5. Trade during an open underlying market: If you are investing in overseas markets, it is best to trade the correlating ETF when the overseas market is open. This avoids any uncertainty.
6. Use a stop-loss: A stop-loss is an automatic sell order that is triggered when an ETF’s price falls to a predetermined threshold. The most common stop-loss is set at a specific price, which allows you to limit losses. A trailing stop-loss ratchets up the stop-loss price as your ETF’s price increases. Read more on stop losses here.
7. Watch the fees: Consider broker fees for every transaction. The more trades you do, the more you are paying in fees, taking away from your gains.
8. Leveraged ETFs: Pay attention to thee funds daily, as they can move in radical directions. These also require re-balancing often, meaning more fees to rack up. More on leveraged and inverse ETFs can be found here.
9. Market makers: Market makers working for the designated brokers add liquidity and help keep the bid-ask near the ETF’s underlying value, so having more is generally desirable.
10. Distribution date: Most ETFs are very tax efficient because their turnover is low. There’s the potential that investors holding some ETFs on the day of record can trigger a capital gains event. More information on taxes and ETFs can be found here.