SPY

Impressive-Joke-3119

I have a single contract SPY call over the long weekend; hence SPY will go to 675.

MRROSADOH

So SPY full recovery Tuesday right?

Happy-n-Healthy

Damn SPY is down 15 points just like that? I haven't looked in a few days..

DH64

It better crash or moon soon. Just want SPY to pick a direction

Jadedtrader33

SPY

Asleep_Emphasis69

SPY +1.8% YTD SCHH (REIT etf) +9% YTD what. the. fuck.

seekChristnow

Focus on college and securing a decent job after graduation. Nowadays it’s not just graduate and walk into a nice office job, especially with AI. You should be researching internships or how to get a job over trading. You can still trade on the side with money you don’t mind losing but just know penny stocks are always a gamble. You’d probably feel better learning to swing trade ETFS like SPY/QQQ if you’re passionate about trading. But seriously, I’m not trying to knock you I’m just looking out for you. This time is crucial for you to set yourself up for stable income in the future. With stable income and investing, you could generate much safer and probably larger returns than penny stocks.

orangeyougladiator

SPY599 eow

Worried_Quarter469

stocks fell for the fourth week in five even as corporate earnings continued to beat analysts’ estimates. An S&P 500-tracking ETF (SPY) has lagged TLT by 2 percentage points since December, the worst start to a year in a decade.

lavenderviking

So SPY 350, QQQ 300 is where I’d be looking for a long entry

TrackEfficient1613

Honestly you could buy 50 shares of SPY and do nothing and you will have a 99% better chance of making a profit that what you are considering. There is something called “paper trading” where you learn to trade options without putting up real money. I would recommend to try that first!

JPowTheDayTrader

Terrible. Now if they choose RATM playing Bulls on Parade, SPY would moon to 1k.

Sad-Literature-5341

If the NFL would choose Iron Maiden to play the halftime show next year. SPY would fly to 800

Competitive-Elk9326

Sounds like the perfect time for you to diversify and buy SPY…… let me know if you do

EducationalMango1320

Haha, fair enough. But if you’ve got a decent position, that $0.96per share payout is going to buy you a lot more than just one SPY FD. Most of these checks are like $5, but for Under Armour, a 500-share position is a $480 bonus. That’s enough to blow on at least 20 FDs and *really* feel the pain in 8 minutes. Better to take the house's money than let the lawyers keep it lol.

WizardOfWires

Significant drop on SPY, QQQ, and DIA. Select semiconductor / SMH up during next 45 days.

Delicious_Put_5857

no, at the moment SPY/DXY is > cash/DXY. but not so sure that lasts.

ETFBro4DaWinz

So youd have beaten cash gang in SPY?

ChazHollywood

The SPY people told me it’s opening at 688 on Tuesday.

EyEmSophaKingWeTodEd

SPY peak at 6900 confirmed

JeNeSaisPasOuAller

If I'm reading the latest right, your clown administration seems to even be admitting now that Epstein arrests would bring it all down. Well, as a europoor I wonder if could you hurry it up a little? Imagine the glorious SPY Shrek dickening we'd get when some normalcy is reintroduced

lysergalien

I've been staring at the S&P500 chart and studying how it bounces off various indicators. Personally I'm taking a break from focusing on individual stocks and trying a new strategy I developed for trading SPY/SPX that works in bull or bear markets. The only time it wouldn't work is in chop so I guess I'm just waiting for a direction to be decided 😂 Aside from that I'll be keeping my eye on space and space related stocks. I know they ran up a lot already but actually putting people into space, building bases, and mining rare minerals in space could be a massive industry. If AI ends up taking a bunch of jobs I unironically think expanding into space is the next step for our species.

CriticalBlackberry90

I agree with QQQ calls at Wed close but any particular reason you're going with SPY instead of QQQ puts at Thurs close?

Delicious_Put_5857

i think you'll be able to buy SPY 499 again

_hiddenscout

Do what you think is best. It’s your money. Only about 45% of the business is from data center and the US is probably going to see another factory boom this year due to the new tax laws with write offs. While it’s 60x, the PEG is still relatively low because of the EPS growth. Last quarter, it was 26% QoQ and over 100% YoY. Even during the deepseek moment, it tanked like 35% over the course over a month or so. I think the SPY addition could also give a bit more of a floor.

Dazzling_Marzipan474

Yup sucks. I sold my SPY puts the day before liberation Day.

B2BContinuum

Scalpers be like, SPY is below the 30second moving averages

EvolvingDior

SPY below its 50d MA, and right at the 100d MA.

Emotional-Bag1398

I need SPY to open at 670 Tuesday thank you in advance. 

BobtheChemist

Investing part of the cash will generate more future wealth, and you can always keep part in cash (SGOV, etc) for emergencies. If you put part into growth, like IVV, QQQ, SPY, IYM, etc, some into dividends like VIG, VYM, SCHD, or such, and then keep adding to it as you can. But you will earn 2000+ a year with any luck, and still have some cash for emergencies. But it will not ay the entire rent any time soon.

StrifeRaZoR

I've always wondered if the big ETFs can experience the same type of Gamma and Vega squeezes that other tickers go through. I'm too lazy to dig too deep into it and the liquidity flow for something like SPY has confounded me. I know that MM's and brokers need to hedge derivatives by buying and selling shares, but what breakpoint needs to be hit to see some seriously crazy action on something like SPY or QQQ?

growmysmallportfolio

But ads should bring more revenue + addition of WBD seems to be a great long term investment. I don’t think it’s a multi bagger just a better option compared to just buying SPY or QQQ

retard_trader

I am full port SPY. I do not understand you.

Paul_Robert_

Are you at least beating SPY? 👀

AmbassadorGloomy8915

First day working live at a grocery store didn’t pay attention at all in training, but need a job because I lost all my money trading SPY 0dte. Wish me luck

xShiftfaced

I’m thinking that I’m going to stay away from QQQ and SPY until the rollover is over and the trend is more obvious. I’ve been looking at GLD charts, I believe gold will be trading like the S&P and Nasdaq has in the insane bull run we’ve seen up until we started going range bound the past 5ish months. Gold is bullish and it’s easier to call the bottoms. Although I do think tech is due for a relief bounce. Closed Friday right above $600 and if you go back on the 6 month chart, closing above $600 on draw downs has been a lucrative bet on upward momentum. Let me know what you think.

Slightlybadpicks

All my stocks are down 30-40 percent at least, when SPY is ATH. Some of these are quality companies. I wonder what’ll happen if there’s a correction 😭😭

rvanasty

Yesterdays CPI best on OVER 4 YEARS. Yet SPY couldnt pump OR add volume. 686 opened the door to 692. 696 rejection gave 678. 690 ran on the week of NVDA earnings only, a 686 rejection then sends us to complete the -$18 voyage to 668. President's Day Special. If you know you know. If you dont know, then you wont even understand what I'm saying above.

Happy_Discussion_536

Only impressive if you can beat SPY year in and year out.

Happy_Discussion_536

Oof to me. Nice you successfully trolled me for one more response. Congrats. Just in the small chance anyone followed this chain this deep. If you're not new regulars know who I am. Been spot on for over 30+ targets. Treasuries bottom, tops, SPY, individual tickers and BTC although my latest BTC may be my first strike out in years. It's early and a lot of time till EOY we'll have to see. Saylor needs to blow up first. Anyways carry on crying again.

fire_alarmist

Yea SPY 700 for sure, for reals this time.

AshlynnXTaylor

If you're saying that you only have 6 more years to invest and are needing to start withdrawing that money in that time, I would sell off some of your high risk holdings (at a profit) or at least have an exit strategy for these (stop loss or trailing stop loss limit orders). Start looking into investing into income and dividend positions instead of high risk growth. SCHD is a major part of my portfolio and although the returns don't look as sexy as SPY and QQQ (which I also hold because my risk tolerance is high and time horizon long), the plan is to buy hold forever, and live off the dividend income in about 20 years. The S&P 500 is overvalued and a correction is inevitable at some point. I think we're seeing the earl warning signs now \* this is not financial advice ;)

Stereophonic

Just SPY but you could do QQQ and have similar results.

-IQ200

If SPY holds above 679 after the 3-day weekend, maybe we do get a Wumbo type play for next week.

MagicJuggler

Yesterday, SPY ended up 0.07%. Clearly, this is a sign to full port Bond.

trent_upscale

Yes. Several SPY 695

MrmellowisSmooth

These would have been crushed within the first 15 minutes of trading after that massive candle went up. I had 20 SPY OTE puts purchased around 9:38 and was up over $2k in minutes only to see this evaporated in less than a minute and never came back. Pure unadulterated crime. Went from being up over $2k to being down $4k. Ended up scalping another $100 during end of day during the slow decent. Bring back Sleepy Joe markets much more predictable.

katalysis

How do you trade for 15 years and only have $40k. If you put $40k into SPY 15 years ago and did absolutely nothing, it’d be $200k today.

WeakPop3688

SPY still has momentum to push higher. The triple top is a headfake because volume is supporting the breakout. Watch for a pullback to the neckline for a better entry but don't wait too long. If it closes above that resistance level then 600 is coming.

callsonreddit

I only made 2k this week but SPY -1.76% Not bad considering this

Mish61

Yes but the question was about SPY.

corona-lime-us

The only thing riskier than $SPY 0dte is dropping $500 on a valentines dinner and seeing if she’ll stay sober enough to put out.

Impressive-Object271

same play I did but with SPY.

dantheman2223

As of mid-February 2026, the SPY (tracking the S&P 500) is at a critical, high-stakes junction, battling to maintain a 2025–2026 bull run despite appearing overheated. While some analysts express concern over a "triple top" or "double top" potential in certain setups and elevated market stress signals, the prevailing view among many institutional forecasters is that the bull market has potential for further upside in 2026, driven by earnings and rotation rather than an immediate collapse. 

swampassOG

*BTC stops sewwy siding for 30mins* #BER MARKET OVER SPY 800 EOD!! #👉🏽🍩🥵

ShowerDear1695

“My fellow Americans, we are going to start doing gay-for-pay.” SPY 7100

hhhhhhkkhb

guys here comes the crypto rising ,plus donaldo gonna say something at presidential day, SPY ALL TIME HIGH

Ok_Employment_192

SPY up by ~75% over the last 5 years. AMZN only ~25% 🤔

Iunatic

It could have been that 60k we hit last week. Market seems ready for the next leg up: SPY almost at ATH while all of tech is in a bear market lol. OpenAI, SpaceX/xAI, Anthropic IPOs all this year.

mynutsrbig

Deport traitors and watch SPY reach 7000

shaff1263

I joined Jeff Z's option alerts three days ago. He only trades three indexes the SPY, QQQ and IWM. So far he has given me 4 winners with a one maxing out at 800% if you stayed in position to the end. He does claim he loses and tells subscribers to use a 50% stop. $2,995 for 3 years. 4 picks is a very small sample size but so far so good.

breakyourteethnow

The entire market feels like wants to keep people poor. What you're saying means anyone trading on SPY at all, not even using spreads, reopening within 31 days makes the losses not count unless stop trading so everything settles it seems. I made another comment, am trying to learn so I appreciate the insight and you sharing your experience

breakyourteethnow

I'm confused I had to ask ChatGPT and it said: "if you close a **losing** SPY option leg (or spread leg) and then **re-enter a substantially similar SPY option position within 30 days**, the IRS can treat that loss as a **wash sale**, meaning the loss is **not deductible right now**; it gets **pushed into the cost basis** of the new position instead. So the “big tax bill / phantom gains” problem happens **mostly at year-end** if you keep rolling/reopening and you still have **deferred (washed) losses sitting in open positions on Dec 31**. Then your **realized winners** for the year are taxable **now**, while some of your losses get recognized **next year** when you finally stop re-entering within the 30-day window. If you want to avoid that trap, the cleanest practical move is: **stop trading SPY (and SPY options) early enough before year-end** so you’re not re-entering within 30 days of any loss, or **don’t immediately reopen similar positions after realizing losses**." This would affect anyone consistently trading spreads of any kind on SPY?

ScroogeMcThrowaway

Saw the week of the 23rd. Stuff like AAPL, MSFT, META starting do options like SPY. They have Monday, Wed, Friday expirations. Is this going to be the norm moving forward?

pharmacino

That could be true but you need to look at the hourly chart and you will see that a move down was more likely. SPY tested 698 area three times and rejected, yesterday closed at low of day with no bounce, so probability is saying it goes down.

Michael_Korleone

Everybody’s portfolio is crashing but SPY near ATH

zerogravity1779

The losing legs do not offset the winning legs. If you trade SPY calendars you’ll end up paying taxes on every single winning leg as if the losing legs never happened. ​I’m currently on the hook for taxes on $16k of 'phantom gains' that I never actually saw in my bank account. Sure that $16k technically 'adds to my cost basis' for the future but that doesn't help me right now when the IRS wants their cut of the 'wins' from 2025. ​Someone trading with a larger account could easily rack up six figures in wash sales and owe the IRS more in taxes than they even have in their brokerage. Robinhood makes spreads look like one simple trade but the IRS sees a dozen individual 'washes' that can ruin you come April. It’s a massive tax trap.

Schmergenheimer

Don't say that. You'll force the reality to be News Tuesday: The S&P 500 has made it's biggest gain ever. It has seen a gain in 50% of its value after news of the American invasion of everywhere. OP: goddamnit. I just bought SPY 700 puts.

orsomeshitidk

Been saying SPY700 even longer than that lmao

lolputs

Keep going, buy SPY puts with that 600 next week, don't give up you did this for your way out. and stop listening to these broke people, they troll on WSB when they should be in r/investing rejoicing their 2% annual returns. These people are wired to be content with a stable middle-class wage with a 30 yr mortgage. They cannot comprehend taking risks. Every successful person on Forbes list has taken huge risks to achieve their goals.

IAm5toned

🤔 0dte puts on SPY 1st thing Monday morning.

iamatoad_ama

Why are all my stocks down when SPY is still kinda high?

Happy_Discussion_536

They can even tout the market until we break out of this trading range honestly. SPY has to cleanly break past 700 and stay there.

Lopsided-Magician-36

This is the biggest lie perpetuated by boomers. We are 40 trillion dollars in debt, you think SPY is really going to $4000 within the next 30 years? It 10x from $60 to $700 the last 30 years but growth doesnt continue exponentially forever. I can’t imagine it will be above $1500~$2000 and if it does go that high your not retiring anyways because the dollar is dead and houses will be $3million dollars

Special_Ostrich6752

Wait what??!!! You lost on SPY Puts??!! Timing must’ve been horrible.

Jay3377

I'll buy SPY and never gamble again if it goes over 100 🙏

Silent-Slippers

Quite good is an understatement. Insanely expensive is what I would go with. I wanted to buy some longer calls while in the 70's, just to expensive for me. He's right covered calls is bank. Just remember it's a fintech heavyweight. Crypto moves it follows, SPY moves it follows. I do like that stock. It has been very successful and likely to continue.

buchimochipie

Do not give up, you have learned a valuable lesson and still fresh in your mind. Use that 620 and grow it slowly, I would stick with SPY. See you Monday brother 😆

orangeyougladiator

!banbet SPY 599 3m

cwra007

SPY flat YTD

FireMaster1294

Given that SPY isn’t gonna reach 700 till 2027, those 400 calls might be the best you can get tbh. Better to lose it all on one play than slow burn on play after play

HeavyRightFoot-TG

SPY calls

Templar_Swamp_Stake

I just wanna know what his trades were. Could have just dumped it into SPY and forgotten about it and been up 12%.

-IQ200

For the record, [SPY callout yesterday](https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/s/eGaCSnhAsD) paid today. Scenario #2 was chicken dinner. 🤓

katrav86

# next SPY rebalancing wen? :(((

EnginrA

So she’s an 11, real ones only care about SPY and QQQ

Over-Computer-6464

VTV and VTI are clearly not substantially identical. Wealthfront and Betterment have published white papers on their tax loss harvesting methods and they use index funds that are very similar, but which follow indexes from different index or providers. The IRS has not objected. The IRS has not even objected to swapping between ETFs that follow the same index, such as SPY and VOO, which are both SP500 ETFs. That is pushing it too far for my taste, but I do TLH between VTI, ITOT, and SCHB which are in total US market ETFs, but the index providers are different.

InverseMySuggestions

You will get $21.47 and you’ll lose it on a SPY FD in about 8 minutes.

zombo29

I mean I can see that you really tried since it’s not a straight drop like we usually see in the sub. At the same time, it really means you are not cut for option trading. So probably stick to something else moving forward. Im pretty sure not many people make $160k after tax each year in NYC. So you are clearly on another bracket(you said you were not in debt). So real talk, I’d say all in SPY instead baby

gkdjsl

Buy a share or two of SPY with every paycheck and stop doing this

Aggravating-Buy-1695

SPY 650.

Schmergenheimer

News Tuesday: The S&P 500 has made it's biggest drop ever, beating even the 1929 crash. It has seen a drop in 50% of its value after news of the European/Canadian invasion of America. OP: goddamnit. I just bought SPY 400 calls.

LimitlessPotatoSalad

I thought id become numb eventually to seeing people lose 100k+ regularly... every time it still hits the same. The possibilities of compound investing with that sort of money! Hell, even writing covered calls on SPY would be an easy 2k+ a month! (Yes I know SPX is better for CCs)

doc_trades

If I'm being entirely honest....... when I'm being patient and just following a trade I like... It's pretty easy. But the market is random so you're going to lose too. SPY has been stuck in such a predictable pattern for a while now.

doc_trades

SPY zero days. It's a lot of luck and selling when it's green. Once you get to about $5,000 you can stop risking so much and just keep doing $1-2k plays. This ends up in blowing up your account eventually, but I've already withdrawn $6k

Impressive-Mud-3362

When the buying the dip isn't free money anymore, am loving this, SPY 500

KekRico

Drink to the red SPY

WordsHappenedHere

Watch the rotation. Today for example, SPY was flat. What was up? IGV. CRWD. NOW. The things that were heavily beaten down for months. What’s been up huge this year? Or over the last 12 months? CAT MU SNDK ASML. All this AI buildout stuff, infra and the AI adjacent stuff like CAT. What’s up huge is going to be the next source of capital (selling). CAT will probably draw down soon. Also look at ASML for weakness soon. The key is where will it go? Most likely for the next few weeks IGV forms a base. NOW and CRWD and HUBS work as short term tactical trades. Long term start picking real software winners. The next phase of AI after the buildout is going to be software. Cyber security is all oversold and the most logical place for money to flow. Agentic AI and all these AI agents increase attack surface areas. CRWD should work next week and into March at least. Key is to watch what’s working. Money usually flows first into the most oversold areas.

Commercial-Remove782

What was he/she holding SPY straight through?

WordsHappenedHere

I don’t think you youngins are ready for a sideways market. You are used to these 20% banger years. It’s a stock pickers market now. Indexes will just go sideways for a while. Except things like RSP and IWM that have gone nowhere for months. SPY can’t move without Mag7. It’s a “sell this to buy that” market. It looks scary at the index but overtime it just grinds sideways. Try trading from 2014-2016. Or 2018-2019. Or 2004-2006. Money just rotates around until you get more liquidity through rate cuts or easing. Shit can go sideways and frustrate bulls and bears for months on end. You need to pick stocks. 2026 won’t be easy money.