Date: November 11th, 2026 1:54 PM Author: Historical American
I lost money on INTC, SNDK, and MU before mistiming my SQQQ short. My biggest performer was AMD. Net I broke even after being up a lot then down a lot.
Needless to say I learned some important lessons.
1. Sell at the top. Markets don't just go up forever in a line. Cash out when you maek it. If you miss some gains it's better than holding the bag for too long.
2. There isn't always a good move on the board at a given time. Sometimes doing nothing is your best choice. Cash is trash except when the sky is falling and you're not exactly sure about how to time your short. You can't expect to always make a big jump after big jump so don't do anything if it's not obvious.
3. Buy and hold only works when you get in on the ground floor. If you're early to the party you can watch it fluctuate after a big gain. If you show up late to the party, you gotta watch it like a hawk. If it looks dicey, pull out right away.
4. The power of compounding interest is real. Be fearful when you're at the top of the the market. It's okay to lower your risk and be defensive. If I had cashed out at the top and lowered my risk I would have more money today. Then I could have bought back in after a crash.
I'm gonna cum back to this list in the future to remind myself of these new rules for life.
Date: November 11th, 2026 2:06 PM Author: Historical American
It means that if you strive harder to never lose money, you have more money to make money on in the future. If you take less risk and your exposure is less, you have less potential to lose. It's a cautionary tale.
At worst I am the exact same investor as Tommy T. But I make the same boneheaded decisions with a fraction of the investor experience. I should be on my way to better decisions going forward!
Date: November 11th, 2026 2:12 PM Author: AZNgirl last girl on Earth not sexed Jensen Huang
nigga just dont sell, hold forever, market always goes up
if worried a stock wont then just buy index even for chips cld buy SOXX instead of nvda etc
im retarded getting scared during iran war and selling what shit i had left like i sold 200k plus of QQQ and more of SPY
shld just hold everything, furk this shitim holding for at least end of 2027 and will inshallah wait for QQQ 1000
i just need one moon like iran war where QQQ did 33% from its bottom and chips did 100-200%. ill make 300k+ if this happens and get 1.5-1.6m NW and then furk it
Date: November 11th, 2026 2:23 PM Author: AZNgirl last girl on Earth not sexed Jensen Huang
im dogshit dood, ljl im so retarded i cant even believe it i shld have just put 90% in SPY in 2000 and id have like 2m now instead maybe today i get back to 1.2
Date: November 11th, 2026 2:24 PM Author: Historical American
I'm just like you. I'm trying to beat the system but can't. We're birds of a feather. The main difference between us is that I have lost less money than you on shorts. But only by a little bit. I appreciate you, you are my investing guru.
Date: November 11th, 2026 2:43 PM Author: Nazca Redlines
The only 2 rules pretty much anyone needs for the stock market are:
1. Buy as much VOO you can, as early and often as you can, in tax advantaged accounts as much as possible
2. Just hold for as long as you can. You can't time the market.
This eliminates stress about how the market is doing and will leave you better off than 90% of active traders. Of that 10% who do better, most just got lucky, no different than winning at roulette.
Date: November 11th, 2026 6:40 PM Author: Nazca Redlines
The point isn't to "do better" than anyone, let alone everyone. Who cares? The point is to maximize my value, with the added benefit of minimizing my stress.
Date: November 11th, 2026 2:59 PM Author: Charles Tyrwhitt Dad
The entire financial advisory industry exists to discourage people from buying VOO and holding it until retirement. When, in fact, people should just buy VOO and hold it till retirement.
Date: November 11th, 2026 3:03 PM Author: animeboi (.)
Congress passed a law that the default inevstment in a 401K should be an S&P fund and many more people are just default investing their 401K than going to financial advisors. (And most financial advisors just people them into an S&P-like fund + bonds and take a cut).
Date: November 11th, 2026 2:49 PM Author: Boltzmann Penis
I told you it would be fun watching you lose your money. You're not very bright and i'm not sure why you continue to think you are smarter than most people when life keeps telling you otherwise. For sure your next retard tier strategy will pay off.
Date: November 11th, 2026 3:52 PM Author: gunneratttt (gunneratttt)
If you're not smarter than and haven't educated yourself as well as the best people playing the market, then just dollar cost average into index funds and chill. Otherwise it's like learning the basic rules of chess and thinking you're gonna beat grandmasters.
Date: November 11th, 2026 4:08 PM Author: Historical American
I learned that Ken Griffin was smarter than me it's true. I don't think I'm the best. I'm at least as good as Tommy T and you don't follow him around screaming at him lol.
Leopold Aschenbrenner also learned he wasn't any better at this than the average person. The investing GOATs are turbo autists with the magic power to do RESEARCH us mere mortals cannot handle.
Date: November 11th, 2026 4:39 PM Author: posting in histrionic thread
Leopold Autism-bringer scammed a bunch of wealthy idiots by convincing them to let him gamble their money and take a commission on the gambling. There's nothing for a retail investor to be learned from him, except that you shouldn't gamble in the stock market. VOO and let do is the only strategy for retail that doesn't lose on the spot
Date: November 11th, 2026 4:09 PM Author: Historical American
Interestingly I don't typically panic sell.
I made my worst losses by buying at the top in assets I didn't truly understand. I got out over my skiis. But my biggest gains came from weathering losses and holding until they popped back up. Just being honest.
Date: November 11th, 2026 5:26 PM Author: The Girl with the Bonobo Tattoo
i bought TEAM on the dip at 130, watched it go down to 60 while averageing down, sold at 110 at a small profit, and then saw it sky rocket back to 200. the whole thing is rigged and gay
Date: November 11th, 2026 5:31 PM Author: Historical American
I am just glad you broke even, fam. Catching the upside is tough. Never losing money is tougher. Don't quit, there's a little Ken Griffin autism in all of us.
Date: November 11th, 2026 5:07 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface
Put in a $10k order for SCHG today that filled at 34.40
Put in $10k order for SCHY that did not fill at 33.00 (have it open extended hours)
Put in a $10k order for SCHD that did not fill at $35.75 (have it open for extended hours)
Need to deploy about $410k as I move forward for retirement. Most of it needs to go to SCHD and SCHY, but they're at/near all time highs, so I'm trying (and failing repeatedly) to get nibbles
Date: November 11th, 2026 5:48 PM Author: AZNgirl last girl on Earth not sexed Jensen Huang
i have a spreadsheet, if on 1/1/2020 i had put 80% of my NW in stocks with half in QQQ, half in SPY and then maintained this until now with no buy/sell, today after deducting living expenses i wld have $2,187,659
i don't think it would change my life that much, qualitatively. for TT, however, I can't imagine it would change anything at all. he's still going to be slumming it in SE asian shitholes.