XLK

IcySatisfaction2601

The numbers are BS. I can tell you a strategy that has outperformed the market consistently the past 10 years. Buying XLK. The market is such a vague term. Why is the S&P500 considered the market? Why not S&P50 or S&P25?

WorkingGuy99percent

No NVDA or AMD or MU or SKHY or soooo many others? AMZN and WMT are too similar, diversify the 5 with someone else for WMT (AMZN gets you compute as well). Healthcare or manufacturing or power is a good option (GEV, CAT, UNH) or even a drug company. I totally don't follow this advice....so long Tech (SOXX, XLK, lots of Nasdaq Indexes). I do have a lot in small and mid indexes too though.

Halbaras

Potential crash aside, QQQ is a fund for active investors who want to pretend they're passive investing. It's only as popular as it is thanks to having a first mover advantage and the way GICS classifies sectors. People invest in it because it's a proxy for higher-beta US tech (to the point where platforms that don't want to pay the Nasdaq fees call it the 'Tech 100'), and it's fairly conventionally accepted wisdom in retail spaces to 'have 20%+ in QQQ for higher gains'. But it's not actually a purely market cap weighted tech fund. The Nasdaq-100 is actually one of two sister indexes, with the other one being their top 100 financial companies. So banks are excluded, but QQQ holders end up buying Walmart and Costco because they're Nasdaq-listed, and don't buy tech companies like Reddit that happen to be NYSE-listed. It's also not been purely market cap weighted since 1998, and weird things would happen if a single stock managed to exceed 25% of the total Nasdaq-100, or companies with individual weights of more than 4.5% exceed 48% of the index - QQQ would begin selling the offenders off. Then there's the abusive recent float adjustment rule and direct entry changes they made to bribe Musk into listing SpaceX. A company that lists on the Nasdaq at 5% float is now weighted as if it's 15%, QQQ holders are forced to compete for the in reality smaller pool of shares after just 15 days, and the insiders laugh all the way to the bank. VOO is legally classified as a 'diversified' fund, but QQQ is not. In theory, a dedicated US tech ETF would be a much cleaner and more honest semi-active high risk, high reward fund. The reason it doesn't exist is because the mainstream idea of 'tech' includes Amazon (tech by revenue, a low margin consumer cyclical by what they spend money on), Google and Meta (classified as 'communications' by GICS) and Tesla (a struggling car company with a massive speculative premium). If you use the industry-standard GICs rules like XLK does, you only end up with three of the Mag7 (Microsoft, Nvidia and Apple). If you buy another ETF for communications, you get saddled with Verizon. If you buy consumer cyclicals, you get Home Depot along with Amazon. If you buy one of those 'Mag7' ETFs, you're performance chasing and don't buy Broadcom (larger than two of the Mag7 currently). The Nasdaq happens to have all seven listed and most of the other big tech companies, so it's become the default. And big IPOs now have an easy way to harvest QQQ holders for liquidity thanks to the Nasdaq's conflict of interest as both an index provider directing a trillion dollars in other people's money, and an exchange with a vested interest in having those IPOs go to them and not the NYSE.

Mjensen84b

You don’t have to beat the market. 75-80% of all active portfolio managers cannot beat the market, that’s fact. Just invest in the market ie VOO and VGT/XLK in a 70-30% (VOO 70%, VGT 30%) and leave it for 20 years. Make sure you have enough emergency fund to dip into in case of emergency so you never have to sell in a crash, the index will recover and make new ATH.

UpstairsNerve2681

That’s why some of defensive sectors are moving because they’re squeezing last drops from megacaps and others in XLK for example but we see declining volume on say ES\_F so need probably some correction I hope maybe flagging into September

WordsHappenedHere

You are doing way too much here. Just Hold SPY VOO XLK. Way too much individual stock risk for me.

ur1z

You can open an account at Morningstar and test your portfolios. They have a free trial. A lot of US equity IMO and a lot of Mag7 overlap. For me, SPY and SPDW and some focused ETFs if I want to increase some sectors. Like XLK, XLF or SMH

Paradox08880

XLK -5% tmr gg

ArkAngelEV

☀️XLK casual +5% no big deal

ArkAngelEV

im checking XLK up 4%; “they“ really wanted to shake out leofold on purpose didn’t they? This dude folded with A,A

Spac55

After BearStern bailout, $AIG, $WAMU , Lehman one by one. $SPY $QQQ $SMH $XLC $XLK $XLY Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund bailout last week. Situational Awareness by June 2026 his fund was worth $45 billion How much today ? Fully liquidated Margin debt, 1.5 Trillion https://preview.redd.it/sua4c64y9dhh1.png?width=776&format=png&auto=webp&s=0fddf8265f61db9061505235eab48cc1ca46aeed See how crash wipeout at downturn

No-Consequence-8768

1. Don't buy 'New' Vehicle, 2-4yr old nice one. Not FORD! 2. Don't invest in Crypto. VOO/SPY-Middle of road (the market S&P) Your young add some XLK/QQQ/m, SMH/SOXX (Nasdaq/Tech & A/I). 3. Short the Inverse if gonna play with LEFT's.

No-Consequence-8768

I'd choose XLK for Tech growth. And you want only 2 equities. Triple the XLK with TECL and add Managed Futures QMHNX. 40 TECL 60 QMHNX. 1. Nearly Double your Growth. 2. 2x-3x Income via Divs w/QMHNX 3. Made money during 2022 and bear times. Let the Downvotes begin...

No-Consequence-8768

***The Nasdaq is the tech index,*** NO it Isn't! Try XLK. QQQ isn't even 50% Tech!

joe4942

XLK getting close to a bear market. Down -16% from the highs.

EvictionSpecialist

I rather put that in XLK at $175

SarahWVA4

When I realized most of the gains were just tech stocks, I started buying tech stock indexes. XLK and VGT in particular. You can't buy them easily in 401k buckets, but brokerage accounts, Roth IRAs, and IRAs it's about 75% of what I own when I can direct it.

teslaTools

Yeah algos + ETF flows are a huge part of it. When SPY or XLK gets bought, every component moves regardless of fundamentals. Correlation goes to 1 on big mac

NegativeEfficiency95

Keep gambling with 10%, any gains over 10% put into an aggressive portfolio mix with the following VOO, VGT, XLK, QQWM, SMH, VXUS

InvestingNerd2020

Technically outperforming the S&P 500 index. Hard to do with individual stocks over a 5-20 year period. High growth ETFs have since 2015, but with more wild ups & downs (volitility). Example: SCHG, FTEC, VGT, and XLK.

CloudSlydr

The S&P has held up remarkably well as it’s been a constant day to day rotation between sectors but overall it’s within 5% (less than 3% actually) of AtH so this isn’t even a correction market-wide. The damage is limited to XLK and tech. And moves of this magnitude there is far from a new thing. In both directions.

InvestingNerd2020

VOO is a core ETF, so it need to be 50-80% off your portfolio. You can use QQQM to suppliment it at 20%. Even better, use XLK. 60% VOO and 40% XLK.

joe4942

Small cap value outperforming tech now: YTD: XLK: +21.9% AVUV: +22.35%

Spac55

$SPY $QQQ $XLK $XLF. Earnings strong Iran war now like Ukraine war, market digest and neglect tweet noise.

Spac55

$SPY $QQQ $SMH $XLK big ER time There are 12000-20000 target attacks on Iran, market digest and move higher. By strong earnings Few more even 1000 times more , does it make difference to market ? Big earnings drive index high. By $NVDA $MU $META $GOOG $AMZN $MSFT and so on

joe4942

XLK officially in -10% correction.

joe4942

* XLK: -0.6% * MAGS: +1.75% * DRAM: -4.9% * IGV: +1.6% Quite a weird day for tech.

Guilty_Cancel_2596

Sell it all. Just buy XLK and relax

Spac55

IBM. 250-260 today possible $IBM earnings not bad, it’s normal earnings 2-3% earnings variations normal, all don’t move like memory Diluted Earnings Per Share: GAAP: $2.27, down 2 percent; Operating (Non-GAAP): $2.93, up 5 percent CPI: 3.5% Time to load BigTech before big earnings spike. $QQQ $SPY $XLK $XLC $XLF $MU $NDA and more memory and AI stocks shift It’s not bad earnings

Spac55

$IBM earnings not bad, Diluted Earnings Per Share: GAAP: $2.27, down 2 percent; Operating (Non-GAAP): $2.93, up 5 percent CPI: 3.5% Time to load BigTech before big earnings spike. $QQQ $SPY $XLK $XLC $XLF $MU $NDA and more memory and AI stocks shift It’s not bad earnings

WolfofWoodstock

’d recommend investing that money into a brokerage account of your choice. Depending on your risk tolerance, you could consider sector ETFs like XLF, XLK, or XLV, or gain exposure to broader markets through QQQ (Nasdaq) or SPY (S&P 500). Since SPY trades at a higher share price, SPYG — often called the “poor man’s SPY” — is a solid growth-oriented alternative if you’re working with a smaller amount, like $2,000. If you’d prefer a more conservative approach, you could allocate some of the funds to a money market account instead. Another option worth exploring is setting up a trading bot — linked to your brokerage account through whichever AI platform you prefer — and starting small, with just a couple hundred dollars, to see how it performs. This is only my approach! There are more than 3 ways to skin a cat!

Spac55

$SPY $QQQ $SMH $XLK big ER time. There are 12000-20000 target attacks on Iran, market digest and move higher. By strong earnings Few more even 1000 times more , does it make difference to market ? Big earnings drive index high.

NoMore_stu

Look at XLK

technologyready12

Ya. I hold XLK, so if AI takes a breather, Apple and the software companies in the ETF will perform well, so it will only drop a little. Investing isn't about getting the biggest gains; it's about earning good returns while avoiding disastrous drops. Investors need to achieve 2 objectives.

technologyready12

MU's 10-year PT is $650. Memory is a commodity, and MU is only the 3rd-largest player in the business (the top player normally gets 80% of business in any industry). Memory can also be mass-produced. 1 factory can output 300k wafers a month and 800 dies per wafer, or 2.9B dies a year. There are dozens of memory factories in the world, and many more are coming online. Don't believe what memory CEOs say—their job is to sell their products and stock. RDDT's 10-year PT is $2,000+. It's unique and irreplaceable, and at a $30B market cap, it has a long runway. A simple investing method is 75% XLK (all tech, including hardware and software), 20% RDDT, and 5% stock-picking money. No chance to fail. DCA biweekly. Retire in 10 years.

ranting_chef

The only reason I’d leave it all where it is would be if I thought it would outperform the broader markets, which it definitely has been. But nobody can tell you the future of any stock, especially anonymous people on Reddit. I have about two thirds of my portfolios in ETFs. Most are heavy on Nasdaq/Tech. And most of those beat the S&P index funds. A tech ETF (like QQQ or XLK) might not go up as quickly as AMD when it’s on a run, but you won’t see as much volatility. If you’re not planning to take profits soon, I’d put some of my profits into an index fund like the S&P or Nasdaq. And seriously, if you’re looking for advice, speak to a financial planner - preferably in person. I’ve found a lot of great stocks on Reddit I probably wouldn’t have heard of otherwise, but I’ve also found quite a few that didn’t turn out great, either. An experienced professional will ask you a ton of questions about you and your lifestyle before making any suggestions.

DyehuthyTV

DIA (*dow etf, aka "value"*) is outperforming QQQ (*nasdaq100 etf, aka "growth"*)? YTD, 1Y, 5Y performance? lol No, QQQ ETF still winning here, this are not "Equity Factor ETFs" are just US Market Indices, that also are driven by Equity Factors and US Sector Rotation, big difference from directly Factor ETFs. You can understand this, if you can see the Sector Composition (weight%) of each one of this Equity Factor ETFs (Aggressive sectors, vs Defensive Sectors, Sector Rotation). Maybe you are talking about IWD factor (value) vs IWF factor (growth) ETFs, here Value ETF outperforms Growth ETF, but just YTD and 1Y timeframe. Yes, this can happen even without "bear market", cuz the people can start to be "defensive" for several reasons, like inflation, not just for 'bear markets'. *IWD have more weight (%) in Financials (XLF sector) and IWF have more weight in Technology (XLK sector)* >IWD and IWF are iShares (Blackrock) ETFs from Russell1000. You also have Vanguard ETFs, IVE (value) and VUG (growth) from S&P500. Not a big difference, but it shows up in the long run. 😉

Any_Influence_8305

I already sold my SMH and XLK the other morning and this post made me realize I fucked up

throwawaayy011

I’ve been burned then decided to quit. After watching the trump game (war -> peace -> war -> peace), I started a new system. Monday starts red then I watch it when it bounces off a bottom, I buy calls near the previous close. Tuesday is a taco day. So it’s almost always green but you cant do much there because it only gaps up and 1dte are usually very expensive. I watch VIX, CL1!, XLI, XLK, DXY and US10Y as they give early signals. If US10Y goes above 4.4%, expect a peace tweet within 24hrs. If you notice a VIX sudden jump, expect a significant drop. If you see a significant CL1! movement downward, expect a god green candle but you need to act quickly and sell as almost always god candles retrace. XLI and XLK precede SPX movement by 2 weeks but watch it only for direction and dont base your decisions on them. Always buy puts before trump or the fed chair goes on a speech. During the fed chair’s speech, buy calls. Stay on the sidelines on the day trump speaks. You need to know the white house’s schedule the day before. If the market is choppy bouncing between red and green, it’ll close within 5pt of the previous close. If you catch one of those great days where it’s choppy and then it suddenly moves 15-20pts below or above the previous close within 15mins of market close, aim for near the previous close and have balls of steel. Just put in your orders and wait. Now obviously this is not an investment advice. This is me talking about myself to myself. I have two accounts and I started doing this in one of them with $100 and now it has $3k. With the huge military asset movement in the middle east over the last 2.5mo, I expect something major will happen before the fall. My plan is to anticipate the move’s timing and place a $5k bet that should turn it into $100k if im lucky. If it all goes to waste, it’s ok i accept the risk.

Jealous_Bookkeeper20

The main issue with DRAM is that memory is a highly cyclical commodity business. These ETFs are usually launched near the top of the cycle when memory pricing is peaking. When the cycle turns, Micron and Samsung earnings contract quickly, and holding a concentrated basket doesn't protect you from the industry-wide downturn. You're also paying a 0.65% fee for a portfolio where the top 3 holdings dominate the index. That's a high structural hurdle compared to core tech funds like XLK at 0.09% or QQQM at 0.15%. If you want exposure, it's cheaper to just buy the individual stocks directly or stick to the broader tech index. How are you modeling the memory cycle downturn?

kradreyals

Yeah, my theory is that since these companies are spending so much, institutions are selling mega caps themselves, causing them to dip, to pump up the targets of their spending. Then once they are happy with the gains of SMH or DRAM, they sell off to top off the discounted mega caps. It's really dumb. I hold XLK and its obvious when it stays almost flat, the megacaps drop 10+%, and the SMH moonshot 200%. Broad index fund holders are being used as liquidity.

FishFart

XLK?

siboq

Buy XLK and chill

joe4942

After MU earnings yesterday, wasn't really expecting value to have such a good day today, and for XLK to go red lol.

WorkingGuy99percent

I keep gobbling up shares of SOXX, XLK, and TQQQ on these broad tech drops. I believe future earnings reports will continue to beat for most of these companies. A lot of beats lift lots of other stocks too. Too many beneficiaries to invest in all of them. Great news.

Corded_Chaos

Fair but If they are bullish on tech, 8% in a tech ETF is fine IMO. VGT is too top heavy for me, I would choose IXN or XLK.

joe4942

> The sell-off really hasn't accelerated at all from today's open in the indices. This is another BTD opportunity. I'm not a big fan of technical analysis, but DRAM and XLK closed near the low of the day with a fairly bearish inverted hammer candle, and DRAM had the highest selling volume ever.

joe4942

Highest red selling volume ever on DRAM today. XLK and QQQ both made a lower low rather than a higher high, and since the June 9 low, never returned to the June 3 highs. Then there's the news stories about the amount of leverage investors in Taiwan/South Korea are using to chase memory/semiconductor names which have disproportionately carried the market over the last year. Market could go either way with MU earnings tomorrow, but all things considered, there seems to be a lot more downside risk than upside.

TheInkDon1

So full disclosure, I really only buy LEAPS Calls on ETFs with good 3-month momentum. So I really don't 'play' any tickers for premium harvesting. I just place long bets on things that are going up. That said, a main idea of my post was that if you're selling CSPs or CCs, *it's probably best if you do it on something that's going up.* Don't even look at IV, and certainly don't search for it as a ticker to sell premium against. **Be directional** and you'll have better outcomes. So all that said, here's what I'm in right now: CHAT, CIBR, MTUM, RSPT, SOXX, SPMO, VLUE, XLK I plotted[ DRAM, FOTO, and AIPO against each other](https://stockanalysis.com/etf/compare/dram-vs-foto-vs-aipo/), and here's my thoughts. But keep in mind that I go long, and don't just sell Puts and hope it doesn't go down: I wouldn't be in **FOTO** because it's negative on the 3-month and 1-month. **AIPO** has had a good 3 months, but its 1m is flattening, so I'd be thinking about finding something better. Now **DRAM**, that's been incredible. And I was in it some weeks ago, but it's just too volatile for me. Look at it [compared to SOXX](https://stockanalysis.com/etf/compare/dram-vs-soxx/). Change the view to the 3m. **SOXX** has been more of an escalator, while DRAM has been more of a rollercoaster. And at 85% over the past 3 months, SOXX gives *plenty* of return. Just my thoughts, but a lot of things work.

JellyfishFestival

The Mag 7, or at least the traditional FAANG stocks have become uncorrelated with QQQ and XLK in a way I never expected. It's all just semis now and everything else is along for the ride

joe4942

It's more than just memory selling off following the KOSPI -9% drop: * XLK: -3.5% * SMH: -6% * QQQ: -2.8%

TheInkDon1

Great question, and I think one we've all asked ourselves. *Because it's "the Tasty Trade way" is why.* That (and they) seem to have fallen out of favor, but a few years ago it was all anyone here or at r/ThetaGang preached, and you were a heretic if you did anything different than "30-45DTE, 30-delta, close at half-profit or 21 days." Search the forums and you'll see. But it works, there's no arguing that, so it's a great place for beginners to start. Now, like you, I thought Weeklies were the jam. But I soon found out, for "reasons," that they're not. But I'll leave that for you to discover, because I can't really explain it quantitatively. I just know they were harder, so I stopped. Then for a long while I went to 30DTE/4weeks. But lately, on *some* things, I go 2 weeks. But never less; that's become a hard and fast rule for me. But try it for yourself, 1 week. Then maybe try 2, and then maybe 4. But I'm surprised you didn't hit on the REAL reason for anyone wanting to do Weeklies. You discussed it, but didn't reach a solid conclusion. In fact, it seems like you've maybe found that 4 Weeklies is a bit less than a month. It's not; it's MORE. *Significantly* more. I wish it was the weekend so I had clean Weekly option prices to work with, but I'll extrapolate. **There's more theta-per-day in a Weekly option than a Monthly.** (So when you multiply by 4 {or 4.345 weeks in an average month}, you get a way bigger number.) That's a fact for any ticker, any time, and I want you to prove it yourself this weekend when you can compare 5 full days of premium to 25 (4 weeks). But in the meantime, for **SOXX**: The **655P** is right on the money with the close at 655.01. Perfect. The 4DTE is trading at 18.20 Mid. Divide: $18.20 over 4 days is **$4.55 per day.** That's how much money, *per day*, you stand to make if SOXX ends the week above 655. Now take the 17Jul655P (25DTE/almost 4 weeks) trading for 41.05 Mid. Let me use 24DTE from the open tomorrow, that helps give it a higher number: $41.05 / 24 days = **$1.71 per day** Wow! You can see that the Weekly pays over *twice* as much. In fact, it's: 4.55 / 1.71 = *2.66 times as much.* And THAT'S why people think Weeklies are the jam. But there are drawbacks, which really come down to a longer expiration giving you "more time to be right." But try it for yourself, you won't get into much trouble, it'll just be a lot of work and angst as the price wiggles. **Bonus Section** I didn't think the difference was going to come out that high (I'm remembering about 1.5x from when I ran these calcs before), so I want to check a few other tickers I trade that have Weeklies. **INTC** 2.7x **XLK** 2.4x **NCLH** 3.1x So the **SOXX** number of 2.6x is right in the ballpark. But I think that me using 4 days as a stand-in for 5 days is skewing the numbers. Add that 5th day and the theta-per-day will come down a good bit. Which invites an intriguing experiment: What's the theta-per-day at 3 days? 2 days? 1 day? I'll leave that for the reader to pursue. Be good.

JellyfishFestival

Apple, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Netflix all down substantially yet XLK the tech sector ETF up well over 1% The semis just took over the place even from the biggest companies in the world

IvoryTowerResident

how tell me how much SMH XLK and DRAM went up yesteday

ChickenMazhou

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

joe4942

XLK already exists.

joe4942

* XLK: -11% * SMH: -10% * AIS: -15% * DRAM: -17% At least in tech, it's definitely in a correction.

Virginia_Tesjan

Would do: 20% XLK because tech is gonna lead the next 25 years just like it did the last 25 year. 40% VOO for S&P 500 20% VEU for international 20% VIG for dividend and growth

joe4942

Even bigger red candles now than Friday for SMH and XLK.

joe4942

From the highs: * IGV: -16% * SMH: -12% * DRAM: -18% * AIS: -16% * XLK: -12% * SOXL: -41%

Ceyenne18

SPY -0.15%, XLK -1% Almost all the industries are green. This is a rotation out of tech ahead of CPI.

Dip2Tip

XLK

siboq

XLK 290 leaps for Jan 2027 let’s goooooo

Spac55

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

Spac55

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

Bluecoregamming

I've used it firsthand and literally all it did was DCA into XLK. If anyone is paying for this they are getting scammed

Necessary-Scallion21

I plan to divest completely from QQQ in my retirement - non tax event- investments. I have seen no good argument for the fast track rule. This deal stinks. It looks like corruption at its worst. Did a Chat GPT session to do research and I will switch to 3 or 4 of these ETFs/Funds MTG/XLK/FTEC/VGT/SPMO/MTUM/FBCG. Its an aggressive - probably more aggressive than QQQ portfolio. I've been lazy to not do some diversifying these past years - but hey QQQ served me well.

joe4942

XLK: -6.66%

Mouth_Herpes

Same thing for me. I’m a percentage point or two above the S&P on individual stock picks. I’ve had some big winner, but I also picked some “value” stocks that went bankrupt early on. Although the overall win isn’t huge, I’m pretty proud of it because it is hard to beat the S&P. My ETF portfolio is pretty far ahead though because of big XLK and ITA positions, both of which have substantially outperformed the index (and me), but that was mostly luck.

The_Albertino

Holy shit the XLK is down over 5%

Ahamadrayasbaboon

SPMO, QQQM, VONG, AVDV, VXUS, FLKR, SMH, XLK, lots of single stocks. 

Osmarku

Noob question will index funds VOO and XLK still buy spacex?

Spac55

$BTC.X $SMH $SPX $XLK $QQQ $NDX $DXYZ Bitcoin, $BTC.x no new theme , it’s fading Once Madoff gave nice Theme to investors, got Ponzi. Once Theranos gave new Theme for blood test. Once FTX-SBF gave new Theme for Crypto. Now many CEO gives new Theme for AI, also changing theme to keep AI pumping going. Moment Theme Fade, it crash like Bitcoin. Mater of time.

Spac55

$BTC.X $SMH $SPX $XLK $QQQ $NDX $DXYZ Once Madoff gave nice Theme to investors Once Theranos gave new Theme for blood test Once FTX-SBF gave new Theme for Crypto Now many CEO gives new Theme for AI, before theme fade, they change theme to keep pumping going Bitcoin $BTC no new theme, it’s crashing

joe4942

From the March 30 lows: * BRKB: -0.5% * RSP: +10.45% * XLK: +55%

FancyFinanceGuy

Well I sold these and opened a new XLK 205 call dated out til mid-August. I expect tech to keep going up even after semis start to cool (if they ever do). I think once semis start to cool off, there will be a rotation to broader tech. I expect profit taking to start in the Fall.

Spac55

$BTC.X $SMH $SPX $XLK $QQQ $NDX $DXYZ $MTUM Once Madoff gave nice Theme to investors Once Theranos gave new Theme for blood test Once FTX-SBF gave new Theme for Crypto Now many CEO gives new Theme for AI

Zestyclose_Might3757

Nice work on XLK calls, those gains are looking spicy right now

CertainAnt9680

I only buy XLK long. none of this trash will be in sp500 until they meet the rules.

Wide-Contribution-29

What strike and expiration? I was thinking of XLK calls. How’s the liquidity and volume. So far IGV has done really well for me and DRAM of course. 

jbwhittle87

XLK :)

Axe_Raider

QQQ is not really an index like S&P500 or CRSP is. it is run as a marketing gimmick. QQQ will likely have a lot of SpaceX, but QQQ has always been a high-risk fund. sell QQQ, buy VGT or VUG or XLK. the other indexes, even if they made the rule changes will have small amounts of SpaceX.

joe4942

Markets mean revert. At some point, tech will slow down. Worth remembering the QQQ and XLK traded sideways for most of the last year.

Ashamed_Variation435

I sold Google and realized the profit. Right now I have SMH, GDX and XLK. Selling weeklies but less than 20 delta as I want to hold long term

C2theC

You have way too many that can just be managed with the QQQ or XLK ETFs. Maybe SOXX if you’re feeling aggressive. Sell the losers. Offset with the lowest winners. Put towards the biggest winners or better, in ETF. Consider VOO for some balance though tech is like 40% of the S&P 500 currently.

OriginalTechnical531

Tesla bagholders are funny, if they simply invested in XLK they would have seen more returns... Mentality of the average Tesla investor probably explains why they don't just do that, and why they will jump in to buy high on SpaceX.

Xzlk

Still a bull but XLK looks like it’s about to create a generational set of bagholders

joe4942

XLK +30.7% above the 200 SMA. A bit overextended?

yo_les_noobs

XSD, VLUE, XLK, SPMO everything is at an ATH unless you're a psychic and want to buy something that's dropping in the other direction during a massive bull run.

TehWildMan_

XLK longs to the moon, can only ever go up!

joe4942

1yr: * BRKB: -5.7% * SPY: +26.9% * QQQ: +39.9% * XLK: +58.8%

joe4942

XLK +46% from the low of the war fear lol.

EvictionSpecialist

100% of either. These two are basically the same IMO. With the last 5/8 yrs I prefer XLK, but it's all tech stocks. But I've been quite happy with it. I hold more XLK vs VOO.

No-Consequence-8768

Soxx has done 35% annual returns in last 10 years. SMH 37%. Nothing wrong with adding a sector(this case sub sector) to your portfolio. ALL the Index & S&P funds have increased their weight of semis, if you feel they will continue to grow(which should) make them whatever % you want, 10%,20%, etc... XLK is 100% Tech will have more semi weight than like a QQQ.

joe4942

* QQQ: +0.80% * XLK: +1.43% * MAGS: +0.13% Markets have definitely changed from the days of the MAGS driving market returns.

ArkAngelEV

!banbet XLK 202 3w

ArkAngelEV

banbet! XLK 202 4w

ArkAngelEV

Omg, there is a huge green hammer on XLK and im seriously porting everything to it. banbet! XLK 202 4w

SnS2500

\> The point is that it DOES make a difference, despite what everyone says. VOO is up 176.2% the past six years. VTI is up 169.7%, so it does make a difference, but if you are going to focus on the opportunity cost of mega-cap tech growth, this difference is not where to look. XLK is up 283% in that time span. SMH is up 731%. You can't turn back the clock. If you are sure you learned a lesson, then consider it money well spent to now be able to confidently adopt a path you like better going forward.

Sufficient-Flan1565

While we there do XLK.