $ 14,244,522  

Percentage change in NAV

     3.8     19.6

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     550,000       850,000  

Shares outstanding end of period

     550,000       1,000,000  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     0.0     17.6

Shares created

     100,000       200,000  

Shares redeemed

     100,000       50,000  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 17.44     $ 14.02  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 18.10     $ 14.24  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     3.8     1.6

Percentage change in benchmark

     2.6     1.3

Benchmark annualized volatility

     7.9     7.5

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of the spot price of the euro versus the U.S. dollar. There was no net change in the Fund’s outstanding Shares from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2018. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from an increase from 850,000 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 1,000,000 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017. The increase in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of the spot price of the euro versus the U.S. dollar.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 3.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 1.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a greater appreciation in the value of the assets of the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on February 1, 2018 at $18.89 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 9, 2018 at $17.24 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on March 27, 2017 at $14.79 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 3, 2017 at $13.68 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 2.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s rise of 1.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a greater increase in the value of the euro versus the U.S. dollar during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 1,487      $ (15,287

Management fee

     23,592        30,067  

Net realized gain (loss)

     800,513        (628,668

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (481,984      894,519  

Net income (loss)

   $ 320,016      $ 250,564  

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a greater increase in the value of the euro versus the U.S. dollar during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

ProShares Ultra Gold

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 93,708,748     $ 92,127,200  

NAV end of period

   $ 95,302,043     $ 97,753,642  

Percentage change in NAV

     1.7     6.1

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     2,350,000       2,800,000  

Shares outstanding end of period

     2,300,000       2,550,000  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     (2.1 )%      (8.9 )% 

Shares created

     200,000       300,000  

Shares redeemed

     250,000       550,000  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 39.88     $ 32.90  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 41.44     $ 38.33  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     3.9     16.5

Percentage change in benchmark

     2.5     8.6

Benchmark annualized volatility

     9.5     14.1

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of gold bullion as measured by the U.S. dollar p.m. LBMA Gold Price. The increase in the Fund’s NAV was offset by a decrease from 2,350,000 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 2,300,000 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of gold bullion as measured by the U.S. dollar p.m. LBMA Gold Price. The increase in the Fund’s NAV was offset by a decrease from 2,800,000 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 2,550,000 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 3.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 16.5% for the three months ended, March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a lesser appreciation in the value of the assets of the Fund during the three months March 31, 2018.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 25, 2018 at $43.77 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 1, 2018 at $40.59 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on February 27, 2017 at $39.25 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 3, 2017 at $33.18 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 2.5% for the period ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s rise of 8.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a lesser increase in the price of spot gold in U.S. dollar terms during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 87,511      $ (120,985

Management fee

     225,014        242,441  

Brokerage commission

     19        19  

Net realized gain (loss)

     8,655,103        9,447,385  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (5,007,487      6,400,534  

Net income (loss)

   $ 3,735,127      $ 15,726,934  

The Fund’s net income decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a lesser increase in the price of spot gold in U.S. dollar terms during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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ProShares Ultra Silver

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 258,244,696     $ 275,779,940  

NAV end of period

   $ 221,863,281     $ 306,366,355  

Percentage change in NAV

     (14.1 )%      11.1

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     7,696,526       8,246,526  

Shares outstanding end of period

     7,196,526       7,546,526  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     (6.5 )%      (8.5 )% 

Shares created

     100,000       —    

Shares redeemed

     600,000       700,000  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 33.55     $ 33.44  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 30.83     $ 40.60  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     (8.1 )%      21.4

Percentage change in benchmark

     (3.5 )%      11.2

Benchmark annualized volatility

     12.4     19.7

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from a decrease from 7,696,526 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 7,196,526 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of silver bullion as measured by the London Silver Price. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of silver bullion as measured by the London Silver Price. The increase in the Fund’s NAV was offset by a decrease from 8,246,526 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 7,546,526 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 8.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 21.4% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a depreciation in the value of the assets of the Fund during the three months March 31, 2018.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 25, 2018 at $36.06 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 21, 2018 at $30.74 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on February 27, 2017 at $42.17 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 3, 2017 at $32.23 per Share.

The benchmark’s decline of 3.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s rise of 11.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a decline in the price of spot silver in U.S. dollar terms during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 214,408      $ (342,224

Management fee

     559,446        707,554  

Brokerage commission

     10        10  

Net realized gain (loss)

     12,801,371        30,201,989  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (31,817,050      27,275,751  

Net income (loss)

   $ (18,801,271    $ 57,135,516  

The Fund’s net income decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a decline in the price of spot silver in U.S. dollar terms during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF*

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 394,035,141     $ 515,758,754  

NAV end of period

   $ 323,581,300     $ 359,949,459  

Percentage change in NAV

     (17.9 )%      (30.2 )% 

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     38,127,238       2,965,383  

Shares outstanding end of period

     17,027,238       5,556,952  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     (55.3 )%      (53.2 )% 

Shares created

     47,850,000       5,997,500  

Shares redeemed

     68,950,000       3,405,931  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 10.33     $ 173.93  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 19.00     $ 64.77  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     83.9     (62.8 )% 

Percentage change in benchmark

     71.2     (37.7 )% 

Benchmark annualized volatility

     215.0     35.2

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from a decrease from 38,127,238 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 17,027,238 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index prior to the close of business on February 27, 2018, and 1.5x the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index, effective as of the close of business, February 27, 2018, through the end of the reporting period. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV was offset by an increase from 2,965,383 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 5,556,952 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark prior to the close of business on February 27, 2018, and to 1.5x the daily performance of its benchmark as of the close of business, February 27, 2018, through the end of the reporting period. The Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 83.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 62.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a rise in prices of the first and second month VIX futures during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on February 5, 2018 at $41.16 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 11, 2018 at $8.68 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 3, 2017 at $147.20 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 30, 2017 at $61.41 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 71.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s decline of 37.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a rise in the prices of the near-term futures contracts on the VIX future curve during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (1,067,496    $ (1,317,510

Management fee

     842,811        921,662  

Brokerage commission

     891,428        766,833  

Net realized gain (loss)

     416,600,171        (365,537,503

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     67,476,383        (28,592,772

Net income (loss)

   $ 483,009,058      $ (395,447,785

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to an increase in the futures prices during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

* See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements in Item 1 of part I in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q regarding the reverse Share split for the ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF.

ProShares Ultra Yen

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 2,864,269     $ 5,540,957  

NAV end of period

   $ 3,172,131     $ 6,039,723  

Percentage change in NAV

     10.7     9.0

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     49,970       99,970  

Shares outstanding end of period

     49,970       99,970  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     0.0     0.0

Shares created

     —         —    

Shares redeemed

     —         —    

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 57.32     $ 55.43  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 63.48     $ 60.42  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     10.7     9.0

Percentage change in benchmark

     5.9     5.0

Benchmark annualized volatility

     8.0     9.9

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of the spot price of the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar during the year ended December 31, 2016. There was no net change in the Fund’s outstanding Shares from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2018. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the daily performance of the spot price of the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar during the year ended December 31, 2016. There was no net change in the Fund’s outstanding Shares from December 31, 2016 to March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 10.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 9.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a greater appreciation in the value of the assets of the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on March 23, 2018 at $65.62 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 5, 2018 at $56.85 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on March 27, 2017 at $61.30 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 3, 2017 at $54.62 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 5.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s rise of 5.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a greater rise in the value of the Japanese yen versus U.S. dollar during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (3,069    $ (9,333

Management fee

     7,223        13,643  

Net realized gain (loss)

     322,550        (81,543

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (11,619      589,642  

Net income (loss)

   $ 307,862      $ 498,766  

The Fund’s net income decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a greater rise in the value of the Japanese yen versus U.S. dollar in conjunction with a significant decline in average shares outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF

Fund Performance

Since the Fund commenced operations on March 24, 2017, the Fund’s results of operations for the period ended March 31, 2017 may not be meaningful.

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and the period ended March 31, 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    March 24, 2017
(Commencement
of Operations)
through

March 31, 2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 11,335,483     $ 200  

NAV end of period

   $ 16,203,957     $ 5,849,201  

Percentage change in NAV

     42.9     —   NM 

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     300,008       8  

Shares outstanding end of period

     350,008       200,008  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     16.7     —   NM 

Shares created

     200,000       200,000  

Shares redeemed

     150,000       —    

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 37.78     $ 25.00  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 46.30     $ 29.24  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     22.6     17.0

Percentage change in benchmark

     8.8     5.5

Benchmark annualized volatility

     22.3     17.6

NM- Not meaningful

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from an increase from 300,008 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 350,008 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The increase in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 3x of the daily performance of the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM. By comparison, during the period ended March 31, 2017, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from an increase from 8 outstanding Shares at March 24, 2017 to 200,008 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017. The increase in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 3x of the daily performance of the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and period ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 3x of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 22.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 17.0% for the period ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a greater appreciation in the value of the assets held by the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 26, 2018 at $49.19 per Share and reached its low for the period on February 9, 2018 at $34.95 per Share. By comparison, during the period ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on March 31, 2017 at $29.24 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 27, 2017 at $24.62 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 8.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s rise of 5.5% for the period ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a greater increase in the price of WTI Crude Oil during the period ended March 31, 2018.

 

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Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and the period ended March 31, 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     March 24, 2017
(Commencement
of Operations)
through

March 31, 2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (31,115    $ (1,818

Management fee

     2,095        —    

Brokerage commission

     5,676        873  

Offering costs

     52,846        2,846  

Limitation by Sponsor

     (26,957      (1,901

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,620,825        (959

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     1,585,957        850,582  

Net income (loss)

   $ 3,175,667      $ 847,805  

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the period ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a greater increase in the price of WTI Crude Oil during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF*

Fund Performance

Since the Fund commenced operations on March 24, 2017, the Fund’s results of operations for the period ended March 31, 2017 may not be meaningful.

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and the period ended March 31, 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    March 24, 2017
(Commencement
of Operations)
through

March 31, 2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 21,161,176     $ 200  

NAV end of period

   $ 26,950,309     $ 4,231,785  

Percentage change in NAV

     27.4     —   NM 

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     500,002       2  

Shares outstanding end of period

     874,908       50,002  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     75.0     —   NM 

Shares created

     687,500       50,000  

Shares redeemed

     312,594       —    

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 42.32     $ 100.00  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 30.80     $ 84.63  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     (27.2 )%      (15.4 )% 

Percentage change in benchmark

     8.8     5.5

Benchmark annualized volatility

     22.3     17.6

NM- Not meaningful

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted from an increase from 500,002 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 874,908 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The increase in the Fund’s NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 3x of the inverse of the daily performance of the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM. By comparison, during the period ended March 31, 2017, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted from an increase from 2 outstanding Shares at March 24, 2017 to 50,002 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017. The increase in the Fund’s NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 3x of the inverse of the daily performance of the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and the period ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 3x of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 27.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 15.4% for the period ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a greater depreciation in the value of the assets held by the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on February 9, 2018 at $43.71 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 23, 2018 at $29.56 per Share. By comparison, during the period ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on March 27, 2017 at $101.48 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 31, 2017 at $84.64 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 8.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s rise of 5.5% for the period ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a greater increase in the price of WTI Crude Oil during the period ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and the period ended March 31, 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     March 24, 2017
(Commencement of
Operations) through

March 31, 2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (67,214    $ (1,831

Management fee

     3,537        —    

Brokerage commission

     15,260        952  

Offering costs

     52,797        2,846  

Limitation by Sponsor

     (176      (1,967

Net realized gain (loss)

     (4,675,967      (105,766

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (746,983      (661,506

Net income (loss)

   $ (5,490,164    $ (769,103

The Fund’s net income decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the period ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a greater increase in the price of WTI Crude Oil during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

* See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements in Item 1 of part I in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q regarding the reverse Share split for ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF.

 

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ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 13,702,102     $ 16,613,473  

NAV end of period

   $ 7,063,496     $ 14,625,590  

Percentage change in NAV

     (48.4 )%      (12.0 )% 

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     300,000       300,000  

Shares outstanding end of period

     150,000       300,000  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     (50.0 )%      0.0

Shares created

     —         —    

Shares redeemed

     150,000       —    

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 45.67     $ 55.38  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 47.09     $ 48.75  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     3.1     (12.0 )% 

Percentage change in benchmark

     (1.6 )%      5.9

Benchmark annualized volatility

     8.7     8.1

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from a decrease from 300,000 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 150,000 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of the spot price of the Australian dollar versus the U.S. dollar. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of the spot price of the Australian dollar versus the U.S. dollar. There was no net change in the Fund’s outstanding Shares from December 31, 2016 to March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 3.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 12.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to an appreciation in the value of the assets held by the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on March 28, 2018 at $47.26 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 26, 2018 at $42.30 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 3, 2017 at $55.24 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 20, 2017 at $47.67 per Share.

The benchmark’s decline of 1.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s rise of 5.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a decline in the value of the Australian dollar versus the U.S. dollar during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 135      $ (23,329

Management fee

     19,484        35,132  

Brokerage commission

     1,520        2,468  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,120,237      (532,227

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     1,192,129        (1,432,327

Net income (loss)

   $ 72,027      $ (1,987,883

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a decline in the value of the Australian dollar versus the U.S. dollar during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil*

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 225,843,284     $ 200,958,303  

NAV end of period

   $ 200,375,649     $ 205,157,522  

Percentage change in NAV

     (11.3 )%      2.1

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     9,289,884       6,339,884  

Shares outstanding end of period

     10,039,884       5,589,884  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     8.1     (11.8 )% 

Shares created

     4,200,000       2,100,000  

Shares redeemed

     3,450,000       2,850,000  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 24.31     $ 31.70  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 19.96     $ 36.70  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     (17.9 )%      15.8

Percentage change in benchmark

     8.8     (9.0 )% 

Benchmark annualized volatility

     22.3     24.1

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV was offset by an increase from 9,289,884 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 10,039,884 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM. The increase in the Fund’s NAV was offset by a decrease from 6,339,884 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 5,589,884 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 17.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 15.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a depreciation in the value of the assets held by the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on February 9, 2018 at $24.98 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 23, 2018 at $19.41 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on March 23, 2017 at $41.45 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 6, 2017 at $31.36 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 8.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s decline of 9.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a rise in the price of the WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 189,482      $ (290,700

Management fee

     527,954        536,024  

Brokerage commission

     11,981        13,722  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (48,096,337      (1,149,475

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     15,307,293        39,929,254  

Net income (loss)

   $ (32,599,562    $ 38,489,079  

The Fund’s net income decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to an increase in the price of the WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

* See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements in Item 1 of part I in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q regarding the Share split for ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil.

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 6,902,743     $ 4,038,794  

NAV end of period

   $ 5,352,309     $ 8,037,027  

Percentage change in NAV

     (22.5 )%      99.0

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     174,832       174,832  

Shares outstanding end of period

     124,832       274,832  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     (28.6 )%      57.2

Shares created

     250,000       100,000  

Shares redeemed

     300,000       —    

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 39.48     $ 23.10  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 42.88     $ 29.24  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     8.6     26.6

Percentage change in benchmark

     (6.9 )%      (17.0 )% 

Benchmark annualized volatility

     30.3     43.6

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from a decrease from 174,832 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 124,832 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of the Bloomberg Natural Gas SubindexSM. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from an increase from 174,832 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 274,832 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017. The increase in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of the Bloomberg Natural Gas SubindexSM.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 8.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 26.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a lesser appreciation in the value of the assets of the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on February 12, 2018 at $47.52 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 30, 2018 at $31.76 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on February 22, 2017 at $39.72 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 26, 2017 at $25.38 per Share.

The benchmark’s decline of 6.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s decline of 17.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a lesser decrease in the price of Henry Hub Natural Gas during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (9,587    $ (15,816

Management fee

     16,545        15,245  

Brokerage commission

     8,180        5,512  

Net realized gain (loss)

     746,971        1,858,122  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     931,920        (665,879

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,669,304      $ 1,176,427  

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a lesser decrease in the price of Henry Hub Natural Gas during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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ProShares UltraShort Euro

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 202,548,197     $ 349,392,650  

NAV end of period

   $ 188,023,376     $ 297,181,632  

Percentage change in NAV

     (7.2 )%      (14.9 )% 

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     9,550,000       12,900,000  

Shares outstanding end of period

     9,250,000       11,250,000  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     (3.1 )%      (12.8 )% 

Shares created

     500,000       300,000  

Shares redeemed

     800,000       1,950,000  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 21.21     $ 27.08  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 20.33     $ 26.42  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     (4.1 )%      (2.4 )% 

Percentage change in benchmark

     2.6     1.3

Benchmark annualized volatility

     7.9     7.5

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from a decrease from 9,550,000 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 9,250,000 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of the spot price of the euro versus the U.S. dollar. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from a decrease from 12,900,000 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 11,250,000 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of the spot price of the euro versus the U.S. dollar.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 4.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 2.4% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a greater depreciation in the value of the assets of the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 9, 2018 at $21.44 per Share and reached its low for the period on February 1, 2018 at $19.53 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 3, 2017 at $27.74 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 27, 2017 at $25.45 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 2.6% for the period ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s rise of 1.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a greater increase in the value of the euro versus the U.S. dollar during the period ended March 31, 2018.

 

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Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 168,129      $ (359,021

Management fee

     449,855        743,765  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (18,923,423      15,677,994  

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     10,106,948        (24,067,514

Net income (loss)

   $ (8,648,346    $ (8,748,541

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a greater increase in the value of the euro versus the U.S. dollar in conjunction with a decrease in net asset value during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

ProShares UltraShort Gold

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 31,497,410     $ 63,653,647  

NAV end of period

   $ 30,009,467     $ 34,150,818  

Percentage change in NAV

     (4.7 )%      (46.3 )% 

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     446,978       696,978  

Shares outstanding end of period

     446,978       446,978  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     0.0     (35.9 )% 

Shares created

     200,000       50,000  

Shares redeemed

     200,000       300,000  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 70.47     $ 91.33  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 67.14     $ 76.40  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     (4.7 )%      (16.3 )% 

Percentage change in benchmark

     2.5     8.6

Benchmark annualized volatility

     9.5     14.1

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of gold bullion as measured by the U.S. dollar p.m. LBMA Gold Price. There was no net change in the Fund’s outstanding Shares from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2018. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from a decrease from 696,978 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 446,978 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of gold bullion as measured by the U.S. dollar p.m. LBMA Gold Price.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 4.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 16.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a lesser depreciation in the value of the assets of the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on March 1, 2018 at $68.75 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 25, 2018 at $64.00 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 3, 2017 at $90.53 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 27, 2017 at $74.86 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 2.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s rise of 8.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a lesser increase in the price of spot gold in U.S. dollar terms during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 22,378      $ (46,877

Management fee

     67,746        98,275  

Brokerage commission

     20        19  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (3,269,747      (4,872,161

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     1,908,108        (4,210,479

Net income (loss)

   $ (1,339,261    $ (9,129,517

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a lesser increase in the price of spot gold in U.S. dollar terms during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

ProShares UltraShort Silver

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 14,806,259     $ 23,017,656  

NAV end of period

   $ 20,934,105     $ 18,125,235  

Percentage change in NAV

     41.4     (21.3 )% 

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     466,976       616,976  

Shares outstanding end of period

     616,976       616,976  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     32.1     0.0

Shares created

     450,000       200,000  

Shares redeemed

     300,000       200,000  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 31.71     $ 37.31  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 33.93     $ 29.38  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     7.0     (21.3 )% 

Percentage change in benchmark

     (3.5 )%      11.2

Benchmark annualized volatility

     12.4     19.7

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the increase in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from an increase from 466,976 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 616,976 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The increase in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of silver bullion as measured by the London Silver Price. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of silver bullion as measured by the London Silver Price. There was no net change in the Fund’s outstanding Shares from December 31, 2016 to March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 7.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 21.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was primarily due to an appreciation in the value of the assets of the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on March 21, 2018 at $34.11 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 25, 2018 at $29.38 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 3, 2017 at $38.64 per Share and reached its low for the period on February 27, 2017 at $28.83 per Share.

The benchmark’s decline of 3.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s rise of 11.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a decline in the price of spot silver in U.S. dollar terms during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 13,187      $ (23,560

Management fee

     45,395        46,053  

Brokerage commission

     10        10  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,598,873      (2,857,385

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     2,706,050        (1,883,247

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,120,364      $ (4,764,192

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a decline in the price of spot silver in U.S. dollar terms during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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ProShares UltraShort Yen

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 131,077,453     $ 276,781,747  

NAV end of period

   $ 87,308,862     $ 221,231,848  

Percentage change in NAV

     (33.4 )%      (20.1 )% 

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     1,749,290       3,449,290  

Shares outstanding end of period

     1,299,290       3,049,290  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     (25.7 )%      (11.6 )% 

Shares created

     50,000       750,000  

Shares redeemed

     500,000       1,150,000  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 74.93     $ 80.24  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 67.20     $ 72.55  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     (10.3 )%      (9.6 )% 

Percentage change in benchmark

     5.9     5.0

Benchmark annualized volatility

     8.0     9.9

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from a decrease from 1,749,290 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 1,299,290 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of the spot price of the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted primarily from a decrease from 3,449,290 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 3,049,290 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV also resulted in part from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of the spot price of the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to 2x of the inverse of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 10.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 9.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to a greater depreciation in the value of the assets of the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 5, 2018 at $75.55 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 23, 2018 at $65.08 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 3, 2017 at $81.40 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 27, 2017 at $71.54 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 5.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s rise of 5.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a greater rise in the value of Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 81,401      $ (311,744

Management fee

     231,119        635,023  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (11,252,400      (272,654

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (403,844      (26,641,849

Net income (loss)

   $ (11,574,843    $ (27,226,247

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a greater rise in the value of Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar in conjunction with a decrease in net asset value during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 26,347,948     $ 45,818,914  

NAV end of period

   $ 24,945,408     $ 37,873,983  

Percentage change in NAV

     (5.3 )%      (17.3 )% 

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     1,237,403       1,087,403  

Shares outstanding end of period

     937,403       1,187,403  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     (24.2 )%      9.2

Shares created

     550,000       125,000  

Shares redeemed

     850,000       25,000  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 21.29     $ 42.14  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 26.61     $ 31.90  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     25.0     (24.3 )% 

Percentage change in benchmark

     25.5     (24.1 )% 

Benchmark annualized volatility

     64.8     18.2

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from a decrease from 1,237,403 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 937,403 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures Index. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures Index. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV was offset by an increase from 1,087,403 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 1,187,403 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 of the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 25.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 24.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to an appreciation in the value of the assets held by the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on February 5, 2018 at $27.85 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 12, 2018 at $19.98 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 3, 2017 at $40.96 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 31, 2017 at $31.90 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 25.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s decline of 24.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a rise in the prices of the futures contracts that made up the S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures Index during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (4,487    $ (44,567

Management fee

     54,959        85,185  

Brokerage commission

     11,232        3,642  

Net realized gain (loss)

     3,720,436        (8,167,918

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     4,916,467        (3,263,942

Net income (loss)

   $ 8,632,416      $ (11,476,427

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to an increase in the prices of the futures prices during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF*

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
    Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

NAV beginning of period

   $ 137,741,560     $ 174,160,146  

NAV end of period

   $ 112,385,324     $ 137,512,969  

Percentage change in NAV

     (18.4 )%      (21.0 )% 

Shares outstanding beginning of period

     5,901,317       2,052,363  

Shares outstanding end of period

     2,826,317       2,608,613  

Percentage change in shares outstanding

     (52.1 )%      27.1

Shares created

     1,875,000       1,081,250  

Shares redeemed

     4,950,000       525,000  

Per share NAV beginning of period

   $ 23.34     $ 84.86  

Per share NAV end of period

   $ 39.76     $ 52.71  

Percentage change in per share NAV

     70.4     (37.9 )% 

Percentage change in benchmark

     71.2     (37.7 )% 

Benchmark annualized volatility

     215.0     35.2

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from a decrease from 5,901,317 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2017 to 2,826,317 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2018. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV was offset by the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the decrease in the Fund’s NAV resulted from the cumulative effect of the Fund seeking daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the daily performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index. The decrease in the Fund’s NAV was offset by an increase from 2,052,363 outstanding Shares at December 31, 2016 to 2,608,613 outstanding Shares at March 31, 2017.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Fund’s daily performance had a statistical correlation over 0.99 to the daily performance of its benchmark. The Fund’s per Share NAV increase of 70.4% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the Fund’s per Share NAV decrease of 37.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, was primarily due to an appreciation in the value of the assets held by the Fund during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on February 5, 2018 at $54.20 per Share and reached its low for the period on January 11, 2018 at $21.43 per Share. By comparison, during the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Fund’s per Share NAV reached its high for the period on January 3, 2017 at $78.33 per Share and reached its low for the period on March 30, 2017 at $51.31 per Share.

The benchmark’s rise of 71.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the benchmark’s decline of 37.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2017, can be attributed to a rise in prices of the near-term futures contracts on the VIX futures curve during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Net Income/Loss

The following table provides summary income information for the Fund for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2018
     Three Months
Ended March 31,

2017
 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (47,426    $ (184,221

Management fee

     252,387        309,772  

Brokerage commission

     71,299        33,254  

Net realized gain (loss)

     77,274,987        (65,229,353

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     14,019,881        (6,859,096

Net income (loss)

   $ 91,247,442      $ (72,272,670

The Fund’s net income increased for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017, primarily due to a rise in the futures prices and benchmark volatility during the year ended March 31, 2018.

 

* See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements in Item 1 of part I in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q regarding the reverse Share split for the ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF.

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Quantitative Disclosure

Exchange Rate Sensitivity

Each of the Currency Funds is exposed to exchange rate risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Currency Fund’s Financial Instruments, which are sensitive to changes in exchange rates. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the Currency Fund’s positions were as follows:

ProShares Short Euro:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares Short Euro Fund was exposed to inverse exchange rate price risk through its holdings of Euro/USD foreign currency futures contracts. The following table provides information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to exchange rate price risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional
Amount at
Value
 

Euro Fx Currency Futures (CME)

   Short    June 2018      51      $ 1.2359        125,000      $ (7,878,544
Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional
Amount at
Value
 

Euro Fx Currency Futures (CME)

   Short    June 2017      116      $ 1.0722        125,000      $ (15,546,900

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 short futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The short notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the price of the futures contract. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $1.00 of short exposure to the euro for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the appreciation or depreciation of the euro and multiplying by negative one. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day.

Equity Market Volatility Sensitivity

Each of the VIX Funds is exposed to equity market volatility risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the VIX Funds’ Financial Instruments, which are sensitive to changes in equity market volatility indexes. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the VIX Funds’ positions were as follows:

 

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ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF Fund was exposed to inverse equity market volatility risk through its holding of VIX futures contracts. The following table provides information about the Fund’s positions in VIX futures contracts as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to equity market volatility risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
     Expiration      Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

VIX Futures (CBOE)

     Short        April 2018        11,205      $ 19.78        1,000      $ (221,578,875

VIX Futures (CBOE)

     Short        May 2018        6,525        19.23        1,000        (125,443,125
Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
     Expiration      Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

VIX Futures (CBOE)

     Short        April 2017        20,982      $ 13.28        1,000      $ (278,536,050

VIX Futures (CBOE)

     Short        May 2017        15,288        13.58        1,000        (207,534,600

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 short futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The short notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the price of the futures contract. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. Prior to the close of business on February 27, 2018, the Fund generally attempted to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $1.00 of short exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. As of the close of business on February 27, 2018, the Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $0.50 of short exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by negative one-half. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day.

Commodity Price Sensitivity

Each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds is exposed to commodity price risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Commodity Funds’ and the Commodity Index Funds’ Financial Instruments, which were sensitive to commodity price risk. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds’ positions were as follows:

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil Fund was exposed to commodity price risk through its holding of Crude Oil futures contracts and its holding of swap agreements linked to the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM. The following tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to commodity price risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

WTI Crude Oil (NYMEX)

   Long    May 2018      2,391      $ 64.94        1,000      $ 155,271,540  

 

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Swap Agreements as of March 31, 2018  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Index Close      Notional
Amount at
Value
 

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   Citibank N.A.    Long    $ 95.4541      $ 200,208,114  

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   Goldman Sachs International    Long      95.4541        192,610,038  

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   Societe Generale S.A.    Long      95.4541        86,577,855  

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   UBS AG    Long      95.4541        187,785,873  

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

WTI Crude Oil (NYMEX)

   Long    May 2017      6,518      $ 50.60        1,000      $ 329,810,800  

 

Swap Agreements as of March 31, 2017  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
     Index Close      Notional
Amount at
Value
 

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   Citibank N.A.      Long      $ 76.8714      $ 519,328,658  

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   Goldman Sachs International      Long        76.8714        345,653,639  

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   Societe Generale S.A.      Long        76.8714        194,947,646  

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   UBS AG      Long        76.8714        377,419,060  

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31, 2018 and 2017 swap notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of units times the closing level of the Index. These notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or the level of the Index, as applicable. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by two See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day. Swap counterparty risk is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Fund’s custodian bank.

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas Fund was exposed to commodity price risk through its holding of Natural Gas futures contracts. The following tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to commodity price risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Natural Gas (NYMEX)

   Long    May 2018      2,872      $ 2.73        10,000      $ 78,491,760  

 

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Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Natural Gas (NYMEX)

   Long    May 2017      2,956      $ 3.19        10,000      $ 94,296,400  

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract, as applicable. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by two. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day.

Exchange Rate Sensitivity

Each of the Currency Funds is exposed to exchange rate risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Currency Fund’s Financial Instruments, which are sensitive to changes in exchange rates. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the Currency Fund’s positions were as follows:

ProShares Ultra Euro:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares Ultra Euro Fund was exposed to exchange rate price risk through its holdings of EUR/USD foreign currency forward contracts. The following table provides information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to exchange rate price risk.

 

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts as of March 31, 2018  

Reference

Currency

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Settlement
Date
   Euro     Forward
Rate
     Market Value
USD
 

Euro

   Goldman Sachs International    Long    04/06/18      8,112,625       1.2306      $ 9,983,565  

Euro

   UBS AG    Long    04/06/18      8,724,400       1.2306        10,736,428  

Euro

   Goldman Sachs International    Short    04/06/18      (416,900     1.2306        (513,046

Euro

   UBS AG    Short    04/06/18      (240,900     1.2306        (296,457
Foreign Currency Forward Contracts as of March 31, 2017  

Reference

Currency

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Settlement
Date
   Euro     Forward
Rate
     Market Value
USD
 

Euro

   Goldman Sachs International    Long    04/07/17      13,386,225       1.0669      $ 14,282,251  

Euro

   UBS AG    Long    04/07/17      15,651,800       1.0669        16,699,475  

Euro

   Goldman Sachs International    Short    04/07/17      (544,600     1.0669        (581,054

Euro

   UBS AG    Short    04/07/17      (1,789,700     1.0669        (1,909,496

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 USD market value equals the number of euros multiplied by the forward rate.

These notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the forward price. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the euro for every $1.00 of net assets.

 

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Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the appreciation or depreciation of the euro and multiplying by two. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day. Counterparty risk related to foreign currency forward contracts is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Fund’s custodian bank.

Commodity Price Sensitivity

Each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds is exposed to commodity price risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Commodity Funds’ and the Commodity Index Funds’ Financial Instruments, which are sensitive to commodity price risk. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds’ positions were as follows:

ProShares Ultra Gold:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares Ultra Gold Fund was exposed to commodity price risk through its holding of Gold futures contracts and Gold forward agreements. The following tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to commodity price risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Gold Futures (COMEX)

   Long    June 2018      2      $ 1,327.30        100      $ 265,460  

 

Forward Agreements as of March 31, 2018  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Valuation
Price
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   Citibank N.A.    Long    $ 1,324.74      $ 72,198,330  

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   Goldman Sachs International    Long      1,324.68        54,205,906  

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   Societe Generale S.A.    Long      1,324.71        17,221,230  

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   UBS AG    Long      1,324.62        46,759,086  

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Gold Futures (COMEX)

   Long    June 2017      2      $ 1,251.20        100      $ 250,240  

 

Forward Agreements as of March 31, 2017  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Valuation
Price
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   Citibank N.A.    Long    $ 1,245.09      $ 71,343,657  

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   Goldman Sachs International    Long      1,245.08        46,590,894  

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   Societe Generale S.A.    Long      1,245.08        29,881,920  

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   UBS AG    Long      1,245.07        47,437,167  

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31, 2018 and 2017 forward notional values equal units multiplied by the forward price. These notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or forward price, as applicable. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional values, before accounting

 

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for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by two. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day. Counterparty risk related to the forward agreements is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Fund’s custodian bank.

ProShares Ultra Silver:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares Ultra Silver Fund was exposed to commodity price risk through its holding of Silver futures contracts and Silver forward agreements. The following tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to commodity price risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Silver Futures (COMEX)

   Long    May 2018      2      $ 16.27        5,000      $ 162,680  

 

Forward Agreements as of March 31, 2018  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Valuation
Price
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   Citibank, N.A.    Long    $ 16.2800      $ 142,873,824  

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   Goldman Sachs International    Long      16.2800        124,520,560  

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   Societe Generale S.A.    Long      16.2800        53,499,972  

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   UBS AG    Long      16.2800        122,665,206  

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Silver Futures (COMEX)

   Long    May 2017      2      $ 18.26        5,000      $ 182,560  

 

Forward Agreements as of March 31, 2017  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Valuation
Price
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   Citibank, N.A.    Long    $ 18.0636      $ 228,197,459  

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   Goldman Sachs International    Long      18.0638        154,152,856  

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   Societe Generale S.A.    Long      18.0639        80,998,528  

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   UBS AG    Long      18.0640        149,190,576  

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31, 2018 and 2017 forward notional values equal units multiplied by the forward price. These notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or forward price, as applicable. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets.

 

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Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by two. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day. Counterparty risk related to the forward agreements is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Fund’s custodian bank.

Equity Market Volatility Sensitivity

Each of the VIX Funds is exposed to equity market volatility risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the VIX Funds’ Financial Instruments, which are sensitive to changes in equity market volatility indexes. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the VIX Funds’ positions were as follows:

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF Fund was exposed to equity market volatility risk through its holding of VIX futures contracts and its holding of swap agreements linked to VIX futures contracts. The following table provides information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to equity market volatility risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    April 2018    10,838    $ 19.78        1,000      $ 214,321,450  

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    May 2018    6,322    $ 19.23        1,000      $ 121,540,450  

 

Swap Agreements as of March 31, 2018  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Index Close    Notional
Amount at
Value
 

S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures

   Deutsche Bank AG    Long    71.1400    $ 23,853,609  

iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures

   Goldman Sachs International    Long    48.0706      125,126,211  

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    April 2017    31,138    $ 13.28        1,000      $ 413,356,950  

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    May 2017    22,625      13.58        1,000        307,134,375  

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31, 2018 swap notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of units times the closing level of the Index. These notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract or the level of the Index, as applicable. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. Prior to the close of business on February 27, 2018, the Fund generally attempted to adjust its positions in Financial instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. As of the close of business on February 27, 2018, the Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $1.50 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by one and one-half. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day. Swap counterparty risk is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Fund’s custodian bank.

 

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Exchange Rate Sensitivity

Each of the Currency Funds is exposed to exchange rate risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Currency Fund’s Financial Instruments, which are sensitive to changes in exchange rates. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the Currency Fund’s positions were as follows:

ProShares Ultra Yen:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares Ultra Yen Fund was exposed to exchange rate price risk through its holdings of Yen/USD foreign currency forward contracts. The following table provides information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to exchange rate price risk.

 

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts as of March 31, 2018  

Reference Currency

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Settlement
Date
   Yen     Forward
Rate
     Market
Value USD
 

Yen

   Goldman Sachs International    Long    04/06/18      354,324,700       0.009400      $ 3,330,780  

Yen

   UBS AG    Long    04/06/18      344,160,500       0.009400        3,235,234  

Yen

   Goldman Sachs International    Short    04/06/18      (20,860,500     0.009400        (196,096

Yen

   UBS AG    Short    04/06/18      (2,809,900     0.009400        (26,414

 

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts as of March 31, 2017  

Reference Currency

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Settlement
Date
   Yen     Forward Rate      Market
Value USD
 

Yen

   Goldman Sachs International    Long    04/07/17      811,211,000       0.008982      $ 7,286,189  

Yen

   UBS AG    Long    04/07/17      590,611,100       0.008982        5,304,790  

Yen

   Goldman Sachs International    Short    04/07/17      (50,141,700     0.008982        (450,366

Yen

   UBS AG    Short    04/07/17      (7,017,600     0.008982        (63,031

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 USD market values equal the number of yen multiplied by the forward rate. These notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the forward price. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of exposure to the yen for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the appreciation or depreciation of the yen and multiplying by two. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day. Counterparty risk related to foreign currency forward contracts is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Fund’s custodian bank.

Commodity Price Sensitivity

Each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds is exposed to commodity price risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Commodity Funds’ and the Commodity Index Funds’ Financial Instruments, which were sensitive to commodity price risk. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds’ positions were as follows:

 

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ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF Fund was exposed to commodity price risk through its holding of Crude Oil futures contracts linked to the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM. The following table provides information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to commodity price risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

WTI Crude Oil (NYMEX)

   Long    May 2018    749    $ 64.94        1,000      $ 48,640,060  

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional
Amount at
Value
 

WTI Crude Oil (NYMEX)

   Long    May 2017    347    $ 50.60        1,000      $ 17,558,200  

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 futures notional amount is calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The notional amount will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract, as applicable. Additional (gains) losses associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional amount, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $3.00 of exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by three. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day.

ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF Fund was exposed to inverse commodity price risk through its holding of Crude Oil futures contracts linked to the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM. The following table provides information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to commodity price risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional
Amount at
Value
 

WTI Crude Oil (NYMEX)

   Short    May 2018    1,245    $ 64.94        1,000      $ (80,850,300

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional
Amount at
Value
 

WTI Crude Oil (NYMEX)

   Short    May 2017    251    $ 50.60        1,000      $ (12,700,600

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 short notional futures notional amount is calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The short notional amount will increase (decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the price of the futures contract, as applicable. Additional (gains) losses associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short notional amount, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $3.00 of short exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by negative three. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than one day.

 

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Exchange Rate Sensitivity

Each of the Currency Funds is exposed to exchange rate risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Currency Fund’s Financial Instruments, which are sensitive to changes in exchange rates. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the Currency Fund’s positions were as follows:

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar Fund was exposed to inverse exchange rate price risk through its holdings of AUD/USD foreign currency futures contracts. The following table provides information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to exchange rate price risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional
Amount at Value
 

Australian Dollar Fx Currency Futures (CME)

   Short    June 2018    184    $ 76.76        1,000      $ (14,123,840

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional
Amount at Value
 

Australian Dollar Fx Currency Futures (CME)

   Short    June 2017    384    $ 76.36        1,000      $ (29,322,240

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 short futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The short notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the price of the futures contract. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of short exposure to the Australian dollar for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the appreciation or depreciation of the Australian dollar and multiplying by negative two. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day.

Commodity Price Sensitivity

Each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds is exposed to commodity price risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Commodity Funds’ and the Commodity Index Funds’ Financial Instruments, which were sensitive to commodity price risk. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds’ positions were as follows:

 

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ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil Fund was exposed to inverse commodity price risk through its holding of Crude Oil futures contracts and its holding of swap agreements linked to the Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil SubindexSM. The following tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to commodity price risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

WTI Crude Oil (NYMEX)

   Short    May 2018    1,263    $ 64.94        1,000      $ (82,019,220

 

Swap Agreements as of March 31, 2018  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Index
Close
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   Citibank N.A.    Short    $ 95.4541      $ (100,134,158

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   Goldman Sachs International    Short      95.4541        (92,256,796

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   Societe Generale S.A.    Short      95.4541        (37,907,759

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   UBS AG    Short      95.4541        (88,373,131

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long
or
Short
     Expiration      Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional
Amount at
Value
 

WTI Crude Oil (NYMEX)

     Short       
May
2017
 
 
     1,899      $ 50.60        1,000      $ (96,089,400

 

Swap Agreements as of March 31, 2017  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Index
Close
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   Citibank N.A.    Short    $ 76.8714      $ (97,361,151

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   Goldman Sachs International    Short      76.8714        (89,101,087

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   Societe Generale S.A.    Short      76.8714        (42,336,107

Bloomberg WTI Crude Oil Subindex

   UBS AG    Short      76.8714        (85,487,594

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 short futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31, 2018 and 2017 short swap notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of units times the closing level of the Index. These short notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the price of the futures contract or the level of the Index, as applicable. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of short exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by negative two. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day. Swap counterparty risk is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Fund’s custodian bank.

 

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ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas Fund was exposed to inverse commodity price risk through its holding of Natural Gas futures contracts. The following tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to commodity price risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
     Expiration      Contracts      Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Natural Gas (NYMEX)

     Short        May 2018        392      $ 2.73        10,000      $ (10,713,360

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Natural Gas (NYMEX)

   Short    May 2017    504    $ 3.19        10,000      $ (16,077,600

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 short futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The short notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the price of the futures contract, as applicable. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of short exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by negative two. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day.

Exchange Rate Sensitivity

Each of the Currency Funds is exposed to exchange rate risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Currency Fund’s Financial Instruments, which are sensitive to changes in exchange rates. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the Currency Fund’s positions were as follows:

ProShares UltraShort Euro:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares Ultra Euro Fund was exposed to inverse exchange rate price risk through its holdings of Euro/USD foreign currency forward contracts. The following tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to exchange rate price risk.

 

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts as of March 31, 2018  

Reference Currency

   Counterparty      Long or
Short
     Settlement
Date
     Euro     Forward
Rate
     Market Value
USD
 

Euro

     Goldman Sachs International        Long        04/06/18        20,692,400       1.2306      $ 25,464,498  

Euro

     UBS AG        Long        04/06/18        8,138,700       1.2306        10,015,654  

Euro

     Goldman Sachs International        Short        04/06/18        (160,609,525)       1.2306        (197,649,422

Euro

     UBS AG        Short        04/06/18        (173,574,200     1.2306        (213,604,021

 

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Foreign Currency Forward Contracts as of March 31, 2017  

Reference Currency

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Settlement
Date
   Euro   Forward
Rate
     Market Value
USD
 

Euro

   Goldman Sachs International    Long    04/07/17    62,503,900     1.0669      $ 66,687,685  

Euro

   UBS AG    Long    04/07/17    44,556,300     1.0669        47,538,738  

Euro

   Goldman Sachs International    Short    04/07/17    (337,564,325)     1.0669        (360,159,662

Euro

   UBS AG    Short    04/07/17    (326,405,600)     1.0669        (348,254,012

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 USD market value equals the number of euros multiplied by the forward rate. These short notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the forward price. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of short exposure to the euro for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the appreciation or depreciation of the euro and multiplying by negative two. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day. Counterparty risk related to foreign currency forward contracts is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Fund’s custodian bank.

Commodity Price Sensitivity

Each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds is exposed to commodity price risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Commodity Funds’ and the Commodity Index Funds’ Financial Instruments, which were sensitive to commodity price risk. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the Commodity Funds and the Commodity Index Funds’ positions were as follows:

ProShares UltraShort Gold:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares UltraShort Gold Fund was exposed to inverse commodity price risk through its holding of Gold futures contracts and Gold forward agreements. The following tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to commodity price risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Gold Futures (COMEX)

   Short    June 2018    2    $ 1,327.30        100      $ (265,460

 

Forward Agreements as of March 31, 2018  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Valuation
Price
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   Citibank N.A.    Short    $ 1,324.74      $ (21,328,314

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   Goldman Sachs International    Short      1,324.68        (17,483,127

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   Societe Generale S.A.    Short      1,324.71        (6,358,608

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   UBS AG    Short      1,324.62        (14,637,051

 

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Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Gold Futures (COMEX)

   Short    June 2017    2    $ 1,251.20        100      $ (250,240

 

Forward Agreements as of March 31, 2017  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Valuation
Price
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   Citibank N.A.    Short    $ 1,245.09      $ (21,540,057

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   Goldman Sachs International    Short      1,245.08        (17,428,630

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   Societe Generale S.A.    Short      1,245.08        (10,956,704

0.995 Fine Troy Ounce Gold

   UBS AG    Short      1,245.07        (18,115,769

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 short futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31, 2018 and 2017 short forward notional values equal units multiplied by the forward price. These short notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the price of the futures contract or forward price, as applicable. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of short exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by negative two. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day. Counterparty risk related to the forward agreements is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Fund’s custodian bank.

ProShares UltraShort Silver:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares UltraShort Silver Fund was exposed to inverse commodity price risk through its holding of Silver futures contracts and Silver forward agreements. The following tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to commodity price risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Silver Futures (COMEX)

   Short    May 2018    2    $ 16.27        5,000      $ (162,680

 

Forward Agreements as of March 31, 2018  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Valuation
Price
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   Citibank, N.A.    Short    $ 16.2800      $ (17,382,710

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   Goldman Sachs International    Short      16.2800        (10,140,774

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   Societe Generale S.A.    Short      16.2800        (2,541,412

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   UBS AG    Short      16.2800        (11,647,493

 

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Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

Silver Futures (COMEX)

   Short    May 2017    2    $ 18.26        5,000      $ (182,560

 

Forward Agreements as of March 31, 2017  

Reference Index

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Valuation
Price
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   Citibank, N.A.    Short    $ 18.0636      $ (10,242,061

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   Goldman Sachs International    Short      18.0638        (7,740,338

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   Societe Generale S.A.    Short      18.0639        (2,817,968

0.999 Fine Troy Ounce Silver

   UBS AG    Short      18.0640        (15,264,080

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 short futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The March 31, 2018 and 2017 short forward notional values equal units multiplied by the forward price. These short notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the price of the futures contract or forward price, as applicable. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of short exposure to the Index for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index and multiplying by negative two. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day. Counterparty risk related to the forward agreements is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Fund’s custodian bank.

Exchange Rate Sensitivity

Each of the Currency Funds is exposed to exchange rate risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the Currency Fund’s Financial Instruments, which are sensitive to changes in exchange rates. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the Currency Fund’s positions were as follows:

ProShares UltraShort Yen:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares UltraShort Yen Fund was exposed to inverse exchange rate price risk through its holdings of Yen/USD foreign currency forward contracts. The following tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in these Financial Instruments as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to exchange rate price risk.

 

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts as of March 31, 2018  

Reference Currency

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Settlement
Date
   Yen     Forward
Rate
     Market Value
USD
 

Yen

   Goldman Sachs International    Long    04/06/18      1,468,052,600       0.009400      $ 13,800,227  

Yen

   UBS AG    Long    04/06/18      85,158,000       0.009400        800,516  

Yen

   Goldman Sachs International    Short    04/06/18      (10,732,727,200     0.009400        (100,891,531

Yen

   UBS AG    Short    04/06/18      (9,404,092,000     0.009400        (88,401,878

 

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Foreign Currency Forward Contracts as of March 31, 2017  

Reference Currency

   Counterparty    Long or
Short
   Settlement
Date
   Yen     Forward
Rate
     Market Value
USD
 

Yen

   Goldman Sachs International    Long    04/07/17      9,230,888,600       0.008982      $ 82,910,614  

Yen

   UBS AG    Long    04/07/17      5,365,757,400       0.008982      $ 48,194,519  

Yen

   Goldman Sachs International    Short    04/07/17      (36,985,173,400     0.008982        (332,195,909

Yen

   UBS AG    Short    04/07/17      (26,906,211,700     0.008982        (241,668,016

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 USD market values equal the number of yen multiplied by the forward rate. These short notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with decreases (increases) in the forward price. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent decreases (increases) in short notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to have $2.00 of short exposure to the yen for every $1.00 of net assets. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the appreciation or depreciation of the yen and multiplying by negative two See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day. Counterparty risk related to foreign currency forward contracts is generally limited to the amount of any unrealized gains, although in the event of a counterparty bankruptcy, there could be delays and costs associated with recovering collateral posted in segregated tri-party accounts at the Fund’s custodian bank.

Equity Market Volatility Sensitivity

Each of the VIX Funds is exposed to equity market volatility risk through its holdings of Financial Instruments. The following tables provide information about each of the VIX Funds’ Financial Instruments, which are sensitive to changes in equity market volatility indexes. As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, each of the VIX Funds’ positions were as follows:

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF:

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF Fund was exposed to equity market volatility risk through its holding of VIX futures contracts. The following table provides information about the Fund’s positions in VIX futures contracts as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to equity market volatility risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    July 2018    276    $ 19.00        1,000      $ 5,244,000  

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    August 2018    438      18.88        1,000        8,267,250  

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    September 2018    438      19.03        1,000        8,332,950  

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    October 2018    161      19.30        1,000        3,107,300  

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    July 2017    462    $ 15.03        1,000      $ 6,941,550  

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    August 2017    798      15.48        1,000        12,349,050  

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    September 2017    798      16.28        1,000        12,987,450  

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    October 2017    336      16.73        1,000        5,619,600  

 

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The March 31, 2018 and 2017 futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to match the performance of the Index. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day.

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

As of March 31, 2018 and 2017, the ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF Fund was exposed to equity market volatility risk through its holding of VIX futures contracts. The following tables provide information about the Fund’s positions in these VIX futures contracts as of March 31, 2018 and 2017, which were sensitive to equity market volatility risk.

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2018  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    April 2018    3,627    $ 19.78        1,000      $ 71,723,925  

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    May 2018    2,115      19.23        1,000        40,660,875  

 

Futures Positions as of March 31, 2017  

Contract

   Long or
Short
   Expiration    Contracts    Valuation
Price
     Contract
Multiplier
     Notional Amount
at Value
 

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    April 2017    5,954    $ 13.28        1,000      $ 79,039,350  

VIX Futures (CBOE)

   Long    May 2017    4,323      13.58        1,000        58,684,725  

The March 31, 2018 and 2017 futures notional values are calculated by multiplying the number of contracts held times the valuation price times the contract multiplier. The notional values will increase (decrease) proportionally with increases (decreases) in the price of the futures contract. Additional gains (losses) associated with these contracts will be equal to any such subsequent increases (decreases) in notional values, before accounting for spreads or transaction or financing costs. The Fund will generally attempt to adjust its positions in Financial Instruments each day to match the performance of the Index. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the return of the Index. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day.

Qualitative Disclosure

As described above in Item 2 in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, it is the investment objective of each Geared Fund to seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, which correspond to a multiple, the inverse or an inverse multiple of the daily performance, whether positive or negative, of its corresponding benchmark. Each Short Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the one-half inverse (-0.5x) or the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each UltraShort Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each Ultra Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to either one and one-half times (1.5x) or two times (2x) the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each UltraPro Short Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to three times the inverse (-3x) of the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each UltraPro Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to three times (3x) the daily performance of its corresponding benchmark. Each Matching VIX Fund seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that match the performance of a benchmark.

 

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The Geared Funds do not seek to achieve these stated investment objectives over a period of time greater than a single day because mathematical compounding prevents the Geared Funds from achieving such results. Performance over longer periods of time will be influenced not only by the cumulative period performance of the corresponding benchmark but equally by the intervening volatility of the benchmark as well as fees and expenses, including costs associated with the use of Financial Instruments such as financing costs and trading spreads. Future period returns, before fees and expenses, cannot be estimated simply by estimating the percent change in the corresponding benchmark and multiplying by two or negative two. Each Matching VIX Fund seek investment results, before fees and expenses, that match the performance of a benchmark. Shareholders who invest in the Funds should actively manage and monitor their investments, as frequently as daily. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K for additional information regarding performance for periods longer than a single day. The Matching VIX Funds seek to achieve their stated investment objectives both over a single day and over time.

Primary Market Risk Exposure

The primary market risks that the Funds are exposed to depend on each Fund’s investment objective and corresponding benchmark. For example, the primary market risk that the ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil and the ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil Funds are exposed to are inverse and direct exposure, respectively, to the price of crude oil as measured by the return of holding and periodically rolling crude oil futures contracts (the Bloomberg Commodity Index and its sub-indexes are based on the price of rolling futures positions, rather than on the cash price for immediate delivery of the corresponding commodity).

Each Fund’s exposure to market risk is further influenced by a number of factors, including the liquidity of the markets in which the contracts are traded and the relationships among the contracts held. The inherent uncertainty of each Fund’s trading as well as the development of drastic market occurrences could ultimately lead to a loss of all or substantially all of investors’ capital.

As described above in Item 2 in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, trading in certain futures contracts or forward agreements involves each Fund entering into contractual commitments to purchase or sell a commodity underlying a Fund’s benchmark at a specified date and price, should it hold such futures contracts or forward agreements into the deliverable period. Should a Fund enter into a contractual commitment to sell a physical commodity, it is required to make delivery of that commodity at the contract price and then repurchase the contract at prevailing market prices or settle in cash. Since the repurchase price to which the value of a commodity can rise is unlimited, entering into commitments to sell commodities would expose a Fund to theoretically unlimited risk.

Commodity Price Sensitivity

As further described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K, the value of the Shares of each Fund relates directly to the value of, and realized profit or loss from, the Financial Instruments and other assets held by the Fund and fluctuations in the price of these assets could materially adversely affect an investment in the Shares. With regard to the Commodity Index Funds or the Commodity Funds, several factors may affect the price of a commodity underlying a Commodity Index Fund or a Commodity Fund, and in turn, the Financial Instruments and other assets, if any, owned by such a Fund. The impact of changes in the price of a physical commodity or of a commodity index (comprised of commodity futures contracts) will affect investors differently depending upon the Fund in which investors invest. Daily increases in the price of an underlying commodity or commodity index will negatively impact the daily performance of Shares of an UltraShort Fund and daily decreases in the price of an underlying commodity or commodity index will negatively impact the daily performance of Shares of an Ultra Fund.

Additionally, performance over time is a cumulative effect of geometrically linking each day’s leveraged or inverse leveraged returns. For instance, if a corresponding benchmark was up 10% and then down 10%, which would result in a (1.1*0.9)-1 = -1% period benchmark return, the two-day period return for a theoretical two-times fund would be equal to a (1.2 *0.8)-1 = -4% period Fund return (rather than simply two times the period return of the benchmark).

 

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Exchange Rate Sensitivity

As further described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K, the value of the Shares of each Fund relates directly to the value of, and realized profit or loss from, the Financial Instruments and other assets held by the Fund and fluctuations in the price of these assets could materially adversely affect an investment in the Shares. With regard to the Currency Funds, several factors may affect the value of the foreign currencies or the U.S. dollar, and, in turn, the Financial Instruments and other assets, if any, owned by a Fund. The impact of changes in the price of a currency will affect investors differently depending upon the Fund in which investors invest. Daily increases in the price of a currency will negatively impact the daily performance of Shares of a Short Fund or an UltraShort Fund and daily decreases in the price of a currency will negatively impact the daily performance of Shares of an Ultra Fund.

Additionally, performance over time is a cumulative effect of geometrically linking each day’s leveraged or inverse leveraged returns. For instance, if a corresponding benchmark was up 10% and then down 10%, which would result in a (1.1*0.9)-1 = -1% period benchmark return, the two-day period return for a theoretical two-times fund would be equal to a (1.2 *0.8)-1 = -4% period Fund return (rather than simply two times the period return of the benchmark).

Equity Market Volatility Sensitivity

As further described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K, the value of the Shares of each VIX Fund relates directly to the value of, and realized profit or loss from, the Financial Instruments and other assets held by the Fund and fluctuations in the price of these assets could materially adversely affect an investment in the Shares. Several factors may affect the price and/or liquidity of VIX futures contracts and other assets, if any, owned by a VIX Fund. The impact of changes in the price of these assets will affect investors differently depending upon the Fund in which investors invest.

Managing Market Risks

Each Fund seeks to remain fully exposed to the corresponding benchmark at the levels implied by the relevant investment objective -0.5x, -1x, -2x, 1.5x, 2x, -3x or 3x regardless of market direction or sentiment. At the close of the relevant markets each trading day (see NAV calculation times), each Fund will seek to position its portfolio so that its exposure to its benchmark is consistent with its investment objective. As described above in Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, these adjustments are done through the use of various Financial Instruments. No attempt is made to adjust market exposure in order to avoid changes to the benchmark that would cause the Funds to lose value. Factors common to all Funds that may require portfolio re-positioning are create/redeem activity and index rebalances.

For Geared Funds, the impact of the index’s movements during the day also affects whether the Fund’s portfolio needs to be rebalanced For example, if the index for an Ultra Fund or UltraPro Fund has risen on a given day, net assets of the Fund should rise. As a result, the Fund’s long exposure will need to be increased to the extent there are not offsetting factors such as redemption activity. Conversely, if the Index has fallen on a given day, net assets of an Ultra Fund or UltraPro Fund should fall. As a result, the Fund’s long exposure will generally need to be decreased. Net assets for Short Funds, UltraShort Funds, or UltraPro Short Funds will generally decrease when the Index rises on a given day. As a result, the Fund’s short exposure may need to be decreased. Conversely, if the Index has fallen on a given day, a Short Fund’s, UltraShort Fund’s, or UltraPro Short Fund’s assets should rise. As a result, the Fund’s short exposure may need to be increased.

The use of certain Financial Instruments introduces counterparty risk. A Fund will be subject to credit risk with respect to the amount it expects to receive from counterparties to Financial Instruments entered into by the Fund. A Fund may be negatively impacted if a counterparty fails to perform its obligations. Each Fund intends to enter into swap and forward agreements only with major global financial institutions that meet certain credit quality standards and monitoring policies. Each Fund may use various techniques to minimize credit risk including early termination or reset and payment, limiting the net amount due from any individual counterparty, and generally requiring that the counterparty post collateral with respect to amounts owed to the Funds, marked to market daily.

Most Financial Instruments held by the Funds are “unfunded” meaning that the Fund will obtain exposure to the corresponding benchmark while still being in possession of its original cash assets. The cash positions that result from use of such Financial Instruments are held in a manner to minimize both interest rate and credit risk. During

 

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the reporting period, cash positions were maintained in a non-interest bearing demand deposit account. The Funds may also invest a portion of this cash in cash equivalents (such as shares of money market funds, bank deposits, bank money market accounts, certain variable rate-demand notes and repurchase agreements collateralized by government securities).

 

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Trust, Trust management has evaluated the effectiveness of the Trust’s and the Funds’ disclosure controls and procedures, and have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures of the Trust and the Funds (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)) were effective, as of December 31, 2016, including providing reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Trust files or submits under the 1934 Act on behalf of the Trust and the Funds is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the applicable rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the duly authorized officers of the Trust as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Trust’s management takes responsibility for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting of the Trust and the Funds, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the 1934 Act. The Trust’s and the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Trust and the Funds; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that the Trust’s and the Funds’ receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations of management of the Trust on behalf of the Trust and the Funds; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Trust’s or the Funds’ assets that could have a material effect on the Trust’s or the Funds’ financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

The principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Trust assessed the effectiveness of the Trust’s and the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015. Their assessment included an evaluation of the design of the Trust’s and the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting and testing of the operational effectiveness of their internal control over financial reporting. In making its assessment, the Trust’s management has utilized the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in its report entitled Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013). Based on their assessment and those criteria, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Trust concluded that the Trust’s and the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2015.

The effectiveness of the Trust’s and the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included herein.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Trust’s or the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2018 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust’s or the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting.

 

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Certifications

The certifications by the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Trust required by Section 302 and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which are filed or furnished as exhibits to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, apply both to the Trust taken as a whole and each Fund, and the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Trust are certifying both as to the Trust taken as a whole and each Fund.

 

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Part II OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There has not been a material change to the Risk Factors previously disclosed in the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed on March 1, 2018.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

a) None.

b) The Trust initially registered Shares on its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333- 146801), which was declared effective on November 21, 2008, and registered additional Shares on its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-156888), which was declared effective on February 13, 2009. The Trust terminated these two offerings before the sale of all registered Shares and reallocated the remaining amount of the registered Shares among the Funds listed on its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-163511), which became effective on December 4, 2009. It then registered additional Shares and/or added Funds pursuant to post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement on Form S-3, which became effective on May 28, 2010, November 5, 2010, December 23, 2010 and April 13, 2011, as well as on a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-178707), which became effective on June 25, 2012. On June 26, 2012, a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-163511) was declared effective, which registered additional Shares for ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil and terminated the offerings for certain publicly offered Funds and certain Funds that had never been publicly offered. New offerings for those Funds that had been publicly offered were registered on an accompanying Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-176878), which was also declared effective on June 26, 2012. On September 24, 2012, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-183672) was declared effective, which registered additional Shares for ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF, ProShares VIX Short- Term Futures ETF and ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF. This registration statement (File No. 333-183672) was a combined prospectus and acted as a post-effective amendment to the Form S-1 (File No. 333-176878). On September 27, 2012, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- 183674) was declared effective, which registered additional Shares for ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil and ProShares UltraShort Euro. This registration statement was a combined prospectus and acted as a post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 (File No. 333-163511). On September 28, 2012, a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-178707) was declared effective, terminating the proposed offerings of several unlaunched currency funds. On January 30, 2013, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333- 185288) was declared effective. That registration statement, which registered additional Shares to ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF, acted as a combined prospectus and post-effective amendment to the Trust’s Form S-1 Registration Statements (File Nos. 333-183672 and 333-178707). Also, on January 30, 2013, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-185289) was declared effective. That registration statement, which registered additional Shares to ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraShort Euro, ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF and ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF, acted as a combined prospectus and post-effective amendment to the Trust’s Form S-1 Registration Statement (File No. 333-193672) and Form S-3 Registration Statement (File No. 333-183674). On April 24, 2013, a post-effective amendment to the Form S-1 Registration Statement (File No. 333-185288) was declared effective, terminating the registered but unlaunched offerings related to: ProShares UltraPro Short Euro, ProShares Managed Futures Strategy and ProShares Commodity Managed Futures Strategy. On April 29, 2013, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-187820) was declared effective, which registered additional Shares for ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares Ultra Silver, ProShares UltraShort Silver, ProShares UltraShort Euro, ProShares UltraShort Yen, ProShares Ultra VIX Short- Term Futures ETF and ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF. That registration statement was a

 

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combined prospectus and acted as a post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 (File No. 333-185289). On May 21, 2013, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File 333-188215) was declared effective, which registered additional Shares for ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas, ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas, ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF and ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF. That registration statement was a combined prospectus and acted as a post-effective amendment to the Form S-1 (File No. 333-185288). On July 30, 2013, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-189967) was declared effective, which registered additional Shares for ProShares Bloomberg Crude Oil and ProShares UltraShort Yen and partially terminated registered and unissued Shares of ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares Ultra Silver, ProShares UltraShort Silver, ProShares UltraShort Euro and ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF. That registration statement was a combined prospectus and acted as a post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 (File No. 333- 187820). On May 6, 2014, a post-effective amendment to the Form S-1 Registration Statement (File No. 333-188215) was declared effective, updating the Form S-1 Registration Statement by, among other things, incorporating by reference the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. The post-effective amendment did not register any additional shares. On July 30, 2014, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-196884) was declared effective, which partially terminated registered and unissued Shares of ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF, ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Commodity, ProShares Ultra Euro, ProShares Ultra Yen and ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Commodity. That registration statement was a combined prospectus and acted as a post effective amendment to two Form S-1 registration statements (File Nos. 333-188215 and 333-185288). On July 30, 2014, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-196885) was also declared effective, which registered additional Shares for ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil and ProShares UltraShort Euro and partially terminated registered and unissued Shares of ProShares Ultra Gold, ProShares Ultra Silver and ProShares UltraShort Silver. That Registration Statement also was a combined prospectus and acted as a post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 (File No. 333-189967). Through the July 30, 2014 filings, ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF was transferred from the Form S-1 to the Form S-3. On September 29, 2014, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-198189) was declared effective, which registered a new offering of the Managed Futures Fund and acted as a post-effective amendment to the Form S-1 Registration Statement (File No. 333-196884). On November 25, 2014, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-199642) was declared effective, which registered additional Shares for ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas, ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas and ProShares UltraShort Silver. That registration statement was a combined prospectus and acted as a post-effective amendment to the Form S-1 registration statement (File No. 333-198189) and the Form S-3 registration statement (333- 196885). On November 25, 2014, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-199641) was also declared effective, which registered additional Shares for ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares Ultra Gold, ProShares UltraShort Gold, ProShares Ultra Silver, ProShares UltraShort Euro, ProShares UltraShort Yen, ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF, ProShares Short VIX Short- Term Futures ETF and ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF. That Registration Statement also was a combined prospectus and acted as a post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 (File No. 333-196885). Through the November 25, 2014 filings, ProShares UltraShort Silver was transferred from the Form S-3 to the Form S-1. On March 31, 2015, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-202724) was declared effective, which registered additional Shares for ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF, ProShares Managed Futures Strategy, ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Commodity, ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas, ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas, ProShares UltraShort Silver, ProShares Ultra Australian Dollar, ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar, ProShares Ultra Euro, ProShares Short Euro and ProShares Ultra Yen. That registration statement was a combined prospectus and acted as a post-effective amendment to the Form S-1 registration statement (File No. 333-199642). On March 31, 2015, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-202725) was also declared effective, which registered additional Shares for ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares Ultra Gold, ProShares UltraShort Gold, ProShares Ultra Silver, ProShares UltraShort Euro, ProShares UltraShort Yen, ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF, ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF and ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF. That Registration Statement also was a combined prospectus and acted as a post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 (File No. 333-199641). On August 11, 2015, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-202724) was declared effective which removed ProShares Ultra Australian Dollar from the Form S- 1; no additional shares were registered with that filing. That registration statement was a combined

 

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prospectus and acted as a pre-effective amendment to post-effective amendment No. 1 of the Form S-1. On March 30, 2016, Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-202725) was declared effective, which removed from registration all of the Shares that remained unsold thereunder as of the close of business on March 30, 2016. On March 30, 2016, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-210024) was declared effective, which registered additional Shares for ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil, ProShares Ultra Gold, ProShares UltraShort Gold, ProShares Ultra Silver, ProShares UltraShort Euro, ProShares UltraShort Yen, ProShares Ultra VIX Short Term Futures ETF, ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF, ProShares VIX Short Term Futures ETF. Thus, as of March 31, 2016, the Trust had two effective registration statements outstanding: 1) a Form S-1 Registration Statement (No. 333-202724); and 2) a Form S-3 Registration Statement (No. 333-210024).

Substantially all of the proceeds received by each Fund from the issuance and sale of Shares to Authorized Participants are used by each Fund to enter into Financial Instruments relating to that Fund’s benchmark in combination with cash or cash equivalents and/or U.S. Treasury securities or other high credit quality, short-term fixed-income or similar securities (such as shares of money market funds and collateralized repurchase agreements) that may in part be used for direct investment or deposited with the FCMs as margin in connection with futures contracts or in segregated accounts at the Funds’ custodian bank as collateral for swap agreements or forward contracts, as applicable. Each Geared Fund continuously offers and redeems its Shares in blocks of 50,000 Shares, and each Matching VIX Fund continuously offers and redeems Shares in blocks of 25,000 Shares

 

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Title of Securities

Registered

   Amount
Registered As
of March 31, 2018
     Shares Sold
For the Year Ended
March 31, 2018
     Sale Price of Shares
Sold For the Year
Ended

March 31, 2018
 

ProShares Short Euro Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     153,418,934        —        $ —    

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     10,384,122,827        69,900,000      $ 2,358,163,073  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     4,317,748,075        1,950,000      $ 50,670,933  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     322,282,296        650,000      $ 18,760,719  

ProShares Ultra Euro Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     92,531,840        100,000      $ 1,842,786  

ProShares Ultra Gold Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     268,558,744        200,000      $ 8,385,392  

ProShares Ultra Silver Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     1,266,409,983        100,000      $ 3,076,883  

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     9,211,269,195        47,850,000      $ 695,078,742  

ProShares Ultra Yen Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     138,726,333        —        $ —    

ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     972,257,226        200,000      $ 8,203,903  

ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     968,980,552        687,500      $ 23,827,284  

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     167,969,287        —        $ —    

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     1,565,234,838        4,200,000      $ 90,237,490  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     313,407,150        250,000      $ 9,051,492  

 

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Title of Securities

Registered

   Amount
Registered As
of March 31, 2018
     Shares Sold
For the Year Ended
March 31, 2018
     Sale Price of Shares
Sold For the Year
Ended

March 31, 2018
 

ProShares UltraShort Euro Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     1,895,556,096        500,000      $ 10,357,941  

ProShares UltraShort Gold Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     151,720,009        200,000      $ 13,301,973  

ProShares UltraShort Silver Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     1,909,187,099        450,000      $ 14,776,297  

ProShares UltraShort Yen Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     940,420,616        50,000      $ 3,516,719  

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     1,507,229,883        550,000      $ 11,690,691  

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF Common Units of Beneficial Interest

     519,765,878        1,875,000      $ 62,436,457  

Total:

        129,712,500      $ 3,383,378,775  

 

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(b) From January 1, 2018 through March 31, 2018, the number of Shares redeemed and average price per Share for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

   Total Number of
Shares Redeemed
     Average Price
Per Share
 

ProShares Short Euro

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     —        $ —    

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     —        $ —    

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     —        $ —    

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     2,500,000      $ 131.29  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     13,650,000      $ 12.28  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     —        $ —    

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     4,800,000      $ 26.00  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     2,900,000      $ 25.71  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     1,450,000      $ 26.89  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas*

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     880,000      $ 35.16  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     —        $ —    

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     280,284      $ 28.61  

ProShares Ultra Euro

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     50,000      $ 17.96  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     50,000      $ 18.07  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     200,000      $ —    

ProShares Ultra Gold

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     50,000      $ 42.35  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     200,000      $ 42.05  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     —        $ —    

ProShares Ultra Silver

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     350,000      $ 34.25  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     250,000      $ 34.67  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     —        $ —    

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     21,700,000      $ 10.18  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     30,350,000      $ 23.60  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     16,900,000      $ 18.41  

ProShares Ultra Yen

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     —        $ —    

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     —        $ —    

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     —        $ —    

ProShares UltraPro 3x Crude Oil ETF

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     150,000      $ 43.41  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     —        $ —    

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     —        $ —    

ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF*

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     37,500      $ 34.33  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     250,000      $ 41.51  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     25,094      $ 35.20  

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     100,000      $ 44.87  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     50,000      $ 44.47  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     —        $ —    

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     150,000      $ 21.21  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     3,050,000      $ 24.54  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     250,000      $ 20.31  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     100,000      $ 35.73  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     200,000      $ 43.49  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     —        $ —    

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     350,000      $ 20.51  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     200,000      $ 20.05  

 

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Fund

   Total Number of
Shares Redeemed
     Average Price
Per Share
 

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     250,000      $ 20.19  

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     —        $ —    

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     50,000      $ 65.84  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     150,000      $ 67.72  

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     —        $ —    

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     200,000      $ 31.80  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     100,000      $ 34.08  

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     400,000      $ 71.66  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     100,000      $ 70.45  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     —        $ —    

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     —        $ —    

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     850,000      $ 25.56  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     —        $ —    

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     

01/01/18 to 01/31/18

     825,000      $ 23.95  

02/01/18 to 02/28/18

     3,575,000      $ 38.57  

03/01/18 to 03/31/18

     550,000      $ 38.89  

 

* See Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q regarding the reverse Share splits for ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas and ProShares UltraPro 3x Short Crude Oil ETF.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item  5. Other Information.

None.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description of Document

  31.1    Certification by Principal Executive Officer of the Trust Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (1)
  31.2    Certification by Principal Financial Officer of the Trust Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (1)
  32.1    Certification by Principal Executive Officer of the Trust Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (1)
  32.2    Certification by Principal Financial Officer of the Trust Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (1)
101.INS    XBRL Instance Document (1)
101.SCH    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema (1)
101.CAL    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase (1)
101.DEF    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase (1)
101.LAB    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase (1)
101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase (1)

 

(1) Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

PROSHARES TRUST II

/s/ Todd Johnson

By: Todd Johnson

Principal Executive Officer
Date: May 10, 2018

/s/ Edward Karpowicz

By: Edward Karpowicz

Principal Financial Officer
Date: May 10, 2018

 

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