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ITT: Worst stock mistake you ever made
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:09 AM Author: maize pozpig Was teaching my wife how to do stocks. We bought $10k of MU at $64 a share and it went to like $70 the sold. Last year during Trump Tarriffs. I was like see you just made $3k in a week!
Now it’s at $600. Those shares would be work $91k right now lmao.
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:17 AM Author: Useless senate I bought TiVo near the top because I was convinced it was the future lmao. It seemed reasonable in 1999! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866290) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:19 AM Author: scarlet piazza are you 70? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866293) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:21 AM Author: Useless senate My first law client was Fred Flinstone (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866296) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:33 AM Author: red doobsian generalized bond (young and fresh 36 year old) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866308) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 8:05 AM Author: Racy Chocolate Jew (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866358) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:18 AM Author: Mildly autistic dog poop legend bought high, sold low. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866291) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:23 AM Author: comical navy hell lettuce :( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866449) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:33 AM Author: stirring windowlicker lol, never made a mistake. im an exceptional investor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866309) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:35 AM Author: Useless senate Woah, I know you're retired, but have you considered going into wealth management? Poasters could do their lawfag stuff and let you handle the investments. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866311) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:50 AM Author: stirring windowlicker I've already registered "TT Investments LLC" full name is "Turd Toilet Investments LLC" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866339) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:36 AM Author: Sepia indirect expression Soo cr. I follow a boring investing strategy and just let it do. It’s worked out for me. Tommy and I are brothers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866312) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:35 AM Author: stirring windowlicker ljl i had MU and sold covered calls on it, it kept booming so had to just let them take my shares, that was arnd 170
TBF, its easy to be like oh its 600 now, ljl i wld have sold at 250, definitely 300
how the furk do these faggots hold shit like SOXL forever? u have to take profits on this bullshit |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:44 AM Author: maize pozpig Told my wife this lmao would have taken $20k profit probably (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866325) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 12:36 AM Author: fuchsia glittery nursing home i "took profits" or sold covered calls everywhere except in my HSA, which has a ton of leveraged etfs like USD & QQQU in it and it's fucking BOOMING. christ i never expected to have so much in an HSA (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49868752) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:36 AM Author: Stimulating dilemma Not holding Tesla it got big enough that became too big to fail and people stopped shitting on it. Its PE is Infinity |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:37 AM Author: stirring windowlicker during covid i got out and thought market wld go down a lot more, i was only like 10-20% equities, well it recovered hugely and i missed out
i have a spreadsheeet and just that 2-3 month period of booms in 2020ish was more imp than ANYTHING else in the last 6+ years, like by not being invested them i missed out on like 50% of gains or smoe shit like that
then anotehr time during ukraine way i did covered calls on all my QQQ, i had like 800k worth or something, i made almost 100k in premiums first year but then war started.. actually i cant remember wtf happened but somehow QQQ boomed and my calls got furked and basically i missed out on 100k+ profit
and nnow there's my current situaton im down 111k but this is not over, so i wont focus on it
last year i did kill it with tariff shits and made like 400k+ from peak downturn, but that was like ONLY good year my entire shit life
im retarded |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:40 AM Author: Sepia indirect expression Bro I’m still at $2.33m. It’s not moving off that number for some reason. So I understand your pain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866316) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:49 AM Author: stirring windowlicker u are a furking nigga, u still have income, u keep ignoring that, u have two furking incomes nigga (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866337) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:40 AM Author: Swashbuckling ivory temple striped hyena (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866492) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 12:36 AM Author: frozen shrine Nothing wrong with two (or more!) incomes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49868753) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:46 AM Author: floppy offensive stage half-breed Sadly the mythical xo single-poast character limit prevents you from describing all of ur greatest stock fuckups (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866329) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:41 AM Author: Mildly autistic dog poop legend I have a family guy who manages my money. I insisted on investing some of my own money at one point, and he eventually agreed, reluctantly. I lost the majority of it within a month. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866317) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:58 AM Author: razzle-dazzle hyperventilating spot what did you lose it on? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866347) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 7:58 AM Author: razzle-dazzle hyperventilating spot buy-and-holding with ARKK ljl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866348) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 12:36 AM Author: fuchsia glittery nursing home fucking diddo, except it was ARKW & ARKG (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49868754) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 8:04 AM Author: Frisky hospital becky Selling NVDA. Would be worth millions but I sold.
Buying EAF because someone I respected spoke positively about Mohnish Pabrai and he was pitching EAF. Didn't do my own work. Total shitco. |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 8:04 AM Author: Nudist Ticket Booth bought almost $20K worth of gazprom when the ukraine war kicked off because i figured it would bounce back on fundamentals when everything blew over
didn't count on it being sanctioned and delisted. now if i want my money i need to go to russia and open some region-locked bank account and hope i don't get pipe raped doing an in-person bitcoin/cash exchange |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 8:07 AM Author: Passionate Pink Twinkling Uncleanness Pervert complimentary pipe rape tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866363) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 10:39 AM Author: Odious honey-headed brethren abode You can't get the money out even by Bitcoin or any of that stuff. It's 100% frozen in "type C" accounts til Russia says otherwise (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866727) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:26 AM Author: comical navy hell lettuce 1, spending money on frivolous things rather than investing 2, not going bigger on a profitable covid trade, it was obvious that something was coming that was on average more serious than the flu, and that it would have some kind of economic impact 3, nothing too crazy but the standards of this thread. picked a few losers that lost 30-50% and sold them |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:35 AM Author: flirting yellow roommate kitty cat In HS, like 2003-04, I made like 20k selling bootleg dvds on ebay, bought a bunch of shares in aapl, nvda, coscto and amd. I remember apple shares were like $7 Not flame. Sold them all in 2009 & spent it traveling.
A few years back my parents were selling my childhood home and I visited to clear out my old room & found a brokerage statement from back then, I calculated how much they'd all be worth at the time & wanted to kill myself. I don't even wanna think about it now. One of my best friends works at nvidia now and I still root against the company. I'm not even materialistic & think money is the most satanic thing ever invented |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:54 AM Author: Blathering Double Fault rode a shitass medical device company to zero (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49866538) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 10:36 AM Author: Rose internet-worthy step-uncle's house AI Overview Conexant Systems, LLC was a prominent fabless semiconductor company specializing in voice, audio, and imaging processing for smart home and IoT applications. Originally a spin-off from Rockwell International in 1999, the Newport Beach, California-based company was acquired by Synaptics Incorporated in July 2017 to boost their consumer IoT and voice technology capabilities.Key Aspects of Conexant Systems:Acquisition: Acquired by Synaptics in 2017 for its expertise in audio, voice, and imaging solutions.Core Technologies: Focused on DSP (digital signal processing) algorithms for voice input, audio output, and imaging.Products: Developed semiconductors for smart home devices, imaging (printers/scanners), and legacy embedded modem/fax solutions.History: Started as a division of Rockwell International before becoming an independent public company in 1999.Following the 2017 acquisition, Conexant's technology was integrated into Synaptics' portfolio, focusing on accelerating their strategy in consumer IoT, smart home, and automotive voice technologies.
I'd have much more $$$ now if I just bought AAPL instead |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 5:30 PM Author: multi-colored mustard therapy Kept too much cash on the sidelines from ‘08 through ‘10 or so while I was a youngish associate and simultaneously terrified for my job and not trusting the speed and durability of the market’s rebound. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49867850) |
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Date: May 6th, 2026 12:34 AM Author: fuchsia glittery nursing home buying into Cathy Wood, also selling early or selling calls on good names in general (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5863807&forum_id=2�id.#49868750) |