Below outlines my journey:
\-May of 2025, I moved my 401k to a personal choice account. I got sick of all the dips occuring mid-month. My port had something like 8 holdings, all index ETFs, 70% VOO. I can buy the dips now.
"I will NEVER buy an individual stock"
\-October 2025, I bought my first individual stock. One I have a personal connection with, a very stable industrial.
"Just this one, and only for 6-9 months"
"I will NEVER trade options."
\-January 2026, My port now has 25+ holdings, 5-10 individual stocks at any given time, 1-4% allocations.
"I'm just creating my own ETF, it's not like I'm trading options"
\-May 2026, my port at one point is 20% SNDK and 20% MU. I did get out of it with a 10% gain on my entire net worth.
"I will NEVER trade options"
\-July 8 2026, I bought my first leveraged ETF in the after-hours in my taxable account to sell the next day. 50-50 shot and it paid off.
\-July 9 2026, I activated Tier 1 options in my taxable account. Planning on trying some 0DTE tomorrow.
WSB played a big part in this.
**TLDR: Boglehead turned into a degenerate.**