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Sell on the Pop Prospects: May 20 Edition

BY | ETF Database
8:11 am ET 05/19/26 | 7 VIEWS
Here is a look at ETFs that currently offer attractive short selling opportunities. The ETFs included in this list are rated as sell candidates for two reasons. First, each of these funds is deemed to be in a downtrend based on the fact that its 50-day moving average is below its 200-day moving average, which are popular indicators for gauging long-term and medium-term trends, respectively. Second, each of these ETFs is also trading above its 20-day moving average, thereby offering a near-term ‘sell on the pop’ opportunity given the longer-term downtrend at hand. Note that this prospects list also features a liquidity screen by excluding ETFs with average trading volumes below the one million shares mark. As always, investors of all experience levels are advised to use stop-loss orders and practice disciplined profit-taking techniques. To get access to all ETF Database premium content, sign up for a free 14-day trial to ETF Database Pro. 22 ETFs made it to the list of sell on the pop prospects this month. Overall, the U.S. equity markets gained last month, driven by stellar big tech earnings, AI optimism, and resilient economic growth. Invesco China Technology ETF (CQQQ B-) ranked high on the sell on the pop list. China’s technology sector has surged recently due to explosive demand in the AI supply chain, breakthroughs in homegrown AI models (like DeepSeek), and broader market optimism following positive diplomatic developments between Beijing and Washington. GraniteShares 1.25x Long TSLA Daily ETF (TSL B), T-REX 2X Long Tesla Daily Target ETF (TSLT A-), and Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 1.5X Shares (TSLL A-) were sell on the pop contenders. Tesla stock has surged over the last month due to growing optimism around its autonomous technology, favorable analyst upgrades, and Elon Musk’s strategic political alignment. YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF (NVDY A) featured on the sell on the pop list. Nvidia’s recent stock gains are primarily driven by voracious global demand for its AI hardware, anticipation of strong upcoming earnings, and recent U.S. approvals for the company to sell its H200 chips to Chinese firms. GraniteShares 2x Long MSFT Daily ETF (MSFL A-) and Direxion Daily MSFT Bull 1.5X Shares (MSFU A-) also ranked among the sell on the pop contenders as Microsoft shares increased last month, driven by strong institutional investments, robust enterprise demand for its AI services, and positive earnings reports indicating its cloud strategies are accelerating revenue. United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG B-) and ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas (BOIL B) also made it to the list. US natural gas prices gained over the past month, due to early-season heatwaves, reduced domestic production, and strong international demand. Compare and contrast the two ETFs here: https://etfdb.com/tool/etf-comparison/UNG-BOIL/ _To compare this month’s list with the one published on April 29th, click “here”: https://etfdb.com/news/2026/04/29/sell-on-the-pop-prospects-apr-29-edit/ ETFs to Sell on the PopPlease note that this list is updated on a monthly basis. For more ETF analysis, make sure to sign up for our free ETF newsletter. Disclosure: No positions at time of writing.

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