LEVERAGING SHORT POSITIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF SDS ETF PERFORMANCE

Short selling has long been a popular strategy for investors seeking to profit from drops in asset prices. The ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500 ETF (SDS) provides a leveraged instrument for investors to participate in this strategy. SDS aims to deliver three times the inverse return of the S&P 500 Index. This article examines the performance of SDS,