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Direxion Technology Bear 3x Shares (TYP)

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  • Using the Direxion 3X Daily ETFs, All 22 of Them [View article]
    Berkley, I agree, Jeff is extremely knowledgeable (so is Skymist), and their willingness to share is a blessing to all of us. I have... More »
    Comment by aspiring_beginner
    Dec 30 04:42 am |
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  • Ten Worst ETFs of 2009 [View article]
    I love the leveraged ETF's as investment tools, but ranking the "dogs" of 2009 or any period are going to produce the 2x and 3x losers... More »
    Comment by Tony Petroski
    Dec 9 15:10 pm |
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  • Ten Worst ETFs of 2009 [View article]
    But isn't the main purpose of an ETF to just give the banksters another avenue to steal your money? Seems to me the ones mentioned... More »
    Comment by SilverHog
    Dec 9 14:36 pm |
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  • Ten Worst ETFs of 2009 [View article]
    I prefer to rank ETF's by how correlated their performance is to their stated mission rather than by how much they are up or down. If... More »
    Comment by Toeser
    Dec 9 09:35 am |
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  • Using the Direxion 3X Daily ETFs, All 22 of Them [View article]
    aspiring_beginner and JeffWMD, You guys are awesome ! ( if I may congradulate you with the words my 7 year old son might use) Your... More »
    Comment by Berkley Williams
    Nov 29 13:34 pm |
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  • Using the Direxion 3X Daily ETFs, All 22 of Them [View article]
    Jeff, Thank You VERY MUCH for the informed feedback and the answers to my rather ignorant questions. What you have posted in the above... More »
    Comment by aspiring_beginner
    Nov 24 18:19 pm |
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  • Using the Direxion 3X Daily ETFs, All 22 of Them [View article]
    Hi douglas, That's a very thorough comment. I appreciate thoroughness, although the length of the comment may make it hard to cover... More »
    Comment by Jeff@WMD
    Nov 23 21:01 pm |
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  • Using the Direxion 3X Daily ETFs, All 22 of Them [View article]
    I have several questions which I wonder if the experts (i.e. Skymist, Jeff, etc or others) could give me some guidance on. Background:... More »
    Comment by aspiring_beginner
    Nov 22 18:12 pm |
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  • Using the Direxion 3X Daily ETFs, All 22 of Them [View article]
    In response to the comment asking about the double shorting strategy briefly mentioned in the post, let me make a few comments. I've... More »
    Comment by Jeff@WMD
    Nov 20 19:46 pm |
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  • Using the Direxion 3X Daily ETFs, All 22 of Them [View article]
    jrocean: Today is ex-dividend for several leverage funds. That's why they are way down.
    Comment by Jeff@WMD
    Nov 20 13:17 pm |
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  • Using the Direxion 3X Daily ETFs, All 22 of Them [View article]
    Could someone please explain how EDC droppped from 148 to 127 at pre-market open, whereas EDZ was up only 30c from 5.59 to 5.89? Also,... More »
    Comment by jrocean
    Nov 20 10:36 am |
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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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  • Using the Direxion 3X Daily ETFs, All 22 of Them [View article]
    Hi Skysmist, Could you please go into more detail how you could short the 3x leveraged ETF mathematically so that you could use it... More »
    Comment by Superdrol
    Nov 10 08:10 am |
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  • Using the Direxion 3X Daily ETFs, All 22 of Them [View article]
    The decay does not necessarily occur overnight. It is due to the 3x (or 2x) leverage, and the simple fact that 10% up is not the same... More »
    Comment by frorule21
    Nov 2 22:54 pm |
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