QQQ

Weekly_One8412

do you mean an options chain? I do. I simulated your trade and your options are predicted at about $2.50 for Monday at 605. The simulator usually under predicts price because IV is hard to predict. So depending on IV, your options should be worth around $3-3.50 on Monday at the current QQQ price.

No-Improvement3164

I’m hold QQQ 600p for May.

Typical-Layer-1253

QQQ +10% last week. Now it’s -1% in overnight and bears are celebrating LMAO

Typical-Layer-1253

-1% on QQQ that is nothing bears

Commercial_Pop_7617

Be sure to be grudgingly thankful for the failed talks. QQQ overnight is 604 unless some miracle pre-market shenanigans like a few weeks ago.

eatmorbacon

Seems like it's lagging a very small percentage than QQQ , and you're paying higher mgt fees. Both are very small percentages. but just comparing.

Fnanderss

Just opened robinhood and saw QQQ -%1.3

drew-gen-x

The bottom is already in. We were due for a pullback anyway w $QQQ up for 8 straight days. I guess $SPY was technically Red Friday. The bigger question is will $TLT catch a bid? If US Treasuries & DXY can't rally there is no reason to not BTD in equities. We're not getting deflation this time. All world CB's will go Brrrrrrrrrr before the EOY.

fuzzywuzzy123

You know what's interesting? There is a huge gap in SPY, QQQ, etc. from the jump up a few days ago, but there are no gaps in the futures markets. Today, however, there is a big gap in the futures markets (toward the upside).

vyncexII

Holy shit. Selling all of my SPY and QQQ at and short tech stocks to buy oil was a good idea. SITTING ON 675 USO FAM and buying as much speculative oil company stock I can before midnight.

According-Page8618

QQQ and btc prices not seen since.. thursday. nothingburger

Tricky_Recording5222

Scheffler coming back for a win would be good for a +1% move in QQQ

aotus_trivirgatus

I am that Dad. For a century, people paid an average of 15 dollars for one dollar's worth of annual earnings. This ratio was exceeded in the 1920s, and then, we got the Great Depression. This ratio was exceeded a second time in the 1990s, and then, we got the dot-com bust. Look at us now. [https://www.multpl.com/shiller-pe](https://www.multpl.com/shiller-pe) An aggregate PE ratio of 39.35 for the United States S&P 500. Do you believe that high PE ratios are warranted sometimes? I do, when a company is expecting unusually high future earnings growth. OK, so the AVERAGE company on the S&P 500 TODAY is valued a level that signals that, in the years to come, they're expecting earnings to grow twice as much as they've grown over the past decade. Excuse me? Do you have any money in your pocket to spend on anything, other than the bare essentials? Aren't people having fewer kids because they can't even afford families? So where are these EXTRA corporate earnings supposed to come from? Private equity has figured out how to structure IPOs so that there's little growth left once a company finally goes public. Look at the way that Elmo is trying to rig the IPO for SpaySex. If you own QQQ, you're about to be made into a designated bag holder. Meanwhile, the President of the United States is taking a wrecking ball to the SEC, and engaging in flagrant, public market manipulation. The game hasn't been this rigged in 100 years. All I do in my personal accounts is to sell puts, and call spreads, and wait for the toilet to flush. My work 401k has limited investment choices, and I'm more or less forced to own some stocks. I protected some money in my 401k last February by correctly anticipating that Trump's tariff games would hurt American stocks and currency. I moved my money out of whatever domestic Vanguard mutual fund they offered into VTIAX, a fund that specifically excluded US asset. Before I made that move, I noticed that the aggregate PE ratio of the basket of stocks in VTIAX was a little under 20, which is a much more realistic number by historical standards. I cashed out of VTIAX in December with gains, and I'm rolling my 401k into my IRA, where I plan to sell puts. Don't be a bag holder.

WinstonBuddyBro

You ever try swing trading leveraged ETF shares instead of options on SPY/QQQ? So much safer, smaller gains, but when you account for losses, your yearly gains will probably be a lot more.

greyenlightenment

just like a few weeks ago, futures will open much higher than expected. only small losses for QQQ, but btc tank hard as always

Sober_Alcoholic_

They rotate in and out of NVDIA, META, MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL etc to keep ETFs like SPY and QQQ propped up. Hence why anyone playing 0DTE’s on them for the past few weeks has gotten obliterated by theta. He’s probably betting NVDIA stays at or below this range, he’s also almost certainly betting it never sniffs $200 again.

TickTockTaudit

QQQ 666 Halloween. 2026

vyncexII

I sold SPY and QQQ to buy oil and short tech stocks from the Robinhood app on margin and bought more oil while on tilt.

CripplingTanxiety

I mean grats on the timing but SPY is up like 20% since then, and QQQ even more, so it’s not like anyone got destroyed by staying long in US indexes.

Saltlife_Junkie

Me too. Puts against Intel crushed me. Spy and QQQ expire 4/17. Should print hard!

Consistent_Panda5891

Your mistake was buying QQQ. I assume you can only trade it within market hours. You should have bought ES futures, at least you could sell before Nikkei opened so you had a chance to exit before -3% index

Sweaty_Platypus69

Also both weekend tech & hyperliquid QQQ are showing about the same - 1.5%.. this is quite unusual since i dont think i ever saw both trading the same performance regardless of the volume.

Effective-Bell5574

Where are you seeing QQQ down?

greyenlightenment

This is why shorting btc has worked so well. QQQ will be down maybe 1/2 percent and btc down 5%. Yet you never see the converse

greyenlightenment

crypto and MSTR will, QQQ will not

WallStreetBoners

$590 on QQQ? That’s a big ask lol

Got_Engineers

Over 270k puts traded at QQQ $573 for tomorrow. They closed at like $0.03 but that position would ramp up fast if we happened to say open down -$5-10. There is also over 450k volume and like 250k OI in Friday Apr17 $582 puts traded last week mostly Wednesday and Friday. All the expensive calls that pumped the market expired Friday.

WallStreetBoners

My $QQQ $600 may8 puts might be down 25%… but I’m looking at breakeven tomorrow fam. Art of the Options.

HugeAd5056

It’s okay. Buy calls again this week at the lowest. Market always rebounds at the first hint of good news. Selling CSPs is better now though. That way you get shares at discount. I’m looking at IGV right now for both calls and CSPs, because unlike QQQ and SPY, it’s massively oversold.

_Doomer_Wojack_

Maybe my 0DE out of the money QQQ puts for Monday will pay off finally …

greyenlightenment

btc sub 66k coming up tomorrow probably and QQQ down a little lol

greyenlightenment

QQQ probably be green monday as always, btc down a lot

MrDee97

Predictions for tomorrow? I say: SPY -1.5% QQQ -2%

Justinian_of_Rome

That's what I'm feeling TBH so taking profits on QQQ puts and oil futures before Tuesday

Justinian_of_Rome

I honestly feel something like this will happen. He has to prop the markets back up. So taking profits on my QQQ puts on Monday and closing my MCXL futures by Tuesday just to see what he posts next.

Wowmuchrya

QQQ had 1/3 vol on Friday They really caused retail fomo LOL

worktogethernow

I want to buy QQQ at 540. Goal for this week.

TickTockTaudit

!banbet QQQ -2% 69h

Fhyzikz

So you're saying my QQQ 580ps for next Friday have a chance?

socrates4eva

The market has already priced in the failed negotiations. I tried to buy QQQ Put last week expiring Monday, it was super expensive.

vyncexII

I sold the SPY and QQQ. Oil futures are up 4.5% on crypto trading sites. My dumbass idea is on wallstreetbets. I'm happy for me lol. GUSH SQQQ SPSX Short the fuck out of Delta. I'm a do 500 shares.

breakyourteethnow

Dude lol you were so quick to run the numbers, talking about growth, now you backtrack the second I make sense. Year 0 $200k + $100k margin = $32k dividend plus $26k DCA at $100 per day 8% growth average per year, reuse margin after first $100k paid off, higher dividend, keep DCA'ing, the numbers work out to a million in five years. And very few people know about GPIQ or turbocharging it with margins while DCA'ing. It is relatively easy compared to making 1m with QQQ in five years.

Small_Mixture_9938

I project QQQ dips below 600 on Monday. Nice bet. Could print $250k. But I would suggest taking profits early.

LadderAdmirable

so SPYand QQQ are up 8 and 10% up in the last week based on the this deal. Logically this move should trace back, but you would be lucky to get anything more than 0.5% red on Monday lmao.

breakyourteethnow

Your numbers are wrong now. You're not going to borrow QQQ on margin and then pay interest out of pocket, you're comparing the flat growth, not doubling your account with margin and receiving x2 the growth and dividend back. $200k turns into $1m in five years, QQQ isn't returning 400% in five years dude.

Stack_Johnson

!banbet QQQ 600 4d

breakyourteethnow

If you borrow 50% it would take a 66% drop in QQQ to be margin called. Which is constantly being paid off. DCA $100 per market day into the port, that's $26k per year paid back, and use the dividend to pay back the loan. Interest amount due drops every month. 10.6% dividend plus capital appreciation, margin costs 6% and will drop after interest rates are lowered most likely to 3% this year. It's impossible to replicate with QQQ you'd be paying out of pocket. So now it's a growth income engine which beats QQQ returns.

Present_Ad_2742

Bloody Monday. QQQ BEARISH

CarRamRob

The QQQ tour

Time_Independence355

That guy with 456 607P on QQQ might actually have a chance

tkreadit

>It'll outperform QQQ in true bear market. There is no data. We'll find out only *after* a true bear market and then it's too late. It may work out well, or not.

breakyourteethnow

The fact you don't know the future, and we could be looking at flat returns for a while with how the last decade has been, especially with the AI investments returning peanuts. It'll outperform QQQ in true bear market. And I'm not trying to bet on something uncertain, am trying to build an income engine. There's a lot to like if you're more grounded and in tune with reality. My individual stock bets are plenty risky and growth driven I don't need an ETF for that.

Andy15291

So last year, at the end of April and early May, I put \~15k into Sterling Infrastructure, which was 100 shares at the time. It has been very volatile and I ended up selling on a stop loss at $420. So, I got $42k in cash. After great earnings, in greed I brought in after hours at $490, and a stop loss sold it with some recent volatility at $390. So I lost $10k. But, I've slightly more than doubled my money after just under a year. If you told me a year ago that I would double my money, I would have been ecstatic. But, now I keep thinking that if I had not had that stop loss, I would have $42k. I know it's ridiculous, but I have decided I'm staying out of it. I could have done far worse with a volatile stock, plenty of people have lost a lot of money on them. And, of course, if I would have brought back in, I would have been up a bit. But, I might not have been. And, I just used about half my investments to buy a condo, and don't want to screw up the remainder (\~150k) One thing that impacted my thinking. In the early 2000's I left a company with a small 4k 401(k), and brought JDSU. I rode it all the way down till it was worth $80. That decision has stayed with me for decades, which is why I put stop losses in. I've also decided that I'm keeping my remaining money in QQQ and the Fidelity semiconductor fund FSELX. If an individual stock makes me worry, I'm getting out of them while I'm ahead. I know I'll never hit a home run with ETFs and mutual funds, but I won't lose it all, either. How do you guys handle those thoughts of "what might have been?" I've had to force myself to look at it logically that I doubled my money in a year and to stop thinking of that and risk doing something stupid due to greed.

tkreadit

Since inception, GPIQ is lagging both QQQ and SPY. What is there to like? [https://imgur.com/a/rG4PHd4](https://imgur.com/a/rG4PHd4)

tkreadit

You do not need dividends for that, you can just sell a bit of your non-dividend stocks each year. A stock that pays a 2% dividend is the same as one that doesn't pay any and you just sell 2% of it each year. The dividend is built into the stock price, it is not some magic extra cherry on top. There is no free dessert. In the above, own the Qs, sell 17k out of the 360k and you still have the same 343k left to appreciate without any capped upside because of the covered calls. Since inception, GPIQ is lagging both QQQ and SPY. What is there to like? [https://imgur.com/a/rG4PHd4](https://imgur.com/a/rG4PHd4)

dimdada

Cashed in my AVGO leaps in February. I’m looking at PLTR at these levels. I’m thinking $130 and below is a good entry point. Took some QQQ LEAPS a week ago. Quick $20 gain in less than a week.

helipad668

Lmao, this is exactly how it works. market makers and algorithms are there to take as much money from retail traders as possible. 0DTE options on SPY QQQ dictates the direction the market makers move the market, it’s all designed to take money from retail. You don’t believe that, you’re the low IQ one here buddy

mayorolivia

Joining QQQ April 20 and ER April 30. Will hit $1k this month.

Mean_Bumblebee1945

QQQ is up 0.5% already over the weekend. 0.25 after hours and another 0.25 on weekend ustech. Its only Friday, so this will end in a 1% gap up. Corn is also spiking up

sylphvanas

I have QQQ puts and software calls. Do I want green or red Monday in the markets?

Venice_LA

told myself this was the year of just holding the QQQ's, and to leave it and forget it \[spolier\] sold that shit to trade small cap semis \[/spoiler\]

Sweaty_Platypus69

Hyperliquid showing not much movement for the indexes - QQQ/SPY which seems to confirm what everyone is saying here. Pretty much the indexes have priced in whatever likely outcome this weekend discussion.

Avocadonot

Yeah, QQQ lol

EastSatisfaction405

I'm exactly in the same boat. I do not need the money right now but I am learning this so that I have a way to generate some income in case the seemingly inevitable layoff happens. I just started in January with a put credit spread and then moved to iron condors. I was doing great until Microsoft shat the bed, so right now I have had 88% success ratio. Here's what I am doing with the caveat that I am also learning, have margin available and I am very conservative. I will shift most of my trades to QQQ and SPY, always enter under .150 delta and will try to get out as soon as possible. I may take opportunistic trades on other tickers but being very careful. This Delta is non negotiable for me, I want as low risk as possible. I am doing mostly 5-spreads on credit vertical spreads and 10-spread on iron condors. I still need more discipline getting out of a losing trade, sadly didn't manage it with MSFT and I got burned with a max loss, it was just 5 contracts fortunately. Another important thing. This account is a 1/3 of my investments so I can tolerate some losses there

NazgulSandwich

QQQ has already priced in lower oil prices in the newr future

Local_Math_5512

This is why many people choose to buy the "picks and shovels" instead. Buy the A.I infrastructure stocks instead or invest in QQQ so that you have some exposure to the winners regardless of who they end up being.

kerrykingzgo-T

Have you tried building wealth by investing in QQQ 0DTE's? You literally cannot lose, we are all rich here.

confused_teabagger

QQQ

helipad668

How the fuck do you think SPy only pumps? It’s because retail keep buying puts and market makers keep squeezing retail, retail is what drives the price on Spy QQQ.. Market makers Anglo are designed to go against retail and take their money, if you don’t know this you’re the dumb regard

Mark_Underscore

Pick up 6, 9 , 12 month QQQ puts that are about 20% below current market price. Sell soonest to expire on VIX spikes. Rinse and repeat. Free crash insurance.

EmeraldEnvyBop

You might be right, but careful with the pattern matching here. A 10% bounce off lows can be a dead cat or just a normal rally in a volatile correction. Plenty of corrections had sharp V bounces that never revisited the lows. If you’re fading this, at least have a clear invalidation level. Markets can stay irrational way longer than feels reasonable, and shorting indices into strength can get painful fast. Also worth watching breadth and credit spreads, not just price levels on QQQ.

No-Improvement3164

My watchlist sure had a lot of red on it yesterday to close flat and QQQ green

Clackamas_river

If QQQ hit $340 it would be the least of your worries that you were right. That is regarded AF, there would have to be a flock of black swans on an Asteroid. I don't think China nuking Taiwan could even halve the entire market by then.

SlartibartfastMcGee

If this is a serious post, then you lucked into buying at the absolute bottom of a large dip, basically matched the performance of QQQ and are acting like it’s because of some strategy you had. The fact that you are looking down on an 18% return YOY is telling. Most investors would kill to lock in that much of a return for the next year, and you think it’s worth sneering at.

Rock_or_Rol

MSFT should be coming out with something soon I’d think APLD - insane earnings and growth CQQQ - Deepseek v4 soon (or short QQQ) MU - insane earnings USO or oil futures - depending on this weekend

Infinity_ashim

Hi, I'm Ashim from MarketCrunch AI. I agree that sentiment is pretty beaten down for software, but the "sandbag and cut costs" playbook is getting tougher to execute for a sustained bounce. We're seeing more companies get dinged for weak forward guidance even after a beat, suggesting the market is looking past the immediate quarter. While AI efficiency is a common narrative, the actual impact on margins and growth needs to show up in the numbers, not just on the earnings call. That's the real hurdle for a "monster comeback." $SPY $QQQ

istari

Extreme QQQ puts

dataCollector42069

Some regard just bought $10k worth of August QQQ $340 puts lmfao

dataCollector42069

This is so regarded that u/[MoreOutcome8541](https://www.reddit.com/user/MoreOutcome8541/) this is literally financial advice. Buy less QQQ calls at a higher strike. these are a guaranteed loss regard

ExplanationNormal339

That 582p block is worth tracking because it landed when QQQ was at $611.07—about 5% downside, which isn't deep enough for a typical hedge. More likely it's positioning ahead of inflation data (March breakdown just dropped today). If QQQ holds above $608.33 support, the put buyers lose credibility; break below and you've got real conviction. Either way, watch the volume on any bounce—single prints don't mean panic selling.

Reasonable-Tank-3421

I mean I agree with the sentiment but betting on QQQ below 340 by August means your money would better be spent on shelf-stable food.

ApathysLastKiss_

wAiT for the gap to close under QQQ then load long dated calls and hold those mfers

AcademicStandard3701

YOOO THE QQQ $582p FOR 04/17 has over 200k oi are we in a fukin boo trap!! Lmao

MarketCrunchAI

Totally agree with the sentiment on international diversification. I've been doing something similar, not quite 25-30% yet, but definitely increasing my exposure beyond just US large caps. Valuations here feel stretched, and while the US market has been incredible, it's hard to ignore the potential in other developed markets. My main concern is still currency volatility, especially with the dollar's recent strength, but I think the long-term benefits of diversification outweigh that risk for me $SPY $QQQ $VYMI

yaboyalaska

I bet OP is right about the talks and QQQ will fade to exactly 607.01

VeryStableGenius

I'll tell you: mix of long-term T-bonds and funds, cash, value and div stocks. 35% short hedging position QQQ. Longs include 300 shares of BRK-B but sold long ATM covered calls when it hit its recent high (gut feeling said it won't stay above 500). In various retirement, mostly big chunk of TIAA guaranteed asset class, cash, some dividend stocks trading at low P/E.

softboiledjadepotato

A dude burning down a factory in desperate response to untenable cost of living. And record low consumer confidence number since survey began in 1952 = QQQ +.14%, 8th green day in a row

ConsciousStreet-0866

Just a non-serious, baseless claim. The correct answer is that you have no idea. I used Anthropic Claude to model a scenario in order to drive the point across. Sharing its response below. --- Person A vs. Person B: A Tale of Two Investors The Setup Both investors start with $100,000 on February 11, 2000 — four weeks before the NASDAQ peaked. They follow an identical discipline: deploy 5% of remaining cash into QQQ every single week. The only difference is that Person B has exit and re-entry rules. Person A — The Pure Believer Person A’s first four weeks of buying happen at prices between $109 and $118 per share — essentially the most expensive QQQ has ever been. Each week, 5% of remaining cash goes in, no questions asked. Then the crash begins. By the end of 2000, QQQ has fallen to $57. By late 2002, it hits $20. Person A never stops buying — in fact, the DCA mechanic means they’re deploying meaningful cash at these cheap levels, which will eventually help. But the damage from those first few weeks of buying near $118 is structural. A large chunk of early capital is permanently impaired. Over the next decade, Person A endures what can only be described as a decade of financial purgatory. QQQ barely recovers to $40–55 by 2007, then the 2008 financial crisis hits and it crashes again to $25. By the 10-year mark in February 2010, Person A’s account sits at just $25,834 — a loss of 74% on their starting capital. Their maximum drawdown touches −87.5%, and they spend nearly 10 full years underwater, meaning their portfolio value never once crosses above its previous peak during that entire stretch. The recovery only arrives around mid-2014. By the 15-year mark, Person A has clawed back to $65,768 — still 34% below their starting $100,000 in nominal terms, and deeply negative in real terms after inflation. The mechanics of DCA did what they were supposed to — accumulate cheap shares during the crash — but the starting conditions were simply too punishing. What most people don't realize is that the starting conditions for any investor are random. Person B — The Disciplined Exiter Person B starts identically. They buy QQQ at $109–118 for the first four weeks right alongside Person A. But then something different happens: when QQQ’s daily close drops below its 100-day moving average in the spring of 2000, Person B sells everything and steps aside. At that point, QQQ is somewhere in the high $80s to low $90s — a painful but survivable 20–25% loss on those early purchases. What happens next is the critical divergence. Person B sits in cash while QQQ collapses from $90 all the way down to $20 over the next two years. They are watching the carnage from the sideline with nearly their full $100,000 still intact. The re-entry conditions — price above the 50-day SMA, with the 50-day SMA above the 100-day SMA — take a long time to trigger in a sustained bear market, which is by design. Person B doesn’t chase false recoveries during the 2001 dead-cat bounces. When they finally re-enter, it’s into a QQQ priced in the $25–35 range. Now their weekly 5% DCA is buying nearly 3–4x the number of shares they could afford at peak prices. They accumulate aggressively through 2003–2007 as QQQ climbs to $54. The filter then protects them again in 2008, triggering another exit before the worst of the financial crisis, and a re-entry in 2009 at depressed prices. At the 10-year mark, Person B has $102,354 — essentially breaking even in nominal terms, but vastly ahead of Person A’s $25k. At 15 years, they’ve grown to $126,348. Their maximum drawdown is −49.4%, and their longest underwater period is 3.82 years — less than half of Person A’s decade underwater. What the Numbers Actually Mean The gap between these two outcomes — $65,768 vs. $126,348 at 15 years, a $60,580 difference on the same $100k starting capital — comes entirely from one thing: capital preservation during the dotcom crash. Person B’s filter didn’t make them brilliant stock pickers. It just prevented catastrophic early losses from compounding into a decade-long hole. This is the core thesis behind systematic TAA: the math of losses is asymmetric. A 50% loss requires a 100% gain to recover. An 87% loss requires a 669% gain. Person A spent 15 years trying to dig out of that hole. Person B never fell in.

Weekly_One8412

Just be careful, because this whale probably bought at todays high, so he’s already in the green on this position. A dump to 600 on QQQ would give him all he needs to pull out with a sizeable profit.

Ok-Path8057

Anybody else notice QQQ $660 calls expiring the 24th shot up at close

mrgr33n420

-5 MNQM6, 10 MCLK6, 28 QQQ $619 CALL 30APR26 see yal Sunday night.

Odd-Block-2998

MSFT, SNOW and CRWD literally give up in a bull market. lmao Portfolio trailing > 5% from QQQ.

Dornitz

QQQ still on a winning streak 🤑

1UpUrBum

That was still in the dotcom crash. These are short term it only takes a day or 2 to wipe out large amounts. A 15% relief rally can be gone fast. Just do it yourself. Get a chart and put on a moving average envelope. For SOXX set it at 10 days and 10% range (noramlly6-7%). SPY is 10 and 3%. QQQ is 10 and 4%. See what happens. In hard selloffs it can go down more. But not for long.

Expensive-Big-8725

most of the individual stock volumes look pretty alright for the day but SPY and QQQ are measly - whats up with that?

corporalboobs

AXTI and QQQ puts got me down. USO and PLTR calls got me downer. 15 mins to market close and I’m seeing red across the board. Can’t wait to do it all again Monday.

Crazy_Donkies

How will oil impact NVDA or GOOG.  If you're buying something to bet the oil trade, it isnt QQQ.

Fair_Philosopher575

QQQ -0.01% after a whole day is diabolical work algo. Fuck off

drew-gen-x

This is where I get hated on by both the bulls & bears for looking at charts. Just like I was called a perma bull for BTD the last 2-3 weeks, I'm looking at the $QQQ and there is heavy resistance around 610. We've already had 8 straight green days for $QQQ; I just don't see how it doesn't at least retest its 200 DMA of 597. I guess they did add WalMart to $QQQ a couple months ago. Maybe they could kick out a couple software names and add $CAT and $DE to $QQQ to stay above the 200 DMA. /sarc

Salums

how can QQQ be flat with NVDA nearly +3%, AVGO +5%, AMZN +2%, what's pulling it to the bottom ?