All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

SQQQ: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

SQQQ real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SQQQ returned −55.87% over the past year and −45.32% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 11, 2010, SQQQ is down −100.00% in real purchasing-power return, or −47.38%/yr.

Data ending Thu Aug. 27, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2010-02-11💬 to Thu 2026-08-27 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
SQQQ
×
−100.00%
−47.38%/yr
−50.95%/yr
R2=0.970
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 2010-02-11💬 to Thu 2026-08-27 Start
Value
End
Value
SQQQ
×
$10,000.00
2010-02-11
$0.24
2026-08-27

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-27

  YTD YoY
SQQQ
×
−45.32% −55.87%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
SQQQ
×
−100.00%
on 2026-08-27
−100.00%
on 2026-06-15

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-08-27 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
SQQQ
×
−55.87% −80.03%
−55.31%/yr
−91.40%
−55.85%/yr
−95.89%
−47.18%/yr
−99.98%
−56.38%/yr

Annual Returns

Year SQQQ
2026 (YTD) −45.32%
2025 −54.27%
2024 −51.20%
2023 −74.46%
2022 +71.32%
2021 −63.44%
2020 −86.58%
2019 −66.68%
2018 −22.32%
2017 −59.53%
2016 −31.55%
2015 −37.95%
2014 −48.40%
2013 −56.89%
2012 −1.70%
2011 −2.88%
2010 −1.13%