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Investments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investments

NOTE 3 – INVESTMENTS

Short-Term Investments

The Funds may purchase U.S. Treasury Bills, agency securities, and other high-credit quality short-term fixed income or similar securities with original maturities of one year or less. A portion of these investments may be posted as collateral in connection with swap agreements and/or used as collateral for a Fund’s trading in futures and forward contracts.

Accounting for Derivative Instruments

In seeking to achieve each Fund’s investment objective, the Sponsor uses a mathematical approach to investing. Using this approach, the Sponsor determines the type, quantity and mix of investment positions, including derivative positions, which the Sponsor believes in combination, should produce returns consistent with a Fund’s objective.

 

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on each respective Fund’s Schedule of Investments. Certain Funds utilized a varying level of derivative instruments in conjunction with investment securities in seeking to meet their investment objective during the period. While the volume of open positions may vary on a daily basis as each Fund transacts derivatives contracts in order to achieve the appropriate exposure to meet its investment objective, the volume of these open positions relative to the net assets of each respective Fund at the date of this report is generally representative of open positions throughout the reporting period.

Following is a description of the derivative instruments used by the Funds during the reporting period, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type.

Futures Contracts

The Funds enter into futures contracts to gain exposure to changes in the value of, or as a substitute for investing directly in (or shorting), an underlying index, currency or commodity. A futures contract obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to accept) the future delivery of a specified quantity and type of asset at a specified time and place. The contractual obligations of a buyer or seller may generally be satisfied by taking or making physical delivery of the underlying commodity, if applicable, or by making an offsetting sale or purchase of an identical futures contract on the same or linked exchange before the designated date of delivery, or by cash settlement at expiration of contract.

Upon entering into a futures contract, each Fund is required to deposit and maintain as collateral at least such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is affected. The initial margin is segregated as cash and/or securities balances with brokers for futures contracts, as disclosed in the Statements of Financial Condition, and is restricted as to its use. The Funds that enter into futures contracts maintain collateral at the broker in the form of cash and/or securities. Pursuant to the futures contract, each Fund generally agrees to receive from or pay to the broker(s) an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by each Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Each Fund will realize a gain or loss upon closing of a futures transaction.

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk (specifically commodity price risk or equity market volatility risk) and exposure to loss in excess of the amount of variation margin. The face or contract amounts reflect the extent of the total exposure each Fund has in the particular classes of instruments. Additional risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the futures contracts and the market value of the underlying index or commodity and the possibility of an illiquid market for a futures contract. With futures contracts, there is minimal but some counterparty risk to the Funds since futures contracts are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts, guarantees the futures contracts against default. Many futures exchanges and boards of trade limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract prices during a single trading day. Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made that day at a price beyond that limit or trading may be suspended for specified times during the trading day. Futures contracts prices could move to the limit for several consecutive trading days with little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of futures positions and potentially subjecting a Fund to substantial losses. If trading is not possible, or if a Fund determines not to close a futures position in anticipation of adverse price movements, the Fund will be required to make daily cash payments of variation margin. The risk the Fund will be unable to close out a futures position will be minimized by entering into such transactions on a national exchange with an active and liquid secondary market.

Swap Agreements

Certain of the Funds enter into swap agreements for purposes of pursuing their investment objectives or as a substitute for investing directly in (or shorting) an underlying index, currency or commodity, or to create an economic hedge against a position. Swap agreements are two-party contracts that have traditionally been entered into primarily with institutional investors in over-the-counter (“OTC”) markets for a specified period, ranging from a day to more than one year. However, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) provides for significant reforms of the OTC derivative markets, including a requirement to execute certain swap transactions on a CFTC-regulated market and/or to clear such transactions through a CFTC-regulated central clearing organization. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns earned or realized on a particular predetermined investment, instrument or index in exchange for a fixed or floating rate of return in respect of a predetermined notional amount. Transaction or commission costs are reflected in the benchmark level at which the transaction is entered into. The gross returns to be exchanged are calculated with respect to a notional amount and the benchmark returns to which the swap is linked. Swap agreements do not involve the delivery of underlying instruments.

 

Generally, swap agreements entered into by the Funds calculate and settle the obligations of the parties to the agreement on a “net basis” with a single payment. Consequently, each Fund’s current obligations (or rights) under a swap agreement will generally be equal only to the net amount to be paid or received under the agreement based on the relative values of such obligations (or rights) (the “net amount”). In a typical swap agreement entered into by a Matching VIX Fund or an Ultra Fund, the Matching VIX Fund or Ultra Fund would be entitled to settlement payments in the event the level of the benchmark increases and would be required to make payments to the swap counterparties in the event the level of the benchmark decreases, adjusted for any transaction costs or trading spreads on the notional amount the Funds may pay. In a typical swap agreement entered into by a Short Fund or an UltraShort Fund, the Short Fund or UltraShort Fund would be required to make payments to the swap counterparties in the event the level of the benchmark increases and would be entitled to settlement payments in the event the level of the benchmark decreases, adjusted for any transaction costs or trading spreads on the notional amount the Funds may pay.

The net amount of the excess, if any, of each Fund’s obligations over its entitlements with respect to each uncleared swap agreement is accrued on a daily basis and an amount of cash and/or securities having an aggregate value at least equal to such accrued excess is maintained for the benefit of the counterparty in a segregated account by the Funds’ Custodian. The net amount of the excess, if any, of each Fund’s entitlements over its obligations with respect to each uncleared swap agreement is accrued on a daily basis and an amount of cash and/or securities having an aggregate value at least equal to such accrued excess is maintained for the benefit of the Fund in a segregated account by the Fund’s Custodian. Until a swap agreement is settled in cash, the gain or loss on the notional amount less any transaction costs or trading spreads payable by each Fund on the notional amount are recorded as “unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swap agreements” and, when cash is exchanged, the gain or loss realized is recorded as “realized gains or losses on swap agreements.” Swap agreements are generally valued at the last settled price of the benchmark referenced asset.

The Trust, on behalf of a Fund, may enter into agreements with certain counterparties for derivative transactions. These agreements contain various conditions, events of default, termination events, covenants and representations. The triggering of certain events or the default on certain terms of the agreement could allow a party to terminate a transaction under the agreement and request immediate payment in an amount equal to the net positions owed the party under the agreement. This could cause a Fund to have to enter into a new transaction with the same counterparty, enter into a transaction with a different counterparty or seek to achieve its investment objective through any number of different investments or investment techniques.

Swap agreements involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk and exposure to loss in excess of the unrealized gain/loss reflected. The notional amounts reflect the extent of the total investment exposure each Fund has under the swap agreement, which may exceed the NAV of each Fund. Additional risks associated with the use of swap agreements are imperfect correlations between movements in the notional amount and the price of the underlying reference index and the inability of counterparties to perform. Each Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty. A Fund will typically enter into swap agreements only with major global financial institutions. The creditworthiness of each of the firms that is a party to a swap agreement is monitored by the Sponsor. The Sponsor may use various techniques to minimize credit risk including early termination and payment, using different counterparties, limiting the net amount due from any individual counterparty and generally requiring collateral to be posted by the counterparty in an amount approximately equal to that owed to the Funds. All of the outstanding swap agreements at September 30, 2017 contractually terminate within one month but may be terminated without penalty by either party daily. Upon termination, the Fund is entitled to pay or receive the “unrealized appreciation or depreciation” amount.

The Funds, as applicable, collateralize swap agreements by segregating or designating cash and/or certain securities as indicated on the Statements of Financial Condition or Schedules of Investments. As noted above, collateral posted in connection with uncleared derivative transactions is held for the benefit of the counterparty in a segregated tri-party account at the Custodian to protect the counterparty against non-payment by the Funds. In the event of a default by the counterparty, the Funds will seek withdrawal of this collateral from the segregated account and may incur certain costs in exercising its right with respect to the collateral. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties, the Funds may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganizational proceeding. The Funds may obtain only limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances.

The Funds remain subject to credit risk with respect to the amount they expect to receive from counterparties. However, the Funds have sought to mitigate these risks in connection with uncleared swaps by generally requiring that the counterparties for each Fund agree to post collateral for the benefit of the Fund, marked to market daily, in an amount approximately equal to what the counterparty owes the Fund, subject to certain minimum thresholds. In the event of the bankruptcy of a counterparty, the Fund will have direct access to the collateral received from the counterparty, generally as of the day prior to the bankruptcy, because there is a one day time lag between the Fund’s request for collateral and the delivery of such collateral. To the extent any such collateral is insufficient, the Funds will be exposed to counterparty risk as described above, including the possible delays in recovering amounts as a result of bankruptcy proceedings. As of September 30, 2017, the collateral posted by counterparties consisted of cash and/or U.S. Treasury securities.

The counterparty/credit risk for cleared derivative transactions is generally lower than for uncleared OTC derivatives since generally a clearing organization becomes substituted for each counterparty to a cleared derivative contract and, in effect, guarantees the parties’ performance under the contract as each party to a trade looks only to the clearing organization for performance of financial obligations. In addition, cleared derivative transactions benefit from daily marking-to-market and settlement, and segregation and minimum capital requirements applicable to intermediaries.

Forward Contracts

Certain of the Funds enter into forward contracts for purposes of pursuing their investment objectives and as a substitute for investing directly in (or shorting) commodities and/or currencies. A forward contract is an agreement between two parties to purchase or sell a specified quantity of an asset at or before a specified date in the future at a specified price. Forward contracts are typically traded in OTC markets and all details of the contract are negotiated between the counterparties to the agreement. Accordingly, the forward contracts are valued by reference to the contracts traded in the OTC markets.

The contractual obligations of a buyer or seller may generally be satisfied by taking or making physical delivery of the underlying commodity or currency, establishing an opposite position in the contract and recognizing the profit or loss on both positions simultaneously on the delivery date or, in some instances, paying a cash settlement before the designated date of delivery. The forward contracts are adjusted by the daily fluctuation of the underlying commodity or currency and any gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized gains or losses until the contract settlement date.

Forward contracts have traditionally not been cleared or guaranteed by a third party. As a result of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFTC now regulates non-deliverable forwards (including deliverable forwards where the parties do not take delivery). Certain non-deliverable forward contracts, such as non-deliverable foreign exchange forwards, may be subject to regulation as swap agreements, including mandatory clearing. Changes in the forward markets may entail increased costs and result in burdensome reporting requirements.

The Funds may collateralize uncleared forward commodity contracts by segregating or designating cash and/or certain securities as indicated on their Statements of Financial Condition or Schedules of Investments. Such collateral is held for the benefit of the counterparty in a segregated tri-party account at the Custodian to protect the counterparty against non-payment by the Funds. In the event of a default by the counterparty, the Funds will seek withdrawal of this collateral from the segregated account and may incur certain costs in exercising its right with respect to the collateral. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties, the Funds may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery in a bankruptcy or other reorganizational proceeding. The Funds may obtain only limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances.

The Funds remain subject to credit risk with respect to the amount they expect to receive from counterparties. However, the Funds have sought to mitigate these risks by generally requiring that the counterparties for each Fund agree to post collateral for the benefit of the Fund, marked to market daily, in an amount approximately equal to what the counterparty owes the Fund, subject to minimum thresholds. In the event of the bankruptcy of counterparty, the Fund will have direct access to the collateral received from the counterparty, generally as of the day prior to the bankruptcy, because there is a one day time lag between the Fund’s request for collateral and the delivery of such collateral. To the extent any such collateral is insufficient, the Fund will be exposed to counterparty risk as described above, including the possible delays in recovering amounts as a result of bankruptcy proceedings. As of September 30, 2017, the collateral posted by counterparties consisted of cash and/or U.S. Treasury securities.

Participants in trading foreign exchange forward contracts often do not require margin deposits, but rely upon internal credit limitations and their judgments regarding the creditworthiness of their counterparties. In recent years, however, many OTC market participants in foreign exchange trading have begun to require their counterparties to post margin.

 

A Fund will typically enter into forward contracts only with major global financial institutions. The creditworthiness of each of the firms that is a party to a forward contract is monitored by the Sponsor.

The counterparty/credit risk for cleared derivative transactions is generally lower than for uncleared OTC derivatives since generally a clearing organization becomes substituted for each counterparty to a cleared derivative contract and, in effect, guarantees the parties’ performance under the contract as each party to a trade looks only to the clearing organization for performance of financial obligations. In addition, cleared derivative transactions benefit from daily marking-to-market and settlement, and segregation and minimum capital requirements applicable to intermediaries.

 

The following tables indicate the location of derivative related items on the Statement of Financial Condition as well as the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations during the reporting period.

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

as of September 30, 2017

 

    

Assets Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 
Derivatives not    Statements of                Statements of            
accounted for    Financial                Financial            
as hedging    Condition         Unrealized      Condition         Unrealized  

instruments

  

Location

  

Fund

   Appreciation     

Location

  

Fund

   Depreciation  

VIX Futures Contracts

  

Receivables on open futures contracts

  

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ 94,244,035*     

Payable on open futures contracts

  

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ 18,329,321*  
              

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     1,941,640*  
              

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     101,763,031*  

Commodities Contracts

  

Receivables on open futures contracts, unrealized appreciation on swaps and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     348,521*     

Payable on open futures contracts, unrealized depreciation on swaps and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     19,045,866*  
     

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     2,961,605        

ProShares UltraPro 3X Short Crude Oil ETF

     2,423,370*  
     

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     2,157,373*        

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     9,540*  
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     54,614,553*        

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     971,690*  
     

ProShares UltraPro 3X Crude Oil ETF

     1,272,779*        

ProShares Ultra Gold

     8,453,427  
     

ProShares Ultra Gold

     9,520*        

ProShares Ultra Silver

     28,248,742*  

Foreign Exchange Contracts

  

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts and receivables on open futures contracts

  

ProShares Short Euro

     106,206*     

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts and payable on open futures contracts

  

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     565,859  
     

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     379,490*        

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     570,141  
     

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     4,465,552        

ProShares Ultra Euro

     291,439  
     

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     9,817,020        

ProShares Ultra Yen

     407,660  
     

ProShares Ultra Euro

     82,079           
     

ProShares Ultra Yen

     12,351           
        

 

 

          

 

 

 
      Total Trust    $ 170,471,084*         Total Trust    $ 183,021,726*  

 

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Schedules of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statements of Financial Condition in receivable/payable on open futures contracts.

 

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

as of December 31, 2016

 

    

Assets Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivatives not
accounted for as

hedging instruments

  

Statements of

Financial

Condition

Location

  

Fund

   Unrealized
Appreciation
   

Statements of

Financial

Condition

Location

  

Fund

   Unrealized
Depreciation
 

VIX Futures Contracts

  

Receivables on open futures contracts

  

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ 2,273,874  

Payable on open futures contracts

  

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ 2,742,526
     

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     68,375     

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     1,356,620
     

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     13,594,875     

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     10,309,611
             

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     21,567,112

Commodities Contracts

  

Receivables on open futures contracts, unrealized appreciation on swaps and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     3,052,546  

Payable on open futures contracts, unrealized depreciation on swaps and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     13,633,696
     

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     1,411,556     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     482,031
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     60,895,736     

ProShares Ultra Gold

     4,450,067
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     2,536,720     

ProShares Ultra Silver

     21,003,549

Foreign Exchange Contracts

  

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts and receivables on open futures contracts

  

ProShares Short Euro

     132,900  

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts and payable on open futures contracts

  

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     356,139  
     

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     1,182,340     

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     125,420  
     

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     16,519,070       

ProShares Ultra Euro

     576,558  
     

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     16,870,357       

ProShares Ultra Yen

     342,455  
     

ProShares Ultra Euro

     2,548          
     

ProShares Ultra Yen

     379          
        

 

 

         

 

 

 
      Total Trust    $ 118,541,276      Total Trust    $ 76,945,784

 

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Schedules of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statements of Financial Condition in receivable/payable on open futures contracts.

 

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations

For the three months ended September 30, 2017

 

Derivatives not accounted for as
hedging instruments

  

Location of Gain

(Loss) on Derivatives

Recognized in Income

  

Fund

   Realized Gain
(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized in Income
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation on
Derivatives
Recognized in Income
 

VIX Futures Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures contracts

  

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ (27,447,205   $ (17,219,461
     

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     (3,965,084     364,615  
     

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     188,300,727       100,033,466  
     

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     (126,532,816     (95,515,562

Commodity Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts, swap and/or forward agreements/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures contracts, swap and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     (9,418,807     (30,456,798
     

ProShares UltraPro 3X Short Crude Oil ETF

     (1,540,337     (2,178,096
     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     (151,368     615,201  
     

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     (2,644,155     299,106  
     

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     (467,171     (393,756
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     45,497,245       112,823,127  
     

ProShares UltraPro 3X Crude Oil ETF

     4,971,742       694,326  
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     (2,014,548     (1,078,511
     

ProShares Ultra Gold

     5,462,918       (549,421
     

ProShares Ultra Silver

     1,064,270       7,159,593  

Foreign Exchange Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures and/or foreign currency forward contracts/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures and/or foreign currency forward contracts

  

ProShares Short Euro

     (599,482     291,787  
     

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     (1,453,355     837,800  
     

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     (24,505,520     10,103,133  
     

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     (1,067,853     (83,509
     

ProShares Ultra Euro

     1,259,663       (519,273
     

ProShares Ultra Yen

     (4,492     (52,440
        

 

 

   

 

 

 
      Total Trust    $ 44,744,372     $ 85,175,327  

 

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations

For the three months ended September 30, 2016

 

                     Change in  
                     Unrealized
Appreciation/
 
Derivatives not accounted   

Location of Gain

(Loss) on Derivatives

       

Realized Gain

(Loss) on Derivatives

    Depreciation on
Derivatives
 

for as hedging instruments

  

Recognized in Income

  

Fund

   Recognized in Income     Recognized in Income  

VIX Futures Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures contracts

  

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ (101,785,229   $ 6,786,934  
     

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     (4,899,530     (1,149,750
     

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     277,246,086       (51,813,012
     

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     (745,101,700     138,973,918  

Commodity Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts, swap and/or forward agreements/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures contracts, swap and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     50,281,494       (32,976,232
     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     (101,997     712,984  
     

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     (10,296,533     9,770,795  
     

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     (14,865,870     9,507,258  
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     (246,218,628     165,582,895  
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     1,964,411       (8,409,834
     

ProShares Ultra Gold

     12,629,891       (13,416,914
     

ProShares Ultra Silver

     119,372,366       (88,240,470

Foreign Exchange Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures and/or foreign currency forward contracts/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures and/or foreign currency forward contracts

  

ProShares Short Euro

     327,212       (488,475
     

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     (318,842     (971,687
     

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     (5,537,097     (2,518,631
     

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     (33,476,385     23,071,090  
     

ProShares Ultra Euro

     46,252       118,030  
     

ProShares Ultra Yen

     955,047       (764,447
        

 

 

   

 

 

 
      Total Trust    $ (699,779,052   $ 153,774,452  

 

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations

For the nine months ended September 30, 2017

 

                     Change in  
                     Unrealized
Appreciation/
 
Derivatives not accounted   

Location of Gain

(Loss) on Derivatives

       

Realized Gain

(Loss) on Derivatives

    Depreciation on
Derivatives
 

for as hedging instruments

  

Recognized in Income

  

Fund

   Recognized in Income     Recognized in Income  

VIX Futures Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures contracts

  

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ (126,202,705   $ (17,860,669
     

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     (19,180,135     (653,395
     

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     471,128,319       104,553,646  
     

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     (646,036,987     (93,790,794

Commodity Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts, swap and/or forward agreements/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures contracts, swap and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     49,807,530       (5,412,170
     

ProShares UltraPro 3X Short Crude Oil ETF

     232,006       (2,423,370
     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     1,756,252       830,552  
     

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     (10,938,952     (100,481
     

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     (2,693,320     745,817  
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     (123,511,840     (6,281,183
     

ProShares UltraPro 3X Crude Oil ETF

     3,137,907       1,272,779  
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     (21,040,313     (3,508,410
     

ProShares Ultra Gold

     23,362,749       (3,993,840
     

ProShares Ultra Silver

     20,327,016       (7,245,193

Foreign Exchange Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures and/or foreign currency forward contracts/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures and/or foreign currency forward contracts

  

ProShares Short Euro

     (1,334,988     (26,694
     

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     (1,920,606     (802,850
     

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     (45,334,575     (12,263,238
     

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     (17,529,013     (7,498,058
     

ProShares Ultra Euro

     2,666,172       364,650  
     

ProShares Ultra Yen

     338,091       (53,233
        

 

 

   

 

 

 
      Total Trust    $ (442,967,392   $ (54,146,134

 

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations

For the nine months ended September 30, 2016

 

                     Change in  
                     Unrealized
Appreciation/
 
Derivatives not accounted   

Location of Gain

(Loss) on Derivatives

       

Realized Gain

(Loss) on Derivatives

    Depreciation on
Derivatives
 

for as hedging instruments

  

Recognized in Income

  

Fund

   Recognized in Income     Recognized in Income  

VIX Futures Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures contracts

  

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

   $ (134,345,928   $ (8,475,358
     

ProShares VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF

     (5,248,725     (1,917,790
     

ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     263,024,643       16,663,427  
     

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

     (1,269,233,467     (51,163,549

Commodity Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts, swap and/or forward agreements/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures contracts, swap and/or forward agreements

  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

     (36,896,214     (29,823,971
     

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Natural Gas

     455,516       2,803,566  
     

ProShares UltraShort Gold

     (29,965,169     (231,807
     

ProShares UltraShort Silver

     (26,655,192     (4,267,196
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

     (132,872,456     190,316,382  
     

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas

     6,591,697       (7,752,693
     

ProShares Ultra Gold

     33,703,970       (204,134
     

ProShares Ultra Silver

     174,870,519       9,826,416  

Foreign Exchange Contracts

  

Net realized gain (loss) on futures and/or foreign currency forward contracts/changes in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on futures and/or foreign currency forward contracts

  

ProShares Short Euro

     (199,588     (270,444
     

ProShares UltraShort Australian Dollar

     (2,462,334     (495,700
     

ProShares UltraShort Euro

     (60,591,547     30,435,313  
     

ProShares UltraShort Yen

     (86,173,771     14,006,768  
     

ProShares Ultra Euro

     1,155,961       (654,504
     

ProShares Ultra Yen

     2,273,130       (268,290
        

 

 

   

 

 

 
      Total Trust    $ (1,302,568,955   $ 158,526,436  

 

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

Each Fund is subject to master netting agreements or similar arrangements that allow for amounts owed between each Fund and the counterparty to be netted upon an early termination. The party that has the larger payable pays the excess of the larger amount over the smaller amount to the other party. The master netting agreements or similar arrangements do not apply to amounts owed to/from different counterparties. As described above, the Funds utilize derivative instruments to achieve their investment objective during the year. The amounts shown in the Statements of Financial Condition do not take into consideration the effects of legally enforceable master netting agreements or similar arrangements.

For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statements of Financial Condition. The following table presents each Fund’s derivatives by investment type and by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under a master netting agreement and the related collateral received or pledged by the Funds as of September 30, 2017.

 

Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of September 30, 2017

 
     Assets      Liabilities  
     Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
presented in
the Statements
of Financial
Condition
     Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
the Statements
of Financial
Condition
     Net Amounts of
Assets
presented in
the Statements
of Financial
Condition
     Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
presented in
the Statements
of Financial
Condition
     Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Statements
of Financial
Condition
     Net Amounts of
Liabilities
presented in
the Statements
of Financial
Condition
 

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

                 

Swap agreements

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 13,678,377      $ —        $ 13,678,377  

ProShares UltraShort Gold

                 

Forward agreements

     2,961,605        —          2,961,605        —          —          —    

ProShares UltraShort Silver

                 

Forward agreements

     2,152,433        —          2,152,433        —          —          —    

ProShares UltraShort Euro

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     4,465,552        —          4,465,552        565,859        —          565,859  

ProShares UltraShort Yen

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     9,817,020        —          9,817,020        570,141        —          570,141  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

                 

Swap agreements

     40,796,900        —          40,796,900        —          —          —    

ProShares Ultra Gold

                 

Forward agreements

     —          —          —          8,453,427        —          8,453,427  

ProShares Ultra Silver

                 

Forward agreements

     —          —          —          28,243,802        —          28,243,802  

ProShares Ultra Euro

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     82,079        —          82,079        291,439        —          291,439  

ProShares Ultra Yen

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     12,351        —          12,351        407,660        —          407,660  

Asset (Liability) amounts shown in the table below represent amounts owed to (by) the Funds for the derivative-related investments at September 30, 2017. These amounts may be collateralized by cash or financial instruments, segregated for the benefit of the Funds or the counterparties, depending on whether the related contracts are in an appreciated or depreciated position at period end. Amounts shown in the column labeled “Net Amount” represent the uncollateralized portions of these amounts at period end. These amounts may be un-collateralized due to timing differences related to market movements or due to minimum thresholds for collateral movement, as further described above under the caption “Accounting for Derivative Instruments”.

 

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition as of September 30, 2017

 
     Amounts of
Recognized
Assets /
(Liabilities)
presented in the
Statements of
Financial
Condition
    Financial
Instruments for
the Benefit of
(the Funds) /
the
Counterparties
    Cash Collateral
for the Benefit of
(the Funds) / the
Counterparties
    Net Amount  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

        

Citibank, N.A.

   $ (6,092,070   $ 6,092,070     $ —       $ —    

Goldman Sachs International

     (3,900,635     3,900,635       —         —    

Societe Generale

     (514,835     514,835       —         —    

UBS AG

     (3,170,837     3,170,837       —         —    

ProShares UltraShort Gold

        

Citibank, N.A.

     1,045,390       —         —         1,045,390  

Goldman Sachs International

     835,086       (692,611     —         142,475  

Societe Generale

     267,146       (267,146     —         —    

UBS AG

     813,983       —         (660,000     153,983  

ProShares UltraShort Silver

        

Citibank, N.A.

     775,445       —         —         775,445  

Goldman Sachs International

     671,956       —         —         671,956  

Societe Generale

     143,987       —         —         143,987  

UBS AG

     561,045       —         (350,000     211,045  

ProShares UltraShort Euro

        

Goldman Sachs International

     2,034,015       (2,034,015     —         —    

UBS AG

     1,865,678       —         (1,865,678     —    

ProShares UltraShort Yen

        

Goldman Sachs International

     4,588,344       (4,588,344     —         —    

UBS AG

     4,658,535       —         (4,550,000     108,535  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

        

Citibank, N.A.

     13,855,515       —         —         13,855,515  

Goldman Sachs International

     11,965,958       (11,930,988     —         34,970  

Societe Generale

     4,548,744       (4,548,744     —         —    

UBS AG

     10,426,683       —         (9,900,000     526,683  

ProShares Ultra Gold

        

Citibank, N.A.

     (2,994,458     2,994,458       —         —    

Goldman Sachs International

     (2,118,074     2,118,074       —         —    

Societe Generale

     (1,015,643     1,015,643       —         —    

UBS AG

     (2,325,252     2,325,252       —         —    

ProShares Ultra Silver

        

Citibank, N.A.

     (9,405,158     9,405,158       —         —    

Goldman Sachs International

     (7,478,422     7,478,422       —         —    

Societe Generale

     (3,531,263     3,531,263       —         —    

UBS AG

     (7,828,959     7,828,959       —         —    

ProShares Ultra Euro

        

Goldman Sachs International

     (103,093     103,093       —         —    

UBS AG

     (106,267     106,267       —         —    

ProShares Ultra Yen

        

Goldman Sachs International

     (216,458     216,458       —         —    

UBS AG

     (178,851     27,993       —         (150,858

 

The following table presents each Fund’s derivatives by investment type and by counterparty net of amounts available for offset

under a master netting agreement and the related collateral received or pledged by the Funds as of December 31, 2016:

 

Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of December 31, 2016

 
     Assets      Liabilities  
     Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
presented in
the Statements
of Financial
Condition
     Gross
Amounts
Offset in
the the
Statements
of Financial
Condition
     Net Amounts
of Assets
presented in
the Statements
of Financial
Condition
     Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
presented in
the Statements
of Financial
Condition
     Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Statements
of Financial
Condition
     Net Amounts
of Liabilities
presented in
the Statements
of Financial
Condition
 

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

                 

Swap agreements

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 12,206,881      $ —        $ 12,206,881  

ProShares UltraShort Gold

                 

Forward agreements

     3,033,566        —          3,033,566        —          —          —    

ProShares UltraShort Silver

                 

Forward agreements

     1,384,246        —          1,384,246        —          —          —    

ProShares UltraShort Euro

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     16,519,070        —          16,519,070        356,139        —          356,139  

ProShares UltraShort Yen

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     16,870,357        —          16,870,357        125,420        —          125,420  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

                 

Swap agreements

     55,358,571        —          55,358,571        —          —          —    

ProShares Ultra Gold

                 

Forward agreements

     —          —          —          4,431,107        —          4,431,107  

ProShares Ultra Silver

                 

Forward agreements

     —          —          —          20,976,189        —          20,976,189  

ProShares Ultra Euro

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     2,548        —          2,548        576,558        —          576,558  

ProShares Ultra Yen

                 

Foreign currency forward contracts

     379        —          379        342,455        —          342,455  

Asset (Liability) amounts shown in the table below represent amounts owed to (by) the Funds for the derivative-related investments at December 31, 2016. These amounts may be collateralized by cash or financial instruments, segregated for the benefit of the Funds or the counterparties, depending on whether the related contracts are in an appreciated or depreciated position at period end. Amounts shown in the column labeled “Net Amount” represent the uncollateralized portions of these amounts at period end. These amounts may be un-collateralized due to timing differences related to market movements or due to minimum thresholds for collateral movement, as further described above under the caption “Accounting for Derivative Instruments”.

 

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2016

 
     Amounts of
Recognized
Assets /
(Liabilities)
presented in the
Statements of
Financial
Condition
    Financial
Instruments for
the Benefit of
(the Funds) /
the
Counterparties
    Cash Collateral
for the Benefit of
(the Funds) / the
Counterparties
    Net Amount  

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil

        

Citibank, N.A.

   $ (4,742,191   $ 4,742,191     $ —       $ —    

Goldman Sachs International

     (3,061,395     3,061,395       —         —    

Societe Generale

     (1,050,699     1,050,699       —         —    

UBS AG

     (3,352,596     3,352,596       —         —    

ProShares UltraShort Gold

        

Citibank, N.A.

     1,147,811       —         —         1,147,811  

Goldman Sachs International

     881,454       (874,948     —         6,506  

Societe Generale

     393,006       (393,006     —         —    

UBS AG

     611,295       —         (611,295     —    

ProShares UltraShort Silver

        

Citibank, N.A.

     610,478       —         —         610,478  

Goldman Sachs International

     323,829       (323,829     —         —    

Societe Generale

     86,543       (86,543     —         —    

UBS AG

     363,396       —         (363,396     —    

ProShares UltraShort Euro

        

Goldman Sachs International

     8,109,067       (8,109,067     —         —    

UBS AG

     8,053,864       —         (8,053,864     —    

ProShares UltraShort Yen

        

Goldman Sachs International

     8,256,779       (7,771,819     —         484,960  

UBS AG

     8,488,158       —         (7,980,000     508,158  

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil

        

Citibank, N.A.

     18,427,009       —         —         18,427,009  

Goldman Sachs International

     14,016,906       (14,016,906     —         —    

Societe Generale

     8,661,821       (8,661,821     —         —    

UBS AG

     14,252,835       —         (14,252,835     —    

ProShares Ultra Gold

        

Citibank, N.A.

     (1,464,982     1,464,982       —         —    

Goldman Sachs International

     (1,112,916     1,112,916       —         —    

Societe Generale

     (643,587     643,587       —         —    

UBS AG

     (1,209,622     1,209,622       —         —    

ProShares Ultra Silver

        

Citibank, N.A.

     (6,946,009     6,946,009       —         —    

Goldman Sachs International

     (5,869,092     5,869,092       —         —    

Societe Generale

     (2,532,729     2,532,729       —         —    

UBS AG

     (5,628,359     5,628,359       —         —    

ProShares Ultra Euro

        

Goldman Sachs International

     (239,256     239,256       —         —    

UBS AG

     (334,754     334,754       —         —    

ProShares Ultra Yen

        

Goldman Sachs International

     (219,736     219,736       —         —    

UBS AG

     (122,340     122,340       —         —