As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22, 2012

Registration Nos. 333-89822; 811-21114

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 73	x

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 Amendment No. 82 x
x

ProShares Trust

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Trust Instrument)

7501 Wisconsin Avenue,

Suite 1000E Bethesda, MD 20814

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

(240) 497-6400

(Area Code and Telephone Number)

Michael L. Sapir, CEO

ProShare Advisors LLC

7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000

Bethesda, MD 20814

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

with copies to:

John Loder, Esq. c/o Ropes & Gray LLP Prudential Tower 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199-3600 Amy R. Doberman ProShare Advisors LLC 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000 Bethesda, MD 20814

Approximate date of Proposed Public Offering:

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ on                      pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following:

¨ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this post-effective amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Bethesda and the State of Maryland on October 22, 2012.

ProShares Trust
By:	/s/ Louis M. Mayberg
	Louis M. Mayberg

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Michael L. Sapir Michael L. Sapir*	Trustee, Chairman	October 22, 2012
/s/ Russell S. Reynolds, III Russell S. Reynolds, III*	Trustee	October 22, 2012
/s/ Michael C. Wachs Michael C. Wachs*	Trustee	October 22, 2012
/s/ William D. Fertig William D. Fertig*	Trustee	October 22, 2012
/s/ Louis M. Mayberg Louis M. Mayberg*	President	October 22, 2012
/s/ Charles S. Todd Charles S. Todd	Treasurer	October 22, 2012

* By:	/s/ Amy R. Doberman
	Amy R. Doberman
	As Attorney-in-fact

Date: October 22, 2012

Exhibit Index

EXHIBIT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase