QQQ

greyenlightenment

this is why shorting btc way better than puts. BTC dumps 4% like nothing, whereas QQQ may open .5% lower and then go green.

greyenlightenment

crypto shit the bed as always. watch as QQQ only open a little and goes green

greyenlightenment

QQQ,

cleatosthefetus

This all depends on experience, bro. I turned 300 into 10k in 2 months in a challenge account, but if you’re just starting out this will be extremely challenging. SPX/ QQQ/ SPY puts/ calls are the way, but you’re going to have a very limited amount of plays you can use in a day. Only take the best set ups and don’t look for moon shots. 100 the first day, 150 the next, etc. a million is mathematically impossible with the correct risk management. If you were starting with 10k the likelihood of achieving that goal is much higher. Shoot for 100k this year and then go for a million. You could also look into highly volatile options like MU/SNDK. NFA, but like I said don’t try and shoot for a million.

MutaliskGluon

You know theres gonna be a TACO (probably blockade being pulled) plus a tweet at like 7 am about "ceasefire talks going well Iran wants to make a deal" and QQQ will be up another 1.5% tomorrow on more nonsense

the_humeister

Whoever was on the other side likely shorted QQQ when it moved above 649 and then exercised the long call in order to lock in profits.

GammaReaper_

OP got assigned when they thought the calls were OOM and expired worthless. Now they are unexpectedly long QQQ over the weekend, hence the reason for the question. Or at least that's how I'm reading it.

PapaCharlie9

Sure, as long as the orders are on two completely different trades, like buy a new SPY call and sell a QQQ put that you already had open. If you meant on the same trade, no. However, some brokers support **conditional order types** that might get closer to what you want. For example, for an existing open position like a long QQQ put, you can use an OCO order for both a limit order to close for a profit and a stop-limit order to close for a loss. If the condition for one is met, the other order is canceled. Another conditional order is a bracket order. It combines a limit order to open with an OCO. Once the limit order to open is executed, the OCO becomes active.

C2theC

Not when referring to ETF indexes where QQQ is traded on the Nasdaq, based in NYC in ET. Why not even

PapaCharlie9

This is why I asked. SPY ≠ the US market. SPX ≠ the US market. QQQ ≠ the US market.

GammaReaper_

OP is the person who got assigned so they are now long QQQ...

I_am_Nerman

Why not just QQQ?

fudge_mokey

I see QQQ above 649 at 5:25

ImpossibleEnd64

Except SPY and QQQ are trash for selling calls and puts because of low IV If you want to make money with CC’s buy a high beta growth stock and sell weekly CC’s

Intelligent_Trip_310

Last week I ran an experiment. Last week within 30 minutes of market opening I placed two orders. With QQQ I ordered 1 call about $2 out of the money at half the current price and the same with 1 put. I then went outside to work in the garden. About 2 hours later I saw both orders were filled. QQQ was up. The call was up! I took a profit. The put was down and I placed an order to sell. It never did sell. For the rest of the day QQQ mostly went up. Put expired worthless and I netted $8 or so. Since then I turned on notifications on completed trades. Had I known sooner about the completed trades I could have tried to close the put position and net $30-40 for the day. As I have $300 in my account $8 doesn't move the needle much but $30-40 would. Does my strategy have a name or is it just craziness? I know, small potatoes here. I'm a social security guy looking for a little cash flow. Guess what, SS isn't keeping up since about the last year or so.

DrChipnClip

I have 800k in shorts on QQQ that I opened Friday. Wish me luck boys

virtual_adam

Market doesn’t care. Airlines are constantly a week away from running out of fuel for 7 weeks now, just like when tariffs hit the leading Reddit story was retailers were a week away from empty warehouses I even remember daily threads about US ports being completely empty with no work. Then when that didn’t pan out the leading story was oh it’s delayed so there will be nothing on the shelves for Christmas Then Christmas went by fine with another year of sales growth Welp a year later warehouses are as full as ever The fuel seems to be finding its way to where it matters (where Wall Street profits are made). If South eastern Philippines runs out of gas next week I doubt that impact QQQ

rvanasty

Okay retails, you want the scoop? Bears have been slaughtered. Markets go up over long terms. Markets down for short terms. This vicious melt up has both sides trying to predict the next move. We're at an inflection point. End of week. Digesting is happening. People catching a breath and realizing the top 10 market performance of all time here. Now, the prevailing thought here is, 1. this melt has to END eventually. 2. there will be PROFIT TAKING DAYS. and 3. The Iran war is STILL SCARING LOSERS. Within the next 2 weeks, we'll fork hard down for profit taking but a step change is done. The 15% rally (32% personal) will not be given back quickly or as part of this event. Before that, SPY has a realistic shot at 750 and will CONTINUE TO SLAUGHTER retails who try to step in its way while betting on a negative outcome. Postive news by 4/22 will continue the moonshot. This WAS a once in a 20 year opportunity. The oppotortunity is NEVER over in the market, and in this case we have more melt to go. TLDR: Some personal positions - SPY 750C 5/1. QQQ 675C 5/1. AAPL 300C 5/15. NFLX 100C 5/15. NOW 110C 5/15. Up we melt, get in the way and get retailed.

iwishiwasameme

QQQ 700 now. LFG team.

friedbymoonlight

So, what about QQQ then?

morningstar3144

!banbet QQQ 641.5 3d

Odd-Block-2998

still profitable in the long run and likely beat SPY and QQQ

Hipposkin

yeah the exit strat is where i’ve failed so far, i’ve been doing 0dte as well, i had a 4/15 QQQ 636 call that i sold at 4$ instead of the 120 or whatever it would have been at the end of the day, hurt but made me start really learning the charts to understand what i missed

greyenlightenment

BTC has 3-5x downside of QQQ and less upside

Odd-Block-2998

I bought QQQ $700C March 2027 yesterday at the peak as my portfolio has become negative delta. Iran: Ok. We are closing the strait now. Really? Have to do this after the 3rd Friday?

Technical_Scallion_2

At this point there is literally no news that could cause me to envision a 1% QQQ drop on Monday. Maybe “Mythos goes crazy and melts every data center worldwide”

DanielzeFourth

The 3 trillion dollar company that was trading at cheaper valuations than the QQQ and the S&P500, yes.

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DigitalNomadsEllada

nah this chart analysis is cope lol "price MUST break $671" - no it mustn't? markets don't owe you anything drawing trendlines on the RSI is wild btw. RSI is already derived from price, putting geometry on top of that is just vibes squared comparing covid RSI (ZIRP + stimmy checks + pandemic) to 2026 AI hype is not the same setup. completely different macro, different rates, different everything the channel since 2013 only looks clean bc you drew it after the fact. try drawing it without covid crash, looks totally different. log vs linear also changes it $470 bear target comes from... the same channel you just made up. circular also monthly volume on QQQ meaning "failed liquidity" lmao it's one of the most liquid ETFs on earth, monthly volume is basically noise especially w/ ETF creation/redemption and the "liquidity grabs" from 2018/2021 are textbook cherry picking. you remember the divergences that worked, not the dozens that didn't tldr lines on chart ≠ prediction. earnings, rates, AI capex actually matter. this is just storytelling with a ruler

Top_Signature4068

SNDK is going to retrace to $700-$750 over the next 2 weeks. It’s literally a carbon copy of MU. If you haven’t noticed the definitive weakness in the stock after it ran up 50% in 3 weeks, went red during market hours 3-4 days in a row despite the QQQ inclusion and the billions of dollars of forced buying at market price on Friday idk what to tell you. It’s a dope stock and I’m bullish on general, but it’s going to follow Micron. Pull back at least 20-25% over the next 2-3 weeks.

Electronic-Data-2622

I have exactly one -/NQ I brought into the weekend, and 110k in QQQ puts.  I’d usually agree with you but I think Monday could see downside into lunch before pausing to see how the talks turn out.  Or the market could go back to forcing trumps hand and dump to add pressure to resolve. VIX is reset and could spike easily above 20 on Monday. 

dailyqtrader

I started day trading QQQ options... doing quite well following dailyqtrader.com. the trick I find is to say humble with your expectations but a slow, constant daily gain advances your account balance nicely.

SkepticalInvestor21

Bro, you just described textbook gambling addiction but with financial instruments. "Didn't go bankrupt" is a pretty low bar when you're using $150k in margin. The 650 USO position combined with the short book is an interesting macro bet on oil, but I'd push back on the execution: why USO specifically? It has significant contango drag from rolling futures contracts - if you're bullish oil long-term, physical oil ETFs or integrated energy companies give you better exposure without the decay. The short portfolio concerns me more though. Profitable short-selling requires being right on both direction AND timing, and the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent. What's your max drawdown tolerance on those shorts before you cover? Genuinely curious - what was your original thesis for flipping from long SPY/QQQ to this? Was this tariff/macro driven or something else?

glwillia

SQQQ is 3x leveraged but a 1:1 inverse QQQ ETF would be PSQ.

greyenlightenment

shorting btc always a great hedge against bad Iran weekend news. Now comes sub 70k while QQQ keep making highs

greenpride32

I don't see the point of comparing QQQ to DGRO - they have different investment objectives; one growth and one income. But QQQ absolutely crushes DGRO in return, so what does it matter on the SFV metric? You'd buy QQQ if you are young and don't need the money until decades out. You'd buy DGRO if you need your investments to generate income; typically for later in the life cycle. Also you can just buy RSP ETF (SP500 equal weight) if you are concerned about high concentration. Historically it's pretty close to SPY/VOO returns. But more recently with big gains from NVDA GOOGL AVGO, the weighted index has done better.

itsmeyourepidermis

I’d prefer that wasn’t the case but I can’t find an alternative tech play to QQQ that does include these.

PashasMom

Look at GARP, it has outperformed QQQ and I can’t imagine it will buy the new IPOs based on inclusion criteria. It excludes Tesla already.

Thediciplematt

How can you folks even bet on QQQ when president dummy changes plans every other hour?

Good_Ride_2508

That may be personal fear about bubble. Bubble talks and fears are always coming up and down every year after year, never ending cycle. I have been actively following market since Dec 2017 and only few ETFs can beat QQQ and QQQ returns are very reliable. DGRO is no where near QQQ level. 5 Years is a too good period to go with QQQ than DGRO. For that matter, when you fear about QQQ holding 5 years, see this person is holding TQQQ for the past 3 years and getting 28% YOY return. [https://www.reddit.com/r/TQQQ/comments/1skrbih/numerousfloor\_tqqq\_war\_chest\_apr\_13\_2026/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TQQQ/comments/1skrbih/numerousfloor_tqqq_war_chest_apr_13_2026/)

ChunkyBrownEye

the SPY QQQ.. buy puts with appropriate exipration dates..

Good_Ride_2508

DGRO will not be attractive against QQQ as if someone invest $10000 ten years before, the growth was 192% while QQQ is 590%. Even though past growth does not guarantee future returns, it can be similar ranges in future based on funds allocation. Here is the comparison of chart. [https://imgur.com/XBC5Wc9](https://imgur.com/XBC5Wc9)

Ahamadrayasbaboon

You’re doing good by shifting your purchases into something with some diversification like QQQ. 

A55BAG

IRGC watching overbought QQQ, shorting the market and closing the strait 🤣

Electronic-Data-2622

100k in QQQ puts. 40k expiring next Monday, 60 expiring middle of May.  Finished down 16k yesterday. 

ZaraBloom418

I’ve been putting away 1-2k a paycheck into QQQ but my NVDA position is still 59% of my portfolio at $230k. I’ve invested $115k since March 2023 I have to believe I am investing enough

dontslambro

Wild the QQQ was up almost 18% since end of March

Potential_Salt_5780

I’m happy with my portfolio. More than half is in VOO and QQQ. Big position in AAPL since 2000 and NVDA, GOOG, BRK, etc. I think we will continue to go up rest of the year.

xViscount

You have two ways to do this. 1. Buy out options. Idk your time frame, but if you think things are overvalued over the course of 2 weeks to 9 months, you buy put options. Those are options that think the market will go down. 2. The US markets that have ETFs that are widely traded are SPY (ETF for the S&P 500) and QQQ (ETF for the Nasdaq). Both options are viable for betting short

Elegant_Primary_7133

QQQ and IWM are your best bets both cheaper than SPY with solid liquidity. Just don’t go too cheap or you’ll pay for it in spreads

Puzzleheaded_Tie5967

Low volume and QQQ ported. Short squeezes all bottom out.

Successful-End7689

If you’re short-term trading, you’re better off trading SPY or QQQ. You can position better and eliminate the risk of everything going up while your sector or stock still goes down. It’s also easier to read since the overall market generally tracks macro events better.

Easik

Full port at ATH with low volume being dealer pinned to $645 on QQQ after a massive short squeeze. That's so fucking stupid. Monday is definitely opening red.

olmoscd

my thoughts today as i bought JUN 600 Puts on QQQ: “OK. Now we wait for a tweet…” my level of genius sometimes scares me.

Sufficient-Flan1565

Y talking about SPY? If QQQ goes 725, boys i will be fucking rich 🤑

Green_Conclusion5792

!banbet QQQ 625 3d

patricktu1258

You might be onto something. QQQ -0.01% AH currently.

jroache

Jk i had robot translate it. This is a reiteration of shit galabaf said earlier. “Straight will remain closed as long as theres a us navy blockade”. He said that at like 12:30 today too. Shit still ripped. Boats is movin and QQQ is juicin. Sold out of all positions too for fat juicey money profit. Suck my ass Galabalf.

Materialsss

I just shorted 10k of QQQ puts for Monday 1DTE at close

HelloEarthSpaceWorld

The liquidity issues in later months can make managing LEAPS a nightmare compared to the easier fills you get with SPY. You might find better results looking at IWM or even QQQ for high liquidity at a lower price point if you want to avoid the spread widening out on you. Sticking with highly liquid tech names is another solid way to keep your capital requirements down without sacrificing volume.

ThetaEdgeHQ

for LEAPS specifically IWM and QQQ are the most liquid alternatives with tighter spreads than most. XSP is technically cheaper but the liquidity is thinner on the back months. if your goal is premium selling rather than directional longs, selling puts on individual names with IV rank above 50 tends to give better return on capital than SPY LEAPS in most environments anyway

Odd-Block-2998

Portfolio is not going to perform as good as QQQ for next 3 years I guess. But at least I converted SPY $705C bought yesterday with $38 to $650 today. Only one call though.

Odd-Block-2998

Fun fact: We are now officially tie for 2nd longest consecutive green days for QQQ in history. The last time it happened was at January 1992. Guess the longest consecutive green days? 19 days in December 1990. We are looking at an once-in-30-years trend here.

Copernicus049

If you dont know what you are doing, invest in an ETF and hold long term. I like QQQ, and VOO. SPY is a decent standard investment. Most ETF's are compromised mostly of stocks with the highest market cap. Stocks with the highest market cap have the most money invested in them, and tend to be safe investments too. Don't time the market, time in the market is the safest and most reliable.

TomatoSpecialist6879

It's same as last year when tech just kept rotating to different sector whenever one blows up post ER so QQQ can keep going

No_Statement_6635

Only way to play this market - far OTM SQQQ calls and far OTM QQQ calls, expiring in 1 week.

run_midnight

Try SPY or VOO, they track the S&P500; IWM for small caps; and QQQ for tech exposure. You want growth, not everything. Those ETFs you mentioned include all the garbage too. Your first 10k should be in SPY or VOO then start to pick individual stocks as per your risk tolerance. Pick stocks of companies you use. (eg. RDDT, GOOG, AAPL, HOOD, etc.)

GoZukkYourself

QQQ just closed the day higher for the 13th trading day in a row, its longest win streak since January 1992.

Living-Giraffe4849

I couldn’t help myself I just opened a bunch of QQQ puts lol

AlpacaDream7

The bears came back. QQQ 700 next week

Noddite

And despite that, QQQ has still surged 6%, over 40 points. I'm thinking next week I'll just stay generic and try to ride what is hopefully a steady wave upward based on copium.

memmolemmo

SPY and QQQ hit the June/Q2 expect move up today.

borrokalaria

Thanks! I did open a small QQQ put position. More to be added Monday/Tuesday. https://preview.redd.it/ekg1hwhzvsvg1.png?width=1020&format=png&auto=webp&s=0522db06e2ca18b05672000ecd371bc16e3867ee

Ornery_1004

Google + VTI + QQQ is all you need. Had them since 2005.

Stack_Johnson

Very likely. But that doesn’t mean SPY/QQQ will go down

drew-gen-x

The algo's love their nice round numbers. $QQQ was rejected exactly at $650. That could be the short term Top for this cycle.

Spiritual_Bat7343

for LEAPS specifically IWM and QQQ are the most liquid alternatives with tighter spreads than most. XSP is technically cheaper but the liquidity is thinner on the back months. if your goal is premium selling rather than directional longs, selling puts on individual names with IV rank above 50 tends to give better return on capital than SPY LEAPS in most environments anyway

trippknightly

I’m inspired. Bought QQQ puts this morning. I’ll get there.

Wise_Neighborhood145

Any other veterans of that QQQ 650 war? That was more intense than the actual war.

Stockengineer

sounds like QQQ 700 end of next week LOL

Legitimate-Ant6838

We touch 650 on THE QQQ so perfect

Vivid_Roll8362

I truly might have the best worst luck of all time started the week up 300% on QQQ calls then took a big loss on a Netflix earnings play then up 200% on QQQ calls for today made everything back plus and I set the stop limit order wrong. Then my phone went dead and I came back and was down 10% just closed it out. I will say though I’m down, but not out

Stack_Johnson

QQQ 630 EOD and I won’t ask for anything for Christmas 🙏

Thicc_Boi20

Put on QQQ, kinda crazy imo

Mindless-Sabrina

We’re currently at the highest QQQ run of all time within 13 green consecutive days

Living-Giraffe4849

If we close green today, we’ll be tied for the 3rd most consecutive Green Day’s on QQQ ever. If we close green Monday, we’ll be tied for 2nd most Green Day’s ever. If we’re green till next Thursday, it’ll be the all time record

Alarmed_Schedule_344

need QQQ to push past 650+, bers got my ankle when I bought the top at 10:30 ;-;

Stockengineer

QQQ 700 end of next week not a meme!

uwvirgin

650 QQQ 🔥

borrokalaria

My crystal ball says QQQ will close today at 644.69.

Opposite_Engine_6776

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Iran found to have bought 1 DTE OTM QQQ calls last night. Hence the announcements today.

Sober_Alcoholic_

SPY and QQQ had 2:1 put to call ratios heading into today. That’s fuel.

borrokalaria

As a true WSB regard, I just opened up some QQQ short position. Bols, your all time highs will make my wallet even fatter.

obxtalldude

I feel your pain. Yet... I'm STILL going to buy TSLQ again this year after losing over 50k last year. Yes, I am dumb. I truly miss the "set it and forget it" mindset. Why I let political insanity affect my investment decisions is still baffling me. I should have known better than to pull out of boring QQQ and try plays based on things other people know long before me.

Bradley182

I think I sold you those QQQ puts; thanks.

FuckleUp

Very LARGE volume candles on SPY QQQ IWM

Waste-Head7963

QQQ and SPY will reach DOW’s price EOY.

Justzyn_Jefferzyn

I’m going to regret not going long CAT like 6 months ago for a long time, when I was really looking at it as the shovel for the AI “gold rush” Natural gas turbine generator manufacturers will beat QQQ for a long time imo 

ajr901

I have May 1st SPY and QQQ calls and some May 8th QQQ calls. _Deep_ ITM right now. You guys closing or holding?

UnivalveX

safe to say we're NEVER seeing QQQ below 600 again for sure bud