QQQ

getbentspez

CIFR being up 17% today is saving me from my stupid MFST and QQQ calls

bigjimsribs

All I want is QQQ at 572 and it’s just not gonna happen

VictorDanville

The Everything Money channel is for value investing, and they shorted NVDA and QQQ years ago. How did that turn out?

tradetofi

I make a living selling 0DTE indexes like SPX and QQQ. You can't blindly sell them or you would get wrecked in a long tail risk event like what u/bfreis mentioned. Writing options puts probablity on your side. The trade off is that the risk is also on you. You need to able to time your entry and very solid risk control to be able to make it work. Risk control is more important here between the 2.

Advanced_Bee7365

Just to be clear I never said buying TQQQ was a good idea, I was just saying that if you were going to buy it, that slowly adding during down turns would be better than going all in at once like OP is describing. As far as the 2009 crash: QQQ went from $49-$27 during the 2009 crash. Using this method your initial 25% placed in tqqq would go to zero but the other 25%% would get close, but the second installment wouldn’t and the last 25% would have hit near the exact bottom. If OP were to invest his way and go full port at the top he obviously would have lost everything, so I still don’t see how this method isn’t better. Also, TQQQ proceeded to go from $29 to $400 after that. Also, the final 50% allocation of his portfolio that didnt go to zero would have proceeded to over 100x in qqq over the next 12 years after that crash.

TheeLawnmower

Market makers are gonna keep QQQ pinned this week. Sell into strength and buy into weakness. There is money to be made next week Mon-Wed.

jangofett27

Is QQQ gonna die ?

NVDAismygod

Whenever you have a flat day it’s typically followed by large volatility QQQ is going up or down 3% this week. Hope I pick the right direction

kawkface

Can QQQ moon right now pls

NVDAismygod

QQQ fighting for its life to gap up

Siva-Na-Gig

I agree, feels like gravity is about to hit hard on QQQ

Icy_Bookkeeper_208

Feels like Sellers are about to step in and crush the QQQ based on the volum that stupid and anemic 🥭 tweet pump. The mojo isn't there for now.

Still-Analysis-133

QQQ https://preview.redd.it/1c8t89c4dsjf1.png?width=856&format=png&auto=webp&s=bc461cde5d2f6edd26e9e45c063ca4d314a28711

Unhappy-Thought-3136

QQQ looking like it wants to go to the shadow realm

Kaeptor

How are my 0dte OTM QQQ calls that I held over the weekend doing?

Ok_Application6926

4k in 2 min QQQ puts done for the day gl regards🫡

Accomplished_Suit651

Dear Mr Market, if you could find it in your heart to pump QQQ 2% today, I promise not to buy any more fds for the next 48 hours

Jimbob404error

I got 2 QQQ puts 3 weeks out

Clever_droidd

QQQ

sarhama072

The wrong math, as you would have to divide .3 by $578, as the option premium is paid on the shares sold of QQQ and not of the NQ, but yes- absolutely right on the concept

jeffynihao

QQQ 560 would you get $6 per contract. You really think its worth locking up $56,000 to make $6?

aomt

More or less as you described. It's all about probability. When Boing designs ACs, they calculate risk/outcome. Chances of, let say, your entreatment system failing is "relatively large" - but they dont care, as outcome close to nothing. Chances of fuselage blowing up is extremely small, but result is catastrophic. Whats important to note here, chances of that happening is not zero. They could have reduced if further, but its about cost/reward. Now, I can not talk for OP. For that - you need to ask the OP. To translate it to stocks - if Trump or JP will talk later in the day - it (imo) bad idea to open a put. If there were no major news, market is flat, volume is low and no news are expected, opening something 4% off is "relatively" safe. Chances of QQQ dropping 4% in a day is minimal. Chances of it happening and QQQ takes "years to recover", to say it in your own words, are even less. Indeed, chances are greater you will get assigned put at QQQ -4% and than it pops back up. I don't have statistics for it. There is always a chance Trump, Kim, Putin decides to nuke someone. Market will crash and might take decades to recover. In other words - that is YOUR risk right now holding anything. But you say, chances of that happening is so minimal, that you are willing to take this risk to get whatever returns market offers. Otherwise, you really need to sit on cash/bonds/gold. But you dont, do you? Same with OP, I would assume. He says, chances of 4% drop is too small, that he is willing to take those pennies. Especially if OP is happy to buy QQQ at current price -4% - if he is actively looking for an entry.

aomt

I completely agree with you on that one. I would like to offer (possible) explanation why people are doing it. As Im thinking about it sometimes. Right now Im sitting mostly on cash, I closed most of my positions and moved it to SGOV. I can still sell puts using that as collateral. If I see a play as a very safe bet - why not make extra 20-500$? In absolute worst case, I would be stuck with QQQ at that price. Which kind of ruins my thesis of sitting on cash and waiting for a pullback. But its not end of the world. That being said, usually I will be looking for plays that Im really comfortable with anyway. QQQ at current level -3% is not what Im aiming for.

Most-Sun4067

SPY and QQQ have now broken the lower trend line of last two week’s bull channel. Things are getting interesting.

greyenlightenment

close: QQQ green ,btc deep red. same as always

sharpetwo

On paper it looks like “QQQ has to drop 3%+ in a day, that never happens, free money.” In practice you’re shorting pure gamma and selling crash insurance. That 560 put is priced the way it is because once in a while the index does puke 3–5% in a session, and when it does you don’t just lose the premium: you’re suddenly long a ton of deltas into a falling market. That’s the trade: a few pennies for max problem in a problematic situation. Pros don’t usually think “I’ll sell this one naked put.” They’re either running it as part of a systematic VRP book across strikes/tenors/tickers, or they’re offsetting one tail with another: think short where skew is bid, long where it’s cheap, because anyway, when shit hits the fan, correlation goes to 1 and everything goes south. Sometimes they’ll structure defined-risk spreads for margin or tactical trades, but the real way they cap tails is through diversification and balancing exposures, not a single 560/550 vertical. That said, as a retail trader, nothing wrong with that: I was just laying that out there to maybe sparkle other ideas inspired by the pros. So “reasonable”? Only if you treat it like insurance underwriting: it works most days, and sometimes the storm comes. The real edge is understanding when there is a storm, when there will be a storm or when the cloud look menacing but will pass. You often won't see that in charts, but in deeper statistical analysis and regime analysis in particular. Retail can use spreads to avoid a wipeout, but if you want to actually do it like pros, you need to think in terms of running a portfolio of short vol exposures and offsetting tails, not just leaning on one 0DTE put and hoping today isn’t the outlier.

SB_Kercules

I run a strategy on QQQ but it's aimed at trying to sell the call and/or put weeks prior, and trying to let it get to 0DTE and expire so it can be rolled out another 14/21 days. It serves as a hedge against a long position of its basic components. I keep the delta low, sometimes negative and just roll along trying to milk the extrinsic value week after week.

0_1_1_2_3_5

Sure, but are you ok buying 100 shares of QQQ if you are wrong?

superhappykid

Bro if your day change is 0.31% = 9159. People can still work out your total portfolio.... Just chuck it into QQQ and Spy. It's enough to live a nice life. Take out 100k a year for fun. Let the rest ride. On average in 10 years it'll be over 5 mil.

bfreis

I'm curious, why is it that these kinds of ideas are becoming so much more popular here? >What do you think of this idea To me it looks like an absurd idea. >does it seem like a reasonable risk-reward trade on a normal day. I'm incredibly curious what would lead anyone to consider that a reasonable idea? Looking at the equivalent options in NQ, since NQ is open right now and QQQ isn't so prices aren't really representative of reality. With NQ at 23851.50, the equivalent strike is `560/578*23851.5` which is around 23110. That option can be sold right now for 0.30. That is an annualized return of around `0.30/23851.5*100*365` which is around 0.46%. How likely is it that you're gonna get assigned? Extremely unlikely. So yeah, you'll be able to make \~0.46% *annual return* for a while. What about when the NQ decides to go down, say, 4%? That single day you'll lose over 0.8%. That is, **in a single day, you'll lose \~2y worth of returns**. I'm really, really curious... do people actually think things through, and come to the conclusion that "yeah, sound's like a good idea!"? How?! Or do people have no idea what they're getting themselves into? Wow.

Effective_Dog3089

QQQ 0DTE Calls

TheTideRider

Not a bad idea. The premium looks nice. QQQ very rarely drops over 3%.

SammySossa1

Anyone buying QQQ calls this week

PaymentNecessary1667

I thought about doing that, I bought 200 QQQ puts 10 or so OTM cheap and got vaporized when QQQ went up 10 so if I had calls I would have printed it’s making me sick thinking about it would have been 200 k. Good luck mate.

Jordykins850

🌽 to 85, QQQ to 495. Return to March.

Heyhayheigh

It’s just the buy and hold version of QQQ (NASDAQ). More volatile than sp500 (VOO). But if you’re set to auto buys, volatility is actually your friend. Best of luck out there.

SammySossa1

Thoughts on QQQ calls?

Aggressive-Donkey-10

nothing matters in a Bear market, everything, even the cheap value names go down, just only 30% not 83% like QQQ did in 2000-2002, Fear takes over, and especially even the contrarian plays sell off as people need cash to cover their Margin calls, so gold will fall etc. although MO - Altria went up >100% in that bear for me in 2000-2002, guess people still gonna light up. side note MO or it's predecessor Phillip Morris has highest total return of any stock in US history, like 162 million percent - wow, per Dr Henrik Bessimbinder's research from ASU.

Individual-Habit-438

I know that whenever bitcoin drops like it did I'm looking to unload indexes that are up purely on vibes in low volume futures I follow a buy the close sell the open strategy and that was a good time to take my 0.35% in QQQ futures and close out early

Individual-Habit-438

yeah when it lost support my first move was to take my .35% QQQ overnight gain and ring the bell futures are just vibes when nothing has happened since Friday and bitcoin dumping brings bad vibes

Jordykins850

I have QQQ retesting 490 before Halloween 🥲

-medicalthrowaway-

Reddit’s been spamming me with Invesco QQQ and Baker’s Semen Volume & Taste enhancer… And, I’m not quite sure where to go from here.

No_Series4815

My portfolio is currently split with about 30% in VT, 10% in IGF, 10% in IEMG, 3% in GUNR, 15% in MTUM, 5% in VNQ, 10% in GLD, 15% in QQQ, 1% in EWX, and 1% in ARKW. I’d recommend putting this in ChatGPT just ask it to analyse it when it performs when it struggles through different economic situations and pros and cons of this then make a opinion

Good_Ride_2508

Just invest $5000 into QQQ, forget the password, then reset password after 15 years, enjoy the money !

diytrades

Lol ok... probabky should have loaded at 90 back in April ... fortunately I was a short trader for 15 years .. buying and holding is easy, but when the market goes bearish thats when the big big money days come. The conviction will be insane, we are talking 10000 put contracts type of risk on SPY and QQQ .. names like PLTR and RDDT down 5%+ a week for months...going to be EPIC and the long biased "investors" will just HODL and give up the gains 🤣

PaintIntelligent7793

I would sell and reinvest in SPY or VOO, or maybe some breakdown of those plus QQQ. Either 60/40 or maybe 50/30 plus 20% in individual stocks or bonds, depending on risk tolerance. You’ll get higher growth that way. Make adjustments as needed, of course.

greyenlightenment

same price for 7 weeks now as QQQ keep going up, and was 124k last week

NVDAismygod

QQQ calls

Starkfault

Actually, if you want a good comparison, $FNGS has the same holdings as $FNGU but it isn’t leveraged. FNGS 1y: +41.67% QQQ 1y: +25.47% FNGU holdings are NVDA, NFLX, NVDA, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT, META, CRWD, NOW, AVGO all weighted around 10%

d2waffler

Just sold some gold for 31k. Going into college, I only need a few grand for my spending. Looking for something reasonably safe, or maybe a combination of things to wisely put my money into. Somewhat afraid of putting all of my money into the stock market. Zero experience investing. Any tips are appreciated! To answer the recommended questions: I’m 18, in the U.S. I am not employed Want to have money for trips/future house in maybe 10? years Not a big fan of risk 4k invested in the market already (mainly QQQ)

bearhunter429

Mostly QQQ and tech stuff.

-medicalthrowaway-

Just had an Invesco QQQ ad pop up on the reddit app. Not sure how to play it… Puts on QQQ? Calls on RDDT? Or continue to flip a coin on SPY 0dte..?

swampassOG

Hedge funds and speculators have turned increasingly bearish on the S&P 500, with net speculative bets dropping significantly, as reported by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). This shift coincides with the formation of a double-top chart pattern on the daily chart, a technical signal often associated with potential reversals or downward pressure Options flow and sentiment are bearish: Net options sentiment for SPY and QQQ plummeted into negative territory, with puts leading calls by millions in premium (e.g., $7M+ for ≤90DTE). High put/call ratios (above 4.0 for August OPEX) and bearish weekly tension closures suggest downside bias, especially on OPEX day (August 15 Grok

MaybeTheDoctor

Yeah, but if you are in 100% VOO you probably want to decide if you want to look into some ETFs that are more diversified and probably international, but less performant at the current rate, simply just as a risk mitigation. Until earlier this year I was almost all in on VOO/SPY/QQQ and I retired, so restructured moving more (60%) more bond ETFs, some international, and some income ETFs and 2 years living expenses in a 4.5% money market fund.

UndergroundHQ6

Real advice gramps: come back in the new year. Seriously. Not a good time to invest even SPY isn’t safe right now with tariffs. QQQ is akin to the dot com bubble, the banking sector seems to be banking (lol) on the fed reducing rates, and I swear to god if I see one more person recommending SCHD I’m gonna lose it

Ascension100

Curious what's your targets cause I can see this maybe moving 20-30% but asml has barely tracked the general semiconductor etfs. Qqq is up about 43.5% since the lows in April 9 of 423 and the Philadelphia semiconductor SOX etf went from 3388.62-5908 peak now down 2%, so at the peak a of 72%, and currently 70% gain after the dip , while asml has gone from 575-742 currently or a 29% gain in this same period So basically QQQ= 44% return, SOX=72% return and ASML= 29% return . ASML can't even match QQQ so it's lagging hard Usually it can match the sox etf at least but it's failing now due to bad tarrif guidance . Realistically I think if we don't factor the next earnings it could maybe go up 10-15% in the next month or two but after that earnings are a shit show . ASML just has a habit of fucking up earnings so I wouldn't bother doing it unless it's puts

NVDAismygod

QQQ calls at open 🤩

Individual_Section_6

If you were somehow unlucky enough to put all your money in at the exact top? Who does that? 5 year Tqqq return is 164%. 5 year QQQ return is 104%. 10 year TQQQ rating is a whopping 1,666%, while the QQQ is only 463%. And that’s with decay. The returns are even better holding it longer. What imaginary charts are you looking at?

greyenlightenment

another week where btc doesn't go up and QQQ keep making new highs

Individual_Section_6

5 year Tqqq return is 164%. 5 year QQQ return is 104%. 10 year TQQQ rating is a whopping by 1,666%, while the QQQ is only 463%. The returns are even better holding it longer. What imaginary charts are you looking at?

Fluid_Contest_7594

Why not keep it even simpler. Some SPY/QQQ equivalent to ride with the market (so you don't feel bad if it goes the other way) and if there is a correction you think about a SPY or QQQ leaps if affordable?

DexterTwerp

Yeah I’m a bot. Pardon me for liking Bitcoin’s risk adjusted return over QQQ

Few-Chemist-3463

Past results aren’t indicative of future returns. If you pull up the TQQQ chart vs QQQ, you will see TQQQ returned 5% since the late 2021 top vs 45% from QQQ. That means over those 4 years you lost 130% due to decay. So you would have to be a complete idiot to hold a 3x leveraged instrument for extended periods of time.

HeidNuu

If you research crypto cycles right now is probably one of the most riskiest times to invest into bitcoin. If the cycle repeats then you'll be underwater heavily in BTC for a while. IMO don't do crypto unless if you've done a ton of research or are comfortable seeing your crypto portfolio -50%-80%. Gold is a trash investment. It's only for the ultra rich to stay rich. I myself am 80% VOO 20% QQQ which is kind of funny seeing chat GPT recommend something similar.

throwaway996120

You will recover from this, I lost $200k and blew up my account, doing ok now. Start with smaller SPY or QQQ positions, buy and hold initially. Options are… more exciting and you can do them later…

Practical-King574

In the past Berkshire, QQQ, Google, GEV. Right now Google and I'm thinking about Intel and United Healthcare. I made an spreadsheet with automated black Scholes calculations and trends to help me make decisions

Kaeptor

!banbet QQQ -1% 24h

Shacreme

Ahh finally someone that speaks sense. Yeah I’m thinking about buying a few OTM QQQ or SPY puts expiring in November or December and calling it a day. I tried shorting the index with futures (when the tariffs were coming back), and I got burned even though I had stop losses. Once the initial sell off happens, I’ll sell the puts I bought and then go at it with futures again because the delta provides the overage I need.

Relevant-Ad4735

VOO, SCHD, QQQ are a great place to start. If you like income check out the NEOS funds, SPYI, QQQI, etc

trent_upscale

Options flow and sentiment are bearish: Net options sentiment for SPY and QQQ plummeted into negative territory, with puts leading calls by millions in premium (e.g., $7M+ for ≤90DTE). High put/call ratios (above 4.0 for August OPEX) and bearish weekly tension closures suggest downside bias, especially on OPEX day (August 15)

SammySossa1

Thoughts on QQQ for this week?

BurritoFucker6969

If the QQQ rises +10% over a month, but all of a sudden Trump fumbles a trade deal and it creates a scare in the market The market then goes -10% in a few days You are now a net total of -4%

Quick-Wall

Are my QQQ puts gonna pay this week?

TypeAMamma

VOO is over 40% made up by QQQ, making a separate QQQ redundant. Having said that, this is smallstreetbets, so put it all on OPEN. Moon or Wendy’s.

Advanced_Bee7365

Wouldn’t it make way more sense to swap your etfs for leveraged etfs on strong down turns and then slowly switch them back after ATHs? For example, QQQ drops 10% and you move 25% into TQQQ, then it drops another 10% and you move more another 25%. etc. Then you would slowly move from TQQQ to QQQ as you pass ATHs

Kaeptor

Im broke and went full port QQQ calls. How cooked am I?

CoughRock

6.5x in 45 years \~= 4.2% APR. SPY since inception is 9% APR. QQQ is 14%. if anything, real estate lagging behind market severally. Evenly on a risk adjusted return.

floo82

Calls on 3x leveraged short QQQ

optionsthatlose

$QQQ 8/20 577 and 580 calls - i need a hail mary also grabbed some $BABA 8/26 121 calls for ER.

Kaeptor

!banbet QQQ -1% 48h

nbiz4

I’d probably do 80% total market US or s&p 500 index, 20% international non-us index. There’s no real reason to do QQQ when most of the total market or s&p is tech anyways. This is what I do personally.

Iron-condor-6050

But how would the defense sector be affected by a cease fire? Wouldn’t they drop. And would the drop from the companies that make up the defense sector have enough weight in SPY and QQQ to counter balance the rise. I don’t know the answer but my assumption is there would be minimal impact.

Last-Cat-7894

Might I suggest splitting the 80% in VOO and QQQ and instead doing 40% in VOO and 40% in VXUS? Gives you some upside if US tech continues to dominate the global economy (honestly pretty likely IMO), but protects you in case the rot in the US political system spreads more into the private sector.

Clearance136

Buy VOO and QQQ

crazybutthole

Why do you need a YouTuber or other source? It's easy. 1. Make a fidelity account. 2. Deposit money. 3. Buy ETFs You can choose for your self but it's easy to just buy sp500 like VOO or SPLG. (Sp500 is best 500 companies in America) If you want more diversity - go with VTI (every company in America) or VT (every company in the world If you want more tech exposure just buy QQQ. (BEST 100 Stocks on the NASDAQ) Too confusing? Too complicated. Here's the plan: Insert $300. Buy $100 worth of VOO Buy $100 worth of VT Buy $100 worth of QQQ Rinse and repair that exact same process as many times as you possibly can - over and over every payday the rest of your life. When you are 60 you will retire very very rich. If you need help understanding the different types of accounts - it's not super complicated just ask for help. Invest as much as you can in company matched 401k first. Then as much as you can into Roth IRA up to $7000 max. Then if you still have money left - put it into taxable brokerage account. And on all of them keep repeating that process. Insert $300 buy $100 worth of VOO. $100 worth of VT $100 worth of QQQ. Rinse and repeat every payday till you retire. Done. No YouTubers needed

jarMburger

There's several academic studies pointing out over the long term (simulated based on constructed data dating back to 1900) that 1.5-2x leverage is the optimal for total return. So you're on the right track. It's also good to see that you already consider the exit strategy. Given the potential volatility decay, may want to look into trend following so go between 2x and cash (or some folks prefer just the 1x funds like SPY/QQQ).

campionesidd

If you’re invested in QQQ or the S&P500, you’re already heavily invested in AI and semiconductors in general.

floo82

What if I have no cash sitting around wasted, just full port leveraged 3x short QQQ?

givemeyourbiscuitplz

Replace the QQQ with an international ETF excluding the US and you're good for a 100% equity high risk portfolio with a 20 years horizon.

IDreamtIwokeUp

So there are lots of leveraged funds out there such as $QLD. They are extremely dangerous...because they magnify the downside more than the upside...and they reset daily.. Let's use an extreme example with QLD. Say the sp500 is "100". It goes from 100 to 75 on day 1. Then 75 to 100 on day 2. QQQ is fine...and is back where it started. But QLD would be down 16%. This seems crazy that movements that in the long term are neutral result in a loss...but that just illustrates how problematic these leveraged funds are. If you are interested in learning more look up "volatility decay" or "leverage trap".

Electronic-Raise-281

There is a small group of people who holds TQQQ long term. Note that leverage product aims to produce the leveraged results per market day, not per annum. This means that a 10% drawdown a day would be 30%. Also, note that a small drawdown will require a significantly higher climb to reach breakeven. For example, a 50% drawdown will need 100% gain to recover. This principle is true everywhere but especially important in a leveraged product that has big swings both ways. Do your own math and see what your risk tolerance is. This is a very high risk, high rewards path. The wise thing would be to spread your port out between QLD, QQQ, and VOO so you arent over leveraged.

MLB-LeakyLeak

You’re going to get told now because of decay etc. “the last 5 years haven’t been typical” literally heard the same thing 5 years ago. I hold a decent amount of TQQQ and have so for ~8 years. I hedge with VOO/QQQ and buy on market downturns. Yes it’s ok to have a higher risk tolerance when you’re young. It’s also ok to time leveraged ETFs.

RamaZamas

QQQ is meant for trading not investing and has higher fees. Use a vanguard or other tech ETF with low fees like VGT. Fees eat into profits long term.

DiamondG331

You can also buy Put LEAPS. I mean buying an ITM Put on say IWM will not lose you just have to plan to exit when you make a certain amount and wait to buy again. Every time I’ve done this and sold the front month Put I’ve pretty much barely made any money worrying about protecting my downside it’s not worth the street. I sold some TZA and SQQQ puts, safer way to play and QQQ Puts

DexterTwerp

You’re already massively exposed to tech. I would eliminate the QQQ holding and go for international or more Bitcoin

Zealousideal-Car6780

It seems solid to me... just two observations, 1. VOO and QQQ overlap by about 50%, not necessarily bad if you want to overweight tech 2. Zero exposure to ex-US markets, again not necessarily bad but worth considering

Josh_The_Joker

Assuming you’re investing beginning in your twenties, ETFs offer an easy and effective way to reach retirement. 7% seems to be a very modest expectation over an average of 20+ years. VOO or QQQ will out perform that. Say you put $500 a month split between VOO and QQQ over 30 years at 12% average gain. You’d have $1.4M. The 4% rules allows you to take $56K out yearly allowing the bulk of your investment to continue to grow. Assuming you are getting social security, likely another form of retirement, and own your home, you’ll be more than set up for retirement. Changing to $750 a month gets you to $2.1M and $84k to withdraw yearly.

alfapredator

2x levered QQQ hold for a year

Kaeptor

I full ported my last dollars into QQQ calls friday at 2pm betting that the dictator meeting went well. How cooked am I?

disisfugginawesome

I’m saving for my 2 kids. One has a UTMA with: NVDA, SPY, QQQ. The other has a 529 with a target fund. Are you doing 529s with target dates for college? I’m also more screwed bc they are in private elementary school and will go to private high school.