ProShares VIX Correlations

VIXY Etf  USD 26.09  0.46  1.79%   
The current 90-days correlation between ProShares VIX Short and Direxion Daily Energy is 0.17 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of ProShares VIX is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

ProShares VIX Correlation With Market

Pay attention - limited upside

The correlation between ProShares VIX Short Term and DJI is -0.92 (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 Short 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 Short Term. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in american community survey.

Moving together with ProShares Etf

  0.96VXX iPath Series BPairCorr
  0.95VIXM ProShares VIX MidPairCorr
  0.95VXZ iPath Series BPairCorr
  0.69FNGU MicroSectors FANG Index Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.73T ATT Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.62HPQ HP IncPairCorr

Moving against ProShares Etf

  0.8NUGT Direxion Daily GoldPairCorr
  0.79CEFD ETRACS Monthly PayPairCorr
  0.78AGQ ProShares Ultra Silver TrendingPairCorr
  0.76UDN Invesco DB DollarPairCorr
  0.74DGP DB Gold DoublePairCorr
  0.73UGL ProShares Ultra Gold Buyout TrendPairCorr
  0.71DFEN Direxion Daily AerospacePairCorr
  0.61URNM Sprott Uranium Miners Buyout TrendPairCorr
  0.55YCS ProShares UltraShort YenPairCorr
  0.54DIG ProShares Ultra OilPairCorr
  0.43EIPX First Trust ExchangePairCorr
  0.82BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.81WMT Walmart Common StockPairCorr
  0.73CAT Caterpillar Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.67DIS Walt Disney Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.66XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.61BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.57JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.53INTC Intel Upward RallyPairCorr
  0.46GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.44PFE Pfizer Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.43MCD McDonaldsPairCorr

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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High negative correlations

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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
SVXY  1.11  0.03  0.04  0.09  1.61 
 2.70 
 9.53 
UVXY  3.37 (0.14) 0.00  0.09  0.00 
 8.03 
 30.60 
SMB  0.08  0.01 (0.46) 0.27  0.00 
 0.17 
 0.58 
STOT  0.05  0.00 (0.94)(0.41) 0.00 
 0.09 
 0.25 
GUSH  2.44  0.18  0.07  0.23  2.70 
 5.33 
 15.28 
FTSD  0.05  0.01 (1.00) 0.64  0.00 
 0.13 
 0.34 
AAPU  1.45 (0.13) 0.00 (0.08) 0.00 
 3.83 
 11.48 
TZA  2.66 (0.06) 0.00  0.08  0.00 
 5.42 
 16.49 
QID  1.52  0.02  0.00  0.05  0.00 
 4.09 
 9.90 
ERX  1.98  0.33  0.12  0.74  2.17 
 4.54 
 10.76