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How should I split my Roth IRA between VTI and QQQ?
At what point does owning SPY + QQQ + a growth ETF stop being diversification and start being the same bet in different wrappers?
I only need to trade like this for another month and I'll blow my account
I trade for a living - why I’m still bullish into CPI and the levels I’m trading on SPY, QQQ, oil and DRAM
These are some real lessons that I have learnt the hard way.
Two years of emotions, ups and downs, all for table scraps
Built a free dealer-gamma (GEX) map for SPX/SPY/QQQ — tell me where the methodology is wrong.
Has Michael Burry officially dethroned Jim Cramer as the king of financial flimflam, or is there still time for Cramer to mount a comeback?
For anyone wondering exactly how much QQQ and VOO/SPY actually overlap, here is the math.
The Nasdaq 100's valuation premium over the S&P 500 is near a 9-year low. Is tech actually expensive anymore?
QQQ 10 dollar green rocket up my anus at open
Buying QQQ is easy. Holding through the drops is a whole different thing
Racking up 100% trading options day after day adds up to big money
I Trade for a Living - Here’s My Setup for Semis, SPY and QQQ
Buying QQQ is easy. Holding through the drops is a whole different thing
Deconstructing 0DTE Option Losses: Traders Freeze During Intraday Volatility Surges
$200 > $5,000 challenge day 1
SPY closed the week in the deepest positive gamma I've seen in a while (IV ~9%)
When I put $5 on a stock I win , put $50 in I lose almost every time.
Buying the APPLE dip might not be a pro move.
Prepare yourself for the Regime Shift
Prepare yourself for the Regime Shift
QQQ $660 calls expiring today, ngl thought it was over at one point
July 24/27/28 is the first time in history that the S&P 500 was positive 3 days in a row while QQQ was negative 3 days in a row.
Bought 60k worth of QQQ LEAPS and 20k worth of DRAM LEAPS
HYG Just Broke Down From a 3-Month Triangle Consolidation. Is the Equity Market Next?
Stared into the abyss today
SOX just hit bear market territory. This earnings week is make or break for semis
I model dealer gamma daily. Right now all three big index ETFs are negative-gamma below their flip,
1DTE $21K SPY FD Yolo - 735P 7/20/26 220x @ .96 Each
Regarding the Recent Stock Market Movement
Regarding on the Recent Stock Market Movement
June CPI missed big but I'm not buying the full rally yet
Always a Pleasure $HOOD. Thanks again QQQ
Always a Pleasure $HOOD, Thanks again QQQ.
QQQ gonna spike soon (UP or DOWN)
Held these 0DTE over weekend. 11K QQQ calls am I cooked?
If June CPI comes in hotter than expected, is the better trade Treasuries or SPY/QQQ puts?
Investing is really a lifelong battle against our own emotions
A huge trade just happened on the Nasdaq 100. Bulls are taking notice
Your wheel is probably less diversified than delta makes it look
SpaceX is trading below its opening day price in its third week. Bag holder or bargain.
SpaceX is trading below its opening price, might not be the red flag it looks like.
Not meaning to spread FUD, but I just found this on the QQQ graph, and it's freaking me out
I think QQQ goes higher. Do I sell or keep this because theta?
Liquidated all positions: Sitting on $1.2M cash for a 2026 macro restart. How would you deploy this for the next decade?
I have currently sold all my stocks and have $1.2 million in cash on hand. I would like to purchase a new batch of stocks to hold for the lo
Trying to generate alpha using Nasdaq retail activity data
It ain’t much, AMZN, XSP, QQQ this week! First fully green week!
Mentions
Loaded the bus with QQQ calls let’s go
QQQ will rise from the ashes tomorrow mooning 4% Better get your cheap calls now
When I started investing in 2019, I had no idea what I was doing so I was buying small (like a few hundred $) of VTI, VOO, QQQ, VUG, VT thinking I was diversifying. But it's too late for me to rebalance to a more simpler portfolio with just VTI, VXUS, and VB/VBR since I have sizeable gains. I'm Mag 7 heavy especially since I own META, MSFT, and some APPL too.
Full porting QQQ 730c Victory or death
I lost money on RKLB and SPX calls bought impulsively😂 QQQ and SPY puts are still holding
QQQ is recency bias and marketing, not fundamentally sound investment philosophy. There is no economic or fundamental justification for why a company listed on the Nasdaq is inherently superior to one listed on the New York Stock Exchange. As an example, the dot com crash saw QQQ drop over 80% with 14 years to recover. Furthermore, everything in QQQ is already contained in VTI. Splitting only concentrates into those large caps, which historically underperform over multi-decade periods. If you truly want a factor based approach, look into adding small cap value ie. AVUV.
I'm currently riding CSPs I sold on SPY/QQQ and some calls I bought with the profits So either Im right that the markets trend up in the next month or I'm gonna eat a double bowl of shit
lol fair 😂 That’s actually pretty close to what I was getting at. Like you throw in SPY + QQQ + VUG and instead of seeing 3 ETF names, it shows you the combined underlying companies + your actual exposure to each one I’d probably want more than just the company list though. Like combined weight in NVDA/MSFT/AAPL, sector concentration, overlap %, maybe how those exposures behaved in drawdowns Would that be the kind of thing you mean, or are you mainly looking for a simple “here’s everything you effectively own” breakdown?
**BanBet Created** ▼ | Ticker | Target | Entry | Move | Expires | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **QQQ** | $713.00 (below) | $717.02 | -0.6% | 23h 60m |
QQQ gonna moon so hard tomorrow
The moment you buy 2 ETFs that hold the same companies it stops being diversification. I think the thought that “on paper it looks diversified because they’re 3 different ETFs” is fundamentally flawed logic. I’d say at face value that’s how it appears, but if you looked at the paper you’d see it’s the same companies over and over. Someone doing this in the name of diversification probably doesn’t really know what they are doing at all. Buying QQQ along with SPY is usually an attempt to concentrate, not diversify. Someone who wants “broad” market exposure but wants to lean a little more heavily into tech than the broad market ETF offers might do this. In the current environment it honestly isn’t even doing a great job of achieving that tho. SPY is already like 40% tech, and that’s just the companies officially recognized as tech. At the end of the day, It is important to know what you are investing in and why, and someone who is buying different ETFs that hold the same companies likely does not know either of those things, unless they are trying to get more exposure to something that their current holdings do not provide. Which, like I said, is someone looking for more concentration, not diversification.
70/30 is totally reasonable if you understand that QQQ portion is basically an extra bet on large-cap tech/growth. Personally I’d keep VTI as the core and use QQQ as the tilt. At 22, the bigger win is probably just maxing the Roth consistently every year and leaving it alone.
I hope SPY tanks under 600 and QQQ under 500 🧸
QQQ and NVDA are locked in a dance: 718/218.. Then 716/216.. Now 716.85/216.85. Wth
Revisiting this in August 2026... According to the data they provide subscribers, from 2019-2025, the charitable trust's cumulative return was 1% LESS than the S&P500. QQQ did about 50% better. If you are trading in a taxable account, you also get to pay extra taxes along the way, further diluting your cumulative return. The trust didn't even deliver lower volatility. The goods news is at least you didn't invest in Cathie Woods' ARKK.
The fact that SOXX is still up with this much of a QQQ drop is lol.
QQQ is going straight down to hell.
QQQ has lower and lower volume. Get ready
Any idea on QQQ after tomorrow?
QQQ Price target by EOW? if CPI is lower?
So calls on QQQ for tomorrow because of the CPI report?
Bulls I’m gonna need a huge green candle in $QQQ. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
**BanBet Created** ▲ | **Record:** 2W - 3L | Ticker | Target | Entry | Move | Expires | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **QQQ** | $732.54 (above) | $718.18 | +2.0% | Aug 14, 5:46 PM |
How is that 740 QQQ going for you?
Bulls keep buying. QQQ is heading towards the 700 gap fill.
when warren buffet said be greedy when others are fearful, he meant catch the QQQ falling knife after a 0.4% drop and baghold for the next 4 years
QQQ is -0.38% and y'all are howling about a crash
QQQ being unloaded onto regarded dip buyers like clockwork
QQQ has been on a steady decline since June 2nd
People still trading QQQ... *deepest inhale of the Noble Crack Peaxe Pipe*.... WHY?
you would've been better off dumping QQQ
These are QQQ, they open at 9.30 am, after the CPI volatility is done, so either market moves south --> VOL up ( maybe) or it moves north or nothing and Delta, (theta), and Vol a crushing it more
I had $QQQ 700 P 0DTE that expired 0.06 yesterday now it’s tanking GG
Rolled a bit upwards, but bought them when QQQ was 694 on JUL 31
IREN calls, QQQ 716 0dte puts. Here we go!
Better wake up and smell the roses now rather than spending your 20's thinking you can make money trading options. News flash, the only successful traders making meaningful gains trading options and futures are selling subscriptions to something, getting paid off referrals, or getting paid for views and livestreams. Just stick to buying SPY and QQQ shares.
Theres seriously already an M on QQQ, just explode in one direction
wow QQQ really gonna pin vwap all day again
Can QQQ go back to 724 already
it's a shit stonk but I am not playing the meme run. The meme was pretty much dead already. Volume still high, short interest is still high, shares available to borrow went down and cost of borrow skyrocketed, big shareholder with 50.9% ownership. Why would I sell now? Literally no reason to. \--- I already swing traded meta from 540s to 625s in July, it's a good opportunity yes. But HTZ is also uncorrelated from SPY/QQQ, I'd rather throw 5% of my port at it and see what happens.
I don’t just want a full V on QQQ, I want a full nike swoosh
elon having 2 companies in QQQ is a sell signal ngl
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtTEibFvlQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtTEibFvlQ) IF YOU'RE NOT LONG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN GET READY TO LONG UP SPY AND QQQ ALL OF THE BULLS WHERE YA AT? WHEN I WALK IN THE CASINO ALL THE LIQUIDITY ON ME IM WITH THE BULL MAN CREW ALL CALLS ARE CHEAP WE LIKE 780 WE LIKE 800 WE CAME TO ATH EVERYBODY ITS ON! CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS EVERYBODEEEE!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtTEibFvlQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtTEibFvlQ) IF YOU'RE NOT LONG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN GET READY TO LONG UP SPY AND QQQ ALL OF THE BULLS WHERE YA AT? WHEN I WALK IN THE CASINO ALL THE LIQUIDITY ON ME IM WITH THE BULL MAN CREW ALL CALLS ARE CHEAP WE LIKE 780 WE LIKE 800 WE CAME TO ATH EVERYBODY ITS ON! CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS EVERYBODEEEE!
Concentration risk is pretty much eliminated if you just sell indexes short. You could diversify SPY/QQQ with single name semis or mag 7 and pretty easily beat index holding at 0.2-0.3 delta. I don’t have that size account so I mostly use VRP modeling to trade spreads to that effect.
Some people with the Truth API got the memo already and it shows QQQ calls back in play, fuck SPY
SPY and QQQ probably flat today then dump tomorrow after CPI release. Or its dump today then rally tomorrow
OIL might hit 90 today with the CPI report tomorrow, today might be a VERY red day. QQQ 710 incoming
It depends what THEIR goals and risk tolerance is. If they prefer safety, ladder some bonds or use a high yielding money market for a chunk of their assets. If they prefer steady income, set up an income portfolio for them. If they can tolerate risk and don’t need monthly income, but can handle a draw system, you can use my plan. With $2M, they can safely spend $80k (4%) per year as a starting point. I’d set aside 4-5x that in order to make sure they wouldn’t need to draw down from their equities during bear markets or crashes. So $400k in either laddered t-bills or a high yield savings or money market. Then the other 80% is invested in equities, namely VOO, or VTI with a small percentage in SPMO, QQQ or VGT, or any combination thereof. This will provide growth over time. You sell equities to replenish the 5 year cushion fund during flat or up years, and just draw down on it during years when the market is down, replenishing it when the market recovers. The beauty of the system is that over time, the 4% annual spending money increases with the performance of the market which should more than cover inflation. The potential drawbacks, it will require a more hands on approach to refund the slush account annually and could lose value if the market goes through an unlikely abnormally extended bear market lasting more than 5 years. But they have to be okay with the plan and taking that level of risk. Will they freak out if the market and thus the value of their portfolio drops 20-30%? Will you be able to handle that feeling in the pit of your stomach? We never know when a market correction or bear market will come or how long it will last. But history tells us that at some point it will. Just factor that into your decision making process
A lot of stocks are a hold rating rn for the short term. If NVDA breaks down I don't doubt a QQQ breakdown of sorts
After a market drop. Fear of boots on the ground seem like a good reason. We can TACO after and let the QQQ rally then
You're wrong. AI doesn't impact mining, dry goods manufacturing, and plenty of other industries. I'm whooping SPX and taking less risk. And still sitting on a ton of dry powder earning interest without risk or state taxes. And definitely not timing the market shorting QQQ, the insurance is my T Bills. OP asked for good suggestions. You do you!
Threat for boots on the ground, CPI PPI hot as fuck, SPX -4% till Thursday to hard reset everything about this shitty crab market Then semis rally and QQQ god pumb begins
And I'm saying that there are much less risky and still/possibly more profitable approaches. Shorting QQQ is straight up gambling. Going 20-50% T Bill (or sure, utility bonds or whatever) is a much better way to bet against QQQ without crazy risk or needing any research or knowledge. That said, OP basically asked if passive indexing AI is safe right now and or if there are better options. So I don't think there's anything wrong with suggesting "doing something else" by selecting well priced value stocks/dividend payers. There are plenty of small/medium dry food manufacturers, miners, shippers, cellular providers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, extremely well priced BDCs, and plenty of other company's with high earnings and reasonable debt out there. If/when the AI bubble breaks these stocks will do significantly better than AI stocks, but if there's room for AI to run, you may miss out a bit short term. Obviously if you don't want to or aren't comfortable doing your own research, then stick to T bills and an ETF. But I'm avoiding overpriced and incestuous mega cap AI to reduce risk and doing great.
QQQ pumping. Tech bulls win again
There's a whole range of defense. Diversifying out of megacap AI into smaller profitable value companies is absolutely viable. When people pull out of speculative stocks many rotate into value. If you think "the entire market goes down" impacts all companies the same, you're very mistaken. Some of my best days are when QQQ trades down or sideways and people rotate to value.
We had 2 days of easy mode for QQQ last week and the market has been stinky poo poo ever since
I thought QQQ only goes up
QQQ is with Iran, won’t open the money printer until 2029
I can't help but be reminded of that 5 month tech sideways down price action from last year that culminated in the start of the Iran war before an explosive 35% move in QQQ in like a month Dow and S&P lagged QQQ all year last year and then caught up in the last couple months, grinding higher while QQQ corrected like 6 times, each one lower than the last We just hit our first lower top on QQQ for the season off of record earnings, yet again My conclusion is bitch out paperhands all the way and keep buying hard every time QQQ hits 10-12% below ATH
At some point, the software vs semis rug of war will result in QQQ going higher again right? Sure it won't just rotate crab for all of eternity right?
OPs point there is obviously weak but you guys fail to mention that the QQQ trailing P/E at the dotcom bubble peak was 200 compared to 30 when memory was at a peak in July. Yahooo was trading a 2000x trailing earnings… For reference SNDK is 37x trailing earnings and 6x forward. Memory multiples are extremely low compared to dot com. The fundamentals of memory companies are far stronger than those at the dot com time. Now an argument could be the cyclical nature and that SNDK won’t see more built out for example, but the AI build out is going to need exponentially more electricity and compute. If you want this argument to end up true, AI intelligence would need to hit a scaling wall which has not happened yet. The way I look at it is we have literally created exponentially scaling intelligence, the economic effects of this are unlimited.
Yep still holding long on QQQ, 💎 hand the dip
I’m not a day trader. I buy growth stocks when they are underpriced. I buy low PEG ratio stocks. For example, I bought APP when it was $70 per share. I sold after I made a very nice profit. That stock is now $339 per share. I typically hold for 1-2 years, but of course every investment is different. I don’t think you can know what a stock will do in the short term as there are so many different variables that go into the valuation. Of course, during a Bull market, it’s much easier to pick winners. In fact, I think you really have to consider the overall market before you even to decide to invest in individual stocks. Most people don’t have the time or the patience to do enough Due Diligence before investing. I’m an accountant, so I spend a lot of time reading Financial Statements, 10K, etc. I have done pretty well in my opinion. Unless you are willing to spend the time to really understand the company, the industry and the overall market, I would recommend investing in an index fund ( for example QQQ). Some people are good at timing the market and I give them credit. Some have various strategies that work for them. I follow the GARP (Growth at a Reasonable Price) strategy. Currently, I own $MU. They have a forward PE of 6 and a very high growth rate. I think it’s a good long term investment, but each person has to do their own research and invest accordingly to their own risk/reward tolerances. Good luck!
I added more SMH, currently 50% SMH and 50% QQQ.... 100% tech. Annoying weeks ahead, but end the of the year things will be a lot higher.
unfortunately, I am going full bear. QQQ 660puts 9/4
After reading this, I have loaded 5 dozen Jan 2027 expiry 30-delta calls on QQQ
70% In S&P index fund (example: VOO) 20% International non-US fund (example: VXUS) 10% aggressive fund (example: QQQ)
Let's short squeeze richtech robotics, I'm done playing with SPY and QQQ 😭
Fuck is, selling a SPY and QQQ CSP for end of month and taking the rest of the month off
Too bearish in here calls it is let’s see QQQ green EOD
The QQQ are getting redder by the minute
Holding QQQ calls to End of Week. I don’t give shit anymore. I accept the L if it dumps
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtTEibFvlQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtTEibFvlQ) IF YOU'RE NOT LONG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN GET READY TO LONG UP SPY AND QQQ ALL OF THE BULLS WHERE YA AT? WHEN I WALK IN THE CASINO ALL THE LIQUIDITY ON ME IM WITH THE BULL MAN CREW ALL CALLS ARE CHEAP WE LIKE 780 WE LIKE 800 WE CAME TO ATH EVERYBODY ITS ON! CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS EVERYBODEEEE!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtTEibFvlQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtTEibFvlQ) IF YOU'RE NOT LONG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN GET READY TO LONG UP SPY AND QQQ ALL OF THE BULLS WHERE YA AT? WHEN I WALK IN THE CASINO ALL THE LIQUIDITY ON ME IM WITH THE BULL MAN CREW ALL CALLS ARE CHEAP WE LIKE 780 WE LIKE 800 WE CAME TO ATH EVERYBODY ITS ON! CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS CALLS EVERYBODEEEE!
I miss the war trade...all this winning and QQQ pinned at 0.00%
My long term investment account is 95% equities/commodities, 5% Cash/Cash equivalents. Currently up about 24% YTD. Only added on the QQQ dip around 665$/ and gold around 4100
QQQ goes back to ATH will bring SPY to breakout to 800 nicely.
F your early calls, F your late poots. QQQ goes up from here
AMZN, please continue to ignore SPY and QQQ 🙏🏼
You can actually sell QQQ and SPY? I didn’t know that. I was under the impression that once you buy, you own it for life
Fucking QQQ. SPY hitting ATH while I’m holding this retarded peice of shit.
QQQ bounce off 724.24, if it holds 724.7 then 726 should be easy ?
Holy shit, can you get any more cringe? QQQ $740 day was cringe enough, but holy shit 🥀
Those of you who invest in QQQ regularly: what is considered a good dip? 3%? 1%? Doesn’t seem to stay down for long, wondering when I should wait to jump in. It’s just a few dollars away from ATH, should I wait for a dip? Or does it just rip non stop so it doesn’t matter when I buy in (what the chart seems to show)
I would hope a professional investor is beating my regarded QQQ buy and hold strategy …
$SPX $SMH $QQQ Earnings crash 10-30% for all AI hype stocks nowadays Check which hype earnings stocks this week $LITE earning crash tomorrow $MU $STX $WDC all crashed at earnings
That’s just not true. My trade price on nvda was so slow that it now shows as zero due to some of the options premium I’ve collected against it. My investing is still completely rational with large swaths in index funds like QQQ, SPY, etc