IWM
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
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IWM top of range poots?

IWM mooning

yesterday:
STO IWM 3/27 240/230 PCS @1.15
STO QQQ 3/31 550/540 PCS @ 1.48

Before deciding what to do with the money I would ask you what are your short term and long term financial goals? Do you have a six month emergency fund in HYSA? Once those questions are answered and the least you probably should have for emergency fund is about 2000 a month (conservative l) and six months.
The market is in pull back mode right now and if it were me, I know we can not time the market but I have tiered in during pull backs. Butoib is pulling back even gold and silver and all indexes, SPY, QQQ, IWM and DIA are pulling back.
Watch SPY and next test is 671 then possibly 650, this is the level I would buy some portion of the 100000. If you hold it long term go in with at least one third.
I would used balanced funds from Vanguard you can look at their site and find an investment that lets you sleep at night without having to look at it.
If you so percentages, you are young and at your age you will not need money for a long time. Balance with some portion of bonds and some Gid but remember gold moved from 1500 an ounce to 5000.
2026 is expected to be a choppy year and that does not mean it will be terrible as it just depends if we go into recession as people lose jobs to AI. You could just dollar cost in overtime. Good luck.

## 📊 Market Snapshot - February 17
> **Sentiment:** Mixed Session
### 📈 Major Indices
| Index | Price | Change |
|:--- |:--- |:--- |
| **SPY** | $682.85 | +0.16% |
| **QQQ** | $601.3 | -0.10% |
| **IWM** | $263.04 | +0.03% |
| **VIX** | $27.3 | -3.57% |
---
### 🚀 Top Gainers
* **PLYX** $3.77 (56.43%)
* **ATOM** $5.82 (48.34%)
* **NCLH** $24.18 (12.54%)
* **ONDS** $9.91 (6.50%)
* **DKNG** $22.70 (4.34%)
### 📉 Top Losers
* **MU** $399.25 (-3.02%)
* **COMP** $10.09 (-3.07%)
* **ABTC** $1.10 (-3.10%)
* **PATH** $10.97 (-3.13%)
* **LUMN** $8.13 (-3.16%)
### 🔥 Volume Leaders
* **NCLH** $24.18 (12.54%)
* **WBD** $28.74 (2.69%)
### 🔥 High Short Interest
* **PLUG** $1.82 (-3.70%)
* **AMC** $1.26 (2.44%)
* **BBAI** $3.96 (-2.82%)
* **MARA** $7.55 (-4.61%)
* **WULF** $16.31 (0.28%)
---
💬 **What's your move for tomorrow?**
Any of these tickers on your watchlist, or are you sitting on cash? Let's hear the plays! ⬇️

It can go do it overnight. sometimes I see if it was filled in another asset, like IWM; sometimes that's the asset that caused the gap.

Quick skim of Original Dissemination Id 882767055 and it spans Chewy, GME, GEF, IEP, MSTR, PSKY, RCL, SIRI, U, VSCO, WBD, IWM, popcorn, BAC, BRKB, CRM, car stock, HAS, JEF, KSS, TGT, etc with UPI of 1 of the 4 largest usual suspects QZD7MJK0LF2J.

My average is around 84, because at the time my entry was at the major support level. I should have a stop order, so now the 84 become the major resistance level. Right now BTC can barely can surpass the current 72k, the next resistance is 76k. I am hoping I can get out around 83k for small lost. Crypto is not for the faint of heart. I should have just stick with SPY, QQQ and IWM, or even APPLE.

So AI is bad for large cap tech but small caps will somehow succeed? IWM crushing the Qs everyday

IWM calls obviously

IWM will drag this shit down.

IWM 240 eow

Literally fell off the wagon and was a drunk idiot last week so an IWM credit-spread got auto-liquidated by my broker cuz I was out of it and not paying attention. Thank God it didn't get past the long side.
Also, had an iron condor on SPY that expired Friday, came to and closed it, but the funny thing is that it actually would have expired worthless if I had left it.
Miraculously, only ended up down 113 dollars for the week.

**Positioning vibe:** Index options flow is skewed to put demand in QQQ + IWM, while SPY has meaningful call interest too → “range first, then expansion” setup.
**Darkpool:** Very large late prints clustered near SPY \~681.7 and QQQ \~600.7–601.9 (institutional volume showing up right on the tape).
**Catalysts** (next 7 days): Earnings include PANW, ADI, WMT, etc. These can move QQQ (tech) and broad risk appetite.
# Key levels & weekly playbook
# SPY (close ~681.75)
**Chart structure**
* Sharp drop then bounce; **681–686 is the current “decision shelf”** (recent lows + close area).
**Support**
* 681–680 (darkpool magnet; repeated big prints around 681.38–681.75)
* 675–676 (recent swing support zone)
**Resistance**
* 690–692 (recent breakdown / rebound pivot)
* 695–697 (prior local highs)
**Acceleration zones**
* Above 692: tends to open the door for a push toward 695–697 quickly
* Below 675: risk of a faster flush back into the mid/low 660s region
**Flow tells (last \~3 days)**
* Notable **call buying** up the chain (e.g., strikes mid-650s/660s) but also **heavy put activity** around 647–651 zone and large-delta puts higher strikes (hedging). Net: **two-way, range prone** until a level breaks.
# QQQ (close ~601.92)
**Chart structure**
* Volatile downswing then bounce; **600 is the line in the sand**.
**Support**
* 601–600 (darkpool cluster; many prints near 600.714 and 601.8–601.9)
* 597–595 (recent dip zone)
**Resistance**
* 610–611 (prior pivot + repeated flow interest)
* 616–620 (upper rebound zone)
**Acceleration zones**
* Above 611: odds increase of a momentum move into 616–620
* Below 595: downside can speed up quickly (positioning is put-heavy)
**Flow tells**
Very large **put premium** concentrated around **590/580** and **600/608** area → market is paying up for protection; rallies may be “sold into” unless price reclaims 610+ convincingly.
# IWM (close ~262.96)
**Chart structure**
* Choppy but stabilizing; **263–265 is the near-term pivot**.
**Support**
* 260 (multiple recent closes/opens around this level)
* 256–255 (where a lot of short-dated put flow is clustered)
**Resistance**
* 265 (major strike/flow focus; also a repeated pivot)
* 268–270 (recent rebound highs)
**Acceleration zones**
* Above 265: can squeeze into 268–270 fairly quickly
* Below 255: opens a faster move toward the low 250s/high 240s
**Flow tells**
* Biggest “whale-style” prints are **puts at 247–251 (Mar)** plus chunky **255 puts**; there’s also **call interest at 265**. Net: **defined range**, with **265 as the trigger** for upside continuation and **255** as the risk line.
# What I’d watch day-to-day (simple checklist)
* **SPY:** hold 681–680 on dips; reclaim 692 for bullish momentum week
* **QQQ:** defend 600; reclaim 610–611 to flip the tone
* **IWM:** hold 260; break/hold 265 to target 268–270

$IWM

If the images scale horribly in new reddit, replace www with old in the URL. So domain is old.reddit.com
My last 2 XRT, GME, and other stocks new swaps tracking posts:
* 2/15/2026 - [XRT, GME and 14 other new swaps tracking - 2/15/2026 update](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1r6kwcj/xrt_gme_and_14_other_new_swaps_tracking_2152026/)
* [1/31/2026](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1qtc3mb/xrt_gme_and_14_other_new_swaps_tracking_1312026/)
Last 2 swaps activity breakdown posts:
* 9/27/2025 - [GME, XRT, and 25 other swaps activity breakdown. Added 4 stocks.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1nsypy2/gme_xrt_and_25_other_swaps_activity_breakdown/)
* [9/20/2025](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1nn3re9/gme_xrt_and_21_other_swaps_activity_breakdown/)
What are swaps, big picture on ETFs, FTDs, settlement can kicking, ETF and FTD juggling, etc:
* VariousScenes [12/23/2025 post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1pu38lr/cycles_theory_revisiting_the_puzzle/)
* Counterspell_This [12/9/2025 post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1pileus/total_return_swaps_trs_deep_dive_dd_and_rceos/)
* samgungraven describing [swaps](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1cy1xv4/great_explanation_on_how_swaps_work_and_current/)
* Arcanis_Ender 12/8/2025 comment: Swaps allow the parties to effectively hide their positions from the public. Bullet swaps were famously used by Bill Hwang to blow up his family office Archegos Capital via margin call as well as the counterparty involved--Credit Suisse. Those bags passed on to UBS who was forced by their government to absorb them and their toxic liabilities. The swiss government opted to HIDE (seal) the swap data regarding Credit Suisse collapse for 50 years as well. Swaps are very hard to trace by their nature, but they allow parties to have hidden short positions from their structure without actively impacting the Short Interest % of a stock. This keeps the cost to borrow low, just like when a market maker abuses their creation/redemption privileges on an ETF to artificially inflate supply of a stock that would otherwise have low liquidity.
* HashtagYoMamma [11/14/2025 post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1owqv0b/reminder_youre_being_gaslit_the_price_makes_no/)
* Long-Setting [11/1/2025 post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1olv8ox/memorandum_for_the_record_due_diligence_report_on/) - Snippet: A total return swap (TRS) is a derivative contract where one party (e.g., a hedge fund) receives the total economic performance (gains/losses, dividends) of a reference asset (e.g., $GME shares) from a counterparty (e.g., a bank), in exchange for periodic payments based on a fixed/variable rate. Unlike direct short sales, TRS allow synthetic exposure without borrowing shares, evading "locate" requirements and enabling indefinite position recycling.
* LoPiano 9/23/2025 discussion on Newton's yellow/pink/red swap theory, see 15:50 mark: [youtube video](https://youtu.be/Ak-Xz8WpJ-A)
* TheUltimator5 [5/4/2025 post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1kex6om/how_interest_rates_affect_the_price_of_gme/)
Swaps data source:
* From the DTCC website. Example (change the date portion to retrieve other dates going back up to 2 years): [https://pddata.dtcc.com/ppd/api/report/cumulative/sec/SEC\_CUMULATIVE\_EQUITIES\_2025\_08\_30.zip](https://pddata.dtcc.com/ppd/api/report/cumulative/sec/SEC_CUMULATIVE_EQUITIES_2025_08_30.zip)
* Alternatively via Amazon domain, example: [https://kgc0418-tdw-data-0.s3.amazonaws.com/sec/eod/SEC\_CUMULATIVE\_EQUITIES\_2025\_08\_31.zip](https://kgc0418-tdw-data-0.s3.amazonaws.com/sec/eod/SEC_CUMULATIVE_EQUITIES_2025_08_31.zip)
* XRT's ISIN and RIC: US78464A7147 and XRT.P
* GME: US36467W1099 and GME.N
* For brevity, tracking: CHWY, GEF, IEP, MSTR, NTRS, PSKY, RCL, SIRI, U, VSCO, WBD, IBIT, IJH, ITOT, IWB, IWD, IWM, IWR, IWS, MDY, VB, VBR, VXF
Credit to many others wading through the swaps data. View their profile's posts and comments for helpful information!
* WhoLovesAvacados - see their profile's posts
* GMEPieMan via F-uPayMe - [8/20/2025 The Gamestop Saga Is Weird. The Data Is Even Stranger.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1nt385a/another_glitch_in_the_system/)
* TheUltimator5 - [2/21/2025 GME Bottom Finder and GME Swapinator](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1iv5kbp/the_gme_bottom_finder_has_been_reuploaded_to_tv/)
* WhatCanIMakeToday - [3/13/2025 GME Swaps Expirations By Date](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1jaimi8/gme_swaps_expirations_by_date/)
* alwayssadbuttruthful - [1/19/2025 4x posts](https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1i516sl/gamestopswapdd_part_4201_cfd_summations/)
* theorico
* IullotronBudC1_3

I wasn’t really saying to NOT use Robinhood. I was more just point in out that: timing the market is hard, timing the market WITH options is even harder, then timing the market WITH options ON Robinhood is even even harder.
I also use Robinhood, but I don’t get too butt hurt if I “miss out” on more money because I now I literally cannot sell the top or buy the bottom.
I had a sell order for a IWM Call for $1.95 one time, Citigroup put all of their sell orders in front of mine, sold them all, then it reversed without ever filling my order. Meaning, they literally would not let me sell the top.
They will put all their orders in front of yours if you are trying to sell the top and the exact same thing will happen if you try and buy the bottom.
I have heard Interactive Brokers is a good choice.

Veran, tengo mi cartera de inversion, que la cree con ahorros. Y tengo un fondo de emergencia de 2k en una wallet mi idea era que con esos 2k comprar SGOV, y me vaya generando intereses por lo menos.
Y la otra duda que tengo es, si vendo mi VTV, y compro 500usd o tal vez 1k de IWM para mas crecimiento. Tengo 27 años, y aunque no tengo un super trabajo, (agroindustria) tengo tal vez la suerte de trabajar con mi familia, y tengo ese respaldo por si pasa algo malo.
Que harian con esta cartera? la idea es dejarla minimo hasta 2030 y en lo posible para mi jubilacion
Tambien tengo la posibilidad de agregar 50-100 usd mensuales.
Tenia pensando tal vez vender lo de APLD, y comprar IONQ, para promediar mejor el precio
https://preview.redd.it/xbkud1nyyujg1.png?width=973&format=png&auto=webp&s=49d658ca73f7e6cfba783ba0d3737d5b4614627d

I recommend AVUV instead of IWM.

Do you mind if you can share your strategy, I’m also a 0dte trader on SPY/IWM