Hi Sally. Looking at the daily chart, SDS put in a 6-day Island Reversal in November 3011. This is not good, it's awful.
SDS is in a clearly defined downtrend; from 28 to the current 16. Not good, awful.
I suggest that if you buy a stock intending that it rise, go for one in an uptrend.
Otherwise...DOOM.
Also, SDS has come way down. It will likely go further downer. Not sure, but I think so.
I do not like to be the bearer of bad tidings, but there it is. Go for a stock in an uptrend; try to make your money work for you. SDS has a long, long way to get you back to even.