SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF NASDAQ

Last close $596.03 as of 21 Sep 2026

Avg call return: +2.2%; +1.0% vs. index
Scored calls: 68
Channels: 25
Win Rate: 68%
Side taken: 51Buy 17Sell

68 scored calls · 25 channels · first tracked 25 Apr 2026

SMH: tracked call record. Across the full tracked record, 68 of 68 published calls are scored, with an average call return of 2.20%. Scored calls were published from 25 Apr 2026 to 11 Sep 2026, measured from each entry price to its latest available close (price dates: 21 Sep 2026 to 21 Sep 2026). Average benchmark excess is 1.01 percentage points, based on 68 of the 68 scored calls only. Unscored calls are excluded from averages. Holding periods and price freshness vary. These are averages of directional call returns, not an investable portfolio return; fees, dividends and execution costs are not included.

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Last 12 months · 19 buying · 11 selling

01 The Traveling Trader Buy Calls 2 Return +8.3% Show calls
1. 19 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $560.92 Now $596.03 +6.3% vs. index +7.2%
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  I do obviously like a buy on chips at the 100 day moving average.
2. 02 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $540.53 Now $596.03 +10.3% vs. index +8.3%
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  I bought QQQ and I bought SMH as well.
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02 Equity Empire Buy Calls 2 Return +7.1% Show calls
1. 19 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 +7.1% vs. index +4.6%
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  I'm confident investors who buy the dip in semiconductor stocks going to be rewarded.
2. 19 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 +7.1% vs. index +4.6%
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  So, any weakness in the semiconductor stocks, memory names, or even the equipment makers can be confidently bought.
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03 MarketBeat Buy Calls 1 Return +6.4% Show calls
1. 21 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $560.42 Now $596.03 +6.4% vs. index +6.9%
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  then you have to buy the semiconductor stocks right now.
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04 Investing Simplified - Professor G Buy Calls 4 Return +5.9% Show calls
1. 22 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $560.42 Now $596.03 +6.4% vs. index +6.9%
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  SMH for semiconductors
2. 24 Jun 2026 Buy Entry $618.92 Now $596.03 −3.7% vs. index −7.6%
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  SMH AR TY or AIQ for AI
3. 11 May 2026 Buy Entry $576.31 Now $596.03 +3.4% vs. index +0.4%
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  Had you taken this strategy just 5 years ago and bought into SMH, which is the semiconductor ETF, just 5 years later today, you'd be up over 350%.
4. 25 Apr 2026 Buy Entry $506.44 Now $596.03 +17.7% vs. index +11.0%
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  So, I do like SMH and I do like DTCR.
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05 Chris Sain Buy Calls 5 Return +5.7% Show calls
1. 23 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $560.42 Now $596.03 +6.4% vs. index +6.9%
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  If you don't get no other one, please get this one. Okay? Ticker symbol SMH. This ain't shaking my head. This is the VanX Semiconductor ETF. ... if I had to pick three and only three, this would be one of them ones. That's how high I am on the importance of having SMH as part of your mix and as part of your wealth building journey. Okay, this is one that you need.
2. 20 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $562.65 Now $596.03 +5.9% vs. index +6.1%
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  Then you got SMH. I want everybody to have that ETF.
3. 18 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $569.77 Now $596.03 +4.6% vs. index +5.4%
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  Ticker symbol SMH. This ain't shaking my head. This is the VanX Semiconductor ETF. This one on the pricier side. Okay. Currently sitting at 566.98. Okay. It took a dive on today, meaning a sale. We love when stocks go on sale. And so I need you to understand when there's blood in the streets, it's time to eat. ... If you don't get no other one, please get this one. Okay?
4. 02 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $540.53 Now $596.03 +10.3% vs. index +8.3%
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  I need everybody to have that ETF. SMH.
5. 22 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $586.91 Now $596.03 +1.6% vs. index −0.4%
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  some of those ETFs would include SMH. Guys, write this down. SMH, QQQ, Drum. I call it DJ Drama, but DRAM, tick, ticker symbol D R A M. These are some great ETFs.
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06 Dica de Hoje Buy Calls 1 Return +5.1% Show calls
1. 05 Sep 2026 Buy Entry $567.01 Now $596.03 +5.1% vs. index +6.2%
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  se você tiver conta no exterior, é melhor você investir direto no ETF da Vianica, não nesse da Invest, que esse aqui a única coisa que ele faz é ganhar 0,30% para comprar cota do SMH, nada além disso, tá?
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07 Millionaires Investment Secrets Buy Calls 4 Return +4.8% Show calls
1. 18 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $569.77 Now $596.03 +4.6% vs. index +5.4%
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  I would hold the position and use broad industry pullbacks to accumulate rather than attempting to pick one winning company.
2. 13 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $589.12 Now $596.03 +1.2% vs. index +3.3%
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  For investors seeking diversified exposure to rising GPU, memory, and chip manufacturing demand, SMH offers the most balanced way to participate in the AI infrastructure boom.
3. 06 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $571.48 Now $596.03 +4.3% vs. index +5.2%
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  Number five on the list is Vanex Semiconductor ETF, ticker symbol SMH... It provides a partial diversified way to invest in the semiconductor industry's long-term expansion.
4. 03 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $545.46 Now $596.03 +9.3% vs. index +8.7%
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  The third opportunity is not an individual company. It is the VanEck Semiconductor ETF, ticker symbol SMH.
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08 Chip Stock Investor Buy Calls 1 Return +4.8% Show calls
1. 16 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $568.92 Now $596.03 +4.8% vs. index +3.3%
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  part of a diversified tech portfolio should include semiconductor companies, but also the actual end market companies as well. Not just software, but also companies that include software and infrastructure and other services like the hyperscalers.
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09 Bloomberg Television Buy Calls 3 Return +4.6% Show calls
1. 21 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $584.08 Now $596.03 +2.0% vs. index +0.3%
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  it actually provides a very good opportunity to buy into the sector
2. 19 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 +7.1% vs. index +4.6%
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  WITH THIS BE A BUY THE DIP SITUATION AS FAR AS THE U.S. CHIP IF AND WHEN WE GET THAT SORT OF REACTION? STEFAN: I THINK SO.
3. 16 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $568.92 Now $596.03 +4.8% vs. index +3.3%
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  We like it. We like semis, we like hardware, and the on a multitude -- multiyear basis, these are good position but we need to bear in mind that the super cycle in China's equity space is highly correlated with the global AI super cycle. ... For the longer-term basis, for example for GPU and chips come we think the fundamentals are extremely strong.
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10 CNBC Television Buy Sell Calls 8 Return +4.6% Show calls
1. 30 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $538.90 Now $596.03 +10.6% vs. index +7.9%
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  I think you can probably play semis to to get back another 10%.
2. 28 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $529.60 Now $596.03 +12.5% vs. index +9.7%
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  very comfortable with the chip trade because when you look at how these companies are performing uh they can't keep chips on the shelves and their earnings are proving it quarter after quarter. So if you see any correction in chips I think you have to go ahead and dollar cost average in because uh this is a long story. Um AI is proven in companies across the board that are going to be using this and and chips are how you're going to get there. So, I'd stay in this trade and continue to dollar cost average in
3. 20 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $558.83 Now $596.03 +6.7% vs. index +4.0%
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  I'm starting to wade into some of the infrastructure names and going, okay, maybe it's time to start putting my toe back in the water here
4. 17 Jul 2026 Sell Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 −7.1% vs. index −9.6%
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  THE LATEST SHIFT IS ONE OR CONTINUED AWAY FROM SOME OF THE PRIOR LEADERS, LIKE THE LIKE THE SEMIS.
5. 17 Jul 2026 Sell Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 −7.1% vs. index −9.6%
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  you sell those and buy the hyperscalers
6. 17 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 +7.1% vs. index +4.6%
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  sell hyperscalers to buy the chip stocks
7. 17 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 +7.1% vs. index +4.6%
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  sell software stocks to buy chip stocks
8. 17 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 +7.1% vs. index +4.6%
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  I think this will be perceived as a good buying opportunity.
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11 Fox Business Clips Buy Sell Calls 3 Return +4.0% Show calls
1. 21 Jul 2026 Sell Entry $584.08 Now $596.03 −2.0% vs. index −3.8%
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  WE SELL RALLIES IN SEMICONDUCTORS
2. 17 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 +7.1% vs. index +4.6%
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  which is going to continue the toned of investing in the memory and chip names in my opinion.
3. 17 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 +7.1% vs. index +4.6%
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  I ALWAYS LOVE AS MH AND IT IS PULLING BACK, BUT I LIKE TO BUY THE BREAKOUTS ABOVE THE DAILY CHARTS OF I'M LOOKING FOR THE STRONGEST ONES
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12 Leo Fittipaldi Buy Calls 1 Return +3.9% Show calls
1. 08 Sep 2026 Buy Entry $573.73 Now $596.03 +3.9% vs. index +4.4%
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  Vou colocar SMH aqui para diversificar um pouco do setor de semicondutores no momento atual.
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13 FinVid Buy Sell Calls 4 Return +3.7% Show calls
1. 03 Sep 2026 Buy Entry $552.60 Now $596.03 +7.9% vs. index +9.3%
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  your buy area on this SMH you say around 500 could be a good entry point.
2. 18 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 +7.1% vs. index +4.6%
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  good buying opportunity
3. 15 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $590.77 Now $596.03 +0.9% vs. index +0.0%
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  be a buyer of those dips
4. 15 Jul 2026 Sell Entry $590.77 Now $596.03 −0.9% vs. index −1.8%
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  had us pivot down our semi-exposure in the middle of June
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14 BWB - Business With Brian Buy Calls 1 Return +2.3% Show calls
1. 09 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $582.70 Now $596.03 +2.3% vs. index +3.8%
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  That's why it's my highest conviction growth holding here.
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15 Stockology Insider Buy Sell Calls 6 Return +1.9% Show calls
1. 06 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $571.48 Now $596.03 +4.3% vs. index +5.2%
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  I think you can probably play semis to to get back another 10% and that that's for traders out there.
2. 28 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $529.60 Now $596.03 +12.5% vs. index +9.7%
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  I think semis can get back into gear during earning season and uh reverse really this momentum rotation we've been playing uh since really like mid-June.
3. 25 Jul 2026 Sell Entry $561.19 Now $596.03 −6.2% vs. index −9.3%
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  I think you're going to continue to sell rallies in this space.
4. 20 Jul 2026 Sell Entry $558.83 Now $596.03 −6.7% vs. index −9.3%
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  one or continued away from some of the prior leaders like the like the semis.
5. 20 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $558.83 Now $596.03 +6.7% vs. index +4.0%
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  everybody was pretty much buying either SMH or Nvidia stock
6. 15 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $590.77 Now $596.03 +0.9% vs. index +0.0%
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  So, we would be buying any of those dips.
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16 Being Exponential with Luke Lango Buy Calls 6 Return +1.0% Show calls
1. 11 Sep 2026 Buy Entry $568.53 Now $596.03 +4.8% vs. index +5.2%
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  I like what I'm seeing in the charts out of whether it's socks or SMH or AIS or individual names like Marll or Qualcomm I like what I'm seeing I'm seeing technical evidence to suggest that the financial reality is making a rebound to match the fundamental reality, which gives me confidence in saying that these are rebounds that you want to be buying and that the AI trade is coming back to life.
2. 14 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $587.82 Now $596.03 +1.4% vs. index +3.3%
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  The best way to capture that is going to be the SMH or the SOX ETF, uh the the semiconductor ETFs.
3. 17 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 +7.1% vs. index +4.6%
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  This just again, this feels like a really good buy zone. It feels like we came down to the bottoming level. We're holding the bottoming level. We're holding the technical uptrend. We got good news on the horizon. We've got good news right now, too. And this is all feels like a great time to be buying. I think we're in the buy zone. I think this is the buy window. I think this is when you want to be buying AI infrastructure stocks.
4. 10 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $611.03 Now $596.03 −2.5% vs. index −3.3%
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  the pattern is buy when those semi stocks are down 10 to 15%.
5. 10 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $611.03 Now $596.03 −2.5% vs. index −3.3%
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  I think this is kind of a good place to be accumulating these AI infrastructure stocks.
6. 10 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $611.03 Now $596.03 −2.5% vs. index −3.3%
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  this is a great buying opportunity in AI infrastructure stocks.
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17 Ricky Gutierrez Buy Calls 1 Return +0.9% Show calls
1. 15 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $590.77 Now $596.03 +0.9% vs. index +0.0%
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  maybe you don't want to over complicate it and you just want to invest into an ETF that is focused on semiconductors that is where SMH comes in not SOXL this one's triple leverage so volatility is much greater with this but SMH again the reward also maybe might not be as dramatic or as significant but normally neither is the loss right so 14 to 15% still incredibly attractive.
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18 David Lin Buy Sell Calls 6 Return −2.3% Show calls
1. 10 Aug 2026 Sell Entry $569.41 Now $596.03 −4.7% vs. index −3.2%
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  I’d be selling into the semiconductors.
2. 06 Aug 2026 Buy Entry $571.48 Now $596.03 +4.3% vs. index +5.2%
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  if we got a buy mark buy signal in the stock market, I'm going to go buy semiconductors because they all pretty much move together.
3. 03 Aug 2026 Sell Entry $545.46 Now $596.03 −9.3% vs. index −9.8%
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  you know, I I would say that, you know, we are parabolically extended. We we had close to 90% move above the 200 day. The only other period in history that topped that was the dotcom bubble and it was 9%. Today we're we hit 22%. You know, if you're playing probabilities and you have that information, you know, I I would say that it's time to, you know, step outside the bounds and not have 22 or 26% in semis, especially when there's other sectors that are showing bottoming characteristics in terms of relative strength.
4. 29 Jul 2026 Sell Entry $504.22 Now $596.03 −18.2% vs. index −22.6%
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  We're short semiconductors, we're short the NDX and we're short the OEX.
5. 17 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 +7.1% vs. index +4.6%
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  So I am long the semis right here from today's down gap and I'm looking for upside.
6. 17 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $556.53 Now $596.03 +7.1% vs. index +4.6%
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  I actually started to go long some of the semis just for a bounce over the next week or so because they've corrected so much
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19 Mark Roussin, CPA Buy Calls 1 Return −2.5% Show calls
1. 11 Jul 2026 Buy Entry $611.03 Now $596.03 −2.5% vs. index −3.3%
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  I view it as a buying opportunity.
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20 tastylive Sell Calls 3 Return −3.9% Show calls
1. 09 Sep 2026 Sell Entry $574.29 Now $596.03 −3.8% vs. index −3.7%
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  I do have a short position on this.
2. 08 Sep 2026 Sell Entry $573.73 Now $596.03 −3.9% vs. index −3.3%
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  I did reenter SMH this morning and I've got a fairly tight stop on this. ... I've gone ahead and entered a small trade here in SMH on the short side once again with that price gap as a stop.
3. 08 Sep 2026 Sell Entry $573.73 Now $596.03 −3.9% vs. index −3.3%
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  I've re-entered an SMH January put position on SMH and I've also shorted small SMH position with a stop loss right there, 592
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21 Blue Cloud Trading Sell Calls 1 Return −4.6% Show calls
1. 05 Aug 2026 Sell Entry $569.70 Now $596.03 −4.6% vs. index −3.6%
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  SMH is still in a downward channel. No on that one.
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22 WOLF Financial Sell Calls 1 Return −5.9% Show calls
1. 20 Aug 2026 Sell Entry $562.65 Now $596.03 −5.9% vs. index −5.8%
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  If we rally up and get stuck below the five and then break below this anchor for instance, I would probably look to short there for at least, you know, a short-term trade, maybe even down towards that year-to- date anchor.
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23 The Creative Investor Sell Calls 1 Return −6.2% Show calls
1. 24 Jul 2026 Sell Entry $561.19 Now $596.03 −6.2% vs. index −9.3%
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  I don't think it makes a lot of sense to be investing in hyperscalers or AI stocks at this point.
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24 Brian Shannon Sell Calls 1 Return −9.3% Show calls
1. 01 Sep 2026 Sell Entry $545.22 Now $596.03 −9.3% vs. index −9.3%
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  I still have a core position short the SPY and the semiconductors as well
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25 TheStreet Sell Calls 1 Return −18.2% Show calls
1. 29 Jul 2026 Sell Entry $504.22 Now $596.03 −18.2% vs. index −22.6%
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  There may still be more downside in semiconductors as well.
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