Question about ETFs - need advice

[MichalTr]

Hello,

I don't know much about ETFs, so maybe someone could provide me advice.

I think about taking care about my IRA account, but in my country there are very limited possibilities to use it. I can only buy stocks and corp bonds and to be honest I'm not a fan of that idea now (when there is bubble growing almost everywhere around). And I can't short anything nor use options and futures.

But I found 1 possibility to use ETFs (for now I found only London and Frankfurt listed but will look for more).

So now question - I know that there are ETFs imitating normal price of an asset and inverted that allow me to short. There are leveraged and others. But - are there any ETFs that allow me to build calendar spreads (I need it for long term) - grains, energy ?? Or I want too much luxury ?


Thanks for any help

 

[lightninboy]

Getting rich by trading is a full-time job. For the non-trader, if there isn't any financial instrument worth a long-term buy-and-hold, you might as well put your money in the bank.

 

[MichalTr]

I love internet forums...

Question:
What is the result of 2+2 ?

Answers:
- learning math is very important in life
- physics is better than math
- math is not fo everybody
- go better dig holes in the round
- I love Star Wars
- Mandalorian is not Star Wars !

 

[IAlwaysWin]

I love internet forums...

Question:
What is the result of 2+2 ?

Answers:
- learning math is very important in life
- physics is better than math
- math is not fo everybody
- go better dig holes in the round
- I love Star Wars
- Mandalorian is not Star Wars !

wtf are you talking about? Go read a book..

 

[MichalTr]

wtf are you talking about? Go read a book..

yeah, I know, irony is a hard thing to understand.

It was in reference to answer I received and a free thought about how it often looks on many forums (here also many times).

 

[ph1l]

are there any ETFs that allow me to build calendar spreads (I need it for long term) - grains, energy ??

Probably not. See
https://etfdb.com/screener/#page=1&asset_class=commodity&commodity_types=Agriculture,Diversified,Energy

On the other hand, ...
https://www.etf.com/sections/featur...-etns-play-energy-calendar-spreads?nopaging=1

 

[MichalTr]

Probably not. See
https://etfdb.com/screener/#page=1&asset_class=commodity&commodity_types=Agriculture,Diversified,Energy

On the other hand, ...
https://www.etf.com/sections/featur...-etns-play-energy-calendar-spreads?nopaging=1

Thank you !

 

[lightninboy]

I never had much success with ETFs, especially the lightly-traded ones like grains and metals and energy.

 

[Snuskpelle]

I never had much success with ETFs, especially the lightly-traded ones like grains and metals and energy.

Pretty much, unless backtested. The downsides include wide spreads and the fact the primary signal is in the underlying, so there is limited value in watching the ETF price. A well researched strategy is able to get around this though.

 

[MichalTr]

So from you guys saying - if I can't use futures to construct spreads like I want to, there is no point to trying to imitate same thing with ETFs ? (even if there would be some products allowing to short ?). So in these conditions in case of bubble burst the solution is to figure out where the capital will flow.