IWM
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
stock NYSE ETF

going in on IWM. call me lame... going to sell options around it of course

Look, I get it. We want to relate everything to macro fears if we can.
This is not a macro/rate fears move though because I can link this to exactly where it began (and really that would be Broadcom earnings with memory just pouring gas on the fire), and rates were going down initially then, plus IWM is holding up well.
This, believe it or not, is probably at least the 3rd time the Nasdaq has pitched a fit with it at least starting out not being US macro fundamental based fears in the past few years. Maybe macro pours gas on the fire again, who knows, the last time was EXTREMELY tricky because it looked like the Dow/IWM was going to hide tech falling flat perfectly for a good LONG while.

Not quite sure what you mean "on the way down to this level" . It's still up 18% ytd, and only down 2% this last month, and 3.26% from it's all time high. The IWM had three things going for it. Low PE and projected lower interest rates and projected lower inflation. There is a risk to that now. I'm surprised that it hasn't dumped, if that's what your point is.

- ages back with lack of information, it took some years. Nowadays with internet, google, youtube, AI, all information is there, real time market data available. If you want it, you can do it. People telling you it takes years are stubborn people who kept losing by sticking to their same plan, who threw a lot of money when they started and expecting to make money (especially people who got saving and years of work experience or in life, thinking they were intelligent)
- if you start now, use AI e.g. claude or chagpt, make a trading plan/strategy, ask questions, drill down and learn based on your circumstances, starting money etc. Google videos only on these topics and watch
- get TradingView, pay for real time data, you can buy yearly membership on black friday
- practice for 2-3 months, double a small account of $200-300 consistently. Do it a few times by taking 1-2 trades a day. It will take a few months. Then, use money you can afford to lose to start with a real account and feel the real emotions.
- you need a good reason why you want to trade, you will lose money, showing up daily is what makes a difference
- I day trade options on ETFs like SPY, QQQ, IWM, once a day, you can see my posts on this sub reddit. I have been posting for 12 weeks growing a small account. I am taking a small break as I am working on some personal alerts.

And IWM is doing just fine.

What's been interesting to see is SPY and IWM both holding up very well

The Russell 2000 ETF is $IWM. And that $WCEO is not beating it.
Which means it isn't beating the market or to say it another way is under performing.
You can dislike this fact. I dislike this fact. But, reality is reality.

Low beta breaking out vs high beta does tho.
Look, I'm just completely jaded from the past couple years. I think this Dow/IWM outperformance deal is going to fail to hold up yet again, as usual.
In fact, I think there's already been signs of a slow turn to boot too.

You still didn't tell me your DTEs for your money losing IWM puts yet. Did they expire on Friday? If not, how much are you down?
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well i own KRE which is the regional bank ETF most of IWM are components

How does IWM literally NEVER move down. I cant fathom it. Can anyone even name ONE company in the Russell 2000? There is zero bull catalyst for that index yet all it does is go up an inordinate amount on no news and never go down.

I took the road less traveled by (IWM). That is going to make all the difference (at open)

I'm 57 and besides the individual stocks I have and change around from time to time, ETF wise are JEPI, JEPQ, RSP (S&P 500 equal weight), IWM (small caps), and SCHD in taxable account. My favorite dividend stocks are JEPI, JEPQ, SCHD, AGNC, and O. The plan is to be at least 80% in JEPI/JEPQ in retirement and 20% growth like RSP, SPY, etc. Bad economy might be 90% income and 10% growth, but under normal circumstances 80%/20%. I have been maxing my Roth for around 7 years now and also maxing my 401K and started an HSA.

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There is a CFD on Russell 2000, it's ticker IWM. You can trade CFD version as an EU retail trader, but not the underlying US ETF.
If you can't see it you probably need to enable trading permissions for CFDs.

IWM 330 would be more possible than...

I have been investing for over 50 years. It took me a very long time to figure out that I did not make any money on short term trades. I made money on tons of small trades just to lose it on a couple of huge losses. What a waste of time. Day trading feels like gambling to me. The big money that allowed me to be able to invest in retirement came by adding money to a 401k and leaving it alone.
Today, I invest my retirement money in index etfs. They are safe long term and I can trade them like stocks.
My philosophy is pretty simple. I watch the index funds and buy and sell them according to what I know about each fund, how they work, where they are, compared to other funds, and what is going on in the world. If it feels like gambling, I do not do it. I take joy in using my experiecne and knowledge to make decisions. If a fund is going up, I am slow to sell. If it is going down, I am slow to buy. I am looking for big moves, not nickle and diming it. I watch and compare the charts every day, but I do not need to spend the whole day on it. Thinkl big, not small.
Today, I have a core of my money in the S&P (SPY). I am also fairly heavily invested in tech, especially Semi Conductors (SOXX) because of the AI boom. I balance my investments according to my tolerance for risk. I stay away from energy because it is driven by gas prices and I never know where it is going. The energy index was up recently because of the problems in the middle east. I knew for sure that the index would drop as soon as the problem was resolved and gas prices went down. I have some in the finance sector because it should do better when the economy gets more stable. I have not invested in international for a long time even though the "experts" tell us that we should. I have some in small cap (IWM) as a diversification).
Warren Buffet said that the stock market is a vehicle that transfers wealth from the impatient to the patient. I tell my kids to build up their imoney making power by consistenly saving and adding to your investments. When your wife says she wants to spend it on a new couch, tell her no.