Back in February 2010, we switched from SSO to TQQQ for two reasons. First, we wanted to increase our leverage. SSO is a double S&P and TQQQ is a triple Nasdaq 100. We could have gone with UPRO, a triple S&P etf, but the SPY/QQQ ratio chart clearly showed the Nasdaq 100 had been outperforming the S&P by a lot.

To recap the returns:

2010 89%

2011 -9%

2012 52%

2013 155%

2014 60%

2015 13%

2016 7%

2017 118%

2018 -19%

2019 139%

2020 ytd 32%