ETF

How do Bitcoin ETFs provide downside protection? Explore options-based buffer strategies, return caps, outcome periods, and the risks of structured Bitcoin funds.

Learn why 3x leveraged ETFs target daily returns rather than long-term multiples, and how daily resets, compounding, volatility, index risk and holding periods affect performance.

Explore tokenized leveraged ETFs through a South Korea equity example, covering underlying assets, daily leverage, token structures, liquidity, and key investment risks.

Learn how tokenized ETFs enter crypto markets through issuance, custody and blockchain transfers, and why trading hours, liquidity and price discovery can cause deviations from underlying ETF prices.

A technology ETF is a fund that holds a basket of technology companies. A sector fund selects information-technology names from the S&P 500. A Nasdaq-100 fund holds about 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on Nasdaq. That second list is technology-heavy and also includes consumer and other non-technology companies, so the two baskets are not the same.

A semiconductor ETF holds a basket of chip companies in order to track a semiconductor index. The share price follows that basket. Buyers receive fund shares, which are a claim on the stocks, not on wafers or physical chips.

A commodity ETF is a listed vehicle for commodity exposure. Physically backed trusts, futures-basket funds, and equity proxies such as miners or energy producers are different holdings. The share tracks that vehicle. It does not equal a bar, a futures contract, and a company stock at the same time.

How does BlackRock's proposed PBIT Bitcoin ETF manage downside risk? Explore IBIT options, return caps, protection limits, and differences from spot Bitcoin ETFs.

TRXS is the ticker for the Canary Staked TRX ETF, an exchange-traded product designed to provide exposure to TRX, the native asset of the TRON blockchain, while also generating additional TRX through staking. The product is sponsored by Canary Capital and is designed to trade on Cboe BZX Exchange.

SPY is the ticker symbol for the ​SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust​, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to track the performance of the S&P 500 Index. Launched in 1993, SPY was the first ETF listed in the United States and has become one of the most widely traded ETFs in the market.

SOXL is a leveraged ETF that tracks three times the daily return of the U.S. semiconductor sector index, designed primarily for investors seeking to amplify short-term upside in the semiconductor market. It achieves leverage through financial derivatives, rather than holding three times the underlying stock assets directly.

SOXL achieves its three-times leverage not by holding three times as many semiconductor stocks, but by building the desired risk exposure through derivatives and daily rebalancing. Its design is to track roughly three times the daily return of the semiconductor index, not three times its cumulative return over the long term.

SOXL and SOXS are both leveraged semiconductor ETFs issued by Direxion, each tracking the same semiconductor industry index with a daily 3x leverage mechanism. However, their investment directions are entirely opposite: SOXL is designed to magnify gains when the semiconductor sector rises, while SOXS amplifies gains when it falls.

A Nasdaq-100 ETF is an index fund designed to track the performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index, allowing investors to gain market exposure to a portfolio of large U.S. technology and growth-oriented companies through a single investment product.

As digital assets and traditional financial markets increasingly converge, a growing number of investors seek more convenient access to global stock markets. Gate officially launches its stock trading service, enabling eligible users to trade US, Hong Kong, and Korean stocks directly with USDT—without requiring a separate traditional brokerage account or fiat currency exchange. This article explores Gate's stock trading operating model, supported markets, and key features, as well as how it delivers a seamless one-stop global asset allocation experience.