DIA

Vast_Cricket

S&P500 returns often is higher if the economy is booming. Last 25 years there were 4 major corrections on its index. -42%, -31% and -23%(2007-9, Trump 1st 3 mo in 2020 and almost lasted 1 year in 2022). However, during the dot com it feel -42% lasted almost 3 years before a turn around. I know as a fact MSFT took 16 years to recover. Intc never got out the depression. To claim we have solved the economy problem in middle east already we are doing a deceiving service. Some one really has to prove AI spending will immediately create productivity to convince these tech firms are on the correct track. Oil energy disrupt is the other. I am of the impression Brk\_B and DIA are less sensitive to the volatility seen lately. I can be wrong but these indices I own are doing fine.

orsomeshitidk

Wouldn’t that be more CIA or DIA?

ShittyUsernane1222

the only thing which could save the markets would be JPOW ominously schizo-posting about "Patriots returning to control" while unmarked military vehicles and special forces from Langley move towards the White House and Congress while CIA, NSA, DIA director mysteriously disappear to handle "domestic affairs regarding the United States" and "improve market confidence".

rennierp17

One counter to the costs: I can fly round trip DC to Denver for $100 non stop on Frontier. With senior discount, train from DIA to downtown is $1.35, and Bustang to Vail is $12.75. Food and lodging are of course not cheap, but I stay with friends.

DefiantZealot

34 of my positions are stocks and 6 ETFs (SPY, QQQ, SLV, IWM, GLD, DIA). I select the stocks by filtering onto any companies that have more than $10B in market cap and the sort defending by order of IV and then sell iron condors on those tickers. Depending on how the market moves, I’ll end up doing ratio iron condors.

dabadboy2995

They called me a mad man when I bought investment grade bonds… WHO’S LAUGHING NOW MOTHER FUCKERS!?!? Anyways, imma go buy some DIA

JacoPoopstorius

This isn’t some “you’re terrible for getting fast food thing”, it’s a “it sure seems like a lot of people are still getting fast food and it might be a topic to further explore before drawing any conclusions about it.” Who was here for last years market? Who was here for this years market? Anybody trade any Spy, QQQ, maybe DIA options? Maybe you lost a fat stack and reality hit you that this current market is VERY hard to make sense of, including by proven (and sometimes simple) ways of predicting what’s up these days? Anyone into Benjamin Graham value investing? For those into it, it works great, but good luck in recent times when using it bc it’s just hard. I’m rambling. Sorry if it sounded like I was giving the world a hard time for eating fast food. I’m not. I’m trying to tell people to maybe look a bit more into it. Maybe I’m entirely wrong and nobody is eating fast food anymore, but I’ve done enough Uber eats throughout my life (this year included) to know people love it still and spend tons on it.

Noddite

Feels like if things keep up on trend job numbers are going to suck, I'm content to hold my weekly DIA puts.

DelphiTsar

>zero US causalities Not zero casualties. Also not the direction you want to go with the troops are going to be deployed shortly to kharg. >15 billion of their military budget spent.....which isn't even an extra cost When the pentagon tells an appropriation committee that the burn rate is X per day(Where you are getting the 15b$ from). They exclude normal peace time costs. The expectation is that this amount will be topped up in a later appropriations bill. Apart from being wrong it impacts them with secondary effects. US oil producers don't give the government a discount. Government gets less revenue from economic hit of higher oil prices. That's nothing to say how it impacts you know...you. Higher oil means everything is more expensive. The idea that this "costs" US 15b is a gross oversimplification. Random one-off example, for the appropriation bill to pay for this they are trying to attach 15b for farmers for the estimated increased cost of fertilizer. One visible example, the secondary impacts are literally endless. >And now they are removing whatever is left. The DIA assessment of the last attack was that it set them back a few months. They assessed that the june strikes probably didn't take out the centrifuges. Delaying a few months isn't "removing whatever is left". Your phrase usage implies that major damage was done, that is incorrect. The proof is in the pudding. If the attacks did real damage, we wouldn't be back in less than a year. >Destroy complete countries that nobody is willing to stand up to defend. I guess you haven't heard of asymmetric warfare before? What they are doing is textbook way to fight back.

MagicJuggler

Welp that sucked, but I beat the metricsexcept DIA today. Helps that a third my port is SGOV/BIL while I reload powder.

Eastern-Joke-7537

DIA call option I bought about an hour or two ago is up about 8 bucks. Ask me anything.

tinydisaster

Not only that but he fired the guys at DIA who produced the memo that said otherwise. And Patel fired the FBI guys who knew all about Iran’s cyber stuff like a week before the attack.

Eastern-Joke-7537

Or things could be relatively flat for a while. My reloaded calls were a bit weak earlier in the day. Got whipsawed at least twice. Bought another call on the DIA near the closing bell. That one expires on 3/27. Not expecting huge gains on the 3/20 calls even if things go up. Lots of volatility baked into the price. Stocks need 3 or 4 awesome days in a row. Silver and XRP look like decent bets — but options might not be the way to play these things. Oh wait. March Madness is next week! Yeah. All the “options players” will be betting on college ball for the next several weeks. 😂

DiamondG331

You collect more premium with $1 wide, so if I sell 5 condors I usually get $.45 on average. So 5x that is $2.25. If you sell a $5 wide spread on SPY, you get the equivalent of $.38. There are many factors but you kinda get what I’m referring too. As far as assignment, you will only get assigned if your short CALL is ITM on the xdate, which is once a quarter. And you pretty much avoid having a position for that day. Besides if you get assigned, your max loss is credit-$1 so maybe $60. You’ll still have the short put on. Not a reason to avoid tradingSPY. And even with the tax benefits of SPX, you’ll be getting more premium from SPY which will offset the tax savings. I’ve done the math, everyone thinks differently, I just know what’s working for me. To summarize again, go 4dte, you can close the next day for a small profit and roll or put multiple days’ spreads on in a row. You’ll rarely lose and you’ll have plenty of time to adjust. Give yourself a lot of room, if you see the difference from going $8-$10 OTM vs $12, it’s Pennies for the extra breathing room. Avoid QQQ, it has the potential to move much more % wise intraday and after hours. I also trade IWM but the premium credits are not worth tying up the capital if you only have so much. DIA only has weekly options so if I trade DIA, I’ll wait until Tuesday or Wednesday. Btw, I guess from your username you play pickle? I grew up in St Pete but am in SFL now. 0-0-2 🎉

DiamondG331

I completely adjusted all of my positions so I have SPY 3/10, 3/11, 3/16. IWM 3/11, DIA 3/13. About 15-20 on each. Rolled my short calls strike from around $696 to $689 and short puts from $673 to $662. Had to adjust more this week than previous weeks but still no losses. Recovery periods where the underlying will blow through your short calls are more likely than declines. I lost a lot last year on QQQ, just kept going up and I was mostly only trading credit spreads not condors. If you setup 3-5dte condors and expect to roll in a day or two even for small profits it will work almost always. Don’t hold until expiration, and don’t get greedy with 0-1dte options.

TheRealEnronExec

I started looking at buying DIA puts after she said that.

Eastern-Joke-7537

I have a DIA call for Friday that was down about 20% today.

Eastern-Joke-7537

Did two round trip call options on DIA today. Just opened a NEW call option on the DIA for next Friday. Where’s the 1-900 number?

Eastern-Joke-7537

Sold my other DIA call for another $55 intra-day profit. Now I can’t do another day trade… until October 2029. 😮

Eastern-Joke-7537

Just reloaded a DIA call option. WHICH intelligence agency is the DIA again???

Eastern-Joke-7537

Just sold my DIA calls that I bought pre-shower for a post-shower day-tripping circle jerk grand total profit of twenty bucks! #TiredOfWinning

Eastern-Joke-7537

Just sold my two DIA calls for a round-trip grand total profit of 20 bucks! #TiredOfWinning

FabulousLanguage6216

Bought DIA 500 call. Wen DOW 50 000????

DiamondG331

I chose to sell the call sides separately today on DIA IWM SPY. I will start adding some puts tomorrow throughout the day but not rolling anything down. My short strike are $496 DIA, $268 IWM, $696 SPY.

DiamondG331

Did you by chance add any condors today? I went a little crazy and went in hardcore when DIA was $487, IWM $262, SPY $685, NVDA $180, almost perfectly in between ATHs and support levels.

DiamondG331

3/2/26 - On a day like today, I’d absolutely setup some condors or credit spreads 30-45 days out. I had already added some 3/20 $701/$661 condors last week when SPY was $680. Plenty of room on both sides. I will also likely add just the put credit side on DIA and IWM if we get a nice move down.

Eastern-Joke-7537

Thinking of reloading my DIA 3/20 calls.

Eastern-Joke-7537

Probably gonna reload my DIA calls for 3/20.

Eastern-Joke-7537

Nice! The metals were trading well on Friday. I made 12 bucks on an SLV put (day trade). Glad I sold. Some trades just get in your head. I might actually reload the DIA 3/20 call. NOTHING industrial’s like WW3.

Eastern-Joke-7537

My DIA call for 3/20 was actually up when I bought it (off the daily low). I am just glad I sold my SLV put for a day-trade profit of 12 bucks. My small ass accounts are mostly in dividend ETF’s.

Eastern-Joke-7537

I am SOOO buying more DIA calls. NOTHING Industrial’s like WW3. #ByeMorWerBolsStonks

Eastern-Joke-7537

I have a DIA call for 3/20. Glad I sold my SLV put for a 12 buck profit (day trade) on Friday.

Eastern-Joke-7537

I tried some other posts but they didn’t go through. So… yeah, I can BYE MOR DIA CLZ

DiamondG331

I did add a lot of DIA call credit spreads when it hit $495 Thursday morning for 3/6. And then sold some $484/$483 puts Friday afternoon for a small credit to hold over the weekend. Same with IWM but only since they ran up.

misterbluesky8

Holy crap they really did it 😱 I’m not even going to trade individual tickets off this, just going to see if I can sell some 0DTE covered calls on SPY/DIA/QQQ when vol spikes

Competitive-Stop7096

Have $14k in VIX, one spy 690 put expiring Tuesday and 4 DIA 489 puts expiring the 13th. Also amd 3/13 puts. 

DiamondG331

Ideally when we are in a defined trading channel which is where we are now with SPY/IWM/DIA.

DiamondG331

For example, I sold an IWM IC for $.54, it’s currently worth $.33 37% gain. Monday that will be over 50%. My 3/4 SPY trade I put on yesterday I sold for $.44 and is currently $.32 28%. As far as Red goes, if say SPY is $685 and I add a IC $10 OTM and it goes up to $692, my $.44 credit is now upwards of $.60, it may continue higher or I’m holding a day and a price drop to hopefully buy back for $.44 to close out even. On average, 40% profit, some can be losses, some I’ll close sooner for 10-20%, I added a ton of DIA call spreads when it hit $497, those I held for 80% gain etc. Generally by the second day if the underlying is still within range, you’re up 40%.

Buck169

It's in Adams County CO, which is adjacent to Denver. Not exactly a famous oil field, but I seem to remember seeing a few gas wells when flying into DIA, so that could be it.

EvolvingDior

I honestly don't understand your point. If all you care about is "what is the relative price of the index" and you don't trade futures, then just look at SPY, QQQ, DIA, IWM. Some of us trade futures.

Eastern-Joke-7537

Took some profits (at least daily profit) in a some SLV and DIA calls that expire next week. Took a profit in a MARA call. I will probably reload next week… see if I can think of anything good to add to my Roth IRA. But, yeah, basketball cards….

jda823

Really dont see any of DIA, SPY or QQQ able to drop below where it currently is 

isospeedrix

This is the DOW ticker not the etf that tracks Dow which is DIA

Eastern-Joke-7537

When the DJIA was down around 760 earlier I bought a DIA call. Let’s see what happens!

blorg

It's not an "ex-tech" index. NVDA is 7.83% of the S&P500 which has ~500 stocks. It's 2.34% of the Dow Jones which has 30. The share-price weighting of DJIA doesn't make sense, but it does result in it being *substantially* less tech-heavy than the S&P500. S&P500 is 25.28% Electronic Technology + 19.71% Technology Services. DOW is 12.47% Electronic Technology + 10.46% Technology Services. DOW has a lot more finance and other sectors of the economy. https://www.etf.com/VOO https://www.etf.com/DIA

Guy_PCS

Based on data ending in early 2026, here is the approximate 20-year performance breakdown: * **Nasdaq-100 (QQQ):** \~1,300%+ to 1,400%+ Total Return (approx. 13%–15% CAGR). * **S&P 500 (SPY):** \~500%+ to 600%+ Total Return (approx. 10%–11% CAGR). * **Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA):** \~400%+ to 500%+ Total Return (approx. 9%–10% CAGR).

jglhk

so annoyed I played QQQ puts today instead of DIA. Dow seeing so much more action

Eastern-Joke-7537

I have SLV calls but also DIA calls. Might not even check my trading accounts. Whole lotta nuthin today. 😂

LitterBoxServant

DIA about to become the greatest meme ticker of all time

1098duc_w_the_termi

Yes. But also she may have called the top with her dumbass testimony. DIA puts

misterbluesky8

As someone who likes this sub but identifies more with thetagang... relaxing this rule will be terrible for retail traders. My account size is about $275K. If I lose $10K on a YOLO, I'll be upset... and I'll just move on and make it back at work in a month. If a 37-year-old schoolteacher with two kids of his own in Nebraska loses $10K, he might not be able to pay his mortgage. If a 19-year-old college student loses his entire account, he might consider suicide. Thetagang is going to absolutely devour these smaller retail traders. I sell covered calls on SPY, DIA, QQQ, and I get a steady drip of a few hundred dollars a week from that, maybe a thousand in a good week. This change would just funnel more money to guys like me and bankrupt more people with $10K accounts.

No-Improvement3164

Puts on DIA regarded?

OxRedOx

I would make a list of more diverse things like DIA, VT, etc and just add them next year. Maybe some in sgov to invest in a downturn

OxRedOx

DIA? Just put some in things that have no apple or nvidia

OxRedOx

Check expense ratios and compare the returns on these assets over the last decade to SPY/VOO/VTI on one hand and BND on the other. I personally would be a bit risk averse because I feel like be markets are overvalued but you should invest it soon in diversified ETFs (not just in VOO but also things like VT, DIA, VGK, some bond ETFs, etc) and some portion in a HYSA so you can take money out and put it in while you’re in college.

OxRedOx

I would broaden beyond just the S&P, at least because I don’t think the top 10 holdings in all of those indexes will continue to rise that fast for long. So like VT and DIA and not just SPY

Michael_Korleone

> Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday responded to House Democrats' heated questions about the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files by chastising them for ignoring stock market gains and other of President Donald Trump's political wins. >"The Dow is over 50,000 right now," Bondi said in sworn testimony before the House Judiciary Committee after Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., slammed her and the Department of Justice for the lack of indictments of possible co-conspirators of the convicted sex predator Epstein. I think it is now obvious the last thing this ho does is attorney general shit. She’s on here buying 0dte calls on $DIA every day lmao

WizardOfWires

Significant drop on SPY, QQQ, and DIA. Select semiconductor / SMH up during next 45 days.

Life_Eye_5457

No event, I will ride it thru all storms. Even in the Depression djia 380 in 1929 dropped to 40 by 1932, a 90% drop. If you bought at 40 u did well ,the Dow went to 180 by 1943 and back to 380 by 1953. Nobody lost 90% bc nobody bought all their stock in 1929. When you added dividends the DJIA broke even by 1943, A Dow chart will not show dividends in the chart you must add all dividends up and I did for a 70 yr period, 1929 to 2000 the return was 6.4 growth in DIA and 4.3% dividends, for a 10.7 return, I averaged between the 1929 high to 2000 and the 1932 low to 2000. From the low you made 12% and change from the high you made 8 % and change

Life_Eye_5457

Index funds only, all stocks go to 0 ,all indexes only rise, bad stocks are tossed from indexes. I own 6 funds, Small, mid, large cap, BRKB, vgt -(NASDAQ,) The original Dow 30 stocks no longer exist yet DIA does 11% a year.

d33p7r0ubl3

DIA puts are the play when you see WSB regards shilling dividend funds

Relevant_Season4218

DIA

Old-Fisherman3500

QQQM & BRK/B for 10 years. Then take the 1 million principal and buy a DIA for when you turn 66. That and SS should see you to the grave.

iknowkungfu6

SPY, QQQ, DIA, ans IWM all have big moves multiple times per day or at least one big move per day. IWM moves similar to the other 3 as it's the Russell Small Cap Index Fund and the contracts cost less. Try IWM to pick up more contracts per trade if youre scalping options and you can fast track gains ( potentially). I started scalping other stocks, then just SPY then including the other major indexes and now it's basically SPY and just a couple others. You only need a few tickers to trade. SPY ODTE is fast, fast way to grow your account and fast way to blow it up.

iknowkungfu6

Basically all I trade. Along with QQQ, IWM maybe a Lil DIA. Check out IWM same big moves as SPY but less expensive contracts.

melanthius

I have a couple others open, if it helps you here you go IWM March short/April long (monthlies) 235 put strike 265 call strike Net cost basis 2.62 opened position 12/15/25 , current 3.75 up 42% DIA March/April 480/505 Basis 5.02 opened 1/22/26 current 5.70 up 13% QQQ March monthly/march31st weekly 600/630 Basis 3.00 opened 1/22/26 current 3.14 up 6% SPX May/June monthly 6700/7150 Basis 85.19 (just opened) 2/10/26 current 80.30 down 6%, typical that a fresh position doesn't move in your favor right away.

Eastern-Joke-7537

Closed 3 or 4 puts about an hour ago. Picked up a small call option on DIA for tomorrow. Might just keep a bit more cash on the sideline for the rest of the day. SLV took a dump. Those calls are getting destroyed. lol. Doubled down on one of them but that’s about it. Even if it doesn’t go down a lot more it still could be in a consolidation phase for a while.

No-Improvement3164

Puts on DIA generational wealth

bbankbfastburritofan

Pam Bondi thinks you should buy DIA calls.

geelinz

Yeah, DJIA denominated in Euros is flat.https://markets.ft.com/data/etfs/tearsheet/charts?s=DIA:AEX:EUR

Noddite

Damn, just looked a few minutes ago at YTD numbers and QQQ is down 1.5% SPY is down 1% and DIA is up 4% and IWM up 6.5% It would appear the tech rally is dead.

Eastern-Joke-7537

I have a few DIA puts that I started buying late Friday near 50,000…. Closed most other positions other than Dividend ETF’s. For the past several months the indices have been doing a mini version of the DJIA from 1966-1982. So we could see a sell off. Either down soon into March or a high in March. Also planning on buying some more silver coins. But I might just scale in for the rest of the year. The comparable chart on silver recently might be the 1987 chart for stocks. Just a big blow out that turned out to just be a mid cycle (early cycle?) correction. Let’s see if the recent lows hold for a while. If stocks correct at least 10% then whatever jumps up first MIGHT carry the next rally. Could be blue chips/industrial stocks plus metals and crypto as hedges. Some clown in a garage is probably gonna invent an ai that turns Silicon Valley into the Rust Belt. Anyone around here have an old COBOL or machine code or Java textbook?

Eastern-Joke-7537

I have a DIA put for Friday that I bought late Friday when the DJIA hit Eleventy Trillion. I am not too optimistic about it.

slow_down_more

I just bought a $DIA put

Crazy_Donkies

Not one tech company had bad earnings.  Essentially all beat.  The capex threw people off and many think tech is at the top.  People are cycling out of US and tech.  Which is very much why SPY is flat while SCHD, IWM, DIA, Canada, Asia and etc are way up. Look around.

Rare-ish_Birb

DIA is outperforming on the backs of GS and CAT, neither of which will stay elevated if we get a hint of ai capital spend normalizing.

Eastern-Joke-7537

Probably not much. Sold an SLV call at a loss but it was up decently today (and expires Wednesday). Playing the short game on stocks (DIA ETF puts). Made 15 bucks today. Not a lot, but it’s honest work. I am going to watch the tape, the charts and price action in Crypto and Silver to see if their respective sell-offs are over. If I reload, it will probably be into more Dividend ETF’s.

EvolvingDior

QQQ has been down since the summer folks. DIA is outperforming SPY. This is what the start of every normal downturn looks like.

bboyrawn

Just be aware that the nikkei is PRICE weighted. Rather than market cap weighted. Kinda similar to the DIA.

Eastern-Joke-7537

I have no big trades… 1 SLV call for Wednesday. 1 DIA put for Friday. Could get some churn between the Warsh ON crowd and the Warsh OFF crowd. Maybe I am predicting a “Warsh WEDNESDAY” coming up… that goes nowhere fast. Momentum for BTC and XRP could carry over.

gravescd

Some laid off tech employees cashing out is not nearly enough volume to account for the current market weirdness. The BTC selloff is happening alongside a broad rotation out of tech, a run up in precious metals, and rapid devaluation of the USD abroad. The entire planet is slowly turning away from both AI and US-centered trade/investment relationships. Just look at what happened Friday when the market bought the dip: DIA hit all time high while QQQ closed up, but below the 50 day moving average. Another bellwether: Conservative dividend ETF SCHD has climbed 15% since the start of 2026 - the steepest uptrend on its chart. And trading volume has been *increasing*.

No-Improvement3164

QQQ peaked then SPY peaked now DIA peaked. Puts on DIA?

colinr813

banbet! DIA 1000 3y

colinr813

!banbet DIA 1000 3y

TravisHunt0

The rotation into energy the past few weeks has been pretty apparent, but overall I think its because a lot of charts look like shit on a 3 month or further frame, but the market itself ($SPY $QQQ $DIA) is still somehow being propped up, mainly by all the round-tripping giants in the tech sector. It feels like the beginning of The GFC when lots of small/mid cap was already bleeding out, while the market was staying afloat somehow. Most mention the year 2008 when referring to the crisis, but the real damage to the S&P didn't come until the very end of that year, and moreover through the beginning of 2009. But before this, the cracks could be seen late 07 and thru 08. Thats what right now feels like

Eastern-Joke-7537

I bought a DIA call last night and sold for a profit. I have a DIA put to hedge against dividend ETF’s and all other sorts of crap in my portfolio.

Eastern-Joke-7537

Up for the day. Just bought a DIA put. Let’s see if I can get this market to swing back down. Did it hit 50,000?

Eastern-Joke-7537

I made a good bit back but mostly just a DIA call. SLV calls still sluggish and the one that expires today got nuked yesterday. XRP plays up big but I didn’t have much.

jglhk

DIA is where its at. Fuk SPY and QQQ. They are with the gey bers now

jglhk

I am full port DIA calls 1 week exp. Lets get it

katrav86

even my buy and hold port which has just QQQ, DIA and some NVDA is down big this week...

GodLovesYou-

When you say the market, do you mean SPY / DIA? Because lots of investors are in tech stocks, like HOOD, RDDT for example, and these are down 50% from ATH. There’s more.

diefy7321

DIA ath lmao

indyyo1

Bought DIA puts near open yesterday. Sold at break even today. Timing was fucking terrible.

WinstonBuddyBro

Invest and forget?🤦‍♂️😂 Nothing in the market is invest and forget, aside from the main index funds. It’s well known that stocks dump right after earnings the majority of the time. Even with good earnings. At the least check daily levels and have a trailing stop loss. Or save your cash for when stocks get oversold. Buying any day at random is the best way to lose money. Be strategic. Have some strategy and patience. Otherwise, SPY, DIA, QQQ

indyyo1

!banbet DIA 480 1w

viperex

$10k will get you into DIA and/or IWM. Then you save your way up to afford SPY

Past-Credit8150

that wouldn't impact SPY or DIA like this

indyyo1

DIA monthly chart looking like GLD. Cool cool

viperex

Personally, I quit trading individual companies and went with index ETFs (SPY, QQQ, DIA & IWM). That's one less thing I have to analyze and think about.