XRT

daviddjg0033

Good job! $XRT retail and 3X $RETL is a good way to play this theme

Affectionate-Idea690

Your not wrong, retail stocks do well before and on black Friday....kohl, amzn, wmt, or XRT

FlyRepresentative644

And XRT is up big today…

Top-Meaning2626

Hard crash, tax cuts reversed, more debt to pay back tariffs, more regulation, oil spikes to 100/barrels, the heavens come crashing down, zuck reveals he is lex author and builds an ark for the upcoming global flood, XRT5-456 ASTEROID MAKES A U-TURN AND HEADS BACK TOWARDS EARTH

pineapplekiwipen

XRT

Ok-Strength6668

Stock is cheap and IV is low. I also see the downward pressure and it would take something to change that. It seems like the whole sector is taking a down move. After looking at XRT (the ETF representing retail brands) it is in an uptrend but testing the low of the range. Hopeful for a bounce here. I may have got in a little early but I think we are getting deep in the value range compared to valuations and I think that is too hard to ignore for investors. I could see a bounce any day. But who knows maybe the bottom drops out 🤷‍♂️.

disrepaired

Short interest on XRT being over 1000% what does it mean?

80delta

The knife is still falling, my dude. XRT retail ETF has been on a tear, thanks much to Sweeneys jeans. LULU is literally the bottom of the barrel in retail stocks right now. And does this bull market even make it to a Christmas rally? Idk, but thats 3 months away. Good luck with predicting the bottom. Woof.... https://preview.redd.it/hyw5k6a3g0qf1.jpeg?width=642&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f125826aff8e83db528fede23468319d44f03dcc

banditcleaner2

yeah, and you can kind of see the results in a market etf that is equally weighted. YTD, RSP, which is S&P 500 equal weight, is only up 4.44%. When you account for both inflation and the dollar's lost value YTD (-9.4% according to DXY index), in real terms, that is a down market. meanwhile SPY YTD is up 7.7%. 3.3% of extra performance all from mag7 outperforming everything else. XRT which is specifically retail, so much more geared to consumer spending, is only up 2.2% YTD and is even down since 2021. its only up since covid because of the money printing. if you actually look at a graph of M1 money supply, you will see that XRT is actually down quite a bit compared to money supply, so in real terms, yet again, not growing.

Fappinonabiscuit

With XRT having 1300% short interest right now, I don’t think this will be booming anytime soon. And god only knows what stock will blow up next in that dumpster fire of an ETF. Look at Abercrombie over the last 2 full years. Look at build a bear. There’s no rhyme or reason but it’s wildly volatile over the medium term. Shares not calls but I think it’s definitely going to blow even out of sympathy of another stock in there (like Kohl’s recently) IV is sky high right now, if you try to time it and you’re wrong you’re going to get wrecked. One thing that seems to be true of XRT is these stocks pop when their IV is historically low, almost so they can load up before the bang.

BULLBOT-AI

**Claim**: Discussions about a mid-cap clothing company (implied to be Old Navy) are banned due to its potential as a "short squeeze" candidate. **Evidence**: - [1] Old Navy is a private company, meaning its shares are not publicly traded, and investors cannot purchase its stock. - [2] Retail-focused ETFs (like XRT) are publicly traded but operate under standard market risks and regulations; no evidence links them to suppression of specific stock discussions. - [3] Government procurement clauses about product origins are unrelated to stock trading or moderation policies. **Analysis**: The claim conflates private and public companies. Old Navy, as a private subsidiary of Gap Inc., has no publicly traded stock ([1]), making discussions about its shares irrelevant to public markets. The mention of ETFs ([2]) and trade clauses ([3]) does not support claims of banned discussions. Moderation policies on forums typically address misinformation or manipulative content, not private entities. **Sources**: [1] https://bullishbears.com/old-navy-stock/ [2] https://www.ssga.com/us/en/intermediary/etfs/spdr-sp-retail-etf-xrt [3] https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars/part-252-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses **Conclusion**: **False**. The claim is incorrect because Old Navy is not a publicly traded company, so there is no stock to discuss or "squeeze." Discussions about private companies are typically absent from public trading forums due to irrelevance, not active suppression.

APE_HOOD

Look into its connection to XRT

Jason__Hardon

Derivatives, the bill always comes to later. They can suppress true short interest, they can hide it ETFs like XRT, but the bill always comes due. That’s reason for the increase that and 4 quarters of green due to the interest earned on the $4 billion dollars in the bank fleeced from retail investors. Whatever Bear thesis they may have had before. It’s pretty much evaporated now. They wanted to celler box this company into bankruptcy so that they could never pay back the shares borrowed to short it, but they failed.

BigDipBuyer69

Most likely +33 day settlement from FTDs on ETFs like XRT etc. They blew them up to crush the price after bond issuance. Now, they’re paying the price to get all of their tools in order. A model I’ve seen suggests a cooling after today and a further push to earnings over the next week. Note: models don’t work, but some are useful.😂

Mental_Ingenuity_310

If you’re genuinely interested in having a civil conversation, I am too. I’ll address each one of your points without using any kind of Internet tinfoil stupidity. 1. The most simplistic view of how stock trading works you are correct. But please read this https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel-Pastorek/publication/369197965_Confirmation_of_T35_Failures-To-Deliver_Cycles_Evidence_from_GameStop_Corp/links/641054b666f8522c38a46501/Confirmation-of-T-35-Failures-To-Deliver-Cycles-Evidence-from-GameStop-Corp.pdf and then go look at XRT. Choose a random stock like Amazon that cannot be manipulated due to its size and compare the failure to deliver data. If there’s a logical reason, why such a small retail, ETF should be so heavily failed to deliver. I would welcome any response. You can have to inform me. 2. If someone was naked shorting, you would see increased failure to deliver. I’m not saying regular shorting causes this. I also agree there’s many reasons you can fail to deliver the thing I’m asking you to look at is the consistent pattern and the retail ETFs. If you can show me in retail ETF holding GameStop that has normal levels of FTD I will give you this point. 3. See XRT again, why so much so often. They would resolve clerical errors. 4. See ETF covering article 5. That’s correct and incorrect. OTM options don’t but as ITM options get closer to expiration Market Makers have to hedge. You can Google the details of how this works. This along with margin create short squeezes 6. They don’t, search NSCC and FTD 7. Naked shorting can destroy stock value as point 5 covers. When said company goes to refinance or take new loans they can’t given the underlying collateral (their stock) has no value. Removing the ability to structure normal debt fuels balance sheet issues which eventually causes further shorting. Downward spiral until cash on hand no longer meets obligations. Imagine you want to refinance your home but I destroyed your credit, you can’t, so your payments are higher than peers who can

alfrado_sause

It was predicted as a 3rd can kick from last December. See Richard Newtons video series on XRT and other ETF shuffling. It’s currently in a redemption phase so they can reload to short after earnings when GME states that it didn’t buy bitcoin. The bitcoin rumor is bullshit and will be used as the excuse to drop the price again. Nothing new here. The news is that people have short memories and it takes counting the days out and seeing the branching decision tree that leads to 2 days of 20M volume. TLDR: we plummet Wednesday or we continue for 11 trading days. NFA. Just a YouTube watcher 🤷‍♀️

Philbuzzoff

XRT go up just a little more to trigger my put buy

Plucky-Me

June 20 XRT puts to hedge because if anything is danger its retail

S8-CASH-HOMIE

You asked AI questions I didn’t even articulate. Also AI is often wrong. The top 5 banks having billions in unrealized losses can be found stated in the FED’s stress tests from last year. The BOJ carry trade is as bad as I stated. There’s a reason the market has been dipping and it’s not tariffs. It started last year with a 10% dip in the market last August. It’s continued through this year and tariffs have been the cover story. Tariffs won’t affect the market until 3 & 4th quarter. The BOJ carry trade is being carefully wound down, but Trump once again has complicated things with the tariffs. Under Democrats Japan was our ally. They were willing to work with us to prevent market collapse. It’s in Japan’s best interest to raise their rates. They really have no choice as it pertains to their economic goals. Trump playing dumb tariff games and being so unpredictable has changed the tone of Japanese leaders. They signaled this past week they may not be so inclined to help us given Trump’s current policies. The entire world market would collapse because once the US HF’s and top 5 banks get margin called it will cause a domino effect around the world. DTCC offices around the world will go bankrupt in their respective countries. HF’s move swaps globally hence why credit Swiss bit the bullet last year and went under. I never said HF’s have used synthetic shares since 1994. I said HF’s swap problem started in 1994. That’s as far back as the paper trail goes. Most transactions taken place on the dark pool as of 2025 is true. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wall-street-enters-darker-age-110003632.html FTD’s are out of control. ETF’s had roughly 1.6 billion FTD’s as recently as 4/4/25. XRT had 1.1 billion FTD’s on 4/3/25. These are just FTD’s in the billions which is a new record as of this year. ETF’s, XRT have FTD’s in the hundreds of millions all the time. FTD’s in the millions more frequently, & hundreds of thousands daily. The DTCC will file for bankruptcy if market continues to go down. HF’s & banks will get margin called. The DTCC does have enough money allocated to cover the losses. It’s just a fact, & how the system is designed. You could argue I’ve exaggerated unrealized losses, but again the FED, & DTCC have alluded to this ticking time bomb several times in the past 2 years. It’s no secret, and you can easily find all this info online. Again Credit Swiss went under after GME spiked to $80 last May. Could be coincidence, but I believe it was due to legacy swaps on GME. A popular theory spreading all around academia atm. Trump just had DOGE go in with a sludge hammer to social safety nets like food stamps, social security, student loan forgiveness, etc. It’s not up for debate and the White House has been on record by several people including the president that they are cutting the “waste” from these programs. The White House is even being sued because of this. Housing market is stressed and already collapsing in places like DC, Florida, really all over the US. No one is buying houses. No one can sell their homes. Small towns with low cost of living are doing well but no one wants to live in Mississippi my guy. Politicians are to blame. The best example would be checking their returns, which have been astronomical no matter if you’re dem or republican. Everyone knows Wall Street has the politicians in their pockets. Some democrats and a republican have created bills to stop insider trading in congress but surprise, surprise it never passes. I won’t even waste time other than the AI’s response shows how horrible the information it’s regurgitating out. I would stop using that AI immediately. The public will foot the bill. I have no idea what AI you used, but it’s absolute garbage if those were the responses it gave.

scorchie

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

Icy_Mushroom_425

XRT (retail ETF) could be a good play if you're betting on pain in consumer goods and supply chains. You might hedge with some commodities or logistics names that benefit from volatility or price hikes.

ThatThingYouStareAt

Puts on XLI, IWM and XRT

jewstar

Im shorting IWM and XRT based on the coming inventory shortages in the US

HiroPr0tagoni5t

With everything going on right now, if hedge funds really are being margin called per last week’s letter by the OCC then I actually think it’s possible several stocks that were being shorted get squeezed all at once. When the GME squeeze happened AMC followed closely as did a few others. Keeping in mind that squeezes + market manipulation go hand-in-hand: there is **no** such thing as a *reliable* squeeze, in which case its mostly a gamble either way. > *..always remember the market can stay irrational longer than most of us can stay liquid* HOLO, XRT, WOLF, FUBO and any number of cannabis stocks - there are many *options* if we can call them that, shuffle the pack and pick another card. And good luck🍻!

stewiegonebad

Swaps expiring and XRT shorted through the roof

RichardUkinsuch

Just look at the short interest of the ETF XRT and you will go down the rabbit hole that is the fukery with retail cyclical.

EmbraceHegemony

Sharon stocks pumping, XRT crashing. Good day today 

EmbraceHegemony

6/20 $68 XRT puts for free money

EmbraceHegemony

Booze tarrifs are probably the best thing that could have happened to my XRT puts.

Three_of_a_kind3515

XRT 70 put expiring Friday.. @1.04

Father_of_Lies666

NFLX is overbought and can easily see a 10-15% retracement in the near future. CVNA is actual garbage but retail investors slammed it sky high and it’s a major component of XRT

Father_of_Lies666

Carvana?! The market can stay irrational for a long time. That’s a pile of junk but people love it and it’s a major holding of XRT which makes it inherently volatile and prone to run on nothing. No CVNA right now for me.

PuzzleheadedWeb9876

>Are you asking me to do data analytics for you instead of just using my brain? No, I’m asking you to support your claims with actual evidence. >There is evidence to suggest that reported short interest is inaccurate. The reason is because there is no reporting requirement... There is a reporting requirement though. https://www.finra.org/filing-reporting/regulatory-filing-systems/short-interest >If I short your stock and choose not to report it then this reported percentage of short interest will not include my position. Okay, time for some critical thinking. If you can just choose not to report at will then why report GME 140% short? Why report XRT 200% short? >If I choose to short via an ETF then you absolutely will never know how inaccurate this number is. Explain how this would work? How can you balloon short interest via an ETF? XRT has a market cap of 937 million. GME represents 1.3% of the holdings. 12.3 million dollars or 472 thousand shares. >You say derivatives are not a part of short interest lol. How does buying/selling a put/call impact short interest? >Why did so many other stocks contained in the same ETFs as GME squeeze on the exact same day at the exact same time? Citation needed. >Maybe because shorting ETFs also shorts the underlying stock. Indirectly. It’s not like shorting SPY opens a short position on every single underlying stock. >I also assume that you didn’t even realize that ETFs can be used to settle a failure to deliver ETFs are just a fund that pools money and buys the underlying securities. Regardless the FTDs on GME are basically nonexistent. >Show me anything besides word of mouth that suggests shorts closed, not covered, and their positions causing short interest to decrease. Not how burden of proof works. But the SEC report didn’t do it for you? Page 27. Nice little graph. Also to clear up your confusion on covering/closing: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shortcovering.asp TLDR: It’s the same thing.

lilwoozyvert420

Are you asking me to do data analytics for you instead of just using my brain? There is evidence to suggest that reported short interest is inaccurate. The reason is because there is no reporting requirement... If I short your stock and choose not to report it then this reported percentage of short interest will not include my position. If I choose to short via an ETF then you absolutely will never know how inaccurate this number is. You say derivatives are not a part of short interest lol. wait til you learn about options You are looking at current XRT data talking about 2021 and are assuming there is only one single etf that contains GME. Why did so many other stocks contained in the same ETFs as GME squeeze on the exact same day at the exact same time? Maybe because shorting ETFs also shorts the underlying stock. I also assume that you didn't even realize that ETFs can be used to settle a failure to deliver, which also caused other stocks to rise in value... but you are the expert, so ill just wait for a reply

PuzzleheadedWeb9876

>Yeah obviously short interest on all stocks is inaccurate. Based on what? How inaccurate? What is the margin of error? >Are you arguing that short interest is not self reported. No. I’m arguing there is no evidence to suggest it’s significantly inaccurate. >If so link me to the rule stating that institutions must disclose derivative positions… I’ll wait Derivatives are not part of short interest. Nothing is borrowed. >And simply saying no isn’t much of an argument is it. That what can be asserted without evidence and be dismissed without evidence. >If I have a single stock ETF and the short interest is over 300% you mean to tell me that this only affects the ETF itself and not the underlying stock??? Indirectly it can affect the underlying stocks. To what extent depends on the underlying weighing. Something like XRT has a GME weighted at 1.3%. >If this is true then why did every single stock inside of XRT increase by hundreds and hundreds of percent during the GameStop short squeeze All 82 stocks inside XRT increased by hundreds of percent in 2021? Sorry but data doesn’t support that claim. Quick check shows EBAY, DDS, and COST as counter examples.

lilwoozyvert420

Yeah obviously short interest on all stocks is inaccurate. Anybody that works at a hedge fund know this lol And simply saying no isn’t much of an argument is it. If I have a single stock ETF and the short interest is over 300% you mean to tell me that this only affects the ETF itself and not the underlying stock??? If this is true then why did every single stock inside of XRT increase by hundreds and hundreds of percent during the GameStop short squeeze if they are not at all related to GameStop besides being bundled in the same ETF as GameStop. Try harder next time

ComprehensiveTax7353

I have negative deltas but just given how well aware the market is of this, I would not be surprised to see a gap up on open. I think us energy companies are very well positioned for tariffs, bonds are just so damn cheap I’m buying intraday with any credits I can, and surprisingly I still like metals. I was surprised to see XRT get hammered on the close. And since intel is redirecting themselves here in the us, it may be worth a look. Nvidia could be an interesting long play too on open.

mngos_wmelon1019

Let’s not forget that PFOF was created by Bernie Madoff, which is a staple of our markets. How is XRT shorted over 300% regularly? How are market makers able to crack ETFs as redemption units and be exempt from reporting? These people self report, you find wall street and the government to be truthful? Maybe if you’d open your eyes, it wouldn’t be too difficult to spot. The markets are ran on algorithms and no one has any idea the shit show that’ll come when this thing crashes. Go read about the Plunge Protection Team too, can’t let the market actually crash.

BiggieRickie

I suggest looking at the stocks included in the XRT & then buy individual shares of the stocks going north

rw4455

That's a good etf if you've owned it long term, similar to XRT. Hopefully your $34k is mostly profit.

Subject_Lie_3803

I dont think we are talking about the same thing. XRT - SPDR S&P Retail ETF?

SirVanyel

XRT is a smart move. It's gaining traction amongst companies and governments both and is the only crypto that is being reasonably considered as a currency instead of a speculative asset. I'm not buying in because I fundamentally disagree with crypto and there's other places to get rich. But the good news is flowing in for XRT. It's gonna continue pumping. Buy in now, get out green, place your winnings into something else. If you like crypto, xrt is popping off.

Overlord1317

You should absolutely NOT try to talk your friend out of a 50K investment in XRT. You SHOULD: 1.)Ask him if he'd like to hear your research on XRT 2.)If the answer to the above question is no, then shut up. You did your best 3.)If the answer to question no. 1 is yes, you SHOULD tell him your concerns about the stock in a concrete, specific fashion so that he is informed as you are. IN SUMMARY: Again, you SHOULD NOT give him advice on what to do, you SHOULD provide him with information that you feel relevant, assuming he tells you he is open to hearing it.

Jason__Hardon

$XRT is toxic asf. They have like negative 300% SI

OpportunityGold4054

Why oh why would he do that? Reasons not to buy: Retail is dicey these days. So many companies trying to transition into online or different products. Low margins. Cyclical. XRT is way up and extremely volatile He can cherry pick a handful of fine innovative retail stocks if he insists on retail and do better. If $50000 is an outsized investment for him, that amt would be ill advised unless it is throwaway $$$. Retail related stocks I own include SE, MELI, IBTA, GRAB.

keijikage

XRT is systemically abused for borrowing shares to short it, it's kind of a joke - typically there are 2-3x shares shorted from outstanding and it has been that way for more than a decade - the supply demand dynamics are severely distorted. [https://chartexchange.com/symbol/nyse-xrt/short-interest/](https://chartexchange.com/symbol/nyse-xrt/short-interest/) I would consider trading around XRT, but I would hesitate to invest in XRT just for that reason alone.

StockBreakoutPlays

If he has $50,000 to invest, it sure as hell shouldn't be in cash as we move into a lower rate environment. XRT will ramp again as rates continue moving lower. Retail spending is growing again. Let him do his thing. He won't become a millionaire overnight and he won't lose much short-term. Let him learn. You could probably learn too. Now if he was going to throw $50k at COIN short dated calls, you may want to intervene. JK those are moooooning.

Mordrim

I would probably steer him more toward XLY. Both should do well during the holiday season if your friend's thesis is correct. XLY has big boys like AMZN and TSLA, who can weather any potential downturns. XRT has stocks like GME and CVNA, which are more likely to crash big if there is a recession. Having said all of that, it is probably a little late to make a play on this holiday season.

chrisco571

XRT looks like a pretty good buy to me, we just had a record setting holiday shopping season, S&P had an amazing year up 25% and fed is dropping rates, many retailers are still trading at record lows look at Nike for example. LULU earnings just crushed expectations. Personally I own Abercrombie and Estee Lauder, I think consumer is going to do very well in Q4 and into 2025, XRT lets you bet on the industry without needing to pick a winner. Not bad IMO. Sure buying SPY is safe, but its also boring and returns are limited.

Pullbee

Shorting both XRT and XLY?

formlessfighter

I'm betting on fed rate cut in December and a Xmas rally, but I agree that markets will struggle in 2025.  I'm targeting retail sector XRT, and consumer discretionary XLY to short.  Two reasons why - trump tariffs and also rising inflation tapping out consumers. 

manofjacks

Maybe don't write covered calls on retail stocks coming into the thanksgiving/christmas holidays as retail sales surge around this time due to black friday type of events. If you look at the XRT, it's been in consolidation mode all year until just the last week or so where its started to break out. Even if you look at AMZN this same time last year you can see it bottoms at $120 in November and closes out the year around $150. Granted this 2023 period was a different period than today as the fed reserve hinted rates were peaked out thus causing a rally in the overall indexes, but still you get the point.

CryptoScamee42069

GME investors don’t need copium, we’re set. XRT was one example. If you consider that peak copium you haven’t been around much.

holycarrots

That's peak copium. GME is a tiny part of XRT.

CryptoScamee42069

That’s because market makers knew we were tracking short interest and started using swaps to mask their activity through the basket/XRT. Most shorts never closed, just concealed.

holycarrots

Buy XRT then, not GME

Spirit_Panda

80%. XRT belongs here then Also *Checks top holdings* *EVGO, VSCO, GME, RVLV, ODP.......* I can see why it's shorted

Chogo82

Check out XRT short interest.

kaze_san

There is not much he will buy besides gamecock and chewy I guess. Dude is busy playing XRT like a damn fiddle 🤓

NavyDean

I think half of COSTs value comes from the shenanigans happening in XRT that the SEC just fined several hedgefunds over.

MrRubs69

Buckle up for a moment, and just breathe. worrying about the outcome of G\*E drove myself mad as well as a couple of others! When Moass didn’t happen in June I was so confused, even upset like the rest of you apes. I joined the movement in early May. Read 100s of hours of dd and here it was! I was telling my wife everyday, look I invested close too 100k in this, we rich af. Following kitty’s mold I held, so I thought. I watched my price sink as he laughed and cosplayed a hospital patient/psychward patient. I was both pissed and frustrated. How did this god, laugh off losing a billion when I was crying losing 30k as the stock went from 50 to 30 that day! Instead Of quitting, I got intrigued. I was so curious as he laughed off the billion. I jumped into every rabbit hole possible as that is what Kitty wanted me to do I believed. I learned not only about myself and my family through culture memes, I learned more about the financial market that I have my whole life. I came up with a theory that checks out. I know the XRT BASKET is variable amount deep. That variable can change either every two weeks or once a month. Each individual stock is like a straight pipe in Mario that leads to the xrt basket. There are several pipes from g\*e, koss, Siri, chewy that lead to the xrt basket river. This river then goes to the stock market. 1. When one of these pipes has the lid removed, it floods the xrt pipe causing everything to go wack. 2. The lid being removed allows all of the ftds to fall in. These ftds falling in the pipe is actually causes these runs. It was believed the ftds had to be settled in t35, but what I have seen is that is not the case. Both SIRI and a stock NLSP have had 100 of millions of ftds for months that keep growing but the price hasn’t moved or matched that action, what gives? Well through manipulation, griffin can move stocks to the right places over time because the ftds will NEVER flood his pipes. (Enter roaring kitty) 3. The plan is to over load one stock. By over loading one stock, the xrt pipe gets flooded. 4. When the pipe is flooded, they put all of the liquidity into fixing the flooded pipe! That leaves low liquidity for the remaining stocks! 5. But kitty has planned! His plan is to over run these stocks on dates that the lid gets removed from the pipe. For the month that the lid came off, the pipe is flooded with ftds due that day. This causes the price spikes. Then he puts these stocks in back to back months for more than a half year! 6. Once the lid gets removed, the ftds are allowed to be added to the count unmaniuplated. However once the lid gets on, the ftds are allowed to stack till the lid comes off. Things I have found make the lid come off, buy backs, dividends, and some stock splits. I have been pillaging through data. But I believe headphones stock, dog stock, and Sirius are the stocks he is utilizing hence when he always mentions there are four of them! The dates that all of the stocks run back to back to back months. It was koss in March & April, G\*e APRIL MAY, dog got June July, gme got aug sept, then sirious will get September october(nothing happens here because of a reverse merger), then G\*E gets November December, then sirious will finish out in February. I think the foundation was laid three years ago. I high key know our gme April run up started February of 2021. I know there is a lot of data for you guys too look at to understand, but I hope this helps put you on to a train of thought that can help people make some money! Good luck apes, stay safe! 💎 🙌

expliciitz

Calls on XRT and INTC

expliciitz

Bullish CPI will boost XRT ETF?

expliciitz

Weekly Calls on XRT today when it bottomed… bitch better pump

expliciitz

XRT fat V inbound!

expliciitz

Yeah, green all the way. My Dole puts are absolutely evaporated… My XRT puts, gone. I’m fucked…

expliciitz

XRT puts, anyone else?

expliciitz

Poots on XRT

kaze_san

i would recommend to put the charts for XRT, gamecock and chewy all together in one full chart view via tradingview. If you compare the charts for the two stocks, you can see that there is a pattern repeating itself for over 3 years now, with both of them moving in tandem most of the time but also a re-occuring pattern where both mirror the spikes of each other but in opposite direction (one goes down, one goes up). XRT also mirrors that but it's switching who is moving along with the XRT chart and who of them is moving in the opposite direction until they come back and start to move together again - until this repeats. gamecock should move up a little bit more, than have another (but smaller) drop, then come back again, have a big drop and then a kind of parabolic move up in the near future. i really recommend to have a look for yourself. i put them three up in one chart and set the it to "regular" within chart settings. you should be able to see it quite clearly, especially the occurence of said pattern between november 2022 and march 2023 is very good to recognize.

kaze_san

Nah - look at XRT - probably up to 24/25, then a bit down, then 28 something before down again.

kaze_san

Gamecock has its next cycle - just compare XRT, chewy and gamecock chart for the past 3 years. Like a clockwork. It will go up to a certain point now, has another drop, a bit more up again and then walk along with chewy in tandem for some time again. It's actually quite fascinating to see and I made quite some money of this in the past. It's also interesting because they switch which one of them both has its spikes alongs with XRT and who goes the opposite direction but mirror the spike(s) itself.

Professional_Ant6853

“XRT's journey must have been challenging with all the shorting.

Delo-k

XRT short interest, so GME

Minimum-Dig-4636

It sounds like XRT has faced a rough ride with shorting pressures since its IPO and It might be worth reassessing its potential or exploring alternatives with less volatility. what's your views about that?

Spooky_Mulder27

Probably tired of being in the XRT basket and shorted throughout their ipo journey

Floriss223

Wonder what the XRT ETF would have to do with this.

HyperiorV

It’s a good investment if GME and XRT moon.

TangerineHelpful8201

You could go with XRT, which is an ETF of retail stocks. XLY is consumer discretionary, but is mostly Amazon and Tesla. KMX for cars. DASH could make sense.

Shartmagedon

Hi Can someone please help me with these numbers: - XRT has 4.5 million shares outstanding  - It includes 1.68% Carvana  - XRT is shorted 280% How many Carvana shares are shorted via XRT?

lcl1qp1

For example, stock XRT is at $100. It's not very volatile. Let's say the $120 call expiring in 1 week has a delta of 0.1, because it's fairly unlikely to expire worthless. But the $120 call expiring in 6 months has a delta of 0.4. Compare that to the $100 call expiring in 1 week with a delta of 0.51, or the $100 call expiring in 6 months with a delta of 0.68. (Just making these numbers up, but I think they correlate.)

SkyFlyingBy13

It’s in the XRT ETF

GookieBadd

Unfamiliar with who they use for their extended service plan and their financing. But when I worked for a 3rd party affiliate with vroom their was a 2% mark up on every Loan and they had healthy margins on the extended service plan. That being said , I’ve always wondered how the financials could ever be sustainable (with vroom it wasn’t). The logistical cost of pick ups and deliveries always seemed to be a nightmare. The practices of acquiring cars was shady. Unsure if that has been re-examined after many states through red flags out there. And to touch on your point about used cars, lot time matters. Back in 2020 they were flipping that capital quickly because consumers didn’t have much options, the last 2-3 years I’m sure that “lot time” has greatly increased. CVNA is quite large in XRT, I’ve always speculated that has caused a lot of this price movement.

InjuryIndependent287

SHFs are FTD other securities by purchasing securities of other companies such as Carvana via SWAPS through XRT.

InjuryIndependent287

It’s called SWAPS. XRT shares are being used to short specific companies via SWAPS.

NoHalfPleasures

You know there’s a cat who’s made it his business to ass fuck shorts in top XRT holdings. Shorting this is a serious hazard. God speed.

pusgnihtekami

Good for cheap things (check XRT), not expensive robotaxis.

Delavan1185

TBH, probably all the XRT shorting is holding it down. The whole retail basket shorting has climbed and COST is part of that basket. Not surprising given labor market softening. Doesn't make much sense, though, to have COST and WMT in the same retail basket as random strip mall retailers - they really should short luxury or defensive separately.

Hyuuuhh

Well … I like Boot Barn. Coincidentally, on the same day RK posted the video with the 🇺🇸🎤 emojis there was also an article about Beyoncé’s album boosting sales at Boot Barn, which is a western and very “American” apparel company. It’s also the 5th largest holding in the XRT fund which is what I think the hidden ‘5’ in the cat/joker meme is referring to. Maybe the microphone emoji refers to Beyoncé. $BOOT baby

BenniBoom707

A lot going on with KOSS right now. It could very well squeeze hard due the low market cap and buy pressure. The census is that KOSS is tied to GME through Swaps. They use the ETF called XRT which currently is sitting at 400%+ SI. The theory here is they are using the other Stocks in the ETF to Swap for GME so they can continue to short the Stonk. KOSS is one of those, and one they believe has been used the most to Swap. Now since it has a very low Market cap and only 9 million shares on existence, we believe someone is buying the Float or potentially the entire company. This would lead to a Short Squeeze to a large degree, because if someone would lock the Float, and there are still millions of shares Short, there would be no where for the Shorts to exit. A Tin foil theory circulating is that DFV has purchased the entire company, as we know he had a 9 million and 1 thousand share holding of both CHWY & GME (both being in XRT with KOSS). He could easily sell some CHWY and buy the entire company even at current prices, but definitely at the $4-8 a share price when Volume really kicked off. Mind you this is a stock that trades 10-20k on average daily, and last week saw 50-70 million daily volumes. If next week, DFV or some large player reveals a hugs stake in the company, and the stock continued to trade after the Float being locked, it will prove that naked shorting is happening, and could get a lot more eyes on this. Which could also make the stock squeeze due to Shorts exiting their positions. On top of that, if they are no longer able to suppress GME by Swapping for KOSS, it could lead to another Squeeze on GME. Very bullish on the 2 companies right now. I own a lot of GME but considering on loading up on KOSS if a dip ever comes

Salty_Alternative499

I think XRT

TheUsualNoWorky

An ETF is a basket essentially but it's really a total return swap. Some party says let's short these in the basket - run that trade for me on these stonks. It just happens to be that a bunch of them in the swaps are also part of XRT and other retail businesses because greedy wall St types wanted to bankrupt retail when COVID hit and it made sense then until they fucked around so much that people found out and took the other side.

kyliecannoli

Just buy XLF for banks, XRT for fashion, JETS for airlines, EATS for restaurants

Neemzeh

Is it though? I keep seeing this being touted, but I haven't actually seen what basket they share. It isn't the XRT one and that is the one everyone is speculating they were using to short GME. [https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/xrt/holdings](https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/xrt/holdings) Would love to know.

yogaflame1337

XRT?

brownzuluKING

How can this comment get that many upvotes? Chewy finds itself in XRT short basket, not moved by retail at all

NoHalfPleasures

I loaded up with KSS calls a few weeks ago in the event this very thing transpired. Some XRT companies are oversold as a result of the ETF shorting and this one looks like a gem to me.

plzbereasonable

It's in that XRT fund which makes me wonder

Marbi_

:)) ehhhhhhhhh this is hilarious, but want to know whats more hilarious? XRT being shorted while holding most of the stocks that just spiked in the same time.

imRook

XRT holds chewy and gme. Chewy buys back stock, so shorting xrt gonna be harder now, which means gme goes up

Interesting-Cold5515

XRT