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1 Month Update/Retrospective on broken wing butterfly/condor strategy.
Histogram Insights on 1-15 Day Returns Across Various Assets
GLD move after Bitcoin ETF approval
Deciding REITS for my portfolio. But lack the confidence in knowing how to valuate each choice.
GLD (Gold ETF) Jan 2026 OTM Long Call. Good idea or not?
Lower Cost ETFs: SPY vs VOO, QQQ vs QQQM, GLD vs GLDM, etc
US and Venezuela agree to prisoner swap because US knows Venezuela is about to invade Guyana and the US will have to intervene. Long oil
Thoughts on gold and silver as a trade
Doubled account. What next?
Starting my investing journey. Gonna put 40% each in VOO and QQQM and 20% into GLD so what is everyone’s opinions on these?
Starting my investing journey. Gonna put 40% each in VOO and QQQM and 20% into GLD so what is everyone’s opinions on these?
Diversifying a portfolio that is heavily correlated with SPY
GLD briefly pulled back to the 180 head and shoulders neckline this morning.
Grid Metals Announces Final Drill Results from Donner Lake Supporting a Maiden Resource Estimate by the End of June
Stock suggestions for quick gains and long term holding
GLD Trade Analysis: Are You Too Dumb To Predict Stock Prices? Me Too.
Inflation To Moon On Supply Side Risk
The Advantages of Futures Options Trading over Stock Options: I Increased My Profits 4X
The Advantages of Futures Options Trading over Stock Options: I Increased My Profits 4X
Gold and Gold Miners are about to RIP FACES!
Thoughts on this? Could this lead to a GLD gamma squeeze?
Precious metals, miners give up recent gains as banking fears ease (NYSEARCA:GLD)
Gold shines through the chaos as investors seek safe haven (NYSEARCA:GLD)
Banks are a melting pot and SAfe heavens are back.
Can the Fed really dare not raise rates next week? Who would have thought that gold could rise 6% in a week?
Can the Fed really dare not raise rates next week? Who would have thought that gold could rise 6% in a week?
Miners rise with gold and silver prices on bank sector worries, jobs data (NYSEARCA:GLD)
Anyone invested in a gold or other commodity ETF?
Gold books best week since mid-January as dollar, Treasury yields pull back (NYSEARCA:GLD)
Q3-Q4 Blood Bath? How to play stock Armageddon?
Gold slides below $1,900 after stronger than expected U.S. jobs report (NYSEARCA:GLD)
Gold and silver prices seen rising this year, analyst survey says (NYSEARCA:GLD)
1.1 million people are dead from covid-19. What's next for the economy, stonk prices, interest rates and gold prices?
Gold climbs to best level since April as greenback, Treasury yields slide (NYSEARCA:GLD)
GDXU, JNUG, GLD going to the moon!!!!! I am up 108% in 3 months!!!!!!!
Looking for alternatives to GLD ETF for European investors
Study finds that COVID was the leading cause of death globally in 2021
BREAKING NEWS: Study finds that COVID was the leading cause of death globally in 2021
How does this EMP look in terms of stability and viability?
The progress on inflation using pairs trades
Stop pushing $SPY and $VOO as the answer to everything.
2022-11-09 Wrinkle-brain Plays (Mathematically derived options plays)
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How to Fight Russia with Gold and Oil
I derive pleasure from market pain🌈🌈🌈🐻🧸📉=📈🕺
no one can tell me this isnt peak diversification
Central bank net purchasers rise for third consecutive month $GOLD $GLD More Net Buyers Of Gold Then Sellers
Why Gold is The Best Play | Hint: Not Because of A Recession
Trinary Event Horizon - The Fed Has to Choose - Bet The Farm on Tech or Revive Volcker
Unsolicited Technicals post FOMC Update
Gold Is Holding Up as Stocks, Bonds, and Crypto Plunge $GLD, $GDX, $GOLD
Both bonds and gold have been resisting the last few days of selling, and if March 2020 is anything to go by, that is a very good sign for the market.
Week of 6-13-22: Most Important Charts #004
Week of 6-13-22: Most Important Charts #004
Mentions
Kind of worried about my GLD…
VM what's your take on GLD and SLV?
MSTR is almost double GLD YTD. Probably nothing.
In my taxable, only one SPY put. In my roth several GLD and SLV options. Though some of the GLD and SLV options were also my biggest gains
JMbullion has 1/10 gold coins for near spot in their app for people who don't want to buy GLD/GLDM.
Remember when this thread was obsessed with GLD and SLV… those were the days
Glad that I sold 100 shares of $NFLX and bought $GLD with the cash when gold dipped to $4,380 last month
Metals got smoked hard enough that those front‑week puts are basically little panic bombs, so selling them against calmer next‑week IV in a tight calendar makes sense on paper. Just worth remembering that “easy money” in calendars only holds if GLD/SLV actually hang around those strikes into Friday a big follow‑through dump or sharp bounce will nuke that short leg way faster than the back leg saves you, even with delta hedged.
USO chart looks a lot like GLD post January 29th crash
VM, analyze ticker GLD and give me your projections?
I would roll it out and up with a higher strike, if deep ITM, DTE is 12-16 months. The market is always up and down within 12-18 months. Wait for the crash time, for example, the tariff last April, close the covered call. The loss is minimal or can even make some profits. I did one with GLD, and it works.
CEO of GLD needs to get fired
I'd look at RSP, SPMO, GLD and a smidge of bitcoin.
Back in my day GLD went up with increased geopolitical tensions 👴🏻
It's okay to leave GLD and SLV out of the V.
GLD is some bums bruh dont trade that shit
Same those were better times lmao You think GLD about to take another leg down?
Calls. Back in late 2025 I was enjoying cheap as fuck 3% OTM 14dte’s on GLD that just *kept printing*
You could just buy GLD, PAXG, and IAU and you'll have a million before 2027. All this work to find something that beats shiny rock returns when shiny rock returns would've already achieved your arbitrary victory condition.
Death to all but metals? So GLD calls???
Everything recovering except GLD and SLV, stupid shiny rocks
GLD puts. Americans love to sell off gold in the morning.
Pretty sure we will be green tomorrow, but I really could use a 10-15% drop in GLD and SLV this week 😅
Remember when GLD went up in an inflationary environment
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!
Yep, IIRC there were some days when BTC was green and GLD was red lmao it makes no sense (and I say that owning both). The macro investors I have listened to haven’t really had a consensus on why other than possible rate changes and the fact Gold had a historic rally and people might be monetizing their hedges. I expected it to resume climbing soon
100% VOO sounds diversified, but it really isn't. It's got a pretty high beta. I'd mix in some VUX, SCHD, GLD, SLV and some IBIT for shits and giggles.
who else is thinking on buying GLD calls or I am the only tard here.
I will continue to buy GLD and GOOG every time they dip a couple %. GLD will be 6k in 2027
I have a question Would GLD hit 500$ mark and would OKLO hit 100$ mark anytime soon?
SLV and GLD need to make a comeback
Why are GLD and SLV going up as well? That doesn't make any sense
War over/risk on is back, and SLV & GLD gaining, this shit is so broken lol
i totally get that feeling of missing the boat on those big drops, man. it's so frustrating seeing the rebound later and realizing you just watched it happen. i used to try to time things too, thinking i could predict the bottom, but honestly, it's a fool's errand for most of us retail investors. what changed for me wasn't giving up on the idea of being ready for a dip, but changing how i was ready. instead of trying to keep cash on the sidelines indefinitely, which always felt like missing out on gains, i started thinking about portfolio allocation more. for me, that meant having a decent chunk, around 5-10% consistently, in gold. i hold some physical gold and also some via etfs like GLD or KAUFFMAN in my brokerage account for liquidity. the idea isn't to make huge returns on gold, but when the market tanks hard like during 2022 or even that initial covid shock, gold often either holds its value really well or even sees a bump because people flock to safe havens. that stability in one part of my portfolio makes it a lot easier to stomach the dips in my stocks, and sometimes, if i'm feeling aggressive, i might even rebalance a tiny bit, selling a fraction of my gold to buy more beaten-down index funds. it's not about predicting, but about having a built-in hedge that also acts as a potential source of funds for rebalancing when everything else is red. this guide actually covers a lot of the different ways to approach it, i found it super helpful when i was setting up my own strategy: https://besttop10goldinvestments.com/blog/how-to-invest-in-gold/ it just takes some of the emotion out of watching those drops, knowing at least one part of your holdings isn't plummeting.
Kind of answered your own question there. These are not Euro style like SPX so if they're itm then yes there is an inherent risk of early assignment, but not a guarantee. If you close them out before settlement, then also yes, you won't have anything to worry about. Since the start of Iran CL has been carrying a fair amount of volatility and extrinsic value until the final moments and it only stops trading 30min before close. GC though stops trading at 1:30et so opening a trade in the morning, especially a bwb, isn't going to leave much juice to squeeze whether a credit or debit. Pennies in front of a steamroller, or fuzz off a grape as he said lol. Another thing to remember, which isn't going to apply directly here but you'll still notice. Is that the pricing on spreads is different enough between options on futures and their etf/index counterpart that it sometimes makes a strategy that works on one incompatible with the other. ES/SPX, RTY/RUT, NQ/NDX for example have a more obvious skew in their pricing because of the Euro vs American expirations. CL/USO are more loosely correlated than GC/GLD, but it still may work in your case. CL tracks WTI, it doesn't hold WTI, and it doesn't track the whole thing. USO tracks WTI by holding the front month contract, not pysical oil itself, and not the whole timeline. This causes some drag and further separates the resulting move that one might see versus the other as time goes on. Think of WTI as the whole curve, USO only tracks a slice of it at the front. So for a single or two day hedge you should be fine, but anything on a longer timeframe then USO won't provide quite as tight of a hedge as you think it will. GC/GLD is the opposite story. GLD holds bullion, not the contract, so it's a much tighter correlation without the drag that USO has and would provide a better hedge. Think of CL/USO as a derivative of a derivative, and GC/GLD as spot for spot. But with the points I made above, the GC/GLD trade you're wanting to take may not be as profitable as you think it will be because of how little time will be left once you open it. If you want to branch out to trading options on futures in the same way you have been trading, go for it. But the same strategy you're using on SPX/SPY might not work for CL/USO, GC/GLD, NQ/NDX/QQQ, RTY/RUT/IWM. But you currently have a strategy that's working. As Steve Clark said, "Do more of what works and less of what doesn't"
Glad that I sold my $NFLX stock to buy some $GLD when gold was $4,380
GLD and SLV died in the Strait of WhoreMuse
Good nuance - the math absolutely depends on the underlying. For TLT and other high-div names the theta-positive premium makes the synthetic work. GLD is basically a wash. I was thinking about equity names where assignment risk kills it.
Yeah, Rick Rule has been in mining forever, although he's retired now. He was the gold bugs hero in the 2010's. Mining stocks are very volatile since they have political & energy risks, besides just the underlying commodity. I originally bought more Barrick than actual Gold in 2020 and I would have been ahead if I waited 6 years, but the $GDX miners underperformed $GLD for like 5 years. I'm not a fan of miners. $CCJ and $VALE are a bit more stable thou.
Depends on what you're buying and why. For something like GLD the premium you end up paying usually ends up being roughly equal to what you make in interest on the cash collateral you set aside, for something like TLT you usually end up being theta positive. If you're holding something like TLT, it makes perfect sense to swap out your shares with the expectation of assignment/expiration before the next ex div.
right now SPX up, GLD up, Oil up. That's different.
I will go full port cash if GLD hit 500 and then I will reconsider my life choises
How manay days can we sustain those uptrend in GLD + SPY + OIL + DXY ? Something gotta gives
I sold GLD yesterday. It will probably hit ATH today.
There’s a risk on component for me due to inflation yes, but I’m also holding liquidity and higher GLD exposure than typical.
GLD and SLV. Locked n loaded.
GLD, SLV, not investment advice, I don't hold large positions just a percent or two. Sprotts offers quite a few options. [https://sprottetfs.com/setm-sprott-critical-materials-etf/](https://sprottetfs.com/setm-sprott-critical-materials-etf/)
Sell all your GLD and SLV to buy tech and SPY calls
GLD and SLV up 10% and 8% YTD respectively again despite crashing like 6 times since January, amazing
Pretty much… BE, OKLO, NVDA, AMD, PLTR, CVNA, META, GLD, LRCX. The list of runups I missed is horrendous
Not in a global financial crisis! I'm not talking GLD. I'm talking physical gold.
Everything is a scam now. USD is a scam and Fed is laughing at us poors as they print money for the rich. Almost 6 years of high inflation. Even the cooked PPI number is 4% lmao. US stocks have no cash flow. All of it goes into "AI" hardware that will need to be replaced every couple years. Shareholders ain't gonna see any of that. So much money is being lit on fire they're going into debt to pay for it. Shiny rock is cool I guess as an idea? But it's run a lot and if we head to Weimar having, GLD ain't gonna mean anything anyway.
The transports used to always predict recessions before as well. The transports didn't lead to a recession this time. You're prolly right on the USA being much less dependent on Crude Oil in 2026 than 90's & 2000's recessions. We all have our own trading strategy. I'm usually too pessimistic. But being bearish in 2025 did me no good. BTD on $VXUS, $VT, $EWJ, and $GLD did work very well this time. I'll stick to my DXY devaluation trade. If $SPY hits new ATH's my positions should still outperform cash. Good Luck.
I've noticed I might just be getting just a little too cocky and just sold 10% of my $GLD position. Maybe the market is getting just a bit ahead of itself. Selling on Green Days is funner than selling on Red days anyway.
You should never listen to anyone on reddit for financial advice. We are all gambling addicts. But this repatriation of foreign capital out of the USA back to their home countries/economies has me rethinking the need to hold $TLT. I'm now moving towards 50% (World ex US) $VXUS, $EWJ , $VPL, 25% $VT (World plus US since these ETF are very overweight US stocks anyway), 15% $GLD, and 10% US dividend stocks. I've unfortunately been around boomers too long, who despite growing up entitled w/ a silver spoon in their mouth, were right about dividends & cashflows. What good are buybacks over dividends if you fave AI cap ex hyperscaler decided to spent all their cashflows buying their stock back at market tops before then deciding to spend all their cashflows on AI cap ex w/o ever giving a shit about their shareholders?? Good Luck.
I've been buying At&T which has managed to underperform $TLT by 4% since I started buying. I've mastered finding hedges to underperform the markets. Thank gawd everything else I bought has gone straight up. The crazy thing is $TLT is still my 4th largest holding behind only $VXUS, $GLD, and $EWJ. That's how bearish I was in 2025 & Gold saved my entire portfolio last year from being way too bearish. You can't make money always being bearish. Even if you are right and the markets crash and is cut in half, missing out those other 10 BTD that you never pulled the trigger on puts you in a huge ass hole you won't ever easily recover from.
The $SPY is more liquid w/ avg daily volume of 88M shares traded vs $VOO 10M. Traders want the juice of higher volume of shares sold. It's the same reason I mostly mention $GLD for Gold even if I might own a larger position in $PHYS for my long term gold holdings. Buy & hold vs traders.
$VXUS, $VT, $GLD, $EWJ. I'm not as bullish as you are on either AI or the $SPY. I decided to cast a much wider fishing net when BTD the last 2 weeks in March. But I'm also not an idiot that's in love w/ cash when bears are cheering higher crude oil prices not making the connection that cash is the worse position to hold with higher crude oil prices.
$VXUS, $VT, $EWJ, $GLD. When markets are selling off like they were at the end of March, I try not to pretend that I am smarter than I am & that I know which stocks are a buy. I just buy entire world indices, entire country indices, and gold. I don't need to die a hero.
GLD will never breach 4800 ever again
Sit down son, I'm going to tell you about a time GLD went up 1% every trading day
For what it’s worth, I’d be very surprised if GLD drops below 4,500 any time soon
SLV and GLD ever coming back?
I made a similar mistake last month, but with Gold. I thought I had enough time as the contract was for 30th April . Then I realized the broker issues FND is the latt day of previous months. Also they don't actually deliver physical gold. They just send you the certificate of deposit which incurs storage charges etc... So to avoid that I decided to take a loss and exit. Recovered those losses by trading GLD and NEM. I decided never to trade futures contracts ever again. https://preview.redd.it/ki1ga4jg40vg1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=0069bfdff0b6b7ee350fe249e9ca9c2786da0247
Listen up. Buybacks only make stocks more valuable, inflation is completely fucked, private equity is completely fucked, the world is completely fucked, GLD is completely fucked, BTC is completely fucked. US equities are poised for an astonishing rebound this year.
Not enough information. You gave the size of your margin equity, which is the basis for making a risk management calculation, but not the size of your put spread trade. Quantity 1 GLD 20-pt spreads? No problem. Quantity 5000 GLD 20-pt spreads? Big problem. You also didn't clarify if you are long or short the put spreads.
I like to do IC condors that are at least 30 days out especially after a big move because of the spike in IV. I’ll choose a .10 to 0.15 delta on both sides after the big move. Then I’ll have a plan in place. For example, roll call side up 2 strikes if the call delta gets to .40. Then close the position out if the call side gets touched after the roll. I will choose strikes where I think the underlying shouldn’t be. If it touches the strike, that means I’m wrong on the trade and I will, therefore, close the position. This keeps my losses minimal. If the underlying is trading within the range, I will consider closing out at 50% of credit but I will try to stay in the trade for a long as I can to capture more theta decay but I have to move my stops closer to lock in a profit in case it has a large move in either direction. Sometimes it can gap up or down beyond your stops and you give back some of your gains but that’s trading for you. I have been doing this on GLD this year and have been successful as volatile as it has been. I just started doing it on XOM and BNO and both were profitable.
I'm around 10M Buying power and 1.6M Excess liquidity , as of now I'm not using it so well . I want to reduce my risk exposure and waana stick to GLD , PUT vertical spread with 10 or 20 width for a 30 delta put combo. Given my buying power , how safe is it to do such trades on GLD ? Or is there something else , my goal is to preserve capital ,collect premium and no to less chances of assignment . Thanks .
I'm up over 8% on $VXUS and $EWJ, and over 6% on $GLD and $VT since buying the bottom 5-10 days ago? And these are indices and not stocks. We are way overdo for a pullback. Just wait until this place turns bearish again and buy & add more. There's no reason to chase here. The 200 DMA has been a great buy indicator for World plus US and World ex US ETF's. Buying $GLD when gold pulls back to $4400-$4600 has been a good buy indicator as well. I've been spending a little money here & there & buying this pullback in AT\&T; but I'm sticking w/ 90% EFT's. I'm not smart enough to pick the winners in this crazy market. Don't get too bearish, but also don't get too greedy.
Looks like the move for me today is close out on winners and buy losers. See ya GLD, MU and SDNK. Hello megahard and oracle!
Are we gambling SPY or GLD for today CPI?
I’m sticking with my plan of loading GOLD and some long dated GLD calls. With uncertainty and talks of UBI, it’s prime imo
GLD going up with USO tomorrow, none of this shit is real like these 2
None of this shit makes sense: SPY/QQQ/IWM ⬆️, USO ⬆️, GLD/SLV ⬆️, VIX ⬇️. Literally nonsensical. And this the year I’m unemployed and decide to try options 🤦♀️
Oil goes up, SPY goes up, GLD goes up. Everyone happy
GLD/SPY/OIL decoupling more everyday... My wet dream of long oil and gold port at the same is starting to be really tempting, will feel like a true late 19th century robber baron
Damn. GLD about to go red :sadpepe:
$VXUS and chill. Well don't chill, but BTD's. We are arguing the same side. US stocks are expensive. The economy is in the shitter. But the money printers are gonna go Brrrrrrrrrrr Hedge w/ 10% $GLD position.
GLD just cannot hold a lead, jfc.
You're doing great, just keep maxing your Roth IRAs, avoid debt besides the house and you'll have a great retirement. There's always going to be doomsdayers, and there will always be reasons it's scary to invest, but the stock market is the best growth engine for your extra money. Even in the great depression, if you had invested in US and foreign equities and some bonds, and a little gold & re-invested dividends, you would have made a little money over a 10-20 year period. All that to say, just keep doing what you're doing. One note, even though you didn't ask, personally, I would change the VTWAX (or just switch future contributions) to VTIAX- it's 100% ex US. VTWAX is still 60% US, so you've really only got 12% ex-us. I would try to get at least 20% ex-us. If you're worried about flat or negative time periods, you can add like 10% of a bond fund and 5% GLD etf. Or don't- as long as you keep investing and don't sell, long term 100% stocks should beat a portfolio with bonds and gold.
Despite the rip in the market, SLV and GLD are still safe plays considering the war is not over just a “2 week” smoke screen. Random bombs dollar down slv gld up
Not really…have 10x GLD 420 calls which will print…
I BTD on more World stocks ex-US & Pacific Asian ETF's than anything else this time around. $EWJ, $VPL, $VXUS, and $GLD made up 80% of my BTD buys for the last 2 weeks. There's so much growth to like in this region & the stocks were hit harder than most since they are more energy dependent than many other regions. Higher risk, but also higher rewards.
Gold is not speculative. It is conservative. Over long periods of time (20-25), gold and the S&P 500 have about the same appreciation, but move in opposite. Accordingly, many believe allocating 10% of your portfolio to gold (GLD) or gold miners (GDX) is wise diversification. Gold ETF like GLD does not pay dividends, where most S&P 500 companies do, as do most gold miners. I own EMXC (emerging markets ex China) for diversification beyond the USA. I would buy EMXC at $78 or lower and allocate up to 10% of portfolio.
Was right about GLD. Up from $422 on Monday open to $442 right now. XLE did dump on the peace deal though, so you got that right.
I think GLD and SLV about to rip.
GLD and SLV about to go off.
so funny when, SPY, USO, GLD and VIX all trade higher together... ok who's fibbing?
GLD holding surprisingly well
My GLD calls are killing me
SLV and GLD been a little to quiet lately 👀