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  • SDS: A Way to Ensure Peace of Mind [View article]
    Author is right. Forget those articles you read. They are just theories. IN reality I trade SDS for 2-3 day holds along with SSO and with this volatility it's perfect to trade.


    On Feb 22 12:25 PM Aalan wrote:

    > Sorry, but this author is completely mistaken. SDS will not provide
    > peace of mind, because it does not track the inverse of the S&P
    > over a long period of time. In fact, it can produce a loss, even
    > when the underlying index goes down, due to leveraged volatility.
    > There have been many articles demonstrating this.
    >
    > I don't know of anything that can produce "peace of mind" in this
    > market, but leverage certainly doesn't. And this is supposed to compensate
    > for the risk of holding a fund that you expect to decline by 30%?
    > Good luck!
    Feb 23 08:28 am |Rating: +3 -1 |Link to Comment
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