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Lotus Technology Inc.
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I've been here since 2013, bought in the FOMO. So the 2013 peak happened then 4 years later the 2017. After that there was A LOT of talk of a 4 year cycle due to the halving which I thought was total BS...
People predicted back then when the 2021 peak would be with accuracy to within a week. I was fortunate enough to sell a stack then.
It doesn’t really make sense, and I thought people might follow it so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy which to some extend I think is true. Low and behold the 2022 bottom was a year after the peak (exactly as 2014 and 2018 were).
At this point I looked at the number of weeks from peak to peak, peak to bottom and halving and came up with the third week in October. And low and behold other had too.
As things were going up last year people ridiculed anyone who mentioned the 4 year cycle.... until it played out EXACLTY as predicted. Again.
Whether you agree with it or not you cannot deny human psychology. It takes about a year after a top for people to get over the doom, for sellers to sell and people to forget and lose interest. This is the bottom, has been the last three times and will be again in October 2026.
You’ll then get a steady rise which no news outlet will cover and no one will care. Meanwhile if you follow the 4 year cycle you will have bought at the best time and be 2-3x up on that when people start talking about the bull run.
Mock the 4 year cycle all you want but it is the only successful predictor for the cycles.

There is no loss, I bought at $22K.
But there is A WHOLE LOT vanished paper gains.

Yeah. Automation and increased productivity are inherently good things, but if they displace a LOT of people at once with no safety nets, it could get ugly.

Looks like it could be, and if it is, it’s worth a LOT more than melt value for that high-quality structure. Where did you get it? Take is to a Local Coin Shop (LCS) and tip them $5 to test it for you

Hey Kid. Welcome to the world of investing.
Listen, Silver & Gold are like other investments. There's RISK. But with Silver & Gold - they are Commodities - and Commodities have A LOT MORE RISK than stock market Index Funds.
The BEST ADVICE for anyone starting out in terms of investing is DIVERSIFY DIVERSIFY DIVERSIFY.
Do not EVER put all your eggs in one basket. It SEEMS like you can make more money that way, but changes are you will LOSE money that way. And when you gamble - The House Always Wins.
Neither Silver nor Gold are GET RICH QUICK devices. For every guy who made money on Bitcoin, you'll find 10,000 others who got burned badly and LOST IT ALL.
NOBODY knows when any commodity will hit "bottom" or what the "bottom" is. EVER. It is ONLY looking backwards that we can see where bottom WAS. Same goes for Top.
Sure, you'll find loads of people online with charts and predictions, etc. None of them know SHIT. Even a broken clock is right once a day and ONE of those guys out of thousands is going to be right ONCE. But that's just luck.
The BEST way to deal with all this is by DIVERSIFYING and something called "Dollar Cost Averaging".
Diversifying means DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES put all your money into ONE thing. Not silver, Not gold, Not bitcoin. Not the S&P 500, Not a single stock, not a single mutual fund. DIVERSIFY means spreading it all out in LOTS of GOOD investments. Because despite the draw to bet it all on one horse, that's gambling. And when gambling The House Always Wins and you lose.
Dollar Cost Averaging is going in slowly. Buy a little at a time once every other month. Even after you decide which things you want to invest in.
This is the best advice you will ever get kid.
You will think you can do better. You will think you can "time the market". You will think you can be one of the lucky idiots who bet his shirt on the winning horse and made it. But you'll just lose your shirt. You and a million people like you. "The House" gets rich on idiots who lose their shirts because each one thinks THEY are smarter or THEY will be the lucky ones.
Don't fall for that trap kid. Be the SMART one. Invest slowly and DIVERSIFY your investments.
The fact that there are all these people here on Reddit who are all into Silver is only because it's been in the news recently. Before now it was just a bunch of collectors - hobbyists who happen to have liked silver coins and all the different designs they come in.
But that was all when it was an Affordable Hobby. At $15/oz it was an Affordable Hobby. At $20/oz it was too. Even at $30/oz it was still an Affordable Hobby.
What happened this past year was INSANE. And for us real collectors it really put a damper on the Hobby aspect of it.
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Yessir, long is the way to go! There’s A LOT to be excited about moving forward

That’s a LOT for a blue chip stock. It’s not like it’s a potential “up and comer”.. it’s fucking Amazon

There won't be an AI winner. AI is a commodity. All you need is the compute and the expertise (which is widely available) and you can match the top model. In the next year you are going to see a LOT of catch up from Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon, along with many others, including the Chinese.

[WTS] These didnt sell, so I lowered the price A LOT. 90% lot, 2 silver kennedy slabs

Tried a lot of propfirms and since starting a small personal account, I'm profitable. I think everybody should try growing a small personal account. You learn a LOT along the way

Silver Spot: $83.37
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In your back-and-forth with u/nivek_123k it sounds like you're *looking* for things to Wheel.
But your OP strongly implies that you already hold SCHX & SCHG. So is that correct?
Because if so, you can do CCs to your heart's intent. Though SCHG *is* better for that.
But even SCHX, if you sold the 37DTE 29-delta 28C you'd net 0.7% over those 36 days (from tomorrow). That apy's to 7% if you were able to do that month after month. That's hardly worth the bother though, or the risk of losing your shares (or the bother of rolling the Calls).
But if you're looking to accumulate shares (whether starting from scratch, or to add to shares you own), CSP'ing right ATM is the perfect use-case for those. And you can do that with either ticker, with decent results.
To wit:
The SCHX 20Feb27P has a Bid/Ask of 0.05/0.20, with a Last price of 0.15. That's optimistic given that spread, but you'd surely get filled at 0.10 (if not 0.12).
And 0.10/27.00 in 6 trading days (Monday is a holiday) is an apy of 15%. Not bad for something you were going to buy anyway.
The SCHG Puts are a LOT juicier though:
The 20Feb31P would sell for 0.27.
0.27/31.00 in 6 trading days gives 0.87% ROI, which converts to an approximate apy of 36%.
Do that every week or so if you're DCA'ing into SCHG anyway, and you're starting out with a 36% head start.
Or if you don't want that much bother, sell the 20Mar31P for an apy of \~22%. Less return because it's less work.
And if you're "pretty new" to options (I read that as "*very* new" because I bet you haven't read a book) read some of this book (it's a pdf):
[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
Chapters 1 through 5, plus 14 for Covered Calls should do it. Ignore all the "strategies" in the book for now (or forever, but do read Chapter 6 about LEAPS Calls when you want to think about using them instead of shares).
Cheers.

This is some broke logic. Earning a little passive income when you're young doesn't mean you can quit working. Especially if you're making good income.
The dollar will continue to be devalued, it's important to make income and turn it into assets, for one thing.
And would take a LOT of wealth to be at the point where I wouldn't work a few hours a day to make $50k/mo.

non-zero? I know people and have heard conversations people have had where they think exactly like this. Hell my parents thought this way until someone probably told them what "marginal" means. There's a LOT of people who think this way.
edit: I remember one of my parents recommended that I take my (cash) bonus as stock to avoid going into the next tax bracket. It broke my brain

Ya know what, I’m a fan of Lithic, and Jeff is the founding father of those bugs that are very popular. I even bought a shirt. I get a lot of questions about it and then I light in, lol.
One of a kind and their popularity is for good reason. The way it all worked as a big team effort sourcing the gold, the transactions - that was a LOT of dough. Imagine that in today’s market holy cow! Updates on the process and videos of the process from start to finish. It’s an experience that I’m glad I was part of for both series - the 1/10 oz and the 1/4oz.
Damn I gotta go back. I gotta know if there’s more of these coming. I’m still in the group but avoid sites I used to frequent when it got all sideways if you know what I mean? Started this place around the time I eased out the others.
If you’re not on his page on the book of faces or this group on the book of faces, you need to

I heard they need A LOT more sponsors, and it's unconstitutional anyway...Also, wouldn't Trump need to sign this?
Either way, meh.
But, looking at the current anti-weed discourse from grifters on Twitter, + this bill getting two new sponsors this week, tells me that the prohibitionists are moving.
I think we should be seeing *something* new about the rescheduling process soon.

Yes for every 100 shares you can sell 1 option. If it stays under $420, it means you pocket the entire credit for which you sold the options at, because they're going to expire worthless, but since you're the option seller you keep all of that, and all your shares.
You will be automatically assigned if it expires Friday market close above $420. Alternatively, you could roll the option for next week, perhaps for $425, and collect another round of credits. You could also just buy back your options for a fraction of the cost as they'd probably be worth jack shit if it's like $420.20 at market close.
Yes rolling is typically a new date, say the week. You could also roll to the same week if the stock took a hit say going from 405 to 395, you could roll and change to sell 410s instead since you're confident it won't hit 410 by Friday. There are A LOT of routes you could take to protect your shares.
I wouldn't get worried about getting exercised, because you can do the opposite the next week and sell puts instead. I sell options on a weekly basis between calls and puts. Good work watching videos, you should take a week to learn as much as possible while selling calls 5% out. I typically target 2-3% because the deltas are a lot higher and I don't care if I get exercised, I'll just sell the opposite options next week. Good luck!

I agree. Screen time is not the way for A LOT of people as they will overtrade, overmanage and just exhaust themselves. Screentime only works when you do the right things. For example practicing to recognise when your setup is in play and when it isn’t.
Out of curiosity: what setup do you play?

Hello all!

Have a LOT for sale today. Lot includes:

7 morgan silver dollars @ spot = $456 SHIPPED (free shipping)

Also throwing in 3 merc dimes and one 2 reichsmark (swastika) for FREE

pic proof
[https://imgur.com/a/1mlYfhQ](https://imgur.com/a/1mlYfhQ)

thanks!

Not just about the shortest route, fact is there is a LOT of money in the world, but those with the money don't give it up easily... Investing is just a means to allow us to make more, but as you can see the market makers and shorts are always one step ahead.
Put it all in an ETF is good advice for humble returns, but staking in some more volatile stocks has the potential for much greater returns... Investment bankers/firm's do this, just with other people's money. - retail only has the money they can afford to lose to play with...