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Ma over V? Umm why?? Lol you take the credit risks and get a cheaper price with no credit risks on defaults with V

Speaking of a bounce, silver is up over 12% today. Dead cat bounce or straight V up to $100? I'm not sure but neither would surprise me frankly. When things are going parabolic, volatility up and down is to be expected, and it's rare that the first correction is where the party ends.

wen V

You’re giving us free rubbers!!! We about to lose our V cards

Also have a 1oz Kordell Stewart V Jerome Bettis 99.9%

My wife and I are in our early 70s. We started saving late, lost our savings during the internet bubble, and started saving again over the last 30 years.
Until recently, we had a high proportion of our IRAs in Vanguard’s Balanced Index Fund (VBIAX) and Vanguard’s 500 Index Fund (VFIAX). To diversify, we added several small sector index funds. Our home is paid for, and we have a monthly income of $4.5K—enough to currently cover our living expenses. We also have a federal Thrift Saving Plan (TSP) and a small HSA with $17K and $60K in Microsoft stock at Fidelity. In total, we have about $620K in savings.
Reading Bogleheads’ literature, talking to friends and family, and following the news convinced us that we needed to move 40 percent of our savings into bonds and keep 60 percent in equities. We want some security appropriate for our age but expect the dollar to continue to devalue, inflation higher than the target 2 percent rate to continue, and the dismantling of the U.S. basic research engine to eventually hurt U.S. equities. We decided we needed to keep a 60 percent proportion of equities, including a higher proportion of international assets. We’ve converted our brokerage account to these holdings and percentages:
Bonds:
BND 4 % Vanguard Total Bond Mkt
BNDX 10 % V. Total International Bond
VBIL 7 % V. Intermediate-Term Bond
VCIT 7 % V. Intermediate-T. Corp. Bond
VGSH 3 % V. Short-Term Treasury
VTIP 9 % V. Short-Term Inflation-Protect.
Equities:
VTI 36 % V. Total Stock Mkt
VXUS 21 % V. Total International Stock
FRDM 1 % Freedom 100 Emerging Mkts
IDMO 2 % Invesco S&P Int’l Dev. Momentum
We plan to convert our IRA and TSP accounts to a similar configuration. We are keeping about $40K in money markets for emergencies and travel.
We feel particularly concerned and ignorant about bonds. Do our bond choices give us the safety we are striving for? Are our proportions right? We added the FRDM and IDMO tilts to our equities because we expect they will slightly boost our international returns.
Please advise.

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This is totally on point. A plurality of managers panic sold and missed the V shaped recovery last year. They ended up underperforming the S&P. Tom Lee (love or hate him) was correct that it was the most hated bull market rally. On top of this, extremely irresponsible and hyperbolic panic articles on Market Watch, Barrons, Yahoo falsely claiming bubble as absolute fact and a steady stream of anti Nvidia propaganda caused selling over ANY news; including decidedly positive. Everything was filtered through the lens of irrational skepticism. Not selling to China, sell off, now selling to China, even worse sell off. Absurd rumors, dishonestly negative analysis leaving out clear positives etc.. And some have been on here echoing this trash. The numbers speak for themselves…

NASA has worked with private contractors from the very beginning. They are hamstrung by budget constraints in recent years.
SpaceX has done a good job of providing satellite launch vehicles, and Starlink is very impressive, but the failure of Starship has probably killed our chances of beating China back to the moon.

The Saturn V rocket worked the first time and every time using 1960s technology. Starship can barely take a banana into orbit before exploding.
Yes, the Saturn V was much more expensive, but it's a lot cheaper (or should be) to solve a problem that was solved 60 years ago.

Note: as English is not my native language I used AI to proof-read this post and help me deliver my points more clearly, but the experiences are my own.
I learned a lot from Reddit and I just thought this could give some back.

TL;DR: Coming from value investing. learned options trading online to generate income in different market conditions. Made 20% first year, hoping to keep going the same way.
**My background**: 38 Years old engineer.
Started investing (without understanding, mostly ETFs) when I was 16. Since then mostly very passive broad-market indices.
2020 Did an online course in value investing that really upped my understanding and everything started making more sense and i have been value investing since then with decent success.
The problems with value investments are that they can take a long time to recover in case of a recession or market downturn and it can take a long time to be right.
I wanted to complement it with something more dynamic, something that I could potentially profit from regardless of market direction. I also relocated recently and had to quit my job, this allows me to keep producing income and I do hope to retire early if I feel this can be sustainable enough.
I did a course on swing trading but could never really turn a profit in a demo account. Then I discovered options trading - no course or something like that, just a lot of reading online.
Honestly the hardest part was letting go of all the scary stuff people tell you about options and finding sound, well-established sources online.
I learned mostly from:
* Tasty Trade / Tasty Live
* Interactive Brokers webinars
* Sheridan Webinars
* Reddit mega-posts
Once you know how the mechanics work and what you are looking for its easy to filter out a lot of nonsense online. I made my first trade July 2024 but really took my time learning and experimenting until Dec '24 - Jan 25' .
My trading approach:
* No hype chasing. No juicy premium chasing. Everything starts with a quality estimations of moats, balance sheets, P/E, etc. If a company looks good it goes on my shortlist. I mostly focus on tech companies, consumer defensive, finance & insurance, few others.
These companies are complemented by some ETF I trade options on like SPY, XLV, XLF, etc. I try to diversify across sectors and industries.
I do try to trade crude oil and natural gas to generate income, but all the other commodities are a problem for me since I don't know how to valuate them (not to mention crypto!).
* I aim to mainly profit from Theta decay. If the position is challenged I would roll for credit as much as possible. If still ITM I would get assigned and transition into a wheel strategy.
* I usually of for 20 Delta (actually between 10 and 30, depending on how discounted the stock price currently is).
Important note: being assigned on a quality stock at convenient price is not a bug, for me it's a feature! Buying a world leader company sometimes 30-40% under its high and collecting the premium in the process is fine for me.
* If it's price is close enough to it's fair value I would sell CSP against it. If not, I would either:
* Wait.
* Sell put spread / call spread / both.
* If I am more adventurous but still I might do a put ratio or a butterfly, but that doesn't happen often.
* Most trades are 30-60 DTE, although I sometimes do 1-7 DTE if the price is convenient enough. I normally don't close positions early if I don't have something better to use my capital for.
* I used to really try to avoid earnings but since then learned that the market can surprise you every day: a new tariff, a CEO getting shot, a new Open AI partnership spiking the mega cap stock by 30%, or just some other news so I pay less attention to it now.
* A few words about my portfolio:
* I usually 70-120 trades a month.
* I aim for an overall Theta of 0.1%-0.15% of the portfolio Net Liq.
* I usually sell naked up to 2X-2.5X of net liq. some people might say its risky, perhaps. To me it feels less risky selling several 15 Delta puts across different industries with low correlation than selling a single 30 Delta on one stock. In over 1100 trades I got assigned probably less than 10 times, and only 3 of them were "surprises" (UNH, LULU, SNPS).
As Tom Sosnoff says: "Trade small, trade often".
* Except stocks held for covered calls as part of the wheel, all my capital is in REITS, short term bonds ETF and cash. this produced about 4% yield for me.
* Options trading have generated an additional 15-16%, resulting in overall return of 20-21% (sorry it a bit hard to calculate).
* My Net Liq. was \~360K and now 415K.
|Month|P/L|\# of trades|
|:-|:-|:-|
|January|$764|57|
|February|\-$11,387|78|
|March|$15,180|104|
|April|$16,987|61|
|May|$1,404|62|
|June|$9,108|92|
|July|$5,653|43|
|Aug|$6,852|104|
|Sep|$13,094|161|
|Oct|$12,887|169|
|Nov|$9,279|98|
|Dec|$10,201|96|
|**Total Realized**|**$100,345**||
|**Total with assigned positions (Realized+Unrealized)**|**$75993**||
* Some tickers I traded (not all of course): GOOG, AMD, SNPS, MSFT, UNH, TSM, ASML, TGT, COST, NFLX, AMAT, LRCX, BABA, O, XLV, XLF, SMH, IWM, JPM, V, USO, IBKR, SCHW, TXN, AMZN, PG, MCD, PEP.
* Challenges in 2025:
* Tariffs tried to shake be but I kept on keeping on.
* UNH and LULU burned my hand. I am still selling calls against them and have decided to move away from apparel companies.
* Plan for 2026:
* Keep going strong and cool no matter what. Goal is at least 18% but I hope for \~22% to reach that nice round 500K Net Liq. In the longer term I do hope to generate a stable income of around 100K/yr with less risk so I can retire from my day job.
* Automate screening and decision making.
* AI is challenging many SW companies' moats in my eyes. I will stay away from most of them without unique IP and products like SNPS, CDNS, ADSK, etc. For example TEAM is a company I thought had a great moat but not so sure anymore.
* Find more diversification. Maybe mid-cap, commodities or REITS.

I hope this brought you some value, interest and motivation in your trading.
Feel free to ask me anything you like

LIB.V has been talked about here recently. Here is the most recent interview with the CEO

It’ll recover in a V pattern the way every big tech company does in QE cycles and bull markets. $555 ATH? Watch this rally back to $530 as soon as the trend reverses. Don’t stare at it, calls are free money except you never know when the V will start. In this case if you own the shares you’re fine

Sorry, I don't.
What will help you a lot is to go to a 10-15 min chart, and mark every "V' low for awhile, and then go to the 3 min chart to refine entries, stops and exits. That's what unlocked it for me. I did that for several months to learn the rhythm of the market.
Also recommend following Adam Mancini to learn more about trading failed breakdowns. He has a very good newsletter for about $20/month.

Don't get Lib.V behind! Keep buying boys!

13 failed launches. Saturn V had 17 total launches in its lifetime. Stop deep throating propaganda

No V

Any guesses which company this is for?
[https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4368386950](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4368386950)
**Title:** Sensor Systems Test Engineer
**Industry:** Automotive
**Location:** Foster City, CA
**Duration:** 6-months
**Responsibilities**
* Support verification and validation efforts for sensor systems, including lidar, camera, and radar, across new platforms and iterative hardware changes
* Collaborate closely with systems, software, and hardware engineering teams to develop, refine, and scale robust V&V processes for sensor system updates
* Create and execute comprehensive test plans to confirm sensor requirements and validate end-to-end system performance
* Set up and maintain test environments and tooling, perform data analysis, and communicate findings through technical documentation and executive-level summaries
* Develop reusable tools for sensor data analysis and automated testing using Python and/or C++
**Requirements**
* Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline with 6+ years of professional experience in sensor system development and/or testing
* Hands-on experience with at least one sensing modality: camera, lidar, or radar
* Strong background in hardware bring-up, debugging, and physical testing
* Experience analyzing large datasets using Python or other high-level languages (e.g., MATLAB, C++)
* Proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional, collaborative engineering environments
**Skills**
* Sensor Systems
* Verification and Validation
* Test Plans
* Data Analysis
* Python
* C++
* Lidar
* Camera
* Radar
* Collaboration

I got you LIB.V ftw 🙌🏻

Not “explode”, Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.
So this isn’t the value dropping … it’s **R**apid **A**nticipated **V**alue **D**egredation.

PESO.V