On June 5, ProShares Ultra QQQ ETF (QLD) declined 5.01% in regular trading, trading at $94.0201/share, with trading volume of $246 million. As a 2x leveraged ETF tracking the Nasdaq 100 index, the fund amplified the underlying index losses driven by a broad semiconductor selloff.
The primary catalyst was Broadcom's post-earnings plunge of over 12%, after the company issued Q3 AI semiconductor revenue guidance of $160 billion — below the market consensus of approximately $163-170 billion. While Broadcom's Q2 results technically beat expectations, the company maintained its full-year AI revenue guidance unchanged, disappointing investors who had priced in an upward revision. Broadcom and Micron together erased approximately $380 billion in market capitalization in a single session, marking historic single-day losses for both companies.
The selloff was compounded by U.S. regulatory tightening on high-end chip exports through Southeast Asian intermediaries, further pressuring semiconductor names. Additionally, Citigroup strategists had warned days earlier that extreme overcrowding in Nasdaq 100 long positions — with the index up 33% since its March low and in overbought territory for nearly six weeks — left tech stocks vulnerable to exactly this type of negative catalyst triggering mass profit-taking.
The fund invests in financial instruments that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should produce daily returns consistent with the Daily Target. The index includes 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market based on market capitalization. The fund is non-diversified.
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