Real talk: What is the most brutal lesson you’ve learned trading penny stocks that you wish you knew on day one?

We’ve all paid our "market tuition" at some point. Whether it was holding through a massive pump only to become a long-term bagholder, completely ignoring stop-losses, or blindly trusting a random Reddit DD without doing your own research.

If you could give one piece of actual, realistic advice to someone just starting out with penny stocks today, what would it be? Let’s share some wisdom and hopefully save some newcomers from entirely blowing up their accounts.