tsla almost a 10 bagger in previous 13 months.. crazy.

Diggity said:

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Please tell me you and Elenore smoked a bowl and hooked up after the show?

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Or before?

good point.

I wonder if she's an architect now. Seemed pretty pumped about the proposition.

We need a "Where Are They Now?: 90's Teen Wheel of Fortune Edition"

Ha! I had similar wonder of whether either made it as an architect.

I actually watched the commercials too... took me back.

maybe she set her sites higher...and became a city planner!

62strat said:

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tsla almost a 10 bagger in previous 13 months.. crazy.

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62strat - did you buy and hold it and bank the 10-bagger, or is this just an observation. If you did, congrats!

TSLA was by far my worst play of 2020 - I bought 3 tranches of options, puts twice and calls once, and my timing was off badly for each one (right idea, wrong time). Since the premiums are so high, it necessitated much shorter expirations than I usually use. I would have done far better by just using a buy-and-hold of the underlying stock.

I bleed maroon said:

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62strat said:

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tsla almost a 10 bagger in previous 13 months.. crazy.

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62strat - did you buy and hold it and bank the 10-bagger, or is this just an observation. If you did, congrats!

TSLA was by far my worst play of 2020 - I bought 3 tranches of options, puts twice and calls once, and my timing was off badly for each one (right idea, wrong time). Since the premiums are so high, it necessitated much shorter expirations than I usually use. I would have done far better by just using a buy-and-hold of the underlying stock.

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no I wish. I was strongly considering getting into TLSA at that time, but alas, I waited and got in like at $400 something.

Anybody else hitting the 10 bagger club on NIO? I accumulated a lot in summer 2019 and rode it down in the fall. My buys range from about 8 - 17 baggers with average of about 11.

I also figure some others are at or near it with ROKU. I'm at 9x right now from accumulation in late 2018.

I always thought both had 10 bagger potential, but it happened way faster that I thought it would!

Welcome to the club! It's an exclusive fraternity with roughly equal parts:

1. Entry Timing
2. Skilled Selection
3. Passage of Time
4. Luck

#3 and #4 are probably my biggest secrets to success.

LVS

MARA: in at $1.71 in July; hit $28+ yesterday; have 2/3 of position left.
ALPP: bought in at .21; hit $4.50 (sold 70% of position).

proudaggie02 said:

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MARA: in at $1.71 in July; hit $28+ yesterday; have 2/3 of position left.
ALPP: bought in at .21; hit $4.50 (sold 70% of position).

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more interested in your suggestions now. Obviously you have picked some outstanding winners. Congrats.

Frisco86 said:

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proudaggie02 said:

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MARA: in at $1.71 in July; hit $28+ yesterday; have 2/3 of position left.
ALPP: bought in at .21; hit $4.50 (sold 70% of position).

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more interested in your suggestions now. Obviously you have picked some outstanding winners. Congrats.

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I followed oldarmy1. I'm in big on his current accumulation plays (CIDM and WWR), but I think the expectation was to buy at .60-.70 and $4.50-5.00, respectively, and hold for $2-3 CIDM and $10-15 WWR.

sts7049 said:

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joined the club for the first time with ABML!

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that's an 11 bagger, FYI

62strat said:

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sts7049 said:

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joined the club for the first time with ABML!

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that's an 11 bagger, FYI

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Nope. He's right. It is the number of times you've doubled your initial investment. A four-bagger is a 400% return, in other words, a mere home run.

My thread, my rules.

CONGRATS, sts7049!!!

Gotta be some more ten-baggers out there. Show them here proudly, so we can celebrate them with you!

I bleed maroon said:

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62strat said:

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sts7049 said:

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joined the club for the first time with ABML!

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that's an 11 bagger, FYI

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It is the number of times you've doubled your initial investment. A four-bagger is a 400% return, in other words, a mere home run.

My thread, my rules.

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he's doubled his initial investment 10 times? I don't think that's right either!

So doubling is a 1 bagger... So x-bagger is x times your initial investment you've gained in profit.

It makes more sense after you sell it. You're left with x times as much as you initially spent, after you sell it.

$30,000 Millionaire said:

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do negative ten baggers count?

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Assuming you were short the stock, why not? Unless you were short, and the stock went up ten-fold (then we'll shed a tear and share a beer?) with you.


62strat: Here's a source (the source?) that agrees with you: https://investinganswers.com/dictionary/1/10-bagger#:~:text=A%2010%20bagger%20is%20a,One%20Up%20on%20Wall%20Street.%22

It takes too much work to relabel the thread "1000% increase stocks" though, and it doesn't have the same ring to it as tenbagger. My apologies and condolences!

I bleed maroon said:

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$30,000 Millionaire said:

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do negative ten baggers count?

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Assuming you were short the stock, why not? Unless you were short, and the stock went up ten-fold (then we'll shed a tear and share a beer?) with you.


62strat: Here's a source (the source?) that agrees with you: https://investinganswers.com/dictionary/1/10-bagger#:~:text=A%2010%20bagger%20is%20a,One%20Up%20on%20Wall%20Street.%22

It takes too much work to relabel the thread "1000% increase stocks" though, and it doesn't have the same ring to it as tenbagger. My apologies and condolences!

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no, these are the times I get cute and create a covered call where I have 1,000% loss on it. Like when I had a 32CC on SNAP the time it exploded to $45.

I'm just starting playing with the markets. The stock market thread is incredible for my positions.

Only wish I dove in instead of dipping my toes in!

Question is what do you think you should buy today that could be a 10 bagger - let's say within a 5 yr time span.

$30,000 Millionaire said:

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do negative ten baggers count?

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What is it when it goes all the way to zero?

Fightin_Aggie said:

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$30,000 Millionaire said:

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do negative ten baggers count?

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What is it when it goes all the way to zero?

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That's when you qualify as an experienced and active trader!

Seriously, if you've never had a holding that went bankrupt or options that expired worthless, your education isn't complete as a trader. Active investing has risks, and no one bats 1.000 on their stock picks. Believe it or not, this really helps you get a feel for risk/return, and keeps you grounded. I have had many holdings go to zero (including Enron!), and I think I learned from every one of them.

My personal bar to clear is having success with at least 55%+ of my trades (and trade value). I choose this because the S&P goes up on 54% of trading days, so if you can't beat that, you should avoid active trading, and just buy and hold something like SPY.

aglaes said:

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Question is what do you think you should buy today that could be a 10 bagger - let's say within a 5 yr time span.

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bmix

Hvbtf

Congrats! That's a banner year, for sure! Are you still holding NIO (just curious)?

I haven't been including my options plays in the tenbaggers, although there's absolutely no reason not to. They're usually just a tiny part of my portfolio, and the way I use options, they're either feast or famine. I had several options hedges last March that exceeded 20x (SPXL and TZA), and I like to use strangles when I expect big moves, so one side expires worthless, and the other sometimes hits 10x+.

NFLX up 55x since I bought in 2011....still holdling some and have bought/sold off some throughout. Had I held my original $16k position....would be sitting NICE right now.

NIO - Bought earlier this year for $2.39 - now at $61.95





Not quite a 10 baggers; but damn close and quick on all of these:

PTON - Bought earlier this year for $19.50 - now at $159.78

RH - bought earlier this year for $75.99, now at $502.02

ROKU - bought earlier this year for $58.53, now $422.85

I bleed maroon said:

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Congrats! That's a banner year, for sure! Are you still holding NIO (just curious)?

I haven't been including my options plays in the tenbaggers, although there's absolutely no reason not to. They're usually just a tiny part of my portfolio, and the way I use options, they're either feast or famine. I had several options hedges last March that exceeded 20x (SPXL and TZA), and I like to use strangles when I expect big moves, so one side expires worthless, and the other sometimes hits 10x+.

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Yep still have NIO. 10 strike calls that expire Jan 22