Dude, really enjoy your post. But please calm down. Let us have constructive discussion and positive tone, we are not picking up each others here. Also, I can guarantee that you are not the only one dealing with fund here.
if you draw a chart IEF - SHY from 2006-now, you can find current price is close to the top at 12/20 ...
tomzhou88 发表于 2010-8-26 10:50
As I said, a pure curve trade need to be duration neutral.
The math is not as easy as the subtraction you pointed out. Ratio needs to be used in the strategy to have a pure curve trade. And that ratio changes with rates due to convexity.
Dude, really enjoy your post. But please calm down. Let us have constructive discu ...
colderdown 发表于 2010-8-26 11:01
Thank you for your nice comment. I welcome discussions from from anyone interested in the topic. However, some people know little and try to make strong opinions here and pretend to be an expert. That I can't tolorate, the misguidance can have unexpected negative impacts to readers. I respect constructive comments and feedbacks as much as you do, rffpgadsp is just one example.
You are a nice guy. Unlike me, I am a total lazy fool, I found that the more I try to explain FA here, the more people will be pissed off by me. So, these days, I tried to use as less words as possible.
I am keep buying TBT, the lower the better, reason? I like cheap stuff.
You are a nice guy. Unlike me, I am a total lazy fool, I found that the more I try ...
colderdown 发表于 2010-8-26 11:37
In the long term TBT is a good trade. However, you need to consider 3 things: Ultra short ETFs have material time decay, there is risk that 20yr yield can go down further and the carry & roll down from the curve will hurt your short position.
You could short TLT or UBT. With UBT, time decay will work in your favor although you may experience some short term swings. But if you are confident about your view, it will work out well.