QQQ

Nova-JC

QQQ 560 by Friday is that too much to ask

Real-Cauliflower6638

!banbet QQQ to 626 2 hours

Happy-Champion1661

ez already up on QQQ calls from IV pump alone

TreGet234

Chatgpt is saying 25% gold/broad commodities, 25% world-ex usa with EM, 35% QQQ/s&p100 quality large caps, 15% short (0-3y) duration bonds. Seems sensible, not too different from a good 2010s basket but tilted towards mild dollar debasement and US stagflation. Possibly also a dedicated healthcare/defense/utilities/infrastructure slice up to 15-20%, but then you're really expecting the next few years to be rough.

Fast_Half4523

why did QQQ drop so quickyl?

altarius_ETI

ngl you’re already way ahead of the curve at 20 – regular 2.5k/mo is the real superpower here, not the perfect ticker mix. Right now you’re basically running an all-US, mega-cap growth bet (VOO + QQQ + the same names again as single stocks), so you *are* diversified across companies but not really across regions or factors. You don’t need to wait till some magic “age” to start adding a bit of **intl** or even a small bond slice; you can slowly tilt that way any time your risk tolerance says “ok, this volatility is enough.” A super boring but strong setup would be something like broad US + broad ex-US as your core, then decide later if you still wanna keep QQQ / single names as a small spice on top. Not advice, just how it looks from the outside tbh.

EventHorizonbyGA

If you want to understand why holding TQQQ long term is bad just look at the return of TQQQ from 11/2021 through 12/2024. During this period of time TQQQ returned 0%. Whereas the QQQ (the 1x ETF) was considerably up. The problem is TQQQ is adjusted every day for drift. So over time it will decay due to volatility. Click on the 5 year here to see the this effect. [https://stockanalysis.com/etf/compare/qqq-vs-tqqq/](https://stockanalysis.com/etf/compare/qqq-vs-tqqq/) If the AI bubble bursts or just deflates a little holding TQQQ can wipe you out entirely.

DontPeeInTheWater

You're splitting hairs. You stated that QQQ, about 50% of which is the mag7, is very likely to continue to outperform VTI. Based on what?

Leading_World_3813

That’s how it used to be. TSLA is one of the few tickers that now has 0DTE options every single day (Mon–Fri). They drop them at like 3am ET and they expire at 4pm the same day. Just pull up the chain in whatever broker you use and you’ll see expirations literally labeled: Dec 10, 2025 (0DTE) Dec 11, 2025 (1DTE) Dec 12, 2025 Dec 13, 2025 (weekly) etc. Same for calls and puts, full strike range. Been this way for TSLA (and SPY/QQQ) since mid-2023 when the exchanges started daily expirations. So, every morning you can sell a put that dies at 4pm. That’s why the theta on these red-day + green-overnight setups melts so fast, literally hours of decay instead of days. Welcome to the casino!

Even-Taro-9405

Yeah, I like simple. For years I invested in individual stocks. Bought and sold when it felt right. Holding for 1yr minimum to avoid short term tax. I did well. It was always a bit stressful deciding what to buy, when to sell, how long to hold cash. Some years better than SP500, but never consistently better. So 15yrs ago I put everything into SP500 and QQQ. It worked out. I guess I was lucky.

TheInkDon1

The question IS a bit too basic, but not because of the options aspect. Have you invested much? Like a few years' worth? Even if it's just shuffling money around your 401(k)'s offerings? Were you invested through the Dot Com bubble of 2000? The housing market bubble of 2008? I'm guessing neither. But that's okay, because those were actually slow train wrecks that anyone paying attention just weekly could've traded out of. Heck, maybe even traded *through*, because something is *always* going up, even in a bear market. What about the COVID crash of March 2020? That's an especially appropriate one because it was so fast and so deep. And yet *because* it was so fast and deep, and due to an overblown worry, "the market" recovered quickly. How long did it last? Go look at a chart of SPY and adjust it to show you just 2000. 3 months. That's it. 3 months after March 3rd, SPY was back to where it had been. (QQQ or any of the other indices will be similar.) Can you see how LEAPS Calls could easily carry you through a drop like that? But don't hold them to expiration! Because expiration might've been 1 of those 2-3 months the market was down. That's part of why I keep mine out beyond 1y, as outlined in the post. Take care.

Fluffy-Word3110

We all know what the next big crash is going to be. There's going to be some fraud involving AI where we find out some of the big investments by the MAG 7 were getting no returns or are straight up fraudulent. All the AI startups will vanish overnight and QQQ will be halved. But we have no idea when this is gonna be. It could be next week, or a decade from now.

Slightly-Blasted

The most sought after IPO next to openAI. Next year gunna be huge. Wouldn’t be surprised if they were immediately added to spy and QQQ.

Worried_Quarter469

QQQ went from 640 to 580, while GOOG was doubling

Yul_B_Alwright

If you don't mind massive selling on the stock and a chance of more. I'd wait it out... SMH, SLK, SPY, and QQQ, getting hammered. One analyst calls it the 'Silent distribution' as there hasn't been rotating into your normal safe havens. Cash is king right now.

Excellent-Mud2091

I hope at least an initial pump so i can get rid of these fuck ass calls. I have 650 QQQ 645c expiring on the 15th at a .29 cost basis

AbrocomaNegative825

Ever since softbank made the mm's lift a finger off the anal bead vibrator remote last month we've been learning a LOT about tokyo lmao. How much you wanna bet every big bank has a seat in the executive suit in that bank now? That shit brought about the largest QQQ order ever seen. Made shreks pee pee look like a peanut.

Happy-Champion1661

!banbet QQQ +4% 21d

Aggressive-Ad-2707

All I want for Christmas is ATH for QQQ. Is that too much to ask?

Crazy_Donkies

LOL.  Maybe QQQ, maybe HOOD.

TickTockTaudit

Calls: QQQ/GOOGL/NVDA/HOOD/RKLB/TE Put/hedge: IWM

Excellent-Mud2091

Fuck ive been dcaing down to QQQ calls but it just keeos going down. Im 6800 down already

Fluid_Mango_9311

Now do the comparison with QQQ

Johnnysgotaproblem

Only a fool would take it out, I’m 57 and I’m all in with VTI, VOO, QQQ has all dome well for me and will continue to do well.

skymagic

QQQ bears in shambles 🤣

ButtholeAnalogy

QQQ still owes us a trip to 540

Excellent-Mud2091

I think i see a double bottom on QQQ

-TrueFacts-

SPY and QQQ ATH tomorrow please (just to fuck with bearhunter)

TickTockTaudit

I’m still recovering from the QQQ +2.5%>>>> -2.5% Thursday. Correction: I’ll never recover

chalupabatman2404

QQQ 625 wall is the one 🥭wanted to build

breakyourteethnow

It's extremely hard, we agree there, however if pulled off correctly then you agree it's lucrative. You have to ask yourself you see VIX stays $12-$16 over the next 90 days? After December, seasonality or potential santa rally hopes, soon as Jan. comes highly doubt SPY breaks 7000, especially if QQQ starts to diverge we're going to see a big vol. pop. I can buy shares at $45, sell $50 CC, if we grind down to $40-$35, set sell order for $45 to cut even, take the premium as small profit, repurchase LEAPS on the VIX pop which was too early on and drifted too long. If you're exiting within 2-3 months either for profit or breakeven, rotating back to the LEAPS will be profitable. I understand the challenge of what am doing and think you are underestimating the idea.

breakyourteethnow

Fair enough, I believe VIX at $16 with current administration, everything currently in the air, once seasonality of December is over next Jan. or Feb. absolutely believe UVXY will pop hard. Am waiting couple weeks to close port. Waiting for more divergences to appear. If QQQ starts selling off but SPY drifts higher we're about to see a real vol. pop

ShroomGrown

WMT now part of SPY and QQQ

financiallythriving

Do you guys prefer SPY or QQQ for options

Relevant-Flatworm926

why sit in cash? why not at least hold QQQ

MCgoblue

Why not just hedge? I too am skeptical and started diversifying away from tech stocks. Luckily got in early on gold and put a good chunk in broad bond indexes. Probably will further shift some of my treasuries to a more global index. I did cash out on almost all individual stocks and put a chunk of it in QQQ to still have exposure to the run, but if it crashes I won’t be broke. It doesn’t need to be all or nothing.

Samjabr

I have travelled from the future to warn you all that QQQ a21 EOD

Nova-JC

Dow and spy dump QQQ doesn’t budge

chuckroastvalue

SLV third highest options by volume in today's trading behind only SPY and QQQ, kind of nuts

Excellent-Mud2091

I need QQQ at 627

PotadoLoveGun

Need QQQ to have a 1% day today. Pappa pump needs to talk

Accomplished_Suit651

QQQ up 5 points, or I'm ruined

Ke1001

Just sold doing 0dte QQQ with the rest.

OlimacTV

QQQ: after that rejection, it seems like 625 is the top of the day.

Kirko_Cousins

QQQ at neckline from last Thursday's high, but looking to blast right through.

PapaCharlie9

You can't use LEAPS "options" for a covered call strategy. A QQQ covered call would require 100 shares of QQQ. What you may be mixing up is a particular type of diagonal call spread that is nicknamed a "Poor Man's Covered Call," but that's just a nickname. It isn't actually a covered call. And don't write "option" when what you really mean is a call, since puts can also be LEAPS options. Calls typically can't be treated as marginable equity in a RegT account. Maybe in a portfolio margin account. If IBKR makes an exception for RegT with specific expirations, you'll have to contact IBKR support to learn what that exception is. Please report back if you learn that such an exception does exist and what the expiration limit is.

Retropixl

10+ years from now it won’t matter, just invest in QQQ and delete the app.

Affectionate-Day2743

Walmart on the NASDAQ is mind boggling. but here we are. seems to be enjoying its first day over there thus far. would Walmart have to be added to QQQ now that its on the NASDAQ?

Ceyenne18

I'm going to laugh my ass off if my QQQ 627 goes ITM

Samjabr

What time QQQ 630?

Cruian

* Consider VTI instead of VOO to capture smaller companies as well * If you really do think tech isn't appropriately valued yet (or it is the only thing not overvalued), use a real tech fund, not QQQ(M) if you want a tech tilt. Though you may also need to consider communications (for companies such as Alphabet/Google and Meta/Facebook) and consumer discretionary (for companies such as Amazon and Tesla).

CallsOrPutsYES

The FAKE NEWS will not stop a GREEN SPY and QQQ day

DontPeeInTheWater

> QQQ which will very likely continue to outperform VTI. What makes you so confident? Past performance does not predict future performance

hallcyon11

I bought mag 7 and have had a ~30% annualized since I started investing in 2024. Now I only buy QQQ which will very likely continue to outperform VTI. People hate the idea that they’re leaving money on the table so they tell themselves it’s impossible to beat the market. First of all, anyone can beat the market if you apply leverage to the S&P 500. And it’s been proven that when you’re young it’s optimal to take on a small amount of leverage. So, if you’re young today, you should have a higher concentration in the top companies. You should also have a small amount of leverage. Now we have ETFs for this so it’s easier. Something like 50% QQUP, 50% QQQ is reasonable.

graavejrsdag

It is a good choice tho. Share appreciation + dividends on 5 years have beat both SP500 and QQQ

Worried_Quarter469

Huge gap down on QQQ wat happen

Livid_Cost_8378

Hey y'all,1 question​ About the specific margin and collateral requirements regarding the use of QQQ LEAPS options as the underlying security for a Covered Call strategy in my account.​What is the minimum remaining time until expiration (in months or days) that QQQ LEAPS must have to be fully recognized by IBKR as a qualified collateral/marginable asset to "cover" the short call option? ​thanks ​

Any-Development5656

Insider info. QQQ puts tomorrow. target 618

Dense_Ostrich_6077

They hold the underlying index QQQ and sell derivatives for income. Drawdown risk in bear market but long term should be quite solid

azurekevin

Leveraged ETFs of any kind, both long and inverse, aren't really investing. They're tools to use if you're very sure which direction the market / specific stock is going to move to in the short term so that you can make more than you would from just buying the underlying ETF/stock. But if you're going to try any kind of leveraged ETF, I would actually suggest going with a long ETF because the market tends to go up way more often than it goes down. Just don't hold it for very long because even long ETFs will decay and trend down in the long term (the mechanics that cause this are a bit difficult to explain and would need a separate comment). If you want to **invest**, and this is what I actually suggest, then just buy QQQ or QQQM and hold through the ups and downs. It's basically guaranteed to pay off.

azurekevin

Pull back the chart to max on SQQQ. Now do the same for QQQ. History shows that the market / NASDAQ not only always goes up in the long term, it does so at around 10-15% per year on average. If you try to inverse that, you **will** lose. Just look how much SQQQ has decayed over its lifetime. Given enough time, any position in SQQQ will effectively approach 0. An inverse ETF like SQQQ is only meant to be held for a brief period when the market goes down, and *has to be sold* as soon as the market starts to go up again. The problem with that is you have to nail your timing almost perfectly. Also, even if *you* think there will be "crazy" times ahead, you're probably wrong, or even if you're right you might not play your cards correctly. My personal read is that right now is the time to be bullish, so I would completely avoid any inverse ETFs.

TKDNerd

A 3x leveraged inverse ETF is still a dangerous idea. Even if you’re right but the bull market continues for another 3 months you could still lose a bunch of money. If you really want to bet against the market buy QQQM puts (QQQM as it’s cheaper than QQQ). They are relatively cheap due to the expectation the market will do well. When you buy a put you are buying the right but not the obligation to sell 100 shares of that stock at the strike price. For example a $170 put for QQQM expiring in June 2026 is $2.10 per share or $210 for the contract. If QQQM falls by atleast 34.5% by then you can sell the put for a profit. It is less risky than an inverse leveraged ETF as you don’t immediately lose all your capital if the market explodes tomorrow. If that’s too expensive you could look at SCHG puts (SCHG is a tech heavy fund filled with growth stocks). It’s share price is much lower and so the put premium is too. For $125 you could buy a $28 put expiring in July 2026. If SCHG crashes by atleast 17% you will make a profit. If a 2008 style crash comes you will make a bunch of money. If not your option will expire worthless and you will have lost the entire investment.

Wintrgreen

It can work as a hedge, if that's something you want to do. I wouldn't take a large position in it, personally. Due to the triple leverage you can downward hedge your investments with only 1/3 the capital of a normal short. Say you have 100k in QQQ, you could put 33k in SQQQ and, in theory, your total balance should remain roughly the same regardless of whether QQQ goes up or down. Just know that if the market continues to go up you are missing out on a lot of gains from having capital tied up in SQQQ.

Diligent-Living882

i’m closer to the latter situation. the only thought i have, and it’s against your prediction of QQQ continuing to grow is I truly think it’s about to get worse than ‘08/Covid and very soon. so i was simply thinking throwing $200 bucks at it (which is allocated) wouldn’t be a horrible idea. worst case scenario, im right and the economy collapse and i make a few $k. if i’m wrong, the rest of my portfolio continues and the country is fine and i lost a little money

Diligent-Living882

so what would it look like if you know what you were doing? are leveraged etfs just something that require much more knowledge to successfully profit off of? in my mind it was just as simple as “if you should invest in QQQ when the stock market is doing well, you should invest in SQQQ if you think the market is about to collapse”

TKDNerd

It depends on how big the rest of your portfolio is. If it is $5,000 and you are heavily invested in tech then it might seem like a sensible form of downside protection as only a small portion of your portfolio is risked. If your portfolio is $1,000 then it’s a terrible idea as the losses could potentially outweigh most gains anywhere else. I would expect QQQ to go up around 20% over the next year, if that happens you will lose 60% of your SQQ investment. If you are okay with that possibility then you might consider it.

Tiiinygecko

So I bought 5 QQQ 4dte calls 10 minutes before regular market close. Then QQQ shot up in the final 10 minutes, and is continuing to go up AH. I dine well tonight 😋🥩🍷

GneissFrog

weren't you the guy shorting QQQ from the 590s?

Cultural-Visual8799

I just buy QQQ when I am not sure.

rcantu314

All the ingredients in place for a 3% QQQ day tomorrow

LabyrinthLayers

QQQ 630 tomorrow 🤞🏼

Odd-Block-2998

QQQ $650 by Christmas!

Odd-Block-2998

QQQ -0.19% only today. It is not a red day. NVDA is green.

TheIslandLifeSucks

Thanks man, and i'm glad yours went well, profit is profit after all. If QQQ keeps tanking in after and pre market, you think calls could work after a bloodbath like today? Could very well keep going down no?

TickTockTaudit

Calls: QQQ/GOOGL/NVDA/HOOD/RKLB/TE Put/hedge: IWM

TomatoSpecialist6879

Lmao that straight line revived my QQQ 624 fds right before close like nothing

applerascal

!banbet QQQ 1% 24H

Lapidated_Llama

QQQ going green while Google continues to drop? What bullshit is this.

yatv

bro frfr just ONE full port 0DTE call… just ONE… and i’ll be SET FOR LIFE man (scratches neck aggressively) then i’ll put that shi in QQQ and VOO. i can FEEL jpow whispering tendies into my ear… i’m basically front running destiny at this point.

dangernext

HOLY bro stop, full port QQQ, setup auto deposit, delete the app. Check back when you are 65

tugrulthelol

Lmao SPY, QQQ, and DOW were all just -0.45% wtf, completely equal

DefiantDelta

QQQ down, corn down. QQQ up, corn down. lmao

dangernext

I hovered over a QQQ 4 DTE full port call and couldn’t do it. GOD I’m such a pu$$$yyy

Odd-Block-2998

QQQ $581: hello, everyone, how's life during past 2.5 weeks?

markandersonfb

!banbet QQQ 615 4d

Mossad_psyop

Let’s go got 2 QQQ 640 c for march

TomatoSpecialist6879

Would be nice GOOG stops being an intraday piece of shit and fucking dragging SPY and QQQ down

Kirko_Cousins

Somebody sound the intraday bottom. 0DTE QQQ calls are primed.

Emere59

QQQ V when?

thegx7

I was green. Now I am red, balls. I guess QQQ fucked my green bulls and calls.

eggplant_parm827

I always talk more about QQQ/SPY. The Market. Any stock can always go down, but the actual market is too rigged to ever go down. They will just throw green candles at this all day any time you think it's actually going down.

jauch888888

But QQQ is probably less volatile than the other two.

jauch888888

True, QQQ isn’t officially a tech ETF, but in practice it behaves like one — over 60–70% of its weight is in tech and communication giants like Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta and Google. So functionally, it’s heavily tech-tilted. But yes you are right. Thanks.

therealjerseytom

QQQ isn't tech, so no. VGT or FTEC or similar would be a better fit.

jauch888888

Like the QQQ?

SmarterThanWSBMods

!banbet $QQQ -7% 2w

Technical_Count6208

I want to see market bleeding 🩸 so I can pump more money into VOO or QQQ

Affectionate_Ad_5586

Made a quick $3K on SPY/QQQ puts this morning https://preview.redd.it/6bsr1jr7306g1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e09e1535a3a596d964044501ae2b9fe85d532a1

Ke1001

When i have 10k left ima sell. And put it all in QQQ 0dte

Accomplished_Suit651

QQQ calls, Tesla puts gonna make me even more poor