Like the title says, I'm wondering why every single trading platform warns you and makes you agree to disclosures warning as such when my experience has been the opposite.

I get they're meant for day traders to buy and sell intraday but also feel if you time it right it can be a wise long term investment.

For context, whenever the economy was doing well or felt the stock market was overdue for an adjustment I'd buy shares of something like UVXY or VIXY for dirt cheap; I know eventually the market will tank, the VIX will spike and with it UVXY upon which I'd sell it when I felt its near its peak.

I made around 200% on the COVID pandemic crash once I sold it, and so far am up 100% on the current market crash.

I personally felt like this was a smart move, but the constant warnings make me feel the Dunning-Kruger effect may be in full force here and I'm really just a lucky idiot.

What gives?

Turns out if you keep gambling you do make it all back. You just need to wait for armageddon.

Oopsie daisy

According to many news outlets and different Countries announcement, Trump plans is working wonderfully. For example: Vietnam is willing to cut their tariff on US good if they negotiate successfully with US (Vietnam has tariff such as 100-300% on car from US). Similarly, Cambodia is already cutting different tariff on 19 categories on US good from 35% to 5% just for a negotiation chance and willing to do much more. UK and Germany and many more EU countries want to negotiate and not retaliate, including Australia .Is it a good news for the market? Are we going up soon?

https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-war/Vietnam-willing-to-cut-tariffs-on-U.S.-Trump-says-after-productive-call

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501665321/details-of-proposed-cambodian-tariff-cuts-on-us-goods-released/

Here's some research curious as to what people think.

Symbotic (SYM)

• Market Cap: $25B mid-large cap
• Why it fits: AI-driven robotics company automating warehouses (partnered with Walmart, Target, etc.)
• Intrinsic value: Real revenues, big contracts, high barrier to entry (hardware + software blend).
• Risk: High valuation, but real utility & demand in logistics AI.
• 2025 potential: Still early in warehouse AI transformation cycle.

Huge TAM (Total Addressable Market)

• The warehouse automation market is projected to grow from $20B now to $150B+ by 2035
• Symbotic is one of the only public full-stack AI robotics plays in this space

Massive Partners Already Onboard

• Walmart is not just a customer, it owns 11% of the company
• SoftBank invested $7.5 billion into a Symbotic joint venture in 2023, a signal of deep institutional belief

Full-Stack Differentiation

• Symbotic doesn’t just sell warehouse robots, it offers hardware + AI software + orchestration
• This creates a “moat” that locks in long-term contracts and data advantages

Recurring Revenue Model

• Their Robot-as-a-Service business model means revenue compounds over time
• Contracts are typically multi-year, high-margin deals

I thought l'd escaped the chaos of the markets when I stepped away from trading after the devastating 2021 crash. Four years of quiet reflection and rebuilding later, I cautiously returned to the scene... another market crash, just as brutal as the last. Had I learned nothing from my past mistakes, or would this second chance be the catalyst for redemption?

I bought a ton of weekly far OTM puts on nvda and woke up today with huge profits! I am poor. Like really poor. Live paycheck to paycheck. I've been full bear since 2022. I usually put $100-$200 into the stock market weekly. Finally my full port puts paid off. This is only the beginning. I sold my puts today. Took my profits and bought uvix since options are way overpriced.

I left out a few more AAPL puts since I figured you get the picture. Also I sold all my SOFI at 12. Let it be known! This market is trash and may keep coming down but I’m taking the hot IV gains today and going home.

After Orange Man started saying tariffs were coming on April 2nd I figured I'd try my hand at some puts. Baby gains but I'm booked now! The race to 0 begins!

It's been a rough year but finally recouped all of my capital losses from several years ago. Never thought I'd be happy to pay capital gain taxes again. Started out with 35k last Feb. Pulled out enough to cover the rest of the mortgage.

No more YOLO trades or 0-1 DTE(unless I am committed to losing it). If I'm up x3, best believe I'm closing the position and not looking back. No ragrats if it goes x10 the next day. There will always be more opportunities for trades. Shifting to this mindset helped me out tons.

Thousands of trades but the most memorable ones were on SPY, COST, MSTR, LLY, TSLA.

Anyway see y'all when the casino opens or when I'm back at 0 again. Which ever comes first

Made many short trades today. Largest trade of the day was $16.5k, mostly using 5-10ES contract positions.

Thank you, 🥭

just wanted to gamble

I started investing in February 2020 when I was 16, and lost all 10k I saved up while working. Made it all back on puts the last 2 days... I actually was holding 60% of my portfolio in calls before mangos Liquidation Day, but decided to buy a single 1Dte 555 spy put as a hedge, which cancelled the call losses.

The good news is that Fidelity is just doing a bad job representing the position value. They can be assigned to me at $4300 and I actually like the stock.

I knew the market would tank Wednesday and the rest of the week. Wednesday during trading hours I bought a spxw 5400 put exp 4/7 for about $540. I set a stop loss good for for 90 days to trigger if the contract hit a valie of 4.50. Well, at 4:13 right before the market tanked my stop loss got triggered and forced me to sit on the sidelines. Fast forward to Thursday and I stay with my game plan buying two 5200 spxw puts exp 4/7 during market hours for about $1800. At one point on Thursday I was down $1000 but I stuck to my gameplan and didn’t fold. Woke up today 8k richer thanks to my conviction and god🙏🏾.

SB: Why does robinhood let you trade index options till 4:15 but wont allow you to see the real time price movement of the underlying index in the app? I don’t think thats fair lol.

For all the bools. (Sry for the platform, I’m danish)

Sold 22k worth of puts and kept the rest, hoping for Europe’s Tariffs on the US over the weekend.

Chart screamed

Still holding all the puts as I see more winning ahead.

They tuk r jerbbbs.

Alright degenerates, I finally did it. YOLO’d on TSLA 250P expiring today, sold 20 contracts at $10.02, and walked away with a €16,373 profit (that’s 930%). The printer was in overdrive.

I could’ve held a bit longer… but let’s be real, I ain’t about to risk giving back these tendies. Lesson learned? Print and dip.

Position: - TSLA 250P 04/04/25 - 20 contracts @ $10.02 - Profit: €16,373 ($18,095) - Return: 930%

What’s next? Should I go full degen on QQQ weeklies or retire?

Held on to those last puts.