ProShares VIX Correlations

VIXM Etf  USD 14.97  0.15  1.01%   
The current 90-days correlation between ProShares VIX Mid and Investment Managers Series is -0.73 (i.e., Pay attention - limited upside). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as ProShares VIX moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if ProShares VIX Mid Term moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

ProShares VIX Correlation With Market

Pay attention - limited upside

The correlation between ProShares VIX Mid Term and DJI is -0.9 (i.e., Pay attention - limited upside) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding ProShares VIX Mid Term and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in ProShares VIX Mid Term. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with ProShares Etf

  0.97VXX iPath Series BPairCorr
  0.97VIXY ProShares VIX ShortPairCorr
  0.65EUO ProShares UltraShort EuroPairCorr
  1.0VXZ iPath Series BPairCorr

Moving against ProShares Etf

  0.96BMAY Innovator SP 500PairCorr
  0.9VTV Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.9VO Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.9JHSC John Hancock MultifactorPairCorr
  0.88VTI Vanguard Total Stock Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.88ZHOG RBB Fund Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.87TOT Advisor Managed PortPairCorr
  0.86FPXE First Trust IPOXPairCorr
  0.86GSIG Goldman Sachs AccessPairCorr
  0.85IVV iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.84SPY SPDR SP 500PairCorr
  0.82UDN Invesco DB DollarPairCorr
  0.79CEFD ETRACS Monthly PayPairCorr
  0.76SOXY YieldMax Target 12PairCorr
  0.74XBI SPDR SP Biotech Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.74FSMB First Trust ShortPairCorr
  0.7EMCS Xtrackers MSCI EmergingPairCorr
  0.67PSCT Invesco SP SmallCapPairCorr
  0.64IXJ iShares Global HealthcarePairCorr
  0.57YCS ProShares UltraShort YenPairCorr
  0.49BND Vanguard Total BondPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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

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QSIGRSMV
NXTETLCI
CRCGYCL
FCUSTLCI
TLCIRSMV
  

High negative correlations

QSIGYCL
RSMVYCL
CORNTLCI
QSIGCRCG
FCUSCORN
CORNQSIG

ProShares VIX Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between ProShares Etf performing well and ProShares VIX 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 VIX'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
YCL  0.66 (0.13) 0.00 (4.36) 0.00 
 1.40 
 3.95 
YOLO  3.40  0.04  0.00  0.27  4.18 
 4.98 
 47.55 
CRCG  7.68 (1.99) 0.00 (0.35) 0.00 
 18.38 
 43.32 
RSMV  0.51 (0.02)(0.05) 0.05  0.60 
 1.01 
 2.96 
QSIG  0.07  0.00 (0.79) 0.05  0.00 
 0.16 
 0.37 
UFIV  0.12 (0.02) 0.00 (0.38) 0.00 
 0.22 
 0.67 
TLCI  0.51 (0.02)(0.07) 0.03  0.62 
 0.94 
 3.18 
CORN  0.64 (0.03) 0.00 (0.16) 0.00 
 1.33 
 5.84 
FCUS  1.85  0.15  0.07  0.15  2.48 
 4.33 
 11.44 
NXTE  1.13 (0.05)(0.01) 0.03  1.37 
 2.09 
 6.17