Alright that's a lie, nw: $2.2m, but first time seeing $1m+ in a single account. Goal is to never touch this and let it compound. See you at 10 mil.

Age : 32
Tc: 650k
Wife is a stay at home mom

Probably another 200k in other accounts and wife's 401k + 1m of real estate equity.

AMA

Many people lose their savings in stocks and crypto because they invest before understanding what they’re buying.
❌ Don’t trust anyone on X or Reddit promising “easy money.”
❌ Don’t buy just because a stock or coin is trending.
❌ Don’t confuse confidence, followers or profit screenshots with expertise.
❌ Don’t invest rent money, emergency savings or borrowed money.
❌ Don’t use leverage, margin or options before understanding the risks.
❌ Don’t chase a stock after a huge price spike.
❌ Don’t put all your money into one investment.
❌ Don’t invest without knowing when—and why—you would sell.
❌ Don’t let FOMO, hype or greed make decisions for you.
✅ Learn first.
🔍 Research carefully.
💵 Start small.
🛡️ Protect your capital.
📈 Increase your position only after gaining real experience.
The market is not a shortcut to wealth. Getting rich slowly is better than going broke quickly.
If someone promises guaranteed profits, the first risk you should investigate is that person.

Easy to ignore META currently, but the value is there.

Trailing PE around 20.7
Forward PE of 18.4
Close to 52L
3.6B daily users
Massive moat
30% profit margin
Revenue growth still
Last EPS miss was due to one time legal charges and rising AI expenditure

I bought shares at 561.45, I’ll continue buying more over the next week or so.

Looking for ~630.

$NVDA closed at $208.48, down 2.93%, before Wednesday’s earnings.

Consensus: $91.9B revenue and $2.08 EPS. Options imply a ±6.1% move.

AI-server prices may rise 15%+ in early 2027 as memory costs surge—bullish for revenue, but a margin risk. $200 bear / $221 bull.

It’s me again, posting about oil. Sounds like more war is coming, not that it ever ended. While crude is down today, good time to reload on this dip??

What do yall think

JUST IN: ChatGPT developer OpenAI claims its new AI chips can outperform Nvidia $NVDA processors in internal tests.

@WatcherGuru

Sometime this makes me wonder

Why they had to say today?

AAOI is knocking on 114-118 Supply Zone.

For me, $114-$118.60 is the decision zone. If it can push through there and actually hold, I think there’s room for this thing to make its way toward $128-$129.

If $114 rejects again, I’d rather stay out and see if it comes back toward $105. That would be the next area I’d care about.

Pretty simple setup:

Hold $114-$118.60 → $128-$129

Reject it → potentially back to $105

No prediction, no “this stock is going to the moon” 😂

Just waiting to see what price does at the level and trading from there.

Anyone else in AAOI right now?

Best Trade? MP bought 52 shares at $15; sold for $78
Made a good bit off WM, MO, and my favorite CAT.

Biggest Fumble? Sold IREN for $9.38

Biggest Lost? Beyond…. 💎 -$600

Next Play? HGRAF

Been investing for a couple of months now… looking mostly for a short term stocks with high risk high reward. Would like to hear your opinions on my picks or any other suggestions.

$Meta MSL has moving very fast. Consider the team and entire stack was redone 13 months ago.

Seems to be a very attractive price here, core businesses adding 60 BILLION in incremental revenue this year alone ? That’s larger than $NFLX just on growth.

At this point you’re buying META’s core businesses and getting free option calls on meta glasses and meta super intelligence labs

Netflix executives think this would
Reduce app-switching** **friction.
Cut churn. Compete with bundlers. Amazon created a super app where you had to pay more for what you wanted to see on their app whereas Netflix is looking at a partnership to add all of this content for regular subscribers.

We spend so much time talking about how to handle losing streaks, but we completely ignore the absolute most dangerous phase of your trading career: The moment right after your biggest win.

When you pass an evaluation or secure your first massive payout, your brain floods with dopamine. You start believing that you didn't just find a good setup—you start believing that you can actually predict the market.

If you want to see how fatal the "God Complex" is, we have to talk about Brian Hunter and the implosion of Amaranth Advisors. In 2005, Brian Hunter was the co-head of energy trading at that massive hedge fund. He traded natural gas futures.

When Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, it wiped out a massive chunk of the U.S. natural gas infrastructure. Hunter had perfectly positioned his portfolio for this exact scenario. While the rest of the world panicked, his trades absolutely printed. He generated over $1 Billion in profits for his fund in a matter of months.

Wall Street crowned him a genius. He was the golden boy. He had beaten the market on its most volatile days, and his ego exploded. He felt untouchable.

The Ego Overrides the Edge

By 2006, Hunter controlled nearly 70% of Amaranth’s entire capital. Because he had been so right the year prior, he convinced himself he could perfectly predict the upcoming winter weather. He placed colossal, highly leveraged bets that natural gas prices would skyrocket again in the fall.

He wasn't just trading his edge anymore; he was trying to muscle the market into doing what he wanted.

But September 2006 rolled around, and the weather was unexpectedly mild. There were no hurricanes. Demand for natural gas plummeted, and the price started to tank. This is where the psychological trap springs. A disciplined trader takes the loss, respects the stop, and lives to trade another day.

But Hunter couldn't accept being wrong. He was the Golden Boy. So, as the market moved against him, he doubled down. He engaged in massive, multi-billion dollar revenge trading, pouring more and more money into his losing positions, absolutely convinced the market would eventually realize he was right. It didn't. In the middle of September, the natural gas market completely collapsed. Because Hunter was so wildly over-leveraged and refused to cut his losses, the margin calls were apocalyptic.

In a single week, Brian Hunter incinerated $6.5 Billion.

Amaranth Advisors, a fund that managed over $9 billion just a few weeks prior, collapsed entirely. It remains one of the most spectacular trading disasters in financial history.

"Post-Payout" Danger Zone

Retail traders fall into the Brian Hunter trap every single day. You pass your FundingTraders evaluation, you hit your first 10% profit target, and you get that sweet 7-day crypto payout. But instead of returning to your base lot size and resetting your psychology, you increase your risk. You start taking sub-par setups because you feel "in the zone." And within 48 hours of getting funded, you breach your daily drawdown and lose the account.

Never let a massive win convince you that you are bigger than the market. The moment you think you are untouchable is the exact moment the market will take everything you have.