SPY

baconography

Compare most of the country ETFs (EW\*) vs. SPY over 2025, and you'll clearly see that it has already been going on. 2026 will be more of the same.

ch0c0l8cake

If you need your heart to race, just do SPY dailys. Works like a charm!

CAFN8TD

There are easier ways to make money in this market but good luck underperforming SPY over two years. Remindme! 2 years.

fire_alarmist

How??? Look how much Silver has skyrocketed while SPY is being giga pumped with printed dollars to stay flat for 4 months lol? How does a person with a functional brain say something like that lol

Bluesquare9

That’s my whole port rn. SHLD was kinda trading with SPY this last week tho :/

LaconicB

That’s the problem, you focused only on the part you put in your reply and ignored what that was referencing. I’m talking about playing volatile Fridays with options that expire on Wednesday or Mondays. If I wanted to play 0dte, I got to SPX, SPY, or QQQ. It’s common sense you can close anytime but to play Fridays with a Mon/Wed option that gives you time for theta decay in a weekly put if Friday doesn’t swing your favor, is the whole point. These extra days provide better weekly plays.

SophonParticle

“This is another classic Reddit buy signal. SPY was $600 around the time of LA ice riots last June. Closed at $689 yesterday.”

I-IV-I64-V-I

This year they lagged behind every other market. They only seem up because the dollar's decline. Look at the SPY in Euro-

voxpopper

Picked up some Chinese ETF options, because I'm a degen gambler and they're like playing the nickel slots vs. the SPY.

Internal_Field5970

SPY outpaced the dollar decline by 4% in first year of 🥭 

Emilio___Molestevez

monthly reminder that if the USA hadn't been so soft on letting Confederate states back on the team after Civil War I, $SPY would trade at $3600 right now.

Leather_Mention5916

At this point i think SPY would be higher if we had a rock as president.

eltuna3636

A lot of the juice has been dollar debasement. SPY is up 13% in one year but the dollar has lost 10% in that same timeframe

The_misteak

I’m on my way to get theta gang banged for holding $SPY weeklies over a weekend.

enc-nyc

oh yeah no way SPY is going up tomorrow with amount of snow I'm seeing on my driveway

the_sound_of_a_cork

We always joke about 🥭 juicing the stock markets, but can you even imagine if Pelosi was president? SPY would be at 1,000 already.

More-Attention-9721

Not to mention all the whipsaws those names will have throughout the week due to options expiring. It was the worst thing to happen to SPY

No_Feeling920

He entered a bet on roughly 40\*690\*100 = $2'760'000 worth of SPY stock (technically a bit less, if bought OTM). And he only paid $240 for the exposure. What do you call that, if not "leverage"?

Neel_Crashkari

My feelings are hurt. I am also offended SPY 695c for friday

Narradisall

SPY puts it is then. Thanks for the advice!

ExplanationNormal339

Haha, love the honesty! Just remember that SPY can be a bit tricky with its fluctuations, so keeping an eye on the trends can help. You can track the latest data here: https://aimytrade.io/ticker/SPY?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=comment&utm_campaign=smallstreetbets.

Neel_Crashkari

Bought HOOD and SPY calls Go argue with your mother

Brad7659

https://preview.redd.it/xh0o1s797gfg1.jpeg?width=974&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8152504065826f0791b93830ce9e521150f0bc8d Me in bed browsing WSB knowing have SPY puts expiring Monday

Caramel_Da_Cat

I dont kno anything about options or SOFI but how much conviction do you have? there are some regards on wsb that held their options play through -90% before it rocketed and made lots of money lol. in my mind u got 3 options: 1. hold till expire or until profit 2. sell now for a loss 3. sell now and buy 0dte SPY good luck bro

SunriseSurprise

I would say even WSB wouldn't do that, but I distinctly recall one time someone buying >20% down 0DTE SPY puts once - a move that literally couldn't happen.

Initial_Ad_9250

Checked my balls, no lumps. SPY 700 this week.

SophonParticle

He cited SPY’s performance since the last ICE riots to support his claim that the market did fine. I merely pointed out that it underperformed by half compared to non-US funds.

Impressive-Mud-3362

Will start safe, might do SPY weeklies or covered calls on some high IV stock. Yes, this is my definition of safe.

Strict-Comfort-1337

This is another classic Reddit buy signal. SPY was $600 around the time of LA ice riots last June. Closed at $689 yesterday.

manlymatt83

SPY

Electrikbill

Not true, I made 500% on a 0DTE SPY call last Wednesday.

A_Guy_Oz

Well shit, $800 in SPY calls flushed

ASKMEIFIMAN

I mean SPY outperformed FTSE the last 5 years. That’s just a fact.

Therex26

Alex should try 0DTE SPY calls, same risk reward ratio, significantly less probability of death.

JustSayingMuch

SPY

DanqueLeChay

Short SPY too, same reason?

Virtual_Rest6107

SPY is never getting past 700 with this clown

orangeyougladiator

SPY will be 500 by end of week. You’ve been warned

WSB-mods-are-

Last government shutdown was one of the biggest SPY pumps I have ever seen, so pretty great lol

Convergentshave

100%. Honestly it wouldn’t matter. You think fucking like Apple or General Electric or literally name any company is going to fail if the U.S. “falls apart” I mean I guess SPY might fall off for a day or two? But. Long term? Nothing would change. Our pensions, 401k social security payments? yea 100% fucked but only because your employer would use a “revolution” as an excuse to defund them . But he stock market? Wouldn’t even notice. Hell if anything you’d have “buy the dip” moment. Probably drive the price gold higher if anything

Level_Counter3062

Sunday night futures: SPY: -0.43% Gold: +275,837%

favsep

Silver is so extended based on diff between 5ema, its crazy. I know there are a lot of theories floating around with China stockpiling due to its industrial usage with battery technology in relation to renewable energy sources (solar panels), but I have a hard time believing this. I just think it's getting gama squeezed given it has the highest short interest, multiple times higher than gold and platinum, amongst precious metals. I am also short silver via ZSL end of close Friday, but a small position. Biggest question mark is DXY dumping further from here forcing commodity prices higher, but I think this move reverses soon based on how US equity prices react, i.e., unless SPY breaks the resistance line of 7k, the debasement trade has less gas. I think this large silver spot movement is one last attempt at liquidating shorts before reversing. Every single reversals in bubbles started in attempts to liquidate paper-hand tourist shorts first before reversing, hence why bubbles always have people in disbelief at the regarded valuation in the late stage. I also think there is a pair trade going on with momentum securities - momentum traders must also be long memory stocks like SNDK or MU while also being long gold/silver. SNDK earnings is mid next week, so theoretically there is room to run for silver going into it. If SNDK dumps due to lower expectations, we could see a degrossing in gold/silver as well - SNDK did dump on Friday but DXY also dumped then which helps silver. Another risk factor is potential gov shutdown making silver a safety haven amidst this political chaos.

DueHousing

SPY up 3% on Monday, I can guarantee it

BrainsNotBrawndo

I have followed ARE for last few years. My bustop version summary of ARE: -Used to be a strong performer, outpacing SPY, WMT over decades. -Then CoVid biotech bump faded. -Then interest rates rose. -Then RFK Jr appointment worsened science outlook sentiment. -Their jewel properties are limited supply around great universities like Stanford, Harvard but they are in high tax jurisdictions, and if a new company may want to consider setting up in a low tax state instead. My impression for any turnaround thesis is that medium term, maybe if drug companies capitulate to tariffs and reshore to USA, maybe they could rent some. And a lot of their tenants are triple-net and can’t move since need to be next to their university. But I feel the price of ARE accurately reflects the risk and isn’t discounted. But good luck OP, hope it prints for you. But as a growth story, by Kelly criterion, I’d rather just take GOOG and chill

gnanwahs

buy puts for the weekend -> orange man does some stupid shit -> SPY falls -> Sell puts at open for profit -> buy calls for the TACO -> Repeat every weekend

eurusdjpy

SPY looking like shit priced in gold as usual. You nerds will probably buy calls though instead of converting your dollars into drones and closing the brokerage acct for a few years

573banking702

SPY/SPX 0DTE calls based on when he does the reversal, it’s actually really easy to make $ on Taco

LouieM13

SPY moons if Trump is kicked out of office right?

pineapplekiwipen

SPY: best i can do is -0.3%

tastyfreeeze69

I held SPY calls over the weekend and everyone on WSB is certain the market will dump. Safe to say I’ll be incredibly wealthy Monday at 10am

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Extension_Dog_8511

SPY probably gonna be green on Monday solely because USD is collapsing against EUR, driving up the exchange for EUR-denominated SPX ETFs

JakeSal10

And also puts on SPY

TimedOutClock

Yeah... Imma be real, I don't think 🥭 can 🌮 this shit. We about to see militias out there everything's fucked. Based on that, SPY +2%. (Portfolio about to fly too close to the sun fuck me)

quiethandle

Definitely don't let it auto sell. The broker is not your friend in this situation, and they don't care how bad of a price you get. They only care about managing their risk if the puts expire in the money and are auto-exercised to make you short SPY shares, and then SPY shoots up the next day. Now, I suck as a trader, but if it were me, I'd sell as soon as the market opens (if it opens down), and then don't stress about it the rest of the day. There will always be tomorrow. Also, for future trades, look at trading SPX. It's 10x the price of SPY, and it's settled to cash. So, you have 1/10 the commissions since instead of 78 contracts, it's only 8. Also, it gets better tax treatment: 60/40 long/short capital gains tax. And the fact that it settles to cash at the end of the day means you never have pin risk or overnight risk.

Reasonable_Roger

Just had a 15 minute conversation with Gemini about patented seeds, f1 hybridization, heirloom seeds and their creation, cross-pollination, and ancient farming techniques. AI is really fucking cool. Calls on GOOGL SPY 620

Accomplished_Fee9363

SPY 0DTE that’s the only answer

Interpersonal

I closed a ton of puts the Friday before he threatened Greenland tariffs for just over break even and missed out big time on the Monday drop. I had a larger put position on SPY coming into Friday and I closed the majority, but took another short position on the SPY before close expecting more of the nonsense.

favsep

Tariffs will likely stick through other legal avenues even if Supreme Court rules against IEEPA. The threat of Chinese exportation of deflation (purposeful industrial overcapacity with excess inventory) is a national security issue for the ROW. Biden didn't even rescind the tariffs Trump imposed in his first term. Every single goods touched by China, i.e., manufacturing industry that China had purposefully developed, has lead to deflation due to an overcapacity issue which plagues communist states as free-market principles are not adhered. What China plans is to essentially export excess inventory (deflation) out of its domestic enterprises by exporting cheap electronics with unsustainable margins, which kills and will kill almost all non-foreign manufacturing competition who cannot compete on price with Chinese peers (who are subsidized directly/indirectly, i.e., hidden). In fact, involution occurs even within their domestic industries. The logic here is then, upon the death of foreign manufacturing competition, and as they position as a global manufacturing monopoly, will raise prices to make their companies self-sustainable (as the total reliance to Chinese goods & no alternative will give them pricing power) - what China ultimately wants is to raise the quality of life of its population, and raising prices in this context and thus raising margins will accelerate average wage growth and thus improve the quality of life of its population. For this to happen, they need to be a total global manufacturing monopoly, and this also means its a national security issue for US and ROW. China has fantastic EVs, and go look at every 5Y stock chart of big OEMs that invested heavily in EVs due to regarded European ESG policies (stellantis, mercedes, renault, volkswagen, porche...etc), and these stocks went sideways even before April liberation days. Look at the big OEMS that haven't invested in EVs or rather invested in hybrids (GM, Ford, Toyota - Hyundai is kind of different case). Even Tesla suffering big drawdowns in their EV sale but its stock moons due to AI robotics hype. It's a double edge sword, as tariffs definitely do hurt the US and the ROW (except certain industries that compete with China), but it hurts China considerably more. Biggest benefactors are Korean and American shipbuilders, Korean military industrial complex, AI robotics, memory (cyclical)...etc But I think there might be a slowdown coming. Go look at the inventory levels of US shipping ports - its decreasing. Back when there were "recession fears" in 2023 which ultimately turned out to be incorrect, inventory levels in US shipping ports actually increased (showing economic reacceleration). It's still not too late for Trump to pass large fiscal flows, but there is also a case of inflation as if he does provide large direct fiscal help, sticky inflation could rebound now which could mean raising rates at the end of his term and giving the presidency to the democrats. However, he needs to also win the midterms this year, and the biggest problem for voters is inflation regardless of his parroting of "stock market all time high" - he could be sacrificing the stock market at the expense of inflation/bond market. Most likely scenario is inflation also creeps up but not as fast as Covid. Frankly, it all depends on what Trump will do and you can't really predict this except that tariffs are likely to stay. Why do you think both NDX and SPY went nowhere for three months?

Pure-Marketing-4236

Sleeping like a baby tonight with my SPY PUTS that I bought on Friday and will sell Monday at open

digdugbug

I bought a crystal ball on alibaba to predict SPY weekly!

IndependentUsual7444

I have given up on SPY 700

kickingmaple

Yes for the most part had some apple, QQQ, and SPY 0DTES as well but the main chunk was Amazon. Sold most of them

sweeetscience

Me, five minutes before the close yesterday: “No way he can last all weekend without saying something absolutely regarded.” Bought 5 SPY 685 puts expiring Monday lol

ComfortablePiglet842

Just for old times sake lemme full port SPY puts its starting to skyrocket and I’ll sell them asap if it starts going down…5 minutes later port gone

dr_tardyhands

That's not true though. E.g. OMX Helsinki (the Finnish top 25) had a 30% run. Portugal did 30%> Spain did 45%!! If you take to USD relative drop (10-15%?) into account I wouldn't be surprised if basically all of Europe outdid the SPY last year. ..Good voting, huh?

Suomalainen1010

The amount of ppl that are going on about their lives normally in the 49 other states far out weigh the “everyone panic”rhetoric the media pushes on MN…If you don’t play into the algorithm it’s a normal weekend for most Americans. Just the truth. Anyway SPY $1000

Slabbed1738

Isn't SPY down for the week 

hacking99percent

I don't know why people here keep complaining about this instead of using Trump as "once in a life time" opportunity to make money on SPY calls. Trump always start with a dump, so just buy SPY call and make a ton of money. 

theipd

Mmgh interesting. What do you determine as multi percentage point gains? I have been burned with 5 point moves on the SPY. I think you’re getting lucky tbh.

Skeptic_Ghost

I buy calls or puts roughly a week out. Could be SPY, QQQ, or single stock options.

Gom_KBull

cant wait til SPY hits new ATH of 697 at 2028

Getrekt11

SPY is up around 15% since January 2025, USD dropped about the same in that timeframe while the cost of everything else went up by a lot. Take a look international YoY performance to SPY even why the game is rigged in our favor(World Reserve Currency). Moron in chief is such a fucking retard where he'll make sure US tech companies will never be on top cause a bunch of uneducated clowns could elect another retard in the future. The last thing you want to do is to let a retard strong arm you like what he's been doing to allies and foes.. Countries are starting to diversifying away from the US because of retarded precedents set by that moron in chief that shits his diaper whenever he speaks. Look at Silver and Gold prices. The world is pricing in the retard that controls 3 branches of US government. Him and his buddies will get a lot richer while the working class will suffer the consequences of this for years to come when he's gone.

orangeyougladiator

Bulls don’t even realize SPY went down last week

G0D5M0N3Y

Lol you bought this as SPY and QQQ break their wedge pattern to the downside and MU formed a inverted hammer at the top of a chart? Omg no wonder they say only about 5% of traders make money.

Happy_Discussion_536

https://old.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1m80bvx/comment/n4wvadh/ u/brannock_ >Lmao permabulls. As I predicted Pump and Dumps were an extremely healthy sign of liquidity in the system and markets surged upwards. SPY hit 650. My price target for 2026 is actually higher than there 750. Are you still incredibly bearish? Since then the money printer and QE has turned back on.

SpongEWorTHiebOb

As a US citizen I totally understand. There are plenty of investment opportunities around the globe for you to substitute. Overseas markets outperformed SPY last year. Also money talks and the impact on US markets may lead to a pivot by this admin. But the bribes and crypto schemes funded by overseas governments and companies to the clown will also need to be cut off otherwise he won’t feel it. I think at some point the UN or the EU, Britain, Canada, Latin America will have to sanction the US and this family of criminals by seizing their assets overseas before this admin will pivot. The US regime has to be treated like N Korea or Iran.

Acceptable-Two5692

Isnt that his m.o. though, say something controversial at market close just before or in the weekend, then monday its SPY "crash" and Tuesday is TACO which will pump the market again for a short term.

Happy_Discussion_536

Bullshit. In 3 months it's +3.2% or annualized or 13.4% which is still pretty damn magical. In 6 months, SPY is up literally 9.8% lol. Bring your wambulance nonsense elsewhere.

SPY-Talk

I’m not sure what your strategy is but I usually scalp SPY calls/puts in the morning or towards the end of the trading session. I’m very selective if I don’t like the set up I don’t trade. If I see an opportunity, I take it. I rarely hold for more than 15-30 minutes. An option contract has to earn the right to be held for a long time. Before entering a position you need to have predefined stop loss, a goal to shoot for and of course, if the trade at any time breaks structure get out. Have a maximum daily loss have a maximum weekly loss. Try to be disciplined and selective. And don’t forget cash is a position you don’t always have to trade.

vermilli21

Virus outbreak India that can be Covid 2.0 Penguins in Greenland Dollar is down SPY 666 Monday

AssignmentVisible240

I saw someone put SPY last week and make a lot of money Is that you?

Arnab_Goswami_RTV

SPY is fake and gay, will still be hovering around 700 EOY

dangernext

Next week is gonna be HUGE, 700 SPY is priced in. Trust me bros I’m telling you

orsomeshitidk

I dont have a positive outlook for the economy but im also negative about shit so idk. Every layoff is a 401k not being matched, buying up SPY.

Gom_KBull

Didnt think this needed to be said but Holding SPY shares in hopes for breaking out of this range is EFFECTIVELY the same as shoving cash under your mattress (yes there are "wsbols" here that do this) ╮ (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.) ╭

OG_Tater

I scalp SPY too intraday but I decided to only use 1DTE. How do you manage stop loss when 0DTE can very often move 50% + in a few minutes if you’re wrong? I’d get stopped out in 1 minute and then it was just a fake out on my way to the price target.

Internal_Field5970

NVIDIA turned into a boomer ass oil stock and SPY lost they retard pump ability 

pineapplekiwipen

SPY could dump like 20% from here and the uptrend would be still intact I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing 🤔

IndependentUsual7444

SPY 800 eoy

ahopye

Honestly that's not trading, that's just gambling. And you'd have much better odds at the roulette table. TSLL puts as a revenge trade with no reason to back it up other than vibes is genuinely insane. A stock notorious for burning bears' money isn't enough, so pick a way to lose your money twice as fast. With the SPY puts, when did you buy them? They must have been up by a good amount in the morning, and then again around lunch time. Don't be greedy and try and win your money back. If the universe hands you a win after several losses, you take it. Don't tell the universe it's not enough. I have ADHD. I'm impulsive. I struggle to manage risk. But I turn a profit with options. That's because I put in research, and I have a set of rules and guardrails. I only allow myself one trade maximum per day, and if a trade doesn't fit into my playbook, I do not take it - no matter how much I want to. Options aren't for most people. 90% of people lose money with options. And you only have a fighting chance if you actually know how to trade them. Either take the time to learn strategies or you'll just be pissing money away. Even if you learn, you'll probably have better returns (and a lot less stress) by putting your money in an ETF. If you want to gamble then options are a terrible way to do it. Sports betting, casinos, scratchers, etc are all far better ways to gamble.

peterinjapan

The thing is, these trends come and go, if you listen to people like Paul Merriman, for whom smoke up value is basically a religion, you will expect that they shit out perform in the long run. But clearly that’s not the case unless you’re looking at exactly the right period of time. I do like to understand relative strength, on every chart I look at I’ve got a indicator showing me what this chart/ETF has done against VTI over the past year, so I can understand if the trend is positive or negative and might continue to be even better or even worse. I personally do a lot of swing trading in my site account, so I might take a trade for a couple months if the trend seemed to be good, for example IWC: SPY or IWM: SPY. But if the trend went against me, I would try to get out, in that particular type of investing situation.

SWATSWATSWAT

Options are FAR, FAR harder to trade imo. With futures, you can set your exact entries and exits to the penny at the exact levels you want. With options you can guesstimate them at best, and you will never know your exact P/L or levels until you're out of the trade. Set your stop at $689 on SPY with an option, come back in an hour in a sideways market, and realize you got stopped out $1 away from where your trade was invalidated due to time/volatility decay. You lose that portion of your investment and walk away pissed that the trade was still viable. Set a futures trade on /ES with a stop at 6975, and you will get out exactly at 6975 even if it takes a week to get there and no decay on your premium.

Excellent_Dare6280

Yeah lol,i guess i gotta be more patient but I just get ahead of my self sometimes. Yeah NFLX was a coin toss, I should have kept it I had NFLX feb 20 $93 calls, I guess i saw the IV drop after earning and sold for a 99% loss. I tried to make it back with TSLA, the thing is i bought TSLL puts which is a 2x leveraged TSLA position and ended up losing on that. Today morning bought some SPY puts cause I thought the market was choppy , but it rose later on though out the day didnt want to lose too much on that so i bought some spy 687 puts on tuesday. in hindsight i guess i do have a poblem

ahopye

Brother, puts on TSLA? I wouldn't buy TSLA puts on a $60k account, never mind a $600 one. The price has been completely detached from reality for years, and its probably torched more bears than any other stock. It'll stay irrational way longer than you can stay solvent. Genuine question: what was the thought process behind each trade? NFLX earnings was ultimately a coin toss - fine if it's a small % of your port and you accept it could to to zero. The short dated TSLA/SPY puts back to back afterwards looks like forcing trades/gambling again to try and win your money back. Impatience and incorrect position sizing, not bad luck. You've got limited capital, so you can't afford gambles. Don't just trade things because you've seen people talking about them. Take fewer trades, wait for setups you actually believe in, and define entry/exit/invalidation before you dive in. If the setup doesn't come to you, don't enter. Right now you're best focusing on boring low risk plays. Small gains will feel pointless, especially when you spend a decent chunk of time researching beforehand. But they compound fast. Consistent 5-10% wins and tight losses will grow your account quicker than lottery ticket trades.

papa_spaghett

It's not that terrible. With my left over cash, I usually end the day entering 0DTE SPY calls *if the MACD presents an opportunity. It's an easy extra 1 or 2 hundos.

ExcitementMain3771

I’m very new to investing and was trying to build a portfolio based on the big picture of the current state of the world. I wanted to know if that would be a good portfolio for long-term investing. SPY 52% GRID 28% XLU 20%

DrElkSnout

That is an awfully complicated answer, so I'll say only this: Once you have researched and believe a company can achieve X, buy in only AFTER you have already determined your risk tolerance. If you buy today, and it drops 7% by tomorrow afternoon, are you going to panic and sell at a loss, or did you really believe in teh stock and you're willing to hold? what about if the next day it drops another 5%? You have to know what you can afford to lose, and if the answer is "I can't." then you need to QQQ and chill, or SPY and chill or something. Stay away from individual stocks. Trailing stops are your friend. I mean, there is literally a way to buy into something, set it and forget it and just profit until it turns. It's mind boggling to me how many people are not willing to get stopped out and just ride shit down forever. like, wtf? Bro, if you're up 70% on a stock, set a stop at 10% and if that bitch turns just move on with your life with your 60% profit. Pay your taxes and chilllllll. Investing is part research, part luck and 90% learning to control your emotions. I held PENMF for 6 years. Became profitable only on January 21, 2026. I now hold 40K shares of a penny stock that will not remain a penny stock forever. diamond handed that motherfucker, but for 6 years that capital was dead as a doornail. I'm ranting again. TLDR: Trailing stops and momentum plays is the answer. there is no 'rule'. Sometimes I bail. Sometimes that is a bad decision. Sometimes I regret it. But I made much more than I lost.

Complex-Literature29

I mean a 1%+ moves happen all the time on SPY. Statistically it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when the trade will not go your way and then you will be risking a large portion of your portfolio for $30. I like doing my 0dte SPY scalps. I have a good strategy, make consistent profit in the matter of minutes, and mitigate potential losses. The key is to not be greedy. Nothing wrong with taking 3, 4, 5% gains. They add up and will accumulate to much more down the road, and you don’t have to risk a big portion of your portfolio if you stick to your thesis. Goodluck

GoochPhilosopher

Two down SPY weeks in a row? Massive Shrek dicks on the way boyes.