MicroSectors FANG+ Index -3X Inverse Leveraged ETN Company profile
The term MicroSectors indicates concentrated exposure to 10 stocks in a given sub-sector, or ‘micro sector’. The Microsectors FANG+ Index tracks the prices of some of the highly traded, popular technology-based growth stocks.
The acronym FANG relates to the top five core company stocks namely, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google (now referred to as Alphabet Inc.). In addition to these companies, the other five constituents of the Microsectors FANG+ Index are Alibaba, Baidu, NVIDIA, Tesla and Twitter.
A means to a leveraged short-term trade in volatile markets, Exchange-traded notes (ETNs) are unsecured, senior debt security by an underwriting bank. ETNs are constructed with the intent to facilitate daily trading for experienced investors.
Within the category of leveraged equities, the FNGD ETN was launched on 22 January 2018. Tracking the daily performance of the NYSE FANG+ Index, FNGD offers experienced investors, a platform for three-times leveraged participation in the daily performance of the index. The returns on this ETN attract certain charges and fees as well.
Considering FNGD is a 3X ETN, it is indicative of being exposed to three times the risk of volatility in the underlying index. It remains extremely sensitive to the changes in the index and subject to the daily market fluctuations, the returns of the ETN could be adversely impacted on a daily or intraday basis. Hence, it is not recommended for novice traders.
On 15 February 2022, the Microsectors FANG+ Index – 3X Inverse Leveraged ETNs (FNGD) opened at $48.91. Within the intraday trading, it fluctuated to the high of $49.40 and low of $46.65. At a close price of $47.01 on 15 February 2022, compared to the close price of $51.84 as of 14 February 2022, the ETN has plummeted by 9.31%.
However, in the month of February alone, the FNGD ETN has rallied by 5.78%. On 1 February 2022, FNGD had closed at $44.44, while fluctuating to an intra-day high and low of $47.63 and $44.40, respectively.
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