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The coming Hiroshima/Nagasaki-scale AI event will be a massive global financial hack.
Gold dumps 3% wrecked by Fed. Time for GLD calls?
UPDATE #8 (Starting back again.): I’m Bout To Pull The Greatest Trading Comeback OF ALL TIME $19 to $1 million
I Trade for a Living - Why I’m Buying Dips After the Forced Buying is Over and More DD on Gold and Liquidity
Why hasn't gold gone parabolic?
Which physically backed gold fund would you choose: BAR, PHYS, IAU, or GLD?
Trying to generate alpha using Nasdaq retail activity data
Warsh's first FOMC is tomorrow and I have no clue what to do with my port
I have lost every position I've taken since june started.
Bogle vs. Buffet vs. Dalio - Long-Term Investment Strategies Backtested over the last 20 Years
Bogle vs. Buffet vs. Dalio - Long-Term Investment Strategies Backtested over the last 20 Years
What if the 2008 collapse, SVB, and GLD's April drop all had the same structural signal weeks before price moved?
THE BIGGEST BILLIONAIRE HAS SPOKEN OF A RECESSION , WHERE DO YOU THINK THE RECESSION CRACK WILL HAPPEN
My portfolio evolved from bear to bull
My portfolio evolved from bear to bull
The only lesson I’ve learnt during last 1.5 years is to stay invested
My portfolio evolved from bear to bull
Gold ETFs good buy right now after the pullback or should I be divesting some?
GLD down 1.2 percent and USO up 4 percent on the same Monday. The gold oil divergence is telling you something.
$170k gain porn from my AI datacenter bull DD 2 months ago
How to safely use buying power for vertical spread on GLD .
This market has me bullish for 11 minutes at a time and somehow that’s enough to ruin my whole day
DD: Gold is the new BTC — The "Safe Haven" Narrative Is Dead
GLD options taught me something painful about "obvious" trades and implied volatility
Any specific ratio to set up recurring investment for Roth IRA long term?
We backtested 80+ tactical allocation strategies over 30 years, here's what actually holds up
Iran pause sparked a rally, but options flow is saying it’s mostly a hedge unwind
$USO $BNO YOLO. Rolled strikes another week. Oil $150+ in April.
Begginer here first buy: should i buy UCTIS ETFs or US? Eu based
Why aren't gold and silver going up more as money comes out of the market and crypto?
The Payrolls Bomb, the Oil Shock, and the Wall Street Shouting Match That Followed
What are your stock picks for Monday (regarding Iran vs USA)?
Sec. of State Marco Rubio heading to Israel March 2-3 to talk Iran, Lebanon, Gaza peace plan – State Dept just announced.
US orders non-essential embassy staff to leave Israel ASAP as Iran war risks spike.
Option Selling Strategy Idea on Large Portfolio of ETFs
GLD Is Coiling — Next Move Could Be Violent
GLD Is Coiling — Next Move Could Be Violent
GLD Is Coiling — Next Move Could Be Violent
Metal stocks, most will chase. $AUST $SLV $GLD
Moved HYSA funds to brokerage for investment towards a down payment, medium term length at about 7 years.
GLD leap options, high OI, low volume, wide spread.
Sold puts on GLD after the 12% crash. Here's how I used Monte Carlo to find my strikes.
Reddit Ticker Mentions FEB.02.2026 - $SLV, $MSFT, $SNDK, $SPY, $PLTR, $NVDA, $SOBR, $HOOD, $GLD, $DKI
Reddit Ticker Mentions FEB.02.2026 - $SLV, $MSFT, $SNDK, $SPY, $PLTR, $NVDA, $SOBR, $HOOD, $GLD, $DKI
GLD Reversal this week, may be.
$4.02 Trillion Wiped from Gold and Silver Market Caps Today
GLD pullback – backward vs forward analysis (trying to sanity check my bias)
Gold/ GLD Didn’t Dump Because of “News” — It Was Options & Leverage (GLD vs Futures Explained)
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Earnings week next week sucks. Time to GLD strangle every day.
Funny thing about the bond tape right now: while everyone is arguing about how to save treasuries, somebody already put the biggest bond bet on the board - and it went the opposite way from the panic. Yesterday's single largest new options position in bonds was TLT **calls**. 106,885 contracts, roughly $900M notional, opened in the session right before a hot core CPI print. TLT calls pay if long bonds go up, i.e. yields come down. So that is real money betting on treasuries rallying, placed straight into the print that pushed hike odds higher. Either a contrarian duration view, or cheap convexity bolted onto a book that is already short duration. Both are real trades. For scale, the rest of what got opened the same session: * GLD puts - ~$2.97B * IWM puts - ~$2.44B * NVDA calls - ~$2.42B * META calls - ~$1.75B * SMH puts - ~$1.17B * TLT calls - ~$0.90B Gold, small caps, semis and high-yield credit all took puts in the same session that NVDA and META took calls. That is a book keeping its upside and paying up for protection. It is not a everybody-out panic, whatever the headlines say. One thing worth understanding about this data, because it is the part people miss: these are open-interest changes, not volume. Volume cannot tell you whether a trade opened a position or closed one. OI can - but it only settles after the close, so you are always looking one session back. It shows what got *put on*. It tells you nothing about who took the other side. I pull this off the tape every morning. It is consistently the most useful thing on the board and the least talked about.
GLD jumping to $420, MDB falling to $200, FIG jumping to $30, OKLO dropping to $25
Worth adding what positioning looked like going *into* this print, because it did not line up with the hike narrative. Largest **new** options positions opened Thursday across the whole US market, by notional. These are open-interest changes - what was opened, not what merely traded: * GLD puts - 74,750 contracts, ~$2.97B * IWM puts - 84,976 contracts, ~$2.44B * NVDA calls - 111,407 contracts, ~$2.42B * META calls - 25,776 contracts, ~$1.75B * SMH puts - 23,204 contracts, ~$1.17B * TLT calls - 106,885 contracts, ~$0.90B Two observations: **TLT calls are the odd one out.** That is a long-bond position - it pays if yields fall. About $900M of it was opened the session before a core print that pushed hike odds higher. Either a contrarian duration view, or convexity bought against an existing short-duration book. **The equity side is hedged, not bearish.** Gold, small caps, semis and high-yield credit all took put flow in the same session that NVDA and META took call flow. That combination reads as tail protection on a book that is still long, rather than a move to risk-off. Data caveat: open interest only settles after the close, so this is one session behind by construction, and closing trades are excluded. It shows what was put on, not who was on the other side of it.
Everyone is pricing the hike. The single biggest new bond position on yesterday's tape went the other way. Largest **new** options positions opened Thursday, ranked by notional. This is open-interest change, not volume - what got *put on*, not what got traded: * GLD puts - 74,750 contracts, ~$2.97B * IWM puts - 84,976 contracts, ~$2.44B * NVDA calls - 111,407 contracts, ~$2.42B * META calls - 25,776 contracts, ~$1.75B * SMH puts - 23,204 contracts, ~$1.17B * TLT calls - 106,885 contracts, ~$0.90B TLT calls are a bet on long bonds going **up**, i.e. yields down. Roughly $900M of them opened in the session right before a hot core print. Either somebody is very wrong, or it is cheap convexity stapled to a book that is already short duration. Both of those are real trades. The rest of the board is a hedge cluster, not a tech-crash bet. Gold, small caps, semis and high yield all got puts in the same session while NVDA and META got calls. That is "keep the upside, buy the tail", not "sell everything". Caveats so nobody reads more into it than is there: OI settles after the close, so this is always one session behind. Closing trades are excluded. And it tells you nothing about who took the other side - a put buyer needs a put seller.
If you want to know how the biggest books are hedging this exact risk, you can just read the options tape. Open interest changes tell you what was *opened* - not merely what traded. From Thursday's close (last fully settled session), the largest **new** positions opened across the entire US market, by notional: * GLD puts - 74,750 contracts, ~$2.97B * IWM puts - 84,976 contracts, ~$2.44B * NVDA calls - 111,407 contracts, ~$2.42B * META calls - 25,776 contracts, ~$1.75B * **SMH puts - 23,204 contracts, ~$1.17B** * HYG puts - 91,760 contracts, ~$0.71B Three things that bear on your question: **1. SMH puts are the literal answer.** SMH is the semis ETF - the cleanest single-instrument expression of "AI/tech risk". About $1.2B of *fresh* downside protection went there in one session. Not QQQ, not SPY. If you want the same hedge shape as the size, that is the wrapper they used. **2. It is not a one-way bet.** The same tape opened ~$2.4B of NVDA calls. The big books are not net-short AI - they are holding the upside and paying for tail protection on the sector wrapper. That is a very different trade from "rotate out of tech", and it is usually the cheaper one. **3. The company it keeps matters.** IWM and HYG puts were opened alongside it. Small caps and high-yield credit are liquidity hedges, not semis views. So at least part of that SMH put flow is a macro hedge wearing a tech costume - worth knowing before you copy it as a pure AI-risk trade. Caveat so you can weigh it properly: OI settles only after the close, so this is always one session behind, and it shows what was *put on* rather than direction. Closing trades are excluded - these are new positions only. It tells you nothing about who is on the other side. No position in any of the above.
holy fuck i dip bought GLD in premarket already up $5 per share
GLD moonin, ADBE droppin, FIG moonin
Looks like my 50x iron condor on GLD with wings at $392 and $412 expired worthless. If oil pumps, will wsit for GLD to drop a bit before putting it on again. If oil tanks, will wait for gld to pump a bit before putting it on
How does this end? GLD to the moon like the last time?
Oh GLD you piece of shit, why didn’t I sell my calls yesterday
No shot GLD recovers 4$ in the next hour is there?
I wish I did puts instead I got GLD calls and they fucked my ass so hard
I knew better than to get calls for GLD today the fuck
Same I’m wondering why my GLD calls are getting choked
GLD is killing me rn holy shit
And I chose GLD instead today what a joke
I’m getting fucked currently on GLD trade
Need GLD to just go over 401 why the fuck is that so hard
Thank you for the cheap GLD calls homies. Imma load em up
And once again GLD at 400.
So is that good or bad for my GLD calls?
What is this fuckery going on with GLD ??
TBT and GLD. I got in one both a week ago. That $5,000 won’t happen, BUT inflation will skyrocket and they’ll print dollars like we can’t even imagine.
Trying to free up some funds for GLD calls, anyone interested in my left testicle or right kidney?
Sold 50x 0dte iron condor 392 -- 412 wings, on $GLD at open today for $400 credit. Worst case is a $5k wipe out. Not touching equities. I know.. Risk and reward is not WSB worthy, so just sharing it w/ chat. Please dont ban me mods
We have to be getting close to capitulation on oil. That USO chart is reminding me of the GLD chart before the massive satan cock
GLD and SLV began moving in tandem with the stock market ever since they became popular with retail because there's so many options being sold on these that they're now vulnerable to the exact same MM algorithms that try to pin everything flat to drain premium
I regret so much not full-porting GLD in the 360s and then just selling calls for the rest of eternity. It was so obvious
I'm thinking about SLV and GLD.
2 weeks from now GLD call buyers will be sitting on the beach sipping Margaritas from their gold cups. Wearing gold chains and bracelets, while eating off gold plates. After a long day in the sun, they head back to their 5 star resort, where a golden dildo awaits in their bedside table for their pleasure. What a life.
Thinking of 1 or 2DTE GLD calls... but I have trust issues.
What is up with this price action on GLD?
GLD calls, if yields stay this high US government is insolvent.
GLD calls. Gold going up either way. Yields this high = debt crisis.
Hmm.. GLD and USO going up at the same time.. is there something crazy going on in the world today?
Bond yield crisis incoming. GLD calls loaded
Buy GLD and you'll be a genius when bond crisis hits
So why is GLD following the indexes now? Someone smarter than me explain it to me. Thought it was suppose to be a hedge
My YouTube algo for 6 months is all these Gold bull videos about how Gold will be 10k soon due to inflation and everyday my GLD is red
nah man this is so crazy u really called the GLD top and Oil bottom
So you're saying calls on UGL 2x GLD..... i see you know your judo well good sir
If you want more risk, there's UGL 2x GLD
Probs right. Better to just buy outright GLD and hold through midterms.
So we buying calls on GLD at open tomorrow right? USD/JPY dumping today already with BOJ rate hike next week, with DXY dumping. Could also get some fun QQQ 09/18 puts
They don't set interest rates on bonds, only the overnight rate. Market sets rates on bonds. They are selling off the long term bonds (yeilds rising) so they can buy shorter bonds with high expected rate of return. In response the Gov is force building the long term bond to prop up the long term bonds and stop this from happening. It got GLD printing for a bit but it's not exactly qualatative easing or turning on the money printer. I haven't had time to research the trade deficit retardness yet, but Trump wants to devalue the dollar so that domestic production is cheaper then foreign.
Do you have a Roth IRA? If not you'll want to start one right away. Fortunately you have enough cash to max it out for this tax year, so do that. You can buy international funds in a Roth. Open a money market and park enough cash in it for next year's Roth contribution which at this point is only a few months away. Keep some additional cash in the money market as an emergency fund so you'll earn some interest on it. As for international funds, there's dozens if not hundreds out there. VXUS is a solid choice. A smaller amount in VYMI is a good complement to that. Stick to the basics unless you're willing to put in the time and effort to educate yourself on the other options out there. As for gold, GLD and PHYS are good options. PSLV is the main one I know of for silver. I believe that PHYS and PSLV are Canadian. Keep in mind though that silver is super volatile so owning that depends on your tolerance. GDX and SIL are the big ETFs for the gold and silver miners and could bring outsized returns, but the warning on volatility applies doubly so to them. Just remember not to dismiss US stocks out-of-hand. Keep in mind that if the US stock market tanks your regular contributions to your SP500 fund will buy in at a much lower cost which in the long run will be very beneficial. Also, you're way too young to be invested in bonds. If possible take that bond portion and throw it into stocks.
Or just use hedges like XLU, XLP, ACWX, VEA, GSG, GLD
You have already identified many of the best criteria to rely on. Continue what you are doing but make sure to keep an eye on portfolio level positioning. Keep individual trades small. Never overload on correlated tickers. Work towards a delta neutral portfolio (find some CCSs). Do some basic technical analysis to identify the trend regime and basic support/resistance before selecting a strike. Dig deeply into your trades before you place them to get handle annualized returns and expected value. If you want to trade successfully long term, all of these boring bits of business planning will be more important than being a great trade picker. It's about discipline. And, btw, you actually do not necessarily need to hassle with individual tickers and all their quirks. You can get a lot done using the liquid ETFs like SPY, QQQ, IWM, GLD, the larger sector funds, and the indices like SPX or XSP. These may not be sexy but sexy is not really the point, imo.
Emerging Markets Ex China (EMXC) is my favorite non US investment. ASR and PAC are both airport ground ops and concessions companies in Mexico with monopolies and stream revenues. Banco del Crédito de Perú (BCP) is the largest bank in Peru, which solid revenue and earnings. Newmont Mining is my gold stock. Agnico Eagle is also good. GLD and GDX are gold and gold miner ETFs. If you believe in digital assets, I would invest in companies that use it for payment rails like Sofi. Bitcoin tends to trade in sync with the NASDAQ 100, but also a month ahead.
Geeze anything other than tech and fake meat is roasted here. God forbid I buy some GLD and rare earth's
It is genuinely hilarious for me to see my GLD, CVX, and SPY continue to move up together.
my GLD calls expire Oct 16 and Nov 20, should be enough time to make some money
Next week GLD TSLA GOOG?
You think they will be going for accounts holding GLD?
YTD Performance: 📈S&P: +12.75% 📈Nasdaq: +14.05% 📈Dow: +11.13% 📈Small Caps: +20.75% 🥇Gold: +2.51% 🛢️Oil: +59.16% 💵US Dollar: +0.89% ₿ Bitcoin: -8.82% \#YTDPerformance $SPY $QQQ $DIA $SPX #GOLD $GLD #Bitcoin $BtcUSD $IWM $RUT $USD
I just need GLD, HTZ and BMNR to pump to become rich
GLD ain’t stopping, what does that tell you bers
Should I sell my GLD puts at open, or will it continue to sell off?
I went bankrupt like mid-summer. But I guess I did a GLD strangle for friday, path put, lulu put, docu put, lunr puts, oxm put
GLD cat bounce, or GLD early Santa rally?
LOL some people are still buying GLD instead of IBIT
**BanBet Lost** — /u/Rich-Badger-7601 (1W - 4L, 20%) | Ticker | Entry → Target | Move | Time | Result | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **GLD** ▲ | $407.65 → $420.00 | +3.0% | 3d | Lost |
Thinking a GLD strangle for tomorrow
| Ticker | Target | Entry | Current | Move | Expires | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **GLD** ▲ | $420.00 (above) | $407.65 | $411.04 | +3.0% | 1h 36m | | **Record** | 1W - 3L | 25% | - | - | - |
Shorting GLD here wish me luck
I was botching about someone in this thread to buy GLD calls under 400 the other night, now my 420c 9/11 just sold for 4x
I bought a bunch of GLD calls yestrday, for tomorrow. 409 strike. Got sweaty, since i've had enuff losses lately, so, adjusted my risk, sold half for a decent profit. FUCKIN GLD IS RIPPING BABY. not sure if i should be happy or, fuck.
Just bought $20k in GLD. Gotta hedge
Full disclosure - I actively trade gold and silver on the open market via GLD and SLV. I believe that the paper market is great to speculate to remove some overhead premiums, but the physical market is supportive to add no counter-party risk to your portfolio as you own the asset outright. *I am not a licensed financial advisor or planner. The information below is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, tax, or legal advice. Please consult a qualified financial professional before making any investment decisions.* You ask if you should buy, but you do not ask why you should or should not buy except for mentioning geopolitical times. What financial goals do you have? Why are you interested in precious metals? You did mention a one-year time horizon. This could be a very dangerous outlier with your time horizon. Lets take a look at the forward gold futures options. Now, only looking out 173 days to Feb. 23, 2027 and not even a year, the Market Makers have already prices in a +/- 612 move that translates to almost 14% +/- expected move using September 3, 2026 pricing. It should be even greater one year out. What type of loss would you be willing to take? What type of gains are you expecting? Why trade gold? The 173 Days to Expiration options are pricing a +/- 14% expected move. With 365 days, we could easily see a price move of 1000 +/-. My first few questions on why I would want to buy gold is: What is gold doing for you? What magnitude of loss might you realize in my timeframe if I am already committing to selling within a timeframe? Moreover, what is my expected risk to reward? Is there another product that could provide the same reward with less risk? What is my realistic Risk to Reward?
Guys im buying 1 GLD, sorry if it tanks
Whole economy looks like shit right now honestly, SQQQ and GLD leaps
I think i realized something with Scorpio Gold. S GLD , that extended trading is a fugazi, funny money, the numbers and supply demand aren't even real.. People will just panic chase things to the moon or zero and it means absolutely nothing come the regular session open
bought a GLD Nov20'26 405 Call
So.. buying the actual stock for long term is the best play. No ticking timer eating your bottom line on the lifespan of the investment. AI tells me that GLD is in a super cycle, building to rise again in the fourth quarter. ASTS has a long way to go before everything comes on line and we start eliminating cell towers.. plus, you should have sold when you hit your risk tolerance. Maybe that point is today. Good luck.
Whoever told me to buy GLD calls, go fuck yourself
paper GLD might be worth a punt soon if it keeps correcting and knowing warsh is only signaling hikes but wont cut
what happened to GLD lol the run already over?
As a shareholder of GLD, I demand earnings as well. Where is the CEO
**BanBet Created** ▲ | Ticker | Target | Entry | Move | Expires | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **GLD** | $417.15 (above) | $397.29 | +5.0% | Sep 15, 6:56 PM |