pheller
pheller UltimaDork
5/25/23 12:13 p.m.

Lets say I want to buy some leveraged ETFs on a day/week/month when the market is really cruising. 

But I don't want lose my gains.

I want to ride the "up" but immediately sell on the first sign of a "down". 

I've got a Fidelity Account. 

Do I order, then immediately set a trail stop limit %, of like, 1%? Or a cost per share of something like 10 cents on a $30 share?

My thought being, as long as the fund improves, I'm making money, but as soon it declines, I'm out until I can check the account again.

The risk, I assume, is that it could drop immediately after purchase, and I'd lose a few hundred bucks real quick. 

Or is there a risk that my sell or stop limit doesn't "react" quick enough for rapidly declining value? 

the_machina
the_machina Reader
5/25/23 1:27 p.m.

If you look at historical performance, you'd likely see that you end up selling off your investment after a short intraday selloff, before the market recovers that same day. Then you're left sitting on a pile of cash and missing out on the upside.

 

There's no free way to lock in your gains.

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