LOT
Lotus Technology Inc.
stock NASDAQ ADR

Agree with you about consistency and sticking to one model. I started kinda scattered between strategies and saw little improvement - but trading simulators helped A LOT. I got to test any good (or bad) strategies risk-free.
Trading Game is a good example, I practiced real-time data and always reworked my strategies without risking anything - [tradinggame.com/trading-simulator/](https://tradinggame.com/trading-simulator/). So in this way, this kind of consistency in testing and refining gave me more clarity on what worked and when.

Nothing you said is grounded in academic theory (or backed by any evidence), sorry.
If there was a way to "generate more profitability at the cost of higher risk" such strategy would have been absorbed and turned into a strategy (aka - an ETF).
Dropping 1,000 all on 01 on a roulette table can pay a LOT, but it's very risky. All "risk" isn't created equal.
Broadly speaking there are two kinds of risk:
1. Idiosyncratic risk - "I fee like..." or "based on what I'VE SEEN RECENTLY..." or "considering the current \[enter speculative issue\]". Any time an investor uses one of those mental gymnastics to rationalize an investing decision, they are taking on Idiosyncratic risk. This is an UNCOMPENSATED risk. If it works out? You got lucky. But more than not, you will fail to outperform a risk adjusted benchmark. (ie: You're way more likely to do worse than the market).
2. Systemic risk - These are risks that have higher expected returns. They follow evidence based on the existing research and academic literature. BUT, even these are no free lunch. They come with tracking error and the possibility that the higher expected returns don't actually materialize.
Furthermore, basically every investor and especially unsophisticated or new ones, overestimate their REAL risk tolerance until they experience a prolonged bear market. If you have been investing for less than 15 years, you've yet to experience one. So, can you increase risk to try to capture higher expected returns? Sure, at the expense of tracking error (ie: you can go for a long time underperforming the benchmarks which breaks many investors), and at the risk that it was all for nothing during your investing timeline. For example, people that go all in on SCV. Do they have higher expected returns? Sure, if you look at a 40 year time horizon, but boy is that going to be a wild ride. Another possibility is using leverage which amplifies you potential returns... AND loses.

A LOT did for sure

I've brought up "the list" lots of times in the Lounge, and I've been surprised by how many have absolutely no idea what this list . . . is. Which is surprising to me, because if there's one thing that makes trading penny stocks unique, is the ***sheer amount of abusive naked shorting that happens with stocks trading below $5.00***\*.\* Obviously, if you already know about all of this, then this post isn't for you. This one's for the newbies. Someone has to take care of them. So, here's a write-up about it.
Let's get started!
**"Failure to Deliver (FTD)"**
This is when you buy or borrow shares, but you don't actually receive them. Yes, this can happen. It happens all the time, actually, without you even realizing it. Oh sure, you made the purchase, and your broker ***says*** you have them. And you can see them sitting in your open positions. But in reality, that might not be the case . . . ***officially***. What you have instead, are "just as good" as the shares themselves. They're "IOUs". Your broker owes you those shares. Officially. But you never see that. In your mind, you already have the shares, and that's that.
Of course, this begs the question, "If the shares you want simply aren't available, then why don't they just disallow the transaction? Why are they giving you IOUs instead?" I know, it's a real head-scratcher. This is what would happen in a normal, sane world. But you see, it's really important to just "keep things flowing" in the market. It needs to flow smoothly. So, this is a way to do that. No shares? Give 'em an IOU and we'll deliver those shares as soon as we can. They'll never know the difference.
This is the basic anatomy of a normal transaction. And if you're holding onto IOUs, your broker has a deadline to meet to get you the actual shares. It's T+1. The end of the next trading day. By then, those should be real, genuine shares sitting in your account. When that doesn't happen, it's known as "Failure to Deliver (FTD)".
**The REG SHO Threshold List**
What happens next? They have to somehow acquire the shares and deliver them, no later than the end of the next trading day (T+2), with a few exceptions, but the longest exception being T+4. To acquire those shares, they either have to buy them on the open market, regardless of the price at that time, or, enter into an agreement to borrow them from someone else. One way or another, they ***must*** get them somehow and deliver them to you.
And if the broker doesn't? They're no longer allowed to issue "IOUs" in that stock anymore, until this issue is fixed. Which destroys their profits during that time.
The market's a busy place, and the broker is dealing with a lot of traders, not just you. So, the sheer number of shares being passed around can be astronomical. In this case, we're talking about a magic number of shares that failed to deliver: 10,000 or more. If, for 5 trading days, the number of shares that the broker failed to deliver exceeds this number, that company is listed on the REG SHO Threshold List.
That is, the entire point of this list is to warn me and you that ABC stock is having some difficulties with transactions.
**"Naked" Shorting**
FTDs . . . when it comes to penny stocks these days . . . almost exclusively mean that these are short positions. The shares are being borrowed from the brokers, but are not being delivered. Those who are doing the shorting, then, are actually shorting the stock with IOUs, not shares. If you've ever seen someone talk about "synthetic shares", this is what they mean. They mean "IOUs". Mathematically, this means more shares are being traded, than what actually exist. This should be illegal, but it's not, because the idea is to keep the market flowing smoothly - so their hearts are in the right place. Right? Right?
Of course not. And so, you can be sure that this is what's happening with companies that are on the SHO Threshold List. I mean, we can't know for sure, but you know . . . it looks like a duck and it quacks like one too. Besides, at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter why there's difficulties with a particular stock's transactions. When you see that there's difficulties, you probably just want to stay away no matter what.
Anyway, this sends brokers into a loop of having to borrow shares in order to cover borrowed shares, and so on. Think of it as using a credit card, to pay off another credit card.
There's a 3rd way out of this, for brokers, though.
Ever wonder why companies love to dilute when they're at rock bottom as it is? Just imagine how many stocks you watched, where you said, "Why are they diluting right now?! All they had to do was nothing, and they'd be above $1 by next week, and the stock would soar!" Well, think of it this way:
You're an institution. And you went full-psycho on a stock and shorted it with a bajillion shares. Like any short position, you borrowed those shares and have to return them at some point. You bit off way more than you could chew. And now, it's getting to be about time to return those shares, but you don't have them all. You loaned those out to your own clients, or maybe some of them are IOUs. Maybe covering your short position suddenly would cause you to LOSE a lot of money, because your bullshit killed the volume; there's nobody there to buy from. What do you do?
Well, you buy some directly from the company! You might see this in the news as "Stock XYZ secures funding agreement", or so on. How do those conversations between the executives and the financial terrorists go? No idea, but if I had to guess, it goes something like this:
*"Hi, yes, we'd like to purchase 2 million shares from the company. So, your choices are either sell us some shares, or, we'll continue shorting the company until it reaches bankruptcy."*
Presto! Funding secured! The terrorists get their shares without spiking the price, the company gets some money, and everyone's happy except for you. So, no, I try to avoid companies that give in and screw the investors in this way, but those are hard to track anymore these days.
**How to Use This Information**
In your File Explorer (NOT your browser), enter in: [ftp://ftp.nasdaqtrader.com/SymbolDirectory/regsho/](ftp://ftp.nasdaqtrader.com/SymbolDirectory/regsho/) . . . where you normally see the file path.
This will open up each trading day's list, separately, of all of the tickers on the SHO Threshold List. From this point on, you can do you. As for me, I don't forgive and forget as easily. Any stock that was on any of these lists in the last 6 months, I will red-flag in Tradingview and avoid it like the plague. How do I process that data?
I don't. I feed the last 6 months' worth of lists into AI. I also feed into AI, my watchlists of all penny stocks (that I slightly filtered at some point). And then I tell AI to give me a list of all tickers that are on both. After the red-flagging is complete, you end up with this:
https://preview.redd.it/fm9m6bonxcng1.png?width=1735&format=png&auto=webp&s=86d0ca1e04e3d91ebeccc05fcb38c1bbf6125289
Whenver you see a ticker coming up on hype or technicals or whatever, you can see that red flag and know to stay the hell away from it. I bet you that a LOT of you would suddenly start having much better luck at trading by doing this. At the end of the day, if you're tired of being screwed, the best way you can screw them back, is to dry up the volume and make their situation much, much worse.
And if you do this and it helps, let me know. I'd hate to think that I just wrote all of this for nothing.

Agree with OP here. A few phrases come to mind when pursuing anything challenging:
“All good things take time.”
“There is no harm in being prepared.”
“Success is built by good habits and hard work, not innate talents.”
“The right thing pursued for the wrong reasons is the wrong thing.”
I spent my last 4 years working towards a side hustle (and eventually a career) in algo trading. This was on top of my demanding full time job and raising a new daughter. Nights and weekends. I went sideways a LOT and even backwards at times, both from a project standpoint and emotionally as well. However, I’m finally nearing the point where I’m ready to go live soon with my first portfolio.
There is no shortcut to trading success, but at the same time it is vitally important to pursue it for the right reasons. If you’re trying to “escape” a dead end job, for instance, try instead saying “I’m so grateful for my full time job that allows me to pursue trading as well.”
Create a plan/roadmap, take it one step at a time, work hard, and believe in yourself. As OP essentially said, get after it.

# [PROOF PICTURE 3/05/2026](https://imgur.com/XoJPHYM)
Pics available below of individual item for sale. Feel free to ask for more pics!
**Spot price at time of posting: Silver $83.91**
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# UNITED STATES COINS
**PEACE DOLLARS - No culls / No damaged/holed coins. Nice, better condition coins! See pics below**
\- [LOT #2 - 1 full roll (20 coins) Silver Peace Dollars](https://imgur.com/gPm2eXp) \- **$1,165** Melt value is \~$1,297. See pics for condition of actual coins you will receive. Coins come in a plastic tube.
\- [LOT #4 - Lot of 11x Silver Peace Dollars](https://imgur.com/58IBGUT) \- **$643** Melt value is \~$714. See pics for condition of actual coins you will receive. Coins come in a plastic tube.
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**SILVER DOLLARS - COMMEMORATIVE**
Boxed, in capsule, and include CoAs, see pics below. This commemorative dollar has the silver content of a constitutional silver dollar \~0.7735oz ASW, for a **melt value of \~$65.**
* [**2000 Library of Congress Silver Dollar UNC**](https://imgur.com/p8VPDNQ) **- $59**
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**SILVER HALF DOLLARS - COMMEMORATIVE**
Each commemorative half dollar has the silver content of a constitutional silver half dollar - (0.3617oz ASW), for a **melt value of \~$30.40**.
* 75x [1982-S George Washington Silver Half Dollar PROOF](https://imgur.com/Fz9ynwb) \- **$27.00 ea. I**n mint capsules
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**90% SILVER 'JUNK'**
* [$12.25 FV Quarters](https://imgur.com/ygkuYys) \- **$668** Washington Quarters at <54x / FV. **Melt value is \~$742+**
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# PREMIUM ART SILVER BARS
Vintage (70s mostly, some 80s maybe..?) collectible silver bars. Some are scarce, some are SUPER RARE - check online listings and comps. Most are from a collection of silver bars that was locked away for 40-50+ years; I'm going to include some info I got from the original owner / found online, but I'm by no means a silver bar expert. Let me know if you have any questions, or need more pics!
B0. [**1973 Madison Mint 'Thanksgiving'**](https://imgur.com/SZyTBdP) **- $85.00  \[**[**BACK**](https://imgur.com/VIwF9lm)**\]  UNDER SPOT**
B1. [1972 Madison Mint Majestic Eagle \[Variety I\] 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/K1JM34K) \- **$100** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/KtCfifo) The **Variety I** version of the Majestic Eagle is distinguished by its serial number placement: AT FOOT. Listed in the *Silver Art Bar Guide Book* 5^(th) Edition under **Madison Mint** as **MAD-13VI. Reverse:** Type 8.
B2. [1982 Golden State Mint Mount St. Helens 1 oz Silver Art Bar](https://imgur.com/SxwSJC6) \- **$100** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/FQxLh4R) A collectible piece of bullion produced by the Golden State Mint in 1982. Featuring the iconic Mount St. Helens volcano in its design.
B3. [1971 W.H. Foster 1 oz Silver Eagle Art Bar](https://imgur.com/V0jU0Ap) \- **$100** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/3KzVyFp) Limited edition silver bar with a very low mintage.
B4. [1974 El Dorado Mint San Buenaventura 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/4iIZZCQ) \- **$100** [PIC 2 ](https://imgur.com/BiuvT6a) This rare 1974 El Dorado Mint San Buenaventura 1 oz Silver Bar is one of the first-issue pieces in the El Dorado Mint’s "Missions of California" series produced in 1974. The series visually celebrates California’s historic Spanish missions, each bar depicting a different mission. in this case, Mission San Buenaventura (also called the Ventura Mission) was the ninth Spanish mission established in California.). Listed in the *Silver Art Bar Guide Book*5^(th) Edition under El Dorado Mint as EDM-3, with 5,000 total mintage.
B5. [K&D Coins 1973 Halloween1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/WMfxzrW) \- **$100** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/i6uM9y5) Scarce collectible bar
B6. [Moses Exodus 'Parting the Red Sea' 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/A4UOr8U) \- **$85** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/66sFly9)
B7. [1980 Disneyland 25th Anniversary 'Greathouse Productions' 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/EUOLxCA) \- **$225** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/eaBVCem) Super scarce limited mintage bar - 200 total mintage. This bar is #126.
B8. [1974 CNB (City National Bank) Detroit, Michigan 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/A51DbV8) \- **$175** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/bY2pw1z) \[CNB-1\] Ultra rare bar.
B9. [1982 Johnson Matthey 5 oz Escalante Mine Silver Bar ](https://imgur.com/nKy3jDv)\- **$525** [PIC 2 ](https://imgur.com/PtqsxFd) 'Ranchers Exploration - Escalante Mine' RARE BAR. Sealed in original plastic (plastic is not in perfect shape, but bar is!
B10. [1973 United State Silver Corporation 'Halloween' 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/nBivWtJ) \- **$100** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/DIFaCiK) Scarce!
B11. [1973 Mount Everest Mint 'The Pyramids of Egypt' 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/hieA4dp) \- **$100** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/rP1vYXJ) Limited mintage of 4,000 pieces.
B12. [Coin Gallery of San Francisco 'Fort Gunnybags Vigilantees' 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/5RyGquN) \- **$100** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/EULXrfs)
B13. [1973 'Labor Day' T.K. Success Swiss 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/ZtmGphS) \- **$100** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/BPSp5rV)
B14. [1976 Madison Mint Halloween Witch's cauldron 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/Ue18wTH) \- **$100** [PIC 2 ](https://imgur.com/J2E6pVF)
B15. [1973 The Double Mc Mint 'Halloween' 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/fwqevsn) \- **$100** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/TGUiEeM)
B16. [1973 Thanksgiving Joy's Ltd. Mint 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/hU3YLWA) \- **$100** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/LjQIOuy)
B17. [TripleClicks SFI 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/SNJuLte) \- **$85** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/MJQTIzS)
B18. [1973 Ecology “Give A Hoot, Don’t Pollute” Smokey the Bear 1 oz Silver Bar](https://imgur.com/Rt48M7z) \- **$100** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/16gntYZ)
B19. [1974 United States Silver Corporation 'North American Buffalo'](https://imgur.com/9xyAAOw) \- **$90** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/Kmer7pr)
B20. [1974 United States Silver Corporation 'The Green Turtle'](https://imgur.com/5502IhS) \- **$90** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/JrNc6Od)
B21. [Engelhard Canada 'Maple Leaf'](https://imgur.com/CakTWAn) \- **$100** [PIC 2](https://imgur.com/NT76dAP)
B22. [Crabtree Mint Divisible 1 oz Silver Round](https://imgur.com/PJqGace) \- **$100** [PIC 2 ](https://imgur.com/S4tZN0J) Vintage round (Paradise, CA)
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Prooflike and Enameled **CMG Mint** art bars. very limited production. **Check online comps - these are SUPER premium, very popular art bars selling regularly online, if you can even find them available for sale**. all come sealed in their original protective sleeves, or in capsules, some with their card / COA, all are numbered. See details and pics for each individual bar below:
C1. ['HALLOWEEN HAVOC (VIDEOGAME) (2018) - Enameled BLUE](https://imgur.com/vWr4VI7) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/5TIUK4o)\] A total production of 146 (45 Prooflike, 60 Enameled BLUE, 41 Enameled RED). This one is numbered #15 of 60.
C2. ['THE HEADLESS HORSMAN' (2018) - Enameled BLUE](https://imgur.com/ut3ANtm) \- **$125** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/o92PVwb)\] A total production of 136 (45 Prooflike, 50 Enameled Blue, and 41 Enameled Red). This one is numbered #30 of 50.
C3. ['HORROR FOR HALLOWEEN #2 (VAMPIRE)' (2018) - Enameled](https://imgur.com/uSIUeQm) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/PYM4T77)\] A few enameled versions produced, this one is the purple with green title with 56 total mintage. This one is numbered #56.
C4. ['CYCLOPS' (2016) - Enameled - Including CoA](https://imgur.com/pentxU2) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/rJjHkYA)\] A total production of 135 (60 Prooflike, 75 Enameled). This one is numbered #53.
C5. ['THE HEADLESS HORSMAN' (2018) - Enameled RED](https://imgur.com/Q4feJzT) \- **$125** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/39eDOWy)\] A total production of 136 (45 Prooflike, 50 Enameled Blue, and 41 Enameled Red). This one is numbered #30 of 41.
C6. ['ROBBING SANTA' (2017) - Enameled - Including CoA](https://imgur.com/LRvrrcF) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/3CVqNSY)\] A total production of 140 (75 Prooflike, 65 Enameled). This one is numbered #24.
C7. ['ROBBING SANTA' (2017) - Prooflike - Including CoA](https://imgur.com/NMvxos3) \- **$100**  \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/VvgaTH8)\] A total production of 140 (75 Prooflike, 65 Enameled). This one is numbered #38, and is a matching pair to the enameled example below.
C8. ['ROBBING SANTA' (2017) - Enameled - Including CoA](https://imgur.com/svYehuN) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/E5do0BN)\] A total production of 140 (75 Prooflike, 65 Enameled). This one is numbered #38, and is a matching pair to the prooflike example above.
C9. ['CHARLIE BLACK AND DROOPY (WACKY TOONZ)' (2022) - Prooflike](https://imgur.com/nHoNuug) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/xZarwvW)\] A total production of 150 (all Prooflike).
C10. ['HAPPY HALLOWEEN SKELETON' (2012) 1ST ANNUAL - Prooflike](https://imgur.com/n8Jbliz) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/okBlriQ)\] A total production of 110 (75 Prooflike, 25 Enameled, 10 Antiqued).
C11. ['HORROR FOR HALLOWEEN VI: DR DEATH' (2022) - Antiqued](https://imgur.com/cBmCDd0) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/cVFzZQp)\] A total production of 142 (60 Prooflike, 52 Enameled, 30 Antiqued).
C12. ['HAPPY HALLOWEEN SKELETON' (2012) 1ST ANNUAL - Antiqued](https://imgur.com/3lNFUM1) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/bnB5DP9)\] A total production of 110 (75 Prooflike, 25 Enameled, 10 Antiqued).
C13. ['GOOD CONSUMES EVIL' (2023) - Prooflike ](https://imgur.com/81G8ktx)\- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/SIiV4wX)\] A total production of 135 (50 Prooflike, 50 Enameled, 35 Antiqued).
C14. ['HORROR FOR HALLOWEEN VI: DR DEATH' (2022) - Prooflike](https://imgur.com/mYmvVQf) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/R6j6Y5Y)\] A total production of 142 (60 Prooflike, 52 Enameled, 30 Antiqued). This one is numbered #26P.
C15. ['HORROR FOR HALLOWEEN VII: WEREWOLF' (2023) - Antiqued](https://imgur.com/lRctphB) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/KPOfCK8)\] A total production of 145 (70 Prooflike, 30 Enameled, 45 Antiqued).
C16. ['GOOD CONSUMES EVIL' (2023) - Enameled](https://imgur.com/iNyzjSa) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/tVo1fym)\] A total production of 135 (50 Prooflike, 50 Enameled, 35 Antiqued).
C17. ['HORROR FOR HALLOWEEN VII: WEREWOLF' (2023) - Prooflike](https://imgur.com/juRDvBZ) \- **$100** \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/St3s8FJ)\] A total production of 145 (70 Prooflike, 30 Enameled, 45 Antiqued). This one is numbered #39.
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**Rainbow Mint**
* ['Santa's Nightmare' (2015) - Enameled - Including CoA](https://imgur.com/bliEDxK) \- **$100**  \[[REVERSE](https://imgur.com/4sQ3Xkt)\] a maximum mintage of only 20 pieces! This one is numbered #5 Very limited edition, hand-enameled work of art.
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# Payment: Zelle only.
Shipping: USPS . Added insurance is available upon request and at buyer's cost. Responsibility leaves my hands once USPS says “accepted”.
Shipping fees:
* USPS Ground Advantage: **$5.00** (up to 8 oz)
* Priority Mail: **$10.00** (any weight)
**Shipping date: Will ship out Saturday 3/07. Tracking info will be provided within 24 hours of payment.**
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If my Revolut's assets are frozen tomorrow, I don't care about the money... I obviously would care about the "traditional bank card" to Revolut's account feature, but it's not the end of the world.

I think A LOT of accounts are getting flagged by an AI (with more false positives than the ancient algorithm of a traditional bank) but they could have kept that model if somebody (human, yeah. I think I'm not asking much) could "undo" the AI's decision.
They say they review these cases, but the more I read about these cases the more I think it's an AI hallucinating because no human in the world would "ban" someone in some of these ban-stories.

Judging by the heavy interest placed on me, I have successfully triggered A LOT of retarded broke bears just as I predicted LMAO

I was thinking a bigly green day tomorrow, but after that V last hour I'm not sure. LOT's of data coming out in the morning though, before market opens.
All I know is I'm gonna fuck it up somehow and lose money

It means he is on a LOT of K, even for him

Ooh I wish I was still in that phase. I remember when trading was my savior.
I usually equate it to becoming a doctor. Of course people do it. But seriously a lot of people fail or quit medical school. Its seriously hard.

Listen, for real, if he's extremely smart and focused, maybe, maybe it's possible. Oh and emotionally mature or capable of change and learning from mistakes. It's possible. It's just not common and he WILL lose money. I've lost many thousands. I've gained many thousands.
It's also much easier starting with a LOT of money.

The real trick, keep going after you lose a LOT. Sometimes that is when you are closer to a turning point.

Lol no they do not. Absolutely not. 
This was a rare situation where the premium de-risked the bet a LOT.  0dte has no such features.  

THANKS A LOT PAM

We need Q1 info to see where the revenues are coming from. Very interested to learn how much will come from MOVIA-S in Q4 (hopefully it’s A LOT).

> Not all academic indexes are investable.
In fact, **no** indices are investable -- you canNOT "invest in an index". You can buy a fund that **tracks** (or "replicates") an index, but the index itself ... no.
That may be pedantic, but an awful lot of investors really don't know the difference between an actual index, and an index fund. Or they believe that "ETF" and "index fund" are interchangeable synonyms.
I'd bet that, say, 25% of people who buy VTI or VTUX have **no friggin' clue** what their fund actually invests in, which index it tracks, etc. All they know is that certain trading symbols get batted around here a LOT!

[read every page of this book, it helped me A LOT](https://share.google/YkUrxyQXw1IZ4KRP9)

Journaling is probably the thing that made the biggest difference for me in the past 6 years. I use to sweep losses under the rug A LOT, and wondered why I wasn't improving lol

What I track: entry, exit, P&L, the setup/confluences I saw, screenshots of the chart, whether I followed my rules, and how I was feeling mentally when I took the trade. After a couple months I realized my worst trades almost always correlated with being tired or frustrated, not with bad setups. That changed how I approach trading days entirely
I actually built a journal (**MetriNote**) because I couldn't find one that focused on the psychology side enough. Most tools out there are great at tracking numbers but don't really push you to reflect on the mental side of trading. Each trade has fields for your mental state, rule adherence, custom tags, screenshots, notes. There's also an accountability mode where you set your trading rules and the system calls you out when you break one. Keeps you honest on the days your brain wants to pretend a revenge trade was a real setup lol
As for whether it's helped performance, 100%. But not in the way most people expect. It didn't magically give me better entries. It showed me that I already had decent setups but was sabotaging myself with bad discipline. Overtrading, moving stops, trading when I was tilted. The journal made those patterns very hard to ignore
The people who try journaling and quit usually do it because theyre tracking waaaay tooo much stuff. Keep it fast. If it feels like a chore you won't do it on red days, and those are the days that matter most

A LOT of insider buying in the last 2 weeks.

the answer is "who knows" ; many wont and will sell out after a few years of underperforming the simpler broad market. you need to have the conviction and behavior to stick with the factor tilt for whatever benefits might show up within your (random) investment period.

Ang believes there is still A LOT more capital required to trade away the factor premiums

You should start doing your own research.
For example, I like to look up the historical returns of various ETFs, then drop those into a spreadsheet. Then I will compare various ETFs to see what the average historical return is through simple analysis.
And one thing you see as you start comparing these tables is how the markets actually move together. Like, if the S&P 500 is down for a year, then likely everything else was down for the year as well. Given that, does it make sense to invest in a lower risk/lower return ETF, or to go for the highest return ETF?
You are 18 so you have a LOT of time to weather any downturns in the economy and come out on top.