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Significant Accounting Policies - Valuation of Investments (Detail) (USD $)
6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Level III portfolio investments $ 0 $ 0
ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Commodity [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 2,925,908 3,426,225
ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 343,160,810 244,018,950
ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 46,595,656 19,317,013
ProShares UltraShort Gold [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 83,612,875 154,635,902
ProShares UltraShort Silver [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 51,955,001 112,612,409
ProShares Short Euro [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 12,678,998 7,868,825
ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 17,405,589 25,116,112
ProShares UltraShort Euro [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 440,281,827 424,098,652
ProShares UltraShort Yen [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 353,528,754 587,983,948
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Commodity [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 3,175,774 2,831,766
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 98,194,086 140,020,164
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 14,108,698 55,264,472
ProShares Ultra Gold [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 135,425,170 134,053,416
ProShares Ultra Silver [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 511,426,066 465,361,896
ProShares Ultra Australian Dollar [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 3,150,916 2,598,219
ProShares Ultra Euro [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 2,517,499 2,556,825
ProShares Ultra Yen [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 1,532,537 2,769,247
ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 70,970,640 190,983,697
ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 30,886,213 41,143,544
ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 137,383,081 85,523,576
ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 159,215,027 113,675,977
Total Trust [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 2,520,131,125 2,815,860,835
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Commodity [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 2,975,627 3,453,890
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Commodity [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 364,434,603 247,584,623
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (5,168,641) (1,232,773)
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 44,127,812 18,274,713
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 2,467,844 1,042,300
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Gold [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 94,201,223 148,988,329
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Gold [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (4,840) 14,520
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Silver [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 62,535,124 114,826,066
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Silver [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (16,910) 14,200
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Short Euro [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 12,790,157 7,902,056
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Short Euro [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (111,159) (33,231)
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 17,768,429 24,198,507
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (362,840) 917,605
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Euro [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 445,869,168 437,847,159
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Euro [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Yen [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 363,176,364 558,597,264
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Yen [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Commodity [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 3,166,730 2,816,688
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Commodity [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 92,959,952 137,435,610
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 1,123,104 626,661
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 15,519,463 58,921,011
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (1,410,765) (3,656,539)
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Gold [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 122,192,435 140,880,950
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Gold [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 4,820 (14,560)
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Silver [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 424,515,400 467,868,976
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Silver [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 8,455 (14,200)
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Australian Dollar [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 3,087,416 2,716,439
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Australian Dollar [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 63,500 (118,220)
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Euro [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 2,486,772 2,455,863
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Euro [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Yen [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 1,479,818 2,928,556
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra Yen [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 77,584,126 207,636,383
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (6,613,486) (16,652,686)
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 34,381,263 46,040,233
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (3,495,050) (4,896,689)
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 177,916,427 109,533,487
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (40,533,346) (24,009,911)
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 150,294,400 105,559,022
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 8,920,627 8,116,955
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | Total Trust [Member] | Short-Term U.S. Government and Agencies [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 2,513,462,709 2,846,465,825
Level I - Quoted Prices [Member] | Total Trust [Member] | VIX Futures Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (45,128,687) (39,896,568)
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Commodity [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Commodity [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Commodity [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (49,719) (27,665)
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (16,105,152) (2,332,900)
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Gold [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (10,583,508) 5,633,053
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Gold [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Gold [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Silver [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (10,563,213) (2,227,857)
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Silver [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Silver [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Short Euro [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Short Euro [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Short Euro [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Euro [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Euro [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (5,587,341) (13,748,507)
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Euro [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Yen [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Yen [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (9,647,610) 29,386,684
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares UltraShort Yen [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Commodity [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Commodity [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Commodity [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 9,044 15,078
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 4,111,030 1,957,893
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Gold [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 13,227,915 (6,812,974)
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Gold [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Gold [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Silver [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 86,902,211 (2,492,880)
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Silver [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Silver [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Australian Dollar [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Australian Dollar [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Australian Dollar [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Euro [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Euro [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 30,727 100,962
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Euro [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Yen [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Yen [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 52,719 (159,309)
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra Yen [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 0 0
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | Total Trust [Member] | Forward Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure 78,983,405 (5,900,658)
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | Total Trust [Member] | Foreign Currency Forward Contracts [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure (15,151,505) 15,579,830
Level II - Other Significant Observable Inputs [Member] | Total Trust [Member] | Swap Agreements [Member]
   
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Investments, fair value disclosure $ (12,034,797) $ (387,594)