Below are the 20 hottest ETFs at the close of March [Better late than never, right?] , based on the 6 month performance. These are not 'buy' recommendations or aggregate portfolios for investment. My favorite way to use this list is as a) to get a sense for the intermediate trends and b) as potential short-term trading opportunities (long or short), although I tend not to use leveraged funds. If you are comfortable using your own technical analysis that is the preferred way. Trend lines and support/resistance levels are some of the simplest and most powerful tools for analyzing price charts. An investor could also use proprietary trading signals combined with risk management techiniques such as those I profiled in-depth here.
| Ticker | Company | Free Trend Analysis | Performance (Half Year) | Year | 200-Day SMA |
| BDD | PowerShares DB Base Metals Dble Long ETN | Here | 51.32% | 173.68% | 28.71% |
| JJN | iPath DJ-UBS Nickel TR Sub-Idx ETN | Here | 47.98% | 151.43% | 37.55% |
| DRN | Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X Shrs | Here | 38.36% | 46.08% | |
| UCC | Ultra Consumer Services ProShares | Here | 35.49% | 132.91% | 34.19% |
| URE | Ultra Real Estate ProShares | Here | 35.22% | 237.76% | 41.01% |
| FBT | First Trust NYSE Arca Biotech Index | Here | 32.34% | 89.98% | 33.05% |
| UPRO | UltraPro S&P500 ProShares | Here | 32.07% | 29.86% | |
| TNA | Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares | Here | 32.06% | 257.20% | 43.28% |
| UXI | Ultra Industrials ProShares | Here | 31.80% | 173.49% | 32.89% |
| SLX | Market Vectors Steel ETF | Here | 31.39% | 154.09% | 26.42% |
| UYM | Ultra Basic Materials ProShares | Here | 29.54% | 200.42% | 28.74% |
| JJC | iPath DJ-UBS Copper TR Sub-Idx ETN | Here | 28.83% | 86.70% | 18.83% |
| PGM | iPath DJ-UBS Platinum TR Sub-Idx ETN | Here | 28.80% | 42.88% | 14.63% |
| UKW | Ultra Russell MidCap Growth ProShares | Here | 28.74% | 148.26% | 29.03% |
| UCO | Ultra DJ-UBS Crude Oil ProShares | Here | 28.54% | 55.11% | 7.43% |
| PTM | UBS E-TRACS Long Platinum TR ETN | Here | 28.51% | 42.86% | 17.65% |
| QLD | Ultra QQQ ProShares | Here | 28.46% | 142.28% | 27.29% |
| IIH | Internet Infrastructure HOLDRs | Here | 28.45% | 52.82% | 23.39% |
| JJM | iPath DJ-UBS Ind Metals TR Sub-Idx ETN | Here | 28.38% | 82.35% | 19.35% |
| MVV | Ultra MidCap400 ProShares | Here | 28.28% | 152.56% | 30.47% |
Disclosure: No Positions
