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A 1% Nasdaq day forces TQQQ to trade $2.31bn

FundDaily targetIndexNet assets, 14 Aug 2026m(m-1)Forced trade per 1% index move
TQQQ, ProShares UltraPro QQQ3xNasdaq-100$38,467,460,6546about $2,308m
QLD, ProShares Ultra QQQ2xNasdaq-100$14,545,140,4122about $291m
UPRO, ProShares UltraPro S&P 5003xS&P 500$5,782,641,3476about $347m
SQQQ, ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ-3xNasdaq-100$1,918,884,65012about $230m

Source: ProShares fund pages, net assets as of 14 Aug 2026. Formula from Lenkey, Quantitative Finance and Economics 8(4), 2024, quoting Cheng and Madhavan. The three Nasdaq-100 funds come to roughly $2.83bn of forced trade per 1% move. Gross demand, before offsetting creations and redemptions.

A leveraged ETF promises a multiple of one day's index move, so it must reset its exposure before every close. A one per cent Nasdaq day obliges TQQQ alone to trade about 2.3 billion dollars. The measured price impact is under a basis point.

$38.5bnTQQQ net assets
$2.31bnForced trade per 1%
under 0.9 bpMeasured return impact
-52.8%Flat year at 50% vol

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