Rookie Trader Racked Up $700K In Debt

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by ironchef, Jun 14, 2020.

  1. Turveyd

    Turveyd

    Almost nothing is worse off than dead* so pretty stupid in debt or not.

    * Being burnt crispy, blind and death in constant agony, death would be better.
     
    #71     Jun 17, 2020
  2. Specterx

    Specterx

    Terrible story. Can't imagine what the family and parents must feel given that the kid literally died for nothing, having not even lost any money.

    I think everyone here is for personal responsibility and caveat emptor, but there's something inherently disgusting about a gambling app (Robinhood) sucking in millennials by the million to be fleeced by PFOF HFTs - and allowing options to be traded by people who are, almost by definition, total novices. In the longer run this will only lead to more calls for regulations and transaction taxes.
     
    #72     Jun 17, 2020
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  3. Turveyd

    Turveyd


    No Press is bad press, that's got them a lot of press, I bet a lot more youngish people from this not bad press have signed up from it.

    Like Elon's failed car stunt, got him unlimited free press and many sales.
     
    #73     Jun 17, 2020
  4. zdreg

    zdreg

    Maybe it is like a few people dying after buying heroin from a particular dealer. All the other junkies rush to buy because they believe they are getting a purer form of heroin and a better high.

    Or maybe the old saying there is no such thing as bad publicity applies in this situation.
     
    #74     Jun 18, 2020
  5. You realize he is dead now, right? You realize a mother and father lost their son here, correct? This is tragic, have some compassion. He was a human being, let him RIP.
     
    #75     Jun 18, 2020
  6. zdreg

    zdreg

    d08 said:
    Everyone will suffer because of one, sorry to say this, idiot.
    Why? Words of compassion is not going to bring him back. His selfish act, assuming it was not a glitch in the Robin Hood platform, may likely affect thousands of people.
     
    #76     Jun 18, 2020
  7. Dude, you need some serious help and again, where are the moderators of this forum? Your post and all of the heartless and inappropriate posts prior should be deleted as well.
     
    #77     Jun 18, 2020
  8. d08

    d08

    You should just leave ET then. You join a few months ago and start dictating how others should behave and what they should say. Offense is taken, not given.
     
    #78     Jun 18, 2020
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  9. Turveyd

    Turveyd

    I don't feel the need to care about people on the other side of the world I've never met and neither should you, you have 1 life live it don't waste it worrying about shit happening cause sooner or later it'll happen to you.
     
    #79     Jun 18, 2020
  10. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    Calhoun, that you?
     
    #80     Jun 18, 2020