ETF traders who are uncomfortable with the riskier 3x products can also track the miner space with a smaller 2x leverage. For example, the ProShares Ultra Gold Miners (NYSEArca: GDXX) and ProShares Ultra Junior Miners (NYSEArca: GDJJ) take the 2x or 200% daily performance of NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index and Market Vectors Global Junior Gold Miners Index, respectively.
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A potential breakout for GDX “should be to the upside and lead to a big uptrend, an outcome which is made much more probable by the now strongly bullish gold and silver COTs following the Large Specs giving up and bailing out at the worst possible time in recent months as they are always prone to do,” according to ETF Daily News.
GDX is comprised of global gold miners, with a notable tilt toward Canadian and U.S. mining companies. Nevertheless, gold assets may have further room to fall if the U.S. dollar and real bond yields continue to rise.
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