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post 1568479421 12-12-2018, 02:37 PM
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Guy loses 1.5 Million in the stock market

Not a fan of reddit but ill occasionally look at Wallstreetbets when my buddy sends me a post.

https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetb...you_gentlemen/

This guy went from a peak around 1.5 million to something like 7,000. He sold naked weekly tilray calls and shorted stitchfix in the mid 30s and got margin called. Hopefully he will get his chit together and make some of it back, hate to see people lose their savings.
post 1568479571 12-12-2018, 02:39 PM
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LMAO. No different than a guy losing his pants in a casino because he didn't know when to call it.
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post 1568479631 12-12-2018, 02:39 PM
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Did someone take ashin's advice?
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post 1568479781 12-12-2018, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted By EEBreh
This guy went from a peak around 1.5 million to something like 7,000. He sold naked weekly tilray calls and shorted stitchfix in the mid 30s and got margin called. Hopefully he will get his chit together and make some of it back, hate to see people lose their savings.
Can you explain this to someone who doesn't day trade and can't bear to go to Reddit? tf does that mean?
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post 1568479881 12-12-2018, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted By Bracket199
Did someone take ashin's advice?
. This...also be careful *******s...just listening to fools..saying it doesn't matter just average cost dollar, welp I got bad news... You can't time the market but you certainly can know the factors influencing it
post 1568480011 12-12-2018, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted By Jacobcapra
Can you explain this to someone who doesn't day trade and can't bear to go to Reddit? tf does that mean?
This, Pls go
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post 1568480251 12-12-2018, 02:44 PM
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i lost 10k in bitcoin couple days ago. now im down to 500 dollars. sucks but what can ya do?
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post 1568480261 12-12-2018, 02:45 PM
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post 1568480471 12-12-2018, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted By keyboardworkout
ouch!

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post 1568480941 12-12-2018, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted By Nastradoomus
i lost 10k in bitcoin couple days ago. now im down to 500 dollars. sucks but what can ya do?
not buy ****ing bitcoin?
post 1568481041 12-12-2018, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted By Jacobcapra
Can you explain this to someone who doesn't day trade and can't bear to go to Reddit? tf does that mean?
He speculated that tilray and stitchfix would go down. They did not. He lost his ass.
I call it "Celebration". It's sexual, and violent...

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post 1568481141 12-12-2018, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted By Jacobcapra
Can you explain this to someone who doesn't day trade and can't bear to go to Reddit? tf does that mean?
When you short a stock you sell an equity for the current price thinking the stock is going to fall and then you buy it back. Sometimes the price can go higher and you run out of margin and have to buy it back for that higher price. In this case stitchfix went from the 30s to the 50s, he ran out of margin and had to buy back the stock. Right now its in the 20s.

A call is an options contract to buy 100 shares at a certain price. If i sell a contract to buy a stock at 50.00 and the price of the stock goes to $55, that contract is worth 100 (number of shares) * $5. If it didnt hit $50 by that timeframe it would expire worthless and you could pocket the money of that contract you sold. In this case, tilray increased in hundreds of dollars/share over a few days.

There is a lot more to it and someone else can probably explain options better (calls/puts). I’m just an EE that invests on the side. I can try and give a better explanation if you want.
post 1568481321 12-12-2018, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted By Nastradoomus
i lost 10k in bitcoin couple days ago. now im down to 500 dollars. sucks but what can ya do?
. Step 1) not invest in Bitcoin. )2) Smack yourself for investing bin Bitcoin 3) your pals with little to nothing in financial investments all talked about lambos..I hope they suffer for being stupid idiots...forgot to disclose , I do this for a living and shoring the S&P, been with some up days like today, has been a pleasure..very little risk... preservation of funds, yeah...Lamborghini this *******
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forgot to post this in the OP.

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This is what happens with no risk management.

He was simply gambling.
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If only he would have invested his $800,000 in Bitcoin on 12/10/2017 he could have had $181,562 on 12/10/2018.
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post 1568481711 12-12-2018, 02:57 PM
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Lost 25k investing. Now i have like 1k in my bank account feelsbad
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Did you guys read about that dude who sold a chitload of his personal items n finances AND put $ from his house into bitcoin?

Literally had like a wife n 2 kids, dudes probably drinking himself to sleep every night.
Truth is out there
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Well he could take his 9 grand and buy 3 trailers like ashin...slum lording has to pay something.

If you play stocks like the casino, things arent going to end well. Should have taken his profit and threw it into a safe S&P account and lived off the dividends. Chit just the interest that kind of money throws off could easily provide you with a 80k a year salary (conservatively).
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Originally Posted By EEBreh
Not a fan of reddit but ill occasionally look at Wallstreetbets when my buddy sends me a post.

https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetb...you_gentlemen/

This guy went from a peak around 1.5 million to something like 7,000. He sold naked weekly tilray calls and shorted stitchfix in the mid 30s and got margin called. Hopefully he will get his chit together and make some of it back, hate to see people lose their savings.
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post 1568482151 12-12-2018, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted By Foxmulder0
Did you guys read about that dude who sold a chitload of his personal items n finances AND put $ from his house into bitcoin?

Literally had like a wife n 2 kids, dudes probably drinking himself to sleep every night.
Hopes are prayers rarely work for this game. Those who succeed are ones who failed terribly before they found out what works for them. If it was easy everyone would do it. Like I always say, when everyone on the internet is giving the same advice on what to buy/sell, do the opposite.
post 1568482201 12-12-2018, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted By Jacobcapra
Can you explain this to someone who doesn't day trade and can't bear to go to Reddit? tf does that mean?
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Originally Posted By Foxmulder0
Did you guys read about that dude who sold a chitload of his personal items n finances AND put $ from his house into bitcoin?

Literally had like a wife n 2 kids, dudes probably drinking himself to sleep every night.
What about the miscer who used debt consolidation loan to gamble in crypto and lost it.
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What’s the minimum amount you need to trade options? I know you have to buy like 100 shares at the premium, so ...
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If you want to play options I think the Nasim Taleb strategy definitely works, but you gotta be patient. You can't go putting everything on one short.

I personally will stick to index funds. I don't understand Nasim well enough to invest like him.
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Originally Posted By Foxmulder0
Did you guys read about that dude who sold a chitload of his personal items n finances AND put $ from his house into bitcoin?

Literally had like a wife n 2 kids, dudes probably drinking himself to sleep every night.
He sold pretty quick after that, think he even made a little bit so luckily he avoided getting on that rope ico time, I remember people detective-ing him and getting a followup awhile ago
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Of all the people to "feel sorry for", this is what rustles your jimmies, OP? You don't get out much, do ya sport?
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