Discussion ***Official*** 2025 Stock Market Thread 💰

[FelixDeCat]

About to be longest shutdown in history which will go past elections. My nephew hasn't been paid in a month we are chipping in to help him.

Soon they may hire anyone with a pulse to be an unpaid volunteer TSA agent or traffic controller to keep airports open.

Meanwhile the market refuses to care.

 

[dasherHampton]

Another one of my long forgotten stocks reared it's ugly head today.

CODX is up 150% (it's a penny stock). I guess they're getting Saudi money.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Another one of my long forgotten stocks reared it's ugly head today.

CODX is up 150% (it's a penny stock). I guess they're getting Saudi money.

Bought some ASST at 1.49

 

[Indus]

Bought some ASST at 1.49

What's your exit price?

 

[Indus]

About to be longest shutdown in history which will go past elections. My nephew hasn't been paid in a month we are chipping in to help him.

Soon they may hire anyone with a pulse to be an unpaid volunteer TSA agent or traffic controller to keep airports open.

Meanwhile the market refuses to care.

Apparently they want you to stop thinking for yourself:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1982508021852074307

 

[cytg111]

Apparently they want you to stop thinking for yourself:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1982508021852074307

Inconsequential, the market has been divorced from the "middle class" for a long time now. So even if a bunch of voters are having buyers remorse cause their reality is not reflected in the official narrative - it means nothing.

 

[FelixDeCat]

What's your exit price?

Reluctantly locked in 1.62, could have taken 1.80. The problem is the 1.50 call strike acting like a magnet, people (dealers, market makers, what have you) buy the stock then immediately sell the 1.50 for .30 expiring Friday locking in an immediate profit so long as the stock doesn't go much below 1.50. I was hoping this would meme over $2.0 but we will see. They were pricing $19.00 call options expiring Friday, which is I dont see very often. Potential gamma squeeze or flop to 1.00. I dont know.

 

[AdamK47]

MS and Open AI circular investment.

VGT hitting $795 in premarket. Sold some yesterday. Looks like more selling today.

Buying tech for the past several years is paying off bigly for me.

 

[Indus]

@FelixDeCat @Brainonska511 I need some help to understand something.

Puts vs just a normal limit order.

Say VOO or some ETF's price is 125 today, but I want to buy it when it falls to 100. I know how to execute a limit order which executes at a certain price.

But how do I do that with options??



I tried looking at a stock just to learn how to do it and was confused with all the terminology and options?

Like if I buy a put option.. does the price have to hit the strike price for the trade to execute or I can buy it anytime for my chosen price?

 

[Brainonska511]

@FelixDeCat @Brainonska511 I need some help to understand something.

Puts vs just a normal limit order.

Say VOO or some ETF's price is 125 today, but I want to buy it when it falls to 100. I know how to execute a limit order which executes at a certain price.

But how do I do that with options??

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I tried looking at a stock just to learn how to do it and was confused with all the terminology and options?

Like if I buy a put option.. does the price have to hit the strike price for the trade to execute or I can buy it anytime for my chosen price?

Can't help you because I don't do anything fancy.

The most I might do is a 60-day good-till-cancelled limit order that is set at the price I would want to buy.

 

[dasherHampton]

You get paid money for selling puts. It goes directly into your brokerage account the second you sell

If the stock rises you're good. If it falls you'll lose money buying it back if that's what you choose to do.

 

[Indus]

Can't help you because I don't do anything fancy.

The most I might do is a 60-day good-till-cancelled limit order that is set at the price I would want to buy.

Yeah that's what I did so far and one executed on that Trump Tweet day not too long ago.

 

[Indus]

You get paid money for selling puts. It goes directly into your brokerage account the second you sell

If the stock rises you're good. If it falls you'll lose money buying it back if that's what you choose to do.

No my intention was to possibly do what happened to the stock market this year.. like VOO was at a bottom in April but I had no money then..

but I did have money in October. Could I have bought some puts or calls that would allow me to buy VOO at the april price + whatever their fee was??

See what I'm trying to get at here.. a limit order won't execute until the price of the etf goes back to april liberation day levels but if the calls/ puts are out there already.. can I get those stocks for a major discount in some way??

I find options more confusing than calculus and I got an A- in calculus!

Way more confusing than today's wordle:

 

[AdamK47]

Your predictions haven't exactly been all that great.

Are you sure you want to get into the gambling side of the stock market?

 

[FelixDeCat]

And the thing about index or stock options in April .. the volatility premium was so high on options...it wasn't really a slam dunk unless you held with balls of steel.

If you recall we had a giant one day gain then Trump threatened to fire Powell the very next and the market tanked. Lots of people sold including myself as no president has ever done that. But then Trump is not like a normal president but likes to dictate and thinks he IS the government.

Expensive options and fearless holding, dangerous for emotional traders.

 

[AdamK47]

I'm all for this get rich quick pivot. Just as long as details of these trades are posted in this thread.

 

[dasherHampton]

I'm all for this get rich quick pivot. Just as long as details of these trades are posted in this thread.

I meant to ask you this but forgot: How is Kingdom Come Deliverance? I haven't played a game in a while and that one always intrigued me (you were the one playing it, right?).

I haven't immersed myself I'm a game since I finished the original Red Dead Redemption a few years ago, That was probably the most fun I've ever had with a game. All other games I've tried since then seem to pale as far as "fun factor" goes. That game was such a blast.

 

[Indus]

Your predictions haven't exactly been all that great.

Are you sure you want to get into the gambling side of the stock market?

Underlying thesis is still mostly the same. I remain convinced that Trump is fucking up the economy.

People who were paranoid in April weren't wrong, they were just ahead of the curve. If not for the AI boom this ship would've already hit the rocks hard.

Basically Trump's Tariffs are causing inflation, and unemployment doesn’t seem to be slowing down with major companies announcing layoffs. At some point things will hit, but no one knows when or if.

Short term it may be fine. We'll probably continue up. Long term, that is going to bite as America, the number one beneficiary of globalization, decided it didn't like globalization anymore.

Also stuff is getting more expensive due to the weakening dollar.

Does that sound like I was wrong that tariffs are wrecking our economy and lives??

The AI bubble has basically saved Trump's ass with you as nothing else is going up in value.. even the AI ceo's are confirming now we're in an AI bubble.


Oh and China doesn't need America anymore to make gains. In a lot of other countries nobody really needs Amazon when you have Temu/Shein/Ali Express.

Trump's gift to the rest of the world is tariffs.. buy cheap chinese stuff instead of American!

 

[AdamK47]

I meant to ask you this but forgot: How is Kingdom Come Deliverance? I haven't played a game in a while and that one always intrigued me (you were the one playing it, right?).

I haven't immersed myself I'm a game since I finished the original Red Dead Redemption a few years ago, That was probably the most fun I've ever had with a game. All other games I've tried since then seem to pale as far as "fun factor" goes. That game was such a blast.

Finished it a bit over a week ago after playing it on and off for a couple of years. It's a great game. The sequel got a lot of praise and attention. More so than the original which is just as good. KCD2 picks up where KCD1 leaves off. It's worth playing 1 before 2.

I wonder what a Bohemia 1403 stock market would look like if one existed.

 

[AdamK47]

Underlying thesis is still mostly the same. I remain convinced that Trump is fucking up the economy.

People who were paranoid in April weren't wrong, they were just ahead of the curve. If not for the AI boom this ship would've already hit the rocks hard.

Basically Trump's Tariffs are causing inflation, and unemployment doesn’t seem to be slowing down with major companies announcing layoffs. At some point things will hit, but no one knows when or if.

Short term it may be fine. We'll probably continue up. Long term, that is going to bite as America, the number one beneficiary of globalization, decided it didn't like globalization anymore.

Also stuff is getting more expensive due to the weakening dollar.

Does that sound like I was wrong that tariffs are wrecking our economy and lives??

The AI bubble has basically saved Trump's ass with you as nothing else is going up in value.. even the AI ceo's are confirming now we're in an AI bubble.


Oh and China doesn't need America anymore to make gains. In a lot of other countries nobody really needs Amazon when you have Temu/Shein/Ali Express.

Trump's gift to the rest of the world is tariffs.. buy cheap chinese stuff instead of American!

This 24/7 Trump on the brain will certainly guide you well.

 

[Indus]

This 24/7 Trump on the brain will certainly guide you well.

 

[Indus]

Enjoy your higher prices with your Truth Denial Syndrome. LOL

 

[AdamK47]

You are terminally Trumped.

 

[Indus]

LOL look at this Trumptard.. worshipping his tariffs..

ROFLMAO.

 

[AdamK47]

This "if you aren't with us, you must be against us" mindset is part of the political landfill in your mind.

I'd like to thank you for letting this new get rich plan play out on public forums.

I will enjoy the high equity prices by doing some profit taking after years of steady growth.