
ProShares UltraPro QQQ (NASDAQ:TQQQ), a popular leveraged exchange-traded fund, is trading lower Monday afternoon. The drop followed a broad market sell-off triggered by President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping 25% tariffs on all imports from Japan and South Korea, set to take effect on Aug. 1.
What To Know: TQQQ is a financial instrument designed to provide investors with three times the daily performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index, which is heavily weighted with technology and growth stocks. Due to this 3x leverage, any movements in the Nasdaq-100 are amplified in the TQQQ.