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PSQ · ProShares Short QQQ
Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in PSQ with dividends reinvested grew to $498, -18.04% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -95.22%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How PSQ held up in past market crashes
PSQ has been through 4 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 26.5% in the 2008 financial crisis, when the S&P 500 fell 56.5%. Its price had not yet regained that high by the latest close (price only, not counting the dividends or interest it paid). No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | PSQ deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 financial crisis | -26.5% | -56.5% | Nov 2008 to Feb 2009 | Not yet |
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -7.7% | -20.2% | Nov 2018 to Dec 2018 | Under a month |
| 2020 COVID crash | -9.4% | -34.1% | Mar 2020 to Mar 2020 | Under a month |
| 2022 bear market | -19.3% | -25.4% | Jun 2022 to Aug 2022 | 2 months |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ is an inverse exchange-traded fund designed to provide daily investment results that correspond to the opposite of the daily performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. Managed by ProShares, the fund uses derivatives and other portfolio instruments to create short exposure without requiring investors to borrow securities or engage directly in short selling.
Fund description from our market-data provider.
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