SPY

thisisredditsparta

What is preventing you to just go SPY, too risky?

ImthatRootuser

Futures flat I guess we need Greenland for SPY 700.

---Right--Tackle---

This year is going to be flat as shit, best case SPY up 5-10%, so get used to no movement

Reasonable_Roger

SPY up $0.80. Nothing burger.

baconography

VIX options are a terrible play. Just buy SPY/SPX puts instead.

FarWay9137

Lol remember when Israel & Iran went to war, SPY dipped for like 5 mins when bombs first dropped then it V'd back up immediately. We didn't even get a chance to drop, so imagine how high we'll open tomorrow

macula_transfer

SPY is up 2% in the last three months. If you have conditioned yourself to always expect better than that the problem is with your expectations.

crazybitcoinlunatic

For SPY all you need is $100 if you go $1 wide like 700/701, for $10 wide you need $1000.

Cuenaicr7

Hate to say it but I picked a bunch of stocks for 2026 planned to buy tomorrow. I think I might just 0DTE SPY calls and make 2x of my capital back. Smart right?

dragonvex_

I have 7k. What leap should i buy? ASTS, RKLB, ONDS, SPY, PLTR, AMZN?

crazybitcoinlunatic

Well on Jan 2nd there was a massive call wall at the 687. This was for SPY but SPX applies here also. Did you sell the 688 call spread early in the session?

Dizzy-Recipe4095

So u just buy leaps on SPY and QQQ assuming they go up each year?

Throwingdartsmouth

Tough spot. QQQ looks for the world to have triple topped (while SPY managed to make new highs on each of those same three peaks, so try to figure out that divergence bc I can't), but the VIX has a terrible technical setup of its own. If the patterns somehow were to play out, the QQQ would fall along with the VIX, while somehow SPY would move higher. I guess we'll see if the war stuff ( *should* be insanely bullish across the board) causes a VIX spike, which would make this all make sense, or maybe this the QQQ will play catch-up. If it doesn't by mid-week, I'm shorting it for protection. Easy out: buy rare earths. Beaten down for months and like 50% off their ATH, and it's the best war sector to buy these days, imo.

---Right--Tackle---

SPY is going over 700 this month, I don’t make the rules 🤷‍♂️

10kto0challenge

!banbet SPY 690 2d

F6UNKNWN

I’m hoping SPY sky rockets to 700 tomorrow

Selling-ShortPut-399

I sell puts mostly on index funds like SPY and XSP. Made money 9 out of 10 years. $60k was my best year in 2021 followed by a 25k loss in 2022 when the fed hiked rates to try to quell inflation.

Jibub

!banbet SPY 700 24H

Napster-mp3

My uncle is good buddies with SPY’s manager and just told me it’s going to moon tomorrow, fyi

pmotiveforce

Bullshit. BTC moves .7% when a butterfly shits in Gyna. .7 move in btc is like a .05% move in SPY. Hmm.. nevermind. These retards spazz pit about SPY "mooning" when it's up .05%, you are right.

rottenfence

If SPY was up .70% this sub would be celebrating

Virtual-Resident-875

Defined-Risk Index Options Strategy – Looking for Feedback I’m looking for constructive feedback on a rules-based options framework I’ve been refining. This is focused on consistency and risk control, not max leverage or lottery trades. Tickers SPY IWM QQQ (tracked for context, not currently in a position) Index ETFs only — no single-stock or earnings risk. Core Strategy Defined-risk vertical credit spreads Bull Put Spreads (PCS) Bear Call Spreads (CCS) Goal: sell premium outside expected moves, not predict direction Entry Rules 35–45 DTE (target ~40) Monthly or liquid weeklies Strikes placed outside daily & weekly expected moves EMs calculated manually from options chains Exit Rules Take 50–70% max profit Hard exit by ~14 DTE No holding to expiration No rolling for income Risk & Capital Management All trades are defined risk Position sizing capped Buying power intentionally left unused No naked options No stacking same-direction exposure during elevated risk Hedging (Used Sparingly) Smaller than core positions Further OTM Temporary only Removed once risk passes May use shorter DTE than income trades Context Tracked (Not Triggers) Daily & weekly EMs Volatility regime (IV vs HV) Major macro levels (ATH-based pullback/correction levels) CPI, FOMC, OpEx Looking for Feedback On Does 35–45 DTE → exit by 14 DTE make sense to you? Rolling vs taking profits early on defined-risk spreads Hedge sizing relative to core exposure Anything you think is overkill or missing Appreciate any thoughtful input 👍

Gom_KBull

Anyone who moved from SPY and Qs to RSP and IWM are too big brained for this sub

Maximum-Magazine-333

Trump will keep kidnapping people until SPY stops being a bitch and hits 700

Napster-mp3

10% SPY Shrek at open

iamwhiskerbiscuit

My prediction is SPY gaps down a bit and sells off at the beginning of the day... 50 SMA around $679 is where I'd buy if we haven't already blown through by open. If we have blown through it, then we could drop as far as the 100 SMA at $688. This would be a best case scenario for me because institutions are gonna wanna play the long side and buy support since the market generally goes up during wars and becomes very news sensitive... And we already know that Trump is gonna take advantage of that by pumping the market with his Truth Social posts.

Asid_Phreak

Exactly why my system only focuses on on IWm or SPY but utilizes their underlying and other symbols as assistive indicators.

Asid_Phreak

I built my own from the ground up. I use IBKR and Databento as my only outside vendors. Everything besides that; code, logic, modules, back testing, execution is my work. I’m only running paper now but I’m at 83.6% success rate on scalping IWM AND SPY 0DTE. I’m integrating ML into it this week for strategy development. I have over 600TB of data patiently waiting to be replayed over and over again. Once a strategy is selected it’s sent out for verification, if it meets specs then and only then is it allowed a chance on the paper to prove itself. I’m aiming for 97% accuracy before going full prod.

Thick_Expression_796

SPY gaps down premarket then ATH by close 🤷‍♂️

QuarkOfTheMatter

Look at any ATM LEAPS options: [https://optionstrat.com/build/long-call/SPY/.SPY270617C685](https://optionstrat.com/build/long-call/SPY/.SPY270617C685) delta 0.648 [https://optionstrat.com/build/long-call/NVDA/.NVDA270617C190](https://optionstrat.com/build/long-call/NVDA/.NVDA270617C190) delta 0.64 [https://optionstrat.com/build/long-call/AVGO/.AVGO270617C350](https://optionstrat.com/build/long-call/AVGO/.AVGO270617C350) delta 0.64

FuckURDDT

PLTR, CVX, and XOM. Puts on SPY

Consistent-Tank7654

!banbet SPY 690 2d

Icy-Motor-8519

So SPY 700 tomorrow eh? Cool cool cool cool cool

ch0c0l8cake

Gape me daddy 🫦SPY690🫦

Initial_Ad_9250

Already stopped believing in Santa. If SPY is not 700 by Valentines day I will stop believing in love as well.

Purple-Revolution-88

Even one option on SPY is going to be very expensive, and it doesn't mean you can't get smoked. You have to be ready to buy at least 100 shares. But 100 shares could be over $60,000 dollars for example. If you sell a put it whatever strike, you still need cash to secure it, so the brokerage is holding $60k of your cash for the life of the option. If there is a crash, and the market falls below your strike, you now potentially buying the SPY for more than it would cost to buy the shares on expiry. With an expensive instrument like the SPY, that could be a painful loss. To me, the biggest risk selling options is that the underlying collapses on you. You sell a put and then up paying more than market price, or, you sell a call and are trapped in the trade when the underlying melts down. You have to buy the option back before you can sell. If a big move happens outside of normal market hours (which they often do) you are trapped. You can not sell until the option is closed. That can only be done during market hours. SCENARIO: You sell a call on a biotech stock with a strike of $7.50 for $1.00 and net a $100 bucks. That day, the underlying closes at $5.00. The next morning, during the premarket, the company announces that a patient died taking their treatment and the stock then opens at $1 dollar. Now, on the open, your option can be bought back for a few bucks (because it has very little chance of finishing ITM now), but it's too late because you're already down $4000 dollars. If you made $100 selling the covered call, you're down $3900. This can absolutely happen, especially if you don't know exactly when significant events might occur. Instead of having a stop-loss, your risk management is the premium you made off of selling the call. It's arguable that trading the ups and downs of the market wisely allows you to manage the risk more effectively and still profit. Admittedly, a stop-loss usually won't trigger during the premarket, so you would get smoked either way, but you could still sell it manually if you're aware of what is happening, but you can not sell it with the option open. You HAVE TO buy the option back first, and then sell.

ComfortablePiglet842

I used rgti quantum computer to travel to PM and SPY was up $17 before market open.

jokerswild2515

Spx does not have a liquidity issue, you are thinking of XSP which is equivalent to spy. I trade that as well and do not have trouble getting my orders filled. It’s simple math, but I will never trade SPY again. Heck even QQQ is better, no liquidity, 60/40 taxes long/short, and is cash settled with no early assignment. Take, for example, an investor in the 35% tax bracket who had $15,000 in taxable trading profits. If they were trading ETF options, they could be taxed at the ordinary income rate and pay as much as $5,250 in taxes. If, on the other hand, the investor was trading index options that qualified for 60%/40% tax treatment, they would only pay $3,900. That's a difference of $1,350. Ask your accountant about the tax implications of trading ETF options versus index options. https://www.cboe.com/tradable_products/sp_500/mini_spx_options/tax_benefit/

papakong88

OP wants to use cash as the collateral to trade options. This is a good idea because the collateral will not change in value so it can not be affected by market conditions. Therefore, he wants to sell all his stocks so he will have cash. However, OP can use the value of his account as collateral, this is commonly referred to as using margin. He does not need to sell his stocks to have cash. The use of ‘margin” to trade options is not the same as trading stocks using margin. OP should not experience what you have gone through. One can use margin to be more efficient in utilizing capital. It can also be used to lower the risk. I posted the following comment recently in different threads. Let’s say SPY is at 685 and we want to use the Wheel to sell a Jan 16 SPY 675 cash-secured put for 4.30. The collateral needed is 67,500. Delta is 0.30. If we use margin and sell a naked put instead, the collateral required is only 9,300. Assuming we put aside an equal amount for a possible increase in collateral, the capital required is 18,600 which is much less than that required for a CSP. (The margin can increase to 10 K if the put becomes ITM.) If we sell 2 naked 659 puts for 2.14 each, we can get 4.28. Now the collateral is different at 7,700 each. So the total is 30,800 if we put aside money. The delta of the put is 0.15.  We have produced the same income as a CSP with less capital and a lower delta. This is like having our cake and eating it too.

ButtExterminator

Should be illegal for SPY to be closed

dmk_world

SPY 705 tomorrow 🚀

PoundThoseBalls

How does this compare to simply having your cash in an index like SPY (+16.4% for 2025) or QQQ (+22.1%)? It was pretty difficult to not make money last year.

luv2sp00g

ESG SPY etfs exclude a bunch of “bad”companies. Kinda would be the best way to mass produce an unethical portfolio. Would have to probably do a good bit of comparing and contrasting to see which companies are missing but that should be fairly easy to do in excel. Basically reverse engineer a ESG etf.

Maximum-Magazine-333

They should probably move the entirety of the TSMC brand over to NA because SPY will unironically drop 50% if China invades

teh_herper

SPY 700, trump was practically saying pump it in the statement

DeltaNeutraltrading

Learn a low risk strategy. What you describe is a classic "gamble" approach to trading... you lost because you did not know exactly the risk of your positions... it happened the same to me. Try to learn from someone that teachs you real strategies and trade them. I was about to give up and tested myoptionsedge since last summer and I am enjoying. They use a low risk approach options strategies in SPX and SPY with good results.

DeltaNeutraltrading

Not really. I am using strategies that produce lower returns but with much lower risk and not so constant adjustments. These are income strategies on SPY and SPX mainly. I learned these trades in a limited group and trade with them (myoptionsedge) with great results. I am not publishing any links to avoid spamming this chat. Just google it and check their trading account in the website.

dmk_world

Maduro blessing us with SPY 700 on monday.

dmk_world

Monday will be bigly green. Bears will be left behind as always. SPY 700 EOW np.

DueHousing

SPY up 1.9% in 3 months while silver is up 53% Bulls: hur dur bers fuk

-SuperBatman

Fact: Forward PE was below 19 at some point during 15 of the past 16 years. Using this data alone, there is a 94% chance SPY drops to 560 in 2026

jnas_19

Why didn’t just buy calls on SPY or NVDA like a normal person

bigbluedog2040

SPY finishes the month higher.

ButterRollercoaster

It has terrible liquidity on paper, but you can still get good fills if you submit limit orders around the midpoint. It’s not as frequently used, but it can be hedged with SPY or SPX or any number of other S&P500 indexes. If you submit a limit orders at 1/10 of the SPX ask, it’ll get filled even if the XSP ask is $0.20 more.

unabletodisplay

https://preview.redd.it/cxnmebalj9bg1.png?width=560&format=png&auto=webp&s=962cdcebd2ed2e7eee80834d131a3c1a024e3582 SPY in the same period btw

Impressive-Mud-3362

Not on SPY though, I know some of tech ate shit, but is nothing like a major over all dip.

BlindStark

Also down due to opportunity loss, they’d have triple that if they just threw it into SPY

Wadoichi_monji

Not to rub salt on the wound but according to chat gpt you could have had more than doubled your money of you had just bought SPY and held it https://preview.redd.it/fxlrx441e9bg1.png?width=1344&format=png&auto=webp&s=98034f3bbbaa82e01dcea3fb4e4af28774c88b01

dogefool88

When SPY 650?

shades747

0dte SPY, and flip the conversation.

samstone_

Fine. Put it in SPY. Then go get a higher paying job.

No_Skirt_4689

My free RH crypto is up 15% in the past week. SPY is down 1% in the past week. Converting my 401k to DOGE and XRP

tohams

I wish I started with enough to do that. But making about 40% CAGR overall. For 2025, I made 8,287 trades consisting of 173,582 contracts of SPY 0DTE options. I had a CAGR of 48.20% with a MDD of -5.50%. My win rate was 55.77% (counting the shorts only...the longs I consider disposable) with a Profit Factor of 1.1966. My 2 strategies are both 100% automated. Here are my verified trades: https://kinfo.com/p/tohams.

JDMonster

You can. If you want a sort of SP500 (SPY/VOO) but for the rest of the world you have VEU.

Non-profit-God

The next wave is robotics, the AI story is really about robotics and automation. AGI is a fantasy that has allowed companies to raise money but the truth is that it isn’t necessary and likely will never happen. What matters is how companies can use “AI” to do tasks that are dangerous/tedious/repetitive. Think underwater welding or some shit like that and throw in robo-taxis that can handle significant volume at peak travel times in major cities. Don’t have to think too hard, ITM LEAPS on Amazon, Google, Apple, Nvidia, AMD, GE etc. don’t look at your portfolio unless you have to rebalance your trades and ignore any major news story. Shit is going up, $SPY $800 by 2027.

vermilli21

So SPY 700 on this Venezuela news?

Overall_Host_3029

Depending on how much extrinsic is left, early assignment on 0DTE SPY/QQQ is rare but not impossible. Most traders assume low intraday risk, but it’s still smart to manage positions before EOD and be comfortable with assignment. If you want to eliminate it entirely, cash-settled indexes like SPX/XSP are safer.

behindcl0seddrs

Literally just buy SPY calls instead. This is the best answer idc how many upvotes I get to confirm it.

greekish

I bought SPY calls at market close cuz I’m regard

auroraavm

Monday prediction: DOW +.60%, NASDAQ -2.2%, SPY will pump/dump continuously

rhuffq

If SPY rallies and my calls make me my $200 profit then it will have all been worth it.

bearhunter429

#SPY should easily gap up to $700 at open tomorrow LMAO🤌🦅🗽

Gcard1986

I did that. Using margin in a dot com bubble bear market is a really bad idea! But not to be deterred, I continued to put 5-10% of every check into ETF tracking indexes. I now am retired and have 10x that money for retirement. SPY and QQQ will always return on average 8%.

Iunatic

WW3 would create a massive economic boom though. SPY 100000

CDulst

Seeing Venezuelans celebrate while rich foreigners cry telling them they should stop and be terrified and depressed instead while their dictator got ousted is quite something. Anyway SPY 800

a10000000019

Thank SPY it was Delta. if it was the SEALs, they would’ve hit the wrong compound, killed a bunch of civilians, lost a helicopter, kidnapped the wrong Latino, and a SEAL would be missing.

Napster-mp3

SPY 700 Monday

According_External30

SPY, AGG, GLD, and CDs.

actuallyrealperson

Well, on Monday SPY will definitely go. Where I don't know.

Low-Introduction9451

You don't, 20k on SPY calls 💸

onfroiGamer

Why would anyone do XSP instead of just SPY?

ComfortablePiglet842

My 682 SPY calls exp Monday 🙏

NewAccount428412

!banbet SPY 700 2w

LasyKuuga

I could easily be wrong lol. Maybe SPY will be green on Monday and Oklo will pump with everything else

meNriveBabylon

Oh shutp you guys will cheer this seeing SPY goes 5% higher in response to America doing what it know best.

RareEarthMinerall

Silver usually drops when the us shows strength, SPY will get all the love

InIce1234

Weekend Dow down 68.7 points (-0.14%). That's like +12% on SPY during trading hours. New ATH Monday.

bearhunter429

#America won another war. SPY will gap up 5% at open LMAO🤌

GoZukkYourself

What drop? SPY was green.

ZonkTrader

Do you have any trading experience? I am a trader so for my Roth I currently by stock then sell a covered call against it. If the stock goes up then I keep the premium and sell at a higher cost so only drawback is I miss out on the upside and if it goes down then the call expired and I wrote another one so it’s basically a dividend to hold. Granted the numbers are small so it’s really just a way to earn 2% or a little more a week. Or just by and hold SPY or another stock. With $7,500 might as well just buy all at once. If it were $50k then maybe worth spreading out over time

DTF_Truck

Kinda nice of them to invade on a weekend. Should be at least SPY +2% on Monday. Gotta be absolutely fucking regarded to be a bear this month. 

Ozqi

Only here you will see people mad over Venezuela’s dictator falling lol Anyways SPY to 700 now that we have a whole new country to trade with.

ITtZ_JOEDADDY20

Soooo SPY $700+ EOW right?

ch0c0l8cake

🫦SPY690🫦

Independent-Tree-985

SPY wasnt at rock bottom tho

BeginnersDuck777

SPY 250P back on the table.

Internal_Field5970

Sell all oil and put it into SPY

stupidber

SPY 700 eow guarenteed

Money_Term8366

This single-handedly turned SPY700 EOM to SPY800 EOM

ThatFUTGuy

if u account for venezuelas economy then SPY should be 750 EOW 🫡