Reaching $1.5 million
I started investing in stocks in 2020. I'm a truck driver, and my children live with my parents, so expenses are low, thanks to them. I hope to repay them in the future because I wouldn't be where I am today without them, so I'm very grateful to them. I still have to pay rent, phone bills, and car insurance, and my current job earns about $70,000 to $80,000 a year. So, I'm nowhere near as wealthy as some 20-year-old software engineers here, but I try to make the most of what I have and invest as much as possible. I put a significant portion of my paycheck into my portfolio every time I get paid. Of course, I've experienced ups and downs, such as medical bills, cryptocurrency gambling, and some unnecessary expenses. Even so, I've never touched my investments, and I hope I never will, unless I reach retirement age or need to make a down payment on a house. My current holdings are mainly concentrated in VOO, SPMO, AVUV, FTEC, XMMO, QQQ, Leap, Call, and other strategy ETFs that track momentum, value, or quality factors. In addition, I also hold a small number of individual stocks, such as Nvidia (NVDA), AMD, RDDT, and ELTP. These strategies and lists were developed through a long period of trial and error