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    From $50k to $520k trading shares (no options)


    I started this account with $50k less than a year ago.

    Somehow turned it into $520k trading shares (no options) while using margin like an idiot.

    It’s been tough trading the past few months. I’m sure a lot of you felt it too. I was stuck at the same levels for a while and finally broke through.

    My first big trade was buying $SBET at $9 in early 2025, which turned my account into around $200k. From there I’ve made a bunch of different trades over the past year to get here.

    Some of the bigger ones:

    • Shorted Rigetti near its highs

    • Longed Coinbase at $145 (5.5k shares) and sold at $172

    • Bought Figma

    • Bought CrowdStrike and Cloudflare during the cyber dip

    • A bunch of other trades along the way

    I don’t buy options.

    Some things that helped me

    It’s okay to sell when you’re up big.

    There’s no need to marry a stock. Just don’t sell everything at once scale out.

    Use AI to help set price targets and profit goals.

    It helps remove emotion and gives you levels where you can start trimming instead of panic selling.

    I prefer margin over options.

    No time decay. If something chops sideways or down you don’t automatically lose like with options.

    Covered calls are free income.

    If you’re already up big on shares you can sell calls to people gambling on weeklies.

    Current positions

    NVDA — 3551 shares @ $179.37

    AMD — 1280 shares @ $202.13

    META — 168 shares @ $647.37

    Either I’m a genius or the margin call is coming soon.

    https://i.redd.it/1jw2pbjzn4og1.jpeg

    Posted by Diligent-Plane-2640

    24 Comments

    3. IntergalacticBurn on

      Appreciate the modesty. You’ve got a couple of lucky trades. That’s why it felt like you skyrocketed, and then went flat for a long time. Play it safe from here. Moonshots don’t come often.

      I personally stay away from the meme speculative plays. They’re not my cup of tea. I’ve invested in a ton of stocks that had their moonshot moments in 2025-2026, but because I’m heavily diversified, they don’t contribute significantly to my total net equity. They’re just good cost basis for long-term holds.

    9. Diligent-Plane-2640 on

      My AMD position is 1280 shares @$191.96 not $202.13. It won’t let me edit the post so I’m commenting

    10. Full_Lengthiness_431 on

      I bet you will need to sell some of that to pay taxes later this year.

      Been there before. I ended up paying about 32% of the profit gain luckily no state income tax.

    15. cant-gotitsup on

      I made some money off of FIGMA too, what did you buy and sell at and would you go back in?

    18. skintightbuffoonery on

      Nice, I follow a similar approach. Can you recommend any specific AI tools or prompts?

    20. invisible_momager on

      I don’t think you understand the point of this thread. Did you lose it all? No? Then get outta here.

    22. weahman on

      Nice hope you buy a sweet frt gun or transferable unless you live in a lame ass state

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