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SPDR® S&P Regional Banking ETF
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+$130K gains on Regional Banks. Be greedy when others are fearful!
+$130K gains on Regional Banks. Be greedy when others are fearful!
ETF and Market Evaluation for week of 06/12/2023
Weekly Recap - Week ended Jun 9 2023 - Market rotation might be happening
Market Recap - 6/7/23 - Bargain hunting
Market Recap - 6/6/23 - rotation under way?
Any thoughts on bets on regional banks/other banks given all the turmoil?
Market Recap - 5/17/23 - the worst is behind us, maybe
Wall Street Week Ahead for the trading week beginning May 15th, 2023
Inflation To Moon On Supply Side Risk
KRE - Is It Crashing Yet? Calendar Trade Analysis:
Mors Certa, Hora Incerta | Update to my Schwab and Met Bank DD with additional Pacwest and KRE flow
Mors Certa, Hora Incerta | Update to my Schwab and Met Bank DD with additional Pacwest and KRE flow
What banks should we watch for tomorrow?- (5/3/23)
Regional banks plummeting as short sellers circle, weighing on market, lifting Treasuries
Here we go again....Regional banks plummeting as short sellers circle, weighing on market, lifting Treasuries
Unusual Option Sale 4/6/23 - Regional Banks
Loss Porn For All the Regards (#WeWillMakeIt)
Regional Banks are significantly undervalued after SVB failure. Risk is abating and outflow of deposits hasn't been realized in recent data.
Our Current Fave Stock: FRC - Selling a CSP slightly OTM and Buying a PUT OTM Approach?
Bank stocks rise after deposit outflows not as bad as feared (NYSEARCA:KRE)
Regional Bank Stocks Rebound. First Republic, PacWest, and Others to Watch.
Expected Moves This Week: Fed Decision, KRE, XLF, Nike, Gamestop and more.
Playing banks and commercial property REITs with puts.
Oh snap top holdings in regional banks ETF KRE. All of them are in trouble.
Oddities with Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB) collapse. SWIFT stronghold. [Tinfoil Turbo]
Expected moves: SPY, XLF, KRE, TLT, and Earnings from Adobe and FedEx
I said sell banks, but didn't think you'd all sell at once!
2023-02-07 Wrinkle-brain Plays (Mathematically derived options plays)
2023-02-03 Wrinkle-brain Plays (Mathematically derived options plays)
Kaplan & Rosengren, two hawks just got fired : Long $QQQ, Short $XLF, $KRE, Short the dollar, Long $TLT
Regional banking stocks - what makes their stock tick?
VIX options shifting to bullish and Banks really bearish all the sudden
FED Jinxed itself : LONG Banks Short Tech $KRE $XLF v $QQQ
FED Jinxed itself : LONG Banks Short Tech $KRE $XLF v $QQQ
TIME TO GET BACK INTO BANKS | LONG KRE 70 JUNE / WFC 50 LEAP
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It's end of the quarter rebalancing. Some health care and regional banks KRE. Every thing you see down that's where it's flowing out of.
Anybody know why KRE is pumping compared to the broader market?
Rate cut inevitable. 25 delta calls on XLY, KRE, and DHI it is. Bout 2 months out.
Dude check out the OI on KRE 20Jun. People agree with you.
Just holding everything rn. AAPL, ANET, UNH, TMO, LLY, KRE, IWM, but put in some crazy high limit sells just in case we get some movement at close. 😇
regional banks ETF KRE crashing
Calls on UNH, TMO, AAPL, ANET, KRE, and poots on IWM.
Theoretically, if you have 5k in capital, you could just buy 50 x KRE 57c for 80 cents and make $500 on a 20 cent move up.
Your question is a bit vague. What kind of Financial Sector? If you want a very broad US financials - there's XLF. But there are also funds that focus on banks. For example - KRE for regional banks. KBE and KBWB for larger banks. There is IAI which is primarily broker-dealers in the US.
Love this guy. Requested that he talk about bank deregulation. KRE 58c 06/08
I bought a bunch of KRE at $50ish a few weeks ago.
I wish I knew when KRE was going to start its trek towards 40
This week, I traded SPY 588p, SPY 600c, AAPL 210c, AAPL 212.50p, UNH 260c, LLY 700c, LLy 740c, TMO shares, VRTX shares, JPM shares, HBAN shares, KRE 58p, KRE 59p, KRE 60c, RGTI 11.50c, RGTi shares, and a boat load of UNH shares today. All winners. Bagholding old UNH shares with average cost basis at 330 now. May the market gods have mercy upon my soul-less body.
Somebody has to make $$ on WOLF....might as well be you. I filled up the boat with science and re-shoring drug tools TMO, DHR, A. Have KRE 56p for FOMC tomorrow. So many good trades with VIX over 20.
I’m not going to post my core shorts for 2 reasons: 1.) they’d look absolutely degenerate if you don’t fully buy into my thesis, so you’d lack the conviction to hold (some 5s rated funds, safe haven’s, etc) and 2.) I bought them cheap in march, they’re expensive now and tbh.:. i’m not confident they’ll payout even if I’m right at this point, fraud is rampant. XLRE/XLF/XRT naked short, regional banks (IAT/KRE), holding companies (BX/ARCC/etc.)… tbh, open the prospects for SCHD, or similar… they’re full of shit co’s I expect to default. Others would take too much explanation, and if you hood a similar belief you’re already most likely in them. dyor, not advice, but enough people upvote I figured I’d throw a bone… but I must emphasize: you need convection in the underlying structural thesis rooted in the credit markets, or else you’ll paper hand these and lose. if it was easy, everyone would be in it. Whatever you do, stay safe.
Yeah, I handwaved that a bit. Let’s remove the box and the withdrawal for a moment. Also remember that each broker have different margin requirements (some much more strict, for example IKBR). With TOS which is more lax, if you invest $100k in some standard ETF, like $KRE, your margin impact is 30%, which means you have $100k - $30k available, to trade something else or withdraw some of it. If you do a triple leveraged ETF, it is 75% (so 25% left). If you are long options, it is 100%. If you are short option, it is some other % (depending). Higher vol stock would even have higher than that. Additionally, the margin requirements can change for the worse at any time (usually when your portfolio is stressed already), and with higher volatility. Accounting for all of that, and the fact you need to withstand standard stock movements, you can only withdraw a small amount of your portfolio before it is liquidated. Again the box is just an interest rate optimization. No broker will allow you to have a $500k portfolio, keep it and withdraw 75% of that. The margin loan becomes a double whammy in your margin power. Even 50% is a stretch (unless you have a contract with the broker). The 25-30% is standard, but has some risks (especially with the current market).
KRE calls paid for this fine lobster 🦞
Had KRE calls up 150% in 2 days 🥱
KRE poots for bank earnings, IWM calls for random tweets in the middle of happy hour. That's it. Go forth and multiply.
KRE poots for bank earnings, IWM calls for random tweets in the middle of happy hour. That's it. Go forth and multiply.
KRE 48p or 45p, for April 17 or April 25. Mix em and match em however you like. Regional banks cannot win under an scenario.
regional banks are going broke, powell said it a year ago way before mango, buy KRE puts
IWM and KRE, small caps and regional banks.
Look at the holdings of XLF, KRE and XLU.... Good bets... Slowly buy in...
Honestly, I think Powell had no real choice but to hold rates. Inflation is still way too sticky — the last Core PCE print actually ticked up by 0.1% vs February. On top of that, tariffs just got reintroduced across the board, with a 10% base rate and reciprocal tariffs coming from Canada (25%) and China (34%). That’s inflationary, no way around it. If the Fed cut now, it would basically be pouring fuel on the fire. Markets are clearly feeling the pressure. VIX hit 44 today, SPY dropped nearly 10% in a few days, and regional banks (KRE) got hammered — down over 10%. Liquidity is getting tight too: the repo facility has drained down to just $196B from $2.3T not that long ago. That’s a big red flag. Then there’s the economic data — unemployment’s creeping up (4.2%), auto and mortgage delinquencies are climbing, and over 9 million student loan borrowers are behind on payments. Consumer confidence has now dropped five months in a row, which has historically preceded every recession since the 1950s. Even the Fed's GDP outlook is split — Atlanta Fed is projecting -3.7% for Q1, while the NY Fed still sees +2.8%. That kind of divergence usually means someone’s very wrong. So no, I don’t expect a rate cut any time soon unless something *really* breaks. If inflation keeps creeping and tariffs push prices higher, the Fed might even have to tighten again. Personally, I think they’re bluffing with the “1–2 cuts later this year” — unless we get a credit event or a massive labor market shift, I don’t see it happening.
Regional banks KRE -10% That should be alarming to people
Regional banks broke by end of year, Puts on KRE
Bought some deep OTM leap puts on KRE last year (2026 expiry) and have been averaging down ever since. Now have a big fat stack and waiting for the firework show.
I've been watching KRE since late summer, definitely looking primed for a short position.
SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT) Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB) First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF (FTXO)
Banks and finance sector are not necessarily the same thing. There is a financial sector ETF like XLF that holds banks and financial related companies if that's what you are looking for - top holding is BRK.B, JPM, V, MA. It also holds insurance companies, credit card companies, and brokerages. There is a regional bank ETF like KRE - these are regional banks not BHC (bank holding companies). So - a BHC like JPM, Wells, Citi will not be part of the fund.
SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF: KRE is so fucked. Just wait until tomorrow.
Plays for this week: NVDA 129c KRE 62c CFG 45c UNH 460c SMCI 59c LMT shares HBAN shares MSFT shares SPY 600p Not a bull usually, except for this week....still some juice left for the war resolutions.
Have calls on UNH and KRE. Otherwise, cash gang, waiting to see if we get dump continuation.
KRE 63c p p p p p printing 
I trade boring poots and calls a week out, 1 strike above or below the ATM price depending on the prevailing 3 minute candle trends, RSI and MACD. Mostly MSFT, UNH, KRE, SPY, IWM, NVDA, TSM, GS, HBAN.
Puts on KRE. I believe people are going to start losing confidence in our banking system and will start withdrawing tons of cash.
What the hell I want my letter too damnit?!? I didn’t have 3,385 trades but I definitely YOLO’d away $500k on IWM and KRE last July/August.
The way I trade options on every ETF....find the stock component with almost 100% correlation with the ETF trend and use RSI and MACD on the component stock to time entry and exit in the ETF options. In this case, HBAN as the stock to watch for 10 cent swings in share price, and 65p or 63c on KRE depending on the trend direction.
Can you share your approach to trading KRE? What indicators do you rely most on or is it more about total market sentiment?
No need to be toxic lol. KRE barely beat VOO with a lot more risk. Glad it worked out for you.
Yep. Should have moved on those KRE puts.
KRE puts?? 64 strike? Too late? 63.50? Feel like that should have been the move yesterday. Not sure I want to hold that overnight today....
You love playing KRE and IWM don’t u bird
KRE 64p p p p p printing *not holding for FOMC*
IWM because FOMC, KRE because FOMC, SPY because well, tech rebound isn't real, GM: pos, TSM for Gyna invasion, and TSLA for earnings and upcoming feud with our president.
Would love that. KRE inside on the year but the month green. A little conflict. Hope we get to see some bank blood too.
Day 16: Banked ~$ 8k, on SPY poots, IWM poots, KRE poots and TSM calls. YTD realized gains: ~ $ 48k Only 234 trading days left in 2025. 💋
KRE breaking out. Financials and smol caps are en fuego.
$KRE has a wonderful bearish setup going into next year. Would love to see a banking crisis ASAP lol
You have the basics about long straddles right and you are right that the premium up-front cost is a concern. I like to say that a straddle is a bet you pay for twice, but can only win once. I don't know what you mean byt "lots of anticipation" and why that would make premiums high or low. However, before we go further, why JPM? There's a pretty big assumption in this that JPM has some kind of highly correlated price move to a Fed decision. What proof do you have of that assumption? Why not go for the whole sector with XFL or KRE? Or trade interest rate futures directly?
What names are you checking out for this dip? I am looking at leaps for these Vrt, oracle, IWM, KRE, Spy, coin, adobe
I was shorting it for a few months. \`KRE\` and \`IAT\` kept rising. I got out of the way.
shit. I had bought KRE/IWM in March 2023 and yeah sold in March 2023......... Fuck
Lots of euphoria, especially in KRE. Earnings have been breaking down in the Russell 2000 since the beginning of the year.
AIRR, infrastructure MLPX, midstream energy infrastructure KBWB, big banks KRE, regional banks IAK, insurance
Regional Banks KRE and Gold Miners GDX should beat inflation. I also have higher yield mining stocks (BHP, RIO), small cap plays (CALF) and some utilities (D, NEE). Definitely like XLP, but VDC has a larger COST holding and yield currently.
My bad, was dyslexic and read KRE as XLE  Anyways, any personal long term PT on KRE?
XLF and KRE making NVDA look like a flat line
buying a crap ton of KRE puts for Dec 20th, post rate decision. Fireworks incoming!
KRE moves more than Ford, and you might actually win with poots when this financial baloon deflates. Regionals trading at 14 PE? Hahahahahaha
During FOMC Q&A, if anyone asks JPow if he expects banking regulations / Capital requirements to be relaxed under the new regime, or if Basel end game will be paused, and he says *anything but* 'yes', all those banks that rose 10% yesterday will be back to pre-election share prices. Poots on JPM, CFG, HBAN and KRE ETF.
You want a real answer? Banks. Specifically, small ones on the KRE. But all banks should do and will probably outperform any AI stock over the next six months
now I need to go about my day knowing I could have been a millionaire had I full-ported KRE weeklies yesterday 
Remember when you could have bought KRE at 35 less than two years ago? Yeah now it’s up 8% today at 63
Just run long-duration calls on KRE.
Was looking at ETF's with exposure to regional banks. Anybody able to explain the seemingly giant short interest in KRE? Looked earlier today and it's at 62%. With > $1B of assets, it's got me thinking there are some significant bettors expecting downside...
Yes, but are you making the maximum you can? I buy sector ETFs and dividend ETFs instead, and focus on individual stocks. Take ETFs like PPA, KRE, PSP, MLPX over the past year compared to only holding VOO in a coma. Massive growth *and* divs. Then CC ETFs like JEPQ, GPIX, BITO, GLDI (technically an ETN) for more divs, lots of choices that are all doing well compared to slow ass passive ETFs and boomer stocks. If a market segment slows down you can rebalance and the divs keep you alive, with VOO you are slowed down by the slow segments and you don't get *monthly* income. For stocks I put most into TSMC, Nvidia, Amazon, Raytheon, Broadcom, and a few others that are more risky like Cloudflare and Palantir, plus gas, electricity, and shipping. You can't get that kind of balance and performance from VOO.
I'm pretty deep into KRE put LEAPS for Jan '26. Regional banks are struggling, and it looks like some of the bigger banks might be headed for trouble soon too.
See you are right. But then you make some picks that work out insanely well and the dopamine hits you. I bought LEU, IONQ - both jumped 30+% and 20+% in last 2 days. I also bought ISRG few months and am now +34% (it jumped 6% AH based on earnings). I made 50% on KRE when it hit lows last year. I have also made only 9% on PayPal despite holding it for 1.5 years. That's not bad per see but VOO would have made me a LOT more. I am down on Intel. Overall I think I am beating the market slightly over last 2-3 years. But I have luck on my side, for now. So it feels like a fun game lol. However, I am not an idiot. So now every month I invest nearly 95% into various ETFs out of which 60% goes into VOO and VT. Rest into few sector ETFs. I invest into individual stocks only using leftover "fun money", when I see some opportunity. I also take profits sometimes (recently sold my KRE shares) and use that amount to buy other "fun" shares. This ensures that I am 95% responsible while also learning and playing the stock market.
6/10 of the top holdings of KRE report earnings on 10/17 if all of them report meh to shitty earnings KRE is going to crash to below 50. The remaining 4 report the day before, the day after and the 21st. 10/18 53P are cheap af for a lotto play with a (very little) bit of time for the daring folks here.
As a secondary note, yields moving higher will continue the downward pressure on KRE and therefor russel moves lower while sp500 and nasdick stay flat.
VIX rising, KRE declining, NKE reporting worst quarter ever (according to sources)... September and October switched places?
IONQ jumped 20% on one single contract lol. I ain't complaining. I DCA'd down my average and am planning hold for over a decade. This means my portfolio has no losers except intel. I am honestly surprised - I did sell few at losses but nothing significant and held the losses for some like IONQ/PayPal etc but am now being rewarded for it ig. I also sold all my KRE shares - have made 45% + dividends. There's potentially upside from here but idk how likely that is and how soon. And SGOV gives me almost double the dividend, until I find a better place for that money. So cashing out all my profits. Planning to put some into uranium/solar or other energy stock/etf. But we'll see.
What do you guys think about US regional banks? I don't know if I should sell my KRE shares or not. Honestly - I don't even how to value an ETF. How do you guys decide? I bought it at $38 - so I'm up about a nice 44% + whatever dividen I got in that time. But it has been stagnating at 55 and even tho it reached 60+ few years back, I don't know enough to decide if it can breach that again. I initially bought it simply as contrarian position - I knew that there's no way all regional banks are going to die and was willing to wait long enough for them to recover. Now it has recovered - but idk if it'll go higher. SGOV gives me \~5% dividend while this gives me \~3%. So I don't understand how to value a whole ETF. Any links/youtube vids or advice?
REZ- I believe living realestate would keep going up. SOXX- i couldn't quite choose between the chip companies, and i think in the next year more money would flow to the industry, considering how businesses will to adapt to the new technology. ILF- With proximity to the USA and a market with higher capitalistic traits than alternative markets such as China, beaten down since before and during COVID, I'm betting this might be the era of the comeback (and i also like the diversification from the US). KWEB- E-commerce and the cloud are growing pretty fast, and China tends to lower valuations with their hobby of making people disappear and forcing "donations" to their goverment instead of returning money to investors. for those reasons my holding is probably short-term, but it feels like an uppertunity nonetheless. KRE- regional banks seem to have a less premium-pricing than big banks indices, while sometimes having higher growth prospects. *As a side note, i think it is very risky tagging ETF's as safer than stocks, because context matters a lot (coming from a Cathie Wood's "victim").