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And I still have it lol. I had no idea at all what I was doing back then, and it was my first penny stock type purchase. I got in with a few buys around $0.90. Now I have averaged all the way down to $0.288. Who else has been here that long? I simply hold this stock because it gets good news all the time, and I hope it has its day. I almost only hold it out of principle, to see it patience truly can pay off haha

How long have y'all been here and what are your averages?

Could someone explain? There was clearly drama in the past few days, what is it? I got into SKHY at $170 before it came online. I actually am taking a break from LETFs right now because it was getting intense, glad I did too because I am actually doing a little better. But I just haven't paid attention, I plan to hold my SKHY for awhile.

I think you should all stop freaking out lol. It's gonna be alright, breathe. Just give it awhile

Okay guys so a long time ago, circa 2008, I learned a small amount of python, took a couple programming classes to get used to Windows Visual Basic etc.. But I am no programmer! I also did things like build all my PCs(back then, when 8GB DDR was the pinnacle of memory), and rebuild my old MacBook with Linux Mint Cinammon instead of Apple OS. Anyways I say this to say that I am not a complete noob, but my brain is back in 2008.

I was watching a video with Raspberry Pi where the person build a real life BMO, had AI clone/create the voice etc.. It did look time consuming, as there are multiple videos from different points in time with updates. So obviously this is an undertaking.

But I had no idea these Raspberry Pi's existed!! How freaking cool is that??? Like holy cow I have been under a rock!! In my defense I spent like 10 years being a drug addict and going to music festivals instead of participating in society. But I want to come back, it has just blown my mind the things we have now! I know from playing around with Codex to make a Stock Screener attached to Fintel API data that I could figure this BMO thing out with enough time and I think it would be really cool for my daughter to 'help' as she loves Adventure Time as well. Not to mention the other endless opportunities a Raspberry Pi must give you.

Can anyone tell me how possible this is? And also I do not have a 3D printer, so surely there are companies who will print schematics for you that you have the file for, right? How much more expensive is that anyways, and would it behoove me to just buy a 3D printer? Do you guys have any tips or anything I should know? I am considering buying a Pi just to simply have my hands on it in the first place because it seems incredible. Am I naive?

Anyways thanks so much for any help, really!

I found a couple old threads about this on Reddit but wanted to post this to see if anybody else experiences this or can relate. I used to have a ceiling fan for a very long time. And when I'd close my eyes to sleep, I'd still see it there. Not fully in color or anything but almost like a shadow or eye anomaly. I am pretty sure if I lay on my right side, I see it in my upper left field of vision and if I lay on my left side, the top right field of vision. I will play around with it tonight to see if it moves when I do, but it seems like it stays where the ceiling fan ought to be.

It reminds me of when I am doing the WILD technique to lucid dream, and eventually I can see my hands or make out the entire room around me with my eyes closed. Usually it starts as black and white, and eventually fills in with color. When I see the ceiling fan, I also get hypogagnic imagery, 'phosphene' type colors(yellow and purple usually, I have posted about this a few times over the years).. But the ceiling fan is there despite whatever else is going on.

I used to have a ceiling fan, so I just figured I was seeing the ceiling fan or that my mind was filling in the blanks and imagining a ceiling fan with imagination or some kind of muscle memory filling in the blank. But I haven't had a ceiling fan in my bedroom in years, and I see this every night. Some people report that they see it even while going about their day or at all times. I cannot see it right now, but I will when I go to bed.

What could be the meaning of this? Either ethereally or health-wise, because some posts I was finding mentioned a thing called 'birdshot' disease'? Anyways if anybody else see's this please let me know and tell me what you have figured out. The birdshot thing can be inflammation behind the eyes, which I wouldn't doubt that I have because I get cluster headaches all the time, or behind the eyes and on the forehead around the eyes. I had multiple major concussions as a child, one when I was 2 and another when I was 5. Then some more head trauma in my teenaged years, so sometimes I freak out about that a little bit in regards to possible CTE or maybe whatever other complications could be possible. Lord knows I can't afford insurance and a neurologist. 😢 Anyways thanks for any response here!

Hey guys, so when I(31M) was younger I was pretty wild. Completely obsessed with drugs, but also a nerd so I knew everything about their chemistry and was playing pharmacologist on myself. The story runs much deeper, but after many fucked up events like totaled cars, grand mal seizures from WD, countless ER visits etc.. I finally got sober 5 years ago. I don't actually keep a clock on it, it was somewhere around January of 2021, though I had been on and off for the year before that. DOC was benzodiazapines in large quantities, but I was a polysubstance abuser and have 'done it all' extensively.

When I got sober, I 100% isolated from everyone I knew and stayed at my grandmas house, bless her heart. I was basically agoraphobic, couldn't leave the house, so I started with a job waiting tables like I used to do in order to exercise my social muscles.. It worked pretty well, and from there I worked at a car wash, becoming the manager after a year or so. Then I started my own business detailing cars and locked in some smaller accounts, enough to stay in business for the last two years and pay my bills plus some, so it's been quite a rollercoaster, but is working out alright.

I post this because back when I got a DWI 7 or so years ago, I had to do SATOP and was enrolled into a 12 week class. I didn't want to be there, I've been to hundreds of meetings and I just never liked them. I will admit though, almost every meeting I've ever been to has had SOMETHING I could take from it, big or small. So it could just be my rebellion speaking. I also have reservations because I keep up with psychedelic science, and do not consider these to be harmful drugs for >90% of humans. I also believe they would be one of the only things powerful enough to actually cure addiction itself, and those thoughts are not even my own, they are Bill Wilson's ideas who was the co-founder of AA. Anyways, so since I was young and a psychedelic advocate(still am despite sobriety), I just always hated that AA/NA treated psychedelics like any other drug when they're clearly not. But I am just throwing this out there to say that I have had my reservations about these meetings in the past. Also whenever I go to one, it is a bunch of people freshly sober, or on probation etc... And I am just not that anymore. I have been sober for a long time, off probation for 2 years. When I did SATOP I had a wonderful therapist assigned to me. He also loves psychedelic science as well so he took a liking to me(it was funny, you wouldn't expect it of him the guy literally looked like Colonel Sanders and acted as such), and he was the only mentor type person to me who ever explained AA in a way that I would appreciate while convincing me to not forge my meeting sheets. He said that he'd been sober for almost 30 years along with his wife and didn't go to meetings like the meetings we all went to. That it was more about business connections, and that they spoke only briefly about being sober etc at the meetings, and the rest was just for comradery and networking.

Is there any group around that can read my pitch here and relate? I have no friends basically except for a couple due to my rehabilitation, and I wouldn't want to go to some meeting where people are actually at a high risk of relapse or freshly sober etc.. I'd rather be somewhere with adults who actually moved on with their lives and find comradery through it. Bonus points if their spiritual points of view align with mine. My beliefs are not strict, they are agnostic. I have seen enough stuff to know that there is a higher power, but I would not consider myself Christian or any other religion. I could actually talk about this for hours, but will leave it that way in a nutshell.

Anyways, thanks for any help and I actually live near O Fallon so if there is something like that in St Charles it would be better than STL. But I'd imagine STL has a higher turnout.

But since I bought, it'll go up though

Hey guys, I am somewhat new to investing but have been at it a couple years and doing alright. I am not rich, and only have less than $10k to play with for now. I have learned a lot lately, got lucky a few times, made some mistakes etc.. But I can always tell looking around that some people have some interesting strategies that work for them, and I have a jerry rigged toothpick bridge. I could explain my strategy, it is a mixture of value investing, barbell-ing wins into ETFs. I have a small portion for gambling with LETFs and options but nothing that I can't lose.. Never got into SPY 0DTE's or anything though

Anyways I have been learning a lot about the memory cycle, what the next bottle neck will be etc.. And I am realizing that this stuff is wildly rich, and I find the moving parts pretty fascinating. How did you figure out your strategy that got you to $1m? Especially if it was a rags to riches situation.. How much do you attribute to luck? What are your future plans/predictions? Which sector(s) will it be next? What is the nitty gritty thesis behind your strategy, and how has it done you well? How did you find/build it? There has got to be bagillions of different ways to take advantage of the stock market and find what works, and I'd be really interested to see what you guys try to do and if it is anything I could learn from

And I am scared. I plan to hold overnight for the TSM earnings, I feel that I timed the bottom as best I can. Plan is to sell before Trump's news tomorrow, don't know if I will regret that or not. It's just that if the news is bullish for memory, I will have sold. And if the news is terrible for memory, I'll have held.

Edit: Please leave more than a one sentence response, I am trying to learn.

So what's your plan? I have been playing around with LETFs like RAM, SOXL and KORU the last few weeks and I am just starting to sort of understand. I do not learn well without some money on the line, so I put in as much as I can afford to lose. If someone could give me some tips, or let me know what their process is that would be wonderful. I want to know from people who have been doing this awhile, how long do you generally hold? What has been the most successful for you? I still have a lot to learn about this sector and could use any help I can get.

I can't word this question perfectly it seems for the title. But this happens to me on a regular basis. There are a few subjects I am knowledgeable about and share information about a lot with people irl. But time after time, I will tell someone about something and we will have a 'thing' together over it. Months, or years later, they will recall the same information that we talked about all that time ago. But they'll remember it differently. They'll bring it up in the context that someone ELSE told them this information, usually it will be someone else who they respect more than me or something.

Example: Yesterday I was at my mom's house and we were talking about allergy pills. About 17 years ago, I started taking this supplement Astragulus and told my mom about it. It didn't really work for my allergies, but she thought it did so she's been taking it for the last 17 years. When we were at her house yesterday, somehow this gets brought up and she goes "Kaitlyn told me about Astragulus and I am glad she did because it really does work". Whether it works or not, I don't know. But Kaitlyn did not tell her that, I did. And I remember it very specifically because I used to always spell it wrong.. And then I felt weird because I told my mom this vitamin worked and then she started taking it saying it worked, and I've always just felt as if I accidentally gave her some weird placebo effect, but regardless at least it helped with her allergies lol.. So after she said that, I gently said, "You do realize that it was me who told you about astragulus right?" Of course she denies that, as it goes any time this phenomenon I am talking about takes place. "No you didn't! I remember Kaitlyn telling me!"

Thing is, in this situation, I know for 100% fact that she is wrong. Not only is she wrong, she is paving over my suggestion and making it someone else's who then gets the credit! What always hurts about this happening is that whenever it happens, the person they attribute the credit to always indicates to me that they respect this other person more than me. "Oh, Any-Internet-7796 couldn't have told me about that, they're not smart enough, Kaitlyn told me", when really, she may be remembering a conversation with Kaitlyn. Perhaps she takes the vitamin too, and they had a conversation, and that was enough to put a blanket over my suggestion and feel thankful towards someone else for the same thing.

This happens with my partner a lot too. It has happened a few times where I tell my gf some kind of information to help her. Even worse, with her it'll be like "nah, that can't be true" when I say it. Except then a few months or years later, she will bring the same fact to me as if it is some kind of information I was unaware of, accrediting her friend or someone else who I feel like she respects more than me, who I then feel upset knowing that they place this person as the harbinger of information. Nevermind that your boyfriend said that 4 years ago, it msutve been this friend. "couldn't possibly be that goofball!". I know it is immature to assume disrespect, and in my heart of hearts I know that I shouldn't think that way, but let me convey how it feels here, because that is how it feels.

I mean I know nobody is consciously trying to hurt me, it is completely innocent. But it hurts a little. It especially hurts when they don't believe the info I say, or that I can tell they are skeptical, only for them to bring it up later as a fact they're thankful for and THEN give the credit to someone else! You can't say anything either, because if you call them out they have a completely different memory, but their memory is wrong. And it just gets to me all the time. Does this happen to anybody else? Like why do I even try to share knowledge with other people if they are just going to not believe me when I say it, then later bring it to me as if I never told them that and accredit someone else to the knowledge? I just constantly feel like people around me take me for granted, and don't see my positive attributes or accept that I know what the fuck I am talking about with some subjects. How can I not care about this? What do you do in this situation, be quiet and let the other person they've invented in their head take credit? I know it sounds immature, but it just gets to me!

Hi guys, I am somewhat new to LETFs and am still learning. I have done decently so far, selling for 10-20% every few days. Though I see with the nature of the memory cycle(META selling compute situation for example), that it really is unpredictable and anything can happen. For this reason I am only playing with money I can afford to lose while learning

Did anyone else buy these two today in anticipation for SKHY? I might sell at the end of the day because I am thinking of the uncertainty. But since KRX is closed until our Monday night, it seems slightly safer. I am holding SKHY long.

What do you guys think?

All in at once? Or waiting for a dip? I am deciding whether to throw it all in at market open, or to put some in and then wait until later or possibly tomorrow in case there is a Korean selloff aftermarket

Thanks for any advice!

I am trying to understand this stuff and it is complicated. So alright, seems I was late to the memory party(though I have owned ASML for a long time lol). I can tell that I was by how effing late I became aware of MU and SNDK. Now with the SKHY ADR... I feel like that is essentially the inevitable end to this cycle even though I LITERALLY just got my toes wet and got into DRAM at $73. I also had bought some RAM but sold today at a 20% loss after holding for 5 days like a fucking bumbling band of bufoons all conjoined into one, giant, regarded bafoon with half chewed banana goo falling out of his mouth onto his reproductive organs for him to pleasure himself with while all the kids at the zoo scream and the parents whip out their phones, recording his solitary mating ritual

I will still hold DRAM. But I am obviously not smart enough to be fucking with RAM.. SOXL either for that matter. So did any of you do this right? Did you make good money? This is just a dip right? If the money changes sectors, how do you see that happening in action? Say the market moved to critical minerals and materials or energy, do you just see a large influx of volume in the metals stocks while seeing a loss of volume in memory? What are you indicators and how do you know once the sentiment has moved elsewhere? What do you think will happen next? I am really looking for someone who can explain all of this to me like I am 5. Can any of you help? Thank you!!

Okay so I just wanted to learn about these out of curiosity so I threw some chump change into each on Thursday. I should have sold the next day as they reset daily and I was up 20%. Now I am down around 10% on both and have held for 4 days. I know it would have to do good today and tomorrow in a row for me to get back to green. But is it worth holding until the ADR of SKHY? Or should I just sell at a loss and retry when I see it is correcting from a downswing?

What do you guys generally do? How often do you usually stay in? Any tips for understanding the cycle better? Also what are your future predictions?

I have a bit in DRAM I got into at $80 or so, plan to hold that. But I am really just trying to understand these Leveraged ETFs better as they seem like a handy thing to learn. Thanks so much for any help and I am sorry if it is a dumb question, I just want to have a more full picture

Just wondering what all of you think. I am thinking I will put a decent amount into it the moment it comes to my brokerage. But I might try to time the top, and find a new entry once it settles down. The thing is, if I do that it will keep going up, and if I don't, it will go down to the price it started at or lower ;)

I also own DRAM, but got a meh entry ahah, $73. Might average down just a tad Monday if I am able.

Just wondering how you guys are playing all of this. Currently(I got in last week, playing around with smaller amounts until I my finger is on the pulse better for this sector) my DRAM is -7%, my RAM is -23% and my SOXL is -15% so hopefully next week is better. Do you think semi's like SOXL will go down if the money is all going to SK Hynix?

I have so much to learn!! Does anybody have any advice or knowledge they can bestow? :) Thanks y'all!!

I am talking 2-3x leveraged ETFs, DRAM, SKHY itself.. I plan to take advantage of all of this and just wonder what your guy's plans are. Long hold on DRAM until you decide to sell, swing trades on leveraged ETFs in accordance with memory cycle, holding SK Hynix/MU.. So what are our favorite strategies here?

I plan to move a considerable amount of my portfolio, and just want to see what all ideas are out there, I feel late to the party.

Hi guys, so I am looking for advice on the best final finishing, 'jeweling' polish. Which one is actually the best? I already use Sonax Perfect finish as my last step, but it is more abrasive and I feel that I need something finer to finish certain vehicles off and give them a superior reflection and smoothness.

Any help would be appreciated because if I try to look this up I really can't figure out which way is up haha thanks!

Alright so I am trying to make a good stock screener that can give me good suggestions to research and jump on. In the beginning with ChatGPT once it was first connected to live data, it was very helpful. Now it only talks about stocks I have mentioned to it and it just basically sucks. My solution was to create an app with Codex, like many others I am sure. It worked pretty good, just one problem. It was hallucinating all of its numbers haha

But we live and we learn! Now I am realizing that I need to pay for access to good data. But I am asking you guys, what has the best data and what does it cost? There's Fintel obviously, I am considering just paying for a subscription but I want to know what all is out there. ChatGPT recommended SEC.GOV, some reddit data collection, and YFinance. I have read bad things about YFinance, I do not want my data to be bad or wrong or counter-intuitive.

Can someone help me? Any information you can give me about how these things work will be helpful I would assume. I know there is no free lunch here, that much seems certain. But if I do pay, what is the best platform for that data and are there other ways of getting it? Thanks so much for any help, it has been a fun project and I have learned a lot in the process by narrowing down what I even want it to do in the first place, and now revelations about how data is gatekept because DUH why wouldn't it be? Haha

I struggled to title this post, sorry! So I have a lot of stocks that have done well for the last couple years(for the most part), but am now nearing the $10k mark. I know it isn't that much for you guys, but I need to refine it down. When I started investing I wanted to go to Boglehead route, but it was too boring and I made the right choice I guess because over the last 2 years my average is around 150%. I was thinking maybe it would be a good idea to sell off some profits and put them into ETFs of sectors that I think will be important over the next few years. I mentioned robotics, critical minerals and memory storage as I already have pretty good space exposure.

Can someone explain to me if that is a good idea or not, and why? Would it be more intelligent to keep my individuals and just start adding into these ETFs with the same goal of selling them off in a few years to add to VOO/VXUS? I used to have a VOO base, but moved away from it for upside and need to park some into the S&P just for stability. It has worked out so far, but that is the point in posting this just to get some ideas. If you want to know my positions and it gives you a better idea here they are:

RKLB +300%

IBRX + 62%

APLD +204%

URA +18%

ABAT +50%

ATAI +5%

ATCH -28%

ASML +67%

RYCEY +20%

HYLN +54%

ADTX(haha) -13%

GXAI +8%

BKSY +10%

ALM +2%

KEEL(BITF) +100%

BTC -20%

I just need someone else to look under the hood with me, and let me know if my ideas on these sector ETFs is a bad idea or not. I know the fees can be high on these like ROBO, so I need to understand more about that. But anyways thanks for any help, ai isn't all that helpful to where I trust it with this specific information