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description: "$Invesco QQQ Trust(QQQ.US)$VG S&P 500(VOO.US)$SPDR S&P 500(SPY.US)Haven't posted for a long time. Seeing all the green, I was inspired to reflect on my past self who was addicted to options leverage and panicked when the market crashed. If there are any newbies, I hope the following can help you. For veterans, don't roast me—you're way better than me with much larger capital. I just want to discourage some newbies who dream of getting rich overnight but end up losing their savings. 🙏 Don't walk the path I took.Indexes + quality individual stocks + cash + time = long-term wealth 💰Cash finally comes in handy. If you're overwhelmed and don't know which stock to pick, this is the right choice. Did the math—if you buy a little every 5% drop, you can keep buying until it hits zero. Let's see a year later if mechanical DCA and index buy-the-dip can outperform most accounts frantically bottom-fishing individual stock options.Not investment advice. Newbies shouldn't use leverage. Just buy QQQ and VOO steadily. I just believe the US market won't collapse + I have the mindset to hold through. 😂Indexes + quality individual stocks + cash + time = long-term wealth 💰"
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# $Invesco QQQ Trust(QQQ.US)$VG S&P 500(VOO.US)$…


### Related Stocks

- [QQQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QQQ.US.md)
- [SQQQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SQQQ.US.md)
- [PSQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/PSQ.US.md)
- [TQQQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TQQQ.US.md)
- [VOO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/VOO.US.md)

## Comments (2)

- **天大大将军(^･ｪ･^) · 2026-02-05T16:46:11.000Z · 👍 1**: I also added some index today, feels like leverage still needs to wait
- **Ks. · 2026-02-05T16:10:14.000Z**: Personally, I only trade stock options and leverage on the right side, and usually take profits quickly without being greedy, so a big drop doesn't affect my mindset much—I just earn less on average. I used to love trading expiration and long-term options leverage, paying a lot of tuition fees. Unle