What happens if the underlying of a 3x ETF drops more than 33% in a day?

The only thing I can think of is an emergency reverse split if something like that happened.

If the crash happened too fast for a reverse split to be done-- it would probably go to zero or 1 cent and then be split the next day.

I dont think it could go less than zero. An ETF cant have a negative value, can it?

In either case you would probably lose all your money. But at least its safer than futures, where in a bad enough crash you could end up owing money to your broker....
 
Quote from Ol' Yella:

The only thing I can think of is an emergency reverse split if something like that happened.

If the crash happened too fast for a reverse split to be done-- it would probably go to zero or 1 cent and then be split the next day.

I dont think it could go less than zero. An ETF cant have a negative value, can it?

In either case you would probably lose all your money. But at least its safer than futures, where in a bad enough crash you could end up owing money to your broker....

+1. no, an etf can't have a negative price just like a stock can't although at one point i thought VG would after it kept dropping after it's IPO lol.
 
Quote from failed_trad3r:

read the prospectus.

XIV will liquidate in case of 2008 crash for example. no more XIV!

rules will differ.

So it would go to 0 and be worthless with no chance of going back up?
 
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