r/TheRaceTo100K

I grew this from 33k may 2025 to now , I’ve done a lot of contributing as well as options trading , selling options not buying options so I do think taxes will be a chunk however I like generating income from my portfolio and I’m looking to be work optional sometime soon, am I on the right track? Can currently pull in 8-12k in premium income in recent months had a loss in August of about 15k, anyone else growing there account in a similar fashion?

Maxed my ROTH last month, and finally pushed past the line earlier today. I’m sure it’ll shred itself down a couple percentage points with the next White House tweet, but regardless, here we are.

85% of my investments are just VOO/VXUS, the rest being lucky entries with NVIDIA and Google.

Wouldn’t have gotten here without the advice and support from you guys and the other personal finance subreddits, so for that, I’m thankful.

Just 3 years with 9 month unemployment in between. Just steady contribution and no fancy stock bet.

21M, hoping to hit before my 22nd

Had to completely start over my investing journey… was doing very well- around $25K when I was 25, but had a divorce and rent increases. Got stuck paying rent by myself and had to use my 401k to save me. Now this year, at 27, I started at a new company with a new start. I finally started investing again back in January.

I just switched up my investment portfolio entirely- previously was being managed thru my company and I was not happy with the results—so today is the first day I get to see how everything truly goes!

I didn't really have a career before this current job. I was matching my employer 5% until recently where I bumped it up to 10%. It's a slow pace, but I'm just grateful I could even put anything aside the way things are right now. Plus I'm slightly irresponsible with money, I do allow myself to indulge in my hobbies despite my low income (50k~) so yeah... Not perfect, but I'll be fine. Sorta.

23M, started investing after graduation 2 years ago.

Who said September is the worst month for the stock market?? Thank you META and TSM 🫰🥹🥹

32M. After starting my investing journey just last year, I’m now consistently putting away $1,000 a month (plus occasional contributions in downturn). But the real scaling starts now. I’m about to transition into a new job, and my absolute priority with the salary increase is to immediately bump up my monthly contributions.