EDUCATION: THE OPTIONS LIQUID EXCHANGE-TRADED-FUND LIST
Liquidity. Liquidity. Liquidity. Whether you're short strangling, iron condoring, laddering out short puts, or doing covered calls, having excellent options liquidity is the cornerstone of any options trade, and the universe of highly liquid options instruments is actually quite small relative to the smorgasbord of underlyings out there. I've posted my list of highly liquid exchange-traded-funds at various times in chat rooms, but thought I'd set it out here for easy reference. Here they are, in alphabetical order, along with a brief description of what they are:
BKLN (Leveraged Loan Index)
DIA (Dow Jones)
EEM (Emerging Market Equities)
EFA (MSCI ex. Canada/U.S.)
EMB (Emerging Market Bonds)
EWA (Australian Equities)
EWW (Mexican Equities)
EWZ (Brazilian Equities)
FEZ (Euro Stoxx 50)
FXI (Chinese Equities)
GDX (Gold Miners)
GDXJ (Junior Gold Miners)
GLD (Gold)
HYG (High Yield Corporate Bonds)
IWM (Russell 2000)
IYR (REIT)
KRE (Regional Banks)
LQD (Investment Grade Corporate Bonds)
MUB (Municipal Bonds)
QQQ (Nasdaq 100)
SLV (Silver)
SMH (Semiconductor)
SPXL (3 x Leveraged Bullish S&P 500)
SPY (S&P 500)
TLT (20-Year + Average Maturity Treasuries)
TQQQ (3 x Leveraged Bullish QQQ)
UNG (Natural Gas)
USO (Crude)
UVXY (1.5 x Leveraged Volatility)
VIX (Volatility)
VXX (Volatility)
XBI (Biotech)
XLE (Energy)
XLF (Financials)
XLI (Industrials)
XLP (Consumer Staples)
XLRE (REIT)
XLU (Utilities)
XME (Metals and Mining)
XOP (Oil and Gas Exploration and Production)
XRT (Retail)
UUP (Dollar Index)
And sorted by type:
BROAD MARKET EQUITY:
DIA (Dow Jones)
EEM (Emerging Market)
EFA (MSCI ex. U.S./Canada)
EWA (Australia)
EWZ (Brazil)
EWW (Mexico)
FEZ (Euro Stoxx 50)
FXI (China)
IWM (Russell 2000)
QQQ (Nasdaq 100)
SPXL (3 x Leveraged Bullish S&P 500)
SPY (S&P 500)
TQQQ (3 x Leveraged Bullish QQQ)
BONDS/FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS:
BKLN (Leveraged Loan Index)
EMB (Emerging Market Bonds)
HYG (High Yield Corporate Bonds)
LQD (Investment Grade Corporate Bonds)
MUB (Muncipal Bonds)
TLT (20-Year + Average Maturity Treasuries)
SECTORS:
GDX (Gold Miners)
GDXJ (Junior Gold Miners)
KRE (Regional Banks)
SMH (Semiconductors)
XBI (Biotech)
XLE (Energy)
XLF (Financials)
XLI (Industrials)
XLP (Consumer Staples)
XLRE (REIT)
XLU (Utilities)
XME (Metals and Mining)
XOP (Oil and Gas Exploration and Production)
XRT (Retail)
REITs:
IYR
XLRE
COMMODITIES/CURRENCY:
GLD (Gold)
SLV (Silver)
UNG (Natural Gas)
USO (WTI Crude Oil)
UUP (Dollar Index)
VOLATILITY:
VIX
VXX
UVXY
BKLN (Leveraged Loan Index)
DIA (Dow Jones)
EEM (Emerging Market Equities)
EFA (MSCI ex. Canada/U.S.)
EMB (Emerging Market Bonds)
EWA (Australian Equities)
EWW (Mexican Equities)
EWZ (Brazilian Equities)
FEZ (Euro Stoxx 50)
FXI (Chinese Equities)
GDX (Gold Miners)
GDXJ (Junior Gold Miners)
GLD (Gold)
HYG (High Yield Corporate Bonds)
IWM (Russell 2000)
IYR (REIT)
KRE (Regional Banks)
LQD (Investment Grade Corporate Bonds)
MUB (Municipal Bonds)
QQQ (Nasdaq 100)
SLV (Silver)
SMH (Semiconductor)
SPXL (3 x Leveraged Bullish S&P 500)
SPY (S&P 500)
TLT (20-Year + Average Maturity Treasuries)
TQQQ (3 x Leveraged Bullish QQQ)
UNG (Natural Gas)
USO (Crude)
UVXY (1.5 x Leveraged Volatility)
VIX (Volatility)
VXX (Volatility)
XBI (Biotech)
XLE (Energy)
XLF (Financials)
XLI (Industrials)
XLP (Consumer Staples)
XLRE (REIT)
XLU (Utilities)
XME (Metals and Mining)
XOP (Oil and Gas Exploration and Production)
XRT (Retail)
UUP (Dollar Index)
And sorted by type:
BROAD MARKET EQUITY:
DIA (Dow Jones)
EEM (Emerging Market)
EFA (MSCI ex. U.S./Canada)
EWA (Australia)
EWZ (Brazil)
EWW (Mexico)
FEZ (Euro Stoxx 50)
FXI (China)
IWM (Russell 2000)
QQQ (Nasdaq 100)
SPXL (3 x Leveraged Bullish S&P 500)
SPY (S&P 500)
TQQQ (3 x Leveraged Bullish QQQ)
BONDS/FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS:
BKLN (Leveraged Loan Index)
EMB (Emerging Market Bonds)
HYG (High Yield Corporate Bonds)
LQD (Investment Grade Corporate Bonds)
MUB (Muncipal Bonds)
TLT (20-Year + Average Maturity Treasuries)
SECTORS:
GDX (Gold Miners)
GDXJ (Junior Gold Miners)
KRE (Regional Banks)
SMH (Semiconductors)
XBI (Biotech)
XLE (Energy)
XLF (Financials)
XLI (Industrials)
XLP (Consumer Staples)
XLRE (REIT)
XLU (Utilities)
XME (Metals and Mining)
XOP (Oil and Gas Exploration and Production)
XRT (Retail)
REITs:
IYR
XLRE
COMMODITIES/CURRENCY:
GLD (Gold)
SLV (Silver)
UNG (Natural Gas)
USO (WTI Crude Oil)
UUP (Dollar Index)
VOLATILITY:
VIX
VXX
UVXY
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