Recent content by Hendl

You don't understand. If Day 1 the Nasdaq goes up, then sometime that day, I sell. If a few days later it goes down, then that day I sell the ETF I've already bought that goes short on the Nasdaq, and pocket those profits. I don't sell each ETF every day.

I am looking at "hedge" trading where I buy an index ETF (i.e., of the S&P), and then also buy its 'counterpart', meaning an ETF which is shorting that index. I don't know if I would buy them at the same time, and just sell whichever one makes profits that day, etc., Or buy each one separately...