ProShares - UltraShort Real Estate (SRS) Expected Move

Expected move estimates the probable price range for a given period based on at-the-money options pricing. It reflects the market consensus for volatility over the selected timeframe.

ProShares - UltraShort Real Estate (SRS) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $16.3M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -1.80 to the broader market. The ProShares UltraShort Real Estate fund is engineered to provide daily investment outcomes that mirror two times the inverse (-2x) of the S&P Real Estate Select SectorSM Index's daily performance, all calculated before the imposition of any fees or expenses. public since 2007-02-01.

Snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Spot Price
$39.98
Expected Move
11.5%
Implied High
$44.58
Implied Low
$35.38
Front DTE
17 days

As of Jun 30, 2026, ProShares - UltraShort Real Estate (SRS) has an expected move of 11.50%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $35.38 to $44.58 from the current $39.98. Expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market's pricing of a ±1σ move. Roughly 68% of outcomes should fall within this range under lognormal assumptions, though empirical markets have fatter tails.

SRS Strategy Sizing to the Expected Move

With ProShares - UltraShort Real Estate pricing an expected move of 11.50% from $39.98, risk-defined strategies sized to the implied range structurally target the modal outcome distribution. Iron condors with wings at the ±1σ expected move boundaries collect premium against the ~68% probability that spot stays inside the range under lognormal assumptions; strangles set wider at ±1.5σ or ±2σ target the tails but pay smaller per-trade premium. Long-vol structures (long straddles, ratio backspreads) profit when realized move exceeds the implied move, the inverse trade: they bet against the lognormal assumption itself, capitalizing on the empirically fatter equity-return tails.

How to read the SRS implied-range chart

The shaded range above shows the one-standard-deviation implied price band at each listed expiration, derived from ATM implied volatility scaled to days-to-expiration. The front-tenor expected move is 11.50%, anchoring an implied range of approximately $35.38 to $44.58. Under lognormal assumptions, roughly 68% of outcomes fall inside that band; 95% fall inside ±2σ; 99.7% inside ±3σ. The empirical equity-return distribution has fatter tails than lognormal, so true tail-outcome frequency is moderately higher than these closed-form numbers suggest.

SRS expected move and event pricing

Expected move widens with √time: a 5% 30-day move corresponds to roughly a 2.5% 7.5-day move and a 10% 120-day move. SRS term-structure is in backwardation (slope -0.070), so near-dated tenors price in disproportionate vol - usually because of a known event in the front-month window. With IV rank at 6.2%, the implied move is at the low end of the typical SRS range - cheap optionality for buyers, thin premium for sellers.

Sizing SRS structures to the expected move

Iron condors with wings at ±1σ collect the modal-outcome premium; ±1.5σ widens probability of inside-range to ~87% but cuts collected premium roughly in half. Strangles do the inverse trade - they pay against the same lognormal distribution, profiting when realized exceeds implied. Calendar spreads bet on the slope of the term structure rather than the level. SRS put/call volume ratio currently at 1.00 indicates balanced flow without strong directional skew. The expected move is the inputs the chain is pricing, not a forecast - realized moves above or below are normal under any distribution.

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SRS one-standard-deviation implied price range by days-to-expiration, with current spot marked as the midpointSRS Implied Price Range by Expiration$30$35$40$45$5050d100d150dDays to ExpirationImplied Price Range ($)
Shaded band shows the ±1σ implied price range (~68% probability under lognormal assumptions) at each expiration; the center line marks current spot. Bands widen with longer DTE since volatility scales with √time.

Per-expiration expected move for SRS derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $39.98 × (1 ± expected move %). One standard-deviation range under lognormal assumptions, roughly 68% of outcomes fall inside.

ExpirationDTEATM IVExpected MoveImplied HighImplied Low
Jul 17, 20261740.1%8.7%$43.44$36.52
Aug 21, 20265233.1%12.5%$44.97$34.99
Oct 16, 202610834.4%18.7%$47.46$32.50
Jan 15, 202719936.0%26.6%$50.61$29.35

Frequently asked SRS expected move questions

What is the current SRS expected move?
As of Jun 30, 2026, ProShares - UltraShort Real Estate (SRS) has an expected move of 11.50% over the next 17 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $35.38 to $44.58 from the current $39.98. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.
What does the SRS expected move mean for traders?
Roughly 68% of outcomes should fall within ±1 expected move and 95% within ±2 under lognormal assumptions, though equity returns have empirically fatter tails than log-normal predicts. Strategies sized to the expected move (iron condors at ±1σ, strangles at ±1.5σ) target the typical outcome distribution; strategies that profit from tail moves (long-vol structures, ratio backspreads) target the tails the lognormal model under-prices.
How is SRS expected move calculated?
The expected move displayed here is derived from at-the-money implied volatility scaled to the chosen tenor: expected move % is approximately ATM IV times sqrt(T / 365), where T is days to expiration. An equivalent straddle-based form: the ATM straddle (call + put at the same strike) is roughly sqrt(2/pi) times spot times IV times sqrt(T/365), so the implied one-standard-deviation move is approximately 1.25 times ATM straddle divided by spot. The two formulations agree once the sqrt(2/pi) constant is reconciled.