3X Returns With Constrained Exposure – Tail Risk Hedging
Jonathan Kitchen Introduction For about a year now I’ve been trading 3X-leveraged UPRO with tail-risk hedges using XSP options. That combination offers unique advantages which will be explained here. Let’s be clear about the “tail risk” concept. The goal is to constrain worst-case losses, or to state a more statistical objective, constrain 98%-confidence losses. Tail-risk…