November 7
Why You Should Sell ETFs?
Lately with the market situations turning downward, all the traders are calling their brokers for only one reason which is to sell. Still one should ensure if the decisions they are taking are based on facts or not. Below we have discussed some of the situations, if found in one should think about selling ETFs.
Squaring off your positions:
One of the obvious reasons why one should sell ETFs is for booking profits. So let’s say you have been in a long position for a while now and you want to take out some or all profits then one can sell the ETFs and get profits out of it. Also if one believes that now the market is not going to take the price of this ETF any further one can choose to square off their long positions.
Reducing downward risk:
So if one is heavily invested in the market and is feeling the risk of turbulent markets he/she can choose to sell an Index ETF so to hedge their current positions. So even if the markets turn downward still shorting ETF would at least keep an investor away from heavy losses.
Reducing downward industry risk:
If one has good amount of investments in a particular sector or a commodity he/she should consider taking a short position for sector ETFs or Commodity ETFs respectively. So let’s say a trader is bullish about Information Technology sector and have heavily invested in several stocks belonging to that sector he should also sell I.T. Sector ETFs to hedge their current positions.
Reducing your risks in Futures and Options:
Weather you have invested in equity, index, ETFs or futures and options you can use ETFs to hedge your risks. So let’s say you are bullish about the Crude Oil prices and you are long on Crude Oil Call options, you can sell Oil ETFs to gain an exposure to the downside risk you might have if the Crude Oil Prices fall.
Bearish about markets:
If you are a firm believer that markets are going to fall, in that case also you should consider selling Index ETFs. Additionally, within all the sectors if you think that a particular sector is going to perform the worse you can also consider selling that sector’s ETF.
Therefore, if you want to hedge your current positions, book some profits or take advantage of bearish market you can consider selling ETFs.