QQQ

GomaN1717

I would either increase VOO, or you could always look into something like QQQ or SPMO if you wanted to lean more tech-heavy (more than VOO already is at least). You could also totally keep the 20% into SCHD and be fine - nothing wrong with it. It's just that dividend stocks are purposely built to be less risky/lower gains, which makes them better for folks nearing retirement. At 31, you absolutely have the time to be aggressive.

fastpayments1

VOO & QQQ are my faves

Lanky-Ad-4579

To those of you who liked my comment. I bought the 4500 of puts QQQ 591 strike 4/2

EdgeLordMcGravy

QQQ won’t let go of 590. Needs a breakout to 592 but if it gets rejected again I see it going back to 587/588

Stock_Financial_Guy

QQQ drilling again

Defiant-Salt3925

There's no reason not to do it if you don't mind the higher volatility of QQQ compared to VOO.

Stock_Financial_Guy

Knew I should have got those QQQ puts. It’s not gonna stop drilling

HistorianMuch8963

full port in QQQ puts

Jealous_Bend8944

Puts on QQQ too , bulls need remember where their place is

Efficient_Ad5893

My advice... yes, this is totally doable. A few options: Direct indexing through Fidelity or Schwab lets you own all the individual stocks in an index and exclude whatever you want. The tradeoff is you're managing more positions instead of one clean ETF, and there are usually minimum investment thresholds. M1 Finance lets you build a custom portfolio and just leave Palantir out. Wallace Finance is actually the most directly relevant one here. They just launched a platform specifically built around letting you modify ETF holdings and exclude stocks from indexes. It's SEC registered, brokerage services run through Alpaca Securities which is FINRA member, and trading is commission free. Basically built for exactly what you're describing. So yeah, "QQQ minus one company" is 100% achievable, you have a few solid ways to do it.

AntoniaFauci

As sort of an abstract stance you could stick with QQQ then work out the relative weight of just PLTR within the index and take that % and inverse it. It would mean that on a day your fund returns $100 including $5 from PLTR, your counter position would lose $5, keeping you neutral.

orangehorton

The reason? QQQ can go down faster than SPY

greenpride32

IMO - QQQ will continue to outperform VOO. But as time goes by the overlap will only get stronger as tech dominates the modern economy and will still only grow larger. As it stands today your top weights are almost the same in NVDA AAPL GOOGL MSFT AMZN META AVGO. I hold both VOO and QQQM.

PassionV0id

Op isn’t trying to “reduce his exposure” for the sake of his financials. He’s trying to divest from Palantir to better align with ethics. Shorting his position in PLTR (via QQQ) does not accomplish this.

oulipo

Hmmmm but the idea is not so much to be "financially equivalent to not holding Palantir"... the idea is "how to avoid giving money to Palantir"... if you buy the regular QQQ stock, then you still bought some Palantir, you cannot "unbuy" it, so you made them profit

hioman01

QQQ +1% while SNDK and MU are red LMAO

gushkaper

>I just want to invest in QQQ and EXCLUDE Palantir. Keep buying QQQ and open a \~1% short position on PLTR.

Vegetable_Push6542

We bottomed the day after AMZN earnings where we ripped from -1% to +2.5% on QQQ from after hours to EOD.

Polardragon44

Are they still playing to force QQQ to buy up shares immediately?

opiewann

!banbet QQQ 600 3d or I'll not be able to pay rent

Ok_Cry7572

!Banbet QQQ +1.5% 3D

deionldss

I’m closer to “stocks for growth, gold for ballast.” The S&P/QQQ/VTI side is productive assets, gold is more about diversification and purchasing power vibes. Even Thor Metals Group centering recognizable bullion kind of fits that, it’s usually not the thing people buy for compounding.

NoTone5350

Only dream for tomorrow… QQQ $495 at 11AM

Petrichord

Maybe just take the top 10-20 companies in the QQQ and buy those instead. I imagine those top companies are basically doing all the heavy lifting and your returns will be quite similar as holding QQQ

Weekly_One8412

got my QQQ 582 calls filled ATM today, feelin fine 😎

hw999

100%. They will offer a tiny amount of stock, force funds like QQQ to bid the price sky high, then claim they are a million trillion dollar company.

greenpride32

Probaby chasing the "next hot thing" after it's gone up, and then panic sells at any sign of weakness. Surely they are not buying SPY/VOO or QQQ.

Lucky-Football-8791

Wild take but you might be onto something with the Hormuz angle. Been watching oil futures spike every time tensions ramp up and its crazy how much leverage Iran actually has there. Like 20% of global oil goes through that chokepoint and if they really wanted to mess with everyone they could just park some boats there and watch the world economy have a meltdown Your QQQ puts timing seems aggressive though - April 17 is pretty close and markets can stay irrational way longer than any of us can stay solvent. I learned that the hard way betting against meme stocks back in 2021. Made more sense to just buy some energy calls and ride the volatility instead of trying to time when everything crashes The Fed rate cut thing is interesting too because theyre already in a weird spot with inflation not being totally dead yet. Any major supply shock would put them in an impossible position

Western_Station_9209

Not gonna lie this is galaxy brain geopolitics for a QQQ 565 put play 😂 Only thing I’d push back on is market attention span. These algos will forget the Strait of Hormuz exists the second Powell coughs weird at a mic. Shorting hopium is usually right, timing it to Iran macro 4D chess is how you go broke being correct.

BobtheChemist

Given that 40% of the QQQ is made of about 7 to 10 stocks, you could just buy a chunk of each of those and get nearly the same result. Then just add one more stock each time you buy more. That gives you similar exposure wiht more control. Some companies allow you to do that automatically.

Mean_Bumblebee1945

Not even the ending of the war would turn QQQ bullish again. Only a big sell off will set the stage for a bullish comeback. Tech was chopping selling off for all the months since November

Poopoopeepeee98

Not sure about QQQ, but XVV is a decent SPY alternative

Possible_Law8357

My CSP of QQQ got assigned before the war. I'm now trying to get out of it at the same strike price (609) by selling CC. I don't believe the lies Trump is selling.

Few_Maybe_6515

At 14, if I could do it all over again - I would have gone long the QQQ.

Scriptum_

Yes, you can work out your PLTR exposure from QQQ and short an equal amount. It will even display the cost of you morality in real-time!

greenpride32

Schwab slices are limited to SP500 stocks only. While there is very strong overlap, there's still (and likely always) going to be some holes. One example is not even due to financials. SHOP is domociled in Canada - it can be in QQQ but it cannot be in SP500. They recently opened a US HQ and rumors are swirling it's to redomocile to US for inclusion in SP500.

Maleficent-Couple-76

Slowly watching QQQ and SOXX SI rise day over day, 🥭 honestly think this weekend will be a toss up. Can’t imagine the strait opening for another week atleast, therefore holding my long poots.

ThetaFarmingRegard

collecting about $400 at open on the QQQ put I sold before close today theta gang gang

JustAStupidBoulder

I’m sure there are plenty of ESG etfs, like  QQMG, which will give you similar exposure to QQQ while excluding Palantir.

JohnBrownsErection

If you're really set on doing something like that, your best bet is to work with a broker that does direct indexing or swap your core holdings from QQQ to something ESG focused.

pineapplekiwipen

wish XSP option chain had better liquidity for spreads, it's better than QQQ but still way worse than SPY

drew-gen-x

Compare charts b/w $SPY vs $VXUS. One is still above its 200 DMA and up more after hours than the other. Hell, throw $GLD vs $SPY as well. You don't have to be bullish on the US AI bubble economy or even $SPY to have skin in the game. I've been BTD but I don't own the $QQQ or $SPY.

Joeytoofly

Also VOO is down 6% from their highest QQQ is down 10% from their highest. Panicking might not have been the right word but im cautious about the direction the market is heading in.

Junglebook3

First I would find the % of Palantir from the NASDAQ to figure out if it's worth it. For every $100k you've got $1,780 in Palantir. Other defense, cyber companies in QQQ: Company Ticker Est. Weight Why it's like Palantir Palantir PLTR 1.78% Data/AI OS for Gov & Enterprise CrowdStrike CRWD 0.31% Cloud-native "Shield" for the Gov Axon AXON 0.25% Public safety data & AI ecosystems Honeywell HON 0.44% The hardware/industrial base for defense Palo Alto PANW 0.40% Massive federal security infrastructure If you're convinced you don't want to hold Palantir you can short its % of your holdings, for example with put options.

Professional_Monkeys

You're mixing emotions with investing. Did you know half the other tickers in QQQ do business directly or indirectly with each other including PLTR? Also, it's poised for a rebound.

Lanky-Ad-4579

If QQQ goes to 700 tomorrow y’all can catch me on my fukin yacht

timmyd79

I’ve repositioned but what’s the point of asking Reddit? You will receive one of the following responses. 1. Bogleheaders - if they have high income and are old they should be wealthy. They have also become more zealous to believe they can be old ass boomers and still rally behind 100% VOO if not some QQQ or VGT. But they think you are timing the market and it’s impossible to time the market. Sometimes it’s younger folks who got burned early on and also want to stick to this doctrine. 2. Fellow gambler - they also don’t mind timing the market and know all wsb jargons and memes. Maybe they are losing maybe they are winning. You will never really know, but probably losing. I agree with the cry wolf and bearish sentiment. Just not your duration of 3 years yet. That’s pretty significant doom and gloom. I don’t mind timing the market for meta events and I have beat the market for a decade except for 22 which was when I was passively investing but in active stocks lol (stopped making trades, didn’t rebalance). I imagine the market will go up even before Trump finishes his term. My favorite is when you tell people you already went cash they are like - pfffft you did all that and the market is only -5%? Well lol the whole point of timing the market correctly is to be early and on point on the risk off, not risk off when everyone is -20%! The more on point your exit plan and timing is the more buffer you have on your re-entry plan. If you wait til -20% on the exit plan your margins of success go negative.

ThetaFarmingRegard

right before close i sold a $580 put on QQQ expiring this friday to some gay ber for 5.00 per contract shit's gonna be worth 2.00 tomorrow lmao

Dazzling-Compote-394

Barely a move? QQQ, SPY, and IWM all pumping hard AH from ceasefire rumors. If ceasefire is confirmed markets will explode.

Pale-Silver-8178

Oil dump and QQQ pumping bulls keep printing

Lanky-Ad-4579

Why are my 5/31 600 calls gonna be worth on QQQ

baller1able

QQQ just took a blue chew

ThetaFarmingRegard

did QQQ beat earnings?

I_Study_The_Patterns

You are welcome if you listened to my TED talk on the giant ass QQQ and SPY volume 10 minutes ago.

I_Study_The_Patterns

Someone just bought 600 million of QQQ and 1 billion in SPY at roughly the same time, within a minute or two.

Nuqqets

QQQ SPY under 200SMA daily, failed resistance test yesterday, Trump is moving markets Willy nilly, I’m in no rush to buy into these dips to try and catch a bottom. I’m selling some $GOOGL 270P 4/17 cash secured to collect 17.1% Ann. I am not putting it out of the realm of possibility that GOOGL can go down and test the $260 200SMA from the extreme fear sentiment in markets right now. But I would be happy owning GOOGL at a cost basis of $266.

Roxorek

Can we get that 30% QQQ crash already, I wanna press the green button more often

Sober_Alcoholic_

You all think big money might want QQQ and SPY around $585 and $655? 🤔

vizio1989

Murica and our shitty third world neighbors will be well supplied by WTI oil. Europe did not attack EYEran, so Europe will see their Brent oil coming back online. Rest of world like China/India are already getting oil. This situation is overblown, as long as no more missiles into factories/ tankers, puts on oil and calls on SPY/QQQ/DOW. 

AB444

SPY and QQQ have been flat almost all day, moron, but nice try

HARCYB-throwaway

Qqqi vs QQQ: 2 year backtest - QQQ outperforms on total return by 1%. If you include tax, QQQI nets better. I may give up some upside, marginally, to have ongoing income and not have to time market sells to fund my lifestyle. This isn't yieldmax, it's NEOS. You don't understand the difference and that's fine. I am retired and you are a wageslave and can't step back to see the bigger picture, or do any effective research into this specific fund. I agree with you POV regarding covered calls in general. But not all funds are the same. Qqqi is not msty. Totally different.

Serenaded

I sold a large bag of this (100k USD or so) at a more than 100k loss a year ago at $7 after the IM-2 tipped over. This has been one of my most hated pumps to watch while I'm in QQQ.

Randomname1157

Even QQQ is flat while tech is falling off a cliff

stocdave

Fuck this bullshit war, fuck oil, fuck QQQ and fuck you.

WorldWide_Wiz

I can just feel the pump into close. QQQ will end flat.

andytobbles

Inverse head and shoulders on the QQQ weekly chart, if this pump holds we have a higher lower off the 10% correction

teamyg

Shorted QQQ again around 586.9, market pumped by fake news.

Apprehensive_Rub3897

From the post... > Friday’s press gaggle. Barely exaggerated: at 12:03 PM, President Trump told reporters he wanted a ceasefire with Iran. At 12:05 he declared victory. At 12:07 he announced he was sending Marines. At 12:08 he said no boots on the ground. At 12:11 he said he did not want a ceasefire. At 12:16 he declared victory again. At 12:17 he asked for a ceasefire. At 12:23 he told NATO they were cowards. At 12:29 he said Iran was begging for a ceasefire. At 12:31 he said everything was perfect. At 12:36 he said $500 oil was a good thing. At 12:37 he demanded Iran open Hormuz. At 12:39 he said Hormuz was never closed. At 12:41 he said the US was not at war with Iran. At 12:42 he declared victory in Iran. > By 3:43 PM he told CBS he doesn’t want a ceasefire. By 5:13 PM - 13 minutes after futures markets closed for the weekend, in a coincidence that should be studied in every securities fraud textbook - he posted on Truth Social that the US is “getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great Military efforts”. The S&P reversed more than 1% in seconds. QQQ had already surged 1.1% in the 80 minutes before the announcement, with call options flowing in at a pace that suggests someone, somewhere, had an itinerary.

Wind_Ensemble

Hmmm, quick pump on QQQ to green?

WorldWide_Wiz

QQQ broke support and is currently down -.60% today... NVDA hasn't broken support and is down -.15%. Volume is key...one good move in the markets and NVDA gonna pump 15%.

HARCYB-throwaway

Lol dude I have $700k in QQQI, pivoted from growth to income over the last year. I still have over $300k in a growth sleeve. You clearly don't understand the mechanics. Have you ever heard of covered calls before today? Have you ever heard of backtesting? It's ok man, you can keep working your shitty job and I'll be over here, FIREd at 32, traveling the world, staying fit and fucking hot chicks. Is there some amount of risk? Yes. It's roughly the same as holding QQQ. Maybe even less risk considering the downside protection. You don't have to understand - I've done the backtesting and it checks out. Sorry you can't have what I have. Good luck with that promotion so you can finally crack $80k/year. Might even be able to afford a nice new Camry next year!!!

Murky-Gas-7976

What will strike oil first SPY or QQQ

Full_Boysenberry_198

QQQ heading to correction territory faster than SPY

skin_flute_player

QQQ taking a beating worse than bols anoos.

shortitforever

Let’s try this out !banbet QQQ 100 5y

HARCYB-throwaway

You don't understand how it works at all. You can sell covered calls on QQQ yourself instead of hiring NEOS to do it. If you are any good you will scalp about 14% annually, which correlates to the historical volititly of the NASDAQ 100 over the last 5 years. Seems reasonable to me. If you drip, you outgrow QQQi natively because of the addtl revenue. Especially in a sideways market like we've been in. Sure, volatility could drop and the return could go down. But it doesn't seem like there is a risk of a massive step-wise change, so ideally you can get by on $250k in a bad year.

teamyg

Covered all QQQ shorts at 582.8 (from 586.9, 587.9) and took profit; good game.

BANKSLAVE01

I sold off half my oil stocks, half my mining stocks (everything except chevron at more than double purchase price), keeping BRK/B at same level, along with XLP. Sold ALL my VOO, QQQ that's not in IRA. Cash cushion created.

Uniball38

Lots of folks clowning this and it’s definitely dumb to spend $120k on TQQQ LEAPs when you can achieve the same exposure with much better liquidity on QQQ LEAPs. But you have time on this so idt it’s totally stupid

SerMumble

Sure, at any point where stuff is being added to a portfolio blindly, chasing hype, or without any good justification: it is over diversified. At the very least a small slow growing satilite asset can be used as an emergency shield or maybe someone wants to invest a little into the stocks of their company because they are working there long term or a little in the country they live in because the dividends cover their utility bill. It just needs a decent reason that aligns with the person's goals. Concentration is risk, volatility, and maximizing growth. Ex. 100% NVDA portfolio (this is dumb, do not do this) or 100% S&P500 or 100% QQQM (typically for very young people where time can even out volatility) Diversification is derisk, slowing growth, captial preservation, maximizing counterbalance. ex. 100% VT (this can be too boring or slow for some people especially when they are not near retirement) Over diversification is collecting several funds that all move in approximately the same direction. Ex. QQQ, QQQM, SPMO, SCHG (pick one for most people). At the end of the day, a portfolio is a tool and it must be a tool that fits your needs and psychological style in a consistent and repeatable pattern. There is no one size fits all.

AluminiumCaffeine

Geez, bad day for me vs QQQ - too much GOOGL/MSFT and IGV adjacent names I own

Maleficent-Couple-76

QQQ chart lol. Slow pump, chunky shorts.

Good_Ride_2508

I have all kinds of permutations with investing,trading, gains and losses. Since Dec 2017, I made nice money, but greediness (wreckless options) killed one key account during 2021 - just in 3 months. I am recovering since then, but very slowly and carefully. Long story short: You need to understand **money lost with market is permanent loss**. Psychologically, you need to absorb it. Review what you did and stop bad practices, wreckless options and margins (this is immediate) Then, **make your own rules and follow it**. Understand you can save existing money and grow slowly, read books for both investing and trading. Use etfs and positive betting, like buying VOO or QQQ, never short, never go options. Simple buy low sell high (if trading) or buy low, dca lower and hold long (if investing like VOO, QQQ or SMH). **Never try to run 100 miles speed, 3 to 5 miles are enough to make progress**. It take many years to bring back the life to positive trend, growth and financially better life. Good Luck.

cannythecat

Michael Burry has QQQ 500 puts for Dec 2026. Will bol prove him wrong?

dreggers

how is QQQ trending up when all my tech stocks are getting massacred

Lanky-Ad-4579

QQQ last 15 minutes look like a slide

jrex035

There's absolutely nothing wrong with index fund investing. Statistics show that most traders don't beat the S&P in the long run and index investing is *way* lower stress with lower risk. And yes VOO is one of those S&P indices, but there are a bunch. You might want to look into others if you're interested in diversifying, QQQ covers the Nasdaq, VTI covers the entire US market, VXUS covers the global market excluding the US, etc. Most of these have low expense ratios (the cost you pay to park money in these funds) but be careful as some do not. Your broker might also have accounts specific to them (Fidelity for example has FXAIX which covers the S&P like VOO does, but with a smaller expense ratio).

bumbumwhat

Thats a reasonable assessment, but I’d rather buy QQQ than MSFT. It’s safer and I don’t see MSFT outperforming it but much, and it’s very possible QQQ will continue to outperform MSFT. Think it’s unlikely it will end up being an amazing investment with outsized returns. I’d rather go with safer more reliable investment growth, or spread over more speculative bets with money. I’m not sure Buffet would be choosing MSFT as an investment at this price either, if we’re going to follow what we think he’d do.

Ok_Cry7572

!Banbet QQQ +1.5% 3D

lookingforajob2020

no way QQQ ends the day red

Dangerous-Leader-779

No...it literally does not. "Fine" in the sense you can literally buy and sell an option? Sure... But sounds like you also should read up on why it doesn't make sense. Options pricing formula accounts for the leverage volatility. You are gaining nothing by trading TQQQ options instead of QQQ; the underlying is leveraged, the options account for that. What you do lose is the liquidity offered on QQQ options, or the tax advantage of NDX. There is no benefit of options on TQQQ.

teamyg

Shorted more QQQ at 587.9, its a squeeze before further down; good opportunity to hedge though.

Lapidated_Llama

HOLY FUCK QQQ almost green and MSFT still down 3%. How do I pick the WORST stocks to buy calls on :(

Wind_Ensemble

Let's push the QQQ to 590. Easy.

teamyg

Shorted QQQ at 586.9 again, another leg down in the afternoon, is expected.

TurbodToilet

QQQ about to round trip this entire pump

TurbodToilet

QQQ about to give it all back

After-Equivalent8650

Lmao QQQ literally cannot get above vwap.

EdgeLordMcGravy

Wow that 585 rejection from QQQ was crazy

teamyg

Covered QQQ short at 582.1 and took profit, a bounce is coming.