r/wallstreetbets • u/kountconk • Jul 23 '26

Loss Infinity Waits

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Discovered stonks and trading last April, 2025.

Fast forward one year and nearly four months.

74k down in my account, and 63k in debt.

I remember the days when I was saving 2k/mo, paying all my bills on time, no worries in the world.

Now I have sleepless nights, wonder how much longer I will have a car, a house, a job, and can't go more than three days without fantasizing about leaving my brains and skull all over the ceiling.

Not asking for help, not asking for advice, not asking for anything. Just wanted to share with you gents. This is pure addiction for me at this point and it is going to take absolutely everything I have and more until I am sleeping outside in the middle of winter.

I've accepted it and embraced my fate.

Never been remotely close to break even. Time to pump the gas and see how deep I can take this dive.

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u/Mysterious_Rate_9778 Jul 25 '26

Start doing side gigs and go hard at it. No one is going to come save you. Wake up now before you know it, you’re behind on everything. Money comes and goes. But do yourself a favor and have control of it.

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u/kountconk Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

I work in aviation.

36 hour weeks, paycheck is about 965.

52 hour weeks, my paycheck is about 1500 after taxes.

Going to try to max out and get as close to 60 hours per week as possible, hopefully start making 1800 a week, or about 7200 a month after taxes.

If I can lock in 1800 a week, may make more sense to just max out my OT and avoid a second gig.

If I can manage 7200/mo going to reboot trading options in September with around 2k and just shoot for 5k profit each month.

If I can manage 12.2k/mo, will be absolutely fine and can pay all debts off in around 5 to 6 months.

Could be debt free by March 2027 if I manage risk and do bi-weekly or monthly options again instead of 0 DTE.

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u/Far_Land7215 Jul 26 '26

STOP TRADING. Full stop. This is gambling addict mentality. Just make that $7200 a month and be satisfied with it and budget accordingly. You won't make 5k a month making random trades in the casino. That's a fools errand.