r/wallstreetbets • u/monstergoat77 • Nov 11 '24

Gain Took me 6 years to make $115.19.

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Bought a couple stocks in college for a few weeks until I discovered options. Got fucked multiple times instead of just buying VOO or SPY or anything else. Today is the day I see green on my all since 2018.

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u/Backhandslap88 Just want to break even Nov 11 '24

By the time I realized options are just gambling it was already too late.

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u/UnintelligibleThing Nov 11 '24

Options have legitimate uses, just not the regarded way we do it here.

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u/i_Love_Gyros Nov 11 '24

What are these legitimate usages you speak of

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u/Altitude5150 Nov 11 '24

Haha Selling them to regards instead of buying them.