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ProShares UltraShort Industrials (SIJ)

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  • Long and Shot Leveraged ETF's: A Decay Theory [View instapost]
    It depends on how they are being leveraged, if by options, yes there would be decay, if by margin then decay should be apparent only on... More »
    Comment by StevenK
    Nov 11 03:10 am |
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  • Long and Shot Leveraged ETF's: A Decay Theory [View instapost]
    If this is as you say, would there not be a low risk arbitrage between these ETF's and options on the underlying indices? Could you... More »
    Comment by StevenK
    Nov 11 03:07 am |
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  • Protect Your Hedge: Short the Market with these ETF Option Strategies [View instapost]
    Does Macro Hickey or any in the audience ever check the performance of these recommendations (or "presented strategies", if they don't... More »
    Comment by PrudentRat
    Oct 21 21:09 pm |
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  • END OF THE BEAR TRAP RALLY, PART ONE [View instapost]
    Thanks for your note, Hammerup. A simple chart is the best. Sometimes I try to plug in too much information -- and it confuses the... More »
    Comment by Michael Clark
    Oct 6 12:16 pm |
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  • END OF THE BEAR TRAP RALLY, PART ONE [View instapost]
    Mr. Clark, I enjoyed your work here. I also took a look at your CGTS timing system writeup. I like how you simplify the noise of bar... More »
    Comment by hammerup
    Oct 5 08:50 am |
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  • Why Leveraged ETFs Are Bound to Deteriorate [View article]
    You do not show the rebalancing losses. That is the pain in volatility. Add them in and you get different answers.
    Comment by Tgarfield
    Sep 5 10:34 am |
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  • Why I Sell Put Options (Part II) [View article]
    I too have been using this strategy for many months now. While I have generated good income from this strategy, I have also lost out on... More »
    Comment by nvs99
    Aug 22 17:19 pm |
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  • Why Leveraged ETFs Are Bound to Deteriorate [View article]
    "As you can see the net gain for the index was 5.87%, however all 4 of the leveraged ETFs did not perform as they were suppose... More »
    Comment by investorcluzo
    Aug 13 18:09 pm |
    Rating: +2 -1
  • ProShares Ultra and UltraShort Sector ETFs: Does 2 = 2? [View article]
    The NAV changes are not supposed to add to zero. The logarithms of the changes are. In the short fund, if the asset goes to infinity,... More »
    Comment by Jive Dadson
    Aug 11 12:52 pm |
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  • Why I Sell Put Options (Part II) [View article]
    ETF Ticker Price 5% Strike Prem. Adj. Cost Direxion Daily Finan. Bear 3X Shs(ETF) FAZ 41.01 38.96 39 3 36 Direxion... More »
    Comment by RogerG
    Aug 9 07:27 am |
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  • Why Leveraged ETFs Are Bound to Deteriorate [View article]
    The premise of this article is ludicrous in promoting some kind of "decay" scenario. I'm afraid you've over analyzed in looking for... More »
    Comment by User 462011
    Jul 28 02:59 am |
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  • Why I Sell Put Options (Part II) [View article]
    Would agree selling puts, collecting premiums, and only buying at lower forced price you would be willing to buy at anyway ,,,, is a... More »
    Comment by untrusting investor
    Jul 26 23:44 pm |
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  • Why Leveraged ETFs Are Bound to Deteriorate [View article]
    That was my idea as well...seems like a no brainer..to short it...maybe write a covered put as well. On Jul 15 06:35 PM Zottek... More »
    Comment by TeeRoy
    Jul 22 16:55 pm |
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  • Why I Sell Put Options (Part II) [View article]
    I have been doing the same thing for 10+ years.... a few loosers, but overall gainers.... Quit my job almost 11 years ago to do this... More »
    Comment by Mark123
    Jul 22 12:20 pm |
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  • Why I Sell Put Options (Part II) [View article]
    I got to agree that selling puts is a good way to get paid to get in at a good valuation. You call always roll them up too to get more... More »
    Comment by Anthony B
    Jul 21 17:59 pm |
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