&quot;There are also leveraged inverse ETFs like SDS, which I have used at times. You don&#x27;t want to hold them for more than a few weeks at a time because they decay, but for short-term trading they work fine.&quot;<p>Yes, that&#x27;s the point - the idea is, <i>instead of</i> buying the short ETF, you short the long ETF.<p>They both decay, as you would expect an ETF to do, but by shorting the long, the decay works in your favor...