regarding some of these slow moving ETF's
like DBA an PDBC - I have received messages like, Matt why would I
waste money on things that move such small percentages, ties up too
much money, I need stuff that moves.
I tell these people, not everything needs to be or should be
high flying beta stocks/ETFs, Quantum stocks etc, that move 10% and
20% a day - yes nice to catch trends on those for sure. However a
big part of trading is mental, and stuff like that that is highly
volatile, has huge average true ranges, I cannot personally stomach
buying big positions, because I can't handle the noise, like a
pullback that is just noise can be a lot of money - easy to
stop out on loss. Whereas PDBC, DBA yes they move slowly like 1% to
0.5% in a day, but it also means I can hold a much larger
percentage and not worry about it, let it work, not get emotional
on noise fluctuations.
Also good example, guys told me about
that on PDBC. Well...buying it in late Dec or early Jan when I said
the was the objective buy signal on that channel break - by mid
April it was up 40%!!! Those small incremental moves added up
a lot over 4 months - so yeah small daily moves, but up 40%
in 4.5 months - that doesn't seem small at all, that's 2 good years
of SPX growth. Like compound interest those incremental small daily
moves add up over time
PDBC and DBA/PDBA small % movers and trading discussion/educational
Posted by matt on 16th of Jun 2026 at 12:52 pm
regarding some of these slow moving ETF's like DBA an PDBC - I have received messages like, Matt why would I waste money on things that move such small percentages, ties up too much money, I need stuff that moves.
I tell these people, not everything needs to be or should be high flying beta stocks/ETFs, Quantum stocks etc, that move 10% and 20% a day - yes nice to catch trends on those for sure. However a big part of trading is mental, and stuff like that that is highly volatile, has huge average true ranges, I cannot personally stomach buying big positions, because I can't handle the noise, like a pullback that is just noise can be a lot of money - easy to stop out on loss. Whereas PDBC, DBA yes they move slowly like 1% to 0.5% in a day, but it also means I can hold a much larger percentage and not worry about it, let it work, not get emotional on noise fluctuations.
Also good example, guys told me about that on PDBC. Well...buying it in late Dec or early Jan when I said the was the objective buy signal on that channel break - by mid April it was up 40%!!! Those small incremental moves added up a lot over 4 months - so yeah small daily moves, but up 40% in 4.5 months - that doesn't seem small at all, that's 2 good years of SPX growth. Like compound interest those incremental small daily moves add up over time
Commodities PDBC Weekly - Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF - Chart Linkbought in December, sold in late April looking to get back in sometime
Commodity - Agriculture DBA ST - Chart Link had bought back in a few days ago, added more yesterday