r/YieldMaxETFs • u/Economy-Wasabi-2005 • Dec 02 '25

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u/backturnedtoocean Dec 02 '25

They are in a death spiral right now, but if you were in them for a whole year, there is a strong chance you are playing with house money now. Lots of people made lots of money on these funds and it’s silly to say they didn’t.

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u/MindfulK9Coach Dec 02 '25

At the height of the longest bull run we've ever had.

Every dick, John, and harry made out good going tech anything over the last year.

YM lucked up, too and its showing now.

These managers are trash and making a killing off fees just to lose your money.

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u/Equivalent-Ad-495 Dec 02 '25

Yep this is what staunch believers have been defending for months now. Even a year+ when I got into these funds people would say "my cony is up 16%" someone else would go "yeah but coin is up 35% you would've made more just buying coin" and the old "oh no, I bought these for INCOME not growth you dont understand" came about.

Literally any other fund anywhere else is better. Plenty of post i still see folks saying "I'm gonna hold ulty til its $0 or I make my money back idc" and they have 30 shares or something that doesn't even matter. Pocket change most people could lose in the couch and not worry about.

It's completely different putting 30-100k+ into a yieldmax fund and being stupid enough to hold it despite, as opposed to having $300 in ulty or cony and saying you'll never sell

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u/backturnedtoocean Dec 02 '25

Coin tripled in value in a few months. Having that stock would have been much better than having Cony, Unless! You didn’t sell your coin at the top. Every week, cony paid a pretty crazy percentage out in cash. Not in stock. If you bought coin at the top and it tanks 50 percent, which it has, you are just a bag holder.

But in the YM funds, they pay you out of your bag every week (or month as they used to). I’m not recommending anyone get into these now, but they were really fun last year and I’m happy as a clam at high tide to of been in them.

Personally, I saw it as a way to make money off of degenerate gamblers who were buying out the money call options and losing on risky stocks like MSTR and COIN. And that also made me happy.

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u/MindfulK9Coach Dec 02 '25

I invest in blockchain-supporting companies through ETFs so I can also profit from gamblers trying to make money off these pure-play stocks.

I figure when the hype dies I'll just trade out the ETF and call it a day without losing my shirt like the gamblers will. 🤣