BETAPRO SP500 VIX ST FTRS 2X DLY BULL T.HVU

So far a great day

[Midgetwhacker]

Seems like people finally figured out that hedging s and p bets are the way to go.

Sure am liking the volitility in the markets though. Impression is leading me to think of a spike near eom. Option prices are starting to rise quite a bit it seems.

[TheCapitalistBear]

Shhhh. Don't cheer too loud or you might Whack HVU into a Midget!

[Murraylaplante]

End of quarter would be a good time for a spike,had little one this morning and last night. Maybe a tremor before the quake? I do quite a bit of reading online not quite up on all the technical stuff but getting the Idea. Like if the Feds raise interest rates.025 this is good news for HVU? Not quite understanding how the interest rise effects Commodities. I no I want to get my initial returns back

[TheCapitalistBear]

7 years and 2 blown up accounts. I've done my time!  Interest rates affect all asset prices. Assets being cash, stocks, commodities, real estate, and virtually any other economic asset. Low interest rates mean borrowing is cheap and thus drives buying of these assets via cash. Economic law dictates the more demand, the higher the price, so asset prices rise. Inflation! Conversely as

[Murraylaplante]

Thank You again for the complete explanation! Well seems very positive about interest rates going up maybe 1/4% but I think even this should be positive factor for our goals.Our situation is interest up stock market down our fund up:)..& Up...LOL We can only hope,with a few negative push backs with OPEC & Oil we should all be were we want to be:) Thanks Again, Couple extra thoughts 

[Murraylaplante]

I also see the discussion onthe rates today were not what we were looking for:(

[Murraylaplante]

I also see the discussion onthe rates today were not what we were looking for:(

[TheCapitalistBear]

This is why the question is "what will The Fed do?". They're backed into a corner where they should have raised rates a long time ago (actually they never should have cut them). So they don't want to raise rates because if they do, the economy will crash. So they're playing cat and mouse pretending to raise rates, doing a tiny hike here or there.  What would 2 hikes of

[Midgetwhacker]

Quantitive easying is a farce. In essence it means taking money from the tax pay and there children that wont retire to a 2nd world country. Because of the taxes, and future of the the people that do it.  I was able to day trade hvu on Thursday. In the end I came out with a lower aps and a profitt on the same share amount.  Yellen is irrelevant IMO. World market says it all. 

[TheCapitalistBear]

IMO not only is Yellen relevant, she's the ONLY relevant indicator for the US. Traditional economics are out the window for now. Stocks, Oil, Gold, USD, are all dictated by Fed policy Ex. Fed ends QE, Oil immediately starts crashing from $105 to $26 and stocks stop advancing. Fed hikes 0.25%, stocks crash 15%.  Prices in this historic era are not being driven by the supply and demand