What's the best way to make money in a bear market?

Now now, Margin, how are you going to collect your 25K from me if you put me on /block? Couldn't handle the /ignore feature any longer?

Hahaha! I won! You owe me $25K!

 

Why not short SPY or QQQ?

 

Because both have hairy legs and don't douche

 

I do not day trade. These trades are for the long term and you are going for larger returns by riding the reverse index ETFs trends which are all up. The larger and faster the stockmarket drops, the larger the gains. You would buy a call option if you want to trade the reverse index ETFs using options. This is like going long although, the reverse index ETFs are in fact shorting the US stockmarket indexes.

 

Like, the reason not to short SPY and buy an inverse ETF instead is because of margin? Can this be wrong?

 

Without knowing your trading plan and capitalization I should keep my mouth shut. You are right.

 

Not being sarcastic. You will make the most money in a bear market by having the discipline not to trade.

 

I believe SPY pays a dividend so if you're holding it short when it goes ex-divy you'll be paying that divy,not collecting it.In addition to the CTB/SLB fee.

 

Well, taking a short position overnight requires margin. And interest. I should have said interest.

 

Spoken like an uneducated, frightened, beta male. Not being sarcastic.