Don't get confused. NYSE is the Exchange, not a stock. SP500 is just basically a name of 500 large cap US MNC companies.


SP500 means Big Caps already... yes, just use SPY (the ETF) as ticker.

Mid Caps ticker is MDY

Just go google S&P MIDCAP 400® ETF and you find the list of 400 mid caps companies in this ETF.

any broker provide leverage for like 1:50 or 1:100?

thanks.

been googling n reading a bit...

i notice on my nyse trading platform that many etf's have high volumes. spy seems by far, the top volume. i can see many also listed as top volume etf's on this list.
http://www.barchart.com/etf/vleaders.php

this list of 10 "top" large cap etf's, with spy at #5, mdy not on it. seems some are very low vol traded. i seem to see the"top" ones are 100% usa equities.
http://money.usnews.com/funds/etfs/rankings/large-cap-funds

can i ask:
.. is it correct to say etf's are popular for reason of diversification, like unit trusts only that etfs are tradeable any time, in usd?
.. etf's investment and trading - any major difference compared to individual stocks?
.. what is spdr? i notice many etfs have this attached to it
.. for etf's, how is dividend treated given a basket of equities?
.. given the dive in gold, oil, commodity prices in the last yr or so, wud it be correct to say gold, oil and emerging markets etf's generally did badly in the same period?

just starting, so any comment appreciated incl yr own experience with any of these counters , thanks again.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Dec 13 2014, 06:58 PM

raising market but lower in volume, what does this indicated? red flag?

naturally volume divergences are a potential flag, but not enough to bring it down. the US market is a different animal altogether thanks to the drug called the Fed.

you can ask away in this thread i guess.
brokerages you can always start with the locals which offer US trading.

SP500 spend 95b to buy back shares from their shareholders

below buy signal generated from metatrader platform

Yes, for this kind of leverage, it is call Options!
Google around Stock Options to find out more.
Warning: Stock Options are not for rookies.


-- ETFs are created for NOT because of diversification alone but because of COST (as compared to unit trusts aka. mutual funds).
It is cheaper to trade ETF, just like stocks.
-- ETFs can be certain sectors: Transport, Oil, Housing, REITs, Commodities, Gaming, Dividends, Emerging market, World markets, etc...
-- SPDR is just one of the company that created the ETFs.
-- Dividends distribution are treated differently depending on how many stocks inside the ETF itself. You have to read its disclosures..
-- Yes, for any of the ETFs that have been tracking Gold, Oil and other commodities who had gone down in prices, their prices also have gone down in the same manner.. but their percentage are different.

Hope this helps!

Ha ha! Correct... the Fed (the doctor) has stop the flow of additional drug. Now, the patient (the economy) is on its own.




This post has been edited by danmooncake: Dec 14 2014, 01:21 AM

people are panic for oil price now.....panic panic, they are...
in fact, i'm looking at between 1900 and 1950...

Any pointers on how market will behave durin those two historical crisis? Such panic habe effect almist majority of hares movement...

thanks, appreciate it. will read up.

Stock is not like forex lah bro.

got lar. its called margin financing but i dunno how much they offer

56 held this morning.. Have to see how many bounces it can hold

Ya lah but not that high like forex, mostly about around 1:5.

vin_ann your on the right thread, however your question is a bit general,
any specific information you like to find out?

Need help from Sifus here.

Are SPXL and SPXS good ETF choice to track SP500 movement? In terms of tracking accuracy as well as liquidity, I guess. Thanks!

2nd bounce off 56

No, they're not accurate because they're 3x leverage (one bull, one bear) and they reset everyday after the percentage move.
Dangerous to play this if you're on the wrong side.

This post has been edited by danmooncake: Dec 16 2014, 03:53 AM

they reset everyday? that seems "accurate" in a way?
i watched them moving pretty much 3x according to how SP500 moves. Seems quite accurate....
and ya, i am more interested to play 3x, faster moving.