- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Leveraged
- Address
- 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000E Bethesda MD United States of America 20814
- IPO Date
- Nov 25, 2008
- Business
- ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil (UCO), a series of ProShares Trust II, provides leveraged exchange-traded fund (ETF) investment results that seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, corresponding to two times (2x) the daily performance of the Bloomberg Commodity Balanced WTI Crude Oil Index (ticker: BCBCLI); the index tracks the performance of three separate WTI crude oil futures contract schedules reset semi-annually—one-third monthly roll, one-third June annual roll, and one-third December annual roll—with equal weights reset in March and September and rolls on the second and third business days of each month. UCO achieves its exposure through derivatives including swap agreements with counterparties such as Goldman Sachs, Société Générale, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Citibank, as well as futures contracts on WTI Crude Oil for various expirations like December 2026, June 2026, and March 2026; the fund generates a K-1 tax form, distributes quarterly, trades on NYSE Arca under ticker UCO (CUSIP 74347Y888) with options available, and maintains an expense ratio of 0.95%. ProShares Trust II, domiciled in the United States and sponsored by ProShare Capital Management LLC (a registered commodity pool operator and trading advisor), launched UCO on November 24, 2008; ProShares, founded in 1999 and headquartered at 7272 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, Maryland, operates globally as the world's largest provider of geared ETFs focused on leveraged and inverse strategies across commodities, equities, fixed income, and volatility.
In recent developments, ProShares announced forward and reverse share splits in March 2024 for select funds including those related to volatility and natural gas, alongside a reverse split for ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (UVXY) with a new CUSIP effective that period, and an additional forward split for ProShares UltraShort Yen and reverse split in October 2024, aimed at adjusting share prices and outstanding shares without altering shareholder value. In September 2025, ProShares expanded its lineup with four new single-stock leveraged ETFs—ProShares Ultra COIN (COIA), Ultra NVDA (NVDB), Ultra PLTR (PLTA), and Ultra TSLA (TSLI)—each targeting 2x daily returns of Coinbase, NVIDIA, Palantir, and Tesla, respectively, reinforcing its leadership in geared ETF innovation. These changes reflect ongoing product diversification and operational adjustments within the broader leveraged commodities and equities segments, targeting sophisticated investors seeking magnified daily exposure to oil futures and related markets amid volatile energy prices.