United States Oil Fund, LP USO
About this Fund
USO seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in futures contracts for light, sweet crude oil, other types of crude oil, diesel-heating oil, gasoline, natural gas, and other petroleum-based fuels.
Investment Strategy & Highlights
- Theme: Tracks Crude Oil.
- Category: Commodities Focused · managed by USCF Investments.
- Cost: Expense ratio of 0.86% — moderate for this category.
- Track record: 3Y avg +28.65% · 5Y avg +23.23% per year.
- Trading: Listed on PCX, denominated in USD.
Curated from issuer disclosures, fund factsheets, and public market data. Figures are illustrative and not investment advice.
Key Facts
Performance Returns
Total price return over each window. 3Y/5Y use weekly close history; shorter windows use daily closes.
Risk & Volatility
Volatility = stdev of daily returns × √252. Sharpe-like = annualized mean / annualized vol (rf = 0%). Educational estimates from 1-year price history.
Technical Trend
Signal: Mildly bullish (50/200 in uptrend)
Computed from daily close history. SMA-50 above SMA-200 is the classic “golden cross” trend regime. RSI > 70 overbought · RSI < 30 oversold.
PROS
- Attractive risk-adjusted return (Sharpe~1.71).
CONS
- High volatility (~44% annualized) — significant drawdown risk.
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from fund metrics.
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Top Holdings
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