Security Trading Analytics

 Posts On Single-Stock ETFs and Modeling Buy-Sell Decisions My personal blog, Security Trading Analytics, aims to empower visitors who seek examples and demonstrations of quantitative methods for tracking, analyzing, and projecting security prices.   Another blog goal is to present methods and resources that are practical and useful for individuals and small consulting practices that wish to improve their trading, investing, and analysis skills via quant methods.  Additionally, my blog does not shy away from disruptive stances, such as for single-stock leveraged ETFs. This post highlights a recent Security Trading Analytics post titled “Should I Trade Single-Stock Leveraged ETFs?”.  You can learn here about the origins of single-stock ETFs for public trading in the United States.  Around the date that single-stock ETFs initially became available for public trading in July 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Investor Education and A...

 Should I Trade Single-Stock Leveraged ETFs? This post examines a set of seventeen single-stock leveraged ETFs that are tracked from their inception through April 30, 2026.  An additional set of seventeen underlying securities is also tracked to help you appreciate how underlying securities can provide important clues about when to buy and sell single-stock leveraged ETFs. A single-stock leveraged ETF is based on an individual stock instead of a basket of securities.  Unlike traditional ETFs, single-stock leveraged ETFs do not have built-in diversification.  If you feel uncomfortable about managing a collection of individual securities that complement one another, then you should avoid single-stock ETFs in favor of traditional ETFs, such as  SPY, QQQ, and DIA, which offer broad diversification. Because many single-stock ETFs employ leverage, they are best suited for short-term trades during periods of rapid price acceleration.  They can also be hazardous: d...