Hill08 said:

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I want to apologize to all the SNDK holders. As posted earlier I bought in today. To make up for it, might I suggest buying ASML. I am sure they'll be splitting 10-1 soon.

Welcome

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damn....and I just posted that I bought SNDK today as well LMAO.

aggies4life said:

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Don't recall anyone bringing up sandisk recently or ever on here?? All of us asleep at the wheel?

The S&P 500's best-performing stock of 2025: Sandisk (+577%)

The S&P 500's best-performing stock of 2026: Sandisk (+47%) pic.twitter.com/FDko6cOUjU

— Brew Markets (@brewmarkets) January 6, 2026

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What. A. Run. Thought it would pop after hours but I'll take this run after getting in late at what I thought was near the top at $350 ish

Still can't believe no one here brought this up before hand…

I got out on all my shares of AKAN at $52 today when I set my limit. I bought a lot of it at $4.52, so that's been pretty cool. I was happy to get out at the high point of the day but now AH I see it's at $62! That's crazy! All in a week! This was the first stock I did any research on. But even then, nothing I found made me think it would skyrocket so quickly.

Someone explain that to me.

Looks like a short squeeze. The company only has about 530,000 shares outstanding. Two years ago the stock was over $1000 per share and now, per filings, the company has maybe 5 employees. Talk about capital destruction.

Curious to know how this one got on your radar? Message boards or WhatsApp?

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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El_duderino said:

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Up almost 200% on a 1 dte. What do you think?

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That option value is smaller than the change in my couch cushions. If it goes to zero, oh well. For the majority of my money I have a clearly defined strategy. That option was 100% a gamble. I think AMZN is up $10 tomorrow. Which makes it 4-5x. Or it's 0.

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If it's so insignificant to you, then why only take 1? It leaves you with no optionality. Buy 2 contracts. You would have sold one already to get risk free + baked in profit. Now you can truly gamble the other one away and not have to risk losing anything. And if both would have lost.. well.. it's just the change in your couch cushions, right?

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You're right...and that's what I normally would do. I bought this one so i had one and was bargain shopping thinking it might drop a bit more. Looked up and it had already doubled.

I honestly wasn't posting trying to make a big deal. Was looking to see what people thought of the stock for the short term after earnings. I thought their numbers should have resulted in a big up day today and was betting on a rebound.

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And I'm just trying to help you. Options trading involves.

1. A plan. Target and timing. If stock is $255 and option is $3.35, you need $258.35 one day later to just break even. $261.70 to 2x. If you aren't playing for at least a double on calls, you're risking too much for far too little gain.

2. Risk management. 1 day gives you no time to cut a loser. So the reward has to be worth it. I need 3x minimum to play 0DTE or 1DTE. And I never use more than 2% of my account value on a single trade. You did good keeping the okay cheap for you. Buuuut.

3. You never ever ever just buy a single call. Options have so much risk built in. Majority of options traders lose money over the long-term. Along with the first two points, you need at least enough size to create optionally. You have to be able to pull your risk out upon initial success. Then let the rest ride.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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El_duderino said:

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Up almost 200% on a 1 dte. What do you think?

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That option value is smaller than the change in my couch cushions. If it goes to zero, oh well. For the majority of my money I have a clearly defined strategy. That option was 100% a gamble. I think AMZN is up $10 tomorrow. Which makes it 4-5x. Or it's 0.

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If it's so insignificant to you, then why only take 1? It leaves you with no optionality. Buy 2 contracts. You would have sold one already to get risk free + baked in profit. Now you can truly gamble the other one away and not have to risk losing anything. And if both would have lost.. well.. it's just the change in your couch cushions, right?

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You're right...and that's what I normally would do. I bought this one so i had one and was bargain shopping thinking it might drop a bit more. Looked up and it had already doubled.

I honestly wasn't posting trying to make a big deal. Was looking to see what people thought of the stock for the short term after earnings. I thought their numbers should have resulted in a big up day today and was betting on a rebound.

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And I'm just trying to help you. Options trading involves.

1. A plan. Target and timing. If stock is $255 and option is $3.35, you need $258.35 one day later to just break even. $261.70 to 2x. If you aren't playing for at least a double on calls, you're risking too much for far too little gain.

2. Risk management. 1 day gives you no time to cut a loser. So the reward has to be worth it. I need 3x minimum to play 0DTE or 1DTE. And I never use more than 2% of my account value on a single trade. You did good keeping the okay cheap for you. Buuuut.

3. You never ever ever just buy a single call. Options have so much risk built in. Majority of options traders lose money over the long-term. Along with the first two points, you need at least enough size to create optionally. You have to be able to pull your risk out upon initial success. Then let the rest ride.

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I agree with 1 and 2 and even 3 - that was my plan…I just didn't execute.

I play options because I like to gamble and don't want to go to Vegas. But I limit it to two buckets. A) hedges against big moves in stocks that I've got a large gain in. B) pure gambles.

I'm up pretty good (percentage wise) on the gambles and have taken a beating on the hedge (but have offset that tenfold in additional gains in long positions). I limit my options account to less than 1% of my securities portfolio.

I am also 100% aware I can learn and do better.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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El_duderino said:

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Up almost 200% on a 1 dte. What do you think?

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That option value is smaller than the change in my couch cushions. If it goes to zero, oh well. For the majority of my money I have a clearly defined strategy. That option was 100% a gamble. I think AMZN is up $10 tomorrow. Which makes it 4-5x. Or it's 0.

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If it's so insignificant to you, then why only take 1? It leaves you with no optionality. Buy 2 contracts. You would have sold one already to get risk free + baked in profit. Now you can truly gamble the other one away and not have to risk losing anything. And if both would have lost.. well.. it's just the change in your couch cushions, right?

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You're right...and that's what I normally would do. I bought this one so i had one and was bargain shopping thinking it might drop a bit more. Looked up and it had already doubled.

I honestly wasn't posting trying to make a big deal. Was looking to see what people thought of the stock for the short term after earnings. I thought their numbers should have resulted in a big up day today and was betting on a rebound.

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And I'm just trying to help you. Options trading involves.

1. A plan. Target and timing. If stock is $255 and option is $3.35, you need $258.35 one day later to just break even. $261.70 to 2x. If you aren't playing for at least a double on calls, you're risking too much for far too little gain.

2. Risk management. 1 day gives you no time to cut a loser. So the reward has to be worth it. I need 3x minimum to play 0DTE or 1DTE. And I never use more than 2% of my account value on a single trade. You did good keeping the okay cheap for you. Buuuut.

3. You never ever ever just buy a single call. Options have so much risk built in. Majority of options traders lose money over the long-term. Along with the first two points, you need at least enough size to create optionally. You have to be able to pull your risk out upon initial success. Then let the rest ride.

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Great post.

I don't use any of that. Don't trust any of that. I just start Googling ***** Stock news, US news. Stuff like that in whatever combination. I came across an article about Trump making cannabis a schedule 3 drug. That seemed big to me. So I took that and started looking for articles on traded companies that might benefit from this. A few came up but this one stood out, mainly because they had also branched out into some high-margin fiber network in Mexico recently. If there's anything I learned from working at T-Mobile under John Legere, it's easy to grow your business when you're in that field. I just figured somebody there knew what they were doing haha. Maybe so. But I'm not trying to stick around to find out. It doesn't seem like a long haul type of company to roll with. But a small part of me wanted to think my little contribution caused it all. Which of course is laughable.

Also try putting your ideas/questions into AI like Grok or Claude - good options ideas and forecasts. What do you other guys think about this? Heiny? Tysker? OA1? 30K?

cgh1999 said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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El_duderino said:

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Up almost 200% on a 1 dte. What do you think?

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That option value is smaller than the change in my couch cushions. If it goes to zero, oh well. For the majority of my money I have a clearly defined strategy. That option was 100% a gamble. I think AMZN is up $10 tomorrow. Which makes it 4-5x. Or it's 0.

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If it's so insignificant to you, then why only take 1? It leaves you with no optionality. Buy 2 contracts. You would have sold one already to get risk free + baked in profit. Now you can truly gamble the other one away and not have to risk losing anything. And if both would have lost.. well.. it's just the change in your couch cushions, right?

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You're right...and that's what I normally would do. I bought this one so i had one and was bargain shopping thinking it might drop a bit more. Looked up and it had already doubled.

I honestly wasn't posting trying to make a big deal. Was looking to see what people thought of the stock for the short term after earnings. I thought their numbers should have resulted in a big up day today and was betting on a rebound.

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And I'm just trying to help you. Options trading involves.

1. A plan. Target and timing. If stock is $255 and option is $3.35, you need $258.35 one day later to just break even. $261.70 to 2x. If you aren't playing for at least a double on calls, you're risking too much for far too little gain.

2. Risk management. 1 day gives you no time to cut a loser. So the reward has to be worth it. I need 3x minimum to play 0DTE or 1DTE. And I never use more than 2% of my account value on a single trade. You did good keeping the okay cheap for you. Buuuut.

3. You never ever ever just buy a single call. Options have so much risk built in. Majority of options traders lose money over the long-term. Along with the first two points, you need at least enough size to create optionally. You have to be able to pull your risk out upon initial success. Then let the rest ride.

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I agree with 1 and 2 and even 3 - that was my plan…I just didn't execute.

I play options because I like to gamble and don't want to go to Vegas. But I limit it to two buckets. A) hedges against big moves in stocks that I've got a large gain in. B) pure gambles.

I'm up pretty good (percentage wise) on the gambles and have taken a beating on the hedge (but have offset that tenfold in additional gains in long positions). I limit my options account to less than 1% of my securities portfolio.

I am also 100% aware I can learn and do better.

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My advice - stop gambling. It's not necessary and WILL lead to pain. The psychology works against you, yet keeps feeding you. Not unlike any other type of gambling. You got a nice win today. Might even turn into a home run. Next time you get the itch, your brain will inherently consider less risk. And probably guide you to size larger. It will be a total loser. But then the next one, that's the one you will hit big! You'll start thinking of the reward and allowing that to dictate your sizing.. instead of letting the risk do it.

Have a plan. Stick to plan. Execute plan. And even then, if you aren't good at assessing directional moves and timing of them, plan can still get smoked. Hence why options are dangerous.

aggies4life said:

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Don't recall anyone bringing up sandisk recently or ever on here?? All of us asleep at the wheel?

The S&P 500's best-performing stock of 2025: Sandisk (+577%)

The S&P 500's best-performing stock of 2026: Sandisk (+47%) pic.twitter.com/FDko6cOUjU

— Brew Markets (@brewmarkets) January 6, 2026

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What. A. Run. Thought it would pop after hours but I'll take this run after getting in late at what I thought was near the top at $350 ish

Still can't believe no one here brought this up before hand…

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this is one of those I'm almost glad I didn't get in early since (unlike PLTR) there's no chance I would've had the conviction to hold through 2x-3x-5x-10x-20x-beyond and wherever I exited/called out would've been torture seeing it continue to run

SNDK seems like it might go green today.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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SNDK seems like it might go green today.

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It's got a ways to go. Just like MU, it's really hard to ignore that insane ER.

RoyVal said:

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I'm trying to diversify a litte bit from AVGO. I've been a long time holder of LLY in another account but they have been beat up lately so I sold some AVGO, gonna pay the long term cap gains and bought LLY. Damn I wish I would have bought more!



here are a few more with my total gain/loss. I COULDN'T help buying SNDK today....I know I shouldn't chase, and I normally never do...but I've been watching this one for too long telling myself it can't keep going.....but it does.

APP +20.42%
FNILX +32.4%
MSFT +10.36%
NVO +2.68%
ORCL -10.29%
SNDK +0.48%
TMO 460 Call expiration Jan 15, 2027 +4.53%

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I have had a smaller position in Lilly just for diversification away from IT and tech and quantum

@#$#@ Vertex Pharma has been killing me.

aggies4life said:

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aggies4life said:

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Don't recall anyone bringing up sandisk recently or ever on here?? All of us asleep at the wheel?

The S&P 500's best-performing stock of 2025: Sandisk (+577%)

The S&P 500's best-performing stock of 2026: Sandisk (+47%) pic.twitter.com/FDko6cOUjU

— Brew Markets (@brewmarkets) January 6, 2026

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What. A. Run. Thought it would pop after hours but I'll take this run after getting in late at what I thought was near the top at $350 ish

Still can't believe no one here brought this up before hand…

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it would have been great if we had focused on Western Digital and Sandisk instead of SuperMicro a year ago (would have saved me $1000 in losses)-

but we make up for it with Powell and QUBT and all the quantums and Micron

Hill08 said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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SNDK seems like it might go green today.

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It's got a ways to go. Just like MU, it's really hard to ignore that insane ER.

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Could be money waiting for open and then rocket ship.

Software popping.

ORCL, finally.

man, when the market runs...it just doesn't stop

MRAM moving up

PDEMDHC said:

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Hill08 said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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SNDK seems like it might go green today.

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It's got a ways to go. Just like MU, it's really hard to ignore that insane ER.

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Could be money waiting for open and then rocket ship.

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Yep.

Bought SNDK almost at the bottom of the earnings dip. Set my trailing stop to sell on this pop.

Riding MU up as well.

Gotcha. This symbol resembles a modern mechanics-driven pump-and-dump. The Issuer was once a cannabis company that is transitioning into a dark fiber company out of Mexico via a reverse merger. It also looks like the company took on a preferred convert earlier this year, which may be a round of toxic funding.
Using three reverse splits over the last year, probably to keep the company NASDAQ exchange-eligible, they have reduced the number of outstanding shares so low that the stock becomes easier to manipulate. And once the price moves and volume hits the algos or message boards, it can be off to the races.

In my world, this is a sign of (sorry for the technical term) a complete BS company (see the China Hustle documentary). In no way do I want to imply you were involved with anything wrong, and I'm happy you were able to cash in on the momentum wave on the way up. But it's probably as much of a fluke as anything. Takes wins as they come!

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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PDEMDHC said:

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Hill08 said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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SNDK seems like it might go green today.

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It's got a ways to go. Just like MU, it's really hard to ignore that insane ER.

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Could be money waiting for open and then rocket ship.

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Yep.

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My brain still can't comprehend the FOMO of these stocks. I'm riding it until it stops but man this is crazy

Software ripped and then gave it all back. Totally disconnected from the reality of earnings.

Adding NOW

Keep an eye on $BBBY for squeeze potential.

Watching WULF for a squeeze as well. Bought a couple of 5/15 $25 calls. Earnings on 5/8, just went above 52 week high, 28.5% float.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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El_duderino said:

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Up almost 200% on a 1 dte. What do you think?

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That option value is smaller than the change in my couch cushions. If it goes to zero, oh well. For the majority of my money I have a clearly defined strategy. That option was 100% a gamble. I think AMZN is up $10 tomorrow. Which makes it 4-5x. Or it's 0.

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If it's so insignificant to you, then why only take 1? It leaves you with no optionality. Buy 2 contracts. You would have sold one already to get risk free + baked in profit. Now you can truly gamble the other one away and not have to risk losing anything. And if both would have lost.. well.. it's just the change in your couch cushions, right?

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You're right...and that's what I normally would do. I bought this one so i had one and was bargain shopping thinking it might drop a bit more. Looked up and it had already doubled.

I honestly wasn't posting trying to make a big deal. Was looking to see what people thought of the stock for the short term after earnings. I thought their numbers should have resulted in a big up day today and was betting on a rebound.

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And I'm just trying to help you. Options trading involves.

1. A plan. Target and timing. If stock is $255 and option is $3.35, you need $258.35 one day later to just break even. $261.70 to 2x. If you aren't playing for at least a double on calls, you're risking too much for far too little gain.

2. Risk management. 1 day gives you no time to cut a loser. So the reward has to be worth it. I need 3x minimum to play 0DTE or 1DTE. And I never use more than 2% of my account value on a single trade. You did good keeping the okay cheap for you. Buuuut.

3. You never ever ever just buy a single call. Options have so much risk built in. Majority of options traders lose money over the long-term. Along with the first two points, you need at least enough size to create optionally. You have to be able to pull your risk out upon initial success. Then let the rest ride.

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I agree with 1 and 2 and even 3 - that was my plan…I just didn't execute.

I play options because I like to gamble and don't want to go to Vegas. But I limit it to two buckets. A) hedges against big moves in stocks that I've got a large gain in. B) pure gambles.

I'm up pretty good (percentage wise) on the gambles and have taken a beating on the hedge (but have offset that tenfold in additional gains in long positions). I limit my options account to less than 1% of my securities portfolio.

I am also 100% aware I can learn and do better.

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My advice - stop gambling. It's not necessary and WILL lead to pain. The psychology works against you, yet keeps feeding you. Not unlike any other type of gambling. You got a nice win today. Might even turn into a home run. Next time you get the itch, your brain will inherently consider less risk. And probably guide you to size larger. It will be a total loser. But then the next one, that's the one you will hit big! You'll start thinking of the reward and allowing that to dictate your sizing.. instead of letting the risk do it.

Have a plan. Stick to plan. Execute plan. And even then, if you aren't good at assessing directional moves and timing of them, plan can still get smoked. Hence why options are dangerous.

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I took the win at a bit over 200%. It's still running, but I took the win and ain't mad.

I appreciate the reply. I'm learning a lot quickly. I was a little worried about how exciting I'd find all this, even with a disciplined mindset. Thankfully I don't find it all that exciting. It's at least interesting. But the more I learn, the more conservative I plan to navigate. "Aim small, miss small" I always say. I still have no idea if I am using that term correctly, but The Patriot was a good movie.

I hate to say it because most of the time when people say it they're just bag holding and pissed off BUT..... the price action in $BBBY on Tuesday after their earnings was criminal. Sounds like there is one fund that was responsible for the after hours pump and open dump. Low float tickers are easy targets, and they pretty much know they won't be held accountable.

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If anyone wants to gamble on a small cap AI play, check out GRRR...it's breaking out of a long term falling wedge and rising just above it's 200 dma.

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I just bought some GRRR, but it was a PITA! I couldn't buy online for some reason. Once you have your opening buy, you can buy more though.

MU looks like it's ready to start ripping again. I bought 2028 $1k strikes earlier this week.

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Software ripped and then gave it all back. Totally disconnected from the reality of earnings.

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Here comes the bounce...

Thought on QCOM on this dip? One of the few semis I've never bought.