ETFs, Leveraged ETFs, Sector Funds

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Maybe I can help a bit. I pulled this from my TD Ameritrade account Q&A section -

It takes equities trades two business days to settle, which was changed on September 5, 2017. Trade settlement refers to the period of time that it takes clearing firms to reregister and deliver stock ownership in exchange for the cash that completed the transaction from the buyer to the seller. This time period is set by the Federal Reserve.

( I believe ETF’s are considered equities.)

Mutual fund trade settlement is set by the fund company and usually takes one to three business days to complete. The settlement duration of a particular mutual fund will be shown to you on the mutual fund order ticket when you place a trade.

(Fidelity says 3 business days for its Mutual funds).

My TD Ameritrade account shows a count down schedule for recent trades. It shows how many days remain before a recent sell trade has settled. Its located in the gain/loss tab in my account web page.

On a different note, watch the video in today’s FXEmpire (C Lewis) Crude Oil post, link below. It suggests you might want to consider banking your gain in GUSH and waiting for the next leg down to get back in. Watch the video in the post for specifics.

https://www.fxempire.com/forecasts/article/crude-oil-price-forecast-crude-oil-markets-rally-to-kick-off-year-545318

Also, read the bottom two paragraphs in this nat gas post –

https://www.fxempire.com/forecasts/article/natural-gas-price-forecast-natural-gas-markets-continue-to-show-signs-of-weakness-545315

This commentator has said similar things in past posts that suggest a perpetual rising and falling and rising again cycle for natural gas. I charted DGAZ against UGAZ in Stockcharts (enter ‘DGAZ:UGAZ’ as the ticker symbol in Stockcharts to see for yourself)

Here is a link that (hopefully) works for you.

https://c.stockcharts.com/c-sc/sc?s=DGAZ%3AUGAZ&p=D&yr=0&mn=6&dy=0&i=p8770944677c&r=1545268065973

In addition to this cycle is a once a year seasonal spike up in Oct/Nov, and drop back down in Dec/Jan that we just witnessed.

I plan to put 10 – 20% of my available IRA funds in this DGAZ/UGAZ rotation once the current seasonal turmoil settles out in ~Feb/Mar. Back testing this rotation for the past 3 years demonstrated to me this strategy will produce well over 100% return/year.

https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=145576164

If this nat gas rotation is this simple, and repeatable, as this suggests, I will be increasing the percentage of funds I commit to it later in the year.


GLTY