Leveraged and inverse ETFs took center stage at Stocktoberfest presented by Tradr ETFs, Stocktwits’ flagship annual event held in New York City from October 5 to 7. The Leveraged & Inverse ETFs panel brought together Michael Eschmann, Managing Director of Business Development at REX Shares; Bilal Little, Global ETF Strategist at Direxion; and Matt Markiewicz, Head of Product and Capital Markets at Tradr ETFs.
The panel focused on tools that let high-conviction traders express a view without the complexity of margin or options, a subject with obvious appeal for a room full of active traders, Chartered Market Technicians, and financial creators.
The session also put the event’s partners on stage. Tradr ETFs served as Title Partner of Stocktoberfest 2026, while Direxion and MicroSectors by REX Shares were among its supporting and on-site partners, alongside Accutron, Alpaca, ArcStone, Carbon Arc, IBN, Lowenstein Sandler, Maxim Group, Nasdaq Private Market, REalloys, Rothschild Wealth Partners, Secfi, VanEck, Voyager Technologies, and ZenaTech.
The ETF discussion was one of several sessions on how traders are expressing views in new ways. The Degenerate Economy panel, with Serge Kassardjian of 6th Man Ventures, Dan Kang of DeFi Development Corp., and Ethan Silver of Lowenstein Sandler LLP, examined why prediction markets and brokers are racing to become each other while crypto exchanges are caught in the middle.
Stocktoberfest 2026 drew more than 350 ticketed guests, including 40 financial creators with a combined audience of more than 11 million followers, for three days of networking, entertainment, and conversations with the executives shaping today’s markets.
For more information and to stay tuned for Stocktoberfest 2027, visit stocktoberfest.stocktwits.com
