

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil
$60.55+1.45 (+2.44%)
- 0.95%
- $478M
- +191.9%
- 2.9M sh
- $59.40
- low $18.12high $59.75
The ETF.net UCO Grade
Score 52 out of 100
- 2 of 6
Score 52 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.C41 out of 100Rank 4 of 6Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C48 out of 100Rank 4 of 6Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A74 out of 100Rank 1 of 6Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A70 out of 100Rank 1 of 6
Our read on UCO
CMost leveraged energy funds juice oil-company stocks. UCO levers the barrel itself: 2x the daily move of a WTI futures index that spreads across three roll schedules instead of camping in the front-month contract.
UCO seeks daily results, before fees and expenses, equal to two times the daily performance of the Bloomberg Commodity Balanced WTI Crude Oil Index.
Why people hold it
- Crude, not drillers: 2x the daily move of a WTI futures index, while cohort peers ERX, GUSH and DIG lever baskets of energy stocks.proshares.com
- The benchmark splits equally across monthly, June-annual and December-annual futures roll schedules, reset semi-annually, so it is not pinned to the front-month contract.proshares.comsec.gov
- Actively traded, and its 0.95% expense ratio sits right at the median for 2x energy funds. Live since 2008, through several oil booms and busts.
Worth knowing
- The leverage resets daily. Hold past a day and compounding takes over, so multi-day results can differ from 2x the period's oil move, especially in choppy markets.proshares.com
- Structured as a commodity pool, so tax time brings a Schedule K-1 rather than a 1099.proshares.com
- A price-move vehicle, not an income one: the fund has not been paying distributions.
UCO Holdings
- Other
- 1
- 100%
- Net Other Assets (Liabilities)
UCO Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | UCO |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +206.0% |
| 1 month | +14.6% |
| 3 months | +70.5% |
| 1 year | +191.9% |
| 3 years | +22.9% |
| 5 years | +19.9% |
| 10 years | −8.4% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | UCO |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +206.0% | |
| 2025 | −29.7% | |
| 2024 | +5.4% | |
| 2023 | −13.9% | |
| 2022 | +39.7% | |
| 2021 | +139.3% | |
| 2020 | −92.9% |
UCO in the news
UCO Dividends
No distributions in the last 12 months.
UCO Risk
This fund targets a multiple of the daily move of its index and resets daily. Hold it longer than one reset and compounding makes the return diverge from that target. In choppy markets it can lose value even when the index ends flat.
- 52.4%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.42
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −67.2%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 2.79
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
UCO Cost
- The middle half of 2x/3x Long Energy funds
- Median 0.94%
3 of the 6 2x/3x Long Energy funds charge less.
Other funds in 2x/3x Long Energy
- BERXDirexion Daily Energy Bull 2X ETFExpense ratio 0.91%1 year return +128.6%
- CGUSHDirexion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull 2X ETFExpense ratio 0.94%1 year return +122.9%
- CDIGProShares - Ultra EnergyExpense ratio 1.07%1 year return +128.5%
- CXLEXCorgi ETF Trust I - Corgi U.S. Energy 2x Daily ETFExpense ratio 0.45%1 year return —
- DBOILProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural GasExpense ratio 0.95%1 year return −60.2%




