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Direxion Russell 1000 Energy Bullish 3X ETF (ERX)

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  • Energy ETFs Channeling Higher by Rick Pendergraft
    Each night I run a custom scan of all publicly traded US stocks. I am looking for short term opportunities- both bullish and bearish. There a number of factors that go into the scan with several oscillators, increasing volume and so forth. Over the last few days, I have received... More »
    November 5, 2009 • XLE, ERX
  • 25 Option Write Ideas for October Expiration Friday by Marco Hickey
    In a previous OptionMaestro.com post, I outlined 25 stocks which I wouldn't mind going long at these levels. I wrote about getting long the stocks by using the buy-write option strategy. This is an updated post to that one, adjusting the strikes and prices accordingly for options expiration... More »
    October 16, 2009 • SPY, DIA, TLT
  • Hedging With Leveraged ETFs by Short-Term Capital Management
    There are plenty of ways for your portfolio to profit when the market goes down--you can go short, buy puts, sell naked calls. But what if the market moves against you and you're not hedged? Considering using one of the 2x or 3x leveraged ETFs to balance out your portfolio? While these funds can... More »
    October 3, 2009 • UYG, SKF, URE
  • Weakness Forming in Crude? Part III by Herman Hemati
    Can Demand Hold?In the previous articles of this series, I mentioned a bearish divergence forming in crude prices and a bullish divergence forming in the US Dollar.  These relationships, in conjunction with a fragile economy, have alluded to the reversal of crude prices. Recent reports... More »
    September 2, 2009 • USO, ERX, ERY
  • Weakness Forming in Crude? Part II by Herman Hemati
    The Dollar ReversalIn the first article of this 3 part series, I mentioned a bearish divergence forming within crude prices. The article depicted a chart displaying bearish divergence between crude prices, the MACD, and RSI. In support of my bearish stance and reversal prediction, I... More »
    August 23, 2009 • USO, UUP, DIG
  • Oil Rallies, But We Prefer Gold by Beacon Asset Managers
    We are strong believers of sentiment as a tool in helping to time buys and sells correctly. By using the Ned Davis Research Crowd Sentiment Poll for Energy Futures one can see that historically, by buying oil when sentiment was 42.4 and below, annual gains would be 14.9 percent, compared with... More »
    August 21, 2009 • OIL, RYE, XLE
  • Leveraged ETF's Have Become A Day Traders Dream Come True (FAS, FAZ) by ETF Daily News
    With all the criticism about leveraged ETF’s, not much has been said about how much of a great investment tool they are.  Many day traders have relied on margin for decades to gain leverage through their daily trades.  Using margin with your brokerage account can... More »
    August 14, 2009 • TMV, TYO, EDZ
  • Buy volatility of high volatile ETF's by pdsro
    In the option universe there are several investment strategies. The one I want to talk today is the straddle and strangle. The straddle strategy is a nondirectional strategy. It consist on a purchase of a call and a put at the same strike price and expiration month because one expect a large... More »
    August 11, 2009 • FAS, FAZ, BGU
  • Oil ETFs Prediction Based on GDP by David Ristau
    The market for Friday is going to come down to the GDP, and its reading. What will it say? It is hard to tell, but whatever does happen it will be difficult to initiate a spectacular day trade because the market will move so greatly in one direction right out of the gate. Therefore, in order to... More »
    July 31, 2009 • ERY, ERX, DIG
  • Why I Sell Put Options Instead of Setting Limit and Market Orders Part II by Marco Hickey
    As promised in my previous post Why I Sell Put Options Instead of Setting Limit and Market Orders Part I, where I shared why I never set these types of orders and my reasoning, this is part 2 where I'm going to show you the benefit of writing naked put options on 40 popular leveraged ETF's. To... More »
    July 21, 2009 • UYM, UCO, DDM

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