I know someone who came close enough. How'd it happen? Lessons learned? You better have bought some too (and I'm not talking after the fact).
On Reddit sometimes you see people owing shit load of money to their broker. There were story about Robinhood traders killing themselves. Kearns may not have realized that his negative cash balance displaying on his Robinhood home screen was only temporary and would be corrected once the underlying stock was credited to his account. Indeed it’s not uncommon for cash and buying power to display negative after the first half of options are processed but before the second options are exercised—even if the portfolio remains positive.
Utterly tragic. So easy to misinterpret what you see around you and assign false attribution preemptively.
Aptly named 2 digit IQ responder. You have access to my account to know that? This site never disappoints: try to launch a useful convo and it takes a few minutes for the usual self infatuated jerk to pop up.
the more recent example is James Cordier from optionsellers. The most difficult thing that one day, out of the blue, option seller can go to debit.
What's there to know....traders gamble, and some will lose. Just like in casinos, business and life. For every success story you read and see about...there are more than a 100 or 200 miserable limp failures