Leveraged ETF Boom Creates New Ways to Profit From Sudden Bursts of Volatility

Premialab was recently featured in Bloomberg discussing opportunities to use intraday momentum strategies to capture volatility created by the leveraged ETF boom.

“Semiconductor-focused implementations of intraday momentum have seen meaningful growth in recent years,” said Pierre Trecourt, co-founder and COO of Premialab. “Live strategies in that area have more than tripled since launching in 2024, while they’ve expanded by about 80% since the end of 2021 for the broader US tech industry.”

While intraday momentum strategies aim to systematically capture directional market moves, implementation details such as time horizon, can make a significant difference in strategy performance.

For investors exploring systematic approaches and QIS, understanding these implementation differences is increasingly important.

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The semiconductor sector has been the hottest area for the intraday strategies, according to Premialab. It's returned about 8.1% from April to June, with a 2.5 Sharpe ratio, a measure of risk-adjusted returns.

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