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Post by dualstow » Tue Feb 04, 2020 4:12 pm

I know on bogleheads people get annoyed with talk of play money and anything that isn’t invested ‘optimally’.
But, this is the VP section, not bogleheads.
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My latest moonshot, no pun intended is Virgin Galactic. I have invested all of eleven hundred dollars into it and so far am up 79%.
Ticker:SPCE

Last “successful “moonshot was TeSLA but it looks like I was out well before the real money was made.
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Re: Moonshots

Post by boglerdude » Tue Feb 04, 2020 11:30 pm

What can I buy to use up the loose change ($8.11) in a Roth.
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Re: Moonshots

Post by europeanwizard » Wed Feb 05, 2020 2:33 am

dualstow wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2020 4:12 pm
Ticker:SPCE
That's a real nice ticker they got there.
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Post by dualstow » Wed Feb 19, 2020 8:19 am

Virgin Galactic/SPCE going nuts today.
I agree, Wizard. Nice ticker. O0
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Post by dualstow » Mon Feb 01, 2021 12:31 pm

Is that the redditors messing with Virgin Galactic?
Thinking about selling. I just bought it as a goof anyway.
That $1100 from 12 months ago is now 5100.
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Re: Moonshots

Post by dualstow » Wed Feb 03, 2021 9:29 am

Closed out my Virgin Galactic/SPCE position at $54.00 this morning. Maybe it's going to the moon (and maybe their spacecraft will literally go there), but I'll be watching from the sidelines. It was fun to make a small profit.

I'm also hoping to get rid of PLUG/Plug Power. A friend told me about it years and years ago and I bought some for fun. Lost nearly all of what I put in, maybe $500.
They had a reverse split.
One wash sale period later I got back in with a whopping $48 "investment." O0 Those 20 shares are now worth $1265.
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Re: Moonshots

Post by Vil » Wed Feb 03, 2021 11:15 am

I do not have the nerves to keep individual stocks anymore. Either ETFs as part of portfolios or day/short swing trading when something pops on my scanners and I am dedicated to that... But day trading is more for fun rather anything else, especially day/swing trading in Europe is quite hard - frequent gaps, no premarket, not enough of liquidity... crazy thing is that there are still retail traders believing they can make something out of it.
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Post by dualstow » Wed Feb 03, 2021 11:28 am

Vil wrote:
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crazy thing is that there are still retail traders believing they can make something out of it.
Agreed. The trick is to invest just US$48.
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Post by dualstow » Thu Feb 04, 2021 10:24 am

dualstow wrote:
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I'm also hoping to get rid of PLUG/Plug Power.
... I got back in with a whopping $48 "investment." ...
Sell limit for $70/share executed this morning. Farewell, PLUG.
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Post by dualstow » Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:30 am

I recently added Roblox for a long-term nibble.
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Re: Moonshots

Post by Vil » Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:28 pm

dualstow wrote:
Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:30 am
I recently added Roblox for a long-term nibble.
Isn't it too freshly presented on stock market ? I mean I feel the days following IPOs like the earnings day - too much volatility for my taste..
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Re: Moonshots

Post by dualstow » Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:04 pm

Vil wrote:
Wed Mar 17, 2021 1:28 pm
dualstow wrote:
Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:30 am
I recently added Roblox for a long-term nibble.
Isn't it too freshly presented on stock market ? I mean I feel the days following IPOs like the earnings day - too much volatility for my taste..
Too fresh, yes. But, I couldn’t resist. So just a fraction of a fraction of a percent. Makes it easy to hold on. I did the same thing with Tesla. Sold way too soon in retrospect, but it worked out.

Conversely, though, I didn’t put a penny into Palantir. Very interesting company and maybe it’ll go sky high, but I’m just not interested in holding it except as part of a fund.
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Post by dualstow » Wed Feb 16, 2022 2:50 pm

Roblox took a 27% hit today. O0
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Post by dualstow » Thu Mar 30, 2023 4:25 pm

dualstow wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2020 4:12 pm
I know on bogleheads people get annoyed with talk of play money and anything that isn’t invested ‘optimally’.
But, this is the VP section, not bogleheads.
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My latest moonshot, no pun intended is Virgin Galactic. I have invested all of eleven hundred dollars into it and so far am up 79%.
Ticker:SPCE

Last “successful “moonshot was TeSLA but it looks like I was out well before the real money was made.
Did ok selling Virgin Galactic way back when.
Glad I never bought Virgin Orbit.
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Post by dualstow » Tue Apr 11, 2023 8:34 am

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Re: Moonshots

Post by dualstow » Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:37 am

dualstow wrote:
Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:04 pm
Conversely, though, I didn’t put a penny into Palantir. Very interesting company and maybe it’ll go sky high, but I’m just not interested in holding it except as part of a fund.
I don’t remember writing that. I do own some PLTR as of May ‘22 but it’s pretty close to a penny in investment. O0
It’s up 20% just this morning.
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Re: Moonshots

Post by dualstow » Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:07 am

I took a nibble of LUNR yesterday (Intuitive Machines), a literal moonshot. It’s up this morning pre-market due to the successful landing but I don’t expect to make money on it in the long run, necessarily. Just want to be along for the ride.
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Post by dualstow » Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:47 am

aaaand this moonshot has crashed back to earth.
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Re: Moonshots

Post by dualstow » Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:40 pm

Anyone for Toast/TOST?
Not a moonshot, just a variable portfolio stock, but it doesn’t warrant its own thread.
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Re: Moonshots

Post by ArthurPooh » Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:35 am

dualstow wrote:
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:40 pm
Anyone for Toast/TOST?
Not a moonshot, just a variable portfolio stock, but it doesn’t warrant its own thread.
I've expected a company with this name to be a chain of bakeries or pastry shops.
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Re: Moonshots

Post by dualstow » Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:01 am

O0 No sir. Payments, including credit card payments.
I think there’s another fintech called Bread Holdings.
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