SMH

Jhco022

Got in at $0.72 and thought about buying more when it dipped but bitched out SMH

_UFOctopus

Stahp! You're gonna give it traction and make people lots of money SMH

FearlessCrew7463

I’m looking into QQQ and SMH calls. TOPT is a new ishares etf focusing on the top 20 Sp500 stocks, like the Janus top20 fund

QuarkOfTheMatter

you do know they have leaps on the index funds like SPY, QQQ and some of the more concentrated ones like for semis SMH? Dont have to stock pick to access leverage.

Elemental_Breakdown

I put a couple hundred bucks in when it was at $29. Stupid. What are the chances I ever see a return on this? It was up 24% that day and the one time I fell victim to FOMO, I got slapped. This market is senseless right now. The best quantum stock, QBTS has seen the biggest drop because the dopey CEO sold a huge pile of shares when it was taking off. So frustrating, but I'm going to ride it all out. I'm in QBTS for $19/share so still up, but I am SMH that these two stocks (HOND and QBTS) should be generating excitement, not a sell off. Anyone else have hope? Sticking to my guns but it's hard.

Sad-Literature-5341

SMH, British people 

Marko-2091

People cannot read properly and dare to invest in the stock market SMH.

Defiant_Departure270

If I was 20 again I would dollar cost average into the very heart of the ever evolving global AI industry with the ETF SMH. Will it correct lower when the markets correct absolutely. Market timing is a fools errand. Next I would dollar cost average into VOO or the SWTSX. Never stop dollar cost averaging. When markets crash I would buy exponentially more not less. I would also dollar cost average about 10% of free cash flow into crypto.

Defiant_Departure270

Don’t do it. You will pay a fee buying it and selling it. Next if you need to sell it you will incur a 28% capital gains tax with zero carry forward short or long term write offs. Storage is an issue. Look at stocks vs gold over the last 30-100 plus years. If you want gold buy the modern gold….chips….$SMH ETF….way better than gold.

Cautious_You7796

I’d say it’s a solid plan but it’s not a bad idea to add some international exposure as well. Also given your age I’d say add a small amount of riskier things to your portfolio. SMH maybe.

j____b____

LOL. Only took a year to figure that one out. SMH. 

gorginhanson

That's realistic after 20 years! How do you even get your pants on the right way? SMH

Good_Ride_2508

>ETF always wins in pure returns. He is right on this. I have been in real estate investment purchased big time SFHs between 2008-2011 and got nice benefits, but sold all my properties except my primary home around 2020. I was holding 5 SFH in bay area, each above 1Mln price range with 25% down payment, horrible life at that time. My monthly rent was $22000 and mortgage payments was $27000. I was lucky to buy at deep discount and sold sufficiently high returns, paid taxes etc. I took semi-retirement selling all real estate business, still have 9-5 job. Now, I won't even touch real estate and have started investing and trading to make better returns. Now, **no loans, no mortgages**, invest excess cash with peace of mind. You can easily earn 11%-14% investing in blind QQQ or better with SMH or even complex TLT/SMH/QQQ mix.

No-Consequence-8768

What fund? SMH/SOXX? If it bursts you can only lessen the Burst with shorting.

Dude_HaHa

Mansa Moosa, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander the Great would all be buying Gold today. Not Shitcoin. SMH 😡

POOR-MORON

SMH

Pristine_2010C6GS

It's down compared to yesterday's close... how's it flying today? SMH

OrdinaryMix4013

#oh yeah NOW everyone talks about bad loans SMH no no no dont worry about said banks all summer.

Low_Accident5728

Did the same mistake with SMH, at $275. Never sell CC when your original intention is to hold long term.

Emergency-Singer1840

Yuppp EXACTLY. SMH.

tang-tw

You can buy the SMH ETF

394cityboy117

Only now they seeing it following there big bad president they have SMH

SchwiftySchwifferson

I didn’t even get a chance to close out of my ADM puts yesterday. Now all yall jackwagons are jacking up the call premiums. SMH

zipykido

Market ripping, AMD ripping, NVDA limping...SMH

Bagholder147

Why does it take the stock going up 100% in a month for people to finally see it. People been on here talking about it since it was sub $20 a month ago. SMH

AyumiHikaru

>US Dollar is getting debased ~~against other currencies~~ and gold SMH

FearlessStatement144

SMH needs to get above 350 or we are fucked 

soozler

but bubbles are filled with air.... these companies are making money hand over fist off of this. the risk is that they depend upon a single factory in China for their trillions in market cap. if China closes that factory, it all goes to zero until they get a new factory so they can make more chips. it would be great if instead of investing in each other's companies they actually invested in mining operations which are required for their business to function... and that is your hedge. I didn't notice any market decline on Friday because I was long XME as a hedge against SMH. when SMH goes down on geopolitical reason xme skyrockets twice as high

soozler

There is no bubble. But, whatever it is will be popped when China shuts off rare Earths. there will be zero chips produced... so the only obvious hedge is long mining companies. XME vs SMH correlation. if you were in xme, at an equal weight to SMH you did not notice any down move on Friday... I don't see why this is complicated

Baraxton

Specifically as it pertains to the AI bubble popping, you can use SMH puts as a hedge.

ThatsAllFolksAgain

Nixon was excoriated for saying that when a president does something it’s not crooked. Trump is a different animal. He doesn’t care what anyone says he just steals whatever he can lay his hands on. The American people are impotent to do anything about that. SMH.

Defiant_Departure270

1. SMH has significantly outperformed VT. The annualized return of SMH (approximately 26.5%) is characteristic of a high-growth, concentrated sector fund during a major technology boom (the 2010s and 2020s), particularly in the semiconductor space. 2. VT is a globally diversified, passive fund. While exact "since December 2011" data for VT is not in the snippets, a total world stock market fund would have a much lower annualized return—likely in the 10%-12% range for the period, reflecting average global market growth. This illustrates the fundamental trade-off: SMH has offered massive potential growth but with much higher volatility and sector risk, while VT has offered diversified, lower-volatility market-matching returns. 3. Risk vs. Reward: SMH's best-performing quarter was +32.02%, but its worst-performing quarter was -24.40\%. VT, as a diversified fund, would have experienced less extreme swings. Hardly anything except Crypto has beaten SMH every year on average. You can talk focus or global diversification or you can talk kick ass returns every year. You can have both. I would invest in crypto no leverage, SMH, VT, there…you have the best of each world.

Boys4Ever

Bubbles tend to pop when euphoria evaporates because buyers ran out of money or no new buyers interested. Doesn’t mean AI isn’t the future. Just expecting a drawdown which might shake out some smaller losers and reset valuations. Same can be said about EV. Very likely the future. Point about investing is holding for the long haul vs timing volatility. ETFs and DCA tend to solve this. What matters is time horizon. Long enough and it likely works otherwise one is gambling and that’s where you tend to join the capitulation needed to find bottom where institutions buy back in. SOXX and SMH along with QQQ all Involved in AI and one approach is either DCA into them now or if truly believing this bubble pops then mimic Warren buffet and hold large sums of dry powder for when we hit bottom. My approach is swing trading those ETFs in their leverage form (when available) this way I enjoy the rise up and protected should it pop. Either way I’m able to both cherish the rally as long as it lasts including if indefinitely as well as short if it pops. I’m unemotional about trading. Latter what I believe is key vs wondering what happened or what might. Need a functional crystal ball for latter.

anonymous_chad_

So is that a buy for SMH ETF?

annoyed_meows

IBIT, SMH, VGT. Ripper!!!

mtol115

I should have bought Tesla calls at open. SMH

DaemonTargaryen2024

>What if instead of buying the direct security ($AVGO,$AMD,) you just have your wife buy the $SMH the day before the deal I cannot believe the SEC and FINRA never thought of that! The serious answer: you are acting on MNPI, and your wife is complicit as well. Very illegal.

AP9384629344432

Just took some a little profits on a mixture of META, SMH, and my battery stock (which is now a 6.5x for me).

soozler

they probably just wanted something that was like catchy you know... I mean my justification was that China would be cutting us off from rare Earth minerals because Donald Trump would start a trade war with China, and we would have an acceleration of the global macroeconomic trends that have been taking place over the last decade which could be compressed into several years... such as dedollarization, money printing, massive political instability leading nations to acquire lots of defense products. coupled with the fact the United States is rebuilding our entire nuclear arsenal but does not have enough uranium to complete the task, which means that there needs to be a massive increase in uranium mining. Russia used to be our top source for enriched uranium for nuclear plants, but that's no longer an option... in Jan/Feb my core position moved to EUAD, KDEF, ITA, SMH, XME, GLD, SPY, UDN. With some other fun stuff like Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu stock

Automatic_Taro_6288

SMH to hold them all.

No-Consequence-8768

QQQM only out for 5 yrs. Yes XLK, SCHG, SMH, FNGS(etn), FTEC and MAGS will easily... all higher TR from QQQM inception.

BradyMcBallsweat

First day on the internet? SMH is on the same level as lol. Been around forever. Shaking my head, laugh out loud.

robotexan7

Every time someone mentions SMH I shake my head

Defiant_Departure270

You people are not millionaires or billionaires have no clue. I will clue you in. You hold onto your SMH, your VOO, etc….and with zero intelligence you KISS….keep it simple stupid….you buy more as markets collapse….you merely keep investing……market timing is for idiots. Buying the blood in the streets is exclusively for people who know how to buy low….the masses do not know how to do this. They let emotion trump discipline. Mark this post….when markets finally crash….only the keep it simple stupid investors will make bank by buying the fear. Yes I also have cash ready and waiting…that I trade as core holdings stay long forever. Yes I practice what I am posting.

Defiant_Departure270

When the AI bubble pops? Nobody knows. Keep buying more and more of SMH if and when the AI bubble pops. Buy as much as you can of SMH as others stupidly sell the future. Buy the blood in the streets…buy the more it falls.

TradeVue

Premiums come from volatility, not just the stock itself. When implied volatility is high, option prices expand since the market’s expecting bigger moves. If you’re selling options, you want high IV relative to its history. that’s what IV Rank (IVR) is. It measures how current implied volatility compares to its past year’s range. High IVR = richer premiums and more mean reversion edge Stocks like NVDA, TSLA, AMD, SPY, IWM, and SMH usually have enough IV and liquidity to make it worthwhile. Scanners like Option Alpha and options samurai or Tasty’s platform can sort by IVR so you’re not guessing which names are overpriced on volatility. You are asking the right questions this is very important statistically to give you the best and most optimal outcome.

dismendie

Get a mix of etf in the growth sector I honestly like VGT SCHG and SMH and I had them at different times

Defiant_Departure270

I would first….before investing at 18 is create a $10,000 buffer HYSA. Strive for zero debt. Live well under your means. If I had parents at your age or friends to share a place with I would… Next as far as investing I would open a ROTH Account at say Fidelity or Vanguard or Charles Schwab. I would invest in the following dollar cost averaging into $SMH, $VT, $VTI, $VOO but $SMH would be my core…why? The AI Evolution. Go look the at 26.51% average yield since December 2011 inception date. Yes markets will crash, markets will go side ways and markets will soar in your lifetime…..ignore it all and just keep dollar cost averaging from now until you die. Stay aggressively investing your entire life….my 89 year old father in law still is aggressively long in VFIAX and VTI. He keeps three years cash for living expenses in the bank so about $200,000-$250,000. The rest has always stayed long since forever. I asked him…what his secret was….he said staying long forever, dollar cost averaging and absolutely never ever ever market timing. Yes every year he skims only enough to keep the three years living expenses liquid. He hates precious metals, crypto, and trying to pick individual stocks. He keeps it simple and is a multimillionaire for doing what he’s done. He drives an old Honda Civic and lives in a tiny two bedroom duplex with his only wife….key….only wife…married for over 60 years….no costly divorces. They have traveled all over the world. He gardens, drinks beer and wine and they still eat pizza on Sunday nights. The key is above….time proven.

cinJESUS

SOXL or SMH calls on Monday? 👀

soozler

Yeah. I don't see how we could be in a bubble when fund managers are sitting on record large cash positions after April... I would say that we are in a situation where we have discounted reality to zero risk.. meaning China has advertised broadcasted and claimed that they are going to cut off all rare Earth minerals from the west essentially. there have been virtually no shipments of rare earth minerals since liberation Day... the market is pricing in this is not happening (except in autos) and that is sustainable as long as everyone is fine with not taking profits for several years. these companies are shut down on production... or alternatively, the risk of China blockading Taiwan is also priced at zero. when in reality this is going to happen within 5 to 10 years... SMH wll go to zero if this occurs before we have adjusted our supplies chains.

Frandaero

I'm planning on moving my SMH position to URA. I wonder if this will work out to mitigate losses during next week given China's new limitations on rare earth and Trump's response.

soozler

SMH? I hope you're looking at puts. I I had assume that the market was pricing and that these companies were not actually going to be producing any more chips... like we have not had any rare earth shipments since April. China's export controls are not exactly new, they're just published...

Additional_Newt_265

Ahahahahaha CHINA IS ALWAYS POSTURING SMH

GeorgeZ

Cankles McTaco tits at it again. SMH...

EyeSea7923

That's literally his nickname. He's never not done it. SMH.

Thump604

I grabbed a DEEP ITM QQQ LEAP along with shares of QQQM, SMH, etc. if I had more gunpowder I would have bought more deep ITM Leaps or synthetic longs but the orange many is never timed with me and this week I opened a number of CSP's that tied up my cash. Dammit!

whk1992

And if the market goes up there will be another regarded fellow jumping out and saying they are right. SMH.

TheInkDon1

Oh man, you had **APLD** Calls before earnings today? I bet *they* popped! That was the first thing I saw on the Yahoo Finance home page this morning. I don't use margin, though I have it available on one of my accounts (\~41k). I don't see the need for it with the kinds of gains I'm getting. Have I mentioned in this thread 10.9% last week? And 8.9% the week prior. Then 5.0% and 10.2%. 8% per week on average, that's HUGE. I don't keep any cash per se, but the Model Portfolio I'm running in ToS's Paper Money (and will soon be doing with 100k of real cash whenever my rollover check makes it to Schwab) holds 20% **GLD** and 20% **TLT**. TLT is essentially a cash-equivalent, but gold to an extent also. The other (3) 20% slots will be ETFs I pick based on their momentum. Currently **MAGS, SILJ,** & **SMH**. Let me/us know how your LEAPS Calls work out!

TheInkDon1

Right now my model portfolio holds **MAGS, SMH,** & **SILJ**. I don't know what you mean exactly by "asymmetric assets," but GLD and TLT are also in my portfolio because they're somewhat inversely-correlated to the market. For instance, today with the Big Goober dumping on China: SPY is down 1.8% GLD is up 0.7% TLT is up 1.4% It's not like that every day, but they do seem to dampen the fluctuations. And I'm selling CCs against those 2, so even on days when they're flat or down they're making at least *some* money. Let me/us know how you get on!

SchwiftySchwifferson

It’s cause you got the happy ending. SMH.

PNW_Plumber97

I bought 674 puts this morning and sold for 80% gain… 10 minutes later turned into a 12x bagger. SMH

Evening_Ticket7638

FFS this is going to cost me $12.50. SMH.

liqlslip

Agreed - if this supposed bubble were to pop, the bogleheads who've been holding VT since before covid (let's say) will ultimately have made less money than those who've held pure growth (let's say VGT and SMH), in the event tech drops ~40% and VT drops ~15-20% or whatever. Combined with the correlative nature of the global market, the tech growth over the past few years has (and I believe will continue to) exceed the value from an overly diluted portfolio that will also drop precipitously, but just not as much. Maybe I'm naive, but for this reason I think mitigating downside risk is less valuable than most people realize than remaining exposed to outsized upside potential. Especially if you're fortunate to need less than 2% annual withdrawals in retirement and have a stomach for volatility.

TheInkDon1

I was laughing along with you, I hope you realize that. I used to sell at 30 days and 60 days (always at 80-delta), but it felt like those were too volatile, so I made for myself "never less than 90 days." So you might consider that too. What you said about the IV of LEAPS Calls being higher made me curious, so I went and checked some that I trade. Couldn't get close to 60DTE today, so I went with the 71DTE vice the 50DTE expiration: |Ticker|71DTE IV|463DTE IV| |:-|:-|:-| |GLD|21.3%|19.7%| |XME|31.0|30.2| |SMH|36.1|35.6| |MAGS|29.0|32.0| |TLT|16.0|16.3| |GDX|41.1|34.6| |IWM|24.6|26.0| Some higher, some lower, so I don't think IV is the reason that LEAPS are "so expensive." It's simply because you're buying more time at 365 days out than 60. But even though it's more theta you're buying, did you know that the theta-per-day is lower for LEAPS Calls? That's what makes them attractive: it costs you less per day, per week, per month to own them than shorter-dated Calls. Here's the numbers for the first 3 tickers above, choosing an 80-delta (or closest to) strike in each expiration: |Ticker|71DTE theta per day|463DTE theta per day| |:-|:-|:-| |GLD|8.9 cents|5.6 cents| |XME|4.2c|2.0c| |SMH|12.4c|6.8c| Averaging those up, it costs 4.8 cents per day to own a LEAPS Call, vs. 8.5 c/day to own a 71DTE Call. That's 77% more "overhead" if you will, owning the 71DTE Calls. And vega I don't even want to think about, because I don't think it matters. Take care.

TheInkDon1

Nice trade, I think? But this is your first time buying a Call, is that it? If so, congratulations! I used to be an Nvidia fan-boy (was HUGE into them in the runup to the split, and a bit after), so I can't fault you there. Except to say that I no longer do individual stocks; only ETFs for me from now on, I swear to the Almighty. But over 500 ETFs hold some NVDA, so I can't really escape it. In fact, I'm holding these with real money, with their percentage NVDA: SMH - 19%, their largest holding CHAT - 7.8%, largest holding And in paper money, but I *would* be holding it: MAGS - 14% (through swaps or whatever) I took a look at NVDA's chart, and while it's good, I can't say it's better than SMH. Here I [charted NVDA, SMH, & MAGS ](https://imgur.com/a/XmnNo9C)over the past 4.6 months. (I picked a starting date that best-illustrated my point, so a tiny bit of cherry-picking.) You can see that NVDA and SMH ended up at the same place. But my question is always: "But how was the ride getting there?" SMH's was smoother, don't you think? But what really concerns me about NVDA is that rolling-over from about 8/12 to 9/5: *What if it does that again, right now, right after you bought it?* That was 6.3%. Not huge in the larger scheme of things, but what would that do to a LEAPS Call? Or to your Call Debit Spread? Given just those charts, nothing else, not the names or anything, I'd pick the purple one over the blue one as a better ride. And tbh, I'd probably pick the orange one over the purple one. I mean, just look at how smooth it is. A couple of leveling-offs, sure, but no downs on the way up to 26% in 4.6 months. Apy that to 67% and that's a HUGE return. Then apply the 2.8x leverage of a MAGS 80-delta LEAPS Call right now and the return just gets stupid. So that's where I am with ETFs vs. individual stocks: *ETFs by themselves, if you play the momentum, can provide really-good returns even if you just buy shares.* But apply the leverage of LEAPS Calls to them and you're looking at just insane returns. **And those kinds of smooth trends are exactly the kinds of things I think we should be applying leverage to.** I forget now if you do ETFs or not, but if not, I'd implore you to really consider them. Take care.

Soossaaaa

SMH weekly looks topped out. If semis drop quantum should drop even harder

TheInkDon1

Hi again! Yeah, with no new money coming in you'd need to work out for yourself what that all looks like. I'll give you an idea to think about though. Last Wednesday in ToS's Paper Money side I set up what's going to be my "5 ETF LEAPS Call Portfolio" when the money I've requested as a rollover from my government TSP (like a 401k) hits my Schwab Rollover IRA account any day now. I'll just go ahead and give you all of it, since you might find it interesting. 20% in each: GLD - will probably always have a place, unless it starts going down over months. TLT - Treasuries, same as above, but it probably stays regardless of what it does. I consider this (and gold somewhat) the "cash" part of my account. MAGS SILJ SMH The last 3 came from my screening process, which I've describe elsewhere. Also the managing of those I've described elsewhere, but the idea is to ride them up until they taper off, then screen again and replace. To answer your first question: today I took some profits out of MAGS and bought some SILJ 134DTE Calls (the closest I could get to 100-120 days, without going under). How why did I choose to put the profits in SILJ and not MAGS or one of the others? I plotted them against each other and evaluated trends. SILJ was 'better' on the 1-year, 6-month, 3-month, and 1-month views. It also happened to be the highest return over each of those time periods, but that only makes up maybe half of my decision-making process. It was 'smooth,' and if you've read me for long, you know I like smooth. AND it didn't have any big drops; that might've kicked it out in favor of something without. Always just plain-old long Calls. For any others reading this (and to re-affirm it for myself), buying Calls is dead-simple. If they're deep ITM LEAPS Calls, it's almost the same as buying stocks. We all know how to buy stocks; I just use LEAPS Calls for their leverage. Don't get me wrong, I know how to do all the kinds of Spreads, and I've done them all with real money, but now I don't have to worry about: How far out? What strike for the long leg? What strike for the short leg? How is current or future IV going to affect this thing? What's the Probability of Profit? Oh, and what's the ROI? Oh right, I have to calculate the width of the spread, subtract the Debit from that, then divide that into the....what is it again? Oh never mind! Sure, Bull Call Spreads aren't THAT complicated. BUT THEY'RE NOT *INTUITIVE* EITHER. That's what I LOVE about deep ITM LEAPS Calls: once you forget that they're *options*, and really start to think of them as **stock substitutes**, they become just like buying and selling stock shares.

Soossaaaa

SMH is going to drop this is the top. MMW

Redzombie6

been bagholding that trash can for months and now it spikes, SMH

ggtfcjj

I sold EOSE at 7 SMH

Soossaaaa

SMH will end the week at 342. It will start dropping over the next few months - Lisan Al Ghaib

Defiant_Departure270

I knew it….you are super intelligent and the extension cord post was more…now I am being taught things I had no clue about. Seriously I appreciate this feedback. You’ve also looked deeper…very deep ….so deep you found crazy bat shit…lol…yep the data ain’t mathing….the science of facts….all plugged in presents more issues which deteriorate net profits Just so readers know….one of our main very very long holdings is SMH…$800,000 long term initial placement. That sector is where high net profits exist even with future CAPEX spending…..even in its huge industry capex lies immediate ROI and share prices above appreciation at about 26.51% since inception. Base hitter for the next 50-100 year family dynasty trust material. Next…UNH UPS VB IWV Later gators time to sleep…powering down

goalpost21

I heard one MIchigan politician complaining about traffic at the border states is too much from out of state people coming in to buy legal cannibas. Like the revenue and employment for Michigan companies is a bad thing. SMH

TheInkDon1

I don't mind posting them in the open, because I know they're solid selections. But rather than giving you a fish, I'd rather teach you *how* to fish. I made this little [screen capture video](https://imgur.com/a/barchart-etf-screening-VbwTWxy) last week for someone to show how I screen on Barchart. You'd probably need to pay for BC Premium to be able to do some of the things, but this gives you an idea. *Especially* pay attention when I start showing what a 'good' chart looks like. There's no audio, just follow the cursor. **Here are the generic steps:** Open ETF Screener. Unselect all the leveraged ones (but leave the -1/Inverse box checked). Add just 1 screening criteria: Has Options (that pretty much takes care of Volume) Hit 'Add' so that moves down to the screening pane, then click See Results. Sort by 3-month performance. We want to know what's doing well *right now.* Now *THE* MOST IMPORTANT PART: click on "**flipcharts**" and start looking through charts. (Change to Line, and keep the view at 6 months.) Find ones that are up and **smooth**. Don't worry about what the ETF is or anything else, just the price action: up and SMOOTH. Then pick 5 or so that aren't closely correlated. (Like I wouldn't pick gold *and* the gold miners. And I wouldn't pick 2 China ones if those screened in.) Then go buy LEAPS Calls on them and get rich. Here are the 5 I put in my model portfolio last Wednesday: **GLD** \- gold is probably always going to have a place **TLT** \- and Treasuries will probably also have a place **MAGS** **SMH** **SILJ** Granted, silver and gold are somewhat correlated, but one is the gold metal, while the other is silver *miners*. It's okay for me, but might not be for you. Let's see what those look like on a [6-month chart.](https://imgur.com/a/a2I4lFX) Pretty good, right? TLT is flat, but that's okay; it's there to be the 'cash' part of the portfolio. Plus I'm making north of 30% apy selling CCs against it. GLD is similar, meant to be 'cash' and/or a hedge against inflation. But 36% in 6 months is a great return. And the others? *138% in 6 months?* Have you ever heard of such a thing from an ETF? But they're out there. Catch the wave and ride it up, that's the idea. But you have to monitor, and cut them when they roll over. Don't ride them back down. In other words, don't buy and *hold*. Buy and *monitor*. Step off one escalator onto the next one. And note that I didn't pick any of those 3 because they were up the *most*. I picked them because their charts were *smooth*. Up, sure, but smooth is more important. So there you go, now go forth and prosper!

es6900

i started buying SMH in 2023 at $140 thinking i already missed the boat because AI was already so hyped and now it’s $346  lesson in there  

LilPrinceTrashMouth

Why didn’t you guys tell me about ADAP before I bought into PCSA? SMH

djdosage

I lost 5k on these. SMH

Budget-Ocelots

Same. Sold 400 at 40 out of panic last month...Then it 100%. SMH.

nachi_w

No need to apologize. All good. 1.By "above 4" I mean invest recurring in SMH, VOO, AAAU and SLV. 2. Invest in SMH. Don't invest in individual stocks. Investing in SMH will automatically invest in individual stocks present in SMH.

Character_Push_4662

People starting to forget Advanced Money Destroyers ways. SMH. Lock in your profits people!

R1SKbreaka

Poet moon where? SMH

NuclearGhandi1

Sold ASTS yesterday, could’ve had more gains today SMH

dreymans

Another insider telling us success stories. SMH

malemysteries

Some people are unable to act like adults. This is why investors all over the world are fleeing America. SMH

LeakMyBigBowls

Jfc I'm on recovering mode SMH

lurker165473

SPY green, SMH green, GOOGL red. Same story every day 😭

ninjaschoolprofessor

Yesterday it was TSM, today it’s AMD, tomorrow AVGO, then MU, and the cycle repeats. Just buy SMH or SOXL if you can withstand the volatility and profit from all of these semiconductor related companies.

ForeverInTheSun82647

RGTI is solid. Guys in my group were buying at back at 10 bucks. Didn’t really understand its potential and I skipped it. Same with ACHR. I had ACHR at 6 bucks and today it cracked 13 bucks. I had 300 shares I sold at 8 bucks. SMH.

InquisitorCOC

I'm long $SMH and short $RDDT at same time

Beginning-Fig-9089

calls on SMH?

LilPrinceTrashMouth

Welp missing out on ACHR SMH

nachi_w

These are Indexes right? And how can I automate this investing (DCA). => Yes, those are indexes. To automate the investments, I use Robinhood to set up recurring investments for some amount weekly. You would need to do that with whichever platform you use for investments. SMH is the ticker for semi conductors which is like a basket of companies like ASML, Nvidia, TSMC , Qualcomm etc. so when u invest in smh the money is distributed to the above companies.

TheCapitalMentor

AMD’s long-term story still looks strong... But today was one of those days made for trimming a little bit, I give you that. After all, AMD it’s one of the few real challengers to NVIDIA in AI chips. But short-term, the stock’s pricing in a lot of optimism, and it should continue If you believe in AI growth, I’d treat pullbacks as opportunities rather than chasing rallies. NVDA and Broadcom are great benchmarks, but consider spreading risk through an AI or semiconductor ETF (like SOXX or SMH) instead of betting on a single name AMD isn’t a bubble yet, it’s priced for perfection so timing and patience matter

haryx2good

AAAU- this is a ticker for gold investment. SLV- this is for silver investment. VOO- this is S&P 500 investment. SMH- this is the ETF for the semi conductor industry. These are Indexes right? And how can I automate this investing (DCA). And you are saying that these big players in the semi conductor industry are going to do well?

nachi_w

Don't get overwhelmed. I have been where you are right now. I used to watch loads of YouTube vids, articles, podcasts and the other bs on the Internet for investing. After a lot of trial n error, I found this which works for me always. Below are the tickers i invest in every week automatically no matter what the market is.( This is called DCA- dollar cost averaging). AAAU- this is a ticker for gold investment. SLV- this is for silver investment. VOO- this is S&P 500 investment. SMH- this is the ETF for the semi conductor industry. I work in the semi conductor industry so I know how important the coming years will be for TSMC, ASML and US players like Nvidia, Intel and AMD.Hence the SMH ticker. Just do recurring investments for above 4 even if it's as small as 1$ everyday in each. I started with 1$ each in above 4 every week day and kept on holding it till now. I don't regret it at all since now the average cost of my investment is so low that idgaf even if the markets are down. I read this somewhere which still holds true - Your time in the market beats timing the market.

SSGSSasha

They don’t “know”. Nobody knows anything, not even professional traders. Personally, I make conviction based investments grounded in fundamentals. You have to manage risk and ensure that if the market crashes the downside on your investments is limited to a number you think you can handle. Obviously it’s mostly hypothetical. I wouldn’t feel bad. Much of what you see online is essentially gambling. Lots of people buying OTM limited duration call options that have essentially unlimited risk unless you sell the options in advance of expiry. Happy to provide pointers. The case with AMD IMO is a bit mixed and this 30% jump is a massive over reaction. OpenAI has limited cash on hand and AMD has limited datacenter adoption. I bought AMD and NVDA when they dropped below 100$ in April and since sold both for something around 70% gain and have moved all the cash into SMH. I work in the industry and think still think I won’t be able to predict winners in semiconductors. Too many factors. The main contributing factor to my personal success has been valuation. AMD and NVDA were insanely undervalued in April and thats the gains. Speculation has its place but always stay conscious of risk.

AyumiHikaru

I can't believe people didn't learn from ORCL and bought calls. SMH

KrustyLemon

SMH wins again!

brennfl81

This is why I’m invested in SMH. Exposure to a whole bunch of companies that OpenAI and others just randomly announce deals with

AyumiHikaru

The hate toward US must be at ATH too. SMH