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I did a short-lived attempt at day-trading 15 years ago. Bought a few tens of thousands of NFLX, NVDA, and AMZN. Sold it all maybe a week later and made a cou
by khazhoux 2y ago
I did a short-lived attempt at day-trading 15 years ago. Bought a few tens of thousands of NFLX, NVDA, and AMZN. Sold it all maybe a week later and made a couple thousand bucks, which I thought made me pretty smart.
- jnsie 2y agoI'm curious as to why you stopped (feel free to tell me to mind my own business!)?
- khazhoux 2y agoHa. The real question is why I didn't just hold. That $50K would now be like $10 million.
- jnsie 2y agoBeen there with longer term trades. Bought some DXCM back in 2014 and sold later for a small profit. Was trading at $8-9. I used their continuous glucose monitor (am type 1 diabetic) and was certain they would be successful. Sitting at around $115 a share right now.
- khazhoux 2y agoI used to get upset by things like that, until I realized that everyone(-ish) has a similar story. Still, it's amazing that for all the hours of work I put in, day in and day out for years, I could have amassed 10x more money if I had just done "nearly nothing" at a couple of key moments.
- jnsie 2y agoSame. I'm the guy who would have order Bitcoin with pizza, guaranteed.