Gyroscopic Investing

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.

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

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 4:12 pm Ticker:SPCE

That's a real nice ticker they got there.

Virgin Galactic/SPCE going nuts today.
I agree, Wizard. Nice ticker.

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.

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." Those 20 shares are now worth $1265.

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.

Vil wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 11:15 am ...
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.

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 9:29 am ...
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.

I recently added Roblox for a long-term nibble.

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..

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.

Roblox took a 27% hit today.

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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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.
It’s up 20% just this morning.

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.

aaaand this moonshot has crashed back to earth.

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

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.

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