Buy and sell any ETF commission free for up to three (3) months (free
ETF trading period ends on September 30, 2017).
Act fast, our free
ETF trading period ends on September 30, 2017.
Not exact matches
In the midst of this
period, Turnbull heard about Toronto Index Participation Shares, the first exchange -
traded fund (
ETF) to come to market.
Yesterday, we sold our swing
trade in DB Gold Double Short ($ DZZ), a «short
ETF» that inversely tracks the price of spot gold, for a solid gain of 9 % over a two - week holding
period.
The Pimco 25 + Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Fund (NYSEArca: ZROZ) gained 4.68 percent in the five - day
trading period, while the Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury
ETF (NYSEArca: EDV), now a $ 213.9 million fund, tagged on gains of 4.6 percent on the week.
While the units of
ETFs are tradable on secondary markets, they may not readily
trade in all market conditions and may
trade at significant discounts in
periods of market stress.
As such, note that our projected holding
period of this momentum
trade setup is expected to be shorter - term than our typical
ETF swing
trade.
As with all «short
ETFs,» which typically underperform their underlying indexes with longer holding
periods, this swing
trade is only intended to be held for a quick «pop» of no more than a few days (as opposed to our typical holding time of 1 to 3 weeks).
In the 12 - month
period ended Dec. 31, 2017, Canadian
ETF assets under management (AUM) held in U.S., international, global and emerging - market equities increased by a healthy 46 % to $ 46.2 billion from $ 31.6 billion a year earlier, according to figures from the Canadian Exchange -
Traded Funds Association.
An old school complaint pertaining to exchange
traded funds, specifically the equity - based variety, is that
ETFs are unlikely to outperform the best - performing stock in their respective lineups over a year or longer holding
periods.
Although there have been short - term
periods of underperformance, our model
ETF and stock
trading portfolios have outperformed the cumulative gain of the overall stock market by a wide margin in the 10 years since our company's inception.
Also in this time
period traditional brokerage houses have changed, companies such as Fidelity and Schwab have lowered their
trading fees to $ 4.95 and offer a plethora of free
trade ETFs and provide investor education tools as well as access to
trading options and futures.
As such, the
ETF and stock picks in the model
trading accounts of our Wagner Daily swing
trading newsletter scored a solid combined gain of 4.8 % during that same two - month
period (an outperformance of the main stock market indexes by more than 11 % for the months of April and May).
Gapping slightly lower on the October 2 open, we sold UNG at $ 22.07 in our model
ETF trading account, locking in a solid 11 % gain with a holding
period of 6 days.
We promised another article about peer - to - peer
trading, but given the events of yesterday, when the Winklevoss Twins had their Bitcoin
ETF denied and panic selling ensued, it's a good time to talk about what to do when the prices drop sharply in a short
period of time.
The S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite indices tumbled 3.2 % and 5.2 % respectively during the same
period, which is a great example of why it pays to
trade ETFs with a low correlation to the direction of the stock market when equity sentiment turns bearish.
A four year test
period is short by historical standards but the test is limited to the
trading history of
ETFs within the portfolio.
That's because certain investments, like stocks, stock mutual funds, and stock exchange -
traded funds (
ETFs), have the potential to increase in value over an extended
period of time.
Horizons
ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. and its affiliate AlphaPro Management Inc. (collectively «Horizons
ETFs») are pleased to announce the distribution amounts per unit (the «Distributions») for certain of the Horizons
ETFs family of exchange
traded funds (the «
ETFs»), for the
period ending March 31, 2016, as indicated in the table below.
Over the past 10 days, a
period where the S&P 500 has
traded sideways, REITs and MLPs are down 8 % and 6 %, respectively, as measured by the Vanguard REIT
ETF ($ VNQ) and the JP Morgan Alerian MLP ETN ($ AMJ).
We're quoted in this article on CNBC.com discussing the use of exchange -
traded funds (
ETFs) to restore balance in a portfolio during the 31 - day waiting
period to avoid a wash sale following a stock loss.
Leveraged exchange -
traded funds (
ETFs) are designed to achieve their investment objective on a daily basis meaning that they are not designed to track the underlying index over an extended
period of time.
As always, I caution that leveraged
ETFs make for a decent
trade over a few days»
period but should be avoided at all costs as a long - term investment.
Stock market
ETFs return close to 10 % (unadjusted) over long
periods of time, which will out - earn almost any other option and are very easy for a non-finance person to invest in (You don't
trade actively - you leave the money there for years).
TORONTO — April 23, 2018 — Horizons
ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. («Horizons
ETFs») is pleased to announce the distribution amounts per unit (the «Distributions») for its suite of covered call exchange
traded funds (the «
ETFs»), for the
period ending April 30, 2018, as indicated in the table below.
Horizons
ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. is pleased to announce the distribution amounts per unit for certain of its of exchange
traded funds for the
period ending April 30, 2018.
Horizons
ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. is pleased to announce the distribution amounts per unit for its suite of covered call exchange
traded funds, for the
period ending April 30, 2018.
Using a dollar weighted methodology, it's possible to outperform the overall return of an
ETF by solely investing in the
ETF, providing that you time your
trades such that your money is primarily invested during
periods of higher growth.
We view this as a suitable level of transparency, particularly since most investors in actively managed
ETFs are usually seeking longer - term holding
periods than index strategies, which can be (and often are) used for
trading purposes.
But MDYV is a pretty small
ETF (about $ 26 million in assets), and as the chart of its five - day
trading history shows, there were extended
periods of time when MDYV didn't
trade at all.
The results below are over a very limited time
period, primarily due to the relatively short
trading history of leveraged
ETFs.
TORONTO — March 23, 2017 — Horizons
ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. and its affiliate AlphaPro Management Inc. (collectively «Horizons
ETFs») are pleased to announce the distribution amounts per unit (the «Distributions») for the Horizons
ETFs suite of covered call exchange
traded funds (the «
ETFs»), for the
period ending March 31, 2017, as indicated in the table below.
The short — term
trading fee may be applicable to each purchase of each
ETF where such
ETF is sold during the holding
period.
TORONTO — March 22, 2018 — Horizons
ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. («Horizons
ETFs») is pleased to announce the distribution amounts per unit (the «Distributions») for the Horizons
ETFs suite of covered call exchange
traded funds (the «
ETFs»), for the
period ending March 31, 2018, as indicated in the table below.
It simply means that if you are a swing trader, one who
trades over a 3 - 7 day
period of time, there are an abundance of pullback strategies for liquid
ETFs that you can apply to your
trading which have large amounts of data to confirm that healthy edges have remained in place.
There is no way for a retail investor to inexpensively rebalance a leveraged
ETF position (you'd have to do it daily) so that it mimicks a margin
trade over a
period of many weeks or months.
Berger & Montague, P.C. has filed a class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of all persons who held short call option positions on «in the money» call options contracts on dividend paying stocks and exchange
traded funds («
ETFs») and who were adversely affected by Defendants» manipulation of the options markets prior to the ex-dividend date on such securities from February 6, 2010 through the present (the «Class
Period»).
Starting last month, the Canadian government has accepted and supported the «first blockchain
ETF (exchange
traded fund) ``, while in January 2018, the country went through a legally complicated
period.