What's Your Smartest or Dumbest Way You Made Money in Stocks?

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2025-06-17
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Everyone loves to talk DD and technicals. But let’s be real, sometimes it’s just dumb luck, gut instinct, or pure madness that wins. So what’s your most unexpected market win?

The YOLOs that hit, the meme stocks that printed, or the trades that made zero sense but somehow paid off—drop them below.

Let’s see who got lucky… and who’s just built different.

Some people just seem born lucky. Even when they buy the wrong stock, they still strike gold.

One netizen shared his story:

he meant to buy shares of Tim Hortons, thinking the ticker was “TIM.” Turns out, he accidentally bought a mining stock instead. Fast forward two months, they checked their account and the $2,000 investment had turned into $42,000.

Why? The company had discovered a new rare earth deposit and the stock exploded.

He came another YOLO: they aped into $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ , and just before the 2020 crash, he went all-in on $ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ(SQQQ)$. After cashing out big on both, he rolled into $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ in 2021 and sold at $120.

At this point, it’s like the market is chasing hime down with bags of money. People in the comments are begging to know: “What’s your next pick?

Meanwhile, $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ has been hitting new highs lately, and someone even shared that Palantir turned them into a millionaire in just 8 months.

What's Your Smartest or Dumbest Way You Made Money in Stocks?

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What's Your Smartest or Dumbest Way You Made Money in Stocks?
Everyone talks about DD and technicals, but sometimes it's pure luck, gut feeling, or just straight-up insanity. So what's your most unexpected W in the market? YOLOs that worked, memes that printed, or trades that made zero sense but somehow paid off—drop them below. Let's see who got lucky and who was just built different.
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  • koolgal
    2025-06-19
    koolgal
    🌟🌟🌟The Smartest Way To Invest Is To Get Started.  Many people lose out simply because they never begin.  But if I am aiming for true Smart Investing it goes deeper than just starting.

    Smart Investing to me means Starting Early and Staying Consistent.  Time in the market beats timing the market.  Compound growth works magic when given time.

    Smart Investing means Having a plan such as knowing my goal which is FIRE - Financial Independence Retire Early and my risk tolerance before even buying a single share.

    Smart Investing means staying emotionally disciplined.  Smart Investing means staying calm, thinking long term and not getting rattled by the noise.

    Smart Investing also means automating good habits through dollar cost averaging.

    So while getting started is important, combining that with Knowledge, Strategy and Emotional Control - That is where Smart Investing Is All About - True Brilliance!

    @Tiger_SG @Tiger_comments @TigerStars @CaptainTiger

  • Zarkness
    2025-06-21
    Zarkness
    我最笨的股票赚钱方法就是跟着分析师买他们的推荐。胜率,40w 60L。我最聪明的赚钱方法就是跟随 @koolgal @MojoStellar 赚钱,因为他们是你在新加坡能得到的最好的,有人说jb也是…呵呵呵🥰❤️
    • Zarkness
      这是你应得的,师傅!我的酷从你开始💕
    • ZarknessReplyMojoStellar
      很高兴我做了你一直做的事🙏❤️
    • ZarknessReplykoolgal
      ❤️🙏
    • MojoStellar
      哇,这让我很开心!🥹❤️
      谢谢你的爱和信任——对我们来说意味着一切!我只是在这里试图理解这种疯狂,在旅途中有像你这样聪明、支持我的人真是太棒了。🚀📈让我们继续学习,一起赢(笑)——SG到JB,一路走好!🇸🇬🇲🇾🔥
    • koolgal
      我也在学习。
  • DiAngel
    2025-06-17
    DiAngel
    Don’t think I have huge luck but a little luck will make my day. Past 3 weeks, I have acquired $CapLand Ascott T(HMN.SI)$, $UOB(U11.SI)$,$ocbc bank(O39.SI)$.


    I would say the most impressive one is UOB. At 8.30am, I started calculating the price that I wanted to queue. [LOL][Happy][Smile][Chuckle]. Then I went off to attend a meeting & mute my phone. At 10.30am, after meeting, I checked my phone n I hitted the jackpot - the lowest price of UOB for the day. 😂🤭.


    Ascott is the stock where I didn’t want to queue too long for it as I think I can easily earn back $50. Moreover, saving that $50 might not guarantee that I can get my units when I look at the market depth.


    As for OCBC, there is a saying what goes up must come down. Don’t FOMO. Whatever is yours, it will be yours. I missed the opening price. After 2hrs of monitoring, my gut feel told me that the boat has returned. Hence I started to queue for it. 1.5hrs before closure, I got my units. It ended higher. [USD][Love]🍀🍀

  • icycrystal
    2025-06-17
    icycrystal
    @Shyon @Aqa @GoodLife99 @SPACE ROCKET @nomadic_m @Barcode @rL @GoodLife99 @HelenJanet @LMSunshine @koolgal @Universe宇宙

    guess mine was buying on impulse... $ComfortDelGro(C52.SI)$ was trading low previously and everytime when it gets lower, I bought without knowing what I was doing... until when I realised... I was like [OMG] [OMG] [OMG] and I panicked and [Bless] [Bless] [Bless] that it would trend up soon... luckily it did... I can sleep well since then [Smile] [Smile] [Smile]

    What's Your Smartest or Dumbest Way You Made Money in Stocks?

    Have you seen the similar stories?

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  • MojoStellar
    2025-06-21
    MojoStellar
    @Zarkness Awww this made my day! 🥹❤️

    Thank you for the love and trust — means the world to us!

    I've just here trying to make sense of the madness, and it’s amazing to have smart, supportive folks like you on the journey. 🚀📈
    Let’s keep learning, winning (and laughing) together — SG to JB, all the way! 🇸🇬🇲🇾🔥

    • Zarkness
      Yes let’s continue the journey with more laughter and money 💰. ❤️🌹
  • 1PC
    2025-06-17
    1PC
    Congratulations to the Share holder making 1million from PLTR.  [Facepalm] I Only have the Honest way to make money 💰 through stocks. [Sweats]. A little bit of 🤞 🤞🤞 would be a bonus 😁. @Jes86188 @JC888 @Shyon @koolgal @JC888 @Barcode @yourcelesttyy
    • 1PCReplykoolgal
      Yup 👍 Agree 💯
    • koolgal
      So long as we make money, that is good. 😘😘😘
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