“$88k to $415M to zero. A true hero among men”

Discussion in 'Trading' started by TrailerParkTed, Oct 4, 2024.

  1. Fain

    Fain

    this is real. Court papers filed and these are his lawusit claims
     
    #11     Oct 4, 2024
  2. Pekelo

    Pekelo

    He took out 17 MM and donated it to charity.
     
    #12     Oct 4, 2024
  3. Pekelo

    Pekelo

    Let me introduce you to the wonderful world of derivatives...
     
    #13     Oct 4, 2024
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  4. TrAndy2022

    TrAndy2022

    There are factor options on european exchanges available, have not seen them on CBOE so far. Those factors behave like leveraged ETFs on single stocks, but here is the difference. They offer it on a very wide range of single stocks all the way up to 10x and 15x daily leveraged. On Indices it is up to 25x leveraged. Now if you can catch a ca. +50% move from a single stock without too much drawdown in between, say in 2 months or so, you can make with a 10x leveraged factor option here around 800% to 1000%. The best is that the volatility is not priced in, so you can play out all the big moves on earnings. Second best, there is no volume limit, like you have it on some CFD brokers where you can buy max. 1000 shares on any name with 5% margin. Especially for a stock below $30 it is not lucrative to trade those. So here with those factor options you can easily trade on bid ask volume $100k per side. And X millions you can also place with a bit larger spread cost. So here you can do your XX million gain after a +1000% or +10000% move on 10x leveraged single stock. I have seen +54000% in just a few months here. There is no other way to create bigger returns. So here must be the ball played in that manner from that Yolo king of this thread start. It is possible to do 300 times your initial risk on 1 trade or a few trades with that kind of leveraged single stocks called also "Factor options". You (almost) cannot do this with any CBOE or any in the US traded options it seems. The heaven of leverage is elsewhere. But you must be excellent in timing of course, the double edge sword of leverage can also hurt you quickly too.
     
    #14     Oct 4, 2024
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  5. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    LOL seriously folks!!!!!!!!!!! Leave it to redditt

    https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/busines...e-made-306-million-on-tesla-then-lost-it-all/

    Day Trader Says He Made $306 Million on Tesla, Then Lost It All

    "Some people would have cashed out. DeVocht didn’t. And when Tesla stock fell in 2022, he lost it all, according to a lawsuit he filed this week against RBC Dominion Securities, RBC Wealth Management and accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP. The filing, which is an initial notice of claim that doesn’t require evidence to be provided at this stage, didn’t include brokerage statements or other proof of his gains or losses."
     
    #15     Oct 4, 2024
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  6. Businessman

    Businessman

    Have to call bullshit on that as well until we can see the proof, audited records etc.
     
    #16     Oct 4, 2024
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  7. NoahA

    NoahA

    I do have to say that I am sympathetic to his case. Before you even read the article you think how on earth can the bank be responsible. But after reading about how much they got involved and started offering all of these services, which sounds like even prevented him from exiting his positions, then you can see that there certainly should be some level of responsibility on their part.
     
    #17     Oct 4, 2024
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  8. nitrene

    nitrene

    More loss porn from r/WSB. I remember in 2022 when the QQQ was crashing there were a lot of stories like this along with the "Fuck your calls" memes from an AI generated Powell carrying a machine gun.
     
    #18     Oct 4, 2024
  9. ironchef

    ironchef

    That is a far cry from taking something off the table when you have a $400M profits.
    I don't think he traded derivatives of TSLA. From what I read he used margins to juice his returns.
     
    #19     Oct 4, 2024
  10. ironchef

    ironchef

    Thanks for the info. I didn't know that.
     
    #20     Oct 4, 2024
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