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PidgeySlayer268

50k VOO, 30k QQQ

scooterhomeimprover

“Pushing green”. Lmao holy cope on red futures after -5% QQQ Friday 😂😂😂😂😂

Spac55

USA consume~20 million barrels of Oil per day. USA produces ~ 13.5 million barrels per day Canada produce ~6 million bpd Venezuela~1 million bpd,peak capacity ~3 million bpd How much US- GDP impact by Iran &Ukraine war? OPEC bump output again $XLE $SPY $QQQ $XLC $XLK $XLF $XLU $SMH

aomt

Market was pricing lower rates with Walsh. Now it expect higher rates.  QQQ is still up in last month with a solid 1,5%. It’s up 15% YTD. That’s super strong for 6 months. Those numbers are after sell off. 

imusuallydrunkatnine

Bro just roll this if you can. QQQ will go up eventually. But yea a lesson in sizing.

iShitBloodandCumShit

Long QQQ, Short TQQQ, short VIX, long crypto, short defensives, long software, long water long Dow. Why? Because fuck any sort of logical port.

gwrichardson42

QQQ Monday: open 695-700, close 707ish Tuesday: close 685-690 Wednesday: start of recovery back to 745, 2 weeks.

Spac55

World was never calm last 100 years, social media nowadays highlights & amplify more. Market digest it and move on. $MSFT $META $NVDA $GOOG $AAPL $AMZN $TSM global tech sector use by whole world, 8.5 Billion population. BigTech combine revenue over 2 Trillion. $QQQ $SPY $SMH

Necessary-Scallion21

I'm the same about getting out of QQQ and wanted to for a while...but if you wait till after day 15 the crazy liquidity "fast track" buy event #1 will have occurred and us QQQ holders will be victims to some degree. Then every rebalance event thereafter I suppose. Its small, I know, but the point is why take it from them when we can move our money to equivalents or better at least for retirement accounts. So dec 21 2020 Tesla got into the SP500 and they say everyone experienced a .41 cent drop because of the massive buy event. It wasn't a rule change that allowed it, but it is a precedent for this problem. It may be more of a conisidence that it was a massive buy event related to a Musk company. There's no bump after the 15th expected

Elegant-Speaker5825

The s&p 500 rejected their inclusion but the QQQ didn’t, but yeah you’re right no reason for them to panic sell when they know the stock will have 10s of billions of dollars fighting over like 3% of float. It’s just a disgusting move for the QQQ and Musk to allow himself, early investors, and hedgefunds to basically offload all the risk straight to the retail investors. Similarly immoral behavior with the xAi - NVDA GPU deal. Edit: approximately 4% of the company, 556m shares will be offered at IPO. And apparently there’s already twice the demand as there is supply. Elon wanted to raise $75B, and apparently there’s already $150B in demand for those shares. Given the demand at IPO and future demand for Nasdaq affiliated listings, I’m convinced that extremely OTM calls for expiration by their first public earnings may be a generational opportunity. Like buying calls on a guaranteed meme stock. If it’s listed at 135, I’m talking 270-300 calls, maybe higher, for 3 months out.

JonRadian

I'm keeping my VOO position but will rebalance out of QQQ, which is fasttracking Space X, Open AI, Anthropic. QQQ should be ashamed of itself.

neillson01

40k EOW QQQ puts

InIce1234

Black Swan monday 100%. Bears are right. The only question is if SPY and QQQ go up 50%+ Monday or only one of them.

MoistAd4952

Just don’t do it. You can’t say what GOOGL will be at within 2.5 years from now. I wound understand if it was SPY/QQQ. But single stock…. Are you an oracle? 

amanj41

People acting surprised at the big Friday drops. QQQ and SPY were both well above 50 day moving averages, both saw historic rallies. It’s not that deep. Job report was superficial catalyst but the fact is big rallies often have big pullbacks to fill the gap

SocraticLogic

NASDAQ dumped -4.2% on fear of a rate increase that has yet to be confirmed (and 🥭 likely would not allow), so they priced one in for funsies. Profit takers across the board. Exit liquidity for SpaceX IPO - which, fundamentals aside, is almost guaranteed to go up because only 5% of the company was offered as float - intentional scarcity = unsatiable demand = profit. After that wipeout, under these circumstances, you think people are gonna hold cash under their mattress at a guaranteed value loss of 4% a year? Or are they gonna buy the biggest dip of 2026? Positions: 19 QQQ calls @ $703

Worried_Quarter469

\-5.5% on QQQ was crazy though, out of nowhere

Playful_Fun_9073

Instead of market cap weighted S&P 500 you go with equal-weight S&P 500. Your returns will suffer because the big companies produce most of the gains and you are reducing exposure to those buying equal weight instead of market cap weighted. Those companies have to achieve certain profitability thresholds before they will join the S&P 500, and when they do you are going to wish you had them. Space x isn’t joining S&P 500 until it makes more profit relative to its market cap, but it is joining the Nasdaq 100 QQQ’s almost immediately.

Jerikolol

Take heart, my Bols! Only our Ber enemies should fear this raging storm. Darkened skies and lashing fire are all that remains for their puts, when we, the Callholders, have passed beyond. See how the pre-futures rise from its age-old slumber, prepared once again to perform its blessed role. It is unfortunate that the Bers also bear witness to the glory of the green dildos. But their dull eyes will soon be closed... seared by the SP500's unforgiving green light. At last, you see the fulfilment of Jensen's and Donald's promises. Blessed is the path that lies before the QQQ. Follow me, Bols! Let us begin the journey to phat gainz.

NoTone5350

Mid term elections on coming !! Iran US will never get deals . Republicans want to keep stocks up till mid terms . Trump will not escalate war with Iran before mid terms . Sentiment is raising by institutional sides . Retailers will get frustrated. All we are dreaming QQQ open 740 at Monday .

zxc123zxc123

Well Nasdaq100 isn't getting nothing for it. SpaceX will list on Nasdaq rather than NYSE. Such an arrangement is to be expected during a Trump admin with a lot business quid-pro-quo already going on in Washington. Some in the ETF/LETF community swear by QQQ/TQQQ saying it's just the "better" version of VOO/SSO/PRO akin to how US investors say VOO is just superior "back tested performance" VT. I always felt I'm getting "enough" returns with the VOO and any extra I need I can get from margin, leverage, and/or options. Either way, not my problem since my CHAD-VOO/SSO/GOOG/GOOGL/BAC will be dumping SpaceX onto QQQ-virgins.

cyclicalwand

Practically 0% of people have their retirement in the QQQ. Most of people’s retirement savings are in mutual funds.

Key_Lifeguard_8659

The market has this term called sentiment. It basically boils down to when something big is effecte, it effects everything around it. Also... fur what is worth. Last I heard, tesla won't be in voo, but WILL be in QQQ.

1-Dollar-Doge-Coins

Moreover, who has their entire retirement in QQQ?

OxRedOx

The issue is that I believe there is an AI bubble. The war didn't kill the cheap money and credit or drive money to bonds. In 2023 NVIDIA wasn't worth this much, the other players were further behind, and AI data centers weren't what was holding off a recession. I think this growth, which has been accelerating, isn't sustainable. Dot Com lasted multiple years, until it didn't. I'm not touching my long term investments but I'm considering dumping my QQQ and NANC for VOO, and dumping my Intel since only a couple months ago it was at 40.

nicolas_06

I am not getting flustered, I actually actively work on reducing my tech exposure because of that. just saying that SP500 at least has sound grounding even through it would be better with a cap by sector or per stock to force diversification. like not more than 25% in 1 of the sector and no company with more with say 2.5% of the index would be great. to me for indefinite term, I’d choose VT any day vs VOO or QQQ because we don’t know the future. focusing on VOO 35% tech or QQQ tech related perf is by definition short term.

ButterRollercoaster

So don’t hold QQQ. Or continue to hold it while also shorting SpaceX.

LegendOfJeff

I made a "pie" in M1 Finance that includes all of the NASDAQ 100, but omits Tesla, Palantir, and Microstrategy. I've been DCA'ing into that pie for about a year. It's has significantly outperformed QQQ.

boxesofcats

I have three suggestions. An equal weight index (RSP), Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund ETF (VXF), or buy puts on QQQ as a hedge. 

pseddit

Total Stock Market funds like VTI are exposed though not as exposed as QQQ. The problem with QQQ is that NASDAQ struck a deal with Musk - listing on NASDAQ in return for rule changes for quick entry into NASDAQ 100. That kind of quid pro quo is egregious for indexes.

Pussy_GaloreXo

They’re stealing from you QQQ’ers. That’s it thats all

chris_ut

You have all your retirement funds in QQQ? Thats unusual but you can solve the problem by switching to VOO/SPY which doesnt have fast tracked inclusion.

No_Issue2334

Fear mongering. SpaceX will not be in the S&P 500 until at least June 2027, giving it a year of price discovery. Most retirement funds are in the S&P 500 SpaceX will be in the QQQ, but its portion of the index will be relatively small because that's how indexes work. It's a pool of assets.

Spiritual_Ebb_7463

Bro chill, it’s QQQ not BTC, why checking every second 😭 

defiantnoodle

I did because I thought i was crazy, it told me that if it finishes above the long put, but below the $715, he needs to buy $7.5 million of QQQ, and the protective put expires worthless  I just know a credit spread isn't my thing, especially not max leverage position size  

No-Improvement3164

More companies in QQQ? Apple dropped

rhinest0necowboy

What's crazy is the drop in QQQ was actually more of a setback (time-wise) than SOXX/DRAM. QQQ back to where it was \~12 trading says ago while semis/memory only lost 8-9 days of gains

Ok-Analysis4121

QQQ dripping 2%, overreaction. QQQ dripping 5% is a reason for concern

crazybutthole

Me I used to own a hundred shares of QQQ and QQQM but I have been slowly selling all the shares in my IRA 😔 I was going to start some weird sector thing with dfus until sp500 recently announced they wont rug pool for SpaceX so I am loading up all my handy cash into VOO and SPYM. And it actually came at a good time for me cause I sold a lot of QQQM and QQQ - Thursday and Friday morning. Then Friday the bottom dropped a couple inches. So that was good

Voltmanderer

Went down to my local IBEW hall, filled out an application to become a commercial electrical (inside) apprentice, took an aptitude test and went through an interview, and went to work, learning as I went and earning as I learned. The apprenticeship sends you through school, gets you a job, and tracks your experience to make sure you’re getting all the experience you need to be well rounded and have the skills to building everything from a datacenter to a nuke plant or a hospital, troubleshoot machinery controls, et. al. Wages are better north of the Mason Dixon line, but it’s a tremendous career anywhere you go. Then you can take your clean money with your dirty hands and YOLO it on QQQ puts to your hearts desire, knowing you can do it again or become sensible enough to buy and hold blue chip stocks.

KyleBergstrum

Selling naked puts on QQQ is the worst decision I can possibly imagine. To the newer traders in the sub, this is how you lose more money than you have. Praying OP isn't on the hook for 300k by market close Monday.

defiantnoodle

I'm still learning but you didn't mention pin risk, isn't the potential for loss much greater if it finishes in between the puts? They would have to buy 10,500 shares of QQQ?

Emotional-Power-7242

Only Nasdaq changed the rules. S&P500 recanted and total market funds have always bought after 5 days. Another reason not to buy QQQ.

Ahamadrayasbaboon

Of QQQ? Yeah, absolutely worse things.  I sell puts on shit like that with the *goal* of being assigned. 

Ahamadrayasbaboon

Getting assigned QQQ isn’t losing everything. 

FatFluffyFish

Loaded up on TQQQ and MUU. Bought some QQQ puts as insurance. But overall probably wished I had thrown more into it at Friday close. Great discount sale

Wide-Contribution-29

I don’t know why you would have held this over the weekend. Maybe a SOXL put… or a DRAM or QQQ or SPY or… you get my fucking drift… But MRVL alone? You had the perfect exit laid out in front of you Friday. Theta alone is gonna be brutal. 

JealousFuel8195

>**The part that annoys me is how casual everyone is acting about this.** I try not to get annoyed about things I have no control. As far as I'm concerned it's just another company that comprises the Nasdaq 100. SpaceX is expected to have a 0.47% - 0.70% weighting on the Nasdaq 100. A $100k investment in QQQ it would represent $470-700.

justinj627

He was credited roughly 7500 dollars when he opened these spreads. That is his max profit. However he risked or gave up 52,500 dollars worth of collateral to receive this credit. Keyword collateral. If QQQ were to finish above 715 on the 8th his collateral would be released back to him and he pockets the 7500 as well. However QQQ tanked on Friday so his collateral is basically being dug into because the put premiums are skyrocketing and it’s being contrasted with his total amount of credit in his unrealized pnl. Basically if they gave him 7500 dollars but now it’s looking like QQQ won’t finish above 715 so they are going to take his collateral which is a much larger number than his maximum profit. Thats why it’s able to move beyond a 100% loss cause he used much more collateral then the 7500 credit he received.

live4failure

Yeah im selling QQQ monday.

miiiiiio

Why ? QQQ will open -2%

FatFluffyFish

Need QQQ to gap down then pump to the moon

Seattleman1955

That's not accurate. If you didn't invest in the market and just held cash, you would have lost much more in purchasing power. You scenario is looking at someone who received dividends but never invested them. You are also cherry picking dates for the worst date and doing nothing to remedy the situation such as buy more at lower prices. I bought QQQ in the late 90's a year or so after it was opened and haven't sold anything. My return is about 1,700%. What is your alternative? I have no "insider" info.

confused_teabagger

Did he tell you to buy QQQ calls?

Elegant-Speaker5825

Yeah it’s a pay-for-play pump and dump scheme. Some early investors will get to dump at open (I think 3% of investors or 3% of float or something will be released on day 1 of IPO, but two weeks later QQQ ETFs will have to buy the proper weighting in stock, fight with everyone else over that 3% float. I guarantee the early investors won’t sell until then, but once it’s added to those ETFs, that’s when the dump starts.

Elegant-Speaker5825

The s&p 500 rejected their inclusion but the QQQ didn’t, but yeah you’re right no reason for them to panic sell when they know that’s going to happen and stock will have 10s of billions of dollars fighting over like 3% of float

yelloworld1947

Will QQQ buy it?

scoofy

Look, I ain't buying it. I just don't know how it ends up in massive indexes like QQQ, QQQM, QQQE, and QQQLGBT+ without a serious fuck ton of money moving into a tiny sliver of a stock. Maybe they're able to do it with block trades, maybe black pools, maybe they'll do it with futures contracts, but that's a bajeezus level of money moving into an IPO.

justinj627

This isn’t a regular put it’s a put credit spread which is a bullish strategy contrary to the name. He’s betting that QQQ will finish above 715 by June 8th but you saw what happened on Friday which is why he is so red. Your risk is usually defined(unless you’re just not paying attention). It looks like he sized fucking crazy right here though.

Hour_Tie1533

QQQ skew flipping usually signals a shift in market sentiment, but it's worth checking the volume behind that change. Sometimes these flips are less about a true directional change and more about hedging activity that doesn't necessarily indicate a major move. Balance sheet strength and earnings outlook for the underlying tech giants are still the core drivers.

Heineken_500ml

He sold 105 bull credit spreads with 710/715 and pocketed $71 a pop so about $7500 in total had QQQ stayed above 715 but QQQ drilled hard below 710. If QQQ doesn't go above 710 by end of MOnday OP will hit max loss 500-71 or $430 a pop x 105. That's $45K.

zerefdragneel1314

You had the right idea because this will just be another dip on the graph, but you need to give it time to recover. If you sold puts 1 week out, QQQ prob go back to 740 ez.

ScheduleSame258

No. QQQ tracks the Nasdaq 100 - the 100 largest non-financial comeanies listed on Nasdaq. They had rules until spacex on how a new company had to wait. QQQ isn't by definition a high risk high reward play.

Xdddxddddddxxxdxd

How many people that own QQQ don’t want to own SpaceX?

Prime_Regard

He is betting that QQQ stays above $715 at expiration. The structure: Sell 715 put Buy 710 put Width = $5 Maximum profit: Credit received = $0.7124 × 100 × 105 ≈ $7,480 Maximum loss: Spread width ($5) − credit ($0.7124) = $4.2876 per share ×100 ×105 contracts ≈ $45,020 So he risked about $45k to make about $7.5k. Why is he down so much? QQQ is currently shown at $700.29. Thanks chatgpt, it sounds even more regarded when you break it down like that.

lavaeyeye

You could short Space X for 3-4% of total portfolio value. If it goes up you lose money on the short but gain on the QQQ. If it drops you lose on the QQQ but gain on the short. This would cancel the impact of SPACE X ipo on your QQQ position. The only cost will be to borrow the shares for 6-12 month

zxc123zxc123

VOO/SSO/GOOG/GOOGL/BAC are some of my largest positions. I don't have QQQ since I'm already overweight tech. Instead I have leverage Russell2k. Etrade/MS offered me to join the SpaceX IPO but I didn't sign up. Already go indirect exposure long ago.

iwaseatenbyagrue

I am confused. These say they are puts. Don't you want QQQ to drop?

Initial_Ad_9250

Didn't know you loved the QQQ this much bro

Beautiful-Rope-1390

Yes, I second that. The only condition is if the manager says, I will take 1% over what QQQ give i.e. 15-16%. If I dont give >16%, then, I dont take any fees. Does someone even do this ?

Kimberlyw416

Who’s loading QQQ calls Monday?

LuckyFly4

I trade 100+ options contracts daily using credit spreads. I execute trades using Fidelity. In my experience, if the spread is more than a penny (i.e. not trading SPY, QQQ or IWM etc.), I rarely get filled on my first order attempt. I'll have to adjust the order to get closer to the midpoint or sometimes I'll just resubmit at the same exact price and then eventually it will get filled. I've optimized my strategy over the past 6 months and it profits every single day whether the market is up or down because it relies on a large number of trades each making a small profit. I used to trade only a small number of contracts and cross my fingers for a home run and that was not a profitable strategy for me. I came across this thread because I'm trying to figure out how people are working around this 390 orders limit because I approach it every single day because of the large number of orders I'm placing and it will only get worse once I automate this with a trading bot I'm building.

Zephyruos

I started my tail hedge strategy less than couple of months ago, seems it'll start to payoff (SPY, QQQ and NVDA puts).

Rolling_in_the_Dip

!banbet QQQ -2% 48h

Rolling_in_the_Dip

!banbet QQQ-5% 48h

Rolling_in_the_Dip

Banbet! QQQ -5% 48h

bush_killed_epstein

Where are you getting this data about QQQ skew ever flipping? From what I see on the options data terminal I use, the difference between the higher IV puts and lower IV calls decreased, but I don’t see that it ever actually flipped. Maybe my data isn’t granular enough though. On what DTE did this phenomenon occur?

SirThaddeusGumdrop

Or…hear me out…sell puts on QQQ

JacquesLeCoqGrande

How did you calculate this part: The market is pricing roughly a ±$24.86, equal to a 3.55% move for the week in QQQ, which gives a 1SD range of about $670-$732.

Embarrassed-Pay-8881

Its not randomly. I jumped in too on puts after my trader buddy identified weakening RSI and a trendline break on QQQ. It was very clear and a worthwhile gamble

Odd-Block-2998

Prediction: Orange man wakes up and tweets "BUY NOW!!!" on Sunday night. QQQ +7% on Monday to f\*ck with the bears.

ebikr

I have no choice as I have a position in QQQ with a significant gain in a taxable account. If I sell now I will have to pay tax on that gain now. This would be a bigger problem than writing off the 3-4% of my QQQ holdings going into Elon’s pocket.

millenialismistical

Right now I'm way over exposed in semis chasing the bull. My hope is that there will be a fierce rebound before the whole thing crashes completely, and I will rotate out at the rebound. Honestly just planning to park in QQQ (or similar) for a little bit while I come up an actual plan. Maybe diversify a bit into energy and quantum computing. I don't believe semis is dead but it doesn't matter what I believe it matters how the market behaves I'm just here for the ride.

Various_Couple_764

They are both very similar grwoth funds. both have significant price volatility and different levels of growth or loss. If you hold over a long time you one may grow more than the other. Based on history QQQ is doing sa bit better but there is no guarantee that QQQ will com out ahead. but in some times VOO will come out ahead. However after 25 year you would have sell them fro income. One you sell a share of either fund you loose all future growth of of these shares. Eventually we all eventually have to stop working indwell need income to preplace work income. The problem with both funds is that they tend to go through long periods of no growth. IF you are selling share for income during a period of no growth or significant looses. During these periods of time you run the risk of running out of stock to sell. So some investors add dividend or bond funds for income You want enough income to every more than your living expenses. Some therefore just before retirment add these funds for income. Others add dividend or bond funds to VOO or QQQ or other growth index funds and and split the income from dividend and growth funds equally and depoist an equal ammount of money in each fund they have.

minammikukin

Brings a whole new meaning to "QQQ and Chill"

ApathysLastKiss_

I think, even if futures come in super nasty tommorrow night and we open lower, that dip is likely to get bought up. Even if it's just to set a higher low. On the QQQ your at 700, strong psychological support, 698 is where the second and third weeks of May caught a bid..you also have an hourly rsi of 15 on the Qs. And the dip buying reflex in this market isn't going to vanish overnight, likely. So that's my shitty thesis/copium. Next stops after that would be 668, and 639. Under those and it's regime change, go to defensives.

ThetaEdgeHQ

The flip back to put over call is less a new signal than a return to baseline. A cap weighted tech index carrying call skew was the anomaly, that was the melt up paying up for upside. Six vols of put richness at the 25 delta is pretty normal for QQQ once a pullback actually starts. The tradeable part is what the rich side lets you finance. Put verticals capture the expensive downside while capping the tail, and a collar gets cheaper to put on because the call you sell is now the cheap leg. Selling naked puts into IV that is rich and still rising is the spot people get hurt. One thing worth checking before sizing anything is whether this is a parallel shift across the whole skew or the front week steepening faster than the back. A steepening front tells you the market is pricing an event, not just a regime change.

biglebowskidude

QQQM - Long Term Thesis (3-5 Years) Currently $290.35, down 4.78% today. Lower-cost QQQ alternative at 0.15% expense ratio. Bull case: 10-14% annualized returns if Al monetization plays out, no prolonged recession, and rates stabilize. 3-year target $395-420, 5-year $475-535. What needs to be true: Microsoft/Google/Meta actually monetize AI (evidence needed by 2026), soft landing on the economy, 10-year yields stay below 5.5% Invalidation triggers: Sustained 10-year yields above 6%, forced antitrust breakups of top holdings, or 2+ quarters of -2% GDP contraction Verdict: Solid core holding for long-term investors who believe in US tech dominance. Not exciting, but historically reliable. Today's dip is noise not signal. Full 3-5 year thesis at norrisai.us — code REDDIT-FREE-TRIAL

wanseer18

Prob about the startups getting culled but comparing it to the dot com crash is just stupid. QQQ aint crashin. Plus ppl have been saying the startups will be culled for a year and it hasnt happened yet so that might not even happen.

shortvol_trader

Yeah I’ve been watching it too What stood out to me isn’t even that puts got richer again — it’s how fast sentiment shifted after one ugly move Feels like we went from “upside convexity at any price” to “okay maybe I want some protection” really quickly I’m not reading it as outright bearish either. More like positioning got crowded and people suddenly remembered downside exists The thing I’m watching next week is whether skew keeps steepening without price actually breaking down. If QQQ stabilizes but downside protection stays bid, that feels more like fragility / hedging demand than directional panic Also curious how much of Friday was just people repricing after realizing a low VIX + crowded tech positioning isn’t the same thing as low risk

Inst_Sock_Sales_Rep

Some of you here bought QQQ puts yesterday This means markets rallying next week 

OurNewestMember

Calls decrease, puts increase as the dividend approaches. Holding shares requires capital to be tied up which deprives you of the riskless rate. However, the expected dividends are value-neutral for the shares position but create cash flow, so that reduces the amount of opportunity cost for carrying shares (you're not earning the riskless rate on your capital, but you *are* earning the dividend). Since calls offer an alternative to shares exposure but require less capital, they require extra premium to you pay to the MM who hedges the sold call with long shares and is losing out on the riskless interest. But because that burden is reduced because of the dividend, that extra premium in the call is also reduced. Once the QQQ dividend goes ex in a few weeks, the call premiums will pop back up to restart the cycle, and someone will say "there's call skew in QQQ!" And I'll make some comment somewhere about interest rates and carry and someone will say "rho doesn't matter!" (Which isn't what we're talking about, lol, but it's going to happen) And then *we*, too, can repeat the cycle

onerandomcomputerguy

No thanks. QQQ calls 4 lyfe

TequilaTrader

It was mainly on my 250 shares of QQQ

memmolemmo

The end of the day on July 6 is when QQQ is forced to buy into SpaceX. The 0dte calls 10 minutes before close on that day will hit harder than crack.

memmolemmo

The end of the day on July 6 is when QQQ is forced to buy into SpaceX. The 0dte calls 10 minutes before close on that day will hit harder than crack.

TheDrFruit

The fastrack into the NASDAQ100 (so basically QQQ with its $400B), along with the changed float rule, and the change to the weightings is a bit... Transparent ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

whk1992

Let QQQ and other NASDAQ funds hold the bag.

technojoe99

Retail is not allowed to sit out the SpaceX IPO. SpaceX will be fast tracked onto the NASDAQ 100 index after just 15 days. This means any passively managed ETF or mutual fund based on the NASDAQ 100, like QQQ or QQQM, will be required to buy SpaceX. Retail can't sit out unless it rotates its money out of passively managed funds and into actively managed funds. The system is rigged.

circadiggmigration

You said > Paying taxes on capital gains would cause a greater loss You're now conflating your cost basis with the loss you would realize from a tax bill. But you don't have to realize the the loss in space X or the "greater loss" because you could 1. Direct index your portfolio that underweights space X 2. Do the same with all QQQ dividends 3. Use low income years to sell off specific positions in QQQ to tax harvest the lowest bracket. You present it as binary choice between being forced to hold QQQ for eternity or liquidate it all at once + realizing gain. You don't pay the taxes until you realize the gain in that year, not when you sell the stock. Seems like a pretty obvious oversight for a "professional".