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 −55.96% over the past year and −53.11% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 11, 2010, SQQQ is down −100.00% in real purchasing-power return, or −47.68%/yr.

Data ending Wed Oct. 7, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2010-02-11💬 to Wed 2026-10-07 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
SQQQ
×
−100.00%
−47.68%/yr
−51.05%/yr
R2=0.971
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 2010-02-11💬 to Wed 2026-10-07 Start
Value
End
Value
SQQQ
×
$10,000.00
2010-02-11
$0.21
2026-10-07

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-07

  YTD YoY
SQQQ
×
−53.11% −55.96%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
SQQQ
×
−100.00%
on 2026-10-07
−100.00%
on 2026-10-06

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-10-07 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
SQQQ
×
−55.96% −82.15%
−57.75%/yr
−92.55%
−57.93%/yr
−96.74%
−49.58%/yr
−99.98%
−56.76%/yr

Annual Returns

Year SQQQ
2026 (YTD) −53.11%
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 −57.50%
2012 −1.70%
2011 −2.88%
2010 −1.13%