QQQ

FinndBors

VTI and VOO have a huge overlap (last I checked 80%) So do VOO and QQQ. This is more like a one fund portfolio of S&P 500 -- which out of all one fund portfolios, it is pretty good.

sl3azebag

META 700, QQQ 635-640, and NBIS 110 all end of week. Yeah Ik dumbasses, I’m rich and smart thank you.

DefiantDelta

almost every EU index doing noticeably better than QQQ for a year straight invalidates Europoor claim and reinforces Ameripoor reality

Zuko2001

If we get to QQQ 630 this week I’ll be a happy man. If we get to QQQ 640 I will finally be almost breakeven for the year … what is wrong with me

sl3azebag

yep. full port QQQ 621-622 calls tomorrow depending on open. And yeah, i’m hammered as fuck.

bathmatty

Good on you for building a savings discipline - huge hurdle overcome. At your age, you have decades of returns ahead of you and diversification and compounding is key. Look up “ETFs” and search for a one thats all equity and geographically weighted. Depending on where you live, ETFs like XEQT is what Im referring to. Other ETFs you’ll see recommended are QQQ, VOO, VTI - look these up or ask ChatGPT to walk you through differences. But none of this matters if you don’t invest in yourself. Learning is important - be it education or work experience. Try a bunch of stuff and stay busy early on in life- an active mind can keep depressed thoughts at bay and help you run into cool people who can turn into life long friends that help you grow (diversification and compounding apply to friendships too). Best of luck. You got this.

Own-Wolverine-5361

Which one makes you more horny? SPY or QQQ?

D_Pablo67

The S&P 500 is rebalanced every month, meaning companies not performing are dropped and new companies are added. So the S&P 500 is more actively managed based on rules than you think. This leads to long term steady growth. The NASDAQ 100 in the form of QQQ does the same, but QQQ is more volatile than VOO. If you have most of your portfolio in VOO, you can buy a handful of individual stocks and still be diversified.

sl3azebag

why should I not full port QQQ 621 calls tmrw someone tell me

SleepyWeasel25

The catch? You gotta stay calm and keep on investing some with every paycheck/bonus. It sounds easy, but I'm old enough to remember in 1997 the internet bubble was well known. We all "knew" that internet stocks were way overvalued, and the SP500 as well. A few denied it, saying "it's different this time, the internet is going to change everything". I though about pulling back some, but thankfully was still far from retirement, so didn't have any big worries. And I even had thoughts about shorting Yahoo stock, it was one of the most obvious overvalued companies. And of course, the bubble did burst. But not before 3 more years of giant gains that I would have missed out on. Not to mention getting wiped out on any short positions in '97 - '99. So that's the catch. Slow, boring, steady. You and I aren't clairvoyant, so we shouldn't try to time the market. The S&P500, S&P Total Market, QQQ, etc., aren't just "average" stocks. They meet criteria, multiple industries are represented, poor performers are kicked out quarterly, new ones added. It's a very good set of companies to invest in.

Sofia-Ayes

!banbet QQQ 635 2w

Sofia-Ayes

!banbet QQQ 635 Jan 1

Sofia-Ayes

!banbet QQQ 630 Jan 1

sl3azebag

META 680 calls, QQQ 621, and NBIS 100? Who else is ready to make some money

sl3azebag

QQQ 621 full port tmrw!

theduderino38

I’ve been gaming out similar scenarios, and also plan to rotate out of this sector heavily and stack up more chips, cloud, mega cap index and smarter picks like VTI, SPY, VOO, QQQ - if weedstock prices recover and I can minimize some losses and plan to sell pretty much all my LPs, MSOS , and will hold / keep my cresco, GTI, Trulieve long shares.

himaalayan

Quoting investing com analyst Here's my gameplan for 2026: >Go short S&P 500 & Nasdaq $QQQ >Hold until the market dumps at least 15%-20% >Buy the dip in top-tier tech stocks trading at single-digit EBITDA multiples >Fed Chair Powell fired >Wait for Trump and his new Fed chair to come to the rescue with rate cuts + QE You're welcome.

sl3azebag

+1.7 day on QQQ tmrw

Happy_Discussion_536

If you get QQQ leaps will they flush all of AI for you?

FearlessButterfly3

I would just stick with VTI and VXUS, as that covers both US and International exposure. QQQ or QQQM is overkill for a third fund, as you get tech exposure through VTI. Dont worry about bonds until you are in your 50's

RooseveltField72

For a basic ETF investment put 50% SPY and 50% QQQ and then try to beat that return. If your advisor can’t beat these you are wasting your money and time

ear2theshell

Here's the catch: https://totalrealreturns.com/s/TQQQ,VGT,QQQ,SPMO,SCHG,VOO,SPY

CarbonGTI_Mk7

I'm a dip buyer/swing trader myself and made a good amount of money (at least what I consider a good amount for me) but in reality if I would've just kept and held SMCI, NVDA, META, QQQ from 2022 I'd have 4-5X my profits that's sitting in my account.

ForeverInTheSun82647

Is swap the QQQ for QQQM. And maybe add VXF to give you a little more weight into mid and small caps. Just my opinion.

Constant_Counter_595

Lmao "long term: 2028" had me rolling too OP hit the lottery twice and now thinks he's Warren Buffett picking individual stocks for a whopping 4 year hold Just DCA into QQQ like the person above said and call it a day, you're not gonna consistently beat the market cherry picking meme stocks

Ocilla

What’s the difference between QQQ and QQQM?

Cruian

You have A 34 fund portfolio listed, but it isn't THE 3 fund portfolio (which itself is a bit of a misnomer: it is more important to have 3 main areas covered: local stocks, foreign stocks, and a less correlated/safer asset like bonds, not the count of exactly 3 funds). Skipping bonds to do the 2 stock roles ius common for people that really think they can handle it (not everyone can - every time there's a decent market drop the investing subreddits get many people that found they invested too heavily in stocks and are considering panic selling). >QQQ What makes you think that "the top 100 non-financial stocks listed on the Nasdaq exchange" is a recipe for out performance? Why discriminate against financials? Why discriminate against companies that chose to use the NYSE instead of the Nasdaq? Also, there can be arguments made for lower expected returns from QQQ going forward, especially based around current valuations. QQQ currently sits in large cap growth, however the best returns long term have come from the value side of things (also, small, not large). Factor investing starting points: * https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/factor-investing.asp * https://www.fidelity.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/fidelity/fidelity-overview-of-factor-investing.pdf (PDF) * https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-black-hole-of-investing/ * https://www.dimensional.com/ca-en/insights/when-its-value-versus-growth-history-is-on-values-side * But be aware that factor premiums can take a while to show up: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bogleheads/comments/1hmbwuw/what_every_longterm_investor_should_know_about/ * And from GwenRoll: https://www.reddit.com/r/ETFs/comments/1krd3fe/growth_does_no_one_know_what_the_hell_it_means/ On QQQ(M): * My take: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bogleheads/comments/16qosmi/including_qqqm_and_schd_in_a_portfolio/ * As Kashmir79 put it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bogleheads/comments/16qo9u8/comment/k1ynubb/ * As engineer-investor put it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bogleheads/comments/16qk8i4/comment/k1y480k/ * As Sea-Promotion8870 and ImaginationGreen3873 put it (read their comments from the entire chain): https://www.reddit.com/r/ETFs/comments/16e6rkb/comment/jzttlzx/

Interesting-Foot2880

For you I think two fund would be great. Personally I prefer VTI over VOO because it has thr Mid and Small caps of the US market which increase diversification significantly, and help your portfolio recover faster in downturns.  On the topic of QQQ Id biff it. The "Nasdaq 100" is well marketed but really a nothingburger. If you're looking to add a growth tilt, use a growth fund like SCHG. If you're looking for a tech fund, use something like FTEC. Or use both!! Just dont use something like QQQ because exchanges are not a factor like growth, tech, or anything else is.

Lauve

You'll do great with either of these as long as you DCA and aim to keep this portfolio long-term. If you compare historically, VOO & QQQ out performaced VTI significantly. Since you are young and have a long investment horizon I'd say ditch VTI and focus on QQQ+VOO (or choose one of them) and add VXUS for the international exposure (20%-40%).

qualifiedoasis

Or should I ditch QQQ completely and go with VOO VXUS

qualifiedoasis

Thank you! I was also concerned with the VOO QQQ overlap - which is why I thought VTI QQQ might make more sense? What do you think?

qualifiedoasis

Thanks! from what i gathered, you're suggesting a 2-fund approach? i like the VTI + VXUS option, but should I ditch QQQ completely? Also, should I do VTI or VOO?

Lauve

If you want the "perfect" portfolio do VTI and track the total global market performance. Since you are young and I imagine you are open to some risk you can prioritize the US Market and Tech: QQQ 40% VOO 40% & VXUS. 20%. Yes, QQQ & VOO overlap, but it's not a sin as long as you know you are actively priotiziing US Tech in this setup and believe in US Tech companies for the long run. If you want even more diversity and are open to other asset types you can add small-cap stocks (i.e Russel 2000), Gold ETF and some Bitcoin exposure (i.e IBIT). For example: QQQ 30% VOO 30% VXUS 20% Russel 10% Gold 5% Bitcoin 5% Either case look for a long-term investment horizon (15 years+) and DCA whatever portfolio you choose, don't time the market and don't panic sell. You should do well with either.

Interesting-Foot2880

This isn't a Three Fund Portfolio, this is just a portfolio with three funds unfortunately. A three fund is total US market/total international natket/bonds, what you have is US large cap/US total market/US large cap tech (for which QQQ is a bad fund anyway).

123reddituzer

Try QQQ?

CountTurbulent4441

Are you still a member of SPX Gamma? Is it helpful for someone looking to trade SPY/QQQ/IWM options?

weasler7

You only need to look to 2022 to see that triple levered fund like TQQQ underperformed QQQ due to path dependency. However, I think it could work but would require market timing- something I’m terrible at. I ran a triple leveraged strategy in my HSA for like 5 years and found out it wasn’t for me. Not a bad idea to experiment- you will learn things about your own risk tolerance.

RealWooWhee

Try make a new parameter, like % increase in mentions compared to yesterday/last week/month, that’s how you’ll really see anything meaningful. Otherwise you’ll just get SPY, NVDA QQQ TSLA etc.

Cav829

Silver is getting insanely risky at the moment as others have mentioned. The last time we had a run up on silver to this extent, the market crashed hard (look at April 2011) and didn't recover until this year. I'd stay away. I don't know why everyone is telling you that you're crazy on SCHG. For starters, the dividend yield is so low I wouldn't even bring it up in a conversation of dividend holdings. Like SPY, VOO, VTI etc. pay dividends, but something like SCHD is what you would look for a dividend holding. I think people are also not noticing that SCHG has outperformed SPY/VTI/VOO type index funds over the last decade and has even outperformed QQQ recently. That said, do understand past performance can become easily conflated with future performance. The reason something like VOO or VTI works best long-term is because of it's unbiased how it works. SCHG wasn't fully tested in the last extended bear market since it was formed in 2009. So I would look at a mix of an index fund and SCHG if you wanted to that way.

Arcite1

Not sure where you're getting $0.22. As of market close with QQQ at 617.05, he'd need to be able to sell for more than 25.05 to capture any extrinsic value at all. With the bid/ask at 23.40/27.28, it's far from obvious that that would be possible.

RatherCynical

Stop looking for validation and actually have a thesis for why you chose what you chose. I will remark that you're over-allocating to HOOD. HOOD is an extremely leveraged bet on the overall crypto market. Its earnings can absolutely collapse like hell on you as BTC continues to crush down. You're also over-allocating to QQQ. Do you have a job that pays well enough to use some of this cash as a down-payment on an investment property instead?

Helpful_Border1041

You only need two indexes. VBR VTI If you really want, you can add QQQ. Nothing more. The end.

sl3azebag

gonna full port QQQ 621

FRNAP13

I’m using Direct Indexing. Recently I wanted to liquidate a similar portfolio with SPY, QQQ, SPMO and few stocks. Very heavy and concentrated in tech. They transferred the portfolio in kind. Then every time the market drops, they sell and buy back. It’s generating big tax loss harvesting, keep my capital gains, not generate taxes, and diversify tracking the Russell 1000 growth. Not sure about the “enhanced” part of your direct indexing, but for my personal investment and experience, it’s excellent.

RealCathieWoods

Optionistics.com is your friend.. Just play a round with historical option prices. You'll see how wide of swing they take... 100% moves up and down are common place. All you have to do as a trader is buy at the right time (i.e. a blue chip stock that has been beaten down for whatever reason)... NVDA when it dropped to 100... META when they changed their name and dropped to 200's... Tesla is another good one with wide swings. Ive tried it with TQQQ... I think basically a boomer buy and hold strategy could be made with TQQQ with far OTM and deep time options but I havent tried it yet.... Basically the idea is that rather than buying SPY every paycheck - buy LEAPS on TQQQ as far out as a time horizon as possible... if spy and the QQQ gain ~10% per year. The same should be said about the leveraged indexes? The difference is you'd have to be a little choosy about when you buy - due to the decay on leveraged indexes.

Good_Ride_2508

The total cash is what we contribute to the SPY or QQQ and that is same, the comparison is instead of SPY, if someone invest in QQQ same amount ! Total Inv=Total Invested amount with Returns

nohandsfootball

I mean, if you’re picking stocks at random sure - or pick QQQ or SPY and you’re fine.

GoZukkYourself

IBIT having more flow YTD than QQQ is insane. https://preview.redd.it/glps9d3z6e8g1.png?width=508&format=png&auto=webp&s=5f6f1777a69c50a99828544bc7f9d322be7844e0

Arcite1

I promise you, you received $593k cash for selling 1000 shares of QQQ short at 593. Are you sure you're not looking at your account value instead of your cash balance? You received a *credit* for selling shares. Long calls don't have unlimited losses. What is your expiration date?

SecretaryAncient8923

If you are actually going to Invest then put it all in the QQQ. Use a Daily 20/50 SMA Swing Trading Strategy for Buy/Sell signals. That is it. Nothing that Retail Traders have access to beats it. Do 10, 20, 30 year Chart comparisons to any other ETF or Fund that you like. Charts don't lie. There can be only 1.

Duncan810

When you go short, you sold someone else's shares. Since they thought they held QQQ on the record date, they are expecting a dividend on the pay date. The broker will debit your account on that day.

Wide_Air_4702

I don't really understand this strategy of investing. Why not take advantage of market cycles by moving your money at least once a year? Also, tech doesn't all fall under the same umbrella. Software for instance has had a terrible year in 2025 but you wouldn't know that by just looking at the QQQ.

Various-Fig8813

It’s great that you moved from BTC to the stock market, but there are a few structural issues worth pointing out. 1. **Your portfolio isn’t as diversified as it looks.** Even though DIA, VOO, and QQQ track major indexes, they’re all US-based and overlap heavily. If US large caps fall, all three are likely to fall together. Adding **international exposure** (for example, STOXX Europe 600, Nikkei 225, or ASX 200) would improve diversification. 2. **Bonds aren’t about chasing returns.** Bond ETFs mainly reduce volatility and provide dry powder for rebalancing during downturns. Even a small allocation can improve risk-adjusted returns, especially if volatility was an issue for you with Bitcoin. 3. **Dividend ETFs aren’t necessary unless you need income.** They don’t automatically outperform growth-focused funds and can be less tax-efficient. If it were me, I’d simplify the US equity exposure, treat QQQ as a tilt rather than a core holding, and add either international equities or a small bond allocation instead of dividend ETFs. *This is my personal opinion.*

SirGlass

So VOO holds all the stocks inside DIA and QQQ , you would be more diversified if you simply held VOO Adding QQQ really does not add diversity it just concentrates your portfolio into large cap tech DIA is not a major index its just around for historical reasons as the OG index , but it still holds a sub set of stocks that are in VOO Also VOO holds companies that pay dividends, VOO pays dividends. VOO is not a growth index its a broad index that will hold both growth and value companies Diversifying is not about holding different ETFs once could hold a split between VTI (Total stock market) SCHX (dow large cap) VOO (S&P500) QQQ (nasdaq) and this portfolio would be less diversified vs simply holding one ETF VTI as all the other ETFs are just a sub set of VTI so adding those positions makes you less diverse and simply more concentrated in USA large cap stock TLDR just hold VOO or VTI, if you want to add another fund for diversity look at a fund that does not completely over lap with VOO/VTI like a foreign fund , adding bonds will reduce the risk so its fine to add bonds if you want to bring down your risk

HandsLikePaper

Probably, but her returns are similar to investing QQQ so not exactly exceptional.

HandsLikePaper

Yeah, Pelosi's performance is nearly the equivalent of investing in QQQ.

GretaVonBluegrass

I'd sit in QQQ until Jan. 2 2021, then go all in on February '21 100 calls on GME. (the stock briefly hit somewhere between 480 and 500 during the short squeeze)

foragingfish

OP has SOLD 1000 shares. This means they received $593000 in cash. Cash isn't an issue, buying power is. A margin call will be likely here, which can be satisfied by closing the short share position. Good brokers should give you some time to deal with the margin call. The risk of the position hasn't changed much due to still having the long calls. QQQ should not have hard to borrow fees, but there might be margin interest.

wombatGroomer

Several people have probably already said this, but get a couple ETFs. This way you own a little bit of everything. SPY and QQQ are a great start. Nice balance of growth and relative stability. Although, the AI hype has probably skewed things a bit.

align7

Same. A little over 37% as of today. QQQ for the win.

NVDAismyg0d

Waiting for QQQ to get within 1% of ATH and then full porting 7dte puts. 

Immediate-Result4068

Its actually better to take an "opportunity loss" and take a week off enjoy life clear your head so you can sleep then research and plan your next trades. You can't control your emotions if you are stressed. Emotions make for bad trades. size your positions smaller if you feel too much pressure about losses. Learn to read options tables they will tell you the expected move / volatility of a stock. stable ? JNJ Exxon IBM pick a low spot. put your money in enable dividend re-investment and enjoy your life check them each year. Fast Money is both earned and lost. Slightly more risky but you could do TLTW, USOI, and PFFA basically bonds oil and preferred stocks. USOI NAV has taken a beating but that's because oil has been. that won't stay that way forever ... TLTW roughly 16% Dividend not much NAV volatility USOI has been sinking with the Price of OIL but might be a good time to get in about 17% dividend PFFA stable and a 8 percent dividend. 10 years from now with no stress you will be happy. Wait for the next big 10 or 20 percent market crash and buy SPY or VOO or QQQ set and forget.

sl3azebag

how does QQQ 640 sound for Dec 26th?

PatientAd9394

I'm down 60% from being down 90%. Life advice: Although addicting and profitable (by luck), don't play 0DTE SPY/QQQ options or earning plays. This year is a write-off, so will gamble my last 1k on 0DTE options but no more next year.... that's what I tell myself, at least..... sometimes the casino is too appealing

HMonster224

\+25.11% YTD in my retirement accounts. Shares only, no options trading. I also have a brokerage account that is all NVDA shares so it just tracks with the NVDA price. I did take some profits out of that near the ATH. This was my first year actively managing my own portfolio. My goal was obviously to beat the S&P, and ideally to see if I could outperform QQQ. I figured that would be my baseline to see if I wanted to continue actively trading or just throw it all back into index funds and ETFs for 2026. Discovered that I really enjoy keeping up with company news, doing stock research, etc. Also learned some important lessons, the biggest one being THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH TAKING PROFITS. If I had done profit-taking along the way, my gains would have been substantially higher. But I'm proud of my results and all of the work I've put in, and I think this year of learning will serve me well for the future.

teamyg

One more short QQQ at 618.7, I'll see you regards on red Monday.

Stocks_N_Bondage

IMO options on the leveraged ETFs is not appreciably better than equivalent options on the underlying, because the leveraged ETFs are themselves made up of options & futures. For instance, for the January expiry, the ATM strike for QQQ has an IV of 14.6%, but the ATM strike for TQQQ has an IV of 46%. Essentially, about a little less than four of the delta-50 contracts of TQQQ are functionally equivalent to one delta-50 contract of QQQ, and this is including the 3x multiplier, per dollar at risk. So then, instead of buying 4 contracts of TQQQ, buying one contract of QQQ (at the same delta) results in the same 3x return per dollar at risk.

IntelligentDamage824

someone shoot me for buying a QQQ put instead of a call

african_cheetah

About 20% for me. Mostly sitting on QQQ and GLD. Got in a bit too late after run up.

teamyg

Shorted more QQQ at 618.35, take this!

teamyg

I expect some pull-back on QQQ early next week, just shorted some QQQ again around 618.1 and 618.2; rally is over-extended right now.

Naive-Suit3916

shareholders of Invesco QQQ will benefit from a decrease in the fund's total expense ratio from 0.20% to 0.18%. The reclassification also provides the opportunity for Invesco QQQ to reinvest income and participate in securities lending

FRNAP13

There is nothing aggressive or growth related. Just Emerging Market and Small Cap basic funds. You need to add QQQ or VONG if you want some growth exposure.

TomatoSpecialist6879

[QQQ 616p it seems](https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1pqjdvw/comment/nuvnnn1/)

dogs_and_stuff

What? The average Joe just invests in ETF’s. SPY, QQQ, VOO. Which are all up big today.

TomatoSpecialist6879

Market is beyond SPY/SPX and QQQ/NDX, I was playing APP and was gambling on a piss little 12x $0.17 APP 730c at around, literally rallied from 726 to 732 within 3 minutes and I manage to somehow get out like a bandit at $2.48-$2.63 a pop.

YouLostMeThere43

QQQ & SOXL 0DTE puts :(

Fkn1v1mem8

No you won’t, I’m out of money unless my last 3k in QQQ puts hit

Immediate_Type4095

SPX moved -0.05% since 3:30, and QQQ moved 0.03% 😂😂😂😂

Zuko2001

That’s exactly why it will rip next week to ATH’s even on QQQ before plummeting the week after when you buy calls after capitulating

aftherith

QQQ Jesus if you could just drop it a dollar per minute the rest of the day that would be appreciated 🙏

NVDAismyg0d

100% QQQ is going to pump into close. Buy calls 

stock_dude9

They will not allow QQQ to close below $617 or above $618

Miserable-Force27

This is so cooked. Criminal prop job using Nvda to save QQQ and kill puts. Big drop coming

Zuko2001

QQQ to ATH by next week would be the funniest thing possible lmao

Ill-Independent2394

Volume chart on QQQ really is insane. Maybe they did actually turn off the algos.

kstreetsushi

Yesterday I bought $614C 1/2/2026 and up 35%! Accept your loss and get onboard with the Santa rally. When NFL, Goog and AVGO back on the uptrend, YOU dont want to have puts on QQQ.

WarmCan3034

I really need QQQ to be 615 omfg

stock_dude9

QQQ is 100% dependant on NVDA, if NVDA falls, it’ll take down QQQ

MiscutKing

Time to exit 0DTE QQQ puts..

Ill-Independent2394

QQQ allergic to the SMA50

Samjabr

I dont think these QQQ 619 Calls are gonna pan out

Simple-Ease-7830

Investing in the S&P500 is similar to investing in the American economy because the largest companies in the S&P500 are either American or make their money from the American consumer. Yes it is at all time highs, but so is the economy. If you believe in 50 years the US GDP will be higher then the S&P will likely still be reaching new all time highs. The S&P 500 or QQQ is a great place for any investor to start until they begin to realize how to evaluate companies and can begin to branch out into new ETFs, or individual stocks.

tropicalia84

QQQ up 3% in 1.5 days and you're theta gang lmao

CUbuffGuy

617 QQQ magnet too strong

Samjabr

QQQ 620 today - odds?

CUbuffGuy

I think someone powerful may face death if QQQ goes over 617

95Daphne

Yeah, it's a rough estimate by me, but the SPX was down 1.5% and 2%ish at the very least in the last week of December/early Jan stretch for '24 and '25. There probably isn't going to be anything stopping us from at least treading water into 2025 end. What happens when we "get" to 2026 will be interesting because the QQQ correlation with land of coins is broken and SPX looks structurally similar to late last year/early this before it dropped, but in the short term, the big guns are gone and you're going to get drift for the time being (which could be higher).

stock_dude9

EOD QQQ puts just became far to cheap to avoid

Samjabr

cmon, TSLA - get your cult together and take us to new QQQ highs