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About ProShares K-1 Free Crude Oil ETF
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Inception date
Sep 26, 2016
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Synthetic
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
ProShare Advisors LLC
Distributor
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
OILK holds WTI oil futures in an open-ended ETF wrapper. The underlying index provides equal exposure to three separate WTI Oil futures at each semi-annual reset in March and September. The portfolio exposure is divided into thirds. The first portion follows a monthly roll schedule while the second and third portion holds June and December contracts that are rolled annually each March and September, respectively. OILK is organized as an open-ended ETF, rather than a commodities pool, so investors avoid receiving a complicated K-1 form at tax time. The fund pulls this off by getting its oil futures exposure through a wholly-owned Cayman Islands subsidiary, an increasingly common structure in the commodity space. Prior to May 17, 2021, the fund was actively managed. Before September 27, 2024, the fund was named ProShares K-1 Free Crude Oil Strategy ETF.
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Cash
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Cash100.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
OILK last dividends amounted to 0.39 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.09 USD in dividends, which shows a 78.29% increase.
OILK assets under management is 74.73 M USD. It's risen 11.00% over the last month.
OILK fund flows account for −30.30 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, OILK pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 4.80%. The last dividend (Jul 8, 2025) amounted to 0.39 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
OILK shares are issued by ProShare Advisors LLC under the brand ProShares. The ETF was launched on Sep 26, 2016, and its management style is Passive.
OILK expense ratio is 0.69% meaning you'd have to pay 0.69% of your investment to help manage the fund.
OILK follows the Bloomberg Commodity Balanced WTI Crude Oil Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
OILK invests in cash.
OILK price has risen by 5.37% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a −14.76% decrease. See more dynamics on OILK price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a 13.11% increase in three-month performance and has decreased by −11.18% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, showed a 13.11% increase in three-month performance and has decreased by −11.18% in a year.
OILK trades at a premium (0.09%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.