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New midweek expiration dates getting approved by regulators
The market is held up by boomer optimism which will be destroyed
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I analyzed 584 Fed Chair speech events. Here is what it means for the SPY.
JPM beat, Citi beat, and the reactions were different. Is earnings season mostly about expectations now?
Based on my research, dealers are buying calls aggressively into this selloff, and the vix retreated
I spent $9,600/year on Substack newsletters so you don't have to. Here's who actually makes money.
HOT OFF THE PRESS: US January PPI Just Dropped – Hotter Than Expected!
Pre-Market: Dow Holds 50k, Metals Bounce, and the "Data Squeeze" (Delayed NFP + CPI).
XLF flows last Friday were insane. Someone definitely knew about the Greenland tariffs.
Need 2nd Opinion on favoring Technical or Fundamental Analysis for $XLF
Looking for ETF/Stock Recommendations: Defense, Energy, Healthcare & Financials
Looking for ETF/Stock Recommendations: Defense, Energy, Healthcare & Financials
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I'm a full time trader and this is my full analysis and take on the market as the Tariff deadline gets extended to August. More upside to come, or pullback imminent? 👇
I bet all my Switch 2 Preorder Money ($451.00) on a crash tomorrow. Will I get to play Nintendo?
Finalising my "wheel" strategy and need some advice
Small $SPY and $XLF YOLO for next week... in Jpow we trust
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You regards are doing bank fds wrong. Do THIS Monday!
Expected Moves This Week: Fed Decision, KRE, XLF, Nike, Gamestop and more.
Playing banks and commercial property REITs with puts.
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Expected moves: SPY, XLF, KRE, TLT, and Earnings from Adobe and FedEx
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How likely is it for $XLF financial sector ETF to continue its uptrend when the FED has stopped its money printing scheme?
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Denver Housing Prices...post #4... we aren't done yet...
Adding sector specific ETFs or keeping only broader market ETFs?
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ETF investors, what are some of the sector ETFs you invest in?
Is it a BULL MARKET or BEAR MARKET? Lines in the Sand, 09/29/2022
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How to get Free XLF calls — (including trade fees) right now.
Good ETFs to hedge this inflation or potential recession?
Good ETFs to hedge this inflation or potential recession?
People complaining about RSX options being halted are greedy
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Buy on Calls/Puts on long term trends for peace of mind
What is your play for the interest rate hikes that will happen next year?
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Index/ETF investing any tips on proposed allocations?
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Major tech stocks have been under pressure and healthcare stocks are gaining ground. [https://finviz.com/groups](https://finviz.com/groups) will show you sector performance and [https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/](https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/) also has information All sectors are on cycles of differing lengths. Retail investors have been pounding tech and driving prices up to where some feel they are overvalued. So others go looking for the undervalued plays, figuring that they have more room to go up. I personally feel that healthcare and financials are a good place to be. If interest rates go up, financials (XLF) profit from higher fees. Small caps are rising after a slow 2025. Emerging markets have done very well (I made you a writeup for KEMX but accidentally wiped it and didn't feel like starting over). Tech is still a hot ticket but their are signs that some are getting scared. There is a lot of hype for yet untested and so-far unprofitable future developments, especially on Reddit. It wouldn't hurt to set up some defenses in other areas. The following is speculation based on past performance and shouldn't be taken as sound financial advice - Historically, July is a good month for stocks but August to mid-October are rough. Then things pick up November through March. Be aware of that as you assess your investments. I am building up cash because I think there will be a 20%-25% correction coming this Fall and want to be able to jump in.
You're not just tech-heavy...you're tech-on-tech-on-tech. 😅 QQQM, QTUM, MRVL, and NBIS are all heavily tied to the same AI/semiconductor theme. Even when you own multiple tickers, they're often moving for the same reasons. If your goal is long-term diversification, consider adding exposure to: * Financials: XLF * Healthcare: XLV * Consumer Staples: XLP * Utilities: XLU * REITs: VNQ Honestly, before adding more stocks, I'd ask whether you need both QQQM and QTUM alongside individual names like MRVL and NBIS. You may get more diversification by simplifying rather than adding. One red day isn't a reason to sell MRVL, but if you're selling because you expected quick gains, that's different from a long-term investment thesis. For a 5–10 year horizon, I'd rather own a broader mix of sectors than keep stacking more AI and semiconductor exposure.
Short XLF, sooner or later the credit bubble will pop.
Its A bRoaDmaRkeT CrAsH! /s XLC is up XLP is up XLF is up XLE is up XLV is up XLRE is up
Defense is doing well since last year, XLF is only up 5% the last year and trailing SPY by 20% in the last 5 years, XLV is only up 20% total the last 5 years. Equal weight S&P500 has only gained half as much as weighted the past 5 years, gains are super concentrated in a small number of companies.
All forgot “Too Big to Fail” US. National debt \~39 Trillion 1929, 1987, 2000, 2008,always all analysts say, this time is different Lehman didn’t get $60 Billion bailout, all saw GFC Next AI-crash,which Trillion dollar company needs bailout? How it impact $SPY $QQQ $SOXX $XLF $SOXL $MU $STX $AVGO $DRAM
XLF did not like the news
put half of what you have in XLF and recover half your losses. NFA
I see what you’re saying. I guess for me personally it wouldn’t be worth it. I’d sooner write 1-month CSP’s for 1% on stuff like XLE, XLF, XLU, XLK. If assigned then write the CC’s and wheel it. I think anybody who writes CSP’s has to be prepared to wheel if we get a tail event. Strategy would likely yield 12% annual pretty consistently
XLV, XLF, and XLP are all positive (health sector, financials, and consumer staples). This is a rotation into value from taking gains in semis and broader tech
Rotation. Plenty of other sectors are up 0.5% to 2% XLP XLV XLF XLB XLRV XLU
Another FAKE sell off.. DJT green… XLF green… they are TRAPPING ber 🐻
Oil Algo jokers jump on every rocket & missile to make volatility, it’s not old Oil market anymore. Index has only 2% energy stocks. USA consume~20 million barrels of Oil per day. USA produces ~ 13.5 million barrels per day Canada produce ~6 million bpd Venezuela~1 million bpd,peak capacity ~3 million bpd How much US- GDP impact by Iran &Ukraine war? OPEC bump again $XLE $SPY $QQQ $XLC $XLK $XLF $XLU $SMH
it was so easy... XLF bullish weekly engulfing close on volume.. DJT (biggest canary) was green on a 'bloodbath day'... now ber asking themselves.. why green? easiest inside bullish gap up on Monday.. WAAA ai crash this and that.. BER silent
USA consume~20 million barrels of Oil per day. USA produces ~ 13.5 million barrels per day Canada produce ~6 million bpd Venezuela~1 million bpd,peak capacity ~3 million bpd How much US- GDP impact by Iran &Ukraine war? OPEC bump output again $XLE $SPY $QQQ $XLC $XLK $XLF $XLU $SMH
FYI… XLF is green… with a BULLISH ENGULFING weekly close.. DJT (biggest canary in the coal mine)… BRIGHT GREEN… FAKE sell off… MASSIVE gap up inside bar Monday on Nasdaq… this is capitulation.. BEAR 🐻 BOUGHT PUT on the lows… WATCH AND LEARN
JPM, XLF, GS, MS... suspiciously up
when there's a big flurry of put buyers, you think it doesn't pump the financial sector? look at XLF, JPM, MS, GS
XLP/XLF/ETHA/TLT. Boring ass shit for my boring ass portfolio.
We need to see what happens over the weekend, but right now it looks like it could be the start of the decline. We see the dollar up, gold down, and stocks down. This setup means liquidity is being drained from the market, which is one of the first signals that people are moving out of equities and into cash. Next week it could be more clear if this is the start of something or just a short term liquidity squeeze. The market is going to have a hard time moving higher without financials on board. And financials have been struggling for the last month. I'll be watching to see if KRE struggles more than XLF which would suggest regional lending is stressed. Over the last month, tech and tech related has been the only thing keeping this market afloat. Everything else is flat to down. That's not a healthy rally, that's a market running on fumes. I’ll be looking forward to what happens on Monday. Have a good weekend everyone!
You can get some bargains in poor performing sectors. Real Estate has the worst 1 year performance (+6.85) but it's not an exciting place to be. Financials are the next worst (+8.57). They'll get a bump if interest rates go up and companies always need a loan or someone to do their IPO. Year-to-date, Healthcare and Financials are down 4% and 3% respectively. I only do ETFs. I just threw another thousand into healthcare (FHLC) and financials (XLF).
Staples got off to a great start but it's largely WMT and COST, which aren't losers from higher oil. XRT is very down YTD. XLF is down. XLV is down. The last month has been a semiconductor trade. The only stocks that go up are semiconductor / AI winners.
One option might be to buy shares of all the sector ETFs. (XLE, XLF, XLI, etc)
Big Financials (etf XLF) crumbling again today -0.5%. Consumers are dying/dead and the financial system is choking on Oracle/Coreweave/Owl debt.
Big financials (XLF). -0.7% today. Probably loaded to the gills with AI data center and subprime consumer debt they can't offload.
Big financials (XLF) aren't really participating in this rally. Remember a few weeks ago Capitalone came out and said their credit card writeoffs are headed up bigtime.
It’s a game. I’ve been trying to figure out what are these options for. I just looked and it was traded in a single block at 13:55pm. Stuff like this doesn’t have much constant volume, which is why you wanna look at more regular strikes, but it appears that this contract spiked to approximately $0.20 on Wednesday April 15th 730am . I’m just spitball in here, but I think we’re gonna have a very large correction tomorrow or Thursday and this is just a tail hedge. I have no idea why it spiked that morning on that Wednesday because XLF didn’t sell off or gap down lol it was between the Monday to Tuesday. XLF is at the same price level from those dates in middle of April. So right now XLF is sitting exactly where those tail puts could pop off if this is market maker driven.
Someone just bought 70.000 contracts of XLF 40p 5/15 - does somebody no something or just a retard hedging?
two structural reasons ETFs work specifically for non fulltime traders, separate from the liquidity and IV points already covered. idiosyncratic event risk goes away. on a single name you have to track earnings, FDA decisions, executive turnover, SEC filings. miss any of them and a 30 percent overnight gap takes out a defined risk position. on a sector or broad market ETF, the basket dilutes single name catalysts and you only need to track macro events that are calendared months out. for someone with a day job, the attention savings is the real edge. tax structure on index options versus single name options is materially different. SPX, NDX, and RUT are section 1256 contracts which means 60 percent long term, 40 percent short term cap gains regardless of holding period. SPY and QQQ options do not get that treatment. for a wheel or premium selling strategy with high turnover, the 60/40 split on the index versions is often 5 to 8 percent on annual P and L for a high bracket trader. trade off on the index versions: no equivalent for sector ETFs in the same tax category. so the structure that makes the most sense for non fulltime is broad market core on SPX or NDX for tax efficiency, plus SPY or QQQ when you need smaller contract size or weeklies, plus sector ETFs (XLE, XLF, KRE, KWEB) for thematic exposure when you have a specific view.
Yeah I mostly trade sector funds. Like options on XLE during this oil-supply driven market. I traded options on XLF and KRE when busted banks were in the news. GLD or SLV for precious metals. KWEB on China news. Stuff like that. I don't trade leveraged or inverse funds. Why settle for 2x or 3x when I can get 10x with OTM contracts? For Tech, I just buy QQQ shares and hold for the long term. I started accumulating QQQ in 2010 and haven't sold any shares yet, so I'm sitting on some nice gains right now.
Liquidity is the main thing I look at and a few sector ETFs are surprisingly solid — XLE, XLF, and XLP all have decent volume and tight spreads. KWEB is worth a look too if you're okay with the extra volatility that comes with China exposure.
His Top holdings: NTRA at 12.8%, XLF at 6.7%, INSM at 5.7%, RSP at 5%, TEVA at 4.1% New positions include Alcoa, Entegris, Lattice Semiconductor, Bloom Energy and Delta Air Lines — all initiated below current market levels. He significantly increased Amazon (+92%), Coupang (+45%), Alphabet and Sea Limited. He fully exited Meta, Citigroup and EQT — and reduced Natera, Insmed and Taiwan Semi.
XLF still green, give it time
You think these are big numbers? Just wait til it hits the financial sector $XLF NFA DYOR
Boring fucking XLF calls have printed all week
Its just the overall index .. usually stocks are complimented 50% of the time by the overall push.. so if XLF is going, PYPL has a better chance to keep running. It's not a 1:1 for sure but it helps!
I love PayPal, always have. It’s literally the easiest shit to use in e-commerce. Been using it since inception. May follow you on this trade. Plus XLF gonna run hot this year IMO.
My personal market theory for the April and May(which will undoubtedly be wrong): Semis and memory, having god like gains and going to consolidate and move sideways at these levels. Money is going to rotate into IGV(software), XLF(banks), and 🌽 to catch those sort of back up to wear hard tech is floating right now. There's also a bunch of subtle hints(dark pools, certian levels being held) that make me think that. Then late summer, the bears come back, because midterm elections almost always sell a selloff into November. If the midterms split the government out of its supermajority, we will rip the unholiest of rips. Markets love when the government is stalemated. Again, all of this will be wrong. But it's what I *think* will happen.
This is important to understand. Most of the retail investor space thinks about positions in a vacuum. Institutional investors frequently use multiple positions to express a thesis. Example: an investor may think, “I think that financials will roll over. If they do, JPM will fall the least. If they move up, JPM will move up the most.” They may express this by shorting XLF and buying JPM calls.
XLF showing the private credit liquidity crisis is definately NOT over lol
If banks hit tommorrow, I think XLF calls back up to 54, if not 56 should be easy money
One of my favorite trades is buy a shit ton of XLF calls. They're dirt cheap because the IV is so low, so you can buy them in large groups, in the money. And the index moves well, but isn't volatile, so you rarely find yourself in a spot where things go to shit rapidly if you're wrong.. Anyways, if these banks hit tommorrow, I'm think XLF calls up to the top of the range
it looks like positioning is getting more bullish even during the pullback low put/call ratios in XLF and XLV suggest traders are leaning toward upside or hedging less vix dropping that much also points to reduced fear after the ceasefire news overall feels like markets are expecting stability or a bounce rather than deeper downside
Dealer call buying + VIX down 24% on ceasefire talks = the classic "protection being unwound" signal. When dealers buy calls, they're hedging short gamma positions which means market makers are net short and need upside protection. The low put/call on XLF and XLV means nobody is buying downside insurance on financials or healthcare. This is risk-on positioning into the weekend - if Islamabad talks produce anything concrete Sunday, expect a gap up Monday.
Hey at least we can agree that there is some BS. I also came to the conclusion that BOTH: 1. AI/Mag8 being fake hype and an AI bubble 2. AI/Mag8 actually disrupting SaaS with AI Can't both be true. Or at least not true to the extent that the market is pricing. Congrats on reaching 1st order of effect thinking. That makes you smarter than the average WSB regard. Sadly 1st order isn't worth much when there is 2nd/3rd/4th/5th/Nth. >Positions: Puts on QQQ, XLK, XLF. Long duration. I'll go with MSFT/MAG8/VOO + reserve of gold/STnotes. If it dips buy more. I'm also bearish on the market/economy, but being a 🌈🐻 is hard and often a loser's game. I'd rather be defensive and keep buying dips.
# TLDR --- **Ticker**: QQQ, XLK, XLF **Direction**: Down 📉 **Prognosis**: Buy long-duration Puts **Boomer Fantasy**: "AI is killing SaaS! Just build it in-house!" 👴💭 **Actual Reality**: The entire tech and AI sector is taking a massive shit together 💩🔥
Bagholding ETHA right now collecting peanuts cuz my cost basis is far OTM. Mostly cash gang right now, but I think I'm gonna sell some CSP's on XLF/XLP/TLT as a defensive play. I'm autistic so I don't know what I'm doing.
yeah i have stock in a lot of the big 7. i'm thinking VOO, IWM and XLF for starters next week
This is getting fucking silly now, so XLF had most OI for calls at 49.5 and it closes at 914 on 49.48..come on this is almost predictable..
XLF to get pinned to 49.5.
Maybe take a look at XLF ETF It has exposure to both V & MA and more quality names
The one day XLF is up and XLE down I go for XLE. I would love XLF to pump along with SPX but it isn't happening so I went in on XLE
JPM and MS are giving people short exposure to private credit. XLF was the only sector out of all sectors that was green on Friday. If you want to short a bank short regional banks like COF or something like Wells Fargo/Truist which are heavily exposed to private credit. The big move on these is already done though.
RedditAdvice : The street is just thinking OIL price yet the LNG price affects industries across the rest of the world too, and N.A. LNG is much cheaper than everywhere else, EU and ASIA is more than double the U.S. price, the "energy spread" acts as a structural subsidy giving U.S. based industry a clear cost advantage to others. Historically it has been as much as 5x higher. **Chemicals & Fertilizers, Heavy Manufacturing -i**nexpensive gas-fired electricity for domestic investment in steel, glass, and plastic-resin production for exports and culling the overseas competition both domestically and abroad. TheEnergyWar will continue till morale improves. I speculate Russia, Turkey, Iran and Houthis with Chinese tech support for this new Axis of Opportunity. This is volatility off the charts brewing. $EONR $TSLVF is all I own. Am sidelined from everything else now yet see major upside in XLF next week along with Energy sectors, XLU is not favoured as much as many companies are tied to AI and that could be indirectly and directly affected from Israel (INTC) and Taiwan (TSM). It's a stock pickers market now, no indices for me, thankyou. AI&I
it is an ASCII art (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) of a woman's bottom, which is where I think TWFG is at this moment, bottomed, am a chartist first, fundamentals follow. Nice find too, am watching now. XLF has been down hard, bounces incoming.
You are looking at only tech companies to conclude that what must be going on is a tech bubble popping? I'll bring my popcorn. Please post your PnL in six months. https://finviz.com/map.ashx?t=sec The rest also seems down. The only way you could have lost on a bear position today is XLF. And on a weekly basis, it seems very mixed: https://finviz.com/map.ashx?t=sec&st=w1 On monthly, tech looks pretty good in comparison: https://finviz.com/map.ashx?t=sec&st=w4
look at the charts for XLV, XLF, XHB, etc. there's not much juice left unless things really get dicey.
Wohh. An almost $5 million put option trade just hit the tape in the Financials ETF $XLF Remember banks have huge exposure to private credit
>A recurring technical pattern could spell trouble ahead for the broader stock market. Whenever financial stocks broke below their 200-day moving average, the negative momentum eventually spilled over to the S&P 500 — and the historical data shows the damage typically deepens the further out you look. >Private Credit: The Stress Beneath The Surface The XLF breakdown is the visible signal. Underneath it, a less visible stress is building in the $2 trillion private credit market — pools of money that lend directly to businesses outside the public bond markets. >These funds boomed in recent years by offering higher yields, but they have a structural weakness: investors can only exit quarterly, and only up to a fixed percentage. >When large numbers of investors want out at the same time, managers have no choice but to limit withdrawals. I do of course have calls on XLF
dude, love that you're back in the game and refining your strategy! sounds like you've got a solid plan going on. for ETFs, QQQ is definitely worth checking out, especially with tech stocks making moves lately. also, you might wanna look at IWM for small caps or even some sector-specific ones like XLF for financials if you're feeling risky. premiums can vary, but it’s worth a look. just remember to keep an eye on those support/resistance levels! keep it up, man!
QQQ and IWM are good alternatives with cheaper premiums. Also look at liquid names like AAPL, AMD and NVDA or sector ETFs like XLF and XLE. But sticking to one ticker (like SPY) can actually help you read price action better.
Clearly my XLF calls are not ignoring it.
Guhhh. Had one week for XLF to go up a measly dollar..
LOL Look at the scam candles on XLF holy shit. What a cope.
Basically yea, they have an omnipresent Skynet like entity that consumes the entirety of the internet and all personal data feeds and gets a read on what people think the problem is. It will watch all the popular finance videos, see what people are saying (IE. some big youtuber says XLF starts going under 49 its recession confirmed, or they say junk bonds getting dumped is the signal) and then just absolutely prevent that thing from happening so no one can confirm their beliefs and maximum uncertainty stays in the market.
XLF keeping the market strong. If financials roll over its going to be spooky
looking at XLF, /10y and HYG/LQD ratio, I'd think it's a risk on day. Something is afoot
BRKB is also the largest holding in XLF the financial sector ETF funny enough
XLF dropping like a hot potato has never been a good sign of whats to come.
XLF, XLC, XLE are green today
XLF looks like shit on the year
look at the XLF, it's making its bed
Bubble isnt popping they are using this opportunity for exit liquidity so that the financial system can get some cash in order to sort out the failing banks situation where they have too many metal shorts and also cant deliver the physical metals promised by the futures contracts. Thats why the XLF sector has been bleeding for months, and why metals futes yesterday got stopped seemingly out of no where right as they were about to break out of their consolidation.
Why tf has the XLF banking sector been moving like we are having a full scale liquidity crisis and just absolutely shitting the bed so hard since the new year?
i would start with a separate portfolio with ETF's. there are hundreds of ETF's available for all sectors. an example for long term is a Eric Sprott ETF on the critical minerals sector (gold/silver,copper,uranium). this commodity sector always has a decent return. look at the XLF for Banks. it is a big market out there. as the sectors rotate you can always rotate your ETF's if you want. you will be your own Warren Buffett
Maybe it makes sense to direct new money toward a solid international ETF, plus a small emerging markets sleeve for diversification. I like keeping exposure to financials through something like XLF, and energy through FENY or XLE. Adding an MLP fund for midstream exposure also makes sense, I’m own EMO and MLPX.
So AMX was the play today, went with the ETF XLF instead. Oh well it's looking like it's off the bottom now but will see if market makers pin it and keep it beat down. But Put call ratio is 3.2 so surely won't want to pay out on that either.
XLF in shambles, who ready for some bank runs? The based physical silver stackers win again! They cant keep getting away with it!
>Wall Street opened the week under heavy pressure as risk sentiment deteriorated on AI-related credit concerns and fresh trade uncertainty amid the feud between President Donald Trump and the Supreme Court. >The blue-chip index was weighed down by sharp losses in financial names. A wave of selling hit asset managers after concerns emerged around a private credit fund managed by Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE:OWL). The firm announced it is liquidating $1.4 billion in assets to raise money to pay out individual investors Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) sank 6.6% on the day, marking its worst session since Liberation Day. Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX) slid 6.7% and has now dropped 16% over the past three sessions, its steepest three-day decline since March 2020, touching the lowest level since late 2023. Ares Management Corp. (NYSE:ARES) fell 6.3% KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR) tumbled 8.3%, extending its monthly loss to 20%, the worst stretch since 2015. The weakness spilled into established financial heavyweights. American Express (NYSE:AXP) dropped 7.4%, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) lost 3.5% and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) retreated 4.5%. For the broader Financials Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLF) it’s the worst day since early April 2025.
State street sector ETFs (XLB, XLF, XLI, etc.) can be a good option if you want to be more selective than just the S&P 500. Gives you exposure to particular sectors instead of a larger index
Yep, XLF and banking was crumbling and there was a big risk of contagion with Buttcorn sliding yet again which would have forced a whole lotta bs. They kept it in the back pocket exactly for a time like this.
This. Look at the charts of QQQ and XLF....
Crazy no one talking about XLF and how it seems the entire banking sector is having a big scare right now. We are at the last resistance point for XLF before a big flush and same for the major indexes. This shit could be COOKED cooked.
ETFs to wheel at a somewhat affordable price are some of the spdr select etfs listed here. [https://stockanalysis.com/list/sector-etfs/](https://stockanalysis.com/list/sector-etfs/) some of these are <$100. liquidity is just on the cusp of being untradeable, so watch the mid price. personally have traded XLI, XLU, XLF, XLE, XBI, etc. currently have CC positions in XLU in my IRA.
**YES**, a man after my own heart! Simple often works better than complicated. You're finding things that are going up. You're getting long with LEAPS Calls as *share substitutes.* "Finding things that are going up," I may've taken a liberty there, because you might be thinking, "This thing *should* go up, based on what it's been through recently." Plus you add the Value tilt, which puts them in your favor. May I make a suggestion? Actually two: **ETFs** Find ones that are going up **right now**. ETFs over stocks because they're less volatile. Say **BA** goes bankrupt overnight. The ETF **XLF** loses about 5%. Say its CEO is found in the Epstein files and the stock drops by 25%. **XLF** loses 1.2%. Ho hum. (**XLF** isn't going up right now, so don't buy it; I'm just saying.) ***Momentum persists.*** Find it and buy it. It sounds like you're a shorter-term trader than most. I am too: 3 months or so is my investing horizon. **EWY** is my current favorite ETF. Here I compare it with MRVL and BA that you mentioned: [EWY vs. MRVL & BA, 3-month](https://imgur.com/a/94b1Qvc) I wish I'd found EWY earlier, but I only got into it on 1/28. But it's done 39% over that 3-month view, and 20% over the past month. And you realize you're getting leverage when buying LEAPS Calls, right? Let me know if you want to chat more about this, but you're definitely on the right track. To give you an idea of how much so, I started a 3-ETF LEAPS Call portfolio with my sister's IRA on 10/22. To date it's up 96%. Almost a doubling in less than 4 months. Take care.
You acknowledge the fact that you can’t make money trading paying a fee on option contracts but you also bought puts on a dead option chain. Stick to XLF it has volume
no kidding haha.. index funds the way i really go. this kind of experiment shows that is the way i should go. got lucky with nvidia.. GM, XLF, Fed X and a few more were positive but lost my shirt on Enphase, Paypal, and Square.
Instead of chasing "hot" sectors, consider looking at where valuations are actually reasonable right now. Healthcare (XLV) and financials (XLF) are trading at much more attractive P/E ratios compared to tech, and both have solid fundamentals for 2026. European defense (like EUAD) has also gotten a lot of attention post-Ukraine, but it's already run up significantly so you'd want to check if valuations still make sense. One thing I'd suggest: rather than just buying sector ETFs and forgetting, track the underlying fundamentals quarterly - revenue growth, margins, P/E trends. It helps you know when a sector is getting overheated vs when it's actually a value opportunity. The difference between "safe" and "actually safe" often comes down to understanding what you own beyond just the sector label.
Keep these on your watch list. XLI, XLP, XLE, XLK, XLB, XLV. XLF, XLC, XLU. Seems to be going mostly into energy materials healthcare and financials
Yeah they’re not really considered a financial. More high beta like you said. I’m surprised they’re even in the XLF. It seems like they’re getting blasted by the drop in crypto. Who knows what effect that will have on earnings. Vlad is a good CEO though so it’s hard to bet against him.
My personal theory is that companies that join the S&P 500 get dumped. That’s one aspect. They also were a very strong momentum stock last year. Momentum doesn’t last forever so I think this is just the fallout of that. I have no idea about the axle financials or the company itself. Just technical details like momentum. XLF and financials look to be in a decent spot right now, but Robin Hood isn’t even in the top 10 of XLF. I didn’t look past that so I don’t even know if they’re considered a financial stock. Which means that they are getting dragged down with this blowout of expensive debt ridden tech companies, which is basically Robin Hood still.
Wow this is scary. You're main problem is that you're all in on several otm options. I would wait for a green day and restructure the entire portfolio. I would Sell everything and start over. I would pick a theme and invest around that. My theme is ai. So I choose a core position like smh and buy a deep itm call leaps and sell a far otm call on the same ticket. Do the same for spy iwm and qqq. The sell side will pay you for chaos while the buy side is your money maker. Do this with all options contracts. Then after you have built your core portfolio of 1 contract each. Pick some other etfs. I like the etf ura. It is a power based etf that will benefit from the ai build out. Then grab one leaps of a metals etf. Metals are needed in ai. I chose xme but gdx is good as well. Now we choose our financers. I don't know much about finances so I went with XLF. After that you have a good portfolio with a nice theme. Now take 150k and put it in sgov. You can use this to buy dips. My choices today were nvidia spreads.