FANG

deeptones

I think my thesis was closer to "energy plays that play off the two biggest macro tailwinds that I'm aware of: Oil shock and AI energy demand". I fed it a variety of tickers and specified that if there were better alternatives, to suggest them. BKR was a novel one it found. I get your critique though, and yeah the thesis is split without being dichotomous. Do you prefer FANG to DVN? They both produce oil, natural gas, and LNG to my knowledge? DVN just seems a bit cheaper to me than FANG in terms of forward P/E and such. Or do you posit that its better to drop both and stick to a more focused thesis?

newday6838

Don't do it. I lost so much money betting the strait would stay closed (and it did). Positions were FANG, DVN, COP, LNG, GLNG. Though the strait stayed closed, demand changed too is what I was told but in any case, there's factors here more than the war and the strait being closed. I don't want back in.

Normal-Phase-1252

FANG just ATM‘s for hyperscalers

Normal-Phase-1252

FANG dicing while everything else is pumping to oblivion i‘ve seen this before

imahohohoho

Just went full port into Permian Oil stocks. Israel and USA are gonna make Texas the provider of 50% of crude oil instead of 20%. Calls and leaps, PR, COP, and FANG. Also, new pipeline for natural gas will make drilling in that region cheaper Q3.

terrybmw335

Heavy on FANG myself as well as ET and EPD. The big risk to the thesis is potential demand destruction due to limited supply and/or high prices.

walkietokie

Interesting article, I own some FANG, PR, VIST, WMB, LIN - I guess these are too big for your rule? Interesting we both have similar thesis but I guess I'm opting for the more quality play, will probably be holding for a longer term. What are your thoughts on my picks?

Athomas16

Hey! Do you read the Goehring & Rozencwajg commentary? I think they do a thorough job and they align with your thesis. Off the top of my head, I own FANG, RRC, VAL, SDRL, and a couple more that I can’t think of right now.

Normal-Phase-1252

market turning legacy us tech giants into memes lmao should have just bought ever company that had its ceo in the white house (ex FANG) long DELL, IBM, HPE, NOW

Honest_Persimmon_859

I swear I remember something similar happening with FANG (diamondback energy) at one point when Cramer kept talking about the FAANG stocks, but I can't find any articles about it and now I'm starting to question my own memory.

SlanderousSalamander

Got a $FANG call on just in case.

Trumps_Moist_Toenail

everyone is selling every other stock to buy chips , your making my FANG calls fall fuckers

No_Zookeepergame_27

All FANG are down while chips keep running.

Sleepergiant2586

##Probably not a good time to short AMD, Market didn't seem to like NVDA story, They were questioned on CPUs, nVidia threw some $200B number and next day in some interview they got cornered and accepted it was cumulative of China (where China just refused to buy any chips), Also China trip turned out ro be waste. I can see why nVidia went down and Intel/AMD went up. I mean cmon if I were a hyperscaler 'Would I buy CPUs (Vera/Rubin) or from established brands (Intel/AMD)'.. Not saying nVidia wont dominted CPUs one day but not in their 1st year or 1st model itself. Also nVidia venturing into CPU itselfs saying they are accepting the wind is shifting from GPU to CPU. # The only way nVidia can rise now is they got to announce big mullti billion CPU deals with hyper scalers (like how they did with GPUs for all FANG ones). Otherwise Market wonr trust nVidia.

Tricky_Let2806

Dude you gotta be like 17 years old, original FANG was definitely Netflix

SadComparison9352

lol FANG is much bigger but has higher growth

corundum9

MTDR doesn't have a great acreage position and they are leaning in too hard on gimmick drilling practices. PR is the better Delaware Basin play, FANG if you want some Midland Basin exposure.

Who_Took_My_Big_Toe

FANG $230 July

WailingWarbler

I think FANG might make quite a come back if oil rises again

Difficult_Guard3098

either OP is like a mid level SWE or early SWE (i think AMD doesn't pay that much as FANG, but could be wrong not super up to date) and is talking about a 400K initial grant which would vest over 4 years. or OP is talking about a single refresher grant which would mean OP is like a senior eng/director

Provolone-Jones

6 contracts of MCLM26 at 99.92. Long OBE, CVE, FANG, and SU. Huge fan of OBE and CVE.

Provolone-Jones

WTI. I’m long in CVE, SU, OBE, and FANG though.

DeepFriedAnoos

got some FANG and OXY. still making great returns from WTI the ticker. Am convinced retail will confuse it with West Texas Intermediate. Its up over 10% today.

ToastSpangler

FANG, diamond back energy. Permian basin oil and gas 💪💪 If you follow army corps and MARAD infrastructure funding, as well as gulf of Texas port master plans, you're going to see so much money is being poured into 2-3xing US oil and LNG export capacity Absolutely a no brainer for me, been dcaing a while, and the SHIPS act will likely pour even more money into the region for supporting naval infrastructure

afoogli

Virtually no company in the long term is planning to rely 100% on AI, even the most extreme will still have a 25% worker headcount. You are forgetting that most senior employees would gladly get a 2-3x raise and take on a bit more work which AI can do. Look at student and intern jobs, they are drying up for the new graduates, CS isn’t even a good field to go into now. It’s one of the highest unemployed fields, and looking at cuts at FANG it’s gonna skyrocket. Bottom line is top white collar jobs will only be for select people with valuable talent, and skill. Expect to get either minimum universal basic income or do a blue collar gig if your average or below average

barbellious

Any companies that have a majority of their gas in North America to start. A few Canadian oil sands, American Shale, and any Texas oil companies. DVN, CNQ, EOG, FANG, and SU.

Anonymous_Wabbit

From the 200% I put 100% in MSFT which is already +15% up The other 100% in ETF. Honestly I don't regret it. I can sleep better. Wasn't planning to be rich overnight. Could've gone all back in when the stock dipped, but then I would've been worried sick 24/7. Kinda expected this. I usually sell stocks that are not FANG (or a few of my favs) when they double/triple.

_hiddenscout

Just depends on the company and the size. Again, you build it, you have to maintain it, meaning you will need to probably higher more developers, which will cost more in terms of things like insurance, PTO, benefits, etc. Also, your custom tool will need more features in time. Not trying to be a jerk or anything, but do you work in the software field? I've been doing this for over a decade and I feel like I do understand this field very well. I've work at things from starts up to FANG's.

CinnabonNPurpBlunt

SAP is an obvious BUY down here. Europe isn't going to hand out their big government contracts to FANG or IBM.

random_agency

Google Blue Chip and FANG. Then pick the ones you are willing to follow.

rair21

I remember when Diamondback Energy, ticker FANG, was rising with tech bc the 5 megacaps were referred to as FAANG at the time. As dumb as this play is, there is some precedent here.

AnnaSmiled2

Someone actually taking about the market!! So what is the play? I was thinking grabbing FANG at opening.

AnnaSmiled2

FANG buy on Monday

smokeajoint

FANG is good one ;)

double-beans

In this environment, energy producers and infrastructure are a good safe hedge. There are companies that operate the energy infrastructure like a toll-booth. Whatever the price of energy is, they get a cut. So their stock price rises on bad news surrounding the strait of Hormuz. Energy producers like COP, CVX, VLO, FANG, CRAK Energy infrastructure tollbooth like KMI, AEP, WMB, EPD This strategy should help counter any losses you’ll get in the tech sector for the next coming months.

IvoryTowerResident

XLE goes up whenever geopolitical tension rises. So it is a good hedge to everything else. Could use QQQ instead of FANG if you want more diversification

OzTheMeh

Something like FANG could be good if you skip the XLE index fund. I'm scared of semiconductors because it is so heavily reliant on Taiwan reporting earnings. I don't trust Taiwan to remain independent.

AnnaSmiled2

I am in VTI and SCHD. And XLE, USO and FANG. The last three are energy focused

Ok-Adeptness-5834

Wasn’t the engineering a mess even under Bezos? Crazy turnover compared to other FANG

SunnySpot69

I have one share of FANG. I'm ready!

MarzNstarZ

look into XOP if you want pure oil beta without paying XOM prices, it moves way harder on crude swings. FANG is another one worth watching, smaller than the majors but cleaner leverage to the move

FourteenthCylon

Exxon would actually be far from my top choice if I was betting on war in Iran. A lot of their Middle East production has been shut down just like everyone else's. It would be much better to invest in an oil company with less exposure to the Middle East. PBR, FANG, DVN and EOG all come to mind. I haven't checked, but I'll bet they're all outperforming Exxon since traffic through Hormuz shut down.

thatsmymayo

FANG

thatsmymayo

I am trying to resist leaps on FANG but my spirit is weak

RelationshipShort460

my play is: PR, EQT, DVN, and FANG. EQT is purely natural gas, the others are just oil oil oil e.g. upstream extreme exposure to the long term price of oil. Mid sized means risk reward.

IAMAHORSESIZEDUCK

Nice YTD slow and steady uphill run on EPD. I hold FANG, UUUU and EQT but I'll keep an eye on this one. Thanks.

thatsmymayo

Haven't touched options in a while but calls on FANG are trying to seduce me

Smashego

The market keeps shrugging off every stupid decision FANG, Ai, Trump, and world conflicts throw at it for the past 2 years and you bet against the market? While we’re keeping interest rates fixed? You truly are regarded.

AlarmedGibbon

You're right, I should have done tldr. Basically yes, the U.S. and Canadian oil producers. I mentioned four in my post, EOG, SM, FANG, DVN, but the really big players will be worthwhile too, XOM, COP. We saw this in the 1970s. Even as the rest of the market goes to hell, these guys will be raining money.

Lucky_Tea7510

FANG is a good oil stock because it didn’t go down today.

Correct_Mastodon1112

Calls: EQNR, FANG, XLE Puts: EEM, VXUS, HYG Stop stop stop buying msft calls and the like for the love of god.

Sea_Cry_3968

I had RIO also on the list. Along with FANG, NTR, FRO, DHT. I could probably risk it and still try but I'm more mad I pinpointed a few good ones and held back when I should have trusted my gut

cruzer86

Does the Dubai airport have any effect on FANG revenue? If not, calls.

ASXBae

If they got hired by FANG in the first place, another job won’t be hard to find. And many of them might not even have a mortgage coz they got paid well.

Lucky_Tea7510

Dropping everything except CRAK, FANG and PR.

2PacAn

I bought a bunch of FANG around when oil went negative because they were the lowest cost US producer. It’s 9x since then. US producers were free money during Covid especially if you bought the ones that had the ability to withstand the lockdowns and oil crash

fitnessfinance88

I own FANG, REPX, VNOM

GeoBro3649

We export most of our oil (shale makes gasoline. Its light.) Europe and India and China need the heavy oil, which we get most from Canadian Tar Sands, and Venezuela i guess.. the US and Canadian prosucers are ripe for short term market domination. CTRA/DVN FANG PR CVX XOM

thatsmymayo

I'm thinking FANG might get a bump because I believe their oil operations are prinarily in West Texas

2PacAn

FANG calls are the move

2PacAn

Companies like FANG and OXY are producing the vast majority of their oil in the Permian basin. They do not have to worry about any of those other factors but their stocks are still down.

NaluknengBalong_0918

FANG

AgileHornet5960

Yeah? And compare that to putting 20k in FANG from 2010-present.

daviddjg0033

The demand for 10% otm options before FANG ER week Q3 2025 raised those contacts higher than puts or atm options. And those holding thru er not long dated get IV crush plus that extra retail call demand. Basically buying a NVDA March 20th call 10% otm now before their ER. Since the event is coming volatility is going up so even with 0 move (a 0 DTE went up eveb thigh spy was $3 off the low of the day) calls ans puts both gold up in value into a higher IV. If you judge the options otm to be worth it you were paying more for the gamble to make less.

spyputs1

I know them in real life, actual friends that I grew up with. One guy was selling anything out of the trunk of his car in high school now owns over 200 rentals, a restaurant, a small grocery store and just started a bakery with distribution to local groceries multi millionaire. Another guy works at a FANG company moved up the chain very high up salary unheard of for many of us that grew up with him, many other examples I don’t feel like sharing and doxxing myself. I myself have also done well and in a position I never thought possible financially speaking growing up.

couchst

Green today minus FANG

Special-Ad-3210

That’s an absolute insane policy. Are you 100% sure? Your picks are good companies but what matters most is the price you pay. I like to purchase stocks depending on what the market gives me. If a stock is down substantially, it’s a great companies with growing revenues, I now have a new position. Right now, I think all these stocks are basically at all time highs. I wouldn’t purchase now, price too expensive considering. At the current moment, I like Energy/Oil. Personally I’m invested in FANG, SLB, CEG & XLE Enterprise software has taken a huge hit. I like CRM, NOW. SPGI is a good choice now if you like moats. Why no tech?

Beneficial-Age-9293

NFLX better start cooking the numbers Donny style or FANG gonna become...

meNriveBabylon

Get out of FANG. They all said they going to sacrifice their profits to pump other stocks

meNriveBabylon

All FANG said they going to direct their money towards AI infrastructure and software. So that's why they lagging.

ChaseballBat

FANG sticks are only up 2.8% this last year... Yeah maybe index is fine-ish but lots of big cap tech is getting railed for longer than a day.

gizamo

I worked for Google, and I've consulted with FANG for about 20 years. Your assumptions on company size are also incorrect. As I said, we've been working offshore for decades. Best of luck.

Tommy_Sands

How much actual programing or coding are engineers still doing today at FANG companies? I would assume if you havent been laid off yet as a SWE or developer you are using AI to code and you are “proof reading” code

Curious_me_too

"EQT" - did you mean EWT ? CHPS has probably the closest. It has Tokyo Electronics but is more a memory heavy play, with the large SKHynix and Micron holdings. something I don't like or need. AIS : it had Nvidia and Vertiv, so more an datacenter play. Not exactly what I am looking for. CHAT is too FANG heavy. The one gap I see in etfs , is they add too much US companies in the mix. If I want a US company, I would just buy it directly or use a US company mix etf. There aren't any etfs, that just have non-US listed AI centric focus ( be in non-us memory or as I am looking for non-us chip packaging companies.). These are places of next high growth imho and it's very hard to invest in them for US investors. ETFs are still being made for novice investors. At least some have to specialize in providing access to more sophisticated investors, for non-US listed stock themes.

The-Jolly-Joker

This has nothing to do with FANG.

Salt-One-3371

I think there is a correlation here between holders of BTC, silver/gold and FANG - once the margin calls go on one they all drop

McWhiskey1824

FANG Diamondback Midstream if you’re willing to work with volatility. They have the highest profit margin in the Permian Basin and own 1/3 of Deep Blue which is slowly working on their water monopoly. Fracking takes a lot of water. The also do a Green, Yellow, Red light approach where if there stock price plummets they start aggressively buying back their stock. This causes them to slingshot back up when the sector recovers

Cameron_Newton

FANG, Diamondback Energy.

More-Attention-9721

I mean, it’s a work in progress. I was 23 when I started. I’m now 40. Things have changed drastically. But what I can offer is what I did. I skipped classes and watched Steve Nisons candlestick course. It’s extremely boring and dry but it’s great information. Then I started swing trades small caps under $20. I used the alligator indicator “bill williams I believe? It’s 3 moving averages” and did that for a bit until I discovered options. I was very fortunate back then to have such a giant bull run. PCLN made me a millionaire a few times. Same with most of the MAG 7 now but it was FANG back then (FB, AAPL, NFLX, GOOG) and the became FAANG when AMZN got added. I’ve been doing this on those names for 15 years now.

SelfMadeChillionare

Check out Mako Mining Corp. They are backed by Wexford Capital, same equity sponsor of Diamondback Energy, Inc. (FANG), and have very promising plans for the next couple years. Great operational performance, solid FCF yield and no debt as of Q4 2025. Super under the radar, perhaps a bit on the riskier side but definitely tons of upside if they manage to succeed in their prospects.

greg_r_

Remember when NFLX was part of a group of stocks called FANG? Good ol' days.

Babajji

They might be excellent cars, but one is literally called Dong Fang… A DONG WITH A FANG! I would call that weird 😂

Starkfault

Why do we still call it FANG when FB > META? Long MANG

ReferentiallySeethru

There’s worse but yeah amongst FANG and Mag7 he’s maybe the worst; I’d still consider Musk worse in terms of actual actions and decision making but he has a cult around him which keeps his stocks up.

_hiddenscout

As someone who has worked at a FANG and works at small enterprise, it's interesting always hearing the vibe code stuff. Like job you work at that level has on calls and the need for people to be able to debug and fix things. I think having copilot is helpful when writing code, but it also kind of shuts your brains off. Having it on github is nice to help summarize PRs, but I don't see vibe coding working at larger levels.

Gadshill

OXY (Occidental Petroleum) and FANG (Diamondback Energy) are two of the largest independent U.S. oil and gas producers. They could benefit from higher oil prices and don’t have assets at risk.

CoffeePorters

You can say the same shit about FANG for the last 15 years. It’s all about whether you have the testicular fortitude to bet big.

Edge-Automaton-571

It’s gonna be home to FANG as the empire falls

Thanosmiss234

Dumb question: if they only work with one FANG data center, do you need massive yields to be successful? Why can’t they work with a few data centers and over time slowly? As example, you can 10x the speed and processing power of our east coast data centers that may be enough… to b successful!

AbundanceLiberal

I don’t get what the complaint is. Go look at a ten year chart of FANG. Massive gains an available to retail in hindsight. At the time I remember many people saying tech was over valued then and the money had already been made. Also you’re missing all the VC failures. For each OpenAI or SpaceX there are ten companies you never will hear of that incinerated billions in private investment dollars.

BillPullman_Trucker

FANG

99posse

Disclaimer: I work for a competitor, but my portfolio is more than 25% META, and I do not even have a FB/IG account. My rationale is that, unlike with some other Mag 7, the founder is still involved, aggressive, and heavily invested. He won't get everything right, but he can pivot (and has pivoted) very quickly and (more importantly) without excessive internal backlash. In a time of extreme uncertainty and rapid changes, it's a crucial survival skill that other companies do not necessarily have (it took Google years to catch up to OpenAI's ChatGPT, a technology that was essentially invented at Google and that Google owned years before OpenAI). In the Bay Area, Meta has been leading the changes, including being the first FANG to aggressively lay off post COVID. \> They might even be the company that doesn't make it through the AI bubble. Purely AI companies are likely the ones at risk of not making it; companies with "AI solutions" looking for a problem to solve. Meta has an independent business that heavily leverages AI without (for now) selling it directly. In fact, if Meta can successfully curb the AI slop/bots, I would make the case that social interactions with real humans could increase in popularity. I see lots of questions on Reddit that could be easily answered with a search, and when I ask why the poster didn't do that, a common answer is about the value of human interaction.

Vegan-Velociraptor

RCAT It doesn’t have the love it deserves but it will start crunching numbers. Military budget for small drones goes in 2026 to 700M from 70M they had in 2025. RCAT was the favourite drone provider of the army winning the SRR contract (40M) Now they enter into mass production with Black Widow and the revenue could go above 100-150M for 2026. Then, in relation to kamikaze drones, they have the FANG which is on the Blue UAS cleared list, and soon it will start the drone dominance program which ensures a really good inflow of cash, once they get into this, they will ensure 42M for 2026 and 100M revenue in 2027. Also, they start production in Q1 2026 with their water line with Blue OPs, these are vessels of different sizes for ocean missions, they can attach misiles, torpedos, release drones or kamikaze ones. These are based on the Magura, the most famous water drone used in Ukraine. They expect to sign something with the US Navy which have a 2 billion budget for 2026. So they could eat a little piece of cake easily, their vessel has won the REMUS 2025 competition in Europe. Finally, I would talk about the Trychon (ex Edge130) but this one is still under development as they need to reinforce the hull (too weak for the US army). However, there were recently news about testing by the Australian Navy… So we could have some surprises next year. Right now the stock sitting on 8,10$ which is a very good opportunity. If all goes as well as it promises… we could see the stock around 50$ by the end of the year… that’s a +517% You do your maths, you do your DD….but I recommend not to miss this opportunity

Vegan-Velociraptor

RCAT It doesn’t have the love it deserves but it will start crunching numbers. Military budget for small drones goes in 2026 to 700M from 70M they had in 2025. RCAT was the favourite drone provider of the army winning the SRR contract (40M) Now they enter into mass production with Black Widow and the revenue could go above 100-150M for 2026. Then, in relation to kamikaze drones, they have the FANG which is on the Blue UAS cleared list, and soon it will start the drone dominance program which ensures a really good inflow of cash, once they get into this, they will ensure 42M for 2026 and 100M revenue in 2027. Also, they start production in Q1 2026 with their water line with Blue OPs, these are vessels of different sizes for ocean missions, they can attach misiles, torpedos, release drones or kamikaze ones. These are based on the Magura, the most famous water drone used in Ukraine. They expect to sign something with the US Navy which have a 2 billion budget for 2026. So they could eat a little piece of cake easily, their vessel has won the REMUS 2025 competition in Europe. Finally, I would talk about the Trychon (ex Edge130) but this one is still under development as they need to reinforce the hull (too weak for the US army). However, there were recently news about testing by the Australian Navy… So we could have some surprises next year. Right now the stock sitting on 8,10$ which is a very good opportunity. If all goes as well as it promises… we could see the stock around 50$ by the end of the year… that’s a +517% You do your maths, you do your DD….but I recommend not to miss this opportunity

Big-Sand5360

I dont have the skills like you do .... thus , when a FANG stock dropped 30% , I simply buy & hold BUY again , if it drops to 40% And keep DCA.

Tp_for_my_cornholio

That’s fair as to how it got there, but they still win the “which one of these is not like the other” test. I still remember the days of the original FANG index where The N was Netflix.

Sleepergiant2586

Times change, Have a more busy role in FANG, work 12hrs a day, got married, kids. If u want I can give u my machine for free. Gaming life is almost nil for me. 10yra back was a diff thing. Yea I hokd over 6000 PLTR as well, Bitcoin and portfolio over $4M. But house in Cali itself is $2M so not lot of money. Have friends in Nvidia with 10-15M portfolio, I am nowhere nearby. Folks can hate me as much as they want, it doesnt change anything. Money is not made by timing the market, when will kids learn this.

Starkfault

“I’ll bet against the only FANG company not sucking ass lately”

Independent_Term5790

Goodbye MAG7 welcome back FANG

Krammsy

Two weakness I see in this strategy, no mention of what range the sold options are (OTM, ATM, ITM?), no mention of net Vega. 1 - ATM has the highest extrinsic & near dated has highest Theta, 2 - Vega can wipe you out if you're buying META at this dip, where IV is relatively high right now for the whole tech/MAG7/FANG sector. Meta's IV is roughly 30% higher than it's usual low point between earnings, the higher Vega of the 30 day long option could crush if news/sentiment in tech turns optimistic.