Sie werden wie Aktien (long) gehandelt, man geht damit aber Short auf die US-Indizes. Die Charts dieser Short-Index-Aktien laufen natürlich spiegelbildlich zum jeweiligen Index, den sie abbilden. Die Short-Aktie auf den Dow Jones hat das schöne Tickersymbol "DOG". Interessant ist, dass die Index-Short-Aktie auf den SP-500 - Ticker: SH - vor einem Ausbruch nach oben steht (Analyse unten). D. h. umgekehrt, der SP-500 selbst steht vor einem Einbruch. Einige dieser Index-Short-Aktien (sog. Ultra-Shorts) haben auch einen doppelten Hebel, darunter der unten nicht gelistete Nasdaq-Ultrashort-Indexfond mit Ticker QID. Unten der aktuelle Chart von QID (wäre er ein Long, würde Bullen ein "Einstiegssignal" erkennen - Bodenbildung, ansteigendes Volumen). ![](http://www.ariva.de//board/pneditor/images/em.icon.evil.gif)
Market Confusion Means Time for Protection
![](http://www.thestreet.com/tsc/c.gif) By Mark Manning Street.com Contributor 1/29/2007 1:04 PM EST
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On Friday, I discussed the current health of the market and warned that until we get some clear confirmation that an intermediate-term top is forming, investors should be careful about jumping too quickly to the short side, pointing out specifically what investors should look for and what they should do. When you get into a market situation that is confusing both the bulls and the bears, it is time to take some action to protect your portfolio. The first step would be to set protective sell stops under recent support areas of your holdings to protect profits. Next, it is always a good idea to raise some cash when you become uncertain what the market is going to do next, especially if there hasn't been a correction in a while. Finally, you can hedge your long-term holding by shorting stocks or market indices. When it comes to shorting stocks or indices to hedge your portfolio, many investors get concerned about the potential risks. With stocks this is a definite concern because of the lack of diversification and unlimited risk if the trade turned against you. The second problem is that you can't do any of this in IRAs because you need a margin account, and that is not allowed in these types of accounts. Fortunately, there is a very good solution; ProShares has come out with inverse exchange-traded funds called ProShares Short and Ultra-Short Funds. Their short funds seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of a specific index. The Ultra fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) of the daily performance of a specific index. With these types of funds, investors have easy trading vehicles to protect their portfolios and make money in a downtrending market. Because ETFs trade like stocks, you can easily set buy and sell stops on your trade. ProShares offers a wide variety of these ETFs from the Dow Jones Industrials to the Small-Cap 600. You can review them on the ProShares Web site. Today we will look at the charts of three of them, the Short Dow 30 (DOG - commentary - Cramer's Take), Short S&P 500 (SH - commentary - Cramer's Take) and the Short QQQ (PSQ - commentary - Cramer's Take). These three funds will correspond inversely with each index. The Short Dow 30 has not closed above the 50-day moving average in over six months. However, it looks like it is about ready to do that. On Friday it broke through that level, but closed slightly below. A good buy point for this fund would be above resistance at $63.32. I would then make sure I had a protective sell stop under the $62.00 area if the Dow turns around and ramps higher again. ![](http://images.thestreet.com/rmoney/technicalanalysis/37698.gif)
The Short S&P Fund is also very close to breaking out of its two-month consolidation, and it has successfully held above the 50-day moving average. A break above Friday's high at $63.12 may be a good entry point. Again, I would make sure I had a sell stop underneath support. ![](http://images.thestreet.com/rmoney/technicalanalysis/37697.gif)
If the market does put in some type of top here, the Nasdaq Composite and the Qs look like they may lead the way down. They, too, successfully held above the 50-day moving average last week after the false breakout in the Nasdaq two weeks ago. You could actually use two buy points on this index. The first one would be above Friday's high of $ 63.02 and then again above $64.00. A good place for a protective sell stop would be under last Thursday's low of $61.35. ![](http://images.thestreet.com/rmoney/technicalanalysis/37696.gif)
These are just a few ways you can outright short the market or protect your long-term holdings by hedging your portfolio from a correction. There are many other indices ProShares covers, including going 200% short these indexes. You will have to review them and see what is best for your individual circumstances.
Hier der Chart der Nasdaq-Ultrashort-Index-Aktie QID |