ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF: Not For Investors

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF is designed for daily, leveraged, inverse exposure to crude oil prices. SCO's structure means timing is critical. Leverage amplifies both gains and losses, with a single bad day potentially erasing many good trades.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 15, 2025

Top Performing Leveraged/Inverse ETFs: 06/29/2025

Top Performing Leveraged/Inverse ETFs Last Week These were last week's top performing leveraged and inverse ETFs. Note that because of leverage, these kinds of funds can move quickly.

ETF Trends • Jul 1, 2025

SCO: Perfectly Sensible Speculative Tool, But Not A Hold

SCO is designed as a short-term, speculative tool for betting against WTI crude oil futures, not for long-term holding or investment. The fund's construction—using futures and daily leverage resets—causes performance decay and divergence from its benchmark over time. Liquidity, tight spreads, and low costs make SCO suitable for active traders seeking leveraged exposure to short-term oil price declines.

Seeking Alpha • Jun 10, 2025

SCO: I Don't See A Case For Shorting Crude Oil In 2025

ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF aims to return double the inverse of crude oil futures, offering amplified returns when oil is overbought. In early 2024, I observed a bearish sentiment on oil, which, I believed, was misguided. I advise followers to avoid bearish instruments like SCO for the year ahead, as I think crude will drift higher, not lower.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 3, 2025

Kinaxis Launches Supply Chain Orchestration Maturity Model and Self-Assessment

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinaxis® (TSX:KXS), a global leader in end-to-end supply chain orchestration, today launched the industry's first-ever Supply Chain Orchestration (SCO) Maturity Model and Self-Assessment to help global companies evaluate and advance their supply chain orchestration progress against 14 critical dimensions. “Companies are coming to us seeking guidance on how to progress their supply chain orchestration maturity to speed up decision making, improve collaboration,.

Business Wire • Nov 18, 2024

Inverse Oil ETFs to Play as Oil Slips to Lowest Level Since 2021?

Oil prices declined more than 3% on Sept. 10, 2024, and fell to the lowest level since 2021 as OPEC lowers demand growth forecast.

Zacks Investment Research • Sep 11, 2024

SCO: With The OPEC Meeting Behind Us, Oil Prices Will Stay Supported

This article analyzes the ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF within the context of the recent OPEC meeting and its impact on oil prices. OPEC+ extended oil production cuts to support prices and government budgets, in a meeting led by Saudi Arabia. This indicates OPEC's commitment to maintaining a certain price floor for oil. SCO is a leveraged short oil fund, not suitable for buy-and-hold investors.

Seeking Alpha • Jun 4, 2024

Understanding Bull And Bear Market Cycles With Jon Wolfenbarger

Jon Wolfenbarger aims to help individual investors generate double-digit profits and beat the market in both bull and bear markets.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 13, 2024

SCO: The 'Short Crude' Play Could Continue To Be Painful

SCO is a double short instrument that returns double the inverse of crude oil futures contracts. I advise against investing in SCO due to my belief that WTI crude is set to rise in the months ahead. My favorable outlook on crude oil means avoiding SCO is likely the right play. I explain why in this review.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 12, 2024

Inverse Crude ETFs Rally Amid Rumors of Potential Ceasefire in Middle East

Oil futures and ETFs fell sharply on Thursday, while inverse crude ETFs soared amid rumors of there being a chance to mitigate tensions in the Middle East. Crude traders have been observing how issues in the Middle East are playing out.

ETF Trends • Feb 2, 2024