ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY)

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

Chart structure 17.53 (+0.2%) · −9.4% vs 50-day · −31.2% vs 200-day · 55.8% off the 52-week high · 2 up sessions running Downtrend stack — Trades -9.4% vs the 50-day and -31.2% vs the 200-day average, 55.8% below the 52-week high and +6.4% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. Technical tab → 2026-09-15

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 44/100 · S&P 500 fund at 44, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-15
Factor regime Momentum leadership cooling, still above trendMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 89th percentile of the window, -4.5% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-15
Sovereign pressure Index 0.44 · down 0.31 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-15

About ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelook 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 Closelook page. It is a constituent of Closelook benchmark ETF set.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-16

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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 Closelook tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-09-16.

How does Closelook 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 Closelook 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 -9.4% vs the 50-day and -31.2% vs the 200-day average, 55.8% below the 52-week high and +6.4% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-15 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

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

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF appears in 20 Closelook 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 Closelook 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 Closelook" 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 Closelook names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook

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

Long reads

Sector Rotation — Three Rotations, One WeekWeekly Signal · 19 Jul 2026
Earnings Season — The Bar Meets Its First PrintsWeekly Signal · 12 Jul 2026
Software vs Semis — The Tape Split in TwoWeekly Signal · 5 Jul 2026And the one that matters for framing: volatility fell (VIXY −6.2%).

Dailies

Software's day: Snowflake soars 20%, ServiceNow jumps 6% and the software ETF turns positive for the yearMidday 10 · 3 Sept 2026Materials (-0.45%) and Staples (-0.1%) are the only sector losers, and the volatility ETF (VIXY) is down about 1%.
Bond Rout, Day Two: The US 10-Year Tops 4.8%, Its Highest Since November 2023Daily Pulse · 2 Sept 2026The euro is down for a fifth straight day at 1.158 against a dollar that is at a three-week high. §3 — Risk & dollar DXY 99.8 (three-week high) · UUP $28.21 +0.32% · VIX 16.77 +2.6% · VIXY $17.80 +3.0% · USD/JPY 159.7 (from 160.3) ·…
Software and semis sell off together at midday — the green sits outside techMidday 10 · 1 Sept 2026The Momentum (SPMO) / Low Volatility (SPLV) spread is narrow at -0.56% vs -0.13%, with low-vol outperforming — a mild but legible shift in factor leadership toward defense; Volatility (VIXY) is up 1.19%, consistent with that read.
Verdict day two: six earnings windows close as MongoDB and GitLab printMorning 10 · 1 Sept 2026VIXY fell −5.26% over five days; momentum (SPMO +0.65%) is essentially flat on the week while low-volatility (SPLV −1.74%) is meaningfully lower — momentum outrunning its defensive counterpart even as the VIX itself firmed to 14.92 Monday…
The morning chip slide rounds back to flat; oil takes the bidMidday 10 · 31 Aug 2026Momentum (SPMO, minus 0.43%) and Low Volatility (SPLV, minus 0.37%) run in lockstep, and Volatility (VIXY) is down 1.22% — no stress signature under a mildly red board.
Verdict day: five earnings windows close as chip stocks wobbleMorning 10 · 31 Aug 2026VIXY ticked up on the day after falling on the week; small caps (Russell 2000) were the weakest index on both timeframes — breadth is narrowing.
In-line core PCE leaves both bond lines standing as the tape flattens into a five-print evening — Nvidia the refereeMidday 10 · 26 Aug 2026IBIT dips under 44.5 intraday, Intuit carries its guidance punishment down 4.24%, the semis hold their bounce flat, and low volatility reclaims its 50-day with VIXY within half a percent of its year low.
Day one of the trendline test goes to the bounce — all four semi funds green with SOXX back above 505Midday 10 · 25 Aug 2026The factor spread is the clearest signal: Momentum (SPMO) is up 0.77% while Low Volatility (SPLV) is down 0.48% — roughly a 125-basis-point risk-on gap on the very session after Monday printed a 2.9-point spread the defensive way — with…

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Mentioned on Closelook