XLF

leomeng

Mega sized positions in GLD GDX SLV PAAS SILJ XLF GS RKT We are going to Valhalla tomorrow.

bdavid21wnec

$XLF?

leomeng

I may be regarded, but I am absolutely loaded on: IBIT, ETHA, GLD, GDX, SLV, PAAS, SILJ as well as GS XLF C

leomeng

Damn. XLF C ETHA IBIT GDX GLD SLV PAAS They were accumulating for a whole week. Gonna make a massive move soon

FrequentLee000

Why puts on SPY ? And nothing on XLF?

trumpdiego

Even XLF and XLE will do. Energy/Finance will benefit greatly from AI as will the companies I listed above. The AI benefit to tech has been greatly exaggerated whereas these industries it's just beginning - that is if you believe the AI narrative, which I mostly do.

leomeng

Since it was hectic today: They were going very hard buying XLF XME GDX in mutli million dollar call buys

Fabulous-Ad6846

so all in on XLF?

Fearless-Bridge-9927

any good suggestion for XLF ? Call or put ?

Personal-Theme803

VONG, PHYS, CIBR, XLF. Sorry, that’s 4

tnguyen5057

I sold most of my NVDA shares and put it all into different ETF sectors. FNGU, NAIL (my most reliable etf), CURE, XLF, URTY, and SOXL. Have 20k in RDDT, 20k in HOOD, and 15k in META for long term.

sharpetwo

Everyone wants the perfect csp ticker but the truth is you are not picking stocks: you are picking volatility regimes. When you do them, you basically sell crash risk insurance. You want names where: \- IV is rich relative to realized (variance risk premium exists). \- Indeed, liquidity is deep enough to get fair fills. \- Fundamentals are stable enough that a 30% gap does not wipe you. That usually points less to single names and more to index ETFs (SPY, QQQ, IWM) or liquid sector ETFs (XLF, XLK, XLE). You get diversification, tighter spreads, and you are not betting your account on whether some CEO go have a little fun with his head of HR. If you insist on single stocks do it data-driven: screen for names where put skew is elevated and the market is paying up for downside insurance. Starting by looking at how expensive IV versus RV is always a great place to start. If you can't do it in a data driven manner, you need to sell CSPs when the market is paranoid, not just because a stock sits on a watchlist. But if the market is paranoid, the risk is also probably there for a reason.... The edge in csp is not “finding the magic ticker.” It is in position sizing, premium vs risk.Then comes discipline on rolls/exits. But without that, the ticker list does not save you. Good luck.

old_Spivey

Halt die Klappe! Felix is a brilliant guy with a fantastic personality. His ideas are very sound and can lead to substantial gains. As another poster stated above, he does find good investments before some of them really take off. The wins far exceed the losses and if you set stop losses, you will continue to gain in a bull market. If it is a volatile stock you can't set the loss at the buy point or you'll likely get kicked out of your trade. You have to take some risk, usually 5-7%. If you lose that 5-7%, you chalk it up to the cost of business and let it be offset by your other trades of 10-20%. Diversification is also key, although paying attention to the moving sectors will help a lot.( I personally watch the XL funds: XLE, XLF, XLV, XLK etc) I have not paid for his GOAT Academy because I don't have the funds for it now. But I do enjoy his erudite humor, his pets and the approach he takes. Like others who have stated before me: if you don't like it, don't watch. What miserable wretch expends their energy trying to find fault with someone they supposedly don't care about?

Recent_Register_2952

back to XLF leaps

MasonNolanJr

I would actually recommend setting $10k aside to learn to trade the wheel on XLF. Cash secured puts and covered calls are the safest way to learn everything about options. You won’t make a ton of money, but you won’t lose money either. You’ll basically get paid some loose change to learn.

IntelligentDamage824

XLF more invested in BRK B than JPM. still follows jpm movement more closely ugh

SnS2500

Given what you said, I'd suggest coupling VOO with IGM (as opposed to XLK and VGT). IGM is broader tech than XLK and unlike VGT (and XLK) it holds not-technically-tech META, AMZN, NFLX and SHOP. Having some SMH on top of that to be heavier in semis is fine too. XLF is a good choice to be heavier in financials. Also check out EUFN as something to consider holding in the current environment.

dimethylhyperspace

RKLB calls bought. Debating one other ticker, probably an ETF. Maybe old fashion qqq. XLF looking food though too.

Outrageous_Tip_2133

VTI 30% VUG 20% BRK 10% XLF 10% XLE 10% UNH 5% COIN 5% (for crypto exposure) Cash 10%

Dangerous-Werewolf35

Best thing about BRK. If they like pharma they’ll buy it. It’s going to consolidate for a while then take another leg up. Now is a great time to be buying Brk.(always is but def right now and next few months as it continues to adjust back to a normal price) If you want a more diverse play buy some XLF. Financials should do well and when AI really hits the banks. Another play URI(it is expensive). You want AI. They build data centers. They build energy. They build buildings. They build whatever. Buy the pick and Axe. Hold It forever if you do. Good luck

anonymuss21

Also XLF $53 August 15th for pennies

IjonahI

the XLF is insanely weak

IjonahI

XLF ded

Coffeewin

Looks like funds are rotating out of SMH and XLF, probably deleveraging from semiconductors due to the tariff uncertainty. Not entirely clear, what sectors money is rotating into but XLC has pretty strong relative strength

29InchWaistOrStarve

Watch for a reversal into financials next week if it falls another 1-2% XLF has been butchered

bcfran

I was a day trader during the dotcom bust. I lost it all on Global Crossing. Didn’t follow my sell rules and doubled down instead of cutting losses. They went BK. Great financial crisis was a little different. I lost most of my money chasing XLF and the 2x and 3x levered financial industry ETFs. Fortunately, I also sold my business at that time and came into a decent amount of money, which went straight into the market. I got super lucky and loaded up on quality companies at the exact bottom. How did it feel? With the dotcom it was fast and severe. Fortunately I was young and didn’t lose a ton of money in nominal terms. I went out and got a traditional job. With the GFC it all felt surreal. Major financial institutions going BK versus speculative companies with no profits or revenues. It felt like the system failed and damage could be irreversible. I lost a very significant amount of money (10 years worth of profits I had saved from my business). But I still had a home and my health. The whole world was crushed, so relatively speaking, I felt grateful for what I had.

Strict-Comfort-1337

Good points. 2008 was a total 💩 show. The one “gift” I seized was buying XLF in late 2010. Still have it today.

baconography

May dabble in August ATM XLF calls, XLE puts at open.

kindofblue603

Take a lesson from the stock market in the year 2000 (peak of the internet stock bubble) and what did well from 2000-2003 during the tech crash. Rotation into more value-based stocks in Finance, Energy, Utilities, and Health Care. Check out the holding lists from value-tilted ETFs like MOAT and SPGP to get some ideas. During a rotation to value, you can never go wrong with BRKB-its already on the upswing. If you want less risk than individual stocks then try the sector ETFs of XLF, XLE, XLU, and XLV. Looking at the ratio percent change of XLK(technology sector) vs XLV(health care sector) over a period of time can give you an idea of how much rotation is going on into value. This past week (7/26) the ratio is over 10.

Effective_Ad_1426

Low risk way to play the AI Data Center explosion is XLF, an ETF of large money center banks who will profit nicely from financing Data Center expansions for AI. Another is CEG, Costellation Energy, who will profit nicely as they build out data centers for corporate clients, like MSFT

FoggyFoggyFoggy

What should I change in terms of asset location for taxes in a high tax state? || || |**Roth IRA**| |VTI x 76| |XLF x 20| |VEA x 50| |FLCA x 50| |SOFI x 2000| |RY x 20| |BND x 28.5| || |**401(k)**| |VFORX| || || |**Taxable Brokerage**| |SGOV| |LDRT|

FoggyFoggyFoggy

What should I change in terms of asset location for taxes in a high tax state? || || |**Roth IRA**| |VTI x 76| |XLF x 20| |VEA x 50| |FLCA x 50| |SOFI x 2000| |RY x 20| |BND x 28.5| || |**401(k)**| |VFORX| || || |**Taxable Brokerage**| |SGOV| |LDRT|

FoggyFoggyFoggy

What should I change in terms of asset location for taxes in a high tax state? || || |**Roth IRA**|**Taxable Brokerage**| |VTI x 76|SGOV| |XLF x 20|LDRT| |VEA x 50|| |FLCA x 50|| |SOFI x 2000|| |RY x 20|| |BND x 28.5|| ||| |**401(k)**|| |VFORX||

crazier_ed

XLF it's less than a dollar from the 52wk high ...

angrybubblez

XLF calls are so cheap. You could make wild money on them when it moves

Ecstatic_Wheelbarrow

Which banks are you talking about? XLF is near it's all time high. SOFI, WFC, JPM have all done great this year

dimethylhyperspace

Also, Citigroup options are basically the same price as XLF, and its more likely to go up regardless of what the XLF does because they crushed earnings and are doing a billion dollar buy back

PM_STOCKS_TO_BUY

i may have done the worst thing I could do as a trader….averaged down on my $XLF 08/15 55c calls in hopes of $BAC, $MS, $GS providing relief to financials tomorrow morning through earnings hoping this avg down with a decent green day tmr allows me to breakeven and get out of the financials play

dimethylhyperspace

Fairly easy play in the am. Wake up before the market opens, check and see how the banks did. If they're mostly up, XLF calls. If they're mostly down, puts. There's usually a 5-10 min chop window at the open where you can buy at yesterday's closing price before the real move comes in

IntelligentDamage824

im balls deep in XLF and JPM. Should be a good day

LurkerPatrol

Watching XLF is like watching grass paint

dimethylhyperspace

Anyone playing bank earnings? XLF calls/puts?

IntelligentDamage824

a few XLE and XLF calls for this week. feeling steady.

IntelligentDamage824

i have found the X ETFs and I’m like a child in a candy store. easy but steady gains and low barrier to entry. XLE - energy XLF - finance XLV - healthcare list goes on & on

IntelligentDamage824

i should’ve gotten an XLF call today shoot

dimethylhyperspace

I bought XLF calls as well. Closed 2/3 at a loss today :/

PM_STOCKS_TO_BUY

me: XLF calls red SNAP calls red TEM calls red

dimethylhyperspace

Wracked my brain to choose calls on either banks or vrt yesterday, and chose banks VRT up 3%, XLF down 1%. Gotta love it

IntelligentDamage824

thoughts on XLF calls before earnings?

dimethylhyperspace

Dumped my hims shares for more Robinhood. That train just doesn't want to stop. Also bought XLF calls

cscrignaro

Can't a man have fun? I generally like XLV long and UNH is it's 4th holding. I think money rotates out of IWM/QQQ and into XLF/XLV. With BTC at ATHs risk is on and profits rotate. SPY is likely to keep trekking higher while QQQ see's choppy consolidation and the sectors that haven't run like XLV do so. XLF is getting a last leg up before consolidation it seems and if profits are going to rotate it's likely into healthcare IMO. Could be wrong, one day at a time. Right now, my risk-reward is favourable.

xlperro

From a market value point of view Stocks & ETFs... VOO, DPZ, ENFR, XLF, VONG for individual stocks... DPZ, MSFT, MO, GOOG, AXP Domino's gets in there because we bought the year it IPO'd and has grown 2684%

HuckleberryHuge3752

Stocks: BRKB, AAPL, MSFT, GS, META. ETFs: VEU, SCHF, IJH, XLF, OUSM

old_Spivey

DFEN, FLUOR, semiconductor stocks, XLF

angrybubblez

XLF broke out of a 9 month consolidation and is now in price discovery mode. You have one minute to buy calls in it homie. Dont say I didn’t help you

dimethylhyperspace

I'm thinking the triple B might send bank stocks a'moonin.. Might buy a dozen XLF calls or so

Immediate-Sky9959

GEE, he was the only one who thought about the SubPrime Default Thesis. Did you very think about the Hedging that was going on in the CDS he bought . DO you really think he was the only one making money on all of that. We hedged just acout everthimng on our Sheet with XLF, CDX, LEH shorts, BSC shorts, MER shorts. We just didn't advertise out positions , we just made money.

forebareWednesday

XLF weekly poots

greytoc

Your question is a bit vague. What kind of Financial Sector? If you want a very broad US financials - there's XLF. But there are also funds that focus on banks. For example - KRE for regional banks. KBE and KBWB for larger banks. There is IAI which is primarily broker-dealers in the US.

wtf_is_up

XLF

dimethylhyperspace

XLF calls targeting $52 is free money

dimethylhyperspace

If the Senate passes that Tax bill, financials are gonna mewn. Formal deliberations begin Tuesday, and Bitch McConnell has said, on the record, that they want it passed before July 4th. So I'm thinking XLF/JPM/C calls, expiring in September, bought sometime in early June at an optimal pullback spot

According_Coffee_493

Look at XLF

dimethylhyperspace

If that Tax bill gets pushed thru and signed, financial stocks are gonna moon. Thinking about buying a butt load of XLF at the money calls here

tropicalia84

Nobody cares, XLF up huge

ideletedmyaccount04

1) The United States is downgraded as a credit risk 2) The ETF for All Large financial institutions $XLF is up 3) Make it make sense to me. Please be gentle. I am sensitive.

HywayKind

XLF?

Busy_Point_3091

I sold XLF calls 5 mins after open 

Top-Composer-9585

XLF calls

Immediate-Sky9959

Bought in later part of NOV and early Dec 2008 GS avg price $55. BOA some time frame AVG. $9.00, JPMavg $17, WFC avg $16 and XLF avg $9

forebareWednesday

Get out of my brain. Seriously, if you show a pic of XLF gains i’m going to start telling people were twins. UNH and QBTS (rgti/rr) have been my bread and butter for the last year. Also, they have a leveraged qbts etf if youre feelin frisky

PapaCharlie9

Your guess is as good as anyone else's. XLF might be interesting to watch.

IjonahI

the XLF up half a percent in first ten mins of trading

Aromatic-Tone5164

remind me! -6 month all dated Jan 2026 - Jan 2027 drawdown is about $4500 on a $7000 basis 2026 XLF 30 put XLF 20 put XLF 19 put DIA 200 put XLRE - 40 put XLRE - 30 put XLRE - 20 put INTC - 60 call 2027 XLF 20 put VNQ - 30p VNQ - 20p GME - 5p AMC - 3p AMC - 1p see you in 6 months!

Aromatic-Tone5164

XLRE / VNQ underperforming vs the market recovery, housing market showing cracks XLF is a different story. not as confident about this anymore as I'm afraid whatever exposure could be covered by the meme-market pumps. IMO if history remains true in the future SOMEBODY has to default and that's why I'm going short on the basket itself, not just individual banks, but I have them too (OWL, ZION, APO, ARES, JPM, BAC, WFC) just in smaller portions and again deep OTM far expiry All in I will lose about $6,000 by 2027 if we don't see some sort of recession by then, but I think the majority of WSB/ Americans are ignoring the warning signs for a **global** recession and are short sighted by the value of american tech / drunk off the bull party

Aromatic-Tone5164

XLF / XLRE / VNQ January 2026 puts deep OTM fair warning I'm pretty stupid so far!

forebareWednesday

Thats not a bat strategy actually. Buying after their theta killed for small pops is a good way to bank if youre buying in lots. I do something similar w XLF

Aromatic-Tone5164

honestly? SOXS if you wanna gamble equities, start selling chunks of gains as soon as they come in gambling options? my picks would be 2026 dated ***puts*** on XLRE (real estate), XLF (finance sector / the bank basket), XLE (energy) if you want a big spicy one HYG, I'm holding a ton of puts on them. they're the high yield corporate bond ETF. tracks high risk corporate bonds which are typically high risk as hell and I think it's pretty implosion worthy.

dimethylhyperspace

I have some XLF calls, so I hope i'm wrong.

scorchie

I’m not going to post my core shorts for 2 reasons: 1.) they’d look absolutely degenerate if you don’t fully buy into my thesis, so you’d lack the conviction to hold (some 5s rated funds, safe haven’s, etc) and 2.) I bought them cheap in march, they’re expensive now and tbh.:. i’m not confident they’ll payout even if I’m right at this point, fraud is rampant. XLRE/XLF/XRT naked short, regional banks (IAT/KRE), holding companies (BX/ARCC/etc.)… tbh, open the prospects for SCHD, or similar… they’re full of shit co’s I expect to default. Others would take too much explanation, and if you hood a similar belief you’re already most likely in them. dyor, not advice, but enough people upvote I figured I’d throw a bone… but I must emphasize: you need convection in the underlying structural thesis rooted in the credit markets, or else you’ll paper hand these and lose. if it was easy, everyone would be in it. Whatever you do, stay safe.

dimethylhyperspace

Yeah it's because it has like no IV lol. And very minimal theta burn. It's actually one of my favorite plays. I bought the calls I was talking about because it makes a lot of sense for the ETF to test the March highs and put in a double top on Monday. The most money I ever made was off XLF options. Election night I bought a metric fuckton of ATM calls for .60 each. The following day I sold them at 2.80 a pop. The only thing that sucks is the bid ask spread forms a grand canyon at close, and if you didn't understand that it is a temporary situation, you may see your account down huge and freak out lol.

dimethylhyperspace

Banks and financials gapped up today..not only that, they're holding their highs. You rarely see this without some follow thru. I think the XLF continues to rally Monday, even if tech sells off. 5/16 50c are .80 each.

GlitteringPapaya2671

my crash indicator just went red on the day (XLF + IYT + GDX + XOP) / 4

Any_Yogurtcloset362

Regional banks were the rage last year after NYCB (now Flagstar) had that collapse and heading into the “CRE Armageddon”. After the failures of SVB and First Republic, they got pretty hammered. Regional bank financials in general are less risky. They make money off of origination but tend to sell more of the paper rather than holding it. So they’ll make servicing fees but completely de-risk. Capital requirements and loss ratios aren’t as stringent as with the large banks so overall whether the economy is good or bad, they tend to just cruise along. Financials in general are pretty much a low drama sector these days. If you look more macro the XLF is flat YTD and lifetime is up just over 150%. SPY is down 5% and up over 300% lifetime in comparison. As a group, they don’t have enough volume or volatility that the cost of the short (you will have to pay for borrowing the shares) is worth the potential move.

Aromatic-Tone5164

yeah they're clearly propping this shit up again to hot potato the worst atomic bomb level positions ill buy 1 XLF put every day they keep pumping it, 200 days to expiration

toluenefan

All of these are super dependent on the broad market rallying. You must have a bullish macro view. XLF - bank earnings have already happened this period. Not sure if 19 Jul is enough time to capture next cycle. Also, XLF tends to be a slow grind to the upside. Jan lows to ATH on March 3 was only 11.8%. Would probably go ITM for XLF.

Aromatic-Tone5164

bearish on mag7 & banks, bullish on T bills, trimmed a good amount thank god, because the small amount of T bill calls I held nearly lost me the gains from trimming [closed april](https://imgur.com/a/AjD8WRi) p/l positions are still heavy against XLF... uhhhhh, some banks, but they're all little tiny lotto OTMs that i bought for fun. honestly im sitting out majorly. a nice 4gs against the markets themselves and 85-90% cash

Blame_my_Boneitis

!banbet XLF 43 2w

NW-McWisconsin

XLF

NW-McWisconsin

Lots of stocks & ETF's have low RSI (15 days, 75, 35) numbers (oversold). Personally I like the financial sector (XLF), aerospace (XAR) and some Utilities (XLU). I know .. lots of X's... Kinda my "kleenex" version of ETF's. But.... I also buy and sell a lot lately. The market feels a little chaotic for some reason.

coloradoinsuranceguy

Yeah, cash really is the best bet here. I just bought some XLF calls, but they are indeed losing money even as the price increases. If there’s a trade detente with China the market will pump hard though. There won’t be a deal, I’m sure of that, but an agreement to talk would probably pump us 3-5% instantly

kudles

Really had shitcock luck these past 2week. Made 800 off QQQ put last week, but could’ve made 4000 if I held a few more hours. Made money off aapl 195p but could’ve made more Held XLF puts too long and was up $300 and sold at loss. Bought 0dte 510 SPY today for $40 and sold for $60. Few hours later it was worth almost $600 when Spy hit 510. Smh This shit is so annoying

BagelsRTheHoleTruth

Puts on XLF, WFC, USB, CFG, HYG, and QQQ. Mostly June expirations. Shorter dated QQQ calls to hedge, and lots of cash to average down on pumps.

Starmedia11

If you want to hear what someone whose dumb sounds like, listen to Douglas Murray on Rogan. That’s what “I went to school and learned how to read and write but I never did any critical thinking” sounds like. Anyway holding XLF puts so wish me luck!

ManOfDiscovery

XLF or individual tickers for bank earnings tomorrow? 🤔

kudles

Playing bank earnings via XLF puts hope I'm not a regard

Blame_my_Boneitis

Sold my XLF puts earlier (saved from yesterday). The puts went up from .01c to .44c (4,400%). I bought more and averaged down during yesterdays rise and sold today at 44c /contract which was the bottom of that dip when I saw momentum fading. So went from down 99% after close yesterday to ripping and taking 100% profit on the position today. In other words I got super lucky :O Now I have no idea on next play so I’m going to not trade anymore today, maybe buy something tomorrow. Good luck out there peeps! Hope you aren’t forced to live / work behind a dumpster any time soon.

kudles

I'm buying XLF puts on this pump

kudles

XLF puts?

kudles

XLF puts for tomorrow?