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Tricky_Recording5222

Pilot being rescued is good for at least a +1% move in QQQ

No-Improvement3164

How much capital are we talking to move SPY and QQQ.

likwitsnake

New rules won't effect VTI immediately, the fast tracking will happen on the Nasdag so unless you're holding QQQ or the Nasdaq 1000 you're not going to be effected. Also VTI is very well diversified it's top holding is NVIDIA at 6%, SpaceX could be added then immediately go to $0 and it wouldn't have a massive effect on the ETF (although that scenario would inevitably mean something is wrong with the market as a whole)

BuffMaltese

Sold out of the money QQQ call spreads, bought TSLA put spreads and MRVL puts.

JellyfishFestival

Before the year is over we're going to see a limit down in QQQ

zxc123zxc123

Hey at least we can agree that there is some BS. I also came to the conclusion that BOTH: 1. AI/Mag8 being fake hype and an AI bubble 2. AI/Mag8 actually disrupting SaaS with AI Can't both be true. Or at least not true to the extent that the market is pricing. Congrats on reaching 1st order of effect thinking. That makes you smarter than the average WSB regard. Sadly 1st order isn't worth much when there is 2nd/3rd/4th/5th/Nth. >Positions: Puts on QQQ, XLK, XLF. Long duration. I'll go with MSFT/MAG8/VOO + reserve of gold/STnotes. If it dips buy more. I'm also bearish on the market/economy, but being a 🌈🐻 is hard and often a loser's game. I'd rather be defensive and keep buying dips.

FurlessSasquatch

Well done both of you. I went QQQ 630 to 560. Cleared all downside positions there. Now just back to scalping both sides of ES

ai-moderator

# TLDR --- **Ticker**: QQQ, XLK, XLF **Direction**: Down 📉 **Prognosis**: Buy long-duration Puts **Boomer Fantasy**: "AI is killing SaaS! Just build it in-house!" 👴💭 **Actual Reality**: The entire tech and AI sector is taking a massive shit together 💩🔥

Big_Generator

That is *the best* way to trade options! You can buy and sell *hundreds* of contracts a month and there are no tax implications until you take distributions. If option trading was disallowed everyone would just pile money into index funds and you can see how well that strategy works in a flat market like 2026 so far. (SPY down almost 4%, QQQ almost 5%). Oof!

katrav86

yeah. so if you have sold naked puts on NVDA you sell short QQQ shares to build a hedge If you have NOT sold naked puts on NVDA, you sell short QQQ shares to hedge other people's portfolios. it's called doing the Lord's work

katrav86

QQQ is strictly for shorting. NVDA is for selling naked straddles.

testy_balls

If at the absolute worst possible point to buy QQQ leads to the same result as buying broad market over a long time horizon, then you're making a pretty good case to buy QQQ

BeginnersDuck777

QQQ 555P Expiring Monday. Take me to the moon 🌕

vinkulafu

Or buy QQQ on Monday and sell after index addition. Profit.

wild_b_cat

>Choosing QQQM is not some completely different idea. It is the same basic choice, just taken one step further. Not really. Normal Bogle philosophy *does* suggest an international allocation, but to the extent it's still US-centric, it's not a bet on US growth specifically, but rather to remove currency risk. In other countries, the Bogle recommendation is to go heavily into *their* native VTI-equivalent. >Then it is reasonable to argue for concentrating in the Nasdaq-100, which is made up of many of the most profitable and scalable companies in the country. Except that the top of the NASDAQ is already very expensive *precisely because* everyone understands that those companies are scalable and profitable. And everything you said could have been said 30 years ago about the companies that then topped the market: GE, Shell, Exxon, etc. You could make a really strong case then that energy was the future, and so anyone betting against those already giant and profitable companies was being dumb. That prediction was wrong. Yours is likely to be, also. The market has always seen churn, with different companies rising to the top. You're the one betting that cycle is going to end, and you're not really making a strong argument that way. But I know I'm not likely to change your mind. If you started investing over the past 10 years, you've only seen a QQQ-dominant world. It's hard to imagine that ever changing, I know ... but people in every age have thought that and they've all been proven wrong by time.

zeppo_shemp

>I believe QQQM is the stronger growth engine the S&P 600 beat QQQ over the past 25 years. https://imgur.com/a/ijr-vs-qqq-2000-to-2025-7OOKO5j

Euphoric_Employer528

Sorry fam don’t bet against American #CharlieKirk triple leveraged QQQ

BigDummy1286

I did similar with 584 QQQ puts expiring 4/2. Sold them immediately and pocketed the cash. There have been a few times I’ve regretted selling early (106 SLV puts 1 dte that were at 86 and went to 76 by EOD) but I generally take the profit if I can at open

Nice-Truck8806

Counterpoint regarding VOO: the top 500 US based companies.... aren't *really* US companies. They're all multinational regardless of where they are incorporated. I would argue it's just currency risk, not country risk. SPX funds also have lower fees that funds like VT. As for VT: they have holdings in countries that are typically seen as uninvestable. no other countries have robust consumer protection like the US, and some countries don't even require corporations to release earnings statements, balance sheets, etc. They're like 1920s stock markets. Even if they get a high risk premium, many people don't think the risk of fraud is properly compensated. As for QQQ: based on the same logic, you should buy OTM LEAPS instead. how aggressive is too aggressive when you're early in your timeline?

kountconk

Is there any hope for real downside next week? We floated on low volume, have a ton of overhead resistance on SPY, and not a lot of volume on support until 639. Can we please, *please* have some consistent downside, for once, so bears can eat? Or are we going to continue have oil spike and somehow SPY just bounces from here to 700 for no apparent reason other than "Buy the dip, guys! Bottom is in!" This shit is insanely frustrating bears got like an hour or 30 minutes to eat before market inexplicably rips to the upside. Hope bulls get completely slaughtered this month sick of this shit man. SPY to 625 and QQQ to 545 this fucking week. Let's let oil rip and dive to a lower low.

Technical_Scallion_2

You are absolutely right, and I actually had the sell order ready and was about to hit submit, but I got greedy. I was down for the week, and instead of being OK with 300% I got greedy for 500%, because it seemed like every time I sold, it went up 2x5x more. But never again, I’m always going to sell half at open going forward. I did buy a whole bunch of put options near close, but the IV premium was so high I was paying $3 for a $3 OTM QQQ put. I basically needed a 1% gap down just to break even, so I sold right away (at a loss of course). I still have 50 QQQ 4/7 560 puts but it would need to be a disaster Monday for those to have a chance.

Local_Falcon_2864

QQQ IG Weekend: -120 🐻😎

dudeatwork77

Looking forward to QQQ group action lawsuit when space x dumps. For breaking the rule. Investors didn’t expect this

Axe_Raider

VGT or VUG or XLK are good approximations of QQQ.

testy_balls

Even if you lumped summed QQQ in 2000 your portfolio right now is pretty similar to if you done the same for SP500. 

JacobP79

What’s an easy investment QQQ?

OkDiver6272

$63 invested in typical broad ETF/Mutual fund (SPY, QQQ, VOO, etc) and left for 20 years would be about $650k - and that’s without adding another dime. After 30 years you’re talking $2.2 million. 40 years, $7.5M

ApathysLastKiss_

Crypto diverged from soc a few weeks back and has been going sideways while spy and QQQ have gone down

Vast_Cricket

S&P- 85% momentum return consists of 7 tech companies. Rest 501-7 companies weights only 15%. Since 21st century there has been 5 corrections. Some lasted 3 years with S&P index loss of -41%. Last one was during Trump 1.0. It caused almost -10% fall during his first few months. After DJT announced a total victory yesterday hitting a civilian bridge because he could not destroy military commanding center, Iran attacked US high tech centers in middle east fired 200 missiles back how you think US tech stocks will fare later this year? In terms of YTD return QQQ returned -4.8%, S&P fared -3.4%, Dow Jones 30 avg lose -3.2%. If you look at other less sensitive to war, oil price public companies the story is not much different. I can see a cheering of economy and stock market if Iran surrendered signed a treaty. I have been anticipating this since mid last year. Most AI stock sold gain went to munibonds that are relatively safe while not paying gain taxes. Precious metals, defense companies, domestic oil refineries is what I added several months ago. One needs to take a position early before evens occur. When DJT talked about Venezuela I sensed he is heading to middle east.

Axe_Raider

Nasdaq has. if you were holding QQQ for a decade, declare victory on your massive gains, and sell it.

Saltlife_Junkie

Not this time. Oil will go fucking crazy Sunday night. May see attacks all weekend. It’s going to open red. I bought puts Friday against INTC. I want SPY and QQQ as well. I should have bought them Friday but that BS pump scared me. 0DTE is the answer.

Technical_Scallion_2

It was me, I had 100 QQQ puts that went to from +300% to zero. I caused it.

TotalInstruction

Just like stocks, you need to diversify and limit your exposure. Choose different time frames, different delta strikes, different underlying securities with low correlation (e.g. SPX and QQQ are highly correlated, but SPX and WMT less so), and try to balance your deltas closer to zero. You can still make money on most of your trades if the market stays relatively calm and you watch closely and mitigate risk by employing profit-taking and stop loss limits. Even if you have a huge up or down day that busts some of your positions, others won’t suffer nearly so badly or may even counterbalance the losses. But yeah, if you just load up on spy credit spreads in one direction with one expiry date with more than 30% exposure at one time, you will eventually have a run of spikes or crashes that will blow up your account.

aftherith

Weekly QQQ atm puts. Bigly.

No-Improvement3164

Was that Bull Flag looking one day chart on SPY and QQQ just a fake out and opportunity to load puts? This market has me confused. 😵‍💫

cedrus_libani

Yeah, but a new IPO that's bouncing around and trying to find its level isn't the market. Love 'em or hate 'em, the big dogs at the top of QQQ are exactly where the market thinks they ought to be. You can buy the lot, and the only risk is the market moving against you. If you play the IPO, you're also exposed to the price discovery process, which may or may not end well for you.

Pale-Silver-8178

Despite this chaos calls will print monday some negotiation talk truth social will do Logic doesnt work in this market we saw yesterday -1.5% QQQ overnight to finishing green who tf?

BobtheChemist

That's one reason I like to create my own mix of stocks and avoid certain "passive" index fund etfs. Much easier to avoid stocks I don't like, as well as not have 40% of my retirement income based on 7 stocks. You can buy \~40 stocks and etfs and have a very diverse portfolio as well as be better balanced and have flexibility to buy low and sell high with some individual stocks. I'll not buy QQQ again.

emblemboy

I have about 1100 shares of FLY stock that I got through stock options at my old company. Post IPO lockout ended in February and I've held so far. I'm currently thinking of taking a little bit of risk with this. My stock basis is like $0.60 a share. The total amount cost me $670 to get. Currently they are worth around 35k since FLY is currently at $33 a share. The talks of a space x IPO seems to be inflating lots of space stocks. My current plan is to sell 10% or so and re-invest I to SPY/QQQ, whatever. For maybe half of the remaining I'm really considering doing covered calls as a way to get some credit. And then just holding the rest. Or am I just overthinking all this and I should just sell all of it an reinvest into an index fund.

Monk_Boy

Why not just sell puts on the SPY or QQQ at whatever you think the bottom will be.

coachtdam

!banbet QQQ 600 7d

Dstein99

SpaceX is an exception because the Nasdaq 100 is a large cap etf, investors buy the Nasdaq 100 because the fund’s objective is to track the 100 largest companies listed on the Nasdaq. Based on that objective they would rather own a $2T company than a $10B company. This is the first time an exception has been made because we have never had a $2T IPO before and a $2T company has a lot more influence to move the market than a $20B company. I say if you don’t like it sell because this exactly aligns with the Nasdaq 100’s objectives, to track the 100 largest companies listed on the Nasdaq. No one owns QQQ because they need to be in on Zscaler’s innovation because they barely made the cut as one of the 100 largest companies on the Nasdaq.

BobWileey

Sell CCs on QQQ?

Dstein99

They can choose whatever rules they want as long as they disclose the rules to the investors. They certainly don’t need to ask investors for permission. If you don’t like the funds holdings then don’t own the fund. If you want a quality screen build your own ETF. If the management is a load of crap don’t pay the management fee. No one is forcing you to hold QQQ, I don’t see the issue.

himanbansal

All the logic points to it probably going to pump after being fast tracked to the index.  Millions of normal people of the type to find Will Smith slapping Chris Rock to be the most important news are just going to casually keep pumping their 401k into it without even thinking. That being said I'm not buying the SpaceX IPO and don't have much QQQ.

Loperenco

I was so fucking tempted to buy further puts on this pos QQQ or long oil but decided to juat have a break for the sake of mental health over longer weekend. Lets eat popcorn and observe

Caterpillar-Balls

Fortunately we don’t have to buy QQQ

eje0100

My opinion trade TQQQ with shares. Buy options with QQQ. When did you buy them and at what expiration and strike? They most likely went down due to theta decay.

whydouhatemecablegod

at this time, i would like to bring your attention to the $493 gap on QQQ

misterbluesky8

I’m a proud thetagang member, and it’s because premiums are so high. For example, if I’m selling cash-secured puts, I try to sell the slightly out of the money. Now that premiums are higher, I can go significantly farther OTM and insulate myself against bigger moves. Of course, with CSPs, I only need to worry about big moves to the downside- if the stock goes up, I just cash out sooner. I own 100 shares of QQQ, and I’m getting over $100 in premium for 2 DTE covered calls that are about 2% OTM. I definitely wasn’t able to do that before the war. 

squish_squashington

QQQ low today was 571.66, I can’t see prices anymore but they must have been at least $4, probably more. I think this position must have cleared 10 mil. $400x25k contracts?

CoachDennisGreen

I read all of that and have no clue so I guess I’m glad I sold my QQQ in my taxable account in February and will have to file quarterly taxes for the first time ever but no longer hold QQQ.

Appropriate-Good-358

Why do elons companies get 300-400 p/e by default? Never touching QQQ shares because of this and MSTR and Tesla.

ExplosiveDlarrhea69

Seems like you'd be better off with just SPX or QQQ. When the yield is good it's probably like 12% and when it's bad it's probably negative.

AgnosticAbe

Ok here’s another question. I bought 20 shares of QQQ at 575 on margin. Is it ok to deposit 2k a month until it’s “paid off” or is that uncommon and I should just sell it at a short term profit? I wanted to hold it long term… but is that stupid on margin?

The-zKR0N0S

I’ll risk keeping 0.3% of my investments in QQQ

Other_Information_16

You will eat that shit no matter what. Musk has a deal to get spaceX into qqq after just 1 week. He will most likely get in SPY as well less than a month. So every 401k that buys QQQ and SPY will be eating this giant pile of shit.

Thump604

I have already completely exited IWM because of this and just hoping QQQ and QQQM get above cost basis before the change. Effing timing …with chaos clown in the WH.

greyenlightenment

bitcoin lags QQQ again? no way

WOW_SUCH_KARMA

Sentiment is correct. Terminally online Redditors are consistently wrong about the stock market. Actual companies are making money hand over fist. If you got your news from earnings reports, rather than Truth Social posts, you’d know this. The K-shaped economy is in full effect and trying to make a Mag-7-less “QQQ” is absolutely idiotic.

amanj41

150k in QQQ options instead of NDX is insane

NastyNas0

Does anyone know if VGT (which tracks an MSCI index) will be affected? I'm thinking of switching out my QQQ for VGT.

Sweaty_Platypus69

SPY and QQQ is really like the Dog meme where everywhere & its surroundings are on fire... but its saying Everything is fine lulz..

RichardUkinsuch

Calls on both QQQ and NVDA? Do you know something the rest of us dont. If you're gonna gamble like that why not SPX 100x the fun

howdudo

Maybe Bob is sitting on like a super high QQQ start. Those of us that bought that last dip I think are going to be sitting just fine..

Low_Sheepherder7990

i bought QQQ puts... might be fucked, who knows anymore.

Technical_Scallion_2

I actually got 300 QQQ puts near close, and realized the IV was so high I was gonna be 2/3rds down if the market just opened flat. No thank you, sold all and going to go outside

greyenlightenment

Shorting Bitcoin +long QQQ still the greatest method ever. originally my idea in 2025, still running it now

gh0st-33

Iran needs to hit QQQ headquarters in the middle east. That’s the solution.

TheDrewWorldOrder

lol, QQQ just pumping at the end of the day after recovering from a 2% loss with oil prices up 10%, beautiful, love to see it.

spudbro00

how the fuck is IWM up .7% after being down 2% this morning and QQQ being red. Normally if QQQ is down .5% IWM is down 1%. complete bullshit

king_m1k3

The mag7 is almost half of QQQ at this point. Can you even consider it an index fund? And it’s even 1/3 of SPY. If the AI revolution disappoints even the slightest, a lot of portfolios are going to get hurt

Puzzleheaded_Tie5967

QQQ the land of degenerate option traders.

Outrageous_Tip_2133

I am 40% in SPY/VOO, 25% in QQQ, 15% BRK, 10% cash, 5% GLD, and 5% Bitcoin. If you are holding tech (or QQQ, you would have noticed that the downturn had already started before the war. I have just been increasing my cash position since the war started and kinda regret not buying some SPY when it hit 630 earlier this week. I think any moves below 640 wil be bought quickly from now on.

FirstGenerAsian

QQQ $590C? Inverse WSB? Thoughts? Or is it too regarded? What do my fellow regards think?

Sober_Alcoholic_

I haven’t seen manipulation this obvious in awhile. Max pain QQQ is obviously below 583$ NVDIA and MSFT will pump/sell to ensure it stays in the range. Fuckers.

absolutxtr

oil back to it's highs as far out as June and July. August almost. SPY/QQQ: meh. it's cool. that's only a few months. I'm sure it'll all blow over.

Kaesix

Greed will get ya man. QQQ opening -2% is about as good as it gets, very limited upside and a much higher chance it would recover (like it did). Lesson (hopefully) learned. 

rcantu314

VIX red and QQQ green EOD pls dear algos

Muted-South4737

I am holding one last put, QQQ 540p 4/24. I will never buy another put again under this admin. Until the next time.

Weekly_One8412

My brother… if you bought 680 calls on QQQ, when the market dunked this week, you could have turned $4k in $150k. Keep up those returns though, alright? Alright.

Timely-Fly-6828

If this is still open he is making a profit now with QQQ 245pm

tonypan2000

QQQ is growth, those are broad market. SCHG or VUG may be better potential replacements?

SirGlass

Well its nasdaq However many funds like VTI already include newly IPOed companies very quickly like with in 5-20 days This would make QQQ more like VTI because VTI is already doing this

madhattr999

Ah.. so is this topic kinda overblown since VTI has already operated like this? Maybe it's not a big deal that QQQ acts similarly if VTI already works this way? Or is it mainly just a big deal because of how SpaceX investment is structured internally?

momofuku18

Got it. Buy calls on QQQ

sparx_fast

Isn't this float adjusted so the impact to QQQ may not be as bad since SpaceX is only selling a small portion of the company?

madhattr999

I am asking which funds are vulnerable, and which funds are not.. So if people want to avoid the vulnerability, how should they adjust their portfolio? Seems like I have some things wrong, but your post didn't really clear up my questions. Are you saying that QQQ and VTI will be vulnerable to SpaceX's manipulation, and SPY and VOO aren't?

frank_in_scottsdale

Fair concern but I'd push back a bit. Nasdaq changing its methodology is not new - it's rebalanced concentration rules multiple times since the dot-com era. SpaceX getting fast-tracked doesn't change the index's DNA, it just means more growth exposure, which is exactly why most QQQ holders bought it in the first place. The real question is whether the valuation premium you're paying for that growth actually delivers. I built my own 25-stock factor basket in my taxable account a few years back - quarterly rebalanced - and it's worked well, but it requires discipline most people don't want to deal with. If concentration risk is genuinely the concern, M1 Finance handles exactly the custom allocation use case you're describing without needing minimum thresholds.

Efficient-Rabbit-751

Get this right. VIX +3%, Oil +10%, and QQQ/SPY not dumping? It is a fake out, bull trap, beware. Dont say you weren't warned.

sirzoop

it's going to be funny when you underperform QQQ

TheDrewWorldOrder

Oil pumping and QQQ pumping at the same time is the most retarded thing the market could do, so of course it's going to do exactly that.

SirGlass

what ? QQQ is affected by this rule SPY and VOO both track the same index , S&P500 what has its own requirements VTI already adds new IPOs basically in 5 days so VTI wouldn't need to adopt the rule they already have the same rule for years.

madhattr999

So which funds? QQQ and SPY? VOO and VTI are okay? Everyone should basically switch from SPY to VOO right then?

Specialist_Exam_8433

Start war: QQQ +5%, end war: +10%. Infinite money glitch.

Ok-Age-263

QQQ STILL IN A BEARISH TREND ON THE DAILY https://preview.redd.it/pcguglgnctsg1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aaa606370572d7c08e5fc115c4e443dce5f2867d

StocksStormTrooper

SPY QQQ DOW still red🤦

Sober_Alcoholic_

My tin foil hat observation is MMs are using NVDIA and Microsoft to prop up QQQ above 582.50 to avoid too many out contracts expiring ITM.

SirGlass

Do you hold QQQ or QQQM?

iFiredIce

Shout out to the guy who bought 400k in calls on QQQ and NVIDIA that expire monday