GLD

GornsNotTinny

Exactly. I think the real answer to all these posts is *"Where else are you gonna put your money? Under your mattress and lose X percent annually?"* Personally, I have some gold, and a couple acres of undeveloped land, but the bulk of my assets are in the market. People see new ATH's and think it's a big deal. In adjusted dollars, it's not. The dollar is weakening, so everything priced in dollars will be more expensive. That includes stocks. Honestly, I'm going to try and pick up some more GLD or at least SLV. Both are trading down due to sell offs to buy dollars in order to buy oil, and to keep fighting the Ukraine war. Once Hormuz opens up, the petro-dollar will be less important, the gold sales will cease/slow, and the dollar will weaken even further. Result is metals go up. SLV may actually be the better bet since it's trending down because of gold sales, but the the long term production shortfall for silver is still very much a thing.

The_Last_Otter

Got rekt on SOFI… Made up for it with SLV & GLD shorts

aka_crashoverride

Meanwhile, GLD is putting Skittles in his pocket while the cashier looks away.

Zephyruos

Didn't read the whole book but mostly summaries of it and Mark Spitznagel interviews on youtube, great out of the box thinking and yeah the 3% insurance seems his idea, and around 85%-97% of portfolio in very safe, boring assets like bonds (SGOV for more liquidity), gold and also sometimes mention S&P500, I prefer bonds for short term to conserve cash and gold/S&P500 for medium to long term. Ah I see how you calculate the spread. And yeah I'm looking for VIX above $25 since that happens more frequently per quarter and can capitalize more often than a +$30 VIX, which usually seems entering a black swan territory. Also floating the idea of GLD calls during low VIX, but the premiums are still expensive even for way OTM calls.

GoldenAries4

Mad at myself for not buying SPY puts instead of GLD or GDX puts. I thought since SPY surpassed previous highs it would have more downside than gold. But here we are, SPY continues to be delusional.

Wulfric05

More GLD calls for me

TheInkDon1

IAU is cheaper, and has Weeklies, but nowhere near the open interest as GLD. And there's SGOL and OUNZ, buy they only have Monthlies, and less volume than IAU.

OptionsProOfficial

The GLD/SLV/USO read here is sharp. Low IV-Rank on GLD at 2% means you are buying optionality at historic lows while the crowd is already positioned for downside, and that backwardation in the term structure confirms near-term fear is priced in. SLV and USO completing the same picture makes the commodity thesis harder to ignore. Mean reversion setups with cheap vol are where the asymmetric risk/reward lives.

sharkenleo

Well, loading up on SLV and GLD then.

nivek_123k

I have no idea. I look at the GLD/SLV explosion and the Indexes, and I just don't understand how both defensive plays and indexes are skyrocketing. I own broad markets, dividend aristocrats, bonds, t-bills, b/c those make sense to me. Own the asset, DCA/DRIP the yield, ignore the daily panic in price movement. How/why metals price has exploded indicates that the market itself should be imploding, yet here we are with all time highs... idk.

I_am_Nerman

Is SLV/GLD where you thought it would be?

josueers

Have you thought about the GLD ETF? Seems like a solid choice if she just wants to gain exposure to gold without the hassle of holding it physically.

yvettchi

Sounds like a solid start! Going for physical gold can be good for security, but those ETFs might be easier to manage in the long run. I've heard GLD and GLDM are popular picks!

HolaMolaBola

They will be naked calls instead of covered calls. But not so naked, really, because they're backed by collateral that moves either identically with the underlying (SGOL & GLD) or nearly identically with the underlying (IEMG & EEM) or moves "close enough" with the underlying (SPHQ & SPY). In the "close-enough" case it may be wise to not be too aggressive by writing calls against the entire position. eg. Start with the amount of capital invested in SPHQ currently. For example, $150K. With SPY's current share price at $711.62, that $150k translates to about 211 shares of SPY. If both SPHQ and SPY moved identically or even nearly identically with each other (they don't) then writing 2 SPY calls would be safe. But since SPHQ and SPY really only fly in loose formation with each other, I would avoid writing calls against the entire position.

Boomer_With_Dementia

What causes the price of gold to move? Does it go up when the dollar goes down, or when the dollar is predicted to go down? Does it go up when interest rates go down? Or is it the opposite? Does it go up because some stablecoin needs to hoard a lot of it to back their stablecoin? Does it go down when national banks need to sell it for cash to prop up sectors of their economies while they wait out the Hormuz blockage? I just don't quite understand it, I held a bunch of GLD from January of last year until a few months ago. It dropped 2% today so part of me thinks I should buy some tomorrow. But before I do i have to realize that I don't understand why it moves the way it does. Thanks for listening to me just relate how I don't understand anything.

teh_herper

ASTS being the biggest piece of dog shit, followed by GLD

Maleficent-Age-1404

I’m leaning into energy plays right now, oil volatility looks tradable, while gold feels like a hedge. Keeping some cash on the side too, because sentiment’s shaky. Watching tickers like XOM and GLD for quick moves.

Level_Counter3062

Fuck you ORCL GLD SLV ASTS UUUU all shiny rock mining stocks FUCK YOU

Red_V_Standing_By

GLD dip buying opportunity

tandoori_taco_cat

!p GLD

claytondpark

Glad u sold my GLD puts y'day for -10% I mean why the fuck would I wanna make a profit right? Fml

Wowmuchrya

Asia selling GLD/Slv every night because they can’t afford oil/gas and people think this is gona turn out fine 🤣

king_of_all_retards

!banbet GLD 455 2w

king_of_all_retards

!banbet GLD 460 1m

king_of_all_retards

!banbet GLD 450 2w

king_of_all_retards

#Just fuck it Im going to bag hold GLD indefinitely

Exciting_Day4155

Only if they decide to pivot to AI also. GLD earnings soon.

trentcoolyak

1m GOOG calls, 150k AMZN calls, 150k in AI company shares (NVDA > MU > IREN > NBIS > CRWV), META calls, MSFT calls, \~200k in other stuff (corp bonds, US bonds, GLD puts, random shit). wow typing it out makes me realize how regarded I am

KitchenCup374

It would be nice if GLD could do another 7 month bull run or whatever the hell happened last year. Could’ve made so much money just snowballing calls.

teh_herper

#No matter if SPY is up or down, GLD will dump

GornsNotTinny

GLD, VWO, and chill.

Pizzabe

alright boys im going long on GLD hopefully it doesnt tank again

baconography

The easiest money today is GLD puts at open; the U.S. markets love to sell this off in the mornings. And look at the technical setup here in pre-market. Basically lining up the bowling pins.

Appropriate_Ice_7507

Watch,oil drops, spy drops, GLD drops

Appropriate_Ice_7507

Yet GLD is dripping and not the dripping wet kind of fun

Appropriate_Ice_7507

Kind of worried about my GLD…

Andthesuch

VM what's your take on GLD and SLV?

No_Cod972

MSTR is almost double GLD YTD. Probably nothing.

AnotherRandomGuy34

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

chimble

JMbullion has 1/10 gold coins for near spot in their app for people who don't want to buy GLD/GLDM.

Sam_Vicious2

Remember when this thread was obsessed with GLD and SLV… those were the days

SlfImpr

Glad that I sold 100 shares of $NFLX and bought $GLD with the cash when gold dipped to $4,380 last month

OptionsProOfficial

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.

Significant_Speed854

USO chart looks a lot like GLD post January 29th crash

jthompwompwomp

VM, analyze ticker GLD and give me your projections?

jthompwompwomp

VM analyze GLD

FriendlyPanic1262

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.

TropicalOinkment

CEO of GLD needs to get fired

Radelescu

I'd look at RSP, SPMO, GLD and a smidge of bitcoin.

SuperbSandwich

Back in my day GLD went up with increased geopolitical tensions 👴🏻

Andthesuch

It's okay to leave GLD and SLV out of the V.

Pizzabe

GLD is some bums bruh dont trade that shit

SomePolack

Same those were better times lmao  You think GLD about to take another leg down? 

SuperbSandwich

Calls. Back in late 2025 I was enjoying cheap as fuck 3% OTM 14dte’s on GLD that just *kept printing*

InverseTheUniverse

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.

TropicalOinkment

Death to all but metals? So GLD calls???

2QuarterDollar

Everything recovering except GLD and SLV, stupid shiny rocks

baconography

GLD puts. Americans love to sell off gold in the morning.

Andthesuch

Pretty sure we will be green tomorrow, but I really could use a 10-15% drop in GLD and SLV this week 😅

BagHoldersOfAmerica

Remember when GLD went up in an inflationary environment

Wide-Idea1592

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

amanj41

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

TheHollowHedonist

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.

Pizzabe

who else is thinking on buying GLD calls or I am the only tard here.

VolcanicCupid69

I will continue to buy GLD and GOOG every time they dip a couple %. GLD will be 6k in 2027

king_of_all_retards

I have a question Would GLD hit 500$ mark and would OKLO hit 100$ mark anytime soon?

2QuarterDollar

SLV and GLD need to make a comeback

Moepenmoes

Why are GLD and SLV going up as well? That doesn't make any sense

Regardium-Leviosa

!banbet GLD 450 5h

LabyrinthLayers

War over/risk on is back, and SLV & GLD gaining, this shit is so broken lol

21NovaCore

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.

Toe_Shanks

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"

SlfImpr

Glad that I sold my $NFLX stock to buy some $GLD when gold was $4,380

2QuarterDollar

GLD and SLV died in the Strait of WhoreMuse

polymanAI

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.

drew-gen-x

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.

Disastrous_Room_927

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.

Garbage-Disposal-938

right now SPX up, GLD up, Oil up. That's different.

king_of_all_retards

I will go full port cash if GLD hit 500 and then I will reconsider my life choises

illinformed-will

How manay days can we sustain those uptrend in GLD + SPY + OIL + DXY ? Something gotta gives

Appropriate_Ice_7507

I sold GLD yesterday. It will probably hit ATH today.

willtheywonttheyo

There’s a risk on component for me due to inflation yes, but I’m also holding liquidity and higher GLD exposure than typical.

TheDudeAbidesFarOut

GLD and SLV. Locked n loaded.

MiloAndCrows

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/)

Andthesuch

Sell all your GLD and SLV to buy tech and SPY calls

daddysgirl794

GLD and SLV up 10% and 8% YTD respectively again despite crashing like 6 times since January, amazing

Bulky_Winter1671

Pretty much… BE, OKLO, NVDA, AMD, PLTR, CVNA, META, GLD, LRCX. The list of runups I missed is horrendous

Open_Marketing_2134

Not in a global financial crisis! I'm not talking GLD. I'm talking physical gold.

tristis_veritas

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.

drew-gen-x

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.

drew-gen-x

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.

drew-gen-x

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.

drew-gen-x

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.

drew-gen-x

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.

Space_Miner6

GLD back on the menu!

drew-gen-x

$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.

drew-gen-x

$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.

Jesoo_

GLD will never breach 4800 ever again

BagHoldersOfAmerica

Sit down son, I'm going to tell you about a time GLD went up 1% every trading day

Confident_Bee1447

For what it’s worth, I’d be very surprised if GLD drops below 4,500 any time soon