ProShares UltraShort Correlations

GLL Etf  USD 21.10  0.73  3.34%   
The current 90-days correlation between ProShares UltraShort Gold and ProShares UltraShort Silver is 0.49 (i.e., Very weak diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as ProShares UltraShort moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if ProShares UltraShort Gold moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

ProShares UltraShort Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between ProShares UltraShort Gold and DJI is 0.53 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding ProShares UltraShort Gold and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in ProShares UltraShort Gold. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with ProShares Etf

  0.72GDXD MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.63DGZ DB Gold ShortPairCorr
  0.98DULL MicroSectors GoldPairCorr

Moving against ProShares Etf

  0.42VABS Virtus Newfleet ABSMBSPairCorr
  0.39HIDE Alpha Architect HighPairCorr
  0.38SPIB SPDR Barclays IntermPairCorr
  0.37VEA Vanguard FTSE DevelopedPairCorr
  0.32NFLX NetflixPairCorr
  0.32VBF Invesco Van KampenPairCorr
  0.31EUSB iShares TrustPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
MSFTMETA
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JPMMETA
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High negative correlations   
MRKCRM
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ProShares UltraShort Competition Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between ProShares Etf performing well and ProShares UltraShort ETF doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze ProShares UltraShort's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
META  1.51  0.26  0.21  0.32  1.10 
 3.99 
 10.48 
MSFT  0.90  0.30  0.27  0.47  0.54 
 2.33 
 8.85 
UBER  1.64  0.20  0.13  0.33  1.40 
 4.19 
 10.87 
F  1.32  0.14  0.06  0.32  1.47 
 2.69 
 7.46 
T  1.02 (0.05)(0.10) 0.00  1.35 
 2.35 
 5.71 
A  1.46 (0.07) 0.00  0.09  1.81 
 2.54 
 14.01 
CRM  1.33 (0.13)(0.04) 0.04  1.74 
 2.95 
 9.31 
JPM  0.90  0.22  0.18  0.38  0.67 
 2.25 
 6.03 
MRK  1.39 (0.09)(0.05) 0.04  1.96 
 2.88 
 10.58 
XOM  1.13  0.05 (0.04) 0.41  1.36 
 2.40 
 5.84