Setting Aside Myths About Leveraged Etfs

"This Element is an excerpt from The ETF Trend Following Playbook: Profiting from Trends in Bull or Bear Markets with Exchange Traded Funds (ISBN: 9780137029013) by Tom Lydon. The real truth about leveraged ETFs--and why commonly held beliefs about them just aren't true"--Resource description page.

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from The ETF Trend Following Playbook: Profiting from Trends in Bull or Bear Markets with Exchange Traded Funds (ISBN: 9780137029013) by Tom Lydon. Available in print and digital formats. The real truth about leveraged ETFs—and why commonly held beliefs about them just aren’t true. With popularity comes criticism and nit-picking. Leveraged ETFs are no exception. Some pundits believe these specialized ETFs have increased market volatility in the last hour of trading. But many investors and people in the media are having trouble getting their arms around the truth. The SEC has been looking closely at these funds and have had dialogue and visits with ETF providers who are offering them. Here are the facts....

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Trade the Trader: Know Your Competition and Find Your Edge for Profitable Trading (9780137067084) by Quint Tatro. Available in print and digital formats. Learn how to profit from all price action — so you can earn returns in declining and sideways markets, too. The moment you stop allowing general market direction to dictate your emotions, you unleash powerful opportunities to capitalize on market movement. I was taught from a young age to seek out solid investments, buy them, and let them work. It took me years to truly embrace the philosophy that I could make money even in a stagnant or declining market.

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Trade the Trader: Know Your Competition and Find Your Edge for Profitable Trading (9780137067084) by Quint Tatro. Available in print and digital formats. The two most common myths about trading and risk: why successful traders know better, and you should, too. The idea that you should always have stock exposure–and the level should equate with your age or time horizon–assumes that market timing isn’t possible. If that is the case, it’s just a matter of time before the hundreds of consistently successful traders I know go belly up. Sorry to all my trading friends: it’s been fun.

This Element is an excerpt from Trade the Trader: Know Your Competition and Find Your Edge for Profitable Trading (9780137067084) by Quint Tatro. Available in print and digital formats. How to stay one step ahead of the mass of traders who’ve recently discovered basic technical analysis. With their newfound popularity, you can no longer adhere to only basic technical analysis principles and have utmost confidence they will work. You must think one step ahead of the other traders and consider their moves before they make them. The true edge must now be found in trading these traders who are trading these patterns.

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from A Trader's First Book on Commodities: An Introduction to The World's Fastest Growing Market (9780137015450) by Carley Garner. Available in print and digital formats. Hedging 101: Why hedging is now more important than ever--and how it works. Now more than ever, businesses are looking to the futures markets for an efficient means of mitigating the price risk associated with their operations. The opportunity to hedge isn’t without costs or inconveniences. Nonetheless, excessive volatility in commodity prices has created an environment in which the burden of hedging can easily be justified by the potential detriment of assuming the price risk outright....

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from A Trader's First Book on Commodities: An Introduction to the World's Fastest Growing Market (9780137015450) by Carley Garner. Available in print and digital formats. Open outcry: What’s going on in the trading “pit”–and why it matters to you. The futures markets are the birthplace of a method of communication between trading professionals known as open outcry. Open outcry, a.k.a. “pit trading,” is an exciting form of trade execution in which shouting and hand signals transfer the details of intent to buy or sell a commodity and in what quantity. In recent decades, technological advances have greatly altered the way open outcry business is conducted.

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from A Trader's First Book on Commodities: An Introduction to the World's Fastest Growing Market (9780137015450) by Carley Garner. Available in print and digital formats. Why futures are so valuable to speculators–and why speculation could help you earn life-changing profits. I encourage traders to come to futures and options for the right reasons and know what to expect when they get there. Along with significant risk of loss, there is potential for significant profits. That is why speculators flock to the markets and what keeps them coming back. For those with the willingness and the capital to speculate, the futures and options on futures markets offer some glaring advantages over other vehicles.