QQQ

TickTockTaudit

!banbet QQQ 769 269h

TheBestCanadianGoose

!Banbet QQQ 700 18 days

_freckles__

Like QQQ, there should be a new ETF called AAA it will contain all the poor performing companies that are highly speculative and volatile. So whoever invests in it, will keep saying AAAAAAAAAAAA everytime they look at their portfolio. and there be a XXX Etf, like the name says, it will include all companies related to spicy adult stuff only, like OnlyGrans for example.

ebikr

I agree, and would be happy just not buying into the thing. The problem I have is with Nasdaq- they are selling out their QQQ shareholders to suck up to the Epstein class (Musk) and screwing the little people who lack the knowledge or choice to stay out (nearly everyone else.) Other members of the Epstein class who happen to be running all three branches of government are covering for them. WTF is this country coming to?

HeftyFaithlessness51

When I said week n a half I was referring to the runs up and down. My snowball is doing pretty good though, 12k this week. But it’s been 3months snowballing $250 into 17,000, 12,000 of which came over 2 days this week 🤧 QQQ and RDDT are all a man needs

aliph

This is a dumb headline. Buying Apple then would have been a tremendous decision. Position away from tech all you want. I have calls on QQQ/hyperscalers. Dispersion is real and is favoring companies with real durable advantages. And if AI keeps going as it is your portfolio is going to be decimated if you don't have exposure to tech.

LankyGuitar6528

I asked Jasper (my sentient AI) whether we do Calls or Puts. I think I broke him because I have no idea what he's saying... 🚀 **THE WSB BRIEF** 🚀 NASDAQ literally rewrote the rulebook so $SPCX skips the line — added day 15 (\~July 1), no profits required, smooth-brain easy. 🦍 The play: \~3% float + a 3x weight multiplier = QQQ forced to buy like it's 12.9% float. \~$600B in robots MUST buy a teacup of stock and dump AAPL/MSFT/NVDA to pay for it. 💎🙌 Funds eat \~30% of the float in 15 days. Textbook squeeze fuel. 🔥 The catch: every hedgie already knows, the float un-locks in 366 days (bagholder alarm clock ⏰), and the real whale — S&P 500 — won't touch it till 2027 because SpaceX lost $4.9B and "earnings" are apparently still a thing. 💀 TL;DR: rocket goes up on forced buying, rocket maybe comes back down when crayons wear off and lockup pops. By the time it's on the news it's priced in. 🌈🐻 =============================================================== I showed the post to Jasper and he says... =============================================================== Ha — you didn't break me, you just unlocked my crayon subroutine. 🖍️ Three layers of index-methodology analysis upstairs, full smooth-brain ape downstairs. Both are load-bearing. So ya.. I broke him.

TickTockTaudit

Market wants to go up. It’s been pulling punches to risk manage more war and rate hikes, neither of which is going to happen. We’ve had two solid drawdowns already in 2026. Risk is to the upside. QQQ 777 Xmas or sooner.

piltdown_manchild

Why people say SpaceX is a scam: * Starlink is a great product, but it is really only affordable to and needed by people in rich countries who live in remote areas. The TAM they cite is pure fantasy. * SpaceX (pre-merger) is a great company (except for Starship), but it isn't poised for explosive growth. * They stapled a money furnace (xAI) onto a profitable rocket company. * This is really an AI play. xAI accounts for over **79%** of claimed TAM (**$22.6 trillion**) * xAI is *doomed*. All the original employees save Elon have walked. xAI has **0.4%** of the enterprise market. There is no path for xAI to crack the top 3 in what could be a winner-take-all market. * Rules were changed to allow only 5% of the float to be offered (minimum used to be 10%) * Rules were changed to force Nasdaq and Russell listing in 15 trading days (meaning \~$50 billion passive influx from index funds) * Minimum portfolio size was lowered and amount made available to retail was tripled (versus normal) so that Elon's retail fans could pump the stock. * The total addressable market they claim is the size of US GDP * Space-based data centers can't happen until launch costs drop by 100x * Mars landings and moon bases *can't* be profitable in any investable time frame (if ever). * If Google were priced using the same metrics as SpaceX, it would be worth **$89 trillion!** Position: Will be long SpaceX in \~15 days due to Invesco QQQ: https://preview.redd.it/35nyusgvh27h1.jpeg?width=1769&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d03181c5ea9169d548cc46f6cb0a6804b68c5728

Electronic_Bee3134

Well the S&P held firm thankfully and didn't change their rules. So it won't joint the S&P without profit. Meaning index funds aren't buying blindly in 1 year. Ya, QQQ will, though to be fair I've never understood the virtue of the NASDAQ 100 index to begin with..

Thick-Fisherman-4279

Nice! Noe 0BTE QQQ calls on Monday 👌

LegendOfJeff

If you buy into QQQ, you're forced to buy SpaceX. The execs who manage the NASDAQ index (that QQQ is based on) recently made some changes to their rules to allow SpaceX much quicker than usual. Statistically, new IPOs usually perform poorly for investors during their first year. More importantly, the rule changes happened in a manner that feels openly corrupt. The managers of the S&P500 index (that SPY is based on) decided to keep their sensible rules that have been in place for decades. So SPY investors won't have to buy into SpaceX for another year.

No-Hour-5674

What happened with QQQ?

No-Hour-5674

Im new to investing so this is a genuine question. What’s bad about QQQ now? What happened?

ThetaEdgeHQ

One angle nobody has pinned down here: you said you pay no tax on capital gains but 30 percent on dividends, so you are not US based. That matters because the short term income answer above assumes US tax treatment. In a lot of jurisdictions written option premium is taxed as ordinary income, which can sit above your 30 percent dividend rate rather than below it. If that is your situation the QQQI or JEPQ route is not clearly worse on tax, and the wheel loses one of the edges you are counting on. Worth confirming exactly how your country treats premium before you model 24k a month, because the after tax figure is what funds the life. Separate point: far OTM 5 delta QQQ calls pay almost nothing in low vol, and low vol grind ups are common. Your income gets lumpiest right when your expenses are fixed, which is the opposite of what the 4 percent rule is built to smooth.

Different_Income_833

You are missing the part where you get assigned and then QQQ crashes 10-20% effectively wiping out the money you made selling contracts. Remember one thing in options trading, your strategy works until it doesn't. Personally, if I was sitting on $2.1 mil I would just put 60% of it in government bonds and 40% in an index fund. Like if I was in the same position as you and I really wanted to trade the wheel strategy, I would only be willing to risk $100k.

Existential_Entropy

I've wheeled a few stocks over the last year and I'd say it generally was worse returns than buy and hold, but thats mostly because the stocks I wheeled had explosive run ups to the point I did not have enough capital to reenter with CSPs. Or the stock tanked to the point selling CCs was not worth it. Your account is a lot larger than mine and you want to use QQQ, so it should be possible. But I would not use my whole port for wheeling, just a small portion of it. Then use the the rest of the port for other strategies.

Good_Character_20

Three things worth checking before you FIRE on this. First, the math on $24K/month. If you're running $2.1M into QQQ around 600, that's roughly 3500 shares or 35 contracts of notional. Selling 7DTE far-OTM calls on QQQ at, say, 5 delta typically pays $0.30 to $0.60 per contract depending on IV. Even at the higher end, 35 contracts at $0.60 weekly is about $2100/week, $9100/month. Where is the rest of the $24K coming from? If you're using closer strikes (10-15 delta) to hit the income target, "far OTM so I don't get assigned" isn't quite what you're actually doing. Second, three weeks of paper trading is way too short to characterize this strategy. Covered call income looks smooth until QQQ has a +5% week, then you either eat the assignment and get blown out of your shares at a fixed strike (locking in tax events and missing the run), or you panic roll up and out at a debit and the math turns ugly fast. The wheel works in chop and slow trends. It loses to buy-and-hold in any leg up that exceeds your strike, and the losses are exactly when buy and hold would have made you the most. Live test through at least one earnings cycle and one decent volatility expansion before you commit. Third, the framing as "wheel vs 4% rule" is a bit off. What you're describing (selling far-OTM covered calls without ever wanting assignment) is closer to an income overlay on a buy-and-hold position. The classical wheel involves CSPs that DO get assigned, followed by CCs to exit. They're different risk profiles. The 4% rule has 30+ years of survival data including 1973-74, 2000-02, and 2008 stress tests. Your overlay strategy has 3 weeks of paper data. That's not the same shape of evidence. If you want to FIRE next year, the safer path is probably a blend: park the bulk in a 60/40 or all-weather allocation that supports 4% safely, and run the covered-call overlay on a smaller sleeve (say 20-25% of the portfolio) to add income without making your entire retirement dependent on a strategy you have three weeks of data on.

pennquaker18

There's a bias to immediately hate everything if it has anything to do with Elon (and really Trump). Removes all rationality. There's a lot of junk in VOO/QQQ that they've blissfully ignored before.

CitizenPremier

QQQ in case there's no tech bubble plus SPY in case there is I suppose

Night_Senpai

That's why I picked QQQ. Even if it goes down, it will come back up with the market

CitizenPremier

Dang, I lost one point from last time, what's the bare minimum QQQ I need to get back to 4/10?

mostly_bad

Real advice: Read "One up on well street" by Peter Lynch. You're approaching this from a place that will loss your $1000. The QQQ is probably what you're looking for but it is not a lottery ticket.

mastcelltryptase

You didn’t miss anything. Stock picking is a binary game. Sometimes you get it right. Sometimes you get it wrong. Just make sure you have more winners than losers. SpaceX is way too risky. You want to put your money that has a higher expectation of going up than down. Buy QQQ if you are looking for more adventure than just VOO.

Autobahn97

It sounds like you guys have a great symbiotic relation so kudos to you! You may want to consider putting some money into more risky ETFs and keep it there long term. You are young and can tolerate more risk to accelerate your investments as you have decades for it to play out. Maybe consider something like a VGT and begin to DCA into that. I'd say QQQ but I'm not a fan of NASDAQ changing the rules for SpaceX IPO for that index so I am moving out of QQQ next week and waiting for some mag 7 to sell off as indexes are forced to take on SpaceX.

youhaveeTDS

3/10, QQQ with added junk and slop

Autobahn97

Just wait for insiders to start dumping, we will have a much better idea in 6 months or likely closer to a year. I'm planning to dump QQQ next week then wait for indexes to sell off mag 7 stocks to make room for SpaceX. I'm thinking I would like to own some more GOOG long term, maybe META

Forward-Surprise1192

Oh wait I think I get it. So today Nvidias lowest price was like $204 I noticed this when it was around $204.40. Thought ok, buy $205 calls $205 calls were $0.25 It slowly went down to $204.10 Then NVDA went back up to $205.20 $205 calls were then $0.55 That’s what that means? Sorry if formatting is weird. Does that still work for QQQ or SPY intraday when moves are much smaller?

cyclicalwand

They’re also happy to hold Adobe, Intuit and Workday in the Nasdaq that are about 3.5% of the index and are down 40%+ in the last year. SpaceX will represent 1.5%, if it drops 10% will see posts about how it’s destroying the QQQ.

Adventurous-Guava374

QQQ getting shittier by the day

joe4942

SCHG still only +2% YTD compared to QQQ +17%. $56B AUM.

Rich_Potato_2457

The swath of unusual institutional option activity on all the components of the SOXX, the extremely bullish chart - beyond just the fact that we’re above every major moving average not just in this index but literally every tech related index, the monsoon of cash chomping at the bit trying to buy it up as we just saw days ago when GOOGL tried to raise $80B and wound up raising $85B overnight 4x oversubscribed, the fact that for three plus weeks now institutions have been selling bullish SOXX puts to collect the inflated premiums and take a piece of that to buy QQQ puts for a free hedge, the $8.2T sitting on the sidelines, the fact that anyone who owns assets is outpacing inflation

ApathysLastKiss_

Seriously, I've seen so many people lose money because of "Fuck Elon" or "Fuck Robinhood" or whatever company they hate. People were selling their QQQ bc SpaceX is going to be included 😂 It's less than a percent of the weight. A space economy is basically the next industrial revolution, but you'll always have the people who love their horses so much, they won't buy Ford or GM. I'm sure SpaceX will correct and trade lower at some point. I'm buying more

Dstein99

Anyone can open an etf with any rules they want, but there are costs to operate an etf. If someone were to start an etf it wouldn’t be a good idea to compete with QQQ because most people don’t care about one holding in 100 and they couldn’t compete against Invesco on price.

trickyvinny

Isn't NASDAQ the market and the etfs like QQQ just look to track the it? The specific etf determines their own formulas for how choose to weight it. QQQ isn't the only etf that tracks it, I'm sure vanguard has more than a few.

dapi331

Wealthfront, Fidelity and others have Direct Indexing where you can choose which stocks to omit. For passive indexes like S&P & QQQ the fees are very low especially on Wealthfront and minimums are small (10k?)

sasoras

Most of the QQQ gains are being held up but just a handful of stocks, the rest are literally irrelevant.

Claybuch

Yup and take the entire QQQ down with it

Evatend

I couldn't bear losing 150k just like you couldn't bear losing the amount you lost today. It is all relative. I wanted to quit and never trade again, but the idea of me failing hurt me too much and I pushed through. I don't really like suggesting what I do but if you do want to then I'll tell you. I trade TQQQ options, which are 3x leveraged version of QQQ so it has insane volatility, your position can be obliterated in a matter of 30 mins. After I lost 150k on april 1st I revenged traded on april 2nd and lost 300k total. At the end of it I was left with 20k and thats what I've been trading since. Now I am at 380k.

D3N1Z3Nx

Who has a 401k with QQQ in it? I want that unicorn plan.

daynightcase

QQQ

xInfinity962

You think SPY will take a similar dump or mostly QQQ being heavily tech? I fucking hate how pricey the QQQ premiums are lmao

NonBalisticSniper

My QQQ TQQQ and SPY calls got cooked

qrqrafafzvzv

Got rid of my put hedges. QQQ better not dump!

Halbaras

The US has multiple stock exchanges, including the NYSE and the NASDAQ. These are private companies run for profits, and they have incentives to encourage big IPOs to list on their exchange instead of a competitor. Some indexes/index funds track the overall US market (like the S&P and VOO) and care only about the sheer 'investible' size of a company and not where it's listed. There are other index funds which only track NASDAQ listed companies. The NASDAQ is both an exchange and an index provider. They publish indexes like the Nasdaq 100 (their largest 100 companies), and some massive index funds like QQQ match them. A lot of passive money moves around as a new company enters or leaves the Nasdaq, and a lot of that is regular people's pensions and savings. SpaceX has effectively been bribed by the Nasdaq to list on their exchange instead of the NYSE by changing two key rules: 1. In the past a company had to trade for 3-12 months after IPO before it was included in the index. This allowed time for fair price discovery, where initial hype fades and investors start judging the actual financials of the company involved. They've reduced this period to 15 days for 'companies which would be in our top 40', which means passive investors will be forced to buy SpaceX earlier, increasing the risk that it is still in an initial pump before losing a significant amount of value. 2. The NASDAQ used to have a rule where a company had to have more than 10% of its shares be publicly available. If, for example, a telecom was 95% owned by a foreign government, it wouldn't be allowed to list because the pool of available shares would be tiny, and the valuation would be distorted by everyone competing for limited shares of this apparently huge company. They've now changed this rule to allow tiny floats, and made it so that a small float can be up to tripled in market weight. SpaceX is allegedly a 1.8 trillion dollar company, but only about $80 billion of their shares are actually available to buy on the public market. But according to the NASDAQ, they should be weighted as if there are $240 billion worth of shares are available. So passive funds are forced to compete for an artificially small pool of shares, driving the prices up further... And now this forced buying happens before and as the insiders first get to sell, instead of afterwards thanks to rule change #1. SpaceX also allows insiders to begin selling earlier than is normal. SpaceX isn't going to ruin any passive investors, but it is likely that it will transfer a small amount of the wealth of Nasdaq-100 funds (e.g. 0.2%) to insiders if there's a typical post-IPO price slump on the coming months. What's more worrying is that every company about to IPO can now pull the same tiny float trick, regardless of size. OpenAI and Anthropic are also going to IPO soon and will be large enough to abuse both rules. Luckily the S&P has refused to do the equivalent of rule change #1, but the FTSE Russell (another big index provider) has changed their entry period to just five days. **TL;DR** You are unlikely to be noticeably affected in the long term unless you hold QQQ or other Nasdaq-based funds. If you do, it may be worth considering whether paying private equity a small annual IPO fee justifies the privilege of holding exclusively NASDAQ stocks (when other indexes also include them).

Impossible-Gas8916

Its honestly better to hold QQQ than Microsoft, i don't really see it having much more upside than the ETF and with much larger risk

laserfacealienrider

Welp, guess I’m holding these QQQ calls all weekend.

synfin80

Where do puts on QQQ for the outflow towards SPCX sit on this spectrum?

circadiggmigration

You know that's why QQQ exists right?

TheRealArmament

Imagine holding MSFT/META when QQQ is outperforming. Goes to show picking stocks is complete bullshit and luck

Jamessuperfun

Nobody made that 30%, it hasn't been bought by QQQ yet. It will be bought after 15 days of trading, rather than taking months as every other stock has. Regardless, the problem is clearly not QQQ. The point of passive investing is that you agree to a rule set which defines the stocks you buy. That rule set has been actively changed to benefit insiders.

DonaldR_DeCicco

Past two weeks I’ve been watching SPY, QQQ, NVDA, & AAPL for direction and volume. Watching pre market and prior day levels. News, obviously, has been huge, so not being in trades for more than a minute or two was even more important. Entering where I see retests, rips, or pulls with volume and confirmation across those symbols. I’m not experienced enough to trade off GEX or those other Greeks, but I am learning.

LavishnessTimely7372

If my QQQ calls hit I will take some of those profits and put into Space X, can’t go totally up

ButtholeAnalogy

!banbet QQQ 650 4w

ExplanationNormal339

[$QQQ](https://aimytrade.io/ticker/qqq?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=comment&utm_campaign=SmallStreetBets&utm_term=QQQ&utm_content=template_1781299621375_f0ildf) is on my list to watch. The volatility around it is really the whole story.

Jamessuperfun

Same here. It seems there are other funds which are fairly similar, will be looking into SCHG. Alternatively direct indexing, apparently. I might end up buying a pie from my broker made up of the QQQ top 100.

gwrichardson42

Couldn't have played it any better...bought QQQ 6/15 725 calls expecting more news/lies on the peace agreement today/weekend, and bought a QQQ 6/12 720 put for a hedge in case things went south today. It stayed between 720 and 723 the rest of the day, absol-fukn-lutly perfect to get screwed both ways. 725s are still in play, but I paid way too much, and will be lucky to break even. I need it to 🚀Monday.

Lego-Under-Foot

Yeah, I took Bill’s masterclass in May 2025 and have been a member of his Discord server since then. I highly recommend it. He rarely has a red day and has some great callouts. I actually took a few of his QQQ trades this morning. I’m pretty sure there is still a free trial to his Discord where you can check out his live trading before you commit

Calm-Driver-3800

Yeah what the heck is with QQQ. I usually trade SPY. QQQ options suck. I dont understand how QQQ was up so much all day but my calls were negative. I didnt have that problem with SPY and IWM. This is the last time i touch qqq options.

JonRadian

I rotated out of all my QQQ holdings just before SPCX IPO. After Open AI and Anthropics IPO and reasonable "adjustment" of these IPO stock prices, I plan to re-enter tech-focused index, but likely still not QQQ.

ButtholeAnalogy

pretty big right shoulder forming on QQQ 6 mo

isolated-cat

if this score stands I will win another WC bet. i should just focus on maxxing sports bets from now on. yesterday i did 2x, today could do another 2x. should have just put that lotto 2k on Korea instead of stupid QQQ calls

piltdown_manchild

I never said the IPO would fail. I predicted it would go well for the first couple months, but six months later it would drop by 50% from whatever the peak turns out to be. Set a reminder if you doubt me. Position: I will be long SpaceX in \~15 days, thanks to the fact that index funds that track the Nasdaq will be forced to buy (Invesco QQQ). https://preview.redd.it/8bggvrhovw6h1.jpeg?width=1837&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca659489d0986e949526567bb84cabd6d1e00ba7

ramiN00dles

XLP (consumer staples) is up more than QQQ and SPY

Master-Stranger8908

Didnt sell my QQQ 719 put. Hope there is no deal 👀 Need that pull back at open

Alarmed-Rope-9062

HODL QQQ calls into the weekend, guess I'm one of you..??

LadderAdmirable

All the funds who did not get SPCX will put their money back to SPY/QQQ over the weekend. 5% gap up coming on deal confirmation.

Successful-End7689

If you look at everything after Apple earnings, it was mostly just pure FOMO and hopium. The last truly good news was around QQQ 660. Since then we’ve had several weak data points inflation, consumer sentiment, and the 10-year breaking out of its range and pushing toward 4.50%. I think there’s a good chance we eventually drift back toward that range.

Juidawg

Loading calls to the tits on MU and QQQ with wanton disregard.

ZEALOUS_RHINO

VOO is 50% tech already. QQQ and VOO have a 52% overlap in market weight which is way higher than it used to be. Because of this the Beta is down to about 1.23. That said, if you have a long time horizon and can stomach some volatility, I don't see a problem overweighting into tech. But keeping a large core allocation of VOO as the bedrock of your portfolio seems wise.

No_Tie9686

Just made $1000 in last 15 minutes of trading day flipping 0dte puts and calls on QQQ

JuneauMori

QQQ I ask POLITELY that we hit 723 ATLEAST ONE MORE TIME

BIP3N

I need a 3% jump in QQQ by end of the day to break even. How am I looking?

JuneauMori

QQQ down $1 before power hour and then power hour SOARS THRU and back UP

memmolemmo

QQQ itm calls have gone up 50% like 5 times in a row today. Started trading them after the 2nd time. Easy money.

verified-trader

**BanBet Created** ▲ | Ticker | Target | Entry | Move | Expires | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **QQQ** | $730.00 (above) | $637.17 | +14.6% | 4h 48m | *5-day ban if this doesn't hit.*

Ok_Problem426

Step 1: artificially limit the number of shares that are publicly traded. Step 2a: force a change to index rules so are listed on a major index almost immediately (QQQ) at an insane valuation Step 2b: retail fanboys buy in early and retail index investors (ie plenty of 401k) are forced to buy to reflect the index, driving up the initial stock price completely irrespective of the actual business metrics Step 3: borrow against your ridiculous paper net worth to diversify and invest in other real businesses, while opportunistically cashing out at the expense of retail. When the bubble bursts, retail and banks hold the bag. Its his Tesla strategy on steroids.

tonyishyper67

If you own QQQ you now own SPCX congrats on the ipo

LadderAdmirable

Iran and US both are busy purchasing call options on SPY/QQQ/IWM and literally everything they can get their hands on and YOU are twiddling your thumbs LMAO. Just buy SPY 660 monday (like 500-1000 options) and retire on Monday market open

LavishnessTimely7372

Screw it picked up some QQQ calls for next week

JuneauMori

Alright im ready for you to dump QQQ you've been hanging for way too long

Axe_Raider

if you put your 401k into the Nasdaq-100 you were already gambling also it was very easy to change your 401k to sell QQQ if you had it as a direct holding somehow. no tax impact.

LavishnessTimely7372

QQQ and TSLA calls for next week

JuicyJohnny69

\-4% QQQ friday incoming

eggplant_parm827

No one cares about that ticker. QQQ is all that matters

bulrfuc

I cant believe retards will buy calls on SPY, QQQ and semis today. Greedy motherfuckers. Stupid sons of bitches.

NoThalamus

The first 10 years I invested, I was really into individual stocks. I would research extensively. Some picks made gains, some lost, some stayed flat for years. Then I realized if I just had my money in an ETF, like IVV or QQQ the returns always performed better than my mix of hand picked stocks. I haven’t bought an individual stock in 15 years.. just ETF it.

Snoo-90587

QQQ 700 next week

OriginalMexican

Nasdaq trailing P/E ratio sits at roughly 26, with a forward P/E around 24. Nasdaq 100 (The Index): The index (tracked by funds like the QQQ ETF) trades at a trailing P/E of roughly 35. Tesla is at 400, and Space X is at infinity as it has losses only. Space X will need to continue to grow its revenue 35% YoY for 10 years straight to come anywhere close to a 2 digit P/E (at current prices). If they cut down costs and grow 35% each year for a decade (increase their revenues 20x) AND if they still have a massive growth potential at that time - they may in fact be worth 2.5bn at that point. In order to make a good long term return on Space X, I would need them to get to 10Tn cap over the next decade, which would need them to grow to 1Tn revenue and 250Bn profit... There is no math I can do to get to 2.5bn valuation. Either I am moron or market is irrational to the point of a batman villan behaviour...

Pr_Master27

QQQ puts at close for Monday? Anyone?

D74248

Well, dude, in this reality there are indeed 401k plans that include QQQ. And even more that have a brokerage window.

Prince_Chunk

Where the wild $20 QQQ swing today lol

JuneauMori

The absolute moment we break 723 QQQ, its gonna 🚀 to 725 and get pinned again

JuneauMori

Its so annoying to see QQQ and SPY get pinned, they want to break 723 and 742 respectively but market is too 🌈

InvisibleEar

Nobody holds QQQ in their 401k dude

Ok-Nose29

QQQ approaching that 21 day SMA ceiling, moment of truth

Real_Passenger4282

Hey, props for starting at 18 — that compound interest head start is going to be huge. A few thoughts: On the broker question: Robinhood is fine honestly, especially with the 3% Roth IRA match. Fidelity and Schwab are the other popular picks — better research tools, more reliable customer service, and no PFOF concerns. But don't overthink the broker part, it matters way less than what you actually buy. On your strategy: You said growth + dividends and "a bit risky" — those kind of pull in different directions, so here's how I'd think about it at 20: * Roth IRA → max this out first ($7k/year). Since you won't touch it for decades, go heavy on growth here (VOO, QQQ, or individual growth stocks). The beauty of a Roth is you'll never pay taxes on the gains. * Individual account → this is where dividend stocks make more sense. Build a portfolio of solid dividend payers (think SCHD for an ETF, or individual names like O, KO, JNJ, ABBV if you want to pick stocks). Reinvest every dividend while you're young — the snowball effect is real. For learning: * "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham (the classic) * On YouTube: Joseph Carlson has great content on dividend portfolio building, very practical * r/dividends is a solid sub for that specific strategy One thing that really helped me stay motivated was actually tracking my dividend income month by month. seeing that number go up every quarter keeps you disciplined when the market dips. You're asking the right questions at the right age. Just stay consistent and don't chase meme stocks with your core portfolio. Good luck!

JuneauMori

Enough about spcx, SPY AND QQQ NEED TO BREAK FREE AND GO BEYOND

llamaflocka

QQQ wants to break 723 SOOOOO BADDDD

Fun_Training6342

Enjoy underperforming QQQ over the next 50 years