QQQ trade ideas
Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) ~ December 4H SwingNASDAQ:QQQ chart analysis/mapping.
QQQ ETF in consolidation phase after strong November rally.
Trading scenarios:
Further consolidation = descending trend-line (light blue) / multiple EMA confluence zone.
Continuation rally #1 = top range of Fib / ascending trend-line (green) confluence zone.
Shallow pullback #1 = 78.6% Fib / 200MA confluence zone.
Shallow pullback #2 = descending trend-line (white dotted)\
Deeper pullback #1 = gap fill / ascending trend-line (green) / Golden Pocket confluence zone.
Capitulation #1 = 50% Fib
Capitulation #2 = 38.2% Fib / gap fill / ascending trend-line (light blue) confluence zone.
Capitulation #3 = 23.6% Fib
QQQ Simple uncovered Call Option Example Here QQQ is shown on a 15-minute NASDAQ:QQQ chart. I have set up and executed a call option on QQQ.
This is a recap.
The first thing is to plan for the entry area. To do this I set a fixed range for the
volume profile for a couple of days before the trade. Since the trade was on Friday, December
1st, the volume profile began on Wednesday the 29th of November. While the volume profile
may seem complex to look at, I only paid attention to three values- the POC line representing
the price value of the highest amount of trades ( black line) the lower value of the high volume
area ( green line) and the highest value of the high volume area ( red line). The thesis is that
if a trade is taken at the green line with other confirmatory indications such as the fast hull
moving average reversing from a downtrend and the RSI testing the oversold area, that bullish
momentum will push the price to the POC line and perhaps higher if selling pressure from bear
trades do not grow to meet that challenge. The target is the upper line of the boundary of
the volume area while the strike price is the value closest to the POC line.
In this example, the strike price was 390 and the trade was for 10 call options for $ 0.49 each
for a total trade cost of $490. Although the calls expire on Monday December 4th, the trade
was closed when stock price hit the target. The total trade duration was about 2 hours and 10
minutes. The close had an option price of $1.86 yielding $1860 from the inital $490 placed
in the trade. The net profit of $ 1370 represents about $ 450 per hour for the time expended.
The risk with a 20% stop loss is about $100 which is 1% of a $10,000 account.
This is a very simple strategy that can be rinsed and repeated. It can be done with same day
approach or a longer expiration like 5-10 days depending on a trader's appetite for reward
relative to risk, time decay and uncertainties in the market relative to time.
$QQQ Buy Target 340NASDAQ:QQQ Buy Target 340
Buy Target 340…
I will be doing target projections all weekend... so let me know if there are any that you want to see... This allows me to see charts I may not have seen in a while...
This is not in in-depth analysis… this is pointing to where 5-year volatility shows as an excellent entry and over the years this has been one of my strongest tools….
This is, of course, off the top of the swing high so if we push higher then this will shift and I will update accordingly.
Canadian ETFs & Currency Hedging Attention, Canadians!
If you are Canadian or even an American who trades on the TSX, I want to bring some very interesting discoveries to your attention. If you read my last post on ETFs, those were all American-based. I was researching Canadian-based ETFs for a similar post, and I came across something absolutely interesting that I thought I would share here because it has significant advantages for Canadians, like myself, who actively trade US equities.
And what is this discovery, you ask? Well, it's the equally weighted ETFs of the S&P, NDX, and some stocks and crypto, of course! The best part? They are much cheaper than buying SPY or QQQ and much safer than holding UPRO or SPXL longer term because they are meant to be an investment mechanism, unlike UPRO and SPXL, which target speculative traders.
So let's get into it!
📈 TSX: QQEQ.F 📈
This is the equally weighted ETF, hedged for CAD, of the NASDAQ (Index: NDX, Futures: NQ1! But better known as QQQ). Currently, it is trading around $20.18 CAD. It's relatively new, hitting the market in May 2021, but it moves identically to QQQ (hence the equal weight). It is actually by the same company that manages QQQ (INVESCO).
You can see by the chart that it has pretty low volume at the moment:
But if we take a look at the gains on this vs QQQ, we will see that they are fairly comparable:
From our October low till now, QQQ did outperform slightly, but there is somewhat of an expected divergence in return relating to the effect of adjusting for currency.
The disadvantage is that volume is incredibly low on this, and I mean incredibly low. Looking at Yahoo Finance, on November 20th, only 400 shares were traded. On November 21st, 200 shares were traded, with no shares being traded between November 13 and November 15th. A little bizarre, but I am going to be trying it out because the gains are pretty identical to QQQ.
📈 TSX: EQL 📈
Another INVESCO treat, this has much better volume and is the equal weight of the S&P (AKA SPY) hedged in CAD. Also, very comparable performance:
Again, not precisely identical because of the effect of the currency exchange, but pretty good.
📈 TSX: TECH (or FANGMA) 📈
I chuckled at this name, FANGMA. Sounds like some kind of vampire thing. But I get it because the same goes for FAANG in general. This ticker has amazing volume and holds all the big-name tech. It comprises Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, and Apple.
This is another equally weighted portfolio meant for investors interested in tech. It moves like any tech stock, averaging about 2 to 3% moves in a day. US volatility from the comfort of the TSX, who would've thought?
📈 TSX: BA 📈
One thing that I learned from uh, doing this little research here is that, in addition to maple syrup, licentiousness, and politeness, Canadians seem to enjoy their tech and airplanes. I suppose my love of BA is a shared delusion amongst us Canucks because the CAD Hedged Boeing shares have great volume and are highly traded on the TSX:
Again, pretty on par with the actual BA stock, in fact, pretty close:
And all for just $38.52 a share!
There are some other, more boring ones like:
US Yields: TSX: RUBH
But the more impressive one is:
₿ TSX: BTCC.B ₿
You know how the Americans were getting all hot and bothered by that new BTC ETF that is in the works? Well, Canada already had it in February 2021 in the form of BTCC.B:
It was the first and I think still is the only one (until the US ones receive approval) released that physically holds BTC. Thus, when you buy this ETF, you are actually holding BTC, vs the current BTC strategy ETFs which don't actually hold BTC.
Again, pretty similar, and this is like-to-like (BTCC.B vs BTCCAD).
📈 TSX: NVDA (NVIDIA CDR CAD HEDGED 📈
Yup yup. NVDA! Yay!
All at a cost of $44.47 CAD 🤑. With identical gains:
[https://www.tradingview.com/x/730KOCQb/
Again, expect a bit of variance in the gains owning to the currency fluctuations, but for the most part, as it is CAD hedged, it is attempted with the best efforts to mitigate extreme variations in currency exchange rates.
🤔 So what exactly is a "currency-hedged" stock and how is it "hedged" exactly? 🤔
This is a fantastic question and in researching this article and talking about these stocks, I was like "huh… what does this even mean?" So, a bit more research later, let me attempt to explain!
Currency hedging is a strategy used to mitigate the risk of currency fluctuations when investing in foreign assets. Currency-hedged funds use derivatives called futures to lock in a set exchange rate between two currencies. This means that the changes in the exchange rate between the two currencies will not affect the value of the fund, and investors will only get the movements of the underlying stocks.
For example, let's consider a theoretical stock (Ticker XXX) that is listed on the NYSE and its equivalent which is CAD hedged on the TSX. XXX on the NYSE is not currency hedged, which means that the value of the stock will be affected by the fluctuations in the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Canadian dollar (or whatever currency it is hedged on). On the other hand, XXX CAD hedged on the TSX is currency hedged, which means that the value of the stock will not be affected by the fluctuations in the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Canadian dollar.
To achieve currency hedging, the fund manager will use something called “currency forwards”, which are essentially futures contracts on currencies. Currency forwards allow the fund manager to lock in a specific exchange rate on a future date, which eliminates the effect of fluctuating exchange rates.
This is done in addition to holding the actual stock. Thus, investing in currency-hedged tickers does indeed affect the underlying, as more demand for currency-hedged XXX will increase the fund manager’s or institutions holding of XXX and thus increase the value of XXX through basic supply and demand principles. This also creates the ability, for sophisticated investors and those who read my post on arbitrage and pairs trading, to take advantage of pricing inefficiencies between the currency-hedged version and the actual stock, wink wink, hint hint 😉.
So, what are the advantages of holding CAD-hedged ETFs of US equities? 💰❓
There are actually many. First and foremost, if you are like me and very risk-averse, these are, at the end of the day, meant as investment mechanisms. It's not like holding UPRO or TQQQ or SQQQ, where there is inherent decay, and the longer you hold, the worse it gets. If a trade goes against me on a major US index, I can just wipe my hands and be like “Forget it. I’m in it to win it. I got time!” and never sell until I finally am in profit. It’s kind of the purpose of them!
But there are some other pragmatic advantages that I don’t think many people think about or even consider, especially Canadians. These include:
🎯 Stability: Currency exchange rates can be volatile and can significantly impact the returns of foreign investments. A currency-hedged ETF aims to reduce or eliminate the impact of currency fluctuations on the investment, providing a more stable return in the investor's home currency.
🎯 Easier Performance Evaluation: Hedging currency risk can make it easier for investors to evaluate the actual performance of the underlying assets in their home currency without the interference of currency movements.
🎯 Risk Reduction: Currency movements can introduce an additional layer of volatility to an investment portfolio. By hedging currency risk, investors can potentially reduce the overall volatility of their portfolio.
So should you use these instruments over buying pure SPY, QQQ or whatever else? Well, it depends. It depends on what you want to do with it. For me, this works well. However, for some who like to gain a little extra somethin’ somethin’ on the side and sell options against their shares, it’s probably going to be better to stick with trading the actual, “ official ” instrument.
This is something that I used to like to do, but buying 500 shares of SPY or QQQ significantly ties up a lot of capital. For the same capital it would take me to buy 500 shares of SPY, I could buy over 8,226 shares of EQL:
Let’s say I invested at the start of the uptrend in that chart above. Investing in EQL (8,226 shares), my profit here would have been $19,166.58 (or 13,982.50 USD adjusted for the current exchange) vs 500 shares of SPY on the same move being $5,630 (or 7,717 CAD adjusted for the current exchange):
But you don’t even need to go that aggressive; you do 3,000 shares of EQL, and the profit still is on part of that of SPY at much less cost. So while selling options and such could be an advantage, it's not the only consideration that should be minded.
But at the end of the day, the decision as to whether or not it’s the right way for you is a personal question. As a personal anecdote, as far as the indices are concerned, this is the way to go if you’re Canadian. I still invest in some US companies that I am a die-hard fan of (such as GRMN, BA — which will be shifted to equal investment of CAD hedged and actual BA, because I do like selling options on BA — IRDM, MSFT). I can sell options on those stocks already to supplement those earnings or those downfalls. Selling options on indices at this point isn’t all that appealing, especially with the crazy market swings. But again, personal decisions one must make!
And those are my thoughts; hope you learned something!
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QQQ Daily 0dte Play 11/30/23Good Morning,
Here is a plan for November 30th for 0dte on the QQQ symbol.
Got the highs and lows highlighted :
We want to hit the long when the price breaks below 389.08
We want to go short when price breaks 392.10
As a rule of thumb, we want to procure 3 strikes away from ITM. So for longs we want to go for 391 calls , for puts we go 389 puts respectively based on criteria met above.
Soft profit target 30%.
If the market opens significantly higher / lower, the middle points of the boxes are adjusted targets for longs/shorts.
Happy Trading !
Yields falling, Tech Falling!Are we seeing a divergence in the market?
Interest rates & yields have cooled off significantly in recent trading sessions thus providing the perfect tailwinds for tch to continue higher.
Todays price action saw Tech make a new nominal high as yields were falling but ended up reversing lower. The fact that tech appears to be selling off under falling yields will certainly have to be monitored.
QQQ/SPY Ratio QQQ/SPY Ratio , growth vs. core equity markets, holding on weekly long term averages for the time being, will be worth watching in weeks/months ahead.
QQQ: Last week of november Doing my rounds on all the tickers haha.
Here are the levels for QQQ and what to watch.
Of course, I am bullish, there's just no other way but up ;-).
Safe trades!
qqqQQQ update looking at the Day, I have a weekly target marked also confluence with possible flag pole messured move if Price action holds key support.
WEEKLY BIAS FOR 11/27/23 - 12/2/23 DAILY BIAS FOR 11/27/2311/27/23 DAILY BIAS: BULLISH
Privious day LOW was wicked but the candle body did not close below the LOW. Previous day HIGH was not taken by wick or body.
Daily -FVG was not completely closed and CE of 4H +FVG respected. 393.07 is the short term target. This will close the gap and target the daily VI.
11/27/23 - 12/2/23 WEEKLY BIAS: BULLISH
Price Action is currently in a WEEKLY -FVG. Targeting 397.34 to close gap.
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New All Time Highs On Nasdaq😈Hello Traders,
My name is Philip and I am just an average stock and indices trader with over 4 years of trading experience💻
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➡️In today's video, I will analyse the Nasdaq for you🫡
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Keep your long term vision!
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Nasdaq Breakout - Heading for new HighsNASDAQ has been in a triangle consolidation during the rotation trade, breakout today increases probability to new highs with a target of 350 in QQQ
QQQ bulls vs bearsHere's a QQQ 6 month view of the bulls vs bears tug of war. In the past 6 months QQQ has been bullish for 2 months, bearish for 3 months and now a steep bullish reversal in November so far. Now that QQQ is hitting its YTD high today, the positioning setup has swung back in the bears favor, while bulls will keep trying to push QQQ higher. The market will run out of steam soon and there will be a pullback sooner than later. Until then, I expect the bulls to break its YTD high resistance temporarily and keep chasing QQQ to the moon, before a drop back down to reality.
I'm neither a bull or bear. I base my long or short observations on a risk : reward probability of positioning relative to extreme overbought or extreme oversold conditions. Starting today, now that QQQ is extremely overbought, I am posting QQQ as a short, that's all. It will take a few days for the short squeeze momentum to die down.
QQQ 6-month levels:
high = 388
fib50 = 364
low = 339
QQQ options data:
Exp Date Put/Call OI
2023-11-14 1.3942
2023-11-15 1.5967
2023-11-16 1.2773
2023-11-17 1.4869
2023-11-20 1.7913
2023-11-21 1.3943
2023-11-22 1.9927
2023-11-24 1.104
2023-11-27 3.095
2023-11-28 0
2023-12-01 1.1441
2023-12-08 1.2291
2023-12-15 1.702
2023-12-22 1.3033
2023-12-29 2.1385
2024-01-19 1.4726
2024-02-16 4.3575
2024-03-15 2.9284
2024-03-28 1.6141
2024-06-21 1.7381
2024-06-28 1.7177
2024-09-20 2.6355
2024-09-30 2.4466
2024-12-20 2.354
2025-01-17 1.9203
2025-06-20 1.6431
2025-12-19 2.725
2026-01-16 0.7724
2026-06-18 5.3892
Opening (IRA): QQQ March 15th 318 Short Put... for a 3.24 credit.
Comments: A starter position for 2024 Q1, targeting the shortest duration <16 delta put paying around 1% of the strike price in credit. Naturally, should IV pop (and price drop), I'll look to put on additional rungs in shorter duration.
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QQQ bounces off demand to attempt all-time-highsQQQ is looking to take the weekly timeframe resistance here on a rather overheated market in my opinion. I do believe we just might see all-time highs by next summer despite all the economic turmoil. The index is very close to the .886 fib level and has risen above the previously rejected weekly resistance. Zooming out, the RSI and volume are both on uptrends as investors look to be exiting safe havens and adding risk more regularly. I think 410$ is in the cards in 3-4 months.
$NASDAQ:QQQ correction is not quite over...NASDAQ:QQQ H4 Chart is finishing its fourth wave with an expanded triangle a complex correction that might be over to start seeking our fifth wave initialized in $341. However, still to validate this structure it needs to break $399 mark; otherwise our correction is not quite over and we will meet a B wave instead and possible breaking the lowest point of the triangle at $341. So we have to be cautious because triangle follow the pattern trend .
QQQ WEEKLY CHARTQQQ’s weekly chart analysis shows a bullish breakout from a cup and handle pattern, signaling a potential upward trend continuation. The MACD is on the cusp of a bullish crossover, aligning with increasing volumes for a positive outlook. Stay tuned for dynamic moves ahead.
Thursday QQQ 30 Min Price action - QQQ Day trading.Simple trend analysis using past data and most recent setup price points to map out a possibility for todays price movement.
These are fun to make and have and have a low chance of being absolutely spot on but, the past often rhymes and these price points will be respected as long as the coming JOBS data doesn't throw a wrench in our short term bullish movement.
Long at 384.00 Sell 50% of position at 387.00
Add to position at 385.50 Sell entire position at 387.23
Good luck and happy trading.
$QQQ TERMINAL 5TH WAVE RALLY INVOKEDNASDAQ:QQQ invalidated previous "HARAMI CROSS" reversal signal, given daily MACD rising above zero, with momentom remain overbought cruising on bullish tone might just give this bullish terminal 5th wave rally a litle push higher with measured objective sitting around $396/404 area.Now i wouldn't be too agressive going long ghere, ideally buy the market $377 for move towars $396/404 zone profit target, equal length risk reward $19 profit target thus i will leave stops at $358, i am not going to be greedy on this run up because it can potentially just end without much notice, which is why i'm leaving a tight stops.
bare in mind this is not a new bull trend!!! the whole rally is still within corrective cycle as you can see on the label; anything label abc or abcde are corrective
don't fall for it, going long is more of #FOMO trade which is why short term trades gotta make it very tight wwith stop loss in place
alternatively i will try to pick top and build up a core shorts near $396/404 zone via options, reason being i want to put my money on the table, something i can afford to lose!
