MA

Emilio___Molestevez

in 2003 I watched the US invade Iraq on a TV in the lobby of a rink in Marlborough MA. I had played really well-- 2g 2a against a way better team-- but my dad was subdued the whole drive home. now I understand-- he was not long oil futes.

Emilio___Molestevez

in 2003 I watched the US invade Iraq on a TV in the lobby of a rink in Marlborough MA. I had played really well-- 2g 2a against a way better team-- but my dad was subdued the whole drive home. now I understand-- he was not long oil futes.

myinternets

The 200MA is currently well below the current value of the s&p so was referencing that. On average the market only stays above it for 1 to 1.5 years before returning to it.

Jack-Burton-Says

Another sector where there's value right now is the big private equity tickers. Blue Owl's private credit shenanigans took the whole sector down meaningfully without any real justification. For example APO is down 20% in the last 3 months. The Citrini 'creative writing' piece took a bunch of payments names down, again unjustifiably, so you could look at V, MA, etc as well.

cripky

MA \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Stocks_N_Bondage

Yea, thanks! Just now looking, it's about to tap the 200 day MA... bought April calls...

FabulousLanguage6216

MA🌈A

smokeyjay

I listened to Eisman and he swore off fintech except Visa/MA. I just own visa.

Realistic_Record9527

V and MA will be replaced in many countries within 5y so run away.

Ok_Cry7572

Equity put/call ratio (10-day MA) is elevated. Another sign that sentiment is rather dour and a huge decline from here isn't likely.

BLADIBERD

in march the SPY 50-day MA crosses the 100 and then things get \*\*muy\*\* caliente

kool_mandate

Agree , I bought 320/360 dec27 MA leaps this week When MA went below 500

Icy_Essay2641

I’m curious why ppl still chasing NVIDIA when there are so many better opportunities out there. SPGI was a screaming buy still is IMO, so are MA and V not to mention software companies. So many better places to put your money than chasing this stock.

thrwawycauseimadick

That depends what your range is. QQQ just rejected at the 50MA and is trying to consolidate here at the prior month low. It has not closed over the 50MA since 2/2. So for me, the 50MA was the top of this sideways February range. It could break higher and reclaim 50MA like SPY is doing a little better at. I'm speaking in weekly terms here, spanning about a month.

matttinatttor

The CRM/MA market is ripe for the taking. Salesforce sucks as a marketing automation tool. HubSpot sucks as a CRM. The fact that Salesforce acquired ExactTarget THIRTEEN YEARS AGO and *still* hasn’t figured out a way to natively unify the data between Salesforce CRM and Salesforce Marketing Cloud is laughable to me. Their “new” Marketing Cloud Engagement+ is literally a skin on the original Marketing Cloud Engagement platform to trick people into thinking that they finally solved their unification problem. Their business model is based entirely around Dreamforce and inviting CRO’s to see Coldplay for free. Calls.

strip_club_dj

Grok says this: For “most racist stock if it were a person,” the dark-humor internet would probably land on Mastercard ($MA) or Visa ($V). Why? Because the punchline that keeps circulating in these circles is: “Every time a black person tries to buy something, they say ‘declined’.”

sst1195

Caught the pump…ride or die to 110 (200 day MA). https://preview.redd.it/ecmrh9i3erlg1.jpeg?width=1169&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9482d246cdb716f8edd0e45c1351bd3a343e72a

Ok-Piano8789

just a scenario: but i cant think of a more bearish sign than if we close below the 20 MA tomorrow off excellent NVDA earnings. that wouldnt be a hint it'd be a premonition.

BallinLikeimKD

I’ve mostly been reallocating to index funds in both US and international, weighted more towards international since about the time Trump got elected. I’m kind of sitting on the sidelines right now as far as individual stocks. I have a uranium etf that I’ve been taking profits on over the past month. Missed out on a lot of the gold/silver move though. I’m going to be scaling back into bitcoin probably starting within the next few months unless it collapses under the 200W MA before then. I think it’s in a bear market until likely October of this year.

greenpride32

I bought it many times after initial purchase. Same as I did for MSFT AMZN META GOOGL MA V AVGO and others. When I was working, I could only buy so much at any given point in time. Some people pump money regularly into SPY/VOO. I did the same but mostly with individual stocks and less weight towards ETF's. I'll give you some advice, spend your time and resource on learning what makes a stock go up over time and then how to find them. And not aruging with people who have achieved that. Good day.

EffectiveSlacker

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cabaletta Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: CABA), a late-stage clinical biotechnology company focused on developing and launching the first curative targeted cell therapies designed specifically for patients with autoimmune diseases, today announced that the Company will participate in a fireside chat at the TD Cowen 46th Annual Health Care Conference on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 11:10 a.m. ET in Boston, MA. A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the News and Events section of the Company's website at . Replays will be available on the website for 30 days.

AdStrange473

So far I’m debt free. Going to a community college and I plan to transfer using the MA transfer program which should also leave me with no debt. I also pay very little for my car (bought from my parents), and I plan to pay off the rest as soon as possible. In my position, should I simply be putting as much money into savings as possible to prepare for a house and other important purchases in the future?

TheDeamonKing

About Kopin Kopin Corp. engages in the development, manufacture and sale of wearable technologies which include components and systems. Its portfolio includes AMLCD, LCOS displays, OLED displays, ASIC, backlights, and optical lenses. The firm uses semiconductor material technology to design, manufacture and market its component products for use in military, enterprise and consumer electronic applications, training and simulation equipment and 3D metrology equipment. The company was founded by John C.C. Fan on April 23, 1984 and is headquartered in Westborough, MA. The listed name for KOPN is Kopin Corporation Common Stock.

I_Sniff_Uranus

The only thing making me nervous is that rejection of the 50 day MA on the daily candle chart

Wheelio

Yea it's been tough, but I am not motivated to sell. The Citrini piece that's making the rounds called out the stablecoin threat, along with the possibility that if a lot of commerce moves to agent-driven, it will accelerate that shift. I think that has exacerbated the selloff that was already ongoing with the larger market downtrend. My thought is it's just too early to really know what the far future of these companies will look like, and V/MA are still reporting strong earnings, and they have an incredibly strong moat by way of all the complex banking and payments relationships and regulations that exist today, which prevent novel payment methods from succeeding without serious lobbying ability. Nothing has materially changed in their business yet, only sentiment and discussion of possibilities. If you subscribe to the Buffet/Graham method of value investing, I think the best move is to continue to hold for the long-term. That is what I'm doing, NFA ofc.

31andnotdone

“Make them buy QQQ - then drop it to the 200MA”

Accomplished-Club690

200MA baby

Ok-Piano8789

got a good 20-25% in a retrace to where the 200 MA will be at that point

rollerplank

Just wait for major support around 350. Watch for MA breakout. If you're swing trading or holding long term then you don't need anything else. It is market reality. Follow the money.

poly_trader_tx

Not financial advice but watching NVDA and AMD closely this week — the AI infrastructure spend narrative is getting stretched but the actual earnings haven't caught up to the expectations yet. If I were playing, I'd wait for a pullback to the 50-day MA before entering any new positions. The market's pricing in perfection and perfection is hard to deliver on. Will be scalping short-dated puts if we get a gap up tomorrow. What's everyone else watching?

cartoad71

Can you please expand 'V' and 'MA' for me?

hurryanil

“If all you ever did was buy high-quality stocks on the 200-week moving average, you would beat the S&P 500 by a large margin over time.” Charlie munger. MSFT 2% away from 200 week MA.

R3dFiveStandingBye

Screw any ticker that starts with M…MSFT, MA, MSTR 💀

Icy_Essay2641

MA. One of the best stocks in the market is down 6% over a random “what if” article. There is also European risk but this is a great buy imo. I added today.

Potential-March-1384

V/AXP/MA selling off because of that Citrini AI doomer fanfic slop is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. Markets are way overvalued and due for a crash but not like this.

pman6

so what's the consensus? they just bullshitting about AI to bring prices down so they have a good dip to buy? aint no one believe V and MA will be replaced by stablecoins ? really

themarketapex

Also, Top 5 Day Trades ya'll: PYPL $46C 2/27 5.1K% (also $53C #3 again for 03/06 exp) NVO $40P 2/27 4K% IBM $227.50P 02/27 3.1K% (also #6 for $222.50P 03/06) AXP $317.50 02/27 1.88K% MA $485P 02/27 1.4K%

Impressive-Bee-5183

Your filters are solid for fundamentals - you're already ahead of most people 3 months in. The issue is you're filtering for "good stocks" but not "good options setups right now." A stock can pass all your screens and still be a bad CSP candidate *today* because: * IV is at 52-week lows (you're collecting pennies) * Put/call skew is heavily bearish (smart money loading puts) * Earnings in 2 weeks (your 30-45 DTE puts will span the event) * The "support at 200 MA" everyone sees is about to get tested **What I'd add to your fundamental filters:** **IV Rank > 30%** — You want IV elevated vs the stock's own history, not just "premium looks decent." Finviz doesn't have this; you'd need TOS or a dedicated options screener. **No earnings within your DTE** — Easy to check manually but tedious across 100 tickers. **Options volume/OI** — Make sure the strikes you want actually have liquidity. Nothing worse than finding the perfect setup and the bid-ask is $0.50 wide. The problem with your current flow is you're screening 100+ stocks on *fundamentals*, then manually checking options-specific stuff one by one. That's backwards - you want to filter on options conditions first, then confirm fundamentals. I had the same problem and got tired of the manual checking, so I built a screener that scores \~4,000 tickers daily on the options-specific stuff: IV rank vs history, sentiment skew (are people bullish or bearish in the options flow), liquidity quality, and whether there's an earnings/event landmine. Spits out a "seller favorable" or "buyer favorable" tag for each ticker. Free to use - called Options Pilot. Basically answers "is this a good premium-selling setup right now" before you even look at the chart. Would plug right into your flow after your Finviz scan, or replace it entirely for the options layer. Your instinct to pick strikes near 200 MA with historical support is good. Just add the IV/sentiment layer so you're not selling cheap premium into bearish flow. What tickers have worked best for you so far?

95Daphne

That may have jumped off what occurred to MA/V, but no I don't think he burned it down for the major indexes by himself. The put squeeze Friday opened things up for there to be more volatility, and it already had looked as if markets wanted to react poorly to economic data.

InternationalTop2410

If the market really believes MA will be vibe coded were beyond fucked

DialSquar

Yeah I’m looking at the current 200MA which is $375 and then I’m gonna sell a put at $350. Worst case I’ll get 100 more shares at $350.

AluminiumCaffeine

The thing is MA/V actually only take like what 0.15% iirc, a lot of the "fee" on a card is actually rewards tax for credit card users... so its basically a tax on debit card users to credit card rewards users is my understanding... So save 2% is actually just same as 2% cash back on a credit card now, not a rail issue

Unser_Giftzwerg

I think the real threat to MA/V is regulators (working in concert with merchants) threatening their margins and AI leading to significantly less consumer spending because of broad wage compression and fewer people having jobs. Plus, Fednow is a threat too... When that article talks about cryptocurrency, they probably mean Fednow.

AluminiumCaffeine

The citrini article bear case on MA/V is just the old crypto bear case in new trappings no? No, the entire US consumer base is not going to start using Ethereum instead of the networks by 2027...

TacoAlPastorConQueso

Wasn't MA a good and stable stock?

AluminiumCaffeine

MA/V are zeroes from AI now too? geez

---Right--Tackle---

Letting MA’s catch up is actually bullish. Consolidation means that we don’t have to correct in price to test MAs but rather in time.

Unser_Giftzwerg

For V and MA it’s the threat that they could be replaced by nationally run payment schemes that could be used globally. Plus their margins are under pressure by merchants working with regulators.

Delicious_Put_5857

8 straight clean hard rejections of the ES 50 day MA

IntermittentFasted

Honestly, i started trading just stocks. Penny stocks, and learning charting patterns and how to read price action. Then i began using simple indicators like MA, RSI, and that will help you find over overextended moves on the upside and downside. Think of a bowling ball being dropped on a trampoline, it goes down and down and down , eventually it slows but is still falling and then BOOM the momentum switches and all the force is now generated back to the upside. Very simple analogy. But if you can learn to try to identify and then time those tops and bottoms , you can make a profit. This can happen on the 5m,15m,1hr,D, doesn’t matter. Just PATIENCE !!!

Intelligent-Pear-783

Word. MA is balloting to make it illegal again. Been dragged through the shit with this once, never again.

Bano91

Nice 28 days ago, nice today - ADX 33, RSI still under 70, %K staying above %D, 50 & 200 day MA slopes rising and diverging nicely, and the price staying above the SMA, while still showing value, I'll go fishing, thanks!

zoomin1098

think of how much more you can have at the 50 week MA

memelackey

Einhorn is finkle. Finkle is Einhorn. EINHORN'S a MA- 🤮

Who_is_Your_Zaddy

FIG MA nutz

I_Sniff_Uranus

I’m more concerned about that failed close above the 50 day MA than that retard strength towards the end

jlw993

https://preview.redd.it/zm4e3hwyfbkg1.png?width=816&format=png&auto=webp&s=e4a5c715dfdceeb9dafa510030921d5b33858c0d SPY with the perfect bounce between 50 and 100 MA last 2 days... Which side will win 🐂🐻

spyputs1

Do you really think retail is driving the majority of the put open interest, I don’t think so. Something is brewing that’s why institutional investors are positioned that way. For clarity I’m not holding any duration puts but I’m not buying calls either till I get clarification on what happens around this 100 day MA

jlw993

Perfect bounce off the 100 MA https://preview.redd.it/833hgbavy2kg1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1a97f42afddac667af91354d6c1c1ce1b7a1ce2

jlw993

Perfect bounce off the 100 MA https://preview.redd.it/uad4j1nby2kg1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=3cd169deb4589f1e093c3559e13e9fdfb39921ca

jlw993

SPY just going to bounce off the 100 day MA again?how original 🥱🥱 Just die already

spyputs1

Bought puts at 6840 bounce off the 5 day MA flushed right after, great trade

ExplanationNormal339

295 puts you below the 200-day MA at $301, which is where institutional support kicked in last time. Before YOLO, ask: what's your exit if this breaks? IV crush alone could wipe 30% of premium. I tracked the support zones here: [$GOOGL](https://aimytrade.io/s/GOOGL?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=comment&utm_campaign=smallstreetbets&utm_term=GOOGL&utm_content=variant_1771288073835_1ylmk)

bosstea16

I dont know about my exact average, but about 2 weeks before expiration I start looking for the next months puts to sell (third week of the month expiration). So I guess I start about 40 days out, and look for trades until about 14 days out. It kind of depends. If a stock goes way up and I can get 80% profit quickly ill absolutely take it. If it signals again ill possibly take another. if I am way down (ORCL was an example) and then it rushes back up, I am fine with BE, or in that case I got out with like 40% profit. Then there is KHC which I got on 2/4 and I am holding until expiration. For charting I use the upper and lower BB, the 8,21,55 MA, and the fibernacci numbers of .786, .681 a lot. There are certain signals I was taught, and am still being taught ( I do a film study with my mentor a few times a week). Mind you, this isn't my job, its a side thing for me, that if I can get my portfolio up enough (10 year plan) then ill quit my job and stick with. It works for him, and me so far, and our win % is upper 90's. With selling puts there is just so much we can do to not lose money. I may have to roll a put, but it will make money by the end of it

MakeOSUGreatAgain63

SP500 current price vs 125 MA lookin juicy 👄

1sailingaway

You make a good point. CA remains high for VC and is a high tax state, same as MA. Other factors override within the US like proximity to universities, ecosystem, education, etc. Country to country people are less driven to take risks and work hard if those results will be taken away by high tax rates reaching 50% and scaling significantly above 150k/yr. Never mind capital gains. There is a reason Europe’s productivity is not keeping pace.

penguincheerleader

Is it interesting that V and MA are death crossed and trending down while consumers are suffering offering a short potential? Or is that as dumb as it sounds?

EvolvingDior

SPY below its 50d MA, and right at the 100d MA.

jlw993

MSFT right at the 200 MA. How low will it go

Weldobud

Visa / MA get 0.1 to 0.15% of the transaction fee. The issuing bank gets 1.85 to 1.9% of the transaction fee. People see Visa / Mastercard on the card and think they get all the fee. They don't. Any reduction would have to come from the bank.

Endscapes-01

Right I think I need to be more patient and pay more attention to news, I sold puts on MA after it bounced off a key support level - However with the AI vs Banks narrative emerging, Europe dumping Mastercard and Trump wanting to cap interest for credit cards at 10% I will take a smackdown on this lol

Keizman55

First thing is I only trade companies that I understand what they do and how they make the majority of their money. Next, I am a Fidelity customer so I use their resources and check what the analysts recommendations are. If they don’t align with my view I try to see what I am missing. I also use their screener to filter on the major variables that others have listed but am not strict on those unless some negative really stands out. I also read or listen to their earnings calls and have alerts set for any news on their tickers. I picked up AMAT a few months ago and had a good understanding of their business and have done really well with it, wish I had trusted myself enough to hold through earnings overnight. My other tickers that I have done well with here and there are V, GS, KO, MA, MSFT, COST. I try to avoid holding through earnings because I got burnt with Costco - was 100% right on fundamentals but earnings call comments killed it (“…something, something, something, expect tariff headwinds…”)

TheSmartest_idiot

few months? I can't predict the future any more than you can, I think the business itself is undervalued and any prices below about $350 in todays market, are worth buying, and anything above about 380 I'd sell at. but that scales as the business keeps growing, so add 10% to those numbers each year, if it ever surpasses that, I'll sell. Realistically, I don't see this passing about 400 by jan 2027, hence, I sold some 400 calls jan 2027, free money if it stays below/if it goes above, I shall let it get called away. I think in the next few months, It'll continue to bounce around between 270 and 340, nothing fundamentally is changing anytime soon, so thats just noise. I think this will have a short term bounce when MA rates are upped to 3%, and IF brk bought more (released tmr) Hence I actually rebought my calls for now, and will resell them, once those 2 things are released, regardless of the outcome, right or wrong.

DahyunDabFan

🌈🐻 naming they buttplug the 100 MA cuz it keeps fuckin them

breakyourteethnow

Greeks aren’t “extra opinions” on top of price, they’re the math description of what the options market has already priced in via implied volatility, skew, and term structure. When you say “chop around the 200MA will whipsaw you” or “VIX > 25 will blow your deltas out,” that risk is literally embedded in the option chain. Higher implied vol and steeper skew means you’re getting paid more theta specifically because the market expects bigger/uglier moves, and your position’s gamma/vega/delta sensitivity is visible and manageable in real time. Double calendar/diagonal book isn’t betting on a clean trend, it’s a re-centering, exposure-management process where you monetize time decay when realized movement is less than what’s priced, and you actively roll/reshape shorts when gamma risk rises. The question isn’t “will chop/VIX exist,” it’s whether your sizing + roll rules keep your net gamma/delta inside a survivable band while the market pays you for carrying that risk.

ExplanationNormal339

The "theta-harvesting engine" sounds sophisticated, but SPY's been chopping around the 200MA for weeks now - that's murder for any systematic options strategy. Your two-sided approach might work in cleaner trending markets, but this current environment will likely whipsaw you out of profitable positions before they can decay properly. I'd be curious to see how this holds up when VIX spikes above 25 and your deltas start running wild [$SPY](https://aimytrade.io/ticker/SPY?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=comment&utm_campaign=options).

Delicious_Put_5857

if were so lucky as to have some kinda dumbass reason for ES to go back up to the 20 MA lord bless you with the ability to turbo short it

InteractionHorror407

NFA but I think all payments sector is a bit broken except maybe for MA and V which are more solid buys at today price than PayPal imo. NFA i think PayPal has many issues and a weak moat.

ExplanationNormal339

That 40-year perspective is rare and valuable - most people lose patience with TA after a few bad calls. QQQ's been respecting that 50-day MA pretty well lately, though I'm watching how it handles the next Fed meeting since tech always gets jittery around rate decisions. [$QQQ](https://aimytrade.io/ticker/QQQ?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=comment&utm_campaign=options) has been my go-to for clean technical setups this year.

Independent_Blood942

It would be most helpful to explain your process. For example ai saw PLTR make a high at 166 then I noticed that it made a lower high, I bought puts as I could see not enough buyers to push higher and PLTR did not move higher when market moved up PLTR failed to hold the 8MA then pushed lower breaking first 145 left side low and then 128 left side low. Now that would help but nobody here really shares that. Now you earned money and pay yourself and start again.

longGERN

I prefer MA personally but hold both

jlw993

Usually bounces off the weekly 50 MA. Which is nearly 70 now

pawnografik

Korea and a small amount in Turkey. They’re both doing fantastically well. Unfeasibly so. So I’m expecting a crash any minute. My Korea holdings are the gem in my portfolio crown. I have some call options on a Korea index fund (EWY) and they are up over 100% in just a few weeks. Now I’m stressing about what will be my trigger to actually sell them. The price has now deviated so far from the MA that if I use my usual sell trigger of a death cross or consistently trading below the 200day MA then it will destroy my profit. Hmmmm. I could just sell now I suppose and stop stressing about it.

Imaginary-Writer-125

50MA would be 40%

MyPr0j3ct

I'm not an expert, but I recall seeing that European countries were using their cellphones to pay for things long before the technology was implemented on American phones. To develop a similar cooperative among European banks might be the challenge, but if the banks agree, then the EPI will rival V and MA.

tropicalia84

620 end of week easy - going to reclaim the 50D MA at 619 and then rocket back to all time highs make sure you get calls to make back those short losses

gopoohgo

ugly chart, blew through 50 and 200 MA, Looking at support in the Liberation Day lows.

phalae

My guess: MA/V will lost 15% market share (I'm optimistic) on this. No drama

I_Own_A_Fedora_AMA

My crystals are telling me we are in a rising wedge pattern with a flat top around 700. My tea leaves say we’ve lost momentum over the last couple months, having several tests of the 50 and the 100 MA but none of the 200. Because we’re so flat, volume at price has accumulated heavily between 690 and 695, and if we leave that demand zone we will blow past the shakier, lower VWAP supports we’ve tested before and look for a new one. 200 MA is a hair below 650 and we’ve wicked off of that area a few times before.

ReelGoated

very very true. but these put levels are being stress tested vigorously rn. we’re still below the 200 MA on the 4H and believe it or not we are in beginning bear stages lol…. we’ve been booming for almost a year now, i’m thinking in the mind of the FED. stability. they want to make prices safer for everyone

jlw993

Was 35% in November. It's run up significantly more since and just as overbought. Still 25% away from weekly 10 MA

jlw993

Who said crash, retard. Hovering around daily 10 MA is hardly a dip when they've run up so fking much

OkAdvisor249

This is massive. Europe building their own payment system outside Visa and Mastercard is a direct threat to US financial dominance. Wero and the digital euro could actually work. V and MA need to pay attention because this is real competition coming

BearBearChooey

Every V/MA thread is like this lol. People have no clue how they work.

peacelovenblasphemy

Credit cards USED to give rewards. Now we exchange a 3% up charge at every POS for the points and stuff. CC users likely come out behind these days if we did the tracking/math on it. It does create this kinda funny (not funny) system where retailers are like a middle man passing our 3% along to the cards creating tons of rent seeking opportunities along the way. People are correct to be skeptical the EU can pull it off, but V and MA deserve some institutionalized competition. I’m honestly surprised this isn’t a bigger marketing thing for crypto.

ThetaForLife

They dont work together. EU is pretty much a regulations generator no more no less. They wont be able to build something as big as MA and V. I would believe it if China says they will do it. EU? Nah.

cbusoh66

Surprised that V and MA only handle 2/3 of payments, not 90%?

Neverendingwebinar

Two degrees. I have a BS in Accounting and a MA in Human Resources. I work in insurance in the day and manage a restaurant at night and on weekends.

Brave-Side-8945

Nothing ever happens. V and MA will be fine

Personal-Walrus-3682

US consumer defaults are increasing (https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-consumer-delinquencies-jump-to-highest-in-almost-a-decade/ar-AA1W4vwC?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds). I held V and MA forever, but glad I'm not exposed to them or the banks that finance consumer credit right now.