ProShares - UltraPro S&P500 (UPRO) Gamma Exposure (GEX) & Greeks
Gamma exposure (GEX) analysis shows how options positioning creates dealer hedging pressure across strikes. Includes delta, vanna, charm, vomma, and vega exposure by strike price.
ProShares - UltraPro S&P500 (UPRO) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $4.80B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 3.11 to the broader market. ProShares UltraPro S&P500 seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to three times (3x) the daily performance of the S&P 500. public since 2009-06-25.
Snapshot as of May 15, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $140.35
- Net Gamma
- $4.5M
- Net Delta
- -$514.3M
- Net Vega
- -$1.2M
- Gamma Concentration
- 0.12
As of May 15, 2026, ProShares - UltraPro S&P500 (UPRO) has positive net gamma exposure of $4.5M under the standard dealer-hedging convention. Net delta exposure is -$514.3M. Positive GEX means dealers are net long gamma: they buy into dips and sell into rallies, damping realized volatility and often causing price to pin near heavy open-interest strikes.
UPRO Strategy Sizing in the Current GEX Regime
ProShares - UltraPro S&P500 is in a positive dealer-gamma regime ($4.5M). Net dealer delta of -$514.3M sets the size of the directional hedging flow that fires as spot moves. In this regime, mean-reverting strategies fit the regime: credit spreads, iron condors, covered calls near established ranges. Realized volatility tends to undershoot implied during positive-gamma stretches, supporting the short-vol structures. The gamma-flip level - the spot price at which net dealer gamma changes sign - is the most actionable anchor for sizing: through-flip moves trigger qualitatively different hedging behavior than within-regime moves, so risk-defined structures sized to the current spot may not stay sized correctly if a flip is near.
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Frequently asked UPRO gamma exposure (gex) & greeks questions
- What is the current UPRO gamma exposure (GEX)?
- As of May 15, 2026, ProShares - UltraPro S&P500 (UPRO) net gamma exposure is positive at $4.5M under the standard dealer-hedging convention. Net dealer delta exposure is -$514.3M. GEX aggregates the gamma sitting on dealer books across all listed strikes and expirations.
- Is UPRO in positive or negative dealer gamma right now?
- UPRO is currently in positive dealer gamma. Dealers net long gamma buy underlying weakness and sell into rallies to maintain delta-neutrality, which dampens realized volatility and tends to pin price near heavy open-interest strikes.
- What does UPRO GEX tell options traders?
- GEX is a regime indicator: positive-gamma regimes favor mean-reverting strategies (premium-selling near established ranges); negative-gamma regimes favor momentum and breakout strategies. The same options-strategy structure can be appropriate or inappropriate depending on the dealer-gamma regime, so reading the sign and magnitude of net GEX before sizing positions is standard practice.