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Finally hit $6M. I think I’m actually done. 🥂
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Finally hit $6M. I think I’m actually done. 🥂

Just checked my account this morning and saw it crossed the 6 mil mark. Up over $1.1M (about 22%) just this past month. It still doesn't really feel real. I've decided that this is enough for me. I really just want to log off, spend time with my family, and travel.

I only started making consistent money when I finally learned how not to blow up my account. I stopped trying to catch insane 0DTE options plays or meme stocks a long time ago.

My whole strategy over the last couple of years has just been finding solid setups, riding the momentum (mostly tech and semis recently), and taking base hits. The biggest game-changer for me was simply cutting my losers fast. If a swing trade goes against me by a few percent, I just take the small L and get out. No holding and hoping. I took a lot of small red days, but letting the winners run over the past month is what pushed me over the finish line.

I don't use any crazy indicators, just basic support/resistance, trendlines, and protecting my capital at all costs.

I'm no genius. I just finally followed my own rules and caught a good market. Anyway, I'm out.

Good luck to everyone still trading. Protect your accounts.

u/Few_Excuse705 — 7 days ago
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u/dtrendz — 6 days ago
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Cisco just raised AI guidance to $9B — how are you positioning your infra portfolio (CSCO, ANET, AVGO)?

Cisco crushed earnings on Wednesday May 14: +12% revenue, AI orders already at $5.3B YTD, and new guidance raised to $9B for the year (4x vs FY2025). Stock ripped +15-20%. Networking is clearly becoming the #1 pick-and-shovel play of the AI era.

Key points:

• Q3 FY2026 Revenue: $15.84B (beat estimates)

• Hyperscaler AI orders: already blew past the original annual target

• Data center switching: +40% QoQ

• ~4,000 roles cut to accelerate pivot toward Silicon One, optics, and AI networking

• CEO openly calling this a "networking supercycle"

I tracked the announcement and guidance revisions in real time through Bitget GetClaw, useful for monitoring sector trends and AI order flows without missing the key numbers as they drop.

My question to you now: How are you positioning on the AI Infrastructure theme right now?

• Accumulating CSCO (scale + dividend + still reasonable valuation)?

• Preferring Arista (ANET) pure-play Ethernet, hyperscaler darling?

• Broadcom (AVGO) for custom ASICs + optics?

• A basket (CSCO + ANET + AVGO + SMCI + VRT)?

• Or staying NVIDIA-only?

Curious to see how the community is splitting positions across these names. Do you see Cisco as a catch-up trade or a durable long-term leader?

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u/Woodpecker5987 — 5 days ago
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Inflation & Savings: Why I Started Looking Into these as an physical asset investment

A few months ago I started looking for ways to keep a small portion of my savings outside traditional banking and digital apps. I already owned some physical silver and a little gold, but the problem I kept running into was practicality.

At first I honestly thought physical gold notes were just novelty collectibles. But after holding a few and learning that they actually contain real gold, I started to understand why some people like them.

What I personally liked:

- they’re lightweight and easy to carry

- smaller denominations make them feel more usable than a big gold coin

- they got me more interested in learning about sound money and physical assets in general

The interesting part is that whenever I show them to people, it instantly starts conversations about inflation, fiat currency, and storing value long term.

I still mainly stack traditional bullion but Gold backs ended up becoming a pretty interesting addition for smaller fractional holdings.

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u/Adventurous_Page_122 — 5 days ago
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Traditional Luxury vs Digital & Synthetic Investments

More young investors seem to prefer Bitcoin over physical gold as a long-term investment. If you had to choose ONLY ONE asset to preserve value for the next 20 years, which would you trust more: physical gold or Bitcoin? Which one feels more secure to you psychologically?

At the same time, many younger consumers are shifting from natural diamonds toward lab-grown diamonds. If both looked identical, which one would feel more valuable and luxurious to you personally: natural diamonds or lab-grown diamonds?

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u/miss_creativa — 7 days ago
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Reached my first goal 🥳

Baby investor here! Reached $100 after a little more than a month. Today I’ve seen some significant gains from Lumentum.

I had started off only investing a small amount to each stock/ETF but will be investing a lot more once I get paid this week.

Some other investments I have are in VOO, VEA and NVDA. And I am looking to invest in QQQ and Google soon :)

u/Direct-Ad2561 — 10 days ago
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I see too many guys on here screening for low EV/EBITDA and wondering why their "deep value" play keeps tanking.

EBITDA is management fiction. Depreciation is a real expense, and stock-based compensation (SBC) is real dilution. Ignore them, and your valuation is garbage.

When I tear apart a 10-K, I only care about Owner's Earnings. The hardest part of modeling isn't finding a low multiple—it’s separating growth CapEx from maintenance CapEx. If a business prints $1B in operating cash but burns $900M just to keep the lights on and defend its moat, that's a value trap. I only allocate capital when there is a massive cash surplus left over. That’s the only money that actually belongs to us.

Crossed $1M, sitting at +13% YTD. The 1-month chart is a choppy mess, but I don't trade the noise. Capital preservation just means buying real Owner's Earnings with a wide margin of safety and sitting on your hands.

Curious how the actual modelers here handle maintenance CapEx. Are you just using historical D&A averages or digging into actual asset lifespans?

u/No-Author-1791 — 14 days ago