Taking 1million to zero in "n" months.

If you are actually trying to take your account to zero owning leveraged ETF's would be a fantastic way to do so. Leveraged ETFs are designed to track the intra-day movement of the underlying basket not to track the leveraged returns of the index they reference on a historical basis (ie greater than a few weeks). The error associated with daily rebalancing ensures that all of these leveraged funds will eventually become worthless, and this is strongly worsened if they track futures that are heavily contango. I would strongly consider staying away from leveraged ETFs at all costs, unless you plan on holding them for under a week.

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My trading is likely to include (but not exclusively limited to ) the following:


Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3x
DIREXION MONTHLY CHINA BULL 2X
Direxion Emerging Markets Bull
Direxion Emerging Markets Bear
ULTRASHORT EMERGING MARKETS INV
VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short
ProShares Trust Ultra VIX Short
ProShares Ultra MSCI Emerging M
Direxion Daily China Bull 3x
Direxion Daily Latin America 3x
ProShares Ultra Russell2000 Val
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas
Deutsche Bank AG DB Gold Double
DB Commodity DB Commodity Doubl (DYY)
 
Yeah ETF's screw the sheeple without them even realizing it. I wouldn't hold one of those for more than 1 RTH session. Why not hop into furures or forex? Futures tax treatment =better
 
Quote from Zr1Trader:

Yeah ETF's screw the sheeple without them even realizing it. I wouldn't hold one of those for more than 1 RTH session. Why not hop into furures or forex? Futures tax treatment =better

umm I'f you just lost 1/2 million in the futures market (like I have) you might just be a little wary of the futures market and the leverage available.

Besides the better tax treatment is non-existent since it's (as mentioned before ) a traditional ira.

forex? are you kidding I'm trying to get away from central bank manipulations not lie down in front of a steam roller.:(
 
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Good going. It looks like you made some gains. :)
 
Quote from failed_trad3r:

this can't be fake. I believe.

It isn't (fake), besides what trader here would admit to starting with a 57% drawdown?

I mean everybody here:
1) graduated , magna cum loud 5.0 on a 4.0 scale,
2) has an IQ 150 or above on a bad day
3) their clunker the ferrari is in the shop
4) Their wife is a famous heart surgeon
5) Their girlfriend(s) are porn stars (identical twins at that)
 
Quote from brentstone:

If you are actually trying to take your account to zero owning leveraged ETF's would be a fantastic way to do so. Leveraged ETFs are designed to track the intra-day movement of the underlying basket not to track the leveraged returns of the index they reference on a historical basis (ie greater than a few weeks). The error associated with daily rebalancing ensures that all of these leveraged funds will eventually become worthless, and this is strongly worsened if they track futures that are heavily contango. I would strongly consider staying away from leveraged ETFs at all costs, unless you plan on holding them for under a week.

I appreciate your concern but I thought I made it clear I was going to trade them not marry them or put them in a time capsule.
 
Quote from AustinTrading:

Good going. It looks like you made some gains. :)
thanks , I changed my bias from short to long.

Hope the market likes the FOMC meeting today, it would be nice to hold onto these gains.
 
Quote from PHOENIX TRADING:

thanks , I changed my bias from short to long.

Hope the market likes the FOMC meeting today, it would be nice to hold onto these gains.

Good call..


Cheers.
 
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