DIA

Vegetable-Pay1976

VOO is only US and heavily concentrated. Use RSP for equal weight. DIA for less tech. QQQM for more tech. VEA for developed markets (Intl) and EMXC/IEMG for EMERGING markets. Or just MSCI/IEFA\VTI. Van Eck even has sector specific ETFs but indexing is king imo.

BraPaj2121

DIA was my first thought also

jpc1215

DIA probably would work better for this, or SCHD There is no way to limit exposure to companies in the S&P500 with VOO. Just “comes with the territory” so to speak

BraPaj2121

Im up 95%.. in that time Dow 120%, SP like 195% and nasdaq close to that. I started learning stocks at the start so it has been bumpy. But yeah I just moved all my stocks to VOO QQQm SCHG DIA VYM GLDm.. hopefully Ill improve

savemoney_god

Calls on DIA though!

CJBlueNorther

My DIA calls I bought yesterday are printing like crazy lmao

Thin_Opportunity9667

DIA puts for expiring next Friday. LFG need it to drop $10.

Puzzleheaded-You-368

I am 25 years old and have several brokerages. A couple retirement accounts and a couple more near term focused accounts. Near Term Accounts: My Schwab account where I have about $16k in is my more speculative account where I do my own research and make investments in mostly individual companies rather than ETFs. I buy/sell more often in here. My Robinhood account I started to be able to automate my investing and gain exposure to more dividends. Have about $2.5k. Most of SCHD and cash to use for my automated investments. My other positions are VOO, NVDA, VRT, DIA, and JPM. I don’t touch these, basically just let the automation do its thing to stay in the market and let the ebbs and flows level out. Do you all have any recommendations for how I should change this up or optimize my investments? I am trying to avoid jumping all over the place with my strategy as I know that is where you can get burnt in the market but am open to suggestions, whether it be new stocks to look into, tax strategies, alternative investments, etc.

Sunkettle

Why is crypto even considered an "investment" when parking that money in SPY/QQQ/DIA would've earned better returns? I understand when crypto was up and coming, but now it's not what the average person cares about.

KalBux

I was peacefully trading DIA today and my pnl started going insane. What did I miss?

CJBlueNorther

Holy fuck, scalping DIA is way scarier than SPY or QQQ. Fucking boomer index

teckel

Honest question, what does GPIQ and QQQI do for you that QQQM doesn't? Also, I'd lose DIA and the individual stocks for VTI, VOOG or QQQM or whatever.

WorthContribution457

I feel like holding a few core holding of ETFS like VOO or VTI, DIA and some VXUS for international exposure. Then hold 3-5 stocks you are more bullish on. You wont feel as much downside when the overall market takes dips .

Darth_Ra

Nope, we don't educate on this at all, actually. That said, here's a crash course: 1. Set aside some money each month to put in the stock market. Not a *stock*, the *entire* stock market, or at least as close as you can get. And... that's it. Don't do anything else. Don't take it out, just keep on putting more in. Check in every once in a while, provided you know that your particular brain chemistry can handle that. If not, then don't. Just shove it in and move on with your life. As for what to buy? Some prefer Vanguard, some prefer various ETFs that just try to track the market, but they're all essentially the same thing. If you're not sure, I would say that VUG (Vanguard Growth, ▲147.98% in the last 5 years) is a great place to start if you don't mind risk. If you do, then I'd suggest DIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average, ▲43.45% in the last 5 years) to try and stay away from some of the AI/IT nonsense. Won't save you from a bubble, but if you follow the advice, it doesn't matter if we hit a bubble. You're just going to hold anyway, and keep on putting in X dollars a month.

sylphvanas

Can we have a day when SPY and DIA are green but QQQ red?

bullishdowntrend

!banbet DIA 450 2w

Rare-ish_Birb

We used to always post our positions. What happened guys? DIA 500p 05/22

TreeofLibertyFood

DIA runway guy chose ASTS over RKLB 😔

misterbluesky8

I doubt it, but if you're right, this is the greatest dip-buying opportunity since the Iran war... or since COVID itself. If the market does crash, I'll be right there to buy another 20 shares of DIA.

Ok_Cry7572

Final Results for the month of April: $VIX -33.11% $SPY +10.51% $QQQ +15.69% $IWM +12.08% $DIA +7.22%

WrexyWrex

DIA rocketing, MAGS negative Who's lying?

Vast_Cricket

*Trying to catch the biggest fish each year can be problematic the following year. Can not time the peak. This year that SPY index has been erratic. I also have for years owning DIA, and equal weight SPY . My feeling is DIA is less sensitive to volatility to avoid the market.*

rotorylampshade

DIA dragging it all down

jasperCrow

DIA making a b wave. S&P topped.

nyse25

in all seriousness just invest in index funds for the long term like SPY, QQQ and DIA

jasperCrow

The divergence on DIA and SPY is wild

Aigpil

actually kind of backwards — low vol is arguably the *worst* regime for selling naked puts, not the best. when IV is compressed, the variance risk premium (the spread between implied and realized vol) is thin. you’re taking on the same tail risk — overnight gap, macro shock, headline — for less credit. calm markets don’t mean safe to be short vol, they mean you’re getting paid less to carry the same exposure. the regime that tends to work best for put sellers is *elevated* IV rank (50th percentile or higher). you’re collecting fat premium when fear is priced in, and if the sky doesn’t fall, mean reversion works in your favor. selling into low vol is the opposite: small credit, and if something breaks, the premium isn’t covering your gap risk. there’s actually historical data on this — put credit spreads in calm IV regimes (<12 IV) have significantly worse realized outcomes than in elevated or crisis regimes. counterintuitive but consistent across multiple backtests. the SPY liquidity point above is right too. on top of the timing issue, DIA bid-ask spreads will eat into your credit fast compared to SPY or XSP.

ten7four

DIA +2.8% YTD SPY +3.4% YTD QQQ +4.8% YTD IWM +12.0% YTD IWM being that high seems crazy to me. In this environment small-cap stocks have the potential to get absolutely wrecked. Puts are eventually the play, the hard part as always is timing it right.

DiamondG331

It is true lol..but yeah I only trade credit spreads and this is a far safer way to trade than futures. It seems like today might be the first night session so who knows how many contracts will be traded and what the spread is. By the end of the year SPY IWM QQQ DIA. Will be 24 hours too hopefully. And by next year, 24/7 365

Wide-Idea1592

I’m a 21m who’s had about a year of stock trading experience (SPX +20% so far), who would like some advice on my portfolio from some more advanced traders. I’m an American citizen currently paying through a pretty exclusive and expensive double major drama + international business program, and this is my college fund, so my purchases are somewhat short term. With that in mind I don’t do options trading since I can’t afford to lose the funds. Here’s what I own, and my rationale: 83.6k total in assets 7 shares SPY: Index Diversification from VOO and VTI, have held for about a year which has resulted in good profit. I probably would sell it and change for VOO at this point, but I don’t want to pay taxes on my gains yet. 34 shares GLD: I bought into GLD on the most recent dip because I wanted to diversify my portfolio. GLD essentially replaced the position of bonds in my portfolio. 21 shares VTI + 11 shares VOO: these are pretty self explanatory 37 shares CVX: I bought CVX at the beginning of the Iran crisis but never cashed in the gains (which I probably should have), so I’ve just decided to hold long term. 52 shares NFLX: Just added this to my portfolio Friday night since from what I can tell it got oversold after news of the co-founder leaving dropped. I have a sell order place for a as soon as the stock recovers back to 108. 2 shares DIA: same situation as SPY NVDA: this isn’t pictured because I don’t own any shares right now, but I had about 8k in NVDA I profit took at 201.80, and plan on buying back in around 185 when it dips again. I’m holding about 30k in cash with 3.5% APY on this Webull account as well for security. Also have a Roth IRA where I have 6k in VOO. That account is super long term. Any advice is welcome! Thanks!

heyheyitsandre

26M. Currently I have 8 shares of DIA, 15 SPY, 17 XLK, 16 VXUS. 10k liquid in an emergency HYSA, usually leave about 3-4k liquid in checking. No type of debt of any kind for my fiancee or me. I earn about 85k gross, contribute 8%, company matches 6% and puts discretionary 2% into a Roth 401k as well. I get 100(64) shares every year plus my regular bonus so I get about 4-6k every February, too. I have a personal Roth IRA I haven’t touched in about a decade that I used to put all my money in when I was 16 working part time, about 8k in that last I checked. My fiancee and I are both in fortunate positions family wise where whenever our parents pass we should come into 4+ million dollars. So we won’t really need money by the time we are 60. I know maxing my personal Roth is probably best but I just think I should be trying to be a little more aggressive to maximize my net worth by age 40 or 45, rather than needing to make sure I can retire at 65. Should I be doing anything differently vs just pumping 2-3k into these ETFs whenever my checking acc starts to grow more than I need it to be? Are there any other ETFs I should be looking into? I feel like I tick all the industries with these but might be overlooking something. Also don’t know if there are any medium term bonds or something I’m not considering like that that are targeted to pay off in 20-25 years.

heyheyitsandre

Currently I have 8 shares of DIA, 15 SPY, 17 XLK, 16 VXUS. 10k liquid in an emergency HYSA, usually leave about 3-4k liquid in checking. No type of debt of any kind for my fiancee or me. I earn about 85k gross, contribute 8%, company matches 6% and puts discretionary 2% into a Roth 401k as well. I have a personal Roth IRA I haven’t touched in about a decade that I used to put all my money in when I was 16 working part time, about 8k in that last I checked. My fiancee and I are both in fortunate positions family wise where whenever our parents pass we should come into 4+ million dollars. So we won’t really need money by the time we are 60. I know maxing my personal Roth is probably best but I just think I should be trying to be a little more aggressive to maximize my net worth by age 40 or 45, rather than needing to make sure I can retire at 65. Should I be doing anything differently vs just pumping 2-3k into these ETFs whenever my checking acc starts to grow more than I need it to be? Are there any other ETFs I should be looking into? I feel like I tick all the industries with these but might be overlooking something. Also don’t know if there are any medium term bonds or something I’m not considering like that that are targeted to pay off in 20-25 years.

Significant_Onion_25

Back in 2007, I did something similar. However, it was timing the recovery. I swing traded DIA thinking it was going to go down again, and it didn't. However, everything else I bought I held so a good lesson was learned. There may be another strong entry point, and the flirting of WW3 might be the trigger. It can be a scary time to invest, but that's how this administration rolls.

the_mind_goblin1

Buying DIA calls. You know we'll be back at 50k before long.

WrexyWrex

DIA is the only one telling the truth here folks, it looked like the bottom because they wanted to make it look like that.

pyrogoldguy

Welp. I guess im buying more DIA tomorrow

orsomeshitidk

Yeah I think the only real checks and balances this country has anymore is the price of S&P and DIA

ruler_gurl

You figured out your failures. They're the same failures many of us had, assuming too much risk on individual company stocks, and meme stocks to boot, and then using leverage that you can't afford when the market turns against you. Congratulations on your epiphanies! After I learned my lessons I stopped doing both things and only invested in indexes, DIA, SPY, QQQ etc. Invest whether it's going up or going down, and only invest the amount that you don't need to live on. Maintain an emergency fund so you never have to sell to raise cash. Do this instead of giving up, and in 25 years you'll be very happy. Give up on the idea of getting rich fast because it isn't going to happen, unless you can get yourself elected to congress.

4OfThe7DeadlySins

This doesn’t affect other index funds like SPY or DIA right?

jpc1215

DIA pays monthly dividends. How do you think he got that $10??

sloanemonroe

Puts on DIA (Dow) for Thursday probably a good idea here.

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