UST +2x ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury
BULL ETF standard · Issuer ProShares · Tracks 7-10 Year Treasury (IEF) · Listed 2010-01-19
Realized vs theoretical +2x 7-10 Year Treasury
Cumulative return of UST against a clean +2x of 7-10 Year Treasury's return over the same window; the red line (right axis) is the gap between them.
Other leveraged products on 7-10 Year Treasury
3| Symbol | Factor | Direction | Issuer | Name | Implied AUM | 30d volume | Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYD | +3x | BULL | Direxion | Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF | $25.8M | 27,980 | ✓ |
| PST | -2x | BEAR | ProShares | ProShares Trust UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury | $11.4M | 7,625 | ✓ |
| TYO | -3x | BEAR | Direxion | Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bear 3X ETF | $11.0M | 23,444 | ✓ |
How UST works
UST targets +2x the daily return of 7-10 Year Treasury — not the return over longer windows. It rebalances every day, so over weeks and months its result drifts away from +2x × the index, usually downward when the market chops around.
The maths: the drag is roughly −½ × N × (N−1) × σ² per period (N = leverage, σ = the index's volatility). For a +2x fund on an index with 25% annual volatility that is several percent a year before fees — the red line above is that drag measured.
Short-term trades (a day or a few) are what these funds are built for. Premium sellers like their rich option IV — see the quote page. Multi-day directional bets work in strong trends and get eaten in chop.
Not investment advice.