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BITO ProShares Bitcoin ETF

Consolidated bitcoin income exposure into BTCI after comparing performance.

Armchair historySoldDec 15, 2025

Date of the newsletter disclosure. Latest-year investment returns are separate from Armchair’s own trading results.

Hypothetical investment

Growth of $10,000

Dividends reinvested · no additional contributions

BITO would be worth$10,022Available history · 5Y requested · as of Sep 21, 2026
S&P 500 (SPY)$18,280Same $10,000 · same dates
Total gain / loss+$22+0.2% total return
BITOS&P 500 (SPY)
Oct 20, 2021 · $10,000 investedSep 21, 2026

The selected period exceeds this investment’s age; the chart shows its complete available trading history. Based on adjusted market prices through the latest available completed session, before personal taxes and trading costs.

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Market performance

Total return

Price movement plus reinvested distributions, compared with SPY.

+0.2% over available history
1 YEAR TOTAL RETURN-25.6%
Price-39.8%
Dividend+14.2%

Net loss; shares not shown.

Available history
4.9 YEARS TOTAL RETURN+0.2%Since inception+0.0% / yr annualized
Price-33845% of return-73.2%
Dividend33945% of return+73.4%
Available history

Dividend includes all distributions and reinvestment.

Oct 20, 2021Sep 21, 2026
Total return+0.22%
S&P 500 (SPY)+82.80%
Annualized return+0.04%
Largest drawdown-77.86%

Original Armchair disclosure

Sold · Dec 15, 2025. Consolidated bitcoin income exposure into BTCI after comparing performance.

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