IWM

the-revenge-trader

U can trade spy, qqq, and IWM until 4:15

SheBenOnMyJohnson

Oil still astronomical while spy and IWM up makes no sense lmao

the-revenge-trader

U can trade spy, qqq and IWM until 4:15pm

Cosmorto

Guys I have IWM 273 0DTE calls what do I do??? Trust in the pump?

2020isgreat

Real talk I get SPY having fuckery occurring due to AI but how is the DOW/IWM not in the depths

Financebro30150

iously but the underlying tension you're pointing to is real. markets are basically forward-looking discounting machines, and right now the earnings narrative from mega-caps has been strong enough to offset the macro headwinds. the problem is IWM, like you said. small caps should be getting crushed by 10yr yields near these levels and they're not. either the market genuinely believes rate cuts are coming sooner than the data suggests, or there's a LOT of passive inflows keeping things elevated regardless of fundamentals. either way the disconnect is worth watching, it tends to resolve itself eventually and usually not gently

FabulousLanguage6216

Come IWM, go to liberation day levels. 180 would make me happy

spudbro00

IWM dead, good riddance.

OkAlternative7705

Either going qqq puts or IWM calls, depends on what am I? A bul? Or a ber? Chat what am I?

Fluid-Membership1356

e forward-looking by nature, and right now earnings are the story. q1 numbers came in better than feared for a lot of large caps, and the market is essentially saying "oil and yields are a problem for NEXT quarter's guidance, not this one." the 2022 selloff happened because rising rates hit valuations AND earnings estimates got cut simultaneously. if oil stays elevated and we start seeing margin compression in corporate guidance, THAT'S when equities will reprice. the IWM point is valid though, small caps with no earnings should be getting crushed and the resilience there is a bit puzzling

fire_alarmist

How is IWM the only index not pumping right now when its the FOMC day and rate decisions have the BIGGEST impact on IWM of the three. If it were a real pump based on real knowledge there would be easing financial conditions IWM would be leading the charge. You idiots will be getting rug pulled.

fire_alarmist

You really cant make it up. I had a straddle of QQQ puts and IWM calls thinking that was the play based on tech needing to retrace some of this massive rally on all the tech short squeezes and that the Fed meeting today would shoot IWM up if its unexpectedly good news. Somehow QQQ is up/even and IWM is cratering. How is it always just rigged so that I in particular get giga cucked.

sloanemonroe

IWM likes higher oil prices

dash_trash4255

!banbet IWM 250 7D

BedRiddenWizard

IWM puts, they're cheaper than spy and have the same chances of hitting

chibi78

at this point if I was to meet anyone that has anything to do with IWM I feel like I would end up in jail

OkAlternative7705

Why doesn’t it go fucking down 😭 IWM crash I don’t even have puts I just wanna see it go down

OkAlternative7705

IWM is so retarded. It just never goes down with spy but goes more up than spy on the pump 

chibi78

I am happy that IWM is taking a beating but can someone explain what has changed today VS previos 3 weeks

rocier

IWM fucking march straght down without pause is fucking killing me

chibi78

I dont even have positions open but seeing IWM red made my day

Nysyk

Anyone else seeing those gigantic red volume sticks on QQQ/IWM but barely moving the prices?

Scalpaholic

I don't know what the celebrations' about. VIX is down only because enough stonks in SPY brought it to flat. IWM and QQQ starting to sink. NVDA looks like flight to safety. BTC sinking. WTI about to break $100 again soon maybe EOD. Hold on to your Podracer because Market is def Recessing!🩸🩸🩸

GrassOrAss954

This range IWM is trading in for the last week is fucking diabolical.

chibi78

IWM has a buy button triggered every time it touches red

Scalpaholic

My moves over the next few months: Stacking IWM July Puts with every Wendy's "overtime" paycheck. Will post my Micro Peen losses if it doesn't work out. Was going to write a novella about why but my past posts explains it enough already. TLDR: Bers win by July 10 2026 or I lose. Simple as that. 🤡🐻

pmotiveforce

I have bearish calls on IWM.

Terrible-Session5028

I do strangles on IWM usually and as always.. it works until it doesn’t

hsfinance

Can't give full 100% wheel support but I do use a variation of wheel with some stocks that failed similarly. At this point about 6% year over year. The variations are as follows but I am quite aggressive with adjustments how I may adjust is going to vary from day to day. - my structure is PMCC with leap acting as a stock replacement and short acting as theta driver. The trade is still wheel - my leaps are actually very high delta. 90-95. For QQQ, my strike is 250. Used to be 205 last year. - my goal is like this - once I have signed up for a trade, the extrinsic is for me to keep and for me to defend. That's my money. And I will work to earn it. - so if QQQ is 625 and I write an option to earn 5-10 bucks, and QQQ crashes, I will not exit the trade until I bring the short ITM. This is very important. Once I am ATM or ItM, I can exit trade for scratch. - if QQQ crashed up, I have anyways earned my premium, and I can move on or adjust higher. - if QQQ remains ATM, I can keep rolling and make more - if QQQ crashes. There is still some money in the roll, I will use that money to roll 1 contract, 2 contracts, 3 contracts down. Number depends on how much I earn from rolls, how many contracts I have, and I spend only parts of the roll to lower strikes. Otherwise you will have a whipsaw and feel bad also you are losing theta in the leap so don't do that. - let's say I make 3000, that means I can move 1 contract by 30 bucks or 2 by 15 or 3 by 10. Or maybe I use 2000, or 1000. I never use the full roll unless the price has moved so much that I have no contracts yielding rolls so spending it all to get good theta makes sense - while rolling down I don't go below delta 20-80 tent for strikes 60 days out. Because let's say price went to 550 and delta range is 500-600, I don't need to go below 600 since I can make enough theta there. But if that range shifts below to let's say 575, I start going down whipsaw be damned. My position is primarily QQQ and IWM but I am stuck in NOW, CRM, NKE, NFLX and IBIT. I have lowered my strikes for everything over this time period by rolls money. Despite being stuck in these, I am up 6% based on the 2 ETFs and a few positive return stocks such as GOOG, AMZN, NVDA and maybe 3-4 more. I also hedge my positions and morph my positions from time to time but the goal is theta harvesting via rolls. I do get assigned but I quickly (next day, next week, 2 weeks) switch back to the PMCC structure since that's easier for me to track mentally.

dreamwagon

Can't make heads or tails of the IWM chart today. Feel like dump to near flat is coming but I have 0 confidence. Taking my +50% and rolling into the weekend like a G

MutaliskGluon

Time to start buying some Puts. IWM

tldamico

How red can IWM go? Askin' for a fren...

GrassOrAss954

SPY, QQQ, IWM….all have the same exact chart. Seems very organic and totally not manipulated.

Scalpaholic

They gave this 🤡 🐻 a IWM July 17 200P? No one's ever seen like IWM $280, but we're seen IWM $200 A LOT. Judgment Day, July 10th 2026, draws ever closer.

tldamico

What did I miss? Noticing my IWM and TLT puts are both up.

fire_alarmist

IWM is also due to get wrecked based on the fact it has been giga pumped for over a year now on promises of massive rate cuts yet we only got like 2/6 rate cuts promised and now it seems like the rate cut regime is over and hikes are even an option. IWM will have a massive fall from grace when it all goes to shit.

ten7four

Correct me if I'm wrong but small cap companies are more likely to struggle from rising energy costs (oil), right? IWM has to get wrecked at some point I would think

looool_k_libtard

Liberal straight line down on IWM lmaoo what the hell just happened

softboiledjadepotato

triple top on SPY and IWM, and WhiteHouse just posted a flex about market record highs on X...

Cultural_Ad_525

This is exactly my strategy at the moment. i have a 1000 dollar account doing 0.15-0.25 delta credit spreads on SPY and IWM, slow and steady at the moment

bringkiteback

Why yes I would like to invest in 2000 of the shittiest companies thanks IWM

Doc_options

!Banbet IWM 273.30 1d

95Daphne

Tech may make it hard for the gains to be fully given up...but this was a gap n crap for IWM/RSP. It's interesting, we went from RSP outperforming to it underperforming on the year in about 6 weeks.

ten7four

DIA +2.8% YTD SPY +3.4% YTD QQQ +4.8% YTD IWM +12.0% YTD IWM being that high seems crazy to me. In this environment small-cap stocks have the potential to get absolutely wrecked. Puts are eventually the play, the hard part as always is timing it right.

DiamondG331

You can trade RUT for now, no IWM. And so far nothing on Nasdaq.

Bigb4nman

If this is real this is a game changer for swing traders who want to minimize/capitalize gap risk. Hopefully they at least add QQQ and IWM.

DiamondG331

It is true lol..but yeah I only trade credit spreads and this is a far safer way to trade than futures. It seems like today might be the first night session so who knows how many contracts will be traded and what the spread is. By the end of the year SPY IWM QQQ DIA. Will be 24 hours too hopefully. And by next year, 24/7 365

Unlucky-Ad1414

ChatGPT is goated; taught me how to trade. Anyways I started off with a $300 account, I want to prove my strategy and I can be profitable before I size up 😂 I’ve messed around with XSP paper trading I like spy and I also like IWM it’s more small account friendly and I personally like how it moves.

xiaodown

Here @OP, I did it for you. This is investing $20,000 as a lump sum, 5,000,000 simulations, picking an ETF out of the given list, picking a date for which data exists (generally, from the start of the fund up until 2020), and investing the whole thing on the next trading day. Then the results are averaged for each year. Prices are accurate as of yesterday's close. (**note:** repost, and i'm removing the little emojis that my stock backtester script spits out because the bot doesn't like them) (lumpdca) xiaodown@lab:~/code/lumpdca$ python simulate.py 5000000 20000 --tickers \ SPY,QQQ,IWM,VTI,EFA,VEA --lump-only --yearly Investment Strategy Simulation Running 5,000,000 simulations with $20,000 investment Using 16 processes on 16 available cores ============================================================ [████████████████████████████████████████] 5,000,000/5,000,000 (100.0%) EFA from 2011-07-01: LUMP value $51,425 IWM from 2006-03-10: LUMP value $99,098 QQQ from 2000-09-23: LUMP value $168,170 SPY from 2006-11-01: LUMP value $147,153 VTI from 2019-08-10: LUMP value $52,176 SPY from 2014-10-05: LUMP value $86,602 VEA from 2020-08-17: LUMP value $38,454 SPY from 2013-12-18: LUMP value $95,755 ============================================================ SIMULATION SUMMARY ============================================================ Total Simulations: 5,000,000 Starting Capital: $20,000 Time Elapsed: 7.26 seconds Ticker Filter: SPY, QQQ, IWM, VTI, EFA, VEA Mode: Lump Sum Only Returns Analysis: Strategy Median Average Min Max ------------------------------------------------------------ Lump Sum $85,098 $123,298 $29,098 $760,309 Best Lump Sum: QQQ $760,309 (from 2002-10-09) Worst Lump Sum: IWM $29,098 (from 2020-12-24) Lump Sum By Start Year: Year Count Median Average Min Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2000 119208 $159,826 $162,953 $129,510 $285,438 2001 201827 $186,581 $200,347 $91,365 $541,237 2002 201538 $204,530 $254,106 $93,398 $760,309 2003 202085 $208,704 $246,108 $82,828 $641,108 2004 202670 $184,469 $198,549 $69,617 $469,717 2005 202302 $166,867 $182,504 $59,454 $434,923 2006 202378 $149,265 $165,042 $48,579 $420,748 2007 261626 $90,588 $120,699 $41,465 $355,670 2008 262790 $108,706 $146,935 $44,311 $583,763 2009 261679 $147,686 $175,261 $57,726 $579,253 2010 262606 $107,333 $137,207 $54,169 $347,938 2011 261781 $93,333 $119,791 $49,900 $292,526 2012 263127 $84,000 $109,512 $52,543 $255,799 2013 261088 $69,451 $91,014 $43,294 $216,495 2014 261798 $57,098 $75,756 $40,957 $168,170 2015 261902 $54,353 $70,230 $41,059 $141,753 2016 262398 $57,098 $70,069 $44,471 $143,686 2017 260976 $46,321 $57,508 $36,485 $114,046 2018 261759 $43,066 $50,524 $34,351 $93,428 2019 261866 $42,000 $48,390 $34,859 $89,562 2020 262596 $43,066 $44,110 $29,098 $78,608 Note: Large outliers detected. Median may be more representative than average. ============================================================ The point is, some years are better than others, but it all comes out in the wash, and time in the market generally beats timing the market.

DefiantDelta

IWM got way ahead of its skis for this energy environment lmao

fire_alarmist

Why is IWM not 30% down today tho? It should be at least 30% down

Ok-Analysis4121

IWM puts

Fhyzikz

I would give my first born and my kitty cat for IWM 250 or less by tomorrow

sloanemonroe

Hey look, the worst collection of stocks, IWM, is up again.

dreamwagon

Options on CAR are just silly. Short IWM a few weeks out for like 900% less IV

chibi78

IWM is waiting for me to buy ITM puts so it can continue it trajectory to moon

Fhyzikz

IWM is the most unstoppable index

bringkiteback

IWM is like a retard with a passed out chick and no supervision

chibi78

Another day IWM green. God I want someone to nuke us and take me out of this misery

Loose_General4018

SPY is shaky, but market is still holding. If IWM joins, things can turn messy quickly.

indyyo1

IWM just rocketing. Is it small cap squeeze season

Icy-Nefariousness424

The rotation out of big tech into small caps during volatile moments to capture upside and write calls. The rotation back into large caps will most likely occur when mid east calms down and interest rates get cut. The IWM will probably take a large hair cut.

AnotherThroneAway

Which is both an argument for, and against, investing in market cap defined funds. FWIW, among the big three, VO captures the most upside, since it gets the winners from IWM/VTWO, and by the time they're big enough for SPY, a big chunk of their lifetime growth and gains will be priced in. That said, the bottom quintile of VOO do exceptionally well, and better than the other 493 (VOO ex-Mag7), and are a great target for stock-picking.

hermeskino715

IWM being up makes no sense to me

dontslambro

All the money that would go into Qs or Spy went into IWM today. Theyre the hold my beer guys

Fhyzikz

Late cycle market trend usually sees the IWM outpacing SPY for whatever reason. It's literally the most retarded thing to invest in right now given the current macro backdrop so that's probably why it's pumping. If something makes sense, do the opposite to get rich

sloanemonroe

I try to play IWM and always lose.

chibi78

Why is IWM this much retarded? Please someone tell me what changed to warrant this pump. Its up 50% in year

bringkiteback

IWM officially made me bleed out my ass

Aigpil

one add for anyone specifically going the premium-selling route -- the starting sequence is different from pure vol trading, and OP's guide kind of blends them. concrete on-ramp for theta sellers: CSPs on liquid ETFs (SPY/QQQ/IWM), .15-.20 delta, 30-45 DTE, close at 50% profit. run that for 6+ months before touching single names with earnings events. the reason that boring setup matters: it teaches you how IV rank works in practice. selling when IV rank is 50+ percentile (not just "IV looks elevated") gives you an actual edge over realized vol. selling at rank 15-20 means you're collecting thin premium against essentially the same downside risk. most beginners read the theory and jump straight to complex structures on volatile names. then a loss hits and they can't tell if it was a bad entry, bad vol timing, or just bad luck.

chibi78

If you lack good comedy to watch just pay look at the IWM. That shit is funny how manipulated it is

DesktopSurfer

Yeah man I'm starting a trading journey myself this week. starting with 2600 looking to go for 10-15% profits with a 5% stop loss - I'll check out IWM

GrassOrAss954

How is IWM maintaining absolute helmet wearing retard strength?

Outof_ITM

IWM is green. Miss Lippy’s car is green. So why can’t SPY be green?

GrassOrAss954

Stay so fucking far away from IWM. Absolute regard strength.

itsnotshade

IWM green, the index of companies most affected by interest rates and energy costs. Puts seem so obvious, but I’m not about to bet against the crack pipe assumption of peace.

OkAlternative7705

Just entered a put on IWM. Either you die a hero or live long enough to see yourself be the villain. The quote is completely unrelated

FabulousLanguage6216

Everyone bought hedge on IWM, so they are pumping it

bringkiteback

IWM is gaping me

GrassOrAss954

IWM strong as fuck. Naturally, since I’m short.

mneymaker

At that point, i am not even sure if my hedge IWM 273P will hit. Bears what you even doing, this is sad

Ok-Art-3759

LFG!! Look into IWM also! Just take +10%-15% gain a day. I'm doing the same as you are, but through Robinhood. Starting with $400.

spudbro00

I did, but I also did last week and had IWM down -2% futures sunday night and woke up to being destroyed so I fully expect the same

Willing_Spring2736

recommendations for leveraged ETS for S&P, Nasdaq and IWM?

ColForbinClimbs

The macro environment is extremely bearish but will take months to play out. I’m adding long dated IWM puts on these pops. Definitely held a few too long last drop

ItsOkILoveYouMYbb

I'd be curious how this view compares looking at the IWM in the same way.

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Elegant_Primary_7133

QQQ and IWM are your best bets both cheaper than SPY with solid liquidity. Just don’t go too cheap or you’ll pay for it in spreads

Murky-Gate7795

SPYM or SPYG are much cheaper but also much less liquid. IWM is very liquid and about 1/3 the cost of SPY. It also outperformed SPY last year.

HelloEarthSpaceWorld

The liquidity issues in later months can make managing LEAPS a nightmare compared to the easier fills you get with SPY. You might find better results looking at IWM or even QQQ for high liquidity at a lower price point if you want to avoid the spread widening out on you. Sticking with highly liquid tech names is another solid way to keep your capital requirements down without sacrificing volume.

ThetaEdgeHQ

for LEAPS specifically IWM and QQQ are the most liquid alternatives with tighter spreads than most. XSP is technically cheaper but the liquidity is thinner on the back months. if your goal is premium selling rather than directional longs, selling puts on individual names with IV rank above 50 tends to give better return on capital than SPY LEAPS in most environments anyway

run_midnight

Try SPY or VOO, they track the S&P500; IWM for small caps; and QQQ for tech exposure. You want growth, not everything. Those ETFs you mentioned include all the garbage too. Your first 10k should be in SPY or VOO then start to pick individual stocks as per your risk tolerance. Pick stocks of companies you use. (eg. RDDT, GOOG, AAPL, HOOD, etc.)

Spiritual_Bat7343

for LEAPS specifically IWM and QQQ are the most liquid alternatives with tighter spreads than most. XSP is technically cheaper but the liquidity is thinner on the back months. if your goal is premium selling rather than directional longs, selling puts on individual names with IV rank above 50 tends to give better return on capital than SPY LEAPS in most environments anyway

InvisibleEar

IWM still rocking SPY, hard to believe the reddit prediction that small caps are cooked under the administration didn't come true

UsedState7381

VT, IWM and SPY are all cracking new ATHs today, right now. MSOS, obviously, can't even crack what we pumped up to this last Wednesday. The opportunity costs of staying invested in this junk are very real and rears its ugly head once again.

FuckleUp

Very LARGE volume candles on SPY QQQ IWM

Educational-Bee1908

IWM giveth and IWM taketh

RothTo0DTE

I’ll give you an easy one. IWM above 276

Fhyzikz

IWM puts for 260 exp next friday are $8

kingkongsdingdong420

IWM calls