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I’ve seen a LOT of dirt in my time……….but this is PURE STINKIN’ DIRT. The kind you can smell from a mile away. Lies, corruption, backroom deals... it’s a MUDSLIDE of disgrace! They’re digging deeper every day and it’s ALL coming out. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
I’ve heard A LOT of talk about it actually
The only trade where I have not lost any money except a small $400 realised loss (vs. thousands of realised gain) : is naked calls. Not, not at the money. Far out of the money. But a LOT of them. Portfolio margining helps no doubt but not necessary. The toughest part was to get over the pedantic "naked calls are bad durrrr" retardness. That took a few weeks.
He doesn't cuz its FUD. Bears never learn. Yes there was a chaperone in the passenger seat. This could be for several reasons including just preventing people from grabbing the steering wheel or trying to override it. I haven't heard of an instance any of them had to interact with it, but saying it's a joke because they wanted a fail safe during a demo is a bit silly. You think you gonna go to an apple event and hold a new iPhone that doesn't have chaperones? There is a LOT of youtube videos from many creators from yesterdays event showing full rides, slowing down for deers, speed bumps, and handling various scenarios. Some complained about wishing they got closer drop off points, but it opted for safer and more clear stopping areas, rather than right infront of a starbucks.
Did a marathon on Saturday. Hoka had the shoes on lock down but Nike had a LOT of gear out there. Earnings are gonna stick this time.
In all seriousness... it's wild how utterly convinced A LOT of bears here were that today would be a bloodbath. I wonder if they'll legit do some soul searching and self-reflection or create some excuse why they were wrong and move the goalposts again. If not the former that's really a shame.
Sit tf down gambler. You would’ve made a LOT of money if you didn’t sell. SIT DOWN HAAAAHAHAHAHA
You just need the dopamine of people getting upset with you. Totally normal and rational behavior. The more you try to say you don't care, the more obvious it is you care A LOT.
> and China doesn't seem to want to help Iran as of now. from what i have read, A LOT of the oil that goes through the straight of hormuz goes to asia, so the conflict becoming a big ordeal and impacting access to that waterway would be a huge inconvenience to china. seems pretty safe to say that china's position on this will stay pretty consistent and they don't want to see this become another ukraine.
A LOT of retards are losing and making CRAZY money today
You just know there are going to be A LOT of upset people (won’t mention skin color) that will be upset that 🥭 has an opinion that “N” shouldn’t be casually used. LOL
Deep sea mining has never generated a profit and TMC only has 1 mining vessel and 1 partnership with a node processing plant. There is 0 processing pipeline and A LOT of expenditure before it reaches anywhere close. TMC is literally a scam.
Hope it works out for you man! We are loyal to Royal and I have seen a LOT of people saying they will no longer sail with Carnival because of the loyalty program changes and that they are switching to different cruise lines, so hopefully it doesn’t decrease their revenue and hurt you & your YOLO.
I am progressive politically and I will buy any stock regardless of ethics, I’m just trying to maximize my own gains so I have a chance of retiring someday. I wouldn’t fault anyone for doing otherwise, but we are not even a drop in the bucket here and you’re doing a LOT more damage to yourself than any of these companies by considering ethics in your investment strategy. I think you’d be hard pressed to find a single publicly traded company that you found ethical if you really did your research on them.
This is misleading. 25% of current crude export. The US has A LOT of oil we haven’t drilled for. Does that mean I think we should? I dunno yet.
I bought actual ETH because the technicals looked good and I heard there was a LOT of dark pool stacking last week Turns out the dark pools were probably sells...
Long haul drivers work in pairs and sleep in the truck while the other driver drives. You have to pay people a LOT more to do that work, because they are away from home 20+ days a month. Average team driver pay is around 90k a year for each driver, so a self driving truck saves 180k a year in direct pay. With the other compensation costs, easily 240k a year in savings. Even if it costs 200k to make the truck self driving, that is a 10 month break even. There arent that many 120% ROI opportunities.
That speech last night??? "Mission Accomplished 2.0"..... Remember how that worked out. Now along with high grocery prices, tariff increased costs, WTI is up 21% in the last month...I don't think it's coming down soon...there aint no 1.98 a gallon regular on the horizon anytime soon... Wouldn't ride in a subway or a underwater tunnel crossing any time soon....someone can do a LOT of damage with ONE lone person. Think about it.
There is A LOT they can do to oil prices, which could be catastrophic to global economy.
In Iran, you are legally allowed to have 4 wives as long as existing wives agree. The exception to consent is if the first wife refuses to have sex with you. Ofc this system produces A LOT of angry, horny incels that want to blow themselves up. It's never going to fucking work 😂. This shit was just a matter of time, gonna happen eventually.
I’m pretty new too. There is still SO much I don’t know, but I’ve learned a few lessons as a newcomer. 1# ⚠️ Don’t invest more than you can lose! Everyone is right about this one. This is gambling, you will lose. Penny stocks aren’t going to fund your retirement or pay your rent. This is for fun, use your “entertainment” money and expect to lose. If you aren’t having fun losing, rethink investing in penny stocks. You will hear some great advice here, but the FOMO is strong. It’s human nature to make mistakes, it takes practice to emotionally detach. Some lessons you will have to learn the hard way even if you have been warned. Be forgiving of yourself. There are a LOT of scammers and bots on Reddit. The more a stock is mentioned, the more you should suspect it of being a meme stock. Or worse a pump-and-dump scam. If a stock is mentioned over and over the same day or the post contains emojis 🚀🚀avoid it like the plague. People are very quick to laugh at and call out losers/bagholders/fools when these stocks eventually go bust, but very few people speak up beforehand when they are getting hyped. DD means due diligence. It means you should research companies before you invest in them. You will be mocked for not doing this. If you are making a big play I agree, you should absolutely know as much as you can. I don’t make big plays. I personally think it is ridiculous to spend hours researching a company that sells for 40 cents a share. They are penny stocks for a reason. I don’t have that kind of free time, this is just a hobby I can spend 10-20 minutes a day on. I know I am gambling, it would cease being fun if I had to do that kind of research for a $40 play. My time is worth more than that. I might buy something just because someone here has recommended it and listed some reasons they think it will succeed. Some of these recommendations will be gems and some of them will… not. I’ve also had luck buying and selling meme stocks against conventional wisdom. If you get in fairly early, the hype lasts a while, and you sell before it tanks you can make some easy money. But at the bare minimum look at the stock history for the last year or two before buying anything recommended on Reddit. It only takes a minute and can help spot stocks that are frequent pump-and-dumps, have had only downward momentum, recent bad press, or are at their peak highs. You have to sell to make money. This one is still hard for me. I lose the most by not selling when the selling is good. If I pick a winner I don’t want to sell it. I get emotionally attached. What if it really takes off and I end up being the idiot that sold Amazon for $10? I am trying to detach enough to sell at a set %. Penny stocks are not meant for long term holds. I am a work in progress.
I'm from the future. He says that a LOT in the next few weeks.
Yep, a LOT of Americans will die because of this. It might take them a few years to plan something, but we’ve seen fanatical Muslim revenge before.
You're welcome, I hope it helps. Gold is a great underlying to do this on. Or even do the Wheel on. Sort of. Are you familiar with the Wheel? I used to do it, but have gotten away from it. Here's why: You'd want to sell a 30-delta put 30-45 days out. Again, lean toward thirty days, or a day or three earlier, because there's more extrinsic per day in shorter-dated Puts (if you don't know what I mean by that, I can tell you). So Monday you're selling maybe the IAU 18Jul62P at 28-delta for 0.50. How much cash do you have to have on hand as collateral for that? The strike price times 100, right? Because you're committing to buying 100 shares at that strike if someone "puts" them to you. That's collateral, and is why it's called "cash secured." So what's the ROI? 50/ 6200 = 0.8% That's in 4 weeks, so divide by 4 to get a per-week return, then multiply by 52: 10.4% Bleh. You can nearly make that in the market with index ETFs. BUT: it gets more exciting if you have margin. And it's not hard to get, and it's not terribly dangerous, if you don't abuse it and overleverage. So Schwab is giving me only a 20% Buying Power Reduction when I do that with IAU. They realize how stable it is and that it's not going to drop rapidly, creaming your put. So 20% less in that denominator above is the same as multiplying by 5: so now that ROI becoms 52%, and that's a LOT better. In fact, stop here and throw everything you can into IAU CSPs with margin. 52% per year is no joking matter. And it's going to be safe. If you're assigned, sell 30-delta CCs for about the same ROI. I said I've come back to the Wheel, and that right there is a big part of it. But you can't have margin in an IRA, but someone on the forums mentioned a work-around which I've found to be fabulous, so I'm back to Wheeling in our two Roth IRAs (but doing PMCCs also, not sure yet which performs better. You're not really ready for this yet, but I'm going to lay it on you. Come back and read it later when you know more about options. I'm going to use GLD because are much more liquid, so the math works out better. To lower the BP for CSPs, BUY a Put at a very low Delta. Then, the Buying Power isn't "strike minus 0," it's "strike minus the lower-strike Put" you own.
According to [OptionStrat ](https://optionstrat.com/RXAfO18l0Vk3)that would be a Reverse Diagonal Put Spread. That link is clickable, so click on it to see how I modelled the trade you said in words. OptionStrat is a GREAT learning tool, btw. I've been using it since somebody on one of these forums built it. I'm not sure you typed your trade as you meant it, though. For one thing, there no June 26, 2025, so I went with June 27th. And two, that 306P you buy only "hedges" the short 305 for the 5 or six days it's alive. You'd have to keep putting on new long Puts every few days to "back" or "collateralize" the short Put. Otherwise it's just an 11-month long CSP, and you don't want to do that. I don't mean to insult you, but have you read any books on options? This one is solid: [Options for the Beginner and Beyond,](https://www.r-5.org/files/books/trading/schoolbooks/W_Edward_Olmstead-Options_for_the_Beginner_and_Beyond-EN.pdf) by Professor Olmstead of Northwestern University, a very prestigious school. And the "Beyond" is as far as you or I or any retail trader needs to go. What are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to sell Premium, like in a Cash Secured Put? Or buy a Put thinking the stock is going to go down? Check out this Diagonal Put Spread, see if you can figure out what's going on. Which Put did I buy, and which Put did I sell? After 7/25, what could I do? I do these a lot. They're essentially CSPs ATM (where Premiums are the highest), backed by a longer-dated Put so the maximum it can lose is the distance between the strikes. That reduces the Buying Power a LOT, and makes selling CSPs (ATM or 30-delta or whatever) worthwhile. Anyway, play around on OptionStrat with your ideas. Hit the Build pulldown to see just how many option strategies there are. And if you click on the price tabs on the numberline, you can see and change some other information about each position. Oh, and above the line means you own it, below the line means you shorted it. Let me know when you have questions, here or in Chat.
I mean... The stock market is totally divorced from reality at this point. It's propped up by absurd amount of venture capital investing in products that MIGHT come to fruition in 20 years and LOT of stock buy-backs... 64% of 100 startups worth more than $1 billion that successfully completed an initial public offering since 2010 were unprofitable. - And Yes I just pulled this from a Random AI.
I am sure over the years have traded double what I possess today. Have made a LOT of money on TSLA, when they were far more a pure automotive play than I view them as now. Their next act is getting closer to happening now. The whole time I have made money, the P/E has never been logical. The “Elon Premium” has always been very high.
We'll definitely be paying a hell of A LOT more for gas/oil.
Are you familiar with the "Hot Bartender Index"? --- Hot Bartender Index: The health of the job market is inversely correlated to the hotness of your average bartender. * Bars are fairly recession-proof * Hotter bar staff makes more money. * If a bar can hire whomever they want to... they will preferentially "hire hot." People lose their jobs due to a recession => Bars get a LOT more choice in who they hire => Bars hire hotter than "normal" In summary: Hotter bartenders on average = worse jobs market on average
You either need to have a LOT of cash to begin with OR have to be a literal neanderthal to make it big in this market. Sometimes I wish I was fucking regarded so i could get rich.
It's because you can get loans based on the net asset value, so if you use those loans to prop up the price, you can get more loans to prop up the price when more. The problem is that when it collapses, it collapses HUGE. And there are a LOT of banks and institutions with exposure who would much rather turn a blind eye than start poking for that collapse.
I actually think he will accept it. I don’t think he’ll barely even care. For one thing, he’ll be like 83 or something. That’s really fucking old. He’s still pretty fiery for now but a LOT can change with an 80 year old man in 4 years. But much more importantly, I don’t think his Death Star sized ego is going to get wrapped up in this next one like it was in 2020. Being a two term president has always been extremely important to him. Like it cannot be overstated how much it mattered to him. If (or dare I say it… “when”) America votes democrat in 2028, Trump will no longer be forced to see it as a round rejection of his leadership and his policies and his vibes, like he did in 2020. He can just say hah, well if I had run again I would’ve won easily, that {candidate} guy was just a loser. And he’ll be able to be relatively at peace with that, I think. And we will no longer have to hear this fuckers name 10 times a day ever again.
Sure, but oil has gone below 40 for a very short period in the last 5 years at the end of 2020. OP’s reasoning aside, betting futures at below $70 may make sense if you buy them a year or two out, but $40?!? He’s gonna need to do a LOT of DD to prove that one.
Thanks man...i took all the time to do this mainly for others... I could've just asked for help but I wanted people who are new and dont know this to see what the fuck happened... I am new, but i spend a LOT of time in it. And I hated looking at all the indicators, greeks, candles, etc and just wanted to find gems or find the "secret sauce" so to say...the more you do it, you win good, then it makes you brave and you lose, and you learn...but you have to study the hell out of what went wrong. There are millions of strategies, and they all work. As long as you know what you're doing and have discipline...and that only comes with experience, and losing/learning. This shit here blew me off my chair completely, because not only is it not documented hardly anywhere, but you never hardly hear about it! And supposedly it happens every day... to people like us? I don't know....
i know right. Imagine if i didnt notice and it expired, i wouldve been owing a LOT of money to someone that i would not have. Because they assigned me a massive position i had no business even being able to open...
It's ironic that this is a page based on money, and 99% of these comments are transparently ignorant on the history of money and how monetization works. **There are going to a LOT of fucking confused people in here as Bitcoin continue to reach up to, and then flips gold.** **Just like there are a lot of confused people who called it dead at $10 and continued watch it go past $100k.**
Yes, pretty much every single penny stock is susceptible to this. Comes with the game. Do you trade penny stocks? If so you would know, that there are ways to find companies that are less likely to dilute or RS allowing their shares to rise in value over time whether it’s a short period or longer. This is how swing traders are able to make A LOT more than the average 8% long term investors make.
There are a few reasons I believe that influence this ATH 1. Due to damage from missiles and rockets fired at Israel in the past 2 years, there’s a LOT of rebuilding to be made. This means real estate developers companies as well as banks for financing will enjoy this rebuilding 2. I think the market is starting to price in the end of a two and a half year war and a new Middle East which is much favorable to Israel 3. Continuing on the last point. There are several countries in the Middle East that peace can be signed with after this war ends. Like Saudi Arabia for example. This will also bring investments into Israel. 4. Regardless to the conflict, the Israeli market is very monopolistic. For example, there are basically 3 strong banks. This doesn’t favor its citizens but favors the stocks of these banks.. and in general, its stock market.
Yep this is exactly what is happening. Businesses pay A LOT of money to be able to offer credit card payments but without that it would cause a ton of problems because people don’t want around with cash anymore and nobody would trust a check.
A good idea to keep 20-30% in SGOV right now. Don’t miss out on the growth we MAY continue to see, but keep some dry powder which pays 4.6%, just in case. No matter what side you’re on, there is a LOT of future risk. The debt is what concerns me the most, then Trumps high risk (and ill advised) attempt at re-organizing trading relationships via tariffs, Trump himself and then the Middle East crisis, which I’m less worried about.
piker trade. there were ootm calls that went 5 cents to over $5 im sure many of you played them I've been watching the 200 call trade all week. unreal vol, but clearly there was a LOT of interest. If you held on thru the gyrations, 20-1 payoff. Having them is pretty easy, holding for the max gains? F'ing hard. Almost impossible .
> Even if Trump attacks Iran, there wont be boots on the ground. Man I hope this is the case but lets be real - there is a LOT of "Of course [thing that ended up happening] wont happen!" with him.
I personally own a LOT of clothing from LULU and still wouldn’t touch this stock. Luxury clothing is the first thing to get cut by shoppers in times of economic insecurity and there is an uprising of discount brands (such as Quince) that offer the exact same quality and materials of the basics that are the bread and butter of stores like LULU and Viori .
Quick scalps are viewed by fearful everyday traders as low-rent and kinda grimy. Its one of the riskiest ways to trade. So anyone who knows how to do it well is in a small percentage of traders. Usually, ya gotta pay for a room with alerts. Im a member of one of the inner circle chatrooms on Benzinga, where I learned A LOT from other more experienced traders over the last year. Lost thousands on "figuring it out" on my own, and taking a beating on the hosts trade alerts lol. Hes like a 75% losers last 3 months. But the folks in chat are kings and hes a encyclopedia, been in the market over 40 years. Then im a lifetime member of TTG. Its first an educational group. Solid basic trading education with 1000s of lessons and study groups, videos, chat logs. Multiple chatrooms with different trading styles. Swing trading, 0dte, day trading, crypto. Room for charting discussions, one overnight where we make the days watchlist. All live chatrooms with mods sharing screens and on the mic calling out trades as they happen. mods that trade live and have their portfolios visible, all +85%win rate on chatroom alerts. I dont take many alerts yet. Im still new there. Also the site has a built in AI based on Open AI4.3 thats been trained in only finance. It knows everything. I have it code indicators for me in thinkscript. Do research, babysit trades, send alerts to my phone, backtest and develop strategies. You need school. Go there. 3 months for 300. If you finish the courses and are still losing money they give you 2x refund.
My wife thinks it’s weird that I stare at the window during a heavy downpour… It be a LOT less weird if she’d just let me inside!!! -r/dadsgonewild
Come on now, surely you understand weather and climate are totally different definitions. You can model A LOT and First Street is leading the way with climate modeling. Nvidia is just getting into it too now.
There is a guy on you tube who went from wall street bets to trading to actual gambling. Pretty quick too. I don't know the name of his you tube channel, but he interviews gamblers and a LOT of people are confessing to becoming gamblers because of WSB. It's like an entry drug. That sub has been very bad for people. You're not there, but you'd probably get better answers watching his channel.
Honestly, it's just impossible to predict if you'd fare better with stock. But, by owning a house, you diversify your assets, so that's good. Also, you're building slowly but surely equity, via the renter who provides you with an extra income (the rent). Finally, your $700 monthly profit that you calculated does not take into account the effect of the tax benefit deductions WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS, BESIDES BUILDING EQUITY, WHY PEOPLE BUY REAL ESTATE. If you don't know what I'm talking about in details, start doing your research now, because it takes time to understand. There's a bit of accounting behind to understand the complex IRS tax code. Also, if you haven't done yet, start maintaining a spreadsheet of all your property expenses (repairs etc). You will thank me you did in the coming years. Else you'll be missing a LOT financially.
\> increase your salary I take home $125k annually per my last W2 which isn't a bad salary for an electrical engineer in my area. I suppose I COULD work more hours. \> savings rate I'd save a LOT more if I didn't have my elderly mother who needs 'roud the clock nursing care. Taking care of her runs me some $10k monthly.
Getting good at Excel formulas can get your foot in the door for a LOT of white collar cushy jobs.
Nice anecdotal evidence. It's gonna need to translate in real life to something that goes a LOT deeper than 2019 for you to see people to give more of a f. If it doesn't, then yes, the 10-15% unilateral tariffs are staying forever. The two reasons why are 1, it'll be tough to work out the budget to make it work with no tariffs because it'll be a while yet before tax hikes are accepted and 2, Dems are secretly protectionist now, so unless this becomes a serious issue, yes, some tariffs will be staying. There will most likely be a point where this all comes back to bite us in the ass. I think it's probably more of a 2030's thing though, might be a catalyst for the secular bear market people are seemingly searching for.
I thought maybe English wasn't your first language, that's why I tried to explain things as clearly as I could without taking shortcuts. I hope that didn't come across as patronizing. I'm trying to learn Spanish, and I have mad respect for anyone who can speak another language(s). That said, I'm trying to understand exactly how you do your accounting for Wheel positions, because in that 1st paragraph you kind of say it both ways. I think you'll find that most people track Cost Basis; because if you don't know the CB, how can you know how well the strategy is "doing"? Regarding selling CCs at 355 where you were called away: have you looked at the option chains since I wrote all that? We were talking about a hypothetical case where you sold a CSP at 355 and were assigned because TSLA dropped all the way to 285. *That's $70 Out of The Money.* Here's why that matters. Right now, next week's TSLA Call options: ATM is 51-delta, going for 9.52. 70 strikes up is the 390C at 4-delta (0.04!) selling for 0.46. The ATM strikes are fun to sell for about $10, right? All that juicy premium! Is it going to be fun selling for 0.46? That's TWENTY times less. You're in a $70 hole on TSLA. $10 weekly premiums would get you out of that hole in 7 weeks. 46 *cent* premiums are going to take nearly 3 YEARS. If they ever DO dig you out of that hole. Now granted, TSLA will *probably* come back. But if it doesn't? That's why you want to be selling CCs at CB, because it brings in a little more premium, and gets you out of that hole just a little faster. . Another statement you made bugs me because I'm not sure you're crystal clear on what's going on with options: >I still don't see why should I go far away OTM than 355C. I will get more premium and I have more chances to get called, which is the hole purpose of the wheel. I guess 2 things, now that I've read it again: I was asking you to go closer to the money than 355. Closer by the Premium you took in, $10, which lowered your CB to 3**4**5. You won't have "more chances" to get called (if this is truly what you meant), *because nobody is buying stock at 355 via a Call option that they could just buy from the market for less.* In other words, you're stuck selling CCs at 355 until TSLA *exceeds* 355. I don't mean to sound like I'm fussing at you, because I'm really just trying to help. Options can be confusing, especially when you're new. Heck, I've been using them for over 5 years and I still get confused sometimes. But I've read a lot of books and read a lot of forum posts and paper-traded and real-traded a LOT, and it's that knowledge and experience I try to impart to people. Take care.
That's a LOT of Baconators.
The problem is yall get attached and rule #1 was don’t get attached, there’s only 2-3 penny stocks I’m willing to hold long term the rest yall gotta be logical don’t hate me for saying it im tryna help you 😅 buy low sell high and look at A LOT of different ones not just the same 2 ty for coming to another one of my ted talks. This thread IS useful if you use it as a TOOL and not as your entire strategy, you have to do your own DD. Except for when homie said a stock was parabolic, it really was, for those just don’t get greedy, hop off. I’m a yapper but I wanna see everyone green ❤️ team work makes the dream work, now go research you lil hearts out and be grateful these veterans and this team takes the time! 🥰 I know I am.
NY Times: "Israel’s strikes have killed 78 people, including senior military officials, and injured 329 others, Iran’s U.N. ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, told the United Nations Security Council on Friday." Those are pretty hard to beat numbers from Israel. Iran isn't going to do much of anything compared to this. Israel's had A LOT of practice wiping out Palestinians. Not looking like a fair fight so far.
Just TSLA calls that shot up, fell down A LOT, then shot up again, then went down and finished barely ITM
Hi, I came into your thread because I really like GLD, and I sometimes play little Put Credit Spreads. (Used to play PCSs a LOT, a friend and I at work were compariing notes, but left that strategy I guess for reasons. That's been 2 or 3 years ago.) Anyway, I looked at your trade on OptionStrat (I LOVE OS, was an early adopter), and prices have changed a good bit since yesterday. What Delta Put do they recommend selling? And then which one do you buy? Is it base on a Delta difference, or strikes, or something else? Because 10-wide seems awfully wide to me. Let me tell you what I do, and see if it resonates with you or the book. I try to stay completely invested all the time, so when I have a spare $200 I'll throw on a 2-wide PCS on GLD, but only a day or 3 out. The short strike less than 20-delta, but closer to 15. The long strike just 2 strikes below. For instance, I put one of those on today at 2:40 for Monday: the 312/310P for 0.28. Divided by the spread width of $2, that's an ROI of 14% by Monday. But really, Buying Power is reduced by the $2 minus the 28c, so BPR for that trade was
I bought A LOT more at 316 today, sold everything at 332 today. I'll buy again once it dips, I've made more money from Tesla in the past week than I have in the whole 2025 lol
Even if taxes go up, for someone young who is making big money in the highest tax bracket today, you’re going to have a really hard time beating a traditional 401k/IRA with a a Roth. For example, say you were making 300k with 30% taxes. That means in a Roth you’d lose 100k to taxes up front. In the traditional account, you’d still have that 100k. Now do that for a decade. That’s a MILLION dollars in the traditional account you wouldn’t have in the Roth. Then of course that million as you were accumulating it would be growing, so at the end of ten years it’s actually more than a million. Ok, now do that for ten more years. Now you’re talking maybe 2.5 million in the traditional account that the Roth doesn’t have. That’s A LOT more money that’s making money for you before you have to take it out and start paying taxes. But don’t take my word for it, run the numbers. There’s FOR SURE scenarios (even if taxes increase) where a traditional will blow a Roth away. Depends on the situation of course, but there’s waaaaaay too much fixation on Roth in here sometimes.
It would take A LOT of nukes to destroy Iran. How many warheads to you think Israel can afford given it has to budget for conventional army, navy and air force budgets in addition to social services and infrastructure? Get real the country is tiny with a population of seven million.
You're an idiot. The drones take time to get to the target. Ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, take a LOT less time. If the goal is to saturate air defenses you NEED TO LAUNCH THE DRONES FAR IN ADVANCE OF YOUR MISSILES. Fucking regard.
It is a lot of money but it's not a LOT of money iykwim
It’s a fine time to start, just be aware that at this time there is a LOT of uncertainty, which means a great time to learn to stay the course even if returns aren’t what you hope
Iran's oil sales are already heavily restricted in "the free world" - but a war with Iran and Israel / USA will lead to a LOT of instability and fear in the region which will almost certainly lead to spikes in the oil industry
A. LOT. What I did not expect was how quickly it would bounce back.
> Just because a movie "lost" 50M in the box office does not reflect the real number for Disney. unfortunately that's true and there are a lot more costs than just that $50m. they lost A LOT more than that once adding in all the marketing costs that typically cost as much as the movie and aren't included in the budget.
Insiders bought A LOT recently... https://preview.redd.it/4e3gq97isg6f1.png?width=1852&format=png&auto=webp&s=1362244159acb63091d150a7e24aaa081823e0ca [**Source**](https://www.insiderdashboard.com/search?page=1&query=AIRS)
(Part 2/2) Ok, so I'll just do this on stable companies that are typically rising! Well if they do that, then not only will they receive relatively low premium from the calls due to the stability of the stock, but also the shares will more often than not breach the calls. Once again, not bad, the investor makes profit on both the stock appreciation and the call premium, but often what really is happening is now the investor has to keep buying the shares to write against and this often comes with slippage. So in reality, the investor is following the upward trajectory of this stable stock but underperforming them along the way, particularly in a bull market. However, if you can price your strikes well, you can end up slightly outperforming the buy and hold, especially when downturns occur (similar to what is mentioned below about mechanically selling over long periods of time). However if the overall return is low, are you really happy about outperforming 7% buy and hold gain a year with 7.4%? And we don't need to talk about the companies that grow at exponential rates like your AAPL, GOOG, NVDA, etc. The buy write would have been left in the dust in comparison to the buy and holds. Overall not a bad strategy though. The issue is the safer route (choosing stable stocks/board based ETFs), while potentially able to outperform buy and hold, doesn't outperform in an exciting way for retail traders (such as 830% buy-write vs 807% return buy and hold over what, 20, 30 years?) \[2\]. Also you need a bigger account so you don't succumb to slippage during bull markets as you'll have to keep buying more expensive shares to write against, which will otherwise eat away at the outperformance. On the other hand, if people choose more exciting stocks (either heavy volatility or companies exploding upwards) either they get left holding the bag or get left in the dust, leaving a bad taste in their mouth. In short, it is typically an underwhelming strategy unless the investor has an edge that allows them to better time those periods of volatile stagnation as well as choose appropriate strikes. Or if you plan to do them mechanically on a broad based ETF for 40 years, then they can potentially provide some level of outperformance \[2\] compared to buying and holding the ETF, but be prepared to be happy with a 5-10% return a year on average. Which is actually a perfectly acceptable return, but retail investors aren't trading for perfectly acceptable, they want to outperform, and not by a little, a LOT! Remember this is about buy writes as a singular strategy only. Your situation also brings in interesting risks that can be discussed since you buy your shares on margin, but we can save that for later. Source(s): \[1\] [Covered Call (Buy/Write)](https://www.optionseducation.org/strategies/all-strategies/covered-call-buy-write) \[2\] [Cboe Global Indices: BXM Index Dashboard](https://www.cboe.com/us/indices/dashboard/bxm/)
Yeah just before the dump, I rebalanced to have more bonds. I was maybe a little more active than I should have been and I'm down about 0.5% versus my 100% VEQT position -- but the position I have now would be outperforming VEQT by about 3% over the same time frame. If I had had it from the beginning. I doubt the markets are going to settle down any time soon. And I still think the US economy is in the Will E Coyote phase. Any day now the reality of these tarrifs is going to hit. I mean Canadian tourism is down 40% YOY, same with Australia. Canadian imports of California wines are down 80%. Like it really hasn't started to hit the US yet that a LOT of trade dollars are going elsewhere, and everyone's getting off the ride.
I BLEW A LOT OF SMOKE UP EVERYONES ASH FOR MONTHS THEN GOT BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED FROM. WINNING … while people lost everything. FDT
Yes, I get that. My point is that a LOT of Trumps followers think China pays it, so they think this is benefiting this country, when it only harms the consumer (them).
Yeah, I can't figure out where Wall Street's head is at. If you tell someone, "I am going to kill you. A WHOLE LOT." and then you tell them that "I changed my mind. I am going to kill you, but only a little bit." - that someone shouldn't be happy about that. Seems Wall Street is elated that we have 55% tariffs now. Well, once again, either they are right or I am, and we'll find out in the next couple of quarterly earnings seasons. The effects should be fairly pronounced.
I still don't think a recession is completely out of the cards. It's not like the average American family is doing well financially. 55% tariffs on China are still very high and is going to hurt A LOT. The budget bill cuts a lot of what little safety net remained for lower income families, farmers, and seniors while also threatens to blow up the bond market. Meanwhile Trump has demonstrated that the can of gasoline is never far away and can threaten tariffs whenever he wants. "if you feel so strong about it, buy puts and short the market, make easy money" - in normal circumstances, this would have been what to do. However the administration is clearly engaging in some market manipulation which makes this position more tenuous.
Park it at either Vanguard in a low cost index fund (VFIAX) or do what the tech workers do and put it at wealthfront and do their automated index investing program. The idea is to get exposure to the stock market, and just hold it for as long as you can. It will go up and down, but historically this has been the easiest road to millions. Some people would suggest Bitcoin, but it’s a LOT harder to invest in and emotionally really difficult. Then, learn. But bear in mind the vast majority of people lose their inheritance because they don’t know how to manage money. Don’t be one of them. Do not work with a few based financial advisor. Do not. They are the predators of the finance world, and they are everywhere. No-fees (where you pay) can be ok, but most financial advisors do not outperform index funds. Don’t spend any money, don’t put it into real estate, and don’t waste the opportunity. Just keep living your life like it never happened, get it invested, and once you see how 200k generates consistent long term returns every year in index funds and after a few years and starts compounding over time, you’ll be able to work with it. Historically the S&P 500 index has averaged about a 10% annual return. However, remember that past performance is not indicative of future results, and investing involves risks. This isn’t investment advice — you fo you Low fees index funds. Then just kick back and let it ride.
investment is just gambling with better odds with some work and intelligence . That all it is. As always the rule is dont gamble what you can't afford to lose if your broke being 5k in the whole is a LOT . In the grand scheme of things it not that much.
yeah I think a LOT of the chemicals etc at a minimum are coming from China, they do a TON of the makeup as well.
For late 2026 or 2027 you probably want to sell, not exercise, because there will be a LOT of theta left. Just make sure you sell with a limit order so you get a good fill.
Whats your secret? Please share I'm down A LOT. HELP :(
I think some shit’s about to hit the fan with a shitload of low wage and entry level jobs disappearing due to advances in AI though 😬 Like if everything from law to fintech to health to retail is being partially or mostly managed by AI we got a LOT of extra ass people lol, and uhhh I might be one of them I don’t know 👀
601 calls made a LOT of money today fuck you guys 605 gang boutta hit in these next 30 minutes
Whew, there it is, the news I've been waiting for their Icons are now more "seeable" I don't know how many times I've looked into my Iphone and not seen any icons but it must have been a LOT!
3. Considering staff shortages (very low unemployment) AND the fact manufacturers would have to share a lot more production resources (so the demand would hike their prices) it would be A LOT more expensive imo.
Yes it does because we are asking about stocks and money, Mainstream = selling a LOT of product
He lies a LOT. Don’t let the weird smile fool you.
Naw you will overplay your hand, unless you hold A LOT OF CARDS (Lambo, Bachelor millionaire pad, Day trading options in the millions, 6 foot 6in+, volunteering with puppies, own a non-profit charity for starving kids in Africa, etc.).
You would be baffled how much a LOT of people care. My wife was a gay lib until she had illegal immigrants calling her bank needing a translator and forcing her to set up bank accounts where government entities and NGOs were just fucking air dropping thousands a month into for these folks to come here and tell us our country sucks. She had to process hundreds of thousands a year in "free" money for illegals, all while making barely more than minimum wage.
I mean i think its how its happening, especially in California rn the ICE agents are kitted out in full military gear using MRAPs just to get through the protesters. Plus I think its because there's a LOT of coverage going on about it through the media about deportations. Who actually knows at this point though.
This, unfortunately. Your thesis is sound. You got me convinced. But you gotta remember, there's a LOT of people who don't care about data driven arguments, and a whole bunch more who are plain data illiterate. Then there are big bankers/whales who know it's crashing, but need to unload their positions first before they can admit that it's crashing. Happened in the Great Recession, probably happening again now
From my experience, if it's not a majority, it's a large vocal plurality. Sure, many may just be quiet to avoid fights (I'm sure the same is true in reverse in blue states). But I've heard A LOT of very loud vitriol and as you say, encountered hateful people. I don't know how this country will heal, and the unified voice of right-wing-media is really stoking that fire.
I own a 2024 model Y with FSD, and use it on 8 hour drives every month. Though I've never been in a waymo car, my understanding is they only function in specific, heavily mapped, pre-arranged areas, and depend heavily on google having programmed in lots of instructions specific to problem spots. I can let my tesla FSD anywhere, and it will react intelligently to the surroundings without issues. I can't speak for older tesla cars, but IMO FSD is ready for full autonomous driving. I seriously can't remember the last time I had to take over for it, and I drive with it a LOT.
>But it's weird that so much expectations were put put on this event. My guess is that the stock is now so hyped, it attracts a lot of emotional investors. I expect the European defence stocks to grow a bit more, but not a lot. If you missed the boat on this one: look into European infrastructure companies. The likely outcome to the coming NATO summit is that the new NATO norm will be set at spending 5% of GDP on defence. BUT, that's 3,5% towards actual defence, and 1,5% towards defence adjacent projects, like cybersecurity and infrastructure. NATO concluded that many bridges and roads in Europe are not made for heavy tanks and artillery to drive over them and this needs to be fixed. 1,5% of the total GDP of the EU is a LOT of money. Caveat: I expect politicians to stretch the definition of 'defence adjacent' to proposterous areas. Another tip: don't take investment advice from strangers on the internet.
Yes you can make a lot of money, but you can also drain your entire account making one stupid decision. I’ve seen it happen. My buddy who trades professionally knows somebody who got $100k from selling their house and started doing options. Lost it all in a week being dumb, then got a loan to revenge trade and lost that too. Moral of the story, practice A LOT or you could have a bad day.
all of that to say, this guy is up a LOT more than 7.5%... probably close to being up 100% on his portfolio
Notwithstanding "pennies before stormroller" comments (no, stocks don't go to infinity): why do more people not sell those delta 0.1 strikes on sensible tickers at sensible times? you know you have time and range to adjust the trade? why only focus on buying lottery tickets when you can sell a LOT of those? VIX below 20 and QQQ near ATH is the time to sell impossible strike naked calls. The converse is also true and even more lucrative. I don't get this obsession with "buying" options (sure, if you have a sound thesis then by all means there is a place for that, ) but most times, selling severely OTM naked options provides a steady gain stream. You do not need a portfolio margin, I used to do this even when i had the standard T4 margin everyone gets. There is money to be made picking up pennies. I like picking pennies and filling bags.
Don't sweat it. Everyone starts somewhere and you have to sift through a LOT of ideas before you find some that are worthwhile.
That's what I'd like to know along with the following, by month & year Tariff income/country Containers/country Average shipping cost/container Average shipping space available It will be very interesting to see what happens ocean freight costs/availability the closer it gets to Christmas shipment time. It has to be getting close if not currently happening. And by interesting, I mean they will 100% exploit businesses delaying shipments and then needing goods, and they will exploit that a LOT. See Covid for examples.
the problem with defense sector doing well is usually b/c it's leading up to war. EU defense stocks are sky rocketing, b/c Trump keeps threatening to pull out of NATO, or not get involved in Russia decides to move into Europe. So, Rheinmetal, Rolls Royce, BAE Systems, etc are all going up. I still think there's plenty of action left even though they've massively spiked, b/c what EU is trying to do is quickly militarize to the point that US pull-out of NATO won't be missed. That's going to require a LOT of build-out. If you don't want to do a specific stock, there's defense ETF's that cover various areas. SHLD - Global X Def Tech ETF (all nations + police and security companies) NATO - Themes Transatlantic Def ETF (NATO countries US + EU) EUAD - Select STOXX Europe Aero & Def ETF (EU only) ITA - iShares US Aero & Def ETF (US .. boeing, etc) You can hedge your bets buy splitting your money across all 4, or you can do ITA for US + EUAD for EU. Trump wants to put a lot of $ into military, so don't completely get out of US def sec. But, EU is having to massively build up things.
A LOT of people who will be waking up soon to a surprise. 🤷♂️