--- type: "Topics" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/40179533.md" description: "$Intel(INTC.US) The first time I shorted, I encountered this extreme market condition. I shorted at $55 and stopped out in the middle at $69. Then, before the earnings report, I used one-third of my capital to short again (originally wanted to go all in, but considering the risk, I didn't. Otherwise, I would have lost even more this time. I had carefully considered not shorting before earnings, but given that I had already lost so much on this, the sunk cost was too high, so I took out another third of my capital to gamble on a short). After this shorting episode, the funds in my brokerage account were directly halved.Fortunately, I'm only 20, still young. I lost $6,000 on Intel this time, and lost another $10,000 on various other things before. The pain of having my assets halved has been a harsh lesson for me. I also thank myself for starting stock trading early. Now I truly understand what risk means. If my capital were halved in middle age, I dare not imagine the consequences.Intel really woke me up. Thank you, Intel, for giving me a hard lesson. If it weren't for Intel causing me such a huge loss this time, I might have spent even more time researching shorting or short-term speculation, wasting even more of my time cost (averaging over an hour and a half watching the market every day), instead of truly researching a trading system and value regression.I found my trading to be highly emotional and lacking a system. This finally made me calm down and reflect on my previous trades. It's time to try building a trading system. I believe a reasonable trading system can definitely make money in the market.Although I lost so much this time, I still thank Intel for making me truly reflect on myself. My current trading indeed has problems. I spend a huge amount of time on the trading software every day, incurring a lot of opportunity cost.From now on, I'll try daily chart trading, watching the market for no more than 20 minutes a day. From now on, I'll trade on a demo account, not a live one. I'll come back when my demo account is consistently profitable.Finally, I'm very curious and want to ask the big shots in the community: Did you all experience a halving of your capital as you grew up trading stocks?The pain of having assets halved is too unbearable. A university student losing 100k in four months—this might be the coming-of-age gift life gave me.I lost most of my other money on $XIAOMI-W(01810.HK). These two are the only ones I heavily invested in, and both resulted in huge losses. Reflecting on it now, it's still a problem with my own trading system." datetime: "2026-04-24T13:52:49.000Z" locales: - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/topics/40179533.md) - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/topics/40179533.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/topics/40179533.md) author: "[爱教数学的小刘老师](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/17304830.md)" --- # $Intel(INTC.US) The first time I shorted, I encoun… ### Related Stocks - [INTC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/INTC.US.md) - [04335.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/04335.HK.md) - [01810.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/01810.HK.md) - [81810.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/81810.HK.md) - [HXXD.SG](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/HXXD.SG.md) - [XIACY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XIACY.US.md) ## Comments (23) - **爱教数学的小刘老师 · 2026-04-24T14:17:07.000Z**: Why are there so many reposts? Is there any expert who can explain? Have all of you started from a 50% loss? 😭, a college student lost 100k in four months, it's been really tough lately. - **闲庭信步纳斯达** (2026-04-24T14:20:08.000Z): To invest, one must have a stable value system. Only after establishing a view on the division of labor across various global industries will the win rate be high. - **闲庭信步纳斯达** (2026-04-24T14:20:20.000Z): It has nothing to do with being halved or not. - **哀伤的财产** (2026-04-24T14:46:31.000Z): Why are you young folks so impatient? Wealth doesn't come from rushing. Buying regular stocks and letting them grow gradually is much better. The purpose of options is for protection; pure options tra - **晴儿2025 · 2026-04-25T01:42:47.000Z**: Do less short selling, use less leverage, and buy fewer options. - **爱教数学的小刘老师** (2026-04-25T01:44:26.000Z): I won't touch anything I shouldn't do in the future😖 - **兼职赌徒 · 2026-04-24T15:41:28.000Z**: It's better to suffer losses early, as the old saying goes, and today I've officially broken even. - **爱教数学的小刘老师** (2026-04-24T15:55:48.000Z): Bro, how long did it take to break even? 😭, can you check which ones are profitable?I haven't been playing with real money lately. I'll wait until the simulated account is steadily profitable, then c - **嬴政666 · 2026-04-24T15:31:41.000Z**: 84 short positions opened - **闲庭信步纳斯达 · 2026-04-24T13:57:27.000Z · 👍 1**: You really have the guts, huh? Retail investors short selling is just like buying a lottery ticket—it's usually capped at a hundred bucks. - **爱教数学的小刘老师** (2026-04-24T14:04:10.000Z): My speculative mentality is too strong, and I trade emotionally, so I've discovered significant problems with my trading. If I had followed the discipline and cut losses at 5%, it wouldn't have ended - **闲庭信步纳斯达** (2026-04-24T14:04:24.000Z): How can you do that? Not even looking at the maximum potential loss, and just go short with half your position. - **爱教数学的小刘老师** (2026-04-24T14:14:51.000Z): The gambling mentality is too strong 😂, or maybe the sunk cost from before is too high, lacking one's own trading system, not knowing what can be touched and what can't. 😭 - **Eden0416 · 2026-04-24T13:56:09.000Z**: Passing by after a night of 100k, don't touch penny stocks. - **loki · 2026-04-24T13:55:35.000Z**: Don't short sell in U.S. stocks, it's just asking for trouble. - **闲庭信步纳斯达** (2026-04-24T14:01:59.000Z): Short selling is certainly possible, but you need to choose the right target. - **爱教数学的小刘老师** (2026-04-24T14:09:36.000Z): Strictly set a stop loss, that's all you need to do, but you also can't go heavy on a position. At most, use 5% of your capital to earn some pocket money and have a bit of fun. Take this Intel situati - **loki** (2026-04-25T02:20:13.000Z): Human energy is limited, so why try to make money from shorting? Do you think shorting is cool and stylish? Obviously, it's easier to make money from going long, and there's no need to short at all. I