I have to say, investing beats trading

[deaddog]

I have to admit I am frequently in that predicament but, lucky for me, I only started trading in 2020. 100% of my "stuck high" turned into a profit within 3 months. Sure, I was looking for a same day or couple days trade and my cash was held up far longer than I wanted, but ultimately it's still cash in my pocket. My longest hang ups have been with TSLA and AMZN!

Then I suggest you diversify. That hides your mistakes.

 

[VicBee]

Then I suggest you diversify. That hides your mistakes.

Yeah, that or get ready to change strategy...

Looking at my 401k - I selected the most aggressive fund I could get when I was working- it hummed along at a very respectable 10-15% a year until 2020 when it returned 97.66%. This year it's already up 4%. Based on this, I am fully aware that the wild success of my personal trading in 2020 is a fluke, one that I may be able to replicate in 2021 to some degree, but my newbie pattern of buy-oops-hold-sell won't cut it in flat and declining markets.

Humility is the first step to learning.

 

[virtusa]

Edit: Looks like this is actually a fake post. Nevertheless Tesla was around $3.5 early 2010 July. So had you bought then and would have held it until now, that would beat most traders' cumulative return easily.

https://www.reddit.com/r/path%3D%252Fr%252Fwallstreetbets%252Fcomments%252Fkt8hng%252F

Probably the only person who did that was/is Elon Musk.

Winning the powerball beats investing is a similar statement.

 

[HolyGrailSeeker]

Investing beats trading for like 90% of the generation population since only 10% of traders are profitable. Those 10% earn way more than those investors though since the earn the profits of the 90% losers (minus comms from the platform) and a select few traders make insane amounts of money (7 or 8 figures annually).

 

[kaizer]

Best is to diversify, after living cost:

10% to charity preferably directly not via charity funds. One must give back some money to society

10% to physical gold coins regardless of current gold price and hide them in the forest (joke? Not!), avoid paper gold ETF and so on

20% to increase daytrading margin

10% to high risk internet and IT related projects (should be ready to 90%+ failure rate)

50% to conservative direct business investment, not exchange listed. Agriculture/food is good

0% to the real estate, the worst enemy of investor

JMHO

 

[taowave]

No question investing beats trading for 95 percent of those who dare to go mano y mano with Mr Market... Of that 5 percent, half the success rate goes to the best traders in the world,and the other half are the unfortunate investor who happens to get in at a major top

 

[murray t turtle]

Hindsight bias.

For every 1 person who buys and holds a stock like TSLA there are at least 10,000 people who buy a mediocre portfolio that doesnt even beat the S&P.

Like my aunt who bought GE stock 15 years ago thinking she couldnt go wrong..

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She should have read IBD books/long a go [Investors Business Daily books];
GE was one of the few stocks he came out against + told why...............................................................................................

 

[Turveyd]

TSLA so close to going under and 100% loss, but year it's a good return, it's stock split a few times aswell, so they profits are more than you think.

Day Trading = Profit I can withdraw every day = food and bills paid sadly not enough for hookers so not living the dream yet LOL

 

[caroy]

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She should have read IBD books/long a go [Investors Business Daily books];
GE was one of the few stocks he came out against + told why...............................................................................................

TSLA so close to going under and 100% loss, but year it's a good return, it's stock split a few times aswell, so they profits are more than you think.

Day Trading = Profit I can withdraw every day = food and bills paid sadly not enough for hookers so not living the dream yet LOL

Just remember with the hookers what you're really paying for is for them to leave. - Charlie Sheen

 

[Nine_Ender]

Investing beats trading for like 90% of the generation population since only 10% of traders are profitable. Those 10% earn way more than those investors though since the earn the profits of the 90% losers (minus comms from the platform) and a select few traders make insane amounts of money (7 or 8 figures annually).

This isn't really how it works. A good chunk of trading losses goes straight to the gains of long term investors ( including large shareholders of the more successful companies ). Think of how many short term traders were short the SPX from 2009-2014.