Recent content by Don17

Hi thanks for the reply, however I invested in both the Short Dax 3x and Short FTSE 3x. The Dax ETF has tracked somewhat sensibly although not exactly (probably for the reasons you mentioned), however the FTSE ETF is no where near which is why I’m so perplexed. Is there something I am missing as...

Hi all, I had some good success in 2015/2016 playing with Boost’s 3UKL.L (3xFTSE 100 return) and the opposite/short version (3UKS.L). However I got caught out and my bets on 3UKS.L (3x shorting the FTSE 100) in Dec 2016 did not pay off as the market surged ahead past 7,000 to its recent peak...

Hi all some good info here. I've been trading the UK and German ETFs, but noticed over the last week there's been a divergence in the Boost LevDax 3x (3LDE) ETF. It doesn't seem to be tracking the DAX at all, whereas in the past it always has. Any ideas why this could be the case?

I looked up the definition of scalping and turns out that's not what I was doing! Sorry! :cry: Basically I'm just buying and selling leveraged ETFs following a contrarian strategy and thought incorrectly based on some other stuff I read that this was scalping and have made a right @rse of...

I'm assuming by round trips you mean spreads, they are pretty wide and do limit profit for sure, plus stops aren't guaranteed nor can you do trailing stop losses. Starting to question why I'm trading ETFs now!

My first post on here, been lurking for a while and learning loads... Lots of good knowledge being freely shared here. I've been doing a bit of what you guys call scalping. Generally I'm trading a 2x or 3x leveraged ETF (FTSE 100 and DAX). Have been having a bit of success making a few hundred...