As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on October 8, 2026.
Please OP set taxes aside and put the rest in SPY, im tired of seeing these 6 figure "I lost everything" posts
A trader turned $40,000 into $660,000 on SPY 0DTE options in two months and admits outright it is gambling. The top comment: set aside the tax bill before the next trade takes it back.
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Retail traders are piling into Microsoft with 1,367 comments, yet the mood there is bearish, with bullish sentiment going to Alphabet and the broad S&P 500 fund. Nvidia is the notable absence, souring fast after months as the crowd favorite.
AI chips own the board again: 301 comments on AMD lead the day, with Nvidia heating up fast right behind it. Index traders are bullish on individual chipmakers while souring fast on the Nasdaq tracker.
GOOGLsouring fast
Retail traders are split on the broad market even as it draws 278 comments, the most of any name today, while Tesla, McDonald's, MicroStrategy and SPCX all pull bullish chatter. Sentiment on Google is souring fast.
Nike drew the most comments of anyone today and the mood there is bearish after its job cuts and weak sales outlook, while Alphabet's 566 comments show traders split on its EU fine. Retail is leaning bullish on the broad market and turning cold on Microsoft.
Put half in an index fund as insurance, the other half in individual names you have actually done the homework on. Cramer's case is that an S&P 500 fund gives you 8% to 10% a year and mediocrity alongside the winners, which is why he says it will not make you rich on its own.
No single obsession today: retail traders are arguing over Morgan Stanley, AMD and SPY, piling on McDonald's with 285 comments of complaints, and warming to Chevron. The quieter tell is the rotation, with QQQ chatter heating up fast while Broadcom talk sours.
Rivian is drawing more heat than anything else on the board with 716 comments, and the mood there is bearish. Meta is the one traders are warming to fast, while the broad market ETF is going the other way.
Meta drew 408 comments today and the crowd still cannot agree on it, with Nvidia just as divided while the S&P 500 ETF stays the one clear bullish call. AMD is heating up in the chatter and Rocket Lab is souring fast.
As of Jun 30, 2026 · disclosed Aug 14, 2026 · ~45 days stale — may not reflect current positions.
Two Sigma's Q2 book, disclosed as of June 30, shows the quant's bullish call exposure on the S&P 500 ETF more than four times larger than a quarter earlier. Western Digital sits atop the long side at roughly 1.1% of the portfolio, ahead of Nvidia and Apple.
As of Jun 30, 2026 · disclosed Aug 14, 2026 · ~45 days stale — may not reflect current positions.
Howard Marks' Oaktree ended June with the S&P 500 ETF as its largest disclosed position at 14% of the portfolio, ahead of QQQ. The same filing shows new stakes in Uber, Alibaba and Cloudflare alongside full exits from Coinbase, Block and Strategy, a clean rotation out of crypto-levered names.