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I waited till 4:15 for QQQ to breakeven like a dog
I waited till 4:15 for QQQ to breakeven like a dog
QQQ moonshot of today. Holding till it's a 20 bagger!
SpaceX: People are getting this IPO wrong
My buy for the SpaceX IPO: Low-float ETF multiplied ARM. How is this regarded?
My buy for the SpaceX IPO: Low-float ETF multiplied ARM
Bought 0dte QQQ $721c and 10 minutes later the bottom fell out
Can we discuss the suspicious sell off this morning?
Can we discuss the suspicious sell off this morning?
Day 3 No PDT (QQQ puts AND calls)
Sold 50 of these too soon. Better than the Lottery
Thoughts on my Portfolio in the late 30s
PDT Gone, trading good (QQQ calls)
Some honest assessment of my investing strategy and why "steady but surely" beats "get rich now" if you're not devoted to trading
The market is held up by boomer optimism which will be destroyed
Great news guys I just checked IBKR and QQQ actually closed at 740. Yesterday was probably just some weird bug.
SpaceX and Other Mega IPOs May Wait Years to Join the S&P 500 (unlike the Nasdaq)
Hypothetically if you were holding close to infinitely, would VOO or QQQ be the move?
Why is international value doing so well recently?
I don’t think 0DTE QQQ and TSLA puts were the way to go here
TOP 1%? I Should’ve Trusted My Algo Earlier? (I’ve spent some 4000 hours on vibe coding for this)
Looking to start SpaceX exclusionary index ETF called GACX. It'll just be QQQ without SpaceEx. Who's in?
Looking to start SpaceX exclusionary index ETFs called GACX. It'll just be QQQ without SpaceEx. Who's in?
Nasdaq down .8%, QQQ down .2%
SpaceX valued at just $780 billion by Morningstar, less than half its IPO target
SpaceX valued at just $780 billion by Morningstar, less than half its IPO target
SpaceX valued at just $780 billion by Morningstar, less than half its IPO target
Is anyone actually selling VOO or QQQ over Space X concerns?
Addressing yesterdays post - Help me understand "Elon and SpaceX are going to rob 401k"
US Stocks Surpass 1929 Valuation Levels as AI Rally Accelerates
Any beginner traders want to join me on my journey?
Out of a job, but making more day trading
My portfolio evolved from bear to bull
What is the best strategy to allocate and optimize a 100K investment?
Must be SOME big players among you degens: Can one of you take advantage of this moment and announce a QQQ ex SPCX ETF so I can buy it?
Posted GEX levels before open today 5/26 — 9 out of 9 held at king by close
Tuesday's 5/26 GEX levels before the open — last week 8/11 held at king
Lost $26.4K - Finally ready to talk about this January QQQ put loss
Lost $26.4K - Finally ready to talk about this January QQQ put loss
Lost $26.4K - Finally ready to talk about this January QQQ put loss
Real QQQ Charting: 2000 v 2026 Market is calling for BAT SIGNAL
Posted GEX levels before market open Friday— 8 out of 11 held at king by close
What is the 0DTE meaning behind the last hour of trading on big days
I built the most honest VRP put credit spread backtest I could. 7 years, 5 symbols. Terrible
I made my own options Auditor and Journaling system
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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
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.
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.
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?)
Most of the QQQ gains are being held up but just a handful of stocks, the rest are literally irrelevant.
Yup and take the entire QQQ down with it
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.
Who has a 401k with QQQ in it? I want that unicorn plan.
You think SPY will take a similar dump or mostly QQQ being heavily tech? I fucking hate how pricey the QQQ premiums are lmao
My QQQ TQQQ and SPY calls got cooked
Got rid of my put hedges. QQQ better not dump!
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).
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
Welp, guess I’m holding these QQQ calls all weekend.
Where do puts on QQQ for the outflow towards SPCX sit on this spectrum?
You know that's why QQQ exists right?
Imagine holding MSFT/META when QQQ is outperforming. Goes to show picking stocks is complete bullshit and luck
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.
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.
If my QQQ calls hit I will take some of those profits and put into Space X, can’t go totally up
[$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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
pretty big right shoulder forming on QQQ 6 mo
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
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
XLP (consumer staples) is up more than QQQ and SPY
Didnt sell my QQQ 719 put. Hope there is no deal 👀 Need that pull back at open
HODL QQQ calls into the weekend, guess I'm one of you..??
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.
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.
Loading calls to the tits on MU and QQQ with wanton disregard.
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.
Just made $1000 in last 15 minutes of trading day flipping 0dte puts and calls on QQQ
QQQ I ask POLITELY that we hit 723 ATLEAST ONE MORE TIME
I need a 3% jump in QQQ by end of the day to break even. How am I looking?
QQQ down $1 before power hour and then power hour SOARS THRU and back UP
QQQ itm calls have gone up 50% like 5 times in a row today. Started trading them after the 2nd time. Easy money.
**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.*
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.
If you own QQQ you now own SPCX congrats on the ipo
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
Screw it picked up some QQQ calls for next week
Alright im ready for you to dump QQQ you've been hanging for way too long
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.
QQQ and TSLA calls for next week
No one cares about that ticker. QQQ is all that matters
I cant believe retards will buy calls on SPY, QQQ and semis today. Greedy motherfuckers. Stupid sons of bitches.
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.
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...
QQQ puts at close for Monday? Anyone?
Well, dude, in this reality there are indeed 401k plans that include QQQ. And even more that have a brokerage window.
Where the wild $20 QQQ swing today lol
The absolute moment we break 723 QQQ, its gonna 🚀 to 725 and get pinned again
Its so annoying to see QQQ and SPY get pinned, they want to break 723 and 742 respectively but market is too 🌈
Nobody holds QQQ in their 401k dude
QQQ approaching that 21 day SMA ceiling, moment of truth
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!
Enough about spcx, SPY AND QQQ NEED TO BREAK FREE AND GO BEYOND
QQQ wants to break 723 SOOOOO BADDDD
Enjoy underperforming QQQ over the next 50 years
> Sorry, I am laughing so hard right now, I can't even type. Sure you are. >You quickly went from "nobody uses it" I don't think I actually said that. A lot of idiots use it. >"well, they're probably bad professionals". Well, yes. >Quit my job 2,5 years ago :) It's not hard to make money in an up market - cumulative S&P returns have been 60%; QQQ returns 80%.
Reminder that in 15 days, SPCX gets automatically listed on NASDAQ-100 and funds like QQQ will be required to own shares. Presumably many are buying already in preparation.
Well my QQQ puts r fukt
#I never bought into the whole "market is manipulated" shit but it clearly is. For the last few weeks SPY and QQQ kept pumping while most stocks have been drilling. Indices have zero relation to actual stocks and artificially pumped by the government. LMAO🤌
Initial investors are not allowed to sell the stock for the first 45 days (usually 90 days for IPO). It will sure be interesting when QQQ and others start to buy, while everyone try to sell to time the market.
i was promised QQQ moon today 3000 years ago
which indexes do you mean? 5 days for VTI. 5 days for Russell. 15 days for QQQ. what index is doing 45 days? > Due to extremely low float shares available (4-5%), the stock will moon when the major etf and funds buy it. float weighting. every major index besides QQQ is float adjusted. a company cannot hack its way into infinite growth by just releasing a tiny amount. so the only wildcard is QQQ. and you can find out how much funds following QQQ will have to buy, and then compare to the volume of SPCX to see how hard it will be to acquire that much. remember everyone planning to "hold on until QQQ buys" will be trying to sell at that exact instant.
Yeah it'll be in the NASDAQ 100 very soon, so it'll become a part of big ETFs like QQQ.
Why stop at 2 years? It's up just 40% in the past 5 years. SPY is more than double that. QQQ nearly 3x it.
I have so much QQQ outs
If QQQ can pump to 730/sh, maybe I'll erase this week's losses. Delusional wishful thinking. Come on, pump this into outter space.
QQQ and SPY both green at 12:14 but XLE red at the same time?
Bought QQQ calls at the right time
0dte QQQ/SPY gonna print
OP, do you imagine that people only have QQQ in their 401(k)s?
just lost money trading this giant pos. forget it. QQQ options are better
Focus on growing your income and park your money in higher growth ETFs like QQQ etc... and maybe a couple stocks you like for fun. I don't think dividends are going to do you any good unless you're already sitting on a large portfolio
$7 drop on QQQ in minutes off zero news! Awesome!
Youre supposed to play options on QQQ
QQQ -2% would make me $3,000 QQQ +2% would make me lose $200 Let's see what happens
Loaded puts on you QQQ because you disappointed me
15 days before it enters QQQ
Sitting under a biggggg point of resistance in the QQQ. I feel like there is a big rejection coming off it but this market is highly regarded.
QQQ preparing for Liftoff 🚀🚀🚀🚀
[https://www.composer.trade/etf-comparisons/VOO-QQQ](https://www.composer.trade/etf-comparisons/VOO-QQQ) btw
I think QQQ is gonna hit 725 before the IPO launches