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Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund
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The Biotech Megasqueeze (1000x gains ahead) - > 108% Short interest. Suits wanna bring down bios just cuz we have a dem president.
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I loaded up on XLV the last 6 months while was going down, and everything else was and is way overvalued. Feels great right now.
Love me some sector ETF investing. Loaded up on XLV the last 6 months and nothing but straight up lately. Love it.
XLV (healthcare) is up over 1%.
Schumer loses 1.5 trillion profit for Insurers.Short XLV
XLV same chart pattern every day. moons until 10, sells off hard
XLV january OPEX 145c
I bought the top on XLV. until tomorrow
I bought the top on XLV. until tomorrow.
XLV is breaking out imo. good anchor for your long term, not gambling portfolios.
Not a stock but the healthcare as a sector has been cheap for the last year. Seems like the only sector out of the economy. Look at XLV.
Combine XLV with SPDW and SPEM if you really want to focus on healthcare, believe in it for the long term. Spreading risks, with high risk/high reward with SPDR(emerging) with the balance of XLV(US Large), SPEM(Developed countries).
XLV and UNH (because of insiders) are great options
$XLV in addition to other comments here I personally loaded up on $UNH after Buffett, Tepper, and its insiders
Buy XLV. It’s like tech’s chill cousin that still brings dividends to family dinner.
Probably XLV. It does exactly what you just said.
If XLV and SPY stay bullish, Healthcare stocks. MRK, MRNA, RXRX, CNC, SRPT all on the radar. I'll figure out which one/s based on the morning price action.
Healthcare underperforming the rest of the market to an extent that hasn’t been seen since the early 2000’s, this is a graph of XLV / SPY, the Healthcare Select sector index over the S and P 500: https://preview.redd.it/w84dk8uircsf1.jpeg?width=1259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0ed5ede4842defe4557636d4b54b185b26c6f54 Pretty remarkable, the stink on healthcare lately
https://preview.redd.it/wl7rhqt0lcsf1.jpeg?width=1806&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21cb004997a908eb26c1455d13ac0738376f5bc7 XLV has underperformed SPY and the rest of the market more severely than it has in 2 decades. I’ll show some photos to illustrate below. Aside from healthcare being a defensive and dead sector in recent years (and the large patent cliff threatening a lot of the established and profitable healthcare companies), I think a lot of it is just the nature of pharma / biotech / healthcare investing. It can be high risk high reward, highly catalyst based, often burning cash with negative earnings for extended periods of time with many capital raises and dilutions, long trials that are sometimes make or break binary events. In the current hot market where there are a lot of opportunities, not many people have the patience to wait through several years of trials and a lot of them, especially the preclinical ones without diversified pipeline assets or some way to make money and positive cashflow, wittle down to zero until their next catalyst or data release comes along and that’s where most of the important gains or losses come from. That’s just how pharma is. Huge gaps and catalyst / data readout driven. As for why a lot of analysts rate these companies a buy while they slowly wittle down to 0, I think part of it is that there’s probably in reality little difference between what analysts rate a buy in biotech versus what is rated a buy elsewhere, it maybe stands out more to see a buy slapped on a bunch of companies that are slowly bleeding their share price down to nothing while waiting for the next catalyst or trial result. If not that, I would guess that maybe these companies are a buy in the sense that if they are successful in their mission or whatever product they’re trying to create it will be a profitable venture but like I explained, in this sector that is often a long and arduous road with years of expensive trials and long lead times that only payoff once people see the data and the results and the drug starts getting manufactured and sold, which is a whole challenge in itself for a lot of these companies who often have no experience with distribution and commercialization and production ramp up.
I get tech taking a breather, but what is going on with healthcare? XLV drilling
I like the SPDR series of sector funds, since they tend to have reasonable options liquidity. Healthcare = XLV Energy = XLE Doesn't look like they have an X--- fund for AI.
I’ve been steadily taking profits out of big winners like Shopify and the quantum computing stocks and moving it into lagging ETFs like XLP and XLV.
Overpriced: MCD - Trades at tech multiples. Sales are weakening. Can't keep increasing margins without people running away. Chipotle already got hit hard here. People say companies like McDonalds do well in a recession, but I just don't think this is true anymore at current prices. If we do get a recession, I don't think its the safehaven people assume it is. Underpriced: PFE, MRNA - But more the entire XLV complex, particularly big pharma. Healthcare got destroyed this year, but it seems more based on fear than substance at first glance. There will always be need for drugs. Even if there's no taste for mandatory jabs or lockdowns, there's nothing stopping China from releasing a new virus if they need leverage down the road. I don't know if any pharma companies are exploring AI yet, but it could also be a huge boon to drug discovery or diagnostics. You could also make a more direct play on companies like NVO that make Ozempic and its cousins. There's a lot of really impressive designer drugs around the corner, and I see them really taking off over the next decade or so.
Why do you feel like choosing three stocks and holding them for a long time is the best decision? If I had to choose three investments and hold for 15 years - I would choose: QQQ + VTI + VOO But I don't have to hold just three investments. So I have 25% in each of those three. And the other 25% I have spread around in other ETFs and some individual stocks. Like MAIN, COST, HTGC, AMZN, GOOGL, XLV and a few others.
Yep. Just opened my position in XLV.
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?
So far up 12k. Sold CSP on UNH, CNC, and TTD. XLV and IWM up nicely.
Hence why I’ve been loading up on XLP. And a little XLV. They’re very reasonably priced right now and their time will come, and in the meantime I see them flat at worst case, they will never significantly drop in value
Current positions - leaps on XBI, AMD, GLD, WMT, XLV. Full defense with a splash of AMD
I got a neat -$300 today thanks to MSFT, COST, and XLV wiping out most of my gains from last week. Super
XLV is going to 0. Every time I sell things for a loss though, that thing shreks to the moon the next day so idk
Healthcare is one of the only industries doing well but you would never know that by the XLV
Yeah and if you don't know which healthcare company to choose, you can still invest in $XLV which is a healthcare ETF. Still down 9% since last year, but looks like recovery is underway.
So having XLV SCH and BND was a good idea
yeah mine is holding XLV thought that would be fitting since it’s a health focused investment account
I full ported XLV leaps instead on Thursday. Only risk i see to healthcare is the tariff, but if its a nothingburger like the semi tariff, then all healthcare has bottomed out and UNH 450 EOY and XLV 150 EOY
i'm playing it through XLV
Actual moves. Closing my AAPL $205 calls from a month ago. Riding XLV December calls for a catch up trade in health care.
CLOV Clover Health 01:53 PM EDT, 08/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index up 0.3% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 0.4%.
XLV is kinda a steal right now 😋
XLV looks like it could go below 120 before making a comeback. Might wait a few days to see though
It's a good thing I only sold cash covered puts on UNH during spring during the first knife fall. Stopped selling UNH puts and was waiting on earnings. Sold XLV puts instead and it's working out well. Also UPS earnings came out first and sold some puts. Clearly I sold too early thinking it would break too much lower than pandemic era prices, but here we are. At least I'm still OTM. If I didn't go into UPS or if UPS didn't keep shitting the bed then I'd consider some UNH puts but atm I'm full on UPS puts.
I have a good amount in XLV. I’m long just given the basic need and commodity of healthcare long term. I’d be hesitant to pick individual stocks in the sector but I feel good buying the sector. Every other sector has been soaring. When a macro rebalance eventually happens I think healthcare will benefit. Might be years away but in didn’t buy them high and just randomly trickling in as XLV stays low.
Whole healthcare sector getting it's shit rocked, XLV smoked
Investors in XLV today better have good health insurance.
If you ain’t buying XLV calls before UNH earnings wtf you doing
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.
Lol, gg. These autists sold out of every XLV/healthcare stock and are funneling into chips. Centene earnings musta got leaked or some shit.
If you want to short a stock, I recommend buying an ETF with the proceeds of the short. This is called a paired trade. Short TSLA, Buy QQQ. Or you can even make the long trade a further bet against the short. Long XLV (healthcare ETF which has been battered), Short PLTR.
From a portfolio construction standpoint, you’re effectively betting that Nvidia will continue to outperform all other opportunities. Historically, concentrated positions can generate wealth, but diversification is how you preserve it. Even legendary investors like Peter Lynch and Warren Buffett warn about overconcentration, unless you have asymmetric insight or control. A practical move would be to rebalance incrementally, start trimming maybe 20–30% of your NVDA and reallocate into low-cost, high-growth ETFs like VGT or QQQ for sector exposure, or SCHD/VTI if you want broader diversification with dividend exposure or total market. You’ll maintain tech upside while reducing single-stock risk. Consider adding non-correlated assets too, like energy (XLE), healthcare (XLV), or even a slice into international (VXUS). If you’re still long-term bullish, you can re-enter later at better valuation points or just hold a reduced core position. Also factor in tax implications, if this is in a taxable account, you’ll be triggering capital gains, so tax-loss harvesting or spreading sales over multiple years might help. If it’s in a tax-sheltered account, it’s more flexible. The key is not to abandon NVDA, but to recognize that protecting your gains is a smarter move than riding euphoria.
The market doesn’t care about anything besides tech stocks. UNH long is a logical play. The majority of the damage should have been done when UNH pulled guidance last earnings, but no clown retard institutions are still surprised when Centene and others follow suite and lower guidance as well. The problem with health stocks rn is that when UNH pulled guidance and dropped 30% 4 months ago all of XLV should have dropped 30% with it, but no now it’s just a self perpetuating loop where company after company lowers guidance and the ones that already did lower guidance get hit algorithmically.
Individual stocks not really but I have been taking profits and using said profits to buy XLV. It's really beaten down compared to other sectors so eventually it should come back around.
Do what you feel is right, but you don't really want to invest in healthcare for the gains necessarily. It's more to protect your portfolio should downturns arise. XLV has gained in 5 years, just not as much as things like VOO or QQQ.
I did look at XLV. It's traded sideways for the last 4 years. The recent correction has it down just 15% so it seems it's not really in value terittory.
XLV is a high quality ETF for the healthcare sector. It isn't performing great atm due to the reasons you mentioned however.
congrats to all who have heed our call to sell semis and rotate into defensives and small caps, enjoy ur big gains later! we are intending to bring QQQ down to .7-.9% along with SMH -2% while rotating to XLV XHB XBI and consumer defensives
as forewarned early we are rotating to consumer defensives and laggards KHC CPB XHB KO MO TGT PG BRKB XLV hope everyone is happy with their profits from the puts! u can load on more 14/30DTE puts as we will continue to dump till mid oct
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
It hasn't touched that MA on the monthly and ELV earnings I doubt will affect it. UNH is #4 in XLV whereas ELV is 21st. The two show little correlation to eachother. If anything ELV is weaker and their earnings would provide sentiment at best. It is not something I'm watching for no.
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.
SPy id the messenger of them all....XLY XLV are some areas gaining highly today...
My portfolio consists of SPY. BROs. VICI. XLV. and TTWO I’m a long term investor and I am just looking for advice i guess
Hey man, you're spot on – today's numbers were definitely a mixed bag and didn't really light a fire under the market. Like you said, maybe a *slight* hint of weakness pushing the dollar down, but nothing crazy. It's interesting though, if you look a bit deeper, that drop in 'core capital goods orders' (basically, what businesses are ordering, minus defense and planes) falling 1.3% *is* a bit of a heads-up. It suggests companies might be getting a bit cautious with their spending. That often gives a clue about how industrial stocks (like XLI) and smaller companies (like IWM) might do, and both have been a bit sluggish lately, so it kind of fits. This ties into the bigger 'vibe' of the economy right now – feels like we're in a phase of slower growth but also low inflation. If you look back at times like these, usually 'safer' bets like healthcare (XLV), low-volatility stocks (SPLV, USMV), and solid bonds (AGG) tend to hold up better. Just thinking out loud, but it's a pattern worth watching. If you're into this 'big picture' macro stuff and how it can connect to your own investing, we actually break down these economic 'regimes' and share model portfolios based on them over on our site, [**macrolookup.com**](http://macrolookup.com), which you can check out. We try to make institutional-level insights accessible for regular investors. Might be helpful if you're looking for ways to navigate these kinds of markets! Hope this helps add another angle to your thinking.
I would wait until they find a new CEO or better yet buy an etf for the healthcare sector like XLV
I don’t touch individual health names. I just buy XLV whenever it dips below 130
If you like XLV, check out MCK. I'm in a green swing on it right now that will hopefully survive the 1 or 2 day shakeout this downgrade nonsense gives us.
There will probably be some panic sell/take profit at open yes. The thing is XLV the health sector is defensive. If tech sells off people will rotate into UNH since it's down so much. No brainer play, anyone that didn't catch that knife is retarded.
Somewhat related. Check out the chart on XLV. It bounced off a long term trend line going back to mid 2022. That and betting that UNH wouldn't fall much further was the thesis behind the trade.
I'm not sure how you read my content and surmised that I bought calls on UNH... I opened bull put spreads on XLV. I have no positions in UNH.
I've opened bull put spreads on XLV. It's been battered down lately in part because of UNH. But it was sitting at a long term trend line, and UNH showed some signs of bottoming, so it seemed like a decent bet. I'm up about 25% on the position, and fully expect to reach max profit.
We're certainly in a headline driven market right now. But UNH bounced very strongly off about 250 and I would be extremely surprised to see it lose that support, considering how far it's already fallen, and the low PE ratio. The new CEO also just bought $25mil in shares. He clearly thinks it's undervalued. I'm not gonna touch it, but I have sold puts on XLV in a sympathy play, betting in part that UNH recovers from here.
it seems like the tech sector is not, but rather XLV and XLU is pumping hard today, very bearish it seems and XLK the top holdings supposedly, are not at -.32% hmmm
Recommend XLV and maybe Pfizer
But will this UNH dump ripple across other healthcare stocks and the XLV etf?? 🧐
I wouldn't be touching HUM until the 140 stops get blown out at the earliest. It honestly has a lot more room to fall still. Monthly RSI isn't even close to oversold yet and it's just about to enter 5th wave decline. It could very well see under 100 before any sort of bounce begins. Healthcare is not the sector to be putting your money right now. XLV just broke the tariff lows and is headed to take out all those stops at 120-113.
You could buy SPY and short either UNH or XLV (SP500 Sector Health Care). Or, buy the SPXV (Proshares SP500 Ex-Health Care ETF). I did the work for you because you could have searched for "SP500 ETF without UNH"!!!
XLV, QQQM, SPY or QQQ for two year hold strat. With $2k your issue is diversifying too much. Use some of that $500 to DCA into your stock holdings. I would use $180-$250 to load up your high conviction plays and HYSA the other $250. This way youre compounding. Personally, I'd choose QQQM, it has costco which is cool.
Thank you for pointing this out. This is a question because I have a $XLV ETF and I want to know what people's opinion on HOW THIS WILL AFFECT STOCKS, not a party political broadcast.
I make money with money I might lose, and when I do, I invest it in healthcare ETFs like XLV to protect the gains. Next round? Maybe increase the “YOLO” budget to 10K and play those exciting 0DTE games - but don't go all in. This isn't the first time I've done this. Patiently wait for the next opportunity to present itself
I make money with money I might lose, and when I do, I invest it in healthcare ETFs like XLV to protect the gains. Next round? Maybe increase the “YOLO” budget to $10,000 and play those exciting 0DTE games - but don't go all in. This isn't the first time I've done this. Patiently wait for the next opportunity to present itself
I make money with money I might lose, and when I do, I invest it in healthcare ETFs like XLV to protect the gains. Next round? Maybe increase the “YOLO” budget to 10k and play those exciting 0DTE games - but don't go all in. This isn't the first time I've done this. Patiently wait for the next opportunity to present itself
$UNH is the largest member of the $XLV healthcare sector index fund. You can see that XLV is the worst performers on the sector watches. It has been down for at least 3 weeks now. XLV doesn't stay down forever though, and once there is clarity as to what Trump means by "Tariffs will be coming to pharmacuticals" then I believe the sector will recover. I am a buyer of UNH with calls expiring 2027, true leap calls. I am not worried about what happens to it in the next month or 2. Its a great performing stock, but it does spend periods of time in areas it doesn't really belong in such as now. Of course it could go down more from here short term as the current momentum is to the downside, however XLV as a whole is a big sector and comes back pretty quickly once it starts heading in the direction. It is not however in an uptrend now of course and wont be until Trump outlines what he meant with the tariff comment in the last couple weeks.
Fukn mango took down the entire XLV 1% AH. This power is his favorite part of the job.
As it gets closer to expiry, almost all of the premium will be intrinsic value, there will be no theta or time value left. So unless you expect $XLV to get closer to $144.5 by May 2nd, it will be difficult to sell for $3 / contract.
There were 17 contracts traded today between $0.24 - $0.6 for $XLV strike price $141.5 that expires on May 2nd, 2025. With current XLV price at $140.47 and your strike price being out of the money $141.5, I am assuming that is all people are willing to pay for it since they dont expect this call to get in the money. If it does get in the money, most likely there will be buyers for your contract and you are able to sell the call once it is in the money. Also another option is: For platforms like Charles Schwab, I know you can call them upto 30 mins after market close on Friday and request the call not be exercised if you would not like to exercise it and you lose the premium. Not sure if it is the same in Robinhood and other platforms, you may want to call and ask beforehand. Since you have bought the call contract, you have the right to exercise once it is in the money, you are not obligated to exercise it. But if it does expire in the money, the default action is to exercise it unless you call and request not to exercise. Even if it gets exercised and you dont have enought funds, my guess is they will sell your shares in the market as soon as it gets exercised.
XLV is at 140.47 and ITM means the price is > 141.50. It is possible tomorrow morning that the options will open between $1 and $2. You should be able to get a buyer if you list it with a limit that takes in the time decay. If you want to sell it deep ITM all you need to do is list it for about 5-10 cents less than the cost of exercise. Say the price is at 142.50, if you limit sell for $0.90 - 0.95 you will likely get a taker.
okay okay thats probably what it is. no its not itm. Its an etf for pharma called XLV thats heavily weighted towards Eli lilly by 14%. I imagine it will go ITM in the morning when Eli lilly has earning. But i dont wanna hold it all day, because im not sure that itll hold its value all day, so i want to be ready to sell it but there are no bidders XD
if youre betting on ELi lilly consider the XLV ETF. Super heavy weighted with decent call values. Its a risk really only worth if you think eli lilly pumps onER
learn about market sectors and where the current rotation is. looking at the SP500 weekly 50WMA, we are in a bear market, so equities is not a good place tobe. The rotation right now is in metals, BTC, and international stocks, and defensives, because DXY is getting hammered, bonds are getting dumped because of tariffs wars. Yields are still high, so bonds may be a good place to park cash. Gold is overbought and retracted a bit, but looks like it may continue up. Some investors want gold futures to retract to 3200 before jumping in again. Look at gdx. Defensives are another place to move into, like XLP, XLU, XLV etf's.
Some FX coverage, unhedged global bonds. Defensive US equities (XLP, XLV). But yes also gold and Asia.
Context: studied finance in undergrad, did a top MBA, worked in investment management. Your question is essentially “should I invest $300 with some risk in the stock market, or keep $300 in the bank with no risk.” The answer: invest in an ETF (VGT, VOOG, XLV, etc) and don’t keep $ in bank. In 2 years you go to college. In 2 years, it’s very likely S&P500 total Market cap is higher than today, at a rate greater than ~3%/ year (interest rate from keeping $ in bank).
I’m invested in 4 asset classes now lol XLV, IAUM, CTA, and VGIT Healthcare sector equities, gold, managed futures, and medium term US treasuries. Basically a bulletproof portfolio. Stock market implodes? Gold and managed futures skyrocket. Gold implodes? Usually means equities are doing well. VGIT just there for the moral support. Everything implodes? Shit I guess my $1000 in ammo will have to last me lol
I have XLV puts expiring this week, curious if this 245% tariff on needles and syringes will cause panic and sell off? Hard to keep up nowadays🥲
Im tripling down on QQQ short term puts, buying long term calls on XLV/DBA/ and yes GLD cause a recession is incoming. Fight me
XLF / XLV overnight buy candidates