35 year old. Came to the US in 2020 with non-existent savings in my home country. Struggled to find work but landed a decent job in late 2021. Today after another bi-weekly investment reached $100k invested entirely in VOO. This is in taxable brokerage account. I have another $30k in 401k and $18k in HYSA.
The Treasury just announced it is doubling its debt buybacks. Printer is coming.
Working in retail management.
I'm 17m feeling like I'm so far away from 100k, I want to hit 100k by the time I'm 21 I barely started investing back in February of this year. I have most of my money in ETF's like FTEC, VXUS and VTI but I want to play around with some of the money and checks I have coming soon. I have about 6-8k in checks on the way and don't know if I should buy even more heavier on my ETF positions or try and mess with individual stocks to see how I can do. Any Advice is appreciated.
premessa: faccio trading da quasi 2 anni, ho fatto azioni principalmente scalping di azioni italiane per un anno e mezzo, sempre sulle stesse azioni, in rotazione tutti i giorni e andava da dio.
fino a febbraio/marzo 2026
da lì ho iniziato a cambiare strategia e a cercare asset differenti, non mi piaceva più il mercato e la mia strategia non funzionava in quel momento, ero abituato a far girare le stesse azioni ogni giorno e sapevo bene come muovermi solo attorno a esse.
ho iniziato a fine maggio a tradare i futures per la prima volta, completamente diverso.
sono passato poi alle prop firm a metà giugno perché non avendo esperienza nei fut non mi andava di usare il mio capitale.
diciamo che dopo qualche account perso ho raggiunto con facilità il primo funded, andava benissimo, facevo tanti trade al giorno ed ero arrivato persino a fare 7000$ in due giorni, surreale per me.
perdo il primo funded, ma ottengo il secondo.
perdo il secondo, ma ottengo il terzo.
ho ottenuto 3 funded in meno di una settimana e mezza e li ho persi tutti subito dopo.
è agosto e da inizio luglio non sono più riuscito a ottenere un funded account, ho migliorato la mia size, la mia strategia, faccio trade solo in orari che funzionano per me, attendo conferme del mercato e punto sempre a 15-20 punti MNQ.
continuo a perdere le combine, non capisco cosa sia cambiato, COSA dovrei migliorare?
I've been posting the progress every now and then as l've mentioned before been working since i was 14 still live with parents and help them with bills and I know I have been very fortunate a lot of people do not have similar circumstances, this is money l've earned through working my ass off keeping no debt. One drawback of this is I went back to being w-2 I'm making a lot more now but I'm not as happy as I was before working for myself I still think it's the best way to move me forward to my end goal. if it took me 6 years to do 100 I wonder how long it will take to hit 1m lol.
Very blessed to be almost entirely expense free at this stage of my life so I've been investing like a maniac recently. See you guys at 100k, 1m, 10m...
It took me way to long to get here I'm 22 and had to work two jobs for a lil bit live off of 12k yr and kill my life where do I go from here
I’m thankful to have accomplished this, and thankful for the opportunity to work hard every day.
What’s next for a 27M in a VHCOL area? Buying a house is out of the question until I get about $300k more in there haha.
Respect to all those in pursuit of their goals. I am rooting for you.
Hey everyone, here is your daily sentiment and technical breakdown for $ANET.
📊 Overall Sentiment: 94.1 (BULLISH+) 🟢
Market sentiment remains extremely strong and firmly in the "Bullish+" territory today, creeping up slightly from yesterday's close.
🔍 Sentiment Breakdown
The overall score is driven by media, social and technical analysis. Here is how they stack up right now
What are your thoughts on $ANET at these levels?
At 16, I got my first job, and ever since, I've worked as much as I possibly could. In high school, I chose work over hanging out with friends on the weekends. Once I turned 18, I immediately started working full time. I decided to go to college online so I could continue to work just as much. I missed out on a lot of early college and high school experiences to work. I do regret it every now and then, especially when I look at social media and see all the stories of things I never got to do myself.
I’m graduating college soon with $45k to my name, mostly thanks to my current job (night shift, 30 hours a week, $25k post tax). I’m currently applying to fellowships and jobs that would cover my expenses (I live extremely frugally) and optimistically provide $10-15k in savings. I don’t have a degree in anything that would make me anything above $40/50k in my first year of working. If I kept my current job and put all my yearly earnings into my savings and investments, I could get to $80k net worth by the time I’m 24, and then hopefully $100k by 25.
My job has been easy enough to balance with college, but obviously a 9 to 5 will be a lot more demanding on my time and energy than classes (which I schedule around my job/sleep). The only reason I’m thinking of keeping my night job is because it’s so chill and the company I work for is great. It’s basically a remote desk warming job where I have to be logged on from 2 am to 8 am and do tasks. As long as I stay logged on and am active on my tasks, I can literally do almost anything I want (workout, cook + meal prep, clean, study, etc.). This job has been a blessing for me during college because of how chill the tasks and my coworkers are.
I’m very money-focused right now, and my instinct is to just go for it so I can save as much money as possible before I turn 25, but I wanted to get a broader perspective. Doing this would mean working from 2 am to 8 am, then 9 am to 5 pm, every weekday. Again, I’d be able to get a lot of stuff done during my night job, but I would still only have ~1 hour not working on weekdays. Would it be worth working 70 hours every week for one year to save $35 to 40k (versus $10 to 15k)? Should I just focus on doing the best I can at my first post-grad job? Do you think l will just be miserable at a certain point?
Hi there, just started investing in ETFs of different types about 5 months ago. I have made about a 7% profit. Is that decent or should I switch it up?
No ETFs
The other 30% are lying 😏
I’m 21 earn a basic wage and live at home. I wanna build wealth but honestly don’t know where to start.
Just any advice or book recommendations just so I can learn what I need to. All I hear is “invest in S&P 500” beyond that I have no knowledge.
Thank you.
Okay, seriously - I’m 16 and currently making around $600–700 a month. What would you focus on at my age?