Wish I was short wed open

Excellent point. One doesn’t have to be very adept/nimble at shorting to use some of the non-leverged inverse ETFs once it becomes to become clear that the market & certain sectors have flipped from bullish to bearish (sell signals on daily, weekly & monthly charts, intermediate & long-term trend indicators rolling over, etc..)

Most commodities (but not all, such as oil) likely to do well although many still in consolidation/correction mode at this time. Gold & especially silver (and the miners) likely to outperform & quite possibly even shine (no pun intended) during the next bear market as there will be a massive amount of $$ coming out of stocks & looking for a home (think flight-to-safety + inflationary trade). I should be able to sniff out some niche sectors & individual stocks that appear poised to rally as well but short of commodities & precious metals (& cash), there might not be many places to hide once the tide in the stock market finally turns for good. Bonds likely to face headwinds in an inflationary/rising rate environment so I’ll likely be only looking for tactical (short-term) trades there for the foreseeable future.

Can’t tell you what to do but I can say that I’m still sitting tight on my index shorts from before the holidays & giving them some room for now with the intention of adding short exposure if/when we break some of the support levels highlighted in today’s (Wed) video that covered the daily & 60-min charts of the $NDX & top components. Not yet time to be aggressively short as the Q’s are still just off ATH’s & within the recent trading range but make sure to check out today’s video for the levels that should increase the odds of a solid double-digit correction if taken out.

Semi likely to outperform (drop more than SPY & QQQ) on the way down if we get a correction/bear market of the magnitude that I’m looking for. XLF (financials) likely to fall as much or more than the broad market as well especially if my scenario of a flattening yield curve (short-term rates up, long-term rates down) plays out as that hurts their spread & should dampen profits (along with a drop-off in lending).

devnat
There are both long and short etf’s and etn’s for almost everything. Many are even , with no leverage and then there are 1,2 and 3 times leverage for both long and short. That is what I was asking Randy about. when you use a 3 times leverage short or long , over time there is price decay. If one is looking for a fast downward move your probably ok with the 3 time , but if holding for 30 days or longer one probably needs to use a a Lesser or non leveraged etf. I have a list but it is not one I can attach at this time maybe Randy does.

It will be good for you to start preparing for the “long” assets for bear market..