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ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on VIXY

What this diary said about ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we said

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for VIXY, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 20 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “Software's day: Snowflake soars 20%, ServiceNow jumps 6% and the software ETF turns positive for the year” (2026-09-03)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where VIXY appears in the diary — 20 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Dailies

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta −0.98 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How VIXY has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −0.98 — moves strongly against bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF moved −0.98% on average · correlation −0.16 · higher than 2% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −1.39 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +2.49% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.66% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY)?

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading as VIXY on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

How does Closelooknet use VIXY?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does VIXY trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -11.4% vs the 50-day and -33.4% vs the 200-day average, 58.2% below the 52-week high and +1.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF had a beta of −0.98 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly against bonds, higher than 2% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +2.49% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF?

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF appears in 20 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Midday 10: Software's day: Snowflake soars 20%, ServiceNow jumps 6% and the software ETF turns positive for the year (2026-09-03); Daily Pulse: Bond Rout, Day Two: The US 10-Year Tops 4.8%, Its Highest Since November 2023 (2026-09-02); Midday 10: Software and semis sell off together at midday — the green sits outside tech (2026-09-01). What Closelooknet said most recently: Materials (-0.45%) and Staples (-0.1%) are the only sector losers, and the volatility ETF (VIXY) is down about 1%. (Midday 10, 2026-09-03). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VIXY, fund basics and the top holdings by weight with the Closelooknet names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.