Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3X Shares (NYSE:YINN) and Direxion Daily FTSE China Bear 3X Shares (NYSE:YANG) are ETFs tracking the direct or inverse results of the FTSE China 50 Index by 300% and have experienced high levels of volatility over recent weeks.

The increasing volatility began on Feb. 23 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which stirred fear China could become at least partly involved in the crisis.

The Asian country has also been battling with a new wave of the omicron COVID-19 virus, and on March 11 Chinese officials announced a lockdown for the city of Changchun, which has a population of nine million people.

The latest news has only accelerated the decline of Chinese stocks, which have plummeted over the past many months amid regulatory fears amid China’s crackdown on its native companies. Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd - ADR (NYSE:BABA), the second-largest holding in the FTSE China 50 Index with a weighting of 8.48%, plunged about 77% from Oct. 27, 2020, all-time high of $319.32 to reach a multi-year low of $73.28 on March 15.

On March 16, YINN and YANG reversed course after The China Securities Regulatory Commission said it would work with U.S. regulators to find a solution over audit supervision, which has put some China-based stocks in risk of being delisted from U.S. stock exchanges.

YINN, a triple leveraged fund that is designed to outperform the China 50 Index by three times, plummeted more than 63% between Feb. 23 and March 15 before beginning to rebound. YANG, which is inversely correlated to the FTSE China 50 and delivers three times its decline, soared 144% higher over that same time period before suffering a massive sell-off.

The massive amount of volatility in the funds appears to have somewhat subdued over the past few trading days, although on Friday, YINN was soaring about 17% higher and YANG was falling about 16% lower.

Over the coming trading days, it is likely that both funds will enter into consolidation patterns before continuing in the trends YINN and YANG have developed into on their charts.

It should be noted that events affecting the general markets, negative or positive reactions to earnings prints and news headlines can quickly invalidate patterns and breakouts. As the saying goes, "The trend is your friend until it isn't," and any trader in a position should have a clear stop set in place and manage their risk versus reward.

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The YINN Chart: In YINN’s decline, the fund formed into a falling channel between two parallel trendlines and on March 16, YINN gapped up about 25% on the open, which represented a bullish break from the channel. A falling channel is considered to be a bearish pattern until a stock or ETF breaks up from the upper descending trendline of the pattern on higher-than-average volume.

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The YANG Chart: After reaching a 52-week high of 48.44 on March 15, YANG gapped down more than 30% the following day and has continued to plummet since, plunging an additional 48% to trade below the $15 level.