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vixandmore.blogspot.com - 5/28/2009

Using Options to Control the Risks in Leveraged ETFs

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Several readers noted that options on leveraged ETFs seemed like a recipe for disaster, as if no good could possibly come from piling leverage on top of leverage. While I certainly understand the sentiment, this type of thinking is typical of investors who have little or no experience in ...

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michaeljamesmoney.blogspot.com - 5/22/2009

Michael James on Money: Are Leveraged ETFs Leaky?

— michaeljamesmoney.blogspot.com — The basic idea behind leveraged ETFs seems appealing. These ETFs seek to go up or down double... or triple the amount of a given index. Since stocks tend to go up over time, you’d think that doubling or tripling this gain would be a good idea. ... (more) Michael James on Money: Are Leveraged ETFs Leaky?

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vixandmore.blogspot.com - 6/3/2009

ETFs, Leverage and Strangles

— vixandmore.blogspot.com — I was surprised by the volume of the feedback I received from last week’s Using Options to... Control Risk in Leveraged ETFs . Clearly there is a great deal of interest in options and leveraged ETFs. Among the emails I received were several questions about strategies associated with ETFs. For the ... (more) ETFs, Leverage and Strangles

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ETFs, Leverage And Strangles
Daily Markets — ... I was surprised by the volume of the feedback I received from last week’s Using Options to Control Risk in Leveraged ETFs . Clearly there is a great deal of interest in options and leveraged ETFs. Among the emails I received were several questions about strategies associated with ETFs. For the record, my intent here is not to advocate a particular strategy, but merely to illuminate various strategic building blocks that I believe should be part of the trading arsenal of any options trader. With that out of the way, let me spend a minute talking about strangles. I realize I ...

Triple ETF Options Landscape
Daily Markets — ... ETFs (market cap focus); sector ETFs; geography ETFs; and bond ETFs. I have also color coded the top five pairs in terms of liquidity in green, with two additional pairs highlighted in yellow that I believe are liquid enough to trade, though do not yet have the following of the “big five.” I will refrain from additional comments, other than to note that I believe a lot of additional information of interest can be gleaned from this relatively simple graphic. For a related post, see: Using Options to Control Risk in Leveraged ETFs [image] [source: iVolatility] > ...