ProShares Ultra Semiconductors USD Risk & Disclosures

ProShares Ultra Semiconductors USD
$80.18 +3.66 (+4.75%)
At close: Oct 27, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Principal Risks

16 disclosed

You could lose money by investing in the Fund.

● Leverage Risk - The Fund uses leverage and will lose more money when the value of the Index falls than a similar fund that does not use leverage. The use of leverage increases the risk of a total loss of your investment. If the Index approaches a 50% loss at any point in the day, you could lose your entire investment. As a result, an investment in the Fund may not be suitable for all investors. The use of leverage increases the volatility of your returns. The cost of obtaining this leverage will lower your returns.

● Holding Period Risk - The performance of the Fund for periods longer than a single day will likely differ from the Daily Target. This difference may be significant. If you are considering holding fund shares for longer than a day, it's important that you understand the impact of the return and volatility (how much the value of the Index moves up and down from day-to-day) of the Index on your holding period return. The volatility of the Index has a negative impact on Fund returns. During periods of higher volatility, the volatility of the Index may affect the Fund's returns as much as or more than the return of the Index.

The following table illustrates the impact of the volatility and return of the Index on Fund returns for a hypothetical one-year period. However, these effects will impact your return for any holding period other than a day. The longer you hold shares of the Fund, the more magnified these effects will be. As a result, you should consider monitoring your investments in the Fund in light of your individual investment goals and risk tolerance.

In the table areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than the Daily Target. As the table shows, your return will tend to be worse than the Daily Target when there are smaller gains or losses and higher volatility in the Index. Your return will tend to be better than the Daily Target when there are

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larger gains or losses and lower volatility in the Index. You may lose money when the return of the Index is flat (i.e., close to zero) and you may lose money when the Index rises.

The table uses hypothetical annualized volatility and returns of the Index to illustrate the impact of these two factors on Fund performance over a one-year period. It does not represent actual returns. Each row corresponds to the level of a hypothetical return of the Index for a one-year period. Each column corresponds to a level of hypothetical annualized volatility of the Index. For example, the Fund may mistakenly be expected to achieve a -40% return on a yearly basis if the annual return of the Index were -20%. However, as the table shows, with a one-year return of the Index of -20% and an annualized volatility of the Index of 50%, the Fund could be expected to return -50.2%.

Estimated Fund Returns

Index Performance

One Year Volatility Rate

One

Year

Index

Two times

(2x) the

One Year

Index

10%

25%

50%

75%

100%

-60%

-120%

-84.2%

-85.0%

-87.5%

-90.9%

-94.1%

-50%

-100%

-75.2%

-76.5%

-80.5%

-85.8%

-90.8%

-40%

-80%

-64.4%

-66.2%

-72.0%

-79.5%

-86.8%

-30%

-60%

-51.5%

-54.0%

-61.8%

-72.1%

-82.0%

-20%

-40%

-36.6%

-39.9%

-50.2%

-63.5%

-76.5%

-10%

-20%

-19.8%

-23.9%

-36.9%

-53.8%

-70.2%

0%

0%

-1.0%

-6.1%

-22.1%

-43.0%

-63.2%

10%

20%

19.8%

13.7%

-5.8%

-31.1%

-55.5%

20%

40%

42.6%

35.3%

12.1%

-18.0%

-47.0%

30%

60%

67.3%

58.8%

31.6%

-3.7%

-37.8%

40%

80%

94.0%

84.1%

52.6%

11.7%

-27.9%

50%

100%

122.8%

111.4%

75.2%

28.2%

-17.2%

60%

120%

153.5%

140.5%

99.4%

45.9%

-5.8%

Assumes: (a) no dividends paid with respect to securities included in the Index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) borrowing/lending rates (to obtain leveraged exposure) of zero percent. If these were included the Fund's performance would be different from that shown.

The annualized historical volatility rate for the Index for the five-year period ended May 31, 2026 was 38.69%. The highest May to May volatility rate for the Index during the five-year period ended May 31, 2026 was 50.44% (May 31, 2025). The annualized total return performance of the Index for the five-year period ended May 31, 2026 was 43.35%. The historical volatility and performance of the Index do not predict future volatility and performance of the Index.

For more information, including additional graphs and charts demonstrating the effects of the volatility and return of the Index on the long-term performance of the Fund, see "Understanding the Risks and Long-Term Performance of a 2x Daily Objective Fund" in the Fund's Prospectus.

● Correlation Risk - A number of factors may affect the Fund's ability to achieve a high degree of leveraged correlation with the Index. Fees, expenses, transaction costs, financing costs associated with the use of derivatives, among other factors, will adversely impact the Fund's ability to meet its Daily Target. In addition, the Fund may not have leveraged exposure to all of the instruments in the Index, its weighting of those instruments may be different from that of the Index, and it may invest in instruments not included in the Index. Moreover, if for any reason the Fund is unable to rebalance all or a portion of its investments, the Fund may have exposure to the Index that is significantly greater or less than the Daily Target. Any of these factors may prevent the Fund from achieving exposure consistent with the Daily Target.

● Derivatives Risk - Investing in derivatives may be considered aggressive and may expose the Fund to greater risks including counterparty risk and correlation risk. The Fund may lose money if its derivatives do not perform as expected and may even lose money if they do perform as expected. Any costs associated with using derivatives will reduce the Fund's return.

○ Swaps Risk - The return on a swap agreement may be affected by many factors, including market conditions, regulatory requirements, margin and collateral requirements and the availability of counterparties. The terms of a swap agreement between the Fund and a counterparty may permit the counterparty to immediately close out the transaction with the Fund, including intraday (for example, if the Index has a dramatic intraday move that causes a material decline in the Fund's net assets). Such terminations may be more likely when the underlying asset is highly concentrated. If an agreement is terminated, the Fund may be unable to enter into another swap agreement or invest in other derivatives to achieve its investment objective.

To the extent the Fund invests in swaps that use an ETF as the reference asset, the Fund will be subject to the risks of that ETF, including the risk that the ETF may not meet its investment objective. In addition, the Fund may be subject to greater correlation risk since the performance of the ETF may not correlate to the performance of the Index.

● Counterparty Risk - The Fund may lose money if a counterparty does not meet its contractual obligations. Such losses may be significant. Counterparty defaults or bankruptcies may result in significant delays in payments and increased costs. Counterparty risk may increase during periods of financial market stress or when market liquidity is reduced.

● Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment Industry Risk - The risks of investments in the industry include: intense competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from subsidized foreign competitors with

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lower production costs; wide fluctuations in securities prices due to risks of rapid obsolescence of products; economic performance of the customers of semiconductor companies; their research costs and the risks that their products may not prove commercially successful; capital equipment expenditures that could be substantial and suffer from rapid obsolescence; and thin capitalization and limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. The semiconductors sector may also be affected by risks that affect the broader technology sector, including: government regulation; dramatic and often unpredictable changes in growth rates and competition for qualified personnel; heavy dependence on patent and intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely affect profitability; and a small number of companies representing a large portion of the technology sector as a whole.

● Equity and Market Risk - Equity markets are volatile, and the value of equity securities and other instruments correlated with equity markets may fluctuate dramatically from day to day. Equity markets are subject to corporate, political, regulatory, market, social, geopolitical and economic developments, including changes in interest and currency rates, inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory or governmental trade or market control programs, recessions, supply chain disruptions, labor disturbances, environmental or man-made disasters, war, terrorism, public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious diseases, pandemics and epidemics), social unrest and other unforeseeable events.

● Money Market Instruments Risk - Adverse economic, political or market events affecting issuers of money market instruments, defaults by counterparties or changes in government regulations may have a negative impact on the performance of the Fund. The Fund's investments in money market instruments through an affiliated ETF are subject to the additional risk that the ETF's share price may fluctuate, including deviating from its net asset value during illiquid markets or during periods of high redemption activity.

● Industry Concentration Risk - The Index may have a significant portion of its value in issuers in an industry or group of industries. The Fund will allocate its investments to approximately the same extent as the Index. As a result, the Fund may be subject to greater market fluctuations than a fund that is more broadly invested across industries. As of May 31, 2026, the Index had a significant portion of its value in issuers in the semiconductors & semiconductor equipment industry group.

● Non-Diversification Risk - The Fund has the ability to invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in the securities of a small number of issuers or in financial instruments with a single counterparty or a few counterparties. This may increase the Fund's volatility and increase the risk that the Fund's performance will decline based on the performance of a single issuer or the credit of a single counterparty.

● Index Performance Risk - The Index used by the Fund may underperform other asset classes and may underperform other similar indices. The Index is maintained by a third party provider unaffiliated with the Fund or ProShare Advisors. There can be no guarantee that the methodology underlying the Index or the daily calculation of the Index will be free from error.

● Intraday Price Performance Risk - The intraday performance of Fund shares traded in the secondary market generally will be different from the performance of the Fund when measured from one NAV calculation-time to the next. When shares are bought intraday, the performance of the Fund's shares relative to the Index until the Fund's next NAV calculation time will generally be higher or lower than the Daily Target.

● Market Price Variance Risk - Investors buy and sell Fund shares in the secondary market at market prices. Market prices may be different from the NAV per share of the Fund (i.e., the secondary market price may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount)). The market price of the Fund's shares will fluctuate in response to changes in the value of the Fund's holdings, supply and demand for shares and other market factors.

● Early Close/Late Close/Trading Halt Risk - An exchange or market may close early, close late or issue trading halts on specific securities or financial instruments. In these circumstances, the Fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its investments and/or may incur substantial trading losses.

Please see "Investment Objectives, Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks" in the Fund's Prospectus for additional details.

Investment Results

The bar chart below shows how the Fund's investment results have varied from year to year, and the table shows how the Fund's average annual total returns for various periods compare with different broad measures of market performance. This information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. In addition, the Fund's performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, if any, in effect during the periods presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower.    Past results (before and after

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taxes) are not predictive of future results. Updated information on the Fund's results can be obtained by visiting the Fund's website (www.proshares.com).

Annual Returns as of December 31

 

Best Quarter

(ended

6/30/2025):

84.68%

Worst Quarter

(ended

6/30/2022):

-52.32%

Year-to-Date

(ended

6/30/2026):

99.32%

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Average Annual Total Returns

As of December 31, 2025

One

Year

Five

Years

Ten

Years

Before Tax

62.02%

52.27%

50.82%

After Taxes on Distributions

61.73%

52.19%

50.67%

After Taxes on Distributions and

Sale of Shares

36.72%

45.24%

46.72%

Dow Jones U.S. Semiconductors

Index 1

44.50%

36.55%

33.10%

S&P 500 Index 1

17.88%

14.42%

14.81%

1

Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Adjusted to reflect the reinvestment of dividends paid by issuers in the index.

Average annual total returns are shown on a before- and after-tax basis for the Fund. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a retirement account. After-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to a tax benefit from realizing a capital loss on a sale of shares.

Annual returns are required to be shown and should not be interpreted as suggesting that the Fund should or should not be held for longer periods of time

Listed in the order the fund gives them — risks are ordered by significance, so the first is the one the fund considers most material.

Principal Risks Estimated Fund Returns Index Performance One Year Volatility Rate One Year Index Two times (2x) the One Year Index 10% 25% 50% 75% 100% -60% -120% -84.2% -85.0% -87.5% -90.9% -94.1% -50% -100% -75.2% -76.5% -80.5% -85.8% -90.8% -40% -80% -64.4% -66.2% -72.0% -79.5% -86.8% -30% -60% -51.5% -54.0% -61.8% -72.1% -82.0% -20% -40% -36.6% -39.9% -50.2% -63.5% -76.5% -10% -20% -19.8% -23.9% -36.9% -53.8% -70.2% 0% 0% -1.0% -6.1% -22.1% -43.0% -63.2% 10% 20% 19.8% 13.7% -5.8% -31.1% -55.5% 20% 40% 42.6% 35.3% 12.1% -18.0% -47.0% 30% 60% 67.3% 58.8% 31.6% -3.7% -37.8% 40% 80% 94.0% 84.1% 52.6% 11.7% -27.9% 50% 100% 122.8% 111.4% 75.2% 28.2% -17.2% 60% 120% 153.5% 140.5% 99.4% 45.9% -5.8% ○ Swaps Risk - The return on a swap agreement may be affected by many factors, including market conditions, regulatory requirements, margin and collateral requirements and the availability of counterparties. The terms of a swap agreement between the Fund and a counterparty may permit the counterparty to immediately close out the transaction with the Fund, including intraday (for example, if the Index has a dramatic intraday move that causes a material decline in the Fund's net assets). Such terminations may be more likely when the underlying asset is highly concentrated. If an agreement is terminated, the Fund may be unable to enter into another swap agreement or invest in other derivatives to achieve its investment objective.

You could lose money by investing in the Fund.

● Leverage Risk - The Fund uses leverage and will lose more money when the value of the Index falls than a similar fund that does not use leverage. The use of leverage increases the risk of a total loss of your investment. If the Index approaches a 50% loss at any point in the day, you could lose your entire investment. As a result, an investment in the Fund may not be suitable for all investors. The use of leverage increases the volatility of your returns. The cost of obtaining this leverage will lower your returns.

Fund Facts

identifiers and fund details
Fund Name
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
Share Class
ProShares Ultra Semiconductors
Ticker
USD
Series ID
S000014258
Class ID
C000038817
CIK
0001174610
Prospectus Date
Sep 28, 2026
Fund Website
(www.proshares.com)

Source Filing

This fund’s registration filing is on public record. Registered readers get its accession number and a direct link to it on EDGAR.

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Purchase & Sale of Shares

The Fund will issue and redeem shares only to Authorized Participants (typically broker-dealers) in exchange for the deposit or delivery of a basket of assets (securities and/or cash) in large blocks, known as Creation Units. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased and sold by retail investors in secondary market transactions through broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries. Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities exchange and because shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares of the Fund may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). In addition to brokerage commissions, investors incur the costs of the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the "bid-ask spread"). The bid-ask spread varies over time for Fund shares based on trading volume and market liquidity. Recent information, including information about the Fund's NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, is included on the Fund's website (www.proshares.com)

Tax Information

Income and capital gains distributions you receive from the Fund generally are subject to federal income taxes and may also be subject to state and local taxes. The Fund intends to distribute income, if any, quarterly, and capital gains, if any, at least annually. Distributions for this Fund may be higher than those of most ETFs.

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