GLD

AmbitiousTreat7534

Whole portfolio is US tech but I just bought GLD leaps, maybe this will make me look smart, it was definitely on purpose

GreedyTexas

GLD is going to open at $440… The GLD $428c were .90 Which will make them worth $12.00

H-7000

Isn't GLD supposed to be 1/10th of an ounce, why exactly does it lag so much behind spot

Boomer_With_Dementia

I am in GLD, Thales, Rheinmettal, Baesy, Rolls Royce, Saaby, and other non US military stocks. I think my Tuesday will also be good. That said, I would take a loss if it meant global stability rather than chaos and disruption.

Boomer_With_Dementia

I have $SPY and $QQQ puts, a fair amount of $GLD, I own shares of thales, Baesy, Rolls Royce, Rheinmettal and SAABY. So I can't help but think my portfolio is poised to have a good Monday. Thanks 🥭.

romanavatar

Buying GLD and SLV

WilsonMagna

At this point, it is hard to argue this isn't exactly what is going to happen. There is no trust left in the U.S. operating sane, you can't bet your country and its future on the unstable schizo U.S. As hard as GLD has rallied last year, it looks less crazy on the backdrop of terminal U.S. dollar decline. The U.S. debt crisis was a longterm issue, but dear leader accelerated the demise of the dollar so hard.

MikeyBugs

Welp... Time to sell my NVDA call, buy more GLD calls and gold ETFs...

Gom_KBull

its funny because GLD and SLV funds are basically the same as what money used to before the Nixon-fuckup

arbitraryBlue

My GLD and SLV calls might continue to pay out bigly

tabrizzi

I hope so. Loaded up on GLD calls.

Therex26

I took profit at 425 from my GLD calls I held last weekend. And bought more when it dipped a little. And I’m holding over the weekend again. Pretty simple formula .

GreedyTexas

GLD prob up 3-4% Tuesday

NFLNHLNBA

Thank god I moved all my money to $IEV & $GLD

dingoshiba

Ya boy liquidated on Friday - a 3 day market in these times is no time to hold options. Sitting on GLD SLV and POET, otherwise cash

GreedyTexas

GLD is going to gap up to $440 $428c was .90 which will be $12.00

GreedyTexas

GLD is going to have a 3-4% gap up Tuesday lol

GreedyTexas

I bought $428c GLD calls for Tuesday lol

Ladyvp05

Defense stocks and GLD. SHLD ETF up 100% in the past year. International stocks have been doing great since he came into office regardless of tarrifs.

Naive-Suit3916

Do you have enough money to buy cash secured puts? Perhaps you want to buy GLD at $400 and collect the premium

KD_Hub

Nah, 11% on Polymarket is just degeneracy bait; Trump talks big on Greenland for headlines, but invading a NATO ally? That's Pearl Harbor 2.0, nuking USD hegemony and crashing S&P 50% overnight. Markets pricing in 0% reality here; it's pure theta bleed for retail suckers. Trump's chaos is already baked into VIX spikes—S&P's up 25% YTD cuz AI/tech >> geopolitics noise. Hold core. Layer in 10-15% gold/CHF hedges now (GLD or FXF) for any Denmark drama. Exits are for panic, not pros.Stay stacked.

therpgrad

This commodities bull market will likely last for the duration of the current administration and partly into the next. My recommendation is to buy GLD and GDX LEAPS that are slightly OTM. Once they're ITM, start taking gains, rotating into shares, and rolling the remaining funds into more OTM LEAPS.

CapitalElk1169

I started parking all my cash in GLD on Fridays if I don't have any good plays open. This has been a pretty good play for the last little while wish I thought to do it a lot earlier lol.

fruitloop00001

I don't know whether to be sad about impending ww3 and the implosion of my country or happy to be holding a shitload of short term OTM GLD and SLV calls over the long weekend

GreedyTexas

Where do you think GLD will be in the open? $430? $440? lol

IKnewThisYearsAgo

GLD is backed by physical gold

These_Society818

SLV fell 13% on liberation day, GLD fell 5%.

Unhappy_Hedgehog_808

Wish I bought more SLV and GLD calls before close yesterday.

mindcrack

Are you buying a gold fund like GLD or actual gold? Been thinking this way as well, but unsure of the best way to diversify into gold

PM_ME_UR_RECIPEZ

Pct, sofi, btq for shares Safest and wisest choice is GLD. Start building your gold position. DCA in 500$ a week

imwashere

GLD

csab123

There are several factors involved. Global Central banks desire to move away from holding UST, this has been the case since interest rates spiked from near 0% to 5% UST's lost a great deal of value, an issue sovereigns don't want to deal with again. Second is the printing of money by the FED, with no backing, the federal reserve note loses value over time. This brings up the third reason, a potential backing of currency by gold and/or silver or other commodities. Investors see this and begin to flock to these assets. Can this cause the price to get ahead of itself? Yes, does this mean it's done going up? No. Lastly is the inflation factor, commodities can be a good hedge against inflation. Add these all together and you get a perfect environment for silver and gold to run. I think several of these factors are in the rear view mirror and investors will start taking profits hence my argument for BTC, the current environment is more favorable for BTC than SLV or GLD. Could I be wrong? Yes

what_could_gowrong

Unless you have domain specific expertise (medical/pharmaceutical science degrees, engineering degrees, CS/AI degrees, etc etc) an index fund would be a safe bet. Index fund can be SPY, VOO, QQQ. They track the best performing companies and are somewhat diversified. Though recent years they have been focused on tech stocks so if there's a draw down in tech/AI sector, these funds will also dump. You could also consider gold (unleveraged, just GLD or IAU shares) but I myself wouldn't recommend silver as gold is being bought by central banks but not silver. Both are precious metals but have different structures. Gold is explicitly a hedge to act against fear and inflation, silver is partially for that and meanwhile has industrial usage, it's complicated and myself isn't qualified to judge it. So I stick with gold. If you do have a degree (or experience), you can try to focus on a particular field of your specialize. Warren Buffett's "Circle of Competence" idea is very important here. Invest in something you understand well, or just buy index fund. It may look like one can throw money into a meme stock and make 3-4x gain, but without a thorough understanding of the stock and it's underlying business, it's hard to tell when to exit(sell), or whether an exit strategy is needed. You need some insights to know where a good performing stock is a quick trade, a short term bull ride, or a decade hold. If you feel like buying a index fund and hold it for years is boring, you could consider allocating a small bit ($500) to trading for fun. If you wonder what is an option contract. No you don't. Don't ask. Just…don't touch it.

PaperHandsTheDip

IDK if silver / gold will tank. A large part of it's bullrun is that foreign countries have been dumping US treasuries like crazy and buying up GLD and SLV. US removing tariffs is unlikely to cause them to do a tackbacksies, dump their gold/silver and load up on US treasuries again

monstrofik

🥭’s gonna nuke Greenland and send GLD to $1000

baconography

Further geopolitical destabilization introduced by these idiots, and GLD somehow went *down* 7 bucks this morning. Sure. Riiight.

Complex_Mushroom_557

I like SOFI, I would also add UUUU, MSI, BA, KRKNF, OSK, DOW, GLD

captain_helmet

Ive lost thousands and i have made thousands as I learned, so I made a rule, I will sell at 30% profit and sell at 40% loss. Do not chase when the market is diving or climbing in either direction unless you're hedging your current portfolio. You are going up against literal autistic wizards of supreme mathematical power that can have almost every possible scenario covered and accounted for and when they slip up, their losses are already hedged. The posts on wall street bets are degenerate gamblers, entertaining yes but my god they give me anxiety. Eventually you will begin to predict a stocks behavior to tilt, not turn the odds in your favor. Every so often, you'll hit big but you got lucky, you were not smart. Eventually you'll gather enough capital to bend, not break some of your rules. 1) Has a stock taken such a brutal beating for no reason whatsoever? Begin to consider calls 2) Has a stock skyrocketed for no reason? Begin to consider puts 3) Try your hardest not to jump on anything until around 10:30-11am EST, that's when the mega volatility slows down and most of the news for that sector has been accounted for. For example, I made some money on buying puts on SPDR GLD today, currencies are currently stabilizing, with a heavy emphasis on currently as I do not want to hold those puts long term because when President Trump picks a new FOMC Chair, I don't want to be stuck in the middle. One is pro rate cut and the other is more reasonable/predictable like Powell. Constellation Energy is currently my new baby, bad news came out today about capping power auctions and in my theory the market overacted in selling as energy is needed now more than ever to power the AI beast. On Monday, if the week looks strong ill consider buying call options by attempting to predict a rebound and identifying the next logical support and resistance lines.

Outrageous_Tip_2133

GLD seems to be reaching a short term peaking. I see profit taking in the next few weeks. Buying at the money Puts on GLD 3 months out.

Concept-Plastic

GLD definitely going to pump hard after the surprise strikes on Iran

Aggressive-Ad-2707

WTF, missed out on that GLD dump

Noxta_

This is the dip to buy SLV and GLD you were all asking for

sNeKbIt99

Imagine equating the Nobel Peace Prize with a participation ribbon. Cognitive dissonance is a bitch Maga bros. Buy GLD.

baconography

Exp Friday, and max pain for SPY, QQQ, GLD, and SLV are wayyyy down there. The fact that VIX really hasn't spiked much above driving license age, it doesn't signal that SPX/SPY puts are being opened up, either. Wall Street fuckery, I guess

sNeKbIt99

He got a Peace Prize!!! And MAGA bros ok with that. Buy GLD for when all this shit unravels.

solidsneeze

just pooped... wiped with GLD

santinzadi

All in GLD if it gets back to 400

skin_flute_player

GLD went free falling

SwissCheeseMan26

Do I buy calls on GLD

baconography

Why did GLD drop a full percent in 15 minutes?? Did 🥭 croak?

Subinatori

GLD falling off a cliff. They must be having a liquidation sale of old man knick knacks at the whitehouse.

SageLeaf1

Some GLD news?

thebobitt

Wtf happened with GLD and SLV

BrainMale

Leprechauns just sold their entire position of $GLD

ImSorryOkGeez

GLD and SLV will be done blowing up when the US is done collapsing.

buppiejc

Could be wrong, but I suspect GLD will pump since weekend missiles could fly. 424, and 427 next targets. 422.50 SL

AlrightChat

Find yoself a girl who loves you like GLD loves 424

Gom_KBull

i just hold shares for GLD, goes up too slowly for options for me

064157

Anyone plan to hold $GLD calls over the weekend?

Low-Scarcity88

!banbet GLD 435 7d

Low-Scarcity88

!banbet GLD 430 9d

DreptuMig

!banbet GLD +5% 1d

raisedeyebrow4891

Did I say something about GLD?

DueHousing

I do hang out there actually, been playing with SLV and GLD calls for a while. You tried to guilt me for not joining your FOMO party and I responded by saying if I did I’d have lost from the opportunity cost of not being able to deploy my capital to better plays like precious metals and foreign markets.

TheGoodBunny

Not a single comment about GLD today?

N3verS0ft

30-45 DTE $5 wide put credit spreads at -.30 delta aiming for $15-20 below current price for the short leg (the option youre selling) if against GLD or $20-25 below if against SPY.

zangor

🥭:(buys GLD weekly puts) Hey you know what I changed my mind, actually Jerome Powell is gonna be in office for the rest of his life.

baconography

GLD loves to die about 2:30 to close.

baconography

I recommend that none of you buys GLD calls; I curse this thing every time I try it out. Bought Aprils and Januarys ATM on Monday, and I'm somehow underwater 4k.

JMJ15

GOOG, GLD, and Southern Copper

Sidney_Godsby

Not sure why you’re hating bro. I’m on your team. I’m long PM drillers since ‘21 and have a GLD position that I, admittedly, only opened last fall. It’s the froth on SLV, specifically, that triggers alarm bells for me. I don’t even mind the physical stackers for silver, though they haven’t done much to disabuse themselves of the influx of naive meme stonkers. So, why not take lower weight options hedge out and shit talk the shillers I have such disdain for? Couple months out, ride the volatility. (Also it was and continues to be overbought as fuck).

TWSTrader

**14 years in the institutional space here.** You are experiencing a classic mismatch between Market Regime and Strategy. You are applying a **Neutral/Bearish** tool (Covered Calls) to a **Parabolic** market. When you sell a Call, you are essentially saying: *"I bet the price won't go higher than X."* When Gold/Silver are in a "wildest dreams" breakout, that is a losing bet. You are stepping in front of a freight train to pick up pennies. **The Institutional Pivot: Flip the Script** If you want to generate income while holding the asset in a bull run, stop selling Calls. **Start selling OTM Puts.** 1. **The Mechanic:** You sell a Put below the current price (e.g., 20 Delta). 2. **The Win (Bull Case):** If GLD/SLV keeps ripping, the Put expires worthless. You keep the premium **AND** you keep 100% of the upside on your shares. 3. **The Risk:** You have to buy more shares if it crashes (but you already own the asset, so you are clearly bullish). You cannot cap your upside in a commodity super-cycle. You capture the premium from the *downside* fear, not the upside greed. Managing parabolic commodities is tricky because the volatility expands both ways. If you want to bounce ideas on how to structure this so you don't lose your shares again, my door is open.

Pleasant-Monk7

So the core issue here is you're getting assigned away from positions you want to hold long term, which is a classic problem with covered calls. The strategy that might work better for you is a collar or a call spread instead of naked calls. With a collar, you sell the upside call like you're doing but buy a protective put below your entry, so you keep the stock and cap your downside. Or you could sell call spreads where you sell a higher strike call and buy an even higher one, which reduces the premium you collect but also reduces assignment risk. Both let you keep the underlying while still generating income. The tradeoff is you're capping your upside or taking less premium, but it sounds like that's worth it to you given what's happened with GLD and SLV. The real challenge is figuring out which strikes and expirations make sense for your situation, which honestly is where a lot of people get stuck because options chains are overwhelming. If you want to explore different contract structures visually before committing, we built FunRobin to make that easier with simple cards instead of dense chains. But the strategy shift is the real answer here.

Arnab_Goswami_RTV

It is India trading holiday, SLV and GLD might take a hit, puts, feeling ghey af.

Icommandyou

I am just happy I sold both GLD SLV at top

Aggressive-Ad-2707

If you don’t have enough money, just do the same GLD. It’s less volatile but works the same

Sad-Airman

Read my last comment it absolutely happened lol. Also happened on a GLD +1% bet where futures were up 3% all night and somehow never hit and got banned

isolated-cat

the dip on the metals that I was looking for. locked in profits today at the top on GLD calls. now slowly build long term positions on dips on both SLV and GLD the rally is far from over

HolaMolaBola

Yeah, it seems like pulling teeth to me because the attitude conflicts with my rep's who once threw me the perk, "Anytime you run out of free trades, call me and I'll reload you." But I'm happy to pay some commish (and it's really the new investors who could really benefit from discounts). What made price an issue for me this time was my discovery that the commish to hedge gold using GLD contracts works out to be 8x higher than hedging a like amount of equities using SPX.

options13

None of the recommendations will guarantee you returns. It is a risk/reward calculation. You can only make money selling options if the realized volatility is less than the implied one. Given the wild moves in the metal prices, the only people who have made money are the ones holding the ETFs and those buying those options. At this point, it is just a gamble. I would actually recommend getting out of the trade completely. You have more risk of losing on your GLD/SLV if the prices fall significantly. But nobody know if an when that will happens

x7_omega

If you like GLD and want to be extra long, perhaps you should sell GLD and buy UGL, and not overcomplicate it. AGQ for SLV. If this is about avoiding capital gains and such, then it should be mentioned in the question.

HolaMolaBola

Thanks for your interest. I'm learning bit by bit but, sigh, still need help. I'd like to put on something like: \-3 /GC Apr 3875 Put \+6 /GC Apr 3775 Put And it's got a $30K margin requirement just like the equivalent spread using GLD contracts. (100pt difference in strikes x 3 x 100) With GLD contracts in my equity acct I didn't have to worry about margin—just have sufficient equity all the time. With /GC contracts in a futures acct I learned just this afternoon that my broker would use Span-2 something something and that means that I don't need the entire $30K on deposit bc the short strike starts off so far out of the money. Is that right? Ironically that seems to mean that if gold starts tanking and the tailhedge wakes up, I have to then find cash to feed the hedge the remaining $30k. Futures accounts are confounding me!

Worried_Quarter469

Secretary of Agriculture: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money." $GLD

SaaSGrass

GLD, SLV, CRWD, LMT, PANW seem like a good Iranian port for ‘26

bryanbass0308

silver dip is coming at EOM when Fed doesn’t cut and BOJ doesn’t hike, gonna likely sit tight until then and buy 90c 6 month out did 1130% last year solely trading SLV and GLD 4-8 monthly calls

vrtra_theory

Ideal play here is to keep your GLD and SLV stocks (assuming you own any) safely on the side, and just write spreads. For stocks steadily climbing you can usually easily write $5 put credit spreads a few spaces below market, ~45 DTE, free cash. If the stock is going up fast enough close them in a few weeks to lock in and reopen. But, if stocks are flying up, I really prefer a call debit spread instead. These are great because you pay up front, the stock flies past your top marker and you close immediately for a nice profit. Now if stocks are going up $25-50 every six months it's worth it to just open a year-long long call deep in the money (~78-80 delta). These will be expensive but even 1-2 contracts can net a nice profit when sold. TLDR: leave your assets alone, open long calls and sell when you can net a decent profit, and in the meantime leverage by writing call debit spreads (especially right after a mini dip to support floor), or if feeling less aggressive, put credit spreads.

USMCActiveToReserve

Watch GLD and SLV go up.

Garbage-Disposal-938

seems like a lot of folks buy tickers GLD and SLV there are other ETFs that focus on gold and silver tho. e.g. IAU, SGOL, PHYS, SLVR, SIVR, etc

shugo7

When I take profits instead of letting cash sit there I buy long dated GLD and SLV calls. Regardless of the price since it's technically a DCA and then when there a dip for a stock I like I sell some to buy.

edthechimp

Realised 10k loss in SLV and GLD shorts today. Might get liquidated tomorrow. AMA https://preview.redd.it/annmwthtsddg1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a45142e31198d015256e95719815a7dcb3f31633

hgreenblatt

I am just a little bit unclear. On /GC are you trying to put on a single option, or a spread. I think trying to use GLD, the most you could get would be 50% face BP. You will only know if you call and say FUTURES, and get someone on the trade desk. Look at it this way Sgov only gets 70% face. I have found that Selling a 20 delta Put /GC is around 30k BP, and yes they really do take BP (mine is Sgov).

NoStandMan

Don’t plan on anything tomorrow as the market is already up and feeling like it’s not the best time to buy. If I were you I would buy a GLD long calls for $430 with a strike date of the 16th of this month. This is not a guarantee of money by any means just a recreation of what I bought today. I would buy some silver calls tho too because I have convictions that it will hit 100 somewhat soon. But like I said not financial advice in the slightest.

NoStandMan

Don’t plan on anything tomorrow as the market is already up and feeling like it’s not the best time to buy. If I were you I would buy a GLD long calls for $430 with a strike date of the 16th of this month. This is not a guarantee of money by any means just a recreation of what I bought today.

isolated-cat

booked some profits on GLD calls that I bought in October/Nov/December. feels satisfying

Icommandyou

Both GLD SLV calls sold

EvolvingDior

The V you were looking for happened in GLD.

Love_Mud_2025

Buy GLD stock. Much easier to carry around. :-)

Far-Requirement9180

SLV and GLD won’t stop until I buy back lol

EvolvingDior

For GLD, right?

Arnab_Goswami_RTV

GLD massive V 📈