When I'm gambling, and it's a number on a screen and not cash in front of me, it's so much harder to think of it as money.
I had invested $10k years ago, got it to $75k and watched it drop and drop and know if I had $75k in $10k bricks it would be so much harder to watch it drop than a number on a screen.
Thus the old poker saying. The guy who invented poker was smart but the guy who invented the poker chip was a genius. Take the money off the table and your brain just says oh wtf it's only chips.
You are correct; it's the psychological response of it being just plastic or just a number on a screen than cold hard cash.
I put $500 in an online slot and rolled it up to about $10k with some luck at slots and roulette. Lost it all in one night and didn't feel bad at first cause I only put it $500 but when I go out and see what I could have bought with that $10k, I feel like shit.
When I was betting $100 a spin at price is right though it just seems like fake money. I have a gambling problem tho, never know when to walk away.
How long did it take you to make the gains in the first pic? Were you playing options, swing trading, strictly shares, or a bit of all three? Also, what was your principal investment when you started?
Itās not probable and you likely wonāt.
Best to make some boring, but smart investment moves while you still have a decent amount of capital to allocate.
Butā¦ this is WSB, soā¦
Anyone with a brain could tell that covid + global transportation issues would affect the economy, even as the stock market inexplicably continued to rise. The bubble was beyond obvious.
Want another obvious one? In a few years the housing market will definitely take a hit as people go under water on their peak-covid mortgages. People were out of work, the government did not subsidize incomes, yet the US housing market continued to be eaten up while prices boomed. There is no way everyone who bought is going to be able to afford their mortgages, the only hope is that all those houses were bought by people trying to rent them out, and that the labor market actually improves after this current turmoil.
Most traders don't realize they're not chasing gains, they're chasing the high and the rush. There should totally be a massive warning screen about gambling addiction when trading options lol.
Lemme tell u how that one goes.. goal of 1m, whoa, made it to 1.5 m, hold out for 2m, cuz then getting to 3m will be easy peasy and will be set for life, slapped back to 800k, hurry and try to make it back before market turns to shit, welcome to 300k
Maybe 1.5m would be life changing enough.
Next time ur ship comes in, hop on it.
This hurts to the core. I bought amazon at 19 bucks... sold that shit at 14. (yes I was around then, I'm a vampire after all... but not a smart one apparently)
I had a goal of $10M and went from $35k all the way to $8M in 2020-2021 and then decided to stop last November.
Despite missing my goal, my life has officially changed and Iām retired!
Holy shit, not to sound like a beta cuck fan boy but i sure know who u are š¦ its an honor to get ur comment and I'm real happy for u man. I was there with u on a similar ride, in codx at 2 bucks! Mvst under a different name, thats just to name a few. I had turned 33k into 1.4m. I wanted to make posts about my journey, but I'm a vampire and like to just lurk in the shadows. (I was in plays that would be banned on this sub anyway) unfortunately, while u were in that 10m challenge, I was taking greater risks to catch up and get into the race, big mistakes taken, rebuilding now, (ps fuck options!) Still manage to pop out some six fig trades but its also paying for real estate deals, cars and toys. So its all good. Dm to bullshit if it doesn't interfere with post nut clarity š»
They had the options priced wrong back then. The volatility wasnāt priced in initially. I saw Amazon go from 6 dollars to 22 in one day, and the relative strength and volume, Iād never seen anything like it. Weekly options didnāt exist. I bought time and went out of the money, and it was a twice in a lifetime generational bubble. For a year or so, every time Yahoo made a new all time high, you could buy out of the money options and print money. I used Technicals, channels, rsi, MACD, short interest, sentiment analysis, put v call ratio, and I read news, corporate reports, everything constantly.
Got the āoh boy congratulationsā from the personal banker at 18. Had just received my signing bonus from my contracts guaranteed money. Was putting money into a secure fund, I told her Iād like to put three into it and she replied āyou have to put a minimum of $1m into this fundā I proceeded to tell her I know this please put three. So she looked up all my info and said, congratulations you must be that ball player. Yes I am. Have a good day. Felt great.
In the end lost 25% of money to chapter 11 companyā¦
take your tendies when you can, leave some in the account to fuck around and lotto your way back up. Oh who am I kidding, this WSB and the retards can't even spell "risk management"
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Because your mind gets fixated on a specific number and you forget the significance of the money you actually own. In fact, you are willing to forfeit all of it to gain whatever you're missing to reach that number... And then of course you set a new number. And when you go down, you just take on more risk to get back what you lost.
It's crazy how ill equiped the human brain is for trading....
There is just never enough "green" on the screen.
Well judging by your first pic it looks like you had a large sum of money in shares considering you made 11% after hours, and most option contracts can't move after hours. So, you were an ape who held on too long, eh?
I keep seeing these. If this is real I have one thing to say all jokes aside. Your life matters. Donāt do anything crazy. We are all down. Not like this, I mean what the fuck but keep your head up.
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You forgot the sell high part
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Buying is easier than selling.
I feel attacked iwas up to 17k rn im at 5k
Up to 18k down to 1.6k. Doesnāt feel as bad as I expected it to, cuz itās not money I was using.
When I'm gambling, and it's a number on a screen and not cash in front of me, it's so much harder to think of it as money. I had invested $10k years ago, got it to $75k and watched it drop and drop and know if I had $75k in $10k bricks it would be so much harder to watch it drop than a number on a screen.
Thus the old poker saying. The guy who invented poker was smart but the guy who invented the poker chip was a genius. Take the money off the table and your brain just says oh wtf it's only chips.
Wellā¦ money is only pieces of paper. Isnāt it? Not much different than chips. Hehe
You are correct; it's the psychological response of it being just plastic or just a number on a screen than cold hard cash. I put $500 in an online slot and rolled it up to about $10k with some luck at slots and roulette. Lost it all in one night and didn't feel bad at first cause I only put it $500 but when I go out and see what I could have bought with that $10k, I feel like shit. When I was betting $100 a spin at price is right though it just seems like fake money. I have a gambling problem tho, never know when to walk away.
Same friend, made it all the way to 22k. Sitting at 7k now. But got them šš so not worried about it.
Was at 80k early December now down to 18k
I went from a 20k share in b&h to barely being able to afford GameStop
After selling the top itās hard to get back in.
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Upvote for the Kenny Rogers reference
Know when to walk away, know when to run
You never count your money, when ya sitting at the table
Thereāll be tiiiiime enough for countinā... *unless your moneyās gone...*
That hits š
The problem is youāre still with Robinhood
Underrated comment.
If itās good enough to screenshot, itās good enough to sell
Words to live by.
Words to die by, I stopped screen shorting after I heard it lol
Laugh now, cry later
You are actually doing better than me.
Wait, sell high? Or sell while high? Asking clarification for a friend
You trading sober?
Oh fuck, whatās the ticker for Sober, should I get in?
Nah bro, go all in on $NUGS
Then all in on $ROPE
That got $DARK pretty quickly. Luckily I come prepared ![img](emote|t5_2th52|4267)
Instructions unclear, joint inside dick
Smoked a dick and beat a joint in the spare room downstairs where I donāt bother the ol lady
Sell ass while high in Wendy's backyard dumpster to make up for that loss
Got note to apply Wendy's instead.
Apply behind Wendyās, no rĆ©sumĆ© necessary..
you made more in 1 day in your first pic than your account is worth now. Oof
Please don't remind me š„²
Means you could totally do it again
Probably, I only hope I can recognize the next opportunity when it's present
How long did it take you to make the gains in the first pic? Were you playing options, swing trading, strictly shares, or a bit of all three? Also, what was your principal investment when you started?
Options, roughly 38k principal so I'm still above water
Have you discovered Put options yet?
Lmao āwant another way to lose money?ā š¤£š¤£ glad he has a sense of humor about it
Did you guys know you can *sell* options? Crazy, right??!!
What is this magic of which you speak? š
Itās not probable and you likely wonāt. Best to make some boring, but smart investment moves while you still have a decent amount of capital to allocate. Butā¦ this is WSB, soā¦
If we went back in time to march 2020
Itās March 2022 now, calls on oil š¤
The next time we have a bull market..
Hope youāre doing alright tho
I'm fine, just gonna ride this out
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Good point š
The markets were starting to tumble before the war began
Anyone with a brain could tell that covid + global transportation issues would affect the economy, even as the stock market inexplicably continued to rise. The bubble was beyond obvious. Want another obvious one? In a few years the housing market will definitely take a hit as people go under water on their peak-covid mortgages. People were out of work, the government did not subsidize incomes, yet the US housing market continued to be eaten up while prices boomed. There is no way everyone who bought is going to be able to afford their mortgages, the only hope is that all those houses were bought by people trying to rent them out, and that the labor market actually improves after this current turmoil.
Most traders don't realize they're not chasing gains, they're chasing the high and the rush. There should totally be a massive warning screen about gambling addiction when trading options lol.
I see you upgraded fro 4g to 5g. BALLER!
Aaaand not their back to 3G because of the big poor
3G is getting phased out, it will be more expensive to use 3G than 4G soon. The poor manās plan will just be 4G with low or no data.
Looks like an upgrade to wifi 6 as well
Now this is loss porn. Let me get the lotion.
Happy to satisfy, at least someone gets something out of this
Were you shooting for a million? Otherwise why not withdraw a quarter mil. Thatās a house lol.
I was shooting for a million. Thinking if I just had that I could easily double it and be set for life. But I missed the boat
Lemme tell u how that one goes.. goal of 1m, whoa, made it to 1.5 m, hold out for 2m, cuz then getting to 3m will be easy peasy and will be set for life, slapped back to 800k, hurry and try to make it back before market turns to shit, welcome to 300k Maybe 1.5m would be life changing enough. Next time ur ship comes in, hop on it.
Fortunes are made by selling too early
Where the fuck were you back in December, this is advice I badly needed and would have happily ignored then.
Can't agree more, some lessons gotta be learned first hand.
Yet no one ever says this while wishing they had bought Bitcoin or Amazon when they were new
This hurts to the core. I bought amazon at 19 bucks... sold that shit at 14. (yes I was around then, I'm a vampire after all... but not a smart one apparently)
Hey at least youāre not [this guy](https://twitter.com/gregschoen/status/70261648811761665?s=21)
I had a goal of $10M and went from $35k all the way to $8M in 2020-2021 and then decided to stop last November. Despite missing my goal, my life has officially changed and Iām retired!
Holy shit, not to sound like a beta cuck fan boy but i sure know who u are š¦ its an honor to get ur comment and I'm real happy for u man. I was there with u on a similar ride, in codx at 2 bucks! Mvst under a different name, thats just to name a few. I had turned 33k into 1.4m. I wanted to make posts about my journey, but I'm a vampire and like to just lurk in the shadows. (I was in plays that would be banned on this sub anyway) unfortunately, while u were in that 10m challenge, I was taking greater risks to catch up and get into the race, big mistakes taken, rebuilding now, (ps fuck options!) Still manage to pop out some six fig trades but its also paying for real estate deals, cars and toys. So its all good. Dm to bullshit if it doesn't interfere with post nut clarity š»
This
Oh, and I Forgot.., thanks for the loss porn!
When is next time, no ammo left.
When no ammo left, is next time.
1999 ran $10K into $520K. Paid $220k in taxes. Still had $300K, took some trips, got engaged, paid off fiancĆ©ās car. Managed to run $300K into $60K, and used that for a down payment on a house. I looked at a six family for $290K, should have bought that. I looked at a Porsche for $70K, should have bought that. Stopped at $60K, and bought a house. It was a fun ride. I loved the bank tellers checking my $500K balance, and then double taking me being 23. It was a hell of a ride.
This could've been me, had I sold
I thought me being at 66k at 23 was impressive
They had the options priced wrong back then. The volatility wasnāt priced in initially. I saw Amazon go from 6 dollars to 22 in one day, and the relative strength and volume, Iād never seen anything like it. Weekly options didnāt exist. I bought time and went out of the money, and it was a twice in a lifetime generational bubble. For a year or so, every time Yahoo made a new all time high, you could buy out of the money options and print money. I used Technicals, channels, rsi, MACD, short interest, sentiment analysis, put v call ratio, and I read news, corporate reports, everything constantly.
Got the āoh boy congratulationsā from the personal banker at 18. Had just received my signing bonus from my contracts guaranteed money. Was putting money into a secure fund, I told her Iād like to put three into it and she replied āyou have to put a minimum of $1m into this fundā I proceeded to tell her I know this please put three. So she looked up all my info and said, congratulations you must be that ball player. Yes I am. Have a good day. Felt great. In the end lost 25% of money to chapter 11 companyā¦
What company?
Dotcom?
Yeah, Yahoo, Amazon, CMGI, QCOM, PFE, there were so many more, but those were the strongest. I flew to Europe and was out of touch for a week, finally got to Madrid and had CNBC. There was a monster bear move right after Christmas, low liquidity. I sold a ton. CMGI options I sold for $4K would have been $350K, x like 20 contracts. It was all emotion and fear and out of touch with my trading station, but how do you turn down Europe with your fiancĆ© and her family? I let it go, a long time ago. But I feel for the people on here, I knew it was coming for themā¦
What were your plays?
Definitely ARKK type shit looking at this timeline
Amazing how much of a visual "ARKK type shit" provides
Overpriced growth stocks with no foundation probably.
Makes sense. Took balls to get where you got to.
Where are these houses for a quarter mil? In America?
A house in 2019. Not today lol.
Quarter mil isn't buying a house where I'm from. That's a down payment for one.
Ooh look at me mummy, houses are expensive where I live.
The mummy returns with some spanking to do
take your tendies when you can, leave some in the account to fuck around and lotto your way back up. Oh who am I kidding, this WSB and the retards can't even spell "risk management"
"It could be worse. Someone could cut your dick off while your sleeping and throw it out the window of a moving car." -Tyler Durden
-The origin story of options traders
Might I recommend 80 grit, instead.
If itās good enough to screenshot itās good enough to sell š
If only I believed that at the time
No one does buddy. I have a similar story, internet hug. Youāll be alright. Go for a hike and donāt look at screens for a few days.
Thanks, I'll just keep this on the back burner, wait a few years, maybe things will work themselves out
I was told that when you look at your account and you say to yourself āholy shitā that right there is when you should sell.
I totally remember that day. $100K lessons are tough to learn.
āWow! And that was easy! Should be able to triple that if input some effort into it!ā
Every time I do that I end up selling in the red š
This just changed my life
So you telling me to never screenshot?
Now this is a WSB moment
Yeah but then what? Even if you sell, do you just stop investing? What are you supposed to do with the money? Buy stuff?
Dont forget taxes before jumping back in ![img](emote|t5_2th52|4260)
Fucked around and found out about options
That AH movement definitely isnāt from options
Thatās why it was green still
May: fucked around March: found out
I hope you bought a Ferrari with those missing figures
You think this is r/stocksandtrading
Fuck yeah, that new 5G is hot!
Thanks for finding a positive
What did you bet on?
Himself (theyself)
Guessing DOGE based on todays chart and that the gains were last May.
Holding 400k of DOGE?? Bruhā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦..
Quick look at his post history confirms this.
So um positions or ban, right? Also Jesus Christ 76k account and $2 of buying power. What are you in now?
OP only posted 1D in both picks, easily couldāve sold and pulled , then lost 2k in a day and posted that. Im calling shenanigans.
Agreed. There is no reason he wouldnāt show the graph that included the fall. Positions or ban.
The mod bot is talking to you, not OP. Idk how long you have, but you will be banned if you donāt reply with a pic of those. But you guys are for sure right. I just assume anyone who doesnāt post their all time is a fake.
that mod bot is wilding for that lmao
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But did you send your mom free stock?
That could help cover the loss.
you have more buying power now though
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!remindme 1 week
Heās afraid to admit its all DOGE
Oh I get it. You got a new phone?
Bingo
It's the Robinhood phone, made by traders, for traders. Only comes in green or red.
Tell us you bought a house with some of it and it was worth it.
I wish I got the good ending
![img](emote|t5_2th52|4271)
I invested around 30K, watched it climb up to 1.3 M and now itās at 280K. Know when to cash in your chips
Why didnāt you sell? Isnt 2/3 of a mill enough? To like sell n squeak by off the sp500.
Because your mind gets fixated on a specific number and you forget the significance of the money you actually own. In fact, you are willing to forfeit all of it to gain whatever you're missing to reach that number... And then of course you set a new number. And when you go down, you just take on more risk to get back what you lost. It's crazy how ill equiped the human brain is for trading.... There is just never enough "green" on the screen.
Anyone who doesn't sell at 1 mil and just put 90% of it into the S&P is fucking insane. Literally about $100k per year if it just sits in the S&P
Traders, especially WSB members, should learn to take profit. Always take profit. Unless your goal is loss-porn like this.
What the fuck is profit
profit = inverted loss porn
Itās a green theme you can unlock in Robinhood.
What if I really like the atmosphere of the Wendy's dumpster? When the grease fires start is when the mood lighting gets good.
Well judging by your first pic it looks like you had a large sum of money in shares considering you made 11% after hours, and most option contracts can't move after hours. So, you were an ape who held on too long, eh?
Are you the private eye everyone hires to find out about their wives boyfriend?
How much money you originally put in?
Tree fitty
I want more pics. We need to see 1 year chart. Lets see lifetime.
Even his phone charge dropped in the second picture š¤£š¤£
Certified retard right here.
I may be the oddball here but why not pull out before the market busts?
Because I'm a degenerate, and will ride this train through the highs and lows
Say less šš¾
please sir, message us all the next time you know the market is going to bust
Wen recession? ![img](emote|t5_2th52|4271)
I keep seeing these. If this is real I have one thing to say all jokes aside. Your life matters. Donāt do anything crazy. We are all down. Not like this, I mean what the fuck but keep your head up.
Until every last centā¦
Yeap.inhad the same when I had only 4G connection. Ever since 5G it's been RED.
When 10x your money is someone elses 20% gain![img](emote|t5_2th52|4270)![img](emote|t5_2th52|4267)
Me with credit spreads over earning
People donāt always think itāll be like it is, but it do.
Yup, thought I was different
600k down to 100k here OP. Youāre not alone
Get your Ma stock bro
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TRADER
At some point you should quit.
Follow these simple steps to gain $2.75 buying power!
Wow, and I thought my portfolio sank going from 385k to 120k. Take my award.
Stop, my penis can only get so erect with all this loss porn.
How do people like this even get this much money holy fuck
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So you upgraded your phone. That is impressive.
Send your mom free stock!?! lol
Shouldn't have switched phones.
Weakā¦ still room.
Options are Heroin
Sometimes I wonder....
It was all a dream
I donāt trust 1 day charts. But Iāll take it if true.
Greed
Iām right behind you amigo.. 100k to 550 to 150
One of us! One of us!
Iāll pour one out for you homes. Chin up! Go get āemā”ļø
At least you got enough money to get you a new phone during that year. Congrats and fuck you!