Is FUT a Friend, Question Mark or Foe?

FUT is classified a Question Mark under the Income Quality Score framework, based on long-duration distribution and total-return history. This is a research classification, not investment advice.

How safe is the FUT distribution?

A Question Mark is an income asset with a mixed or incomplete quality record — some income-quality signals are strong while others are weak, or the available history is too short to classify with confidence. It warrants a closer look rather than a conclusion.

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FUT Income Quality Score

Name: FUT Income Quality Score
Creator: Income Quality Score
Keywords: FUT income quality, FUT dividend quality, FUT dividend safety, FUT distribution history, FUT dividend score, FUT analysis, ProShares Managed Futures Strategy ETF dividend

ProShares Managed Futures Strategy ETF (FUT) has an Income Quality Score of 82/100, classified as a Question Mark with low confidence, based on a 5-year income and total-return history.

ProShares Managed Futures Strategy ETF (FUT) is a closed-end fund and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of July 31, 2026Lookback: 5-year

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Long-term focused5-year income and total-return analysis

Data-drivenObjective scoring across 2 quality, distribution and risk signals

Clear classificationFriends to own. Foes to avoid.

IQ Score

82/100

Question MarkLow confidence

Asset Type

CEF

Exchange

BATS

Trailing Yield (TTM)

Not published

No normalized trailing yield is published for closed-end funds in this snapshot.

Rank in CEF Universe

24 of 358

Lookback

5-year

Data as of

July 31, 2026

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This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.

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FUTProShares Managed Futures Strategy ETF

82Question MarkLow confidence

Snapshot: 2026-07
Data as of: 2026-07-31
Lookback: 5-year
Asset type: Closed-End Fund

IQ Score History

Not enough published history yet to draw a trend.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage

94/100

Working Capital Preservation

54/100

What is working

Economic return covers long-term payout

Flags & gates

Stale Prices

Distribution Safety

3Years raised

0Years cut

5Years of data

RisingCurrent trend

20170.0022Held
20180.5428Raised
20190.5529Raised
20200.0564Lower total
20210.9838Raised

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

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IQ Score is a long-duration quality and distribution-safety classification for income assets. It is research based on historical data, not personal investment advice, and it does not tell you what to buy or sell. Figures reflect a delayed public snapshot and may differ from current data.