XOM

dvdmovie1

" How the hell are ya'll keeping your sanity? " It's not been difficult. In the nearly dozen years I've been on Reddit I've never seen more complaining and frustration over what continues to be a very good market. Sentiment on here at times you'd think that the market was down 20%. "trade war / supply chain / energy volatility" And yet how much of Reddit owns energy companies? All the discussion of an energy crisis on here and what % of Reddit owns energy companies and was buying when this all started in March? So much of Reddit just wants to buy the MSFTs of the world that they don't have to think about and when things happen where that playbook doesn't work, people complain and act like the market is broken rather than trying to look for what benefits. Reddit used to be great for talking about a much wider variety of businesses, now all anyone seems to want to talk about and invest in are the same dozen or two companies. "spacex (ridiculous valuation)" The level of upset over SpaceX (nobody had a problem with all the shitty things included in the indexes in recent years - including SMCI at the top before all the various corruption issues, for example - but OMG SPACEX IF THATS IN MY INDEX I CAN'T INDEX ANYMORE) is feeling "inverse Reddit"-y. I bought SATS when there was the SpaceX share deal because I thought it would create interest in SATS as effectively a SpaceX tracking stock; did well. Have sold some recently, will sell more into the IPO but will probably keep some. "US is no longer looked at like a stable partner/investment due to its governmental instability wars are breaking out, and will likely only grow as people recognize the US as a paper tiger" So buy the gold dip. Buy defense. Buy real assets. Buy land names. Buy actively managed commodity futures funds. I thought last year that we had clearly moved towards a multi-polar world (fantastic interview with the PM of Singapore last Fall with the financial times where that was a big topic - great response by him: "So we are in an uncomfortable position where **the old rules do not apply anymore, but the new ones have not been written**, and we must brace ourselves for more turbulence ahead.") "massive wealth inequality leading to higher taxes and government instabilities" The issue I have is this: do you have confidence broadly for the government to fix this? To fix healthcare? Education? I don't. The can will continue to get kicked no matter who is in office until it cannot. Massive wealth inequality at some point risks social unrest and then more money will be thrown at the problem. Many years ago, Volcker raised the fed funds to nearly 20% to stop inflation. If we went to half of that today, it would be game over before we got there. In 2008, policy barely saved the day - I honestly think the idea of another 2008 is so unpalatable (and probably unfixable) at this point that it would not be allowed to happen and money printer go brrr would be viewed as more appealing. Politics has become so all-encompassing/win at all costs that difficult decisions that might create better long-term outcomes are likely never going to be chosen. Above goal inflation for the foreseeable future is - imo - a baseline scenario. Worst case, 2022 but worse and faster. All the people on here who talk about the risks given the global environment and then in the next sentence talk about going to cash (not OP, but have seen this plenty of times over the last couple of years particularly) I don't get it. I don't get the mentality that every little dip is apocalyptic, which has turned into the norm on Reddit over the last couple of years in particular. People want to own all the popular stocks but don't want any of the volatlity that comes with growth stocks. Or are worried about inflation but keep buying the MSFT dip and ignore anything that's not tech - it really feels like for a lot of people that there is little interest beyond the playbook that worked for years. This, despite the fact that you could have done better in boring WMT over the last half decade than MSFT. Could have done much better over the last 5 years in boomer favorite XOM than MSFT. There are other things out there besides Mag 7 but it feels like a lot of people don't want to explore those options then complain when the MSFT dip becomes a 7 layer dip. Again, Reddit used to be so much better about having a wider variety of names discussed. All the semicap stuff, memory, optics, photonics, etc that has mooned this year would have been a much bigger topic on here pre-covid, now those things aren't discussed much until they're already up 100% for the year and even then a bigger topic is complaining about MSFT - but when you say "why not invest in something else?" it's nOOOO. "a lot of people will lose their jobs very quickly (much more quickly than previous industrial revolutions)" It's UBI or eventual social unrest. The concern becomes these people can't fix healthcare or agree on anythiing, so what's the confidence on coming up with an effective UBI plan to address the AI scenario where massive amounts of layoffs occur? Long story short, are things a mess? Yes. Do I have a lot of concerns over the next 5 years? Yes. But what I do with investing is try to figure out how to postion myself to benefit from those things and if I don't get something right I keep trying to figure it out until I do. The things that might benefit from those issues are not in every case going to be the things that are shiny and exciting and that everyone wants to talk about owning.

burner456987123

Insurance like ALL or PGR (PGR is 15% of my portfolio). Pharma like JNJ or Merck. PFE has a nice dividend. everyone oughta have an energy stock of some sort like CVX, XOM, or just buy the XLE etf. Hold something outside the us like EWZ or EWC. I think this AI event is a wave, like Josh brown said. It’ll end like everything does, but you’ve gotta ride it.

brock2063

I for one welcome back our 1990s overloads INTC, XOM, and IBM. It was a better world back then.

Cav829

My XOM stock is about to go green and suddenly started surging in the afternoon. Golly gee I wonder if anything is up. It is very difficult with how covert this government is.

val913

I wish I had put the whole $10k in AAPL that day. Instead I diversified, got $1500 in each XOM, Merck, and GE. They are all doing alright too... When GE split into 3 companies and Vernova took off it's been a fun ride.

Shoganai_Hito

My 16 yr old wants to get into stocks and told me to put $200 in PLTR and $200 in INTC. Idk if I should talk him out of it and put VOO instead or let it roll. He’s up $40 in XOM since earlier this year (put in before Iran war) so maybe he knows more than me

Pikminmania2

What oil stocks are mooning? XOM, CVX, all goin up by like 3%

Affectionate_Hotel17

XOM performs better with the view of the strait not opening back up (their oil doesn't go through the chokepoint)

Affectionate_Hotel17

My XOM calls are fucked, right?

TheyCallMeCool1

XOM going parabolic

Deathb3rry

i legit just random bought CVX after realising inflation readings are finally arrived. Speaking of, what are the key differences between CVX, XOM & BP an investor should take note of?

DesticularDorsion

I don't hate renewables, but oil is the energy source of motion. XOM is good.

Equivalent-Coat-7605

Honestly just holding XOM since $80 and I’m not disappointed.

jiggyGW

XOM and its dividends are a stable GOAT

LKang

I'm afraid I agree with you. I've held a small bag of HD for a long time, \~10 years, thinking it was pretty safe along with JNJ, JPM, XOM, V you know the 'boring players' but they can't get steady legs under them. I just can't get myself to buy puts though either..

Aggressive_Deer_7072

Honestly people only remember oil exists once gas prices start punching them in the face lol. I still watch stuff like XOM, CVX, and some Canadian names honestly. Whole sector feels hated until suddenly everyone remembers these companies print cash during supply scares.

Ordinary_Coyote7837

GOOGL, MU, LEU, TSM, NVDA, HSBC, XOM, and WMT are the top eight leading growth in my account each year for the past two years. I have other stocks and a few ETFs. If you count ETFs, SMH is number 4 on the list and SPMO is number 8 on the list.

Normal-Meringue7592

All shitty advice! Random gambling on stocks instead of taking time to understand how the stock market works, sector rotations etc. Especially buying at a crossroads in the market. 10,000 will best case be worth 15,000 in three years doing ths. Might as well light that money on fire. Go big or go home. Buy 10,000 worth or XOM calls 170 strike 18 June expiry. Gamma ramp clearly up towards the largest gamma node at 180. It doesn’t get more obvious than this if you look at the options chain, institutional positioning, and oil/geo politics. We are here to make money not see inflation eat your money with modest gains. Remind yourself of this post in 1 month.

MrMonday11235

This makes about as much sense as trying to inverse EVs after reading "they're going to kill gas guzzlers" and buying CVX and XOM. >I still bought software. MSFT/PANW/ORCL make up the most amount of IGV, which means they are software - just the part that doesn’t suck like ADBE. It's almost like when people say "AI will kill software", they don't mean all software everywhere. But what do I know, I'm just some dope expecting a baseline of literacy on r/wsb.

FarrisAT

Over the long run. Look at XOM 2016-present

TheyCallMeCool1

XOM about to climb higher

PseudoTsunami

He sold conventional energy like XOM, CVX in 2024 and dumped it all in AESI, which was way down in 2025. It's already doubled in 2026 so he may be at the top of the list next year,

Sad-Comparison-8113

XOM EQT DVN im so serious

tocinoman

I went to shares/cash for OpEx, and my account is thanking me as I look at NVDA and XOM today. Not trying to mess with options today.

SamLeCoyote_Fix_1

$SM SM Energy P/B 1 P/E (FWD) 5.5 Mkt 7.5B $MTDR Matador Res P/B 1.2 P/E (FWD) 9.38 Mkt 7.19B $CHRD Chord Energy P/B 1 P/E (FWD) 8.18 Mkt 8B $XOM Exxon Mobil P/B 2.4 P/E (FWD) 13.78 Mkt 633.2B $DVN Devon Energy P/B 1.9 P/E (FWD) 8.13 Mkt 29.36B I confess, my choice goes to SM Energy for its ultra-rigorous management, low P/B, buyback in place, 100% production on US soil, therefore without maritime transport costs, well-controlled CAPEX, hedge contracts around 50%... and a nice J.P. Morgan buy target at $40

Admirable_Nothing

I have both XOM and CVX. I prefer XOM but most would likely prefer CVX. Big, low PE, dividend payer not exciting but particularly given the ME situation if their is a crash it might be because of that and hence the energy companies would suffer or certainly wouldn't suffer as much. Buffett preferred OXY but they are very US centered and I like the international exposure.

Cardiff07

Anyone playing $XOM calls? Thinking of buying august OTM. Got some nice gains I want to move into something else.

Salty-Bid1597

US Oil cos aren't up nearly enough. Global supply chains are shifting from gulf to US oil and prices aren't going down. Do I FOMO into XOM or CVX?

sp2802

Why nobody is buying XOM puts

JafarFromAfar2

It’s the same concept as oil companies wanting the long term price for crude to be $70ish. Too low and your margins crater, too high and demand wanes + inflation persists. Everyone in the LNG industry wants to make sure that there’s consistently enough demand before they invest in costly infrastructure. If an entity like Cheniere went overboard and added 100 MPTA of production capacity, they would not be able to find enough demand for their new supply. Their profit margins would crater and they would lose billions of dollars while waiting for demand to catch back up. So all these teams of people that are working on proposals and planning new projects have to be 100% sure that their efforts will bear fruit. They need to account for competitors’ projects that will finish before theirs do, and they need to confidently project that there will be enough demand to satisfy their additional supply (which you can’t accurately do far into the future). Additionally, most shareholders of conglomerates like XOM or SHEL would much rather have profits immediately returned in the form of dividends or buybacks.

joan_goodman

Just dump and move on. Cant you see the trend? Seriously, any memory stock grew 4-5 percent today after 1 pm. You could have gained 4-5 % just today on the dead money you keep in Microsoft. I do have a bag of XOM, and as much as it’s a waste of, at least it’s some diversification.

tocinoman

I took some major realized Ls today, but I day traded/scalped myself back into the green, and NVDA/DRAM ended the day going up. I hedged my tech holdings with some XOM LEAPS that had dipped slightly at the end of the day, too. Shockingly turned out to be a good day for me despite the great circuit breaker of May 12th. tl;dr ber r fuk, buy calls

chibi78

You think XOM will run whole week?

AgitatedStranger9698

Memory has always been a commodity. IT's basically XOM but with PC's. It'll print money until capacity grows (good for everyone!) or demand drops (Bad for everyone! )

ShartInYourFace

Dead people turn to oil so $XOM prices should rise!

ShartInYourFace

I dunno... but been swing trading XOM and some of the pennystonks to mostly positive results.

Cav829

If you truly are big on AI, there are so many things parts of the supply chain underpriced. Helium stocks for example. APD and LNDE both look ready to have pullbacks and will offer amazing investment opportunities. XOM controls 20% of the world's helium supply and is trading on the cheap even in an energy crisis. Energy stocks in general have not caught up to where they need to be and instead we're over investing in stocks like OKLO that may never produce anything instead of properly pricing existing companies. And the best part is if everything goes tits up, energy stocks are always one of the best sectors to be invested in during a bear market.

Wide-Contribution-29

I sold all my XLE as soon the first fake ceasefire was announced, and then after recent earnings, both XOM and CVX dumped

Jagged_Tide

Literally was smart too man. XOM used to be all I fucked with, and I thought with the start of the war holy shit this thing will fly. Little did I realize the market is run by fucking retards

chads_to_do_list_app

Full ported into XOM at the beginning of the war, thought I was being so smart. Now sitting on a loss while I watch these guys go parabolic https://preview.redd.it/191bmrwq4zzg1.png?width=1402&format=png&auto=webp&s=d0ca68ef2787d71d8c772755ca9169e145d9aaa4

Automatic-Scene5621

XOM!

Easy_Picture5139

New to investing as of right now I have some stocks picked but nothing purchased yet looking for some feedback that’s not from Claude before I make the big move Voo Smh Schd Vxus VB TLT GLD XOM Googl Amzn Wmt Lly Jnj V Jpm Cat Etn Lmt Now IBM Gev Tesla/space x Let me hear your constructive criticism I’d rather get roasted on Reddit than ruin my financial future

butthead4206969

>Texas corporate law to give Musk and other insiders broad control. At the same time, it sharply limits investors ability to challenge management… Sort of off topic but if any of you are XOM holders, one of the things being voted on in the next shareholder vote is whether to redomicile to Texas.

jkirk411

I am holding here. I have a small account just a touch over 20k. Had 8 shares of XOM sold half when it got to 160 and put it in amd at 202. Took off like a rocket ship and I wake up this morning blinded by green wishing i bought more but I am a DCA guy I dont have loads of cash lying around. Since Im in at 202 and think we are still early stages AI im just going to hold from here. Thought about taking some profit to start a META position but i dont want to overexpose to tech and have GOOGL/AAPL already

Joegoyf

Is now the time to pick up some XOM?

Mental-At-ThirtyFive

Sure. I have significant AI exposure and decided to balance out of SP500 to the below for about 50%+. Retirement days are knocking First is BRK and Brookfield. Imo, they are better capital allocators than me. Thats it and the thesis here. The 2nd is under what is termed HALO strategy - Hard Assets Low Obsolescence. Without going too much into it, my gut feeling is that this should be direction until 2030 or so until the AI winner/loser gets shaken out. Likely low beta, mature tech industries, even if they modernize their ops XOM is my first reach here. I chose this instead of XLE because of potential alpha compared to that. I think that with the Pioneer buy XOM will work out well irrespective how and when the Iran stupidity works out. XOM is clearly well run and professionally managed to ride all these cycles. Next one is a major global mining company - I am looking for strength in management, geographical footprint, scale (very important), excellent relationship with the governments they operate in. Note I am not picking the metal/mineral itself as these will be global multi mining ops. Maybe Glencore The next one is Ag - I decided to go with fertilizers. CF Industries, Nutrien, Mosaic. Boring volatility. I have not chosen any petrochemicals/chemicals yet. I worked in capital markets and decided to pick Moodys and S&P Global. They have a regulated moat that is difficult to replicate. This private credit/equity will/may bite, but ok for me. This is not Hard Asset but an essential one in global credit markets. There is AI threat which is somewhat addressed by being entrenched incumbents. I decided against exchanges, and felt this was smaller pond/big fish choice. Royalty streams for Gold/Silver Railways - likely Canadian National. Trump has triggered Canada to look elsewhere for trade, and railways is the necessary trade infrastructure for this trade growth. At least thats my thesis. The last is my tech bet and speculation - solid state battery tech. Toyota (yesss), QuantumScope(?), SolidPower(?). Bought Toyota and will do a bit more research. The window really kicks in later in '28 or later, but can be patient btw - thanks for asking as I had to spell it out. Happy to hear your comments - my thesis above does not reflect any fundamental valuations, charts, etc. Just the risk exposures I want in my portfolio

NOLandsMan7

XOM

SoonToBeBanned666

Yeah for sure. XOM had troubles despite oil being high. I’ve got a mix of CRUD, LNG, NESTE, VG, COP, EQNR. Diesel will be in high demand but I don’t think there’s any single player that would benefit without some supply risk involved. If you have insight please share. I’ve done research but I’m hardly an oil expert.

theoptiontechnician

With your stocks probably hard for you to do. I have NEE, XOM, and WMT. I plan to hold for over 5 years, some held longer. I just get higher dividend growth that moves my roi , and higher CC premium. My dividend on XOM is like 7-8 percent and still growing , just add in the CC, and I'm at a high percent. Over 20 % on those just raises my roi,, some will be paid off with in a year. You guys be asking the wrong questions. Same logic can be applied to long calls.

kingsbori

Nah I don’t believe any of this lol XOM 200 12/27

zg44

They made bad hedges. (Seriously, XOM and CVX in particular put up a bunch of hedges that backfired in the short term due to the Iran war; they would have been better just selling at market price after the price spike).

WiseDragonfruit6942

CVX and XOM up tomorrow?

sdanielsmith

USO? Or specific stocks. I sold a lot of mine because COP reported yesterday, and XOM/CVX report in the morning. Even if oil is up, markets might not handle earnings right. I'll buy back in once the dust settles.

Defiant_Bust

!banbet $XOM +5% 1d

TinyDelegation

I got XOM calls, anybody else?

onerandomcomputerguy

My man. AAPL, CVX, and XOM calls here

onerandomcomputerguy

I have very low risk tolerance. Only looking for super cheap options. Was able to get AAPL, CVX, and XOM and they were all a fraction of RDDT

Ahzmer

Tell me, why would oil stocks like XOM not pump on earnings? I really dont think its priced in anymore, seeing how hormuz has been closed and isnt opening

WallStreetThreats_

Market so manipulated on oil rn that it feels like XOM & CVX could go either way on earnings tomorrow despite the overall picture

onerandomcomputerguy

Thinking XOM and CVX calls with oil so high. Hopefully easy money.

The_OG_Steve

Blowoff top on semis tomorrow, bought 100c INTC and 360c AMD, buying XOM and CVX calls eod tomorrow.

Equivalent-Coat-7605

My XOM shares are liking the attention

tocinoman

It's because I sold XOM calls on Monday

Puzzleheaded-Arm3155

Thank you trump My oil stocks thank you, including the quick 59% profit in my XOM calls

interstellara_

AAPL and XOM said that's a lie

No-Improvement3164

XOM calls?

StockScannerApp

Everything red except the stuff your grandma owns. MSFT, AAPL, WMT, XOM all green. Classic risk-off day.

Jagged_Tide

Does anybody know if at pump prices affect oil per barrel prices? Asking due to phasing in of summer blend this week. Like obviously downstream stocks like XOM will benefit but wha about upstream like USO and BNO?

MeanCryptographer585

Cheaper oil. Less disruption. Short oil. Long XOM. 

Maleficent-Age-1404

I’m leaning into energy plays right now, oil volatility looks tradable, while gold feels like a hedge. Keeping some cash on the side too, because sentiment’s shaky. Watching tickers like XOM and GLD for quick moves.

tocinoman

UAE left OPEC today because yesterday I sold XOM and bought NVDA

Synccopt

I think both CVX and XOM are cooked in the earnings ngl. The timing of the Iran war actually fucked them over because they had to sell for the cheap pre-decided price. Unless the market decides that they should go up anyway because the oil prices will be high for a while.

WeMoveInTheShadows

Aren't US oil giants like XOM. CVX, EOG, COP, OXY all going to massively benefit from this over the next 6 months? Is it expected their stocks will surge with the downturn in Gulf supply?

Puzzleheaded-Arm3155

$XOM calls and $SOFI puts 😈

Far-East-locker

# Energy (4 stocks)Equal-weight: +31.65% |Ticker|Name|Dec 22, 2025|Apr 28, 2026|% Change|JPM Target| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |**DVN**|Devon Energy|$36.24|$48.20|\+33.00%|$44.00| |**SLB**|SLB|$38.11|$55.23|\+44.94%|$43.00| |**WMB**|The Williams Companies, Inc.|$58.50|$71.61|\+22.41%|$73.00| |**XOM**|Exxon Mobil Corp|$117.37|$148.19|\+26.26%|$124.00| |**Category Average**|—|—|**+31.65%**|—|

Far-East-locker

# Energy |**Ticker**|**Dec 22, 2025 Price**|**Apr 28, 2026 Price**|**% Change**| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |**DVN**|$42.15|$48.28|\+14.54%| |**ETR**|$108.40|$122.50|\+13.01%| |**GEV**|$653.57|$1,118.98|\+71.21%| |**SLB**|$52.40|$58.10|\+10.88%| |**WMB**|$45.30|$52.15|\+15.12%| |**XOM**|$119.54|$148.81|\+24.49%| |**Category Average**|||**+24.87%**|

Zeakk1

Never been a better time to inherit that $XOM stock grandpa has held got 40 years.

joan_goodman

XOM also sells 20 percent of world helium so I m still holding the bag.

Shot-Welcome-2822

XOM for retirement account, drip them divvies over 30 years gtg

tocinoman

I had an XOM call that I was gonna hold for this week but after seeing literally everything else rip, including oil prices, while XOM went down today, I didn't feel like locking up money in it, so I sold for a small gain and moved that money elsewhere.

Independent-Tree-985

despite the price of oil I dont know if its a given that XOM will surge. thats not me expressing doubt, Im asking for more info

E39_CBX

Anybody getting XOM calls for ER? Almost want to say fuck tech and do that instead

E39_CBX

What’s the most obvious call play for earnings this week? META? XOM? GOOGL?

sitbar

My $XOM calls gonna do nice

Riskismyapellido

I was shortly. Except for PLTR, I always sold way to early when my thesis turned out correct only couple months later. XOM was one (bought in the twenties) sold in the 30ies. INTC believe it or not, and TXN. I buy, it dumps and then rocket up. TXN especially is getting to me because that would have bern a solid 100k profit just from holding shares. Right now, I am big in RBRK SNOW and ZS (which all dumped). I learned my lesson and will hold this until I make 100+% on those again

tocinoman

S&P and oil futures are both up, but XOM is down 😂

MyUsrNameis007

XOM

bolt_runner

Buying $XOM to capitalize on the strait closure

epyonxero

if astrophage were real XOM would have had grace killed as soon as he discovered they could reproduce

seanws30

XOM calls?

Equivalent-Coat-7605

MSFT AMZN XOM for me next week

KYEEZY98

XOM is the most bait stock ever because sustained high oil prices doesn't even help the stock price because it can cause a recession.

Just_Butterfly4052

Cmon piece of shit XOM, moon!

WingWorried6176

$XOM broke out AH

NOLandsMan7

VM how do you feel about the next round of energy earnings given a higher for longer oil/energy thesis? XOM and SM especially.

ThisIsMyOtherBurner

hey VM. $XOM 160 tomorrow?

Confident-Window4928

XOM goes up on green spy candles and up on red spy candles

uvallie

Gave up on USO for anything beyond swing trades ages ago for the exact spread reason you mentioned. XOM and CVX is where I ended up most of the time. for pure oil exposure what worked better than ETFs for me was XOP or OIH which are the producers and services baskets, still index flavored but way more liquid than USO on the options side. XOP in particular has tight spreads at weekly strikes. USO has the contango drag on top of bad option liquidity so even when your call IS right directionally the fund can lag crude by a surprising amount over a few weeks, not a fun surprise if you are holding anything out to 30 or 60 dte. if you want the pure oil view and are ok with futures, /MCL is worth looking at since its 1/10 the notional of /CL so way less buying power needed per contract.

ThisIsMyOtherBurner

VM is XOM going to $160 next week? thank you for your attention to this matter

ThisIsMyOtherBurner

VM is XOM going to 165 in two weeks?