It seems the biggest drawback of these ETFs is that you can have tax liabilities even when you have negative returns on your trades. This seems clearer for buy and hold, but what about short term trading of these ETFs? It seems the tax issues would be even more complicated. Any thoughts? And for those who don't know what I'm referring to, see here: http://seekingalpha.com/article/765...futures-etfs-don-t-get-caught-in-the-tax-trap
This comment below suggests that even doing that is not a guarantee against a disqualifying tax event for a retirement account: http://seekingalpha.com/article/765...n-t-get-caught-in-the-tax-trap#comment-165611
Very true if you are trading for income to live. However, if you are building wealth you don't need to withdraw proceeds until 701/2. Assuming you are making money, you have the compounding effect in your favor which makes a retirement account attractive in the first place.