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SDOW – Understanding Leveraged ETFS In The Market Direction Portfolio – Investor Questions

Jun 16, 2015 | Profit And Income Strategies, Stock Market Outlook

On the Members Forum an investor wondered about her shares of SDOW ETF as today the DOW JONES Index is back climbing.

Investor Questions

Teddi, I have a different cost basis than you do on SDOW. Mine is $18.75. Frankly I was planning to hold it through the summer, but would you put stops in? It just feels like something is going to rock the market in a big way, and there might not be time to get a decent price.

Is there a lot of deterioration in SDOW so keeping it isn’t worthwhile?

Leveraged ETFS

The answer for this investor comes from understanding the deciding factors to take into account and how leveraged ETFs function.

Leverages ETFs are designed to provide 2 or 3 times the daily movement on the underlying asset. In the case of SDOW, it is designed to provide 3 times a move lower in the DOW. Therefore when the DOW JONES Index falls 3% in a single day the SDOW provides ………….. the rest of this article is for USA Members.

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