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Everything you need to understand the Leveraged ETF Monitor and make informed trading decisions.
What Is the Leveraged ETF Monitor?
The Leveraged ETF Monitor is a trading signal tool that helps you decide when to add or exit positions in leveraged ETFs. It analyzes daily price data using moving averages, volatility-based stops, and momentum indicators to generate clear, actionable signals each trading day.
What Is the Difference Between Core ETF, Long ETF, and Short ETF?
The Core ETF is the benchmark index you track for trend direction (e.g., QQQ, TLT, or FBTC). The Long ETF is what you buy when the trend is bullish (e.g., TQQQ, UBT, or BITU). The Short ETF is what you buy when the trend is bearish (e.g., SQQQ, TBT, or SBIT). The system analyzes the Core ETF and tells you which leveraged ETF to focus on.
What Does Bullish, Bearish, or Neutral Bias Mean?
Bias indicates the current market trend direction. Bullish means the trend favors upward movement, suggesting you consider Long ETF positions. Bearish means the trend favors downward movement, suggesting Short ETF positions. Neutral means no clear trend, suggesting caution with new positions.
What Are Tranches (T1–T4)?
Tranches are position slots that help you scale into trades gradually. Instead of investing all your capital at once, you divide it into 4 tranches (T1, T2, T3, T4). The system tells you how many tranches you can add each day based on trend strength, allowing you to build positions systematically while managing risk.
What Does "Eligible Adds Today" Mean?
"Eligible Adds Today" is a number (0 to 4) indicating how many new tranche positions the system suggests you can open today. A higher number means stronger trend conditions favor adding positions. A lower number or zero suggests caution—the trend may be weak or unclear.
Why Am I Not Eligible to Add Tranches?
You see zero Eligible Adds when market conditions don't clearly favor new positions. This happens during neutral trends, when the price is between moving averages, or when trend momentum is weakening. The system is protecting you from entering during uncertain conditions.
What Is the Difference Between Bull Checklist and Bear Checklist?
The Bull Checklist shows conditions that favor bullish (upward) trades in the Long ETF. The Bear Checklist shows conditions that favor bearish (downward) trades in the Short ETF. Each checklist evaluates specific criteria based on moving averages, and the number of passing conditions determines how many tranches you can add.
How Does the Chandelier Exit (22,4,High) Stop-Loss Work?
The Chandelier Exit is a trailing stop-loss that moves with the trend. It's calculated as the highest high of the last 22 days minus 4 times the Average True Range (ATR). As prices rise, the stop rises too, locking in gains. If price falls below this level, it signals an exit.
How Does the R-Based Take Profit System Work?
The R-based take profit system sets a profit target based on your initial risk. "R" equals the distance from your entry price to your initial stop-loss. If you set a 2R target, your take profit is 2 times that distance above your entry. This creates a consistent reward-to-risk ratio for every trade.
How Is RSI(14) Used in the Leveraged ETF Monitor?
RSI(14) is used purely as an informational momentum indicator—it does not affect trade eligibility or reduce your Eligible Adds. The dashboard shows RSI as "Momentum: Strong," "Momentum: Neutral," or "Momentum: Weak (Caution)" to give you context about whether price movement may be overextended, but this is for your consideration only.
How Does Trade History & P/L Tracking Work?
Every time you exit a position, the trade is permanently recorded with full details — entry/exit dates, prices, shares, P/L in dollars and percentage, hold time, and exit reason. You can view all your closed trades on the Trade History page, filter by monitor or symbol, sort by any column, and export to CSV.
How Do Daily Email Alerts Work?
Daily email alerts deliver a summary of your trading signals to your inbox every evening after market close. Each email includes the current bias, tomorrow's orders (entries, exits, stop updates), and key indicator values for each of your monitors — so you know exactly what to do the next trading day without logging in.
What Is the Free Trial & How Do I Get Started?
The Leveraged ETF Monitor offers a two-stage free trial. First, you get 21 days of full access by signing up with just your email — no password or credit card needed. Add a password anytime to unlock 14 more free days on top of the days you have left — so you get the full 21 + 14 = up to 35 days free, with no days lost. If you like it, subscribe for $5.99/month.
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