SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) Buy, Sell or Hold

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)

773.09

+4.04 (0.53%)

as of Oct 21, 2026, 8:00:00 pm Market Closed.

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PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Dec 21/11. Down 20.4%.) This was a straddle on S&P 500 ETF. This is a non-directional trade that goes up or down but you need the market to move more significantly than the $25 you paid for it. However, the Call is up and if you are holding it, you should sell the Call and just hold onto the Put until December.

TOP PICK

Bear Call Spread. Selling $140 September Calls and Buying the $145 September Calls. He is not bullish on the stock market. If the stock is below $140 come September, you get to keep the net credit of about $1.70. if the market does take off your risk is capped at $145.

TOP PICK

This is a market where he does not see sudden growth. Using covered calls in this kind of environment works pretty well. Wants to pick up 5% over 6 months plus point or two on dividends. Using covered calls on this one to get the upside. You do have currency risk but he doesn’t think that is a problem with the Canadian dollar where it is.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Dec 21/11. Down 21.40%.) This is a volatility trade, i.e., he is not looking at what direction the market is going but only that it is going to move more than $25 up or down from the $125 strike price. Currently a little under water but is good until Dec/12.

TOP PICK

A straddle on S&P 500 ETF. $133 is the strike price. You are Buying a Call and a Put. This is a volatility trade and you make money if the market goes up or down significantly from where it is now.

TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Oct 1/10. Up 10.53%.)A straddle on S&P 500 ETF. $124 is the strike price and 25 points is the cost and it goes out to December/12. Strictly a volatility trade. If the market goes up or down dramatically you will make money.

TOP PICK

SPDR S&P 500 ETF. Buy Sept $135 Calls and Buy Sept $135 puts. The total cost for the straddle should not exceed US $13.60 per share. Fed seems to have its hand under the market and supporting it. Something could blind side it giving a significant short lived sharp downturn. If the market goes one way or the other significantly between now and Sept, this straddle will make money. Look to get about 120% on one side of it. Doesn’t know which side first. Whichever side makes enough to cover the cost of the straddle, take it off and leave the other one on.

TOP PICK

Sell Dec 1/17 Calls @ $3.25 and Buy Dec 1/27 Calls @ $0.40. (Dec 1/27 Call is hedging your upside.) Not sure the S&P 500 has got much upside beyond $1170 and feels $1200 would be the highest. This Bear Call Spread will be profitable up to about $1190 on the S&P 500. Don't hold this to maturity!

BUY

Would look at HSD and HOD from Horizons, but they are short-term products (2X Leveraged). HUI is an inverse for the S&P 500, as an alternative.

COMMENT

S&P 500. The longer your time horizon, the better your opportunities. If you are a believer that the world economies will recover in 3 years, this one will recover. ETF’s give you the advantage of not having to study the individual securities that you have no choice in the weightings.

DON'T BUY

Gives exposure to the S&P 500 and it blankets both growth and value. He would rather tilt more towards S&P Growth. This is a point in the economic cycle where historically growth has outperformed value. He would rather do iShares S&P 500 Growth (IVW-N).

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Oct 11/06. Up 5.7%.) This one was using the trading range, buying at the lower end of a round $70 and selling at around $80. Has recently been buying around $75.

DON'T BUY

This is actually a large cap market cap index and most of the large caps that dominate the index are very overpriced according to his model. You are not buying a cheap index here.

TOP PICK

A pairs trade. A defensive theme. Go long US quality stocks (SPY-A) where money is coming back and go short emerging markets (EEM-A).

BUY

A US$ denominated version of the iShares S&P 500 (XSP-T) and a little cheaper than the Canadian version. (See the entry for XSP-T)

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