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Your brain does that because you haven't yet grasped that trading is 99% RNG\* and that the only thing you can do to success control is risk.
This is a completely counterintuitive activity for a normal person; you have no idea where the price is going to go, your system fails (or succeeds) approximately 50% of the time on average, the price doesn't “obey”...
It's normal for this to happen to you, given that, as I say, this activity is not like a normal job, or even a normal logical process that a person is used to, that is; if I do this part of my job wrong, this happens, but I know that if I do it this way, it will turn out this way or that way; if I do it this way, I can expect 99% or even 100% that this specific thing will happen; if I use this tool, this will happen; if I use this other tool, something else will happen...
Unfortunately trading is not like that. \*Until you accept that the only thing that distinguishes it from flipping a coin or gambling is that we can control our own risk management, but everything else... you have to accept that you are going to lose approximately 50% of the time, and that the only way to do well is to make the percentage in your favor greater than 50%. And you can only achieve that with risk management.
If you are unable to accept that trading involves a LOT of uncertainty, then this job is not for you.

I’m here to bump this thread, since now in February 2026 it’s seemingly a LOT more relevant. There’s the news out about Oracle and other situations revolving around data center construction and funding falling out from the bottom on several fronts.

I have tried looking into how it works but it is a situation where the more that I learned the less I knew because as you dig into it it just keeps getting more and more complicated.
A few tidbits which I have picked up are;
1) The headline numbers are misleading because the same trader(like a bank) may be buying and selling opposite positions. An oversimplified example might be that a bank might have a short position for a million ounces of silver at 85 but also have options for a million ounces of silver at 95. It gets much more complicated but which you see a high amount of paper silver that may be counting offsetting positions multiple times.
2) A lot of the trading is very short term. There were headlines that on Friday something like 1.5 billion ounces of silver were traded which sound ridicules. What the headline does not say is that a million ounces of paper silver might have been bought at 10:00 AM but then sold again 10:01 AM so that same million ounces of paper silver might have been resold hundreds or even thousands of times in the same day. The trader might only make a fraction of a percent on each trade but that quickly adds up.
3) Physical silver goes in and out of Comex but other than that all the trading is a zero sum game where someone loses a dollar for everyone who makes a dollar. The rules and tools which the professional traders have make it a fools errand for individuals to try to buy silver options. Some traders may have made a LOT of money on Friday but the bigger story may be which traders lost a lot of money on Friday and may be in trouble which is likely the larger story.
4) Large banks like JP Morgan have large clients like central banks for multiple countries which they also trade for. I have seen posts which say things like JP Morgan has a long position of 750 million ounces of physical silver, without much evidence. If correct to me it is not clear just how much of that is actually for their clients accounts or if that silver has already been shipped out of the country.
5) The rules and laws for COMEX are sort of like speeding laws on American highways where if you get caught the worst that will usually happen is that you get a speeding ticket will pay a fine. Often the fines are just the cost of doing business and the traders make enough that occasionally paying the fine is acceptable. On Friday from everything I have read when the price of silver was going down there were circuit breakers should have been triggered and temporarily suspended trading but that did not happen. There are also reports of people not being able to enter orders. Earlier trading in the LME was conveniently delayed for unexplained "technical problems" . The day after Thanksgiving trading was also delayed for a long time at a critical point for suspect "cooling problems".
It is not clear if these will result in any fines but JP Morgan has paid close to a billion dollars in finest that does not seem to have made any big difference.

I agree. Many old Bitcoiners remain stoic, and hey, Bitcoin has survived A LOT historically, but that's also what can make you blind to actual signs of danger. If the S&P or gold starts beating Bitcoin in gains over 5+ years.. there can easily be an implosion where Bitcoin takes a "reset" at a level that was conventionally considered unfathomable. Won't die, but unless you have the cash to buy down there.. you'll be crying

For the upper end of home security....
I have a family member that is a pro in security. His motto is overlapping layers are important, depending on what and how much you are protecting. He has a LOT more valuable property than I will ever dream of having.
I certainly don't have the protection he has, but this might give you ideas on what layers are possible. Here is an outline of what he has:
He lives on a lake with a single road in and out of where he lives. He knows all his neighbors and their usual guests. A good safe, bolted to a concrete slab. In a separate room with hardened door access. Motion detectors in key areas. Switches for doors and windows. Cameras some triggered by motion, some not. All this and more connected to him, his wife's and a trusted friend via cell phone. Plus he has a 24/7 monitoring service for when and if the alarms go off. He's a retired law enforcement officer including time as a K-9 officer. As you might guess he has dogs, trained dogs. And he was also a member of a SWAT team. As you might also guess he's armed. So is his spouse. And they both practice.
When he travels his buddies (also law dogs) help keep an eye on his place.
I've asked him when he is going to build a moat. He says after the alligators are trained to use the strap-on lasers.
Over kill? Maybe. But if I don't think he's a likely victim.
Or bury a mason jar in the yard under a flower pot.

I'm applying for jobs, and they both seem low. 5d/week private practice gig post-partnership should be over a million. 600-700k is attainable at some 4d/week hospital-employed jobs these days without worrying about being screwed from a promised partnership later. I would also try to avoid a 5d/week oncology job, especially post-partnership. That is a LOT of oncology histories that'll spill into your evenings and weekends.

skills pa rin talaga pinakafirst step, invest in courses that will make you earn a LOT of money, that’s the time you can invest better

Buddy boy, microsoft paused A LOT of DC construction projects in theEU/APAC officially to focus back on the us , bit they didn't increase output in the us (they paused Wisconsin, ohio)
Good luck

It depends, if you want to use Turbo Trader and use a mouse then Webull, if you want to use HotKeys and have a little faster execution to your trades then use ThinkOrSwim. Hotkeys are still only less than half a second faster on ThinkOrSwim as opposed to TurboTrader on Webull.
Since ThinkOrSwim is owned by Schwab Online Brokerage, and Schwab is so notoriously awful when it comes to penny stocks and OTC market restrictions, i'm assuming ThinkOrSwim will be the same with those restrictions. But that's if you trade OTC and penny stocks like i do.
WeBull is a LOT more lenient and you can trade whatever stock you want with no restrictions. I actually have only ever seen 1 stock restricted so far actually on Webull but Schwab I can find at least 4-5 stocks a day that restricts something.
On Webull there's a lot of trade buy/sell button customizations for instance you can make a button that buys or sell 25% shares and another for 50% shares and another for 100% shares and another for whatever other button you want but on ThinkOrSwim you can't do that. You can only set 1 sell and 1 buy button at a time on ThinkOrSwim either like Buy 25% or buy 50%, then sell 50% or sell 100% (these are just example).
Personally i use the Webull Desktop App and i love it, i love that you ge to add different widgets, place them wherever you want on the screen, customize your trading screen fully and everything. It's wonderful!

The point is that the local top is in. An ease in foreign paper tensions, dovish Fed under new leadership in May, lower rates, and stronger economic data will lead to the same 50% mean reversion that has happened on every parabolic move in the last 100 years. I’m a HODLer, so I’m not trading this. I don’t sell physical gold/silver. However, a LOT of people ARE trading it and need to plan accordingly so they don’t get rekt.

I work in high frequency trading. A LOT of people make over a million. And significantly over for many.

I'm like 75% sure the pro-LCS crap is just gaslighting or stealth marketing. LCS can be fine, but they offer exactly zero benefits when compared with online dealers unless you need help facilitating a transaction that exceeds the insurance coverage of an online retailer. For something that large you shouldn't be selling to an LCS anyways because they will rob you blind with their cut.
I shop at a few LCS and will occasionally sell, but they are one step above pawn shops in my book. I don't understand all the love they get; I have not seen it, and I've been to A LOT of them. Half of them are in the damn Apmex network anyways, and Apmex usually has shit prices especially if you're selling.

just over half of marriages end in divorce, BUT... a LOT of the folks getting divorced are doing it multiple times. MANY MORE first marriages las a lifetime. studies confirm this.

I would stay away from leverage. If history is anything to go by, Bitcoin HATES leverage. Up or down, won't matter, you could lose a LOT of money that way. Whereas with just a DCA-what-you-can-afford-to-lose strategy is less risky and you don't have to worry about losing everything if there is a dip. I am bullish on Bitcoin, but I could be wrong. In fact, I could be so wrong in my thinking that bitcoin is unstoppable that it could go to zero and I'd still hold it.

WRONG. The price has been marginally different like 5%. A 40% dislocation would obviously be a LOT different. It would mean that the US just carried out a fake manipulation and the world simply didnt even acknowledge it. that would be a huge statement.

This is not satire, link to OP. [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoMarkets/s/egdjk1VwgM](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoMarkets/s/egdjk1VwgM)
People say investing in crypto is too risky, yet getting married is glamorized and accepted by society. Why? Marriage is the more risky investment
The average cost of a wedding is roughly $20,000 here, in the USA. That's just for the wedding. With the divorce rate steadily increasing, a marriage is the most risky, unfavorable investment one could make in his/her entire, life.
Then, let's say you and your significant other decides to divorce. Attorney fees, and divorce filings can well exceed $10k (If you're lucky) and that's not even taking into account your significant other taking half of your shit + child support if you have children.
Society is programmed into thinking getting married and having children is happiness. Don't get me wrong, of course there's happiness and love involved, but almost 65% of men and women find out the hard way there is A LOT of financial suffering involved too.
In conclusion, investing in Crypto is a risk, but so is living the blueprint model of happiness and success. Investing in crypto seems a lot safer than getting married to one person for the rest of your life. I'm just saying.

The average cost of a wedding is roughly $20,000 here, in the USA. That's just for the wedding. With the divorce rate steadily increasing, a marriage is the most risky, unfavorable investment one could make in his/her entire, life.
Then, let's say you and your significant other decides to divorce. Attorney fees, and divorce filings can well exceed $10k (If you're lucky) and that's not even taking into account your significant other taking half of your shit + child support if you have children.
Society is programmed into thinking getting married and having children is happiness. Don't get me wrong, of course there's happiness and love involved, but almost 65% of men and women find out the hard way there is A LOT of financial suffering involved too.
In conclusion, investing in Crypto is a risk, but so is living the blueprint model of happiness and success. Investing in crypto seems a lot safer than getting married to one person for the rest of your life. I'm just saying.

I think BTC can drop A LOT but I don't ever see it going near 0 and staying near 0 due to its black market uses, money laundering and pump & dump schemes (obviously these are gross reasons for it to maintain/gain value)
Maybe I'll drop the % down to like .5-1%, I'd like to include some because I think upside is still Asymmetric and it's a sector of its own not covered by VTI/VXUS/Treasuries/Precious Metals

Generally, I do A LOT of research. I try to find a new company I might do 3x or even more in the long run every single month. Usually, I do research on the companys finances and news and potential for entire weeks.
Honestly, I dont even remember how I found out about ASTS, for me, this was just another company.
PS. Sorry, I dont have any faith in alt coins anymore, I liquidated all the money I had in crypto and transferred them to the stock market.

Here's the crazy part... I have a ton of cash & bonds. If I were pure 100% stock ETFs, I'd be up a LOT more... like 30%+
The VT ETF went up 21.63% last year. I guess I'm tracking that one pretty well.