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Let AI agents deploy options bots on paper desks. Worst one: long puts on TSLA/AMD/META/NFLX, 53 tra
US market - VOO or CSPX QQQ or CNDX or anything else?
Gambled my girlfriends account on MSFT and paid off
SK Hynix $SKYH Earnings Shed Light on Memory Capacity and Demand
Chips vs. SPY: SMH +46.89% and SOXX +64.66% YTD — The Performance Gap Is Widening
going all in on “small satellites”
SOX just hit bear market territory. This earnings week is make or break for semis
38M Canadian with Defined Benefit Pension: Looking for Honest Criticism of My LongTerm Investment Plan
AI still looks strong long term, but I am watching the whole chip sector now
MU puts bought in large size 7/2/26. SMH puts 7/6. Will Apple receive approval to buy chinese memory chips? If yes that would explain
Rally into July 44th and July 17th, Q3 20% market correction, October melt up.
Rally into July 44th and July 17th, Q3 20% market correction, October melt up.
Rally into July 44th and July 17th, Q3 20% market correction, October melt up.
Is $DRAM the greatest ETF ever created objectively?
Are Semi-Conductors worth investing in at this point? Tech?
Critique the direction of my 14yo son’s Roth IRA we started this year
How does this mixture look for my 14yo son’s Roth IRA?
Roast/review my portfolio. AI, Semis, Infra + ETFs. 40M, Europe. Rotate into Nasdaq?
Is it too late to get into SMH?
If you’re young, increase risk until you are 100% you’ll hit your goal!
Semiconductor shorts pile on as winning trade reverses - CNBC
The market panic looks overdone follow up- choppy ahead of CPI, but positioning is improving
RACK Vaneck New ETF Is the new future Growth like DRAM or was it just another overhype?
The market panic looks overdone - Korea, SMH,SOXX, VIX, Jobs, and Oil
Should I trim my AMD position? Looking for thoughts on this portfolio reallocation
Space companies - The real underdogs
I am trying to buy calls, but this stock keeps going up. SMH. Is this the next MU?
Forced to sell early because I had an exam @2:00 SMH
I want to diversify significant NVIDA position into AI specific ETFs- How would you think about this?
After 200% gains - i’m out. (B-B-BUBBLE!)
32 y/o Canadian Investor , Need honest suggestion please.
Aschenbrenner Blinked
I feel like it’s very difficult to get a read on the AI trade… (chips, smh, intc, bubble)
Straddle rule between similar but no identical ETFs like SMH and SOXX
NVDA beat earnings, semis rallied hard, and institutions spent the day selling calls into strength. What does that tell you?
Leopold Aschenbrenner just filed his Q1 2026 trades with the SEC His tracker's been live since March 5th It's up ~78%, even with the delay Today the portfolio was rebalanced to match his latest trades. Screenshot from: Stock Insider App
Leopold Aschenbrenner's 13F just dropped Check this out, this is absolutely INSANE. Every major name. All brand new this quarter: SMH VanEck Semi ETF – $2.04B NVDA – $1.57B ORCL – $1.07B AVGO – $1.01B AMD – $969M MU – $584M TSM – $535M ASML – $494M INTC – $159M
Actual performance of Leopold fund Semiconductor PUTS
$20k in SMH - thinking of selling the ATH and going all-in on MU or NVDA before earnings?
You don't have to make up losses from the stock that caused them
Can someone ELI5 why SMH would be a better investment in the current market than a 3X leveraged ETF like SOXL?
Anchoring Bias. Why is it so hard to buy GOOGL & AMZN at all time highs? Why do we chase 10x underdogs over proven winners with 1x upside?
SMH Other Subreddits are so behind on the news cycle
And Another Ai Bubble = SMH. ( this isnt normal)
Why does the market keep pushing toward highs even when the macro backdrop still looks bad?
New to US market, Need advice for SIP in Tech Etfs
I wrote a full thesis on why AI hits white collar jobs first and credit markets next. Here’s my position.
Add more on Monday? (Added $40k on Thursday)
How do you evaluate infrastructure stocks beyond surface level AI hype?
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I come here for sound financial advice and this is what I get. SMH
You're more in tech than it looks. The top of SMH (Nvidia, TSMC, Broadcom) is also the top of the S&P, and crypto trades like tech. That's about half the taxable account on one bet. Fine if it's on purpose, just don't call it diversified. VXUS already has \~25% emerging markets, so VWO on top is double counting. Drop it or know why you have it. Roth changes make sense, keep QQQM small since you already own those names 3 times over.
\[23 years old living in the US making 90k a year\] I was wondering if this would be the best way to split up my investments, I just plan on DCA a leveraged portfolio towards tech/growth but still want to keep things diverse. I have maxed out my Roth IRA for this year so the Roth portion is currently scheduled to start next year in January. Taxable spread: $552 every paycheck (biweekly) Sp500 - 35% SMH - 21% VXUS - 20% VWO - 10% BTC - 7% ETH - 7% Roth ira: (Currently this is at QQQM 57% FSKAX 30% FTIHX 12% but I felt like rebalancing due to taxable also being tech heavy) FSKAX - 40% AVUV - 25% FTIHX - 20% QQQM - 15% Please feel free to share any opinions and ask any questions!
When was the last time you took her dancing? wtf bunch of lame husbands/boyfriends up in here. SMH.
Cover yourself in oil and slide like a seal SMH
lmao $NVDA can't even match $QQQ or $SMH on this pump
Funny thing about the bond tape right now: while everyone is arguing about how to save treasuries, somebody already put the biggest bond bet on the board - and it went the opposite way from the panic. Yesterday's single largest new options position in bonds was TLT **calls**. 106,885 contracts, roughly $900M notional, opened in the session right before a hot core CPI print. TLT calls pay if long bonds go up, i.e. yields come down. So that is real money betting on treasuries rallying, placed straight into the print that pushed hike odds higher. Either a contrarian duration view, or cheap convexity bolted onto a book that is already short duration. Both are real trades. For scale, the rest of what got opened the same session: * GLD puts - ~$2.97B * IWM puts - ~$2.44B * NVDA calls - ~$2.42B * META calls - ~$1.75B * SMH puts - ~$1.17B * TLT calls - ~$0.90B Gold, small caps, semis and high-yield credit all took puts in the same session that NVDA and META took calls. That is a book keeping its upside and paying up for protection. It is not a everybody-out panic, whatever the headlines say. One thing worth understanding about this data, because it is the part people miss: these are open-interest changes, not volume. Volume cannot tell you whether a trade opened a position or closed one. OI can - but it only settles after the close, so you are always looking one session back. It shows what got *put on*. It tells you nothing about who took the other side. I pull this off the tape every morning. It is consistently the most useful thing on the board and the least talked about.
29 portfolio value 21.5k - redistributed 2 yrs ago based on a lot of research and stepped back during grad school. Originally invested in picks on a 5-7yr timeframe, however, several took off unexpectedly since and the economic climate for different industries has switched up a lot. AAPL 28% (ETF) SMH 21% NET 17% AMZN 13% PLTR 7% DFTX 5% VKTX 4% NVO 3% SOFI 1% COST 1% Not the same positions in my Roth. Trying to go on the riskier side with a small allocation of funds while hedging with Mag 7s. Working to build up COST but would love input on the risk management aspect.
Worth adding what positioning looked like going *into* this print, because it did not line up with the hike narrative. Largest **new** options positions opened Thursday across the whole US market, by notional. These are open-interest changes - what was opened, not what merely traded: * GLD puts - 74,750 contracts, ~$2.97B * IWM puts - 84,976 contracts, ~$2.44B * NVDA calls - 111,407 contracts, ~$2.42B * META calls - 25,776 contracts, ~$1.75B * SMH puts - 23,204 contracts, ~$1.17B * TLT calls - 106,885 contracts, ~$0.90B Two observations: **TLT calls are the odd one out.** That is a long-bond position - it pays if yields fall. About $900M of it was opened the session before a core print that pushed hike odds higher. Either a contrarian duration view, or convexity bought against an existing short-duration book. **The equity side is hedged, not bearish.** Gold, small caps, semis and high-yield credit all took put flow in the same session that NVDA and META took call flow. That combination reads as tail protection on a book that is still long, rather than a move to risk-off. Data caveat: open interest only settles after the close, so this is one session behind by construction, and closing trades are excluded. It shows what was put on, not who was on the other side of it.
Everyone is pricing the hike. The single biggest new bond position on yesterday's tape went the other way. Largest **new** options positions opened Thursday, ranked by notional. This is open-interest change, not volume - what got *put on*, not what got traded: * GLD puts - 74,750 contracts, ~$2.97B * IWM puts - 84,976 contracts, ~$2.44B * NVDA calls - 111,407 contracts, ~$2.42B * META calls - 25,776 contracts, ~$1.75B * SMH puts - 23,204 contracts, ~$1.17B * TLT calls - 106,885 contracts, ~$0.90B TLT calls are a bet on long bonds going **up**, i.e. yields down. Roughly $900M of them opened in the session right before a hot core print. Either somebody is very wrong, or it is cheap convexity stapled to a book that is already short duration. Both of those are real trades. The rest of the board is a hedge cluster, not a tech-crash bet. Gold, small caps, semis and high yield all got puts in the same session while NVDA and META got calls. That is "keep the upside, buy the tail", not "sell everything". Caveats so nobody reads more into it than is there: OI settles after the close, so this is always one session behind. Closing trades are excluded. And it tells you nothing about who took the other side - a put buyer needs a put seller.
If you want to know how the biggest books are hedging this exact risk, you can just read the options tape. Open interest changes tell you what was *opened* - not merely what traded. From Thursday's close (last fully settled session), the largest **new** positions opened across the entire US market, by notional: * GLD puts - 74,750 contracts, ~$2.97B * IWM puts - 84,976 contracts, ~$2.44B * NVDA calls - 111,407 contracts, ~$2.42B * META calls - 25,776 contracts, ~$1.75B * **SMH puts - 23,204 contracts, ~$1.17B** * HYG puts - 91,760 contracts, ~$0.71B Three things that bear on your question: **1. SMH puts are the literal answer.** SMH is the semis ETF - the cleanest single-instrument expression of "AI/tech risk". About $1.2B of *fresh* downside protection went there in one session. Not QQQ, not SPY. If you want the same hedge shape as the size, that is the wrapper they used. **2. It is not a one-way bet.** The same tape opened ~$2.4B of NVDA calls. The big books are not net-short AI - they are holding the upside and paying for tail protection on the sector wrapper. That is a very different trade from "rotate out of tech", and it is usually the cheaper one. **3. The company it keeps matters.** IWM and HYG puts were opened alongside it. Small caps and high-yield credit are liquidity hedges, not semis views. So at least part of that SMH put flow is a macro hedge wearing a tech costume - worth knowing before you copy it as a pure AI-risk trade. Caveat so you can weigh it properly: OI settles only after the close, so this is always one session behind, and it shows what was *put on* rather than direction. Closing trades are excluded - these are new positions only. It tells you nothing about who is on the other side. No position in any of the above.
Thoughts on SMH stock at these levels?
I just bought $60k of VTI, SCHD and SMH 2 weeks ago should I sell them all?
Total North America Oil production \~32 million barrels per day (bpd). Total consumption \~ 25 million bpd All Hormuz global Oil price crash very badly soon. War is not going everyday. It’s tit for tat. On top now Venezuela production bump. $QQQ $NVDA $SMH $MU $TLT $XLE $SPY all impacted today, its opportunity https://preview.redd.it/asq1kgq5mqoh1.png?width=740&format=png&auto=webp&s=81572eb3dcd7575eafc9edd2d8ec70a512a8aa2b
That info is out of date by at least a year. Chips are the bigger shortage. Long SMH
$NKE gives dividends 4.5%, how much dividends $NVDA gave ? Nike Revenue much higher than $SNDK, $WDC, $STX and many semi in $SMH
NKE gives dividends 4.5% Nike Revenue much higher than SNDK, WDC, STX and many semi in $SMH
Weak attempt. lol. Dumb MAGAs will fall for this shit too. SMH
SMH, QQQM, IYF, IWM or individual stocks in those sectors, always DCA. Just my 2 cents. Not recommendations.
Your post is very true in that we are seeing oil chaos and strain like the 70’s, however, you have to keep in mind that we are more energy independent than ever before. Statistically speaking we are a net export country since 2019. We won’t see dry pumps, but, you can damn be sure we will see 5$-6$ a gallon or more here soon which will destroy the economy and raise prices even further. (Are we winning yet? SMH..) I’m curious how this will affect energy costs for EV’s….. will company’s start charging more immediately per KWh ?
Doesn't Lenovo already make something called a Duo?? Apple can't even be original with the naming SMH. Five years late and nothing new to add but sheep gotta sheep I guess. :rolf:
Great! I’ll tell my boss I won’t be driving to work anymore - just when you thought they couldn’t get any dumber… SMH
Got it. In that case I’d mentally group the DRAM basket and SMH together as one broader semiconductor and storage tilt rather than treating them as separate diversifiers..Samsung and Micron provide direct memory cycle exposure, while Seagate is primarily a storage drive company rather than a DRAM producer. They won’t behave identically, but the basket is still exposed to cyclical hardware demand, inventory, capacity and pricing risks. Some or all of those companies are also likely already present in the world fund..At 2.5% the DRAM basket alone won’t dominate the portfolio. The more useful limit is the full 10% satellite allocation, because Google, Amazon, SMH and the memory/storage basket collectively express the same general decision: overweight technology relative to the global market. If that is an intentional experimental sleeve, 90% world and 10% satellites is coherent. I’d simply rebalance it back to the chosen limit rather than continually adding after strong performance. If you don’t have a specific reason for the overweight, 100% world remains a perfectly complete alternative.
Why would Biden do this to the market? SMH my head
A 100% world fund is already a complete strategy. The 10% satellite portion is optional, not a diversification gap that needs to be filled..Google and Amazon are almost certainly already meaningful holdings in the world fund, and SMH plus the DRAM position add more semiconductor exposure. So your proposed portfolio isn’t “world plus four new diversifiers.” It’s the global market with an intentional overweight to mega cap technology and semiconductors. That can be perfectly reasonable if it’s what you actually want. I’d avoid choosing something merely because it sounds “high risk, high reward.” Concentrated risk can produce higher returns, but it can also produce worse returns without compensating you for the extra risk. A useful rule for the 10% would be that you can tolerate it underperforming the world fund for years without abandoning the core or increasing the allocation after a run up..Gold is also optional. It can behave differently from stocks in some environments, but it doesn’t produce earnings or cash flow and isn’t necessary for a 30 year growth portfolio. I’d only add it if you can identify the specific role you want it to serve, not simply because portfolios sometimes include gold. What is the exact world fund, and what ticker or product do you mean by DRAM? That would show the actual overlap before deciding whether the satellite positions are doing what you intend.
S&P 500 index funds will go up tomorrow and chips like SMH should go down slightly.
I just wish NVDA didn't make up a quarter of SMH's holdings.
Do you want the supply chain that feeds that too? If so SMH is a good choice for this, heavier on capex names than soxx.
Notice how $NVDA is being used as a semi funding short again. They get it up to near ATHs to tickle everyone's balls, then rotate profits out it fast to yeet into higher beta semi stocks that will return more. Also some measure of $SMH rebalancing where one component goes up, others go down and vice versa.
everyone, pay attention to SMH, if that starts to lose the low's... market is taking a deep dive today
ate DRAM for breakfast, then got my SMH on at the gym
Last 250 years, world is not intelligent enough, now need to spend $5 Trillion to be artificially intelligent? When national debt \~$40 Trillion & gas, groceries are so expensive, going midterm with AI vibe to hide all chaos like, Trade, Tariffs & War etc. $NVDA $MU $QQQ $SPY $SMH
I have $100k in SMH, which is very similar, currently at -2%. Im holding it at least until new year, but probably longer, i strongly believe it will go up.
You’re not a nutcase, and neither allocation looks likely to lose everything. They’re broadly diversified portfolios with several deliberate tilts, but they’re more complicated and overlapping than the number of funds makes them appear.FSKAX already owns the companies in QQQM and SMH, while VXUS already includes emerging markets. FISVX/AVUV add a small value tilt, and QQQM/SMH add a growth/technology tilt. That can be intentional, but those funds aren’t providing completely separate diversification or guaranteed additional return. I also wouldn’t describe the brokerage as extremely tech heavy overall. It’s roughly 74% U.S., 25% international and 1% currently unallocated. The concentrated funds are relatively small positions. The more important question is what that brokerage money may eventually be used for...Living with your parents increases how much you can invest today, but it doesn’t necessarily make all of the money long term. Before investing it, privately reserve whatever you may need for emergencies, moving out, transportation or another likely expense within roughly five years. A long horizon helps only when you can actually leave the money invested through a major decline. One tax detail: $625 monthly equals the $7,500 IRA limit for 2026, assuming you have at least that much earned compensation. Before adding regular contributions to the rollover IRA, check whether they will be deductible and whether you qualify for and prefer a Roth IRA. Keeping new contributions in a separate IRA can also preserve a cleaner distinction between old employer plan money and new contributions.Finally, I wouldn’t rebalance the taxable account frequently by selling. Use new contributions to adjust the weights when possible and do most necessary selling/rebalancing inside the IRA, where trades don’t create current capital gains taxes. The portfolio is workable. The real test is whether every tilt is something you understand and would continue holding after it underperforms the broad market for several years not merely whether you’re comfortable with volatility today.
Position in replies earns another comment for this silly chain because this is stock market not academia where I know my credentials and citations outweigh yours and likely everyone in this thread. Very long six digits in after discount buying $GOOG, $SMH, $HUMN and cash on hand for Anthropic/OpenAI depending on which millenium prize they solve before IPO.
**BanBet Lost** — /u/tenfthigher (4W - 2L, 67%) | Ticker | Entry → Target | Move | Time | Result | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **SMH** ▼ | $546.54 → $500.00 | -8.5% | 2w | Lost |
The irony of naming mor places “America”, while being the most treasonous anti-American I history. Next he will try to incorporate Israel and Fox News will just eat it up. White supremacy has and always will be terrorist that are actively trying to dismantle our great nation! SMH
Hey guys I read this AI stuff could be big. Full porting SMH tomorrow.
Buying at the lows is crazy good as long as you have conviction. But I learned that is usually better to buy winners even if they are already up a lot, they tend to outperform. So I tend to buy at ATH companies or ETFs I believe they will do well. I did this with SMH back in January.
Instead trading multiple stocks, just choose one stock to lose money on. SMH.
I sold all Nvidia and put it into SMH. It has 20% nvidia anyways. Can also look into SOXX.
when is SMH gonna wake the fuck back up
Yes sounds smart to time the market and be bearish, unfortunately you will buy higher and panic in a couple a weeks when the SMH prints another 7% green candle. The only reason Ai is not blowing our minds fully yet is only because data centers constraints... in the future we will look back and think: why didn't I see the clear gap between demand and supply? why did I not buy more? the only reason semis and ai stocks are correcting now it's because fund managers are pricing in the september, end of midterms and all the news against data centers... guess what? all this will be old news by end of the year.
Stupid cnt still thinks the US should have balanced trade with every country? Even tiny countries that simply don’t export much of what the US needs? SMH
He’s so fucking dumb. Cutting off trade partners would just raise costs more for Americans. SMH.
That has been the case since 2010. As the saying goes its priced in. What actually has to happen come 2027 is that datacenters are actually built, actually powered and actually used. Money is actually lended with rising interest rates and CDS market does not blow up. When that happens you will see it in the SMH, thats when you want to jump back in.
Time to load AVGO, with AMD, MU, SNDK & SMH
Buncha chicom’s whining SMH
Saving cash and just buying options on SOXX and SMH. No need to get stuck holding bags. At least I know how much I will lose right at the outset.
Had the opportunity to sell SOXS at 55 yesterday morning and didn't take it SMH
It's almost futile trying to time which semi will pump. Maybe best to go 2x leveraged in SMH.
Just chill in SMH or SOXX. No point trying to find which semi will randomly pump.
Only SMH/SOXX has been miraculous. Most other tech etfs just underperform qqq. I suppose IGV, IWM and financials etf can sometimes be agood swing trade if you catch lows before the late cycle rotation.
Maybe just VGT and chill? Might not hit 3x in 5y, though. For reference, SMH hit just about 3x over 5y but I don't know that was seen as a sure bet 5y ago.
As soon as I sell a trade then it goes in my favor. SMH
Damn SMH inversing SPY again..
Compare market cap & revenue & net-income of $NKE & $SNOW $SNOW make AI hype, what is absolute dollars net income gapp-net income? $AVGO $HPE $CRDO $MDB $PANW gave recent earnings. All sing more AI than $NKE Absolute dollars & net income important than real hype in $IGV $SMH https://preview.redd.it/6y4mmv75d6nh1.png?width=814&format=png&auto=webp&s=8ac3884426ea2c1de26a8fccfeb8cc6ea0250558
Dark pool activity. 45 million block BUY trade on SMH detected.
NVDA& SMH still cheap
AVGO earnings gonna send SMH & NVda 🚀🚀🚀
SMH/NVDA Calls still cheap!!!
SMH/NVDA calls pre AVGO earnings 🚀🚀🚀
How is crypto and blockchain innovators etf only up like 7% in the last month when pretty much all its major holdings are up more than that? Starting to think etfs are a scam aside from SMH.
October 2023 must have been terrifying for SMH. Double top into a crash? Yikes
Peeps out there will refuse eating the slightly dark part of a banana but eat the ass of someone they just met. SMH
I mean you are going to do that, just go buy SMH or soxx. You are putting all eggs in one basket so beware the risk. I would slowly buy from September's weakness and let it ride.
Fed is talking less, feels hawkish, it doesn’t mean he will raise rate. Fed & Treasury both work with same interest, to make strong economy. 10Yr bump by Bond jokers, like they expect 6 rate hike in 2021, never got one. $TLT $TMF $BND $SPY $QQQ $SMH don’t see any systemic risk
His whole narrative is stupid. The fact that people quit isn't evidence that they don't wanna work. It's evidence that they don't wanna be micromanaged - especially by an arrogant, entitled, authoritarian piece of shit like this fucking guy. What a fucking clown. I work remotely - for years - and I get a ton done with zero oversight. The second somebody starts monitoring me like this guy I'm fucking out of there for a place that doesn't treat people like they are hiding something or stealing from the company. SMH.
SMH is a POS ETF im selling today
It is a good and relatively safer advice if you don’t want to spend time and energy to pick stocks for long term investment. I would even say if you are young and have steady income for the long term and can tolerate volatility, putting money into SMH or QQQ or VGT may be a better choice. I wouldn’t say VOO is the best advice. Just my 2 cents. NOT A RECOMMENDATION.
We should let these cucks fail and go to 0, but taxpayers on the hook again. SMH
# Whats Baghdad Don saying now? SMH 🙄
For some diversity, you could do SMH.
$PCG, $EIX, look crash for fire risk Think when datacenter get fire, which companies collapse, insurance or utilities ? $NVDA $MU $SMH etc
VVSM/ EU SMH seems pinned to 89
I would research AI ETFs, and dollar cost average on a basket of choices: **Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF (AIQ)**: Provides broad, direct core exposure to global AI software, services, and hardware companies like Nvidia, AMD, and Micron. **Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF (CHAT)**: An active fund focused specifically on generative AI innovators and tech leaders, with a 0.75% expense ratio. **VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH)**: A heavily chip-focused play capturing the physical infrastructure and processors powering the AI boom, featuring a low 0.35% expense ratio. **Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF (BOTZ)**: Targets robotics and automation companies tightly integrated with physical AI applications, holding around $3.3 billion in assets.
Semis is actually tryna put a higher low. Check out SMH or SOXX. Even though I'm slightly biased, I actually think a turnaround is around the corner
Maybe different people have different definitions of a “steal”. At best, you’re looking for a 1R trade, when probability is very low. DELL needs to pump over 10% for this to happen, which isn’t very likely. Even if this trade pans out, over time taking 1R trades with low probability will mathematically result in a massive drawdown. Looking at the charts, DELL and SMH just set a lower high, the current market vibe is rotation from hardware to software. Doesn’t seem like a good setup from that perspective. As far as fundamentals, you mention expectations. So in order for DELL to jump 10%, those expectations need to be dramatically surpassed, not just met. Of DELL doesn’t increase the guidance, but merely maintains, what’s the most likely outcome? Big down. Overall, it is your trade and your risk. Just be aware that if DELL opens even slightly up, let’s say, 460, your option value will be down 50-75%. Look at the charts - it tried to break out of a nice bull flag, but failed to follow through. I think the probability is about 60% that it goes to the bottom of that flag trend line, which is around 360 - 380. Good luck!
Invest in them all through SMH. Everyone is printing cash
SOXX/SMH will never go up again sadly. Is there anything to invest in that can beat spy? I tried Zscaler, by far the most reasonably valued major cybersecurity stock, but of course it's not really moving.
It's hard to know exactly how to help as you didn't share your strategy. Possibly you've been buying long calls or doing 0 DTE YOLO trades? I would recommend you move to selling options, specifically Puts. I've been trading Put Credit Spreads for over six years with excellent returns. It is slightly boring, but is low stress and provides time freedom (only trade about 15 minutes per week). Here is my strategy if you would like to give it a shot. Sell highly liquid underlyings (I use NDX, GLD, RUT, IBIT, SPX, USO, DIA, IYR, SMH, TLT, XBI, VIX). 15 Delta (Out of the Money with 85% Probability of Profit). Short Term (28-32 DTE) with a laddered approach so one rolls off while another is opened each week. Little Management (only close positions out at a 200% loss if needed). Typically use $5 wide, but I go to $25 wide on RUT & SPX and $100 wide on NDX. I also try to wait until the underlying goes down by 1% at some point during the week, then I take advantage of the high IV and sell the Put Credit Spread.
VOO , QQQM, SMH are 80% to 90% correlated. They are essentially the same thing.
Putting college kinds on blast in ESPN’s Not Top 10 is kinda mid. Like #1 was a women’s soccer goalie. She’s not making any money of that. Love of the game. And now she’s basically a meme. SMH
$QQQ $SPY $SMH looks Dump AI hype stocks, his new policy to punish hype and crash market, bring deflation and rate follow
Always check IGV/DRAM and IGV/SMH the rotation is real lol
check IGV/SMH or IGV/DRAM for rotation, they are bouncing back and forth
if you trade tech, check IGV/SMH or IGV/DRAM for rotation
Too much story telling, once $NVDA CEO told $MRVL will be $1 Trillion, it pumped all optical components like $COHR $LITE $AAOI $GLW etc with many semi in $SMH $QQQ See today $MRVL earnings. Do you feel it’s $1 Trillion earnings hope? Story telling & financials media pump going everywhere.
Watch out for signs of semis bottoming out (through SMH, SOXX) but just not yet. Mrvl, NVDA, TSM, MU still seem to be leaders to me.
Big leaders build legacy & what legacy now? DOGE, Tariff, Trade,China,Epstein, Greenland, Venezuela, Iran & back to Canada, just before midterms. When gas & groceries price comedown? $SPY $QQQ $NVDA $SMH $XLK $XLF $XLC hedge fund buddies vibe pump few to divert all, when 10yr high.
Lmao, you have SMH as its own income class and bonds not even as an option. The most "2026 reddit investing sub" chart I've ever seen.
just wanted a few braincells watchin the latests mom comes first SMH. ANWAYS WHATS NEW WITH NVIDIA WHY IS IT CRASHING
I mean more so that SMH is up and DRAM is down