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# Those who took the time to research individual sto…


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- [UNH.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/UNH.US.md)
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- [CLF.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CLF.US.md)
- [MSFT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSFT.US.md)

## Comments (38)

- **赢乐天 · 2026-08-03T06:53:07.000Z**: 🥲 I just want to break even. After being wiped out by Xiaomi last year, I've been on the road to recovering my losses. I was only $3,000 away, but then it plummeted by 50% in one go. 🥲🥲
- **dangerous · 2026-08-03T06:37:50.000Z**: I finished sitting in Laokang and went to Microsoft to sit in prison
- **经年知风 · 2026-08-03T05:25:45.000Z**: Although the capital is much less than yours, we are just joining forces to bet on the earnings report. A swing from 30% gain to -20% loss happens in a single night's sleep. 😭 I cut some positions, but luckily, holding until the end still yielded a small profit.Everyone expects Microsoft to recover
- **宝宝资本 · 2026-08-03T01:08:16.000Z**: I remember you don't just put all profits directly into All Weather?
  - **長野原烟花店交易员** (2026-08-03T01:08:54.000Z): I didn't follow my own rules, and then later got carried away and chased it.
- **喜好种田 · 2026-07-31T09:24:29.000Z**: Take a break and start over. You won't learn your lesson without experiencing one or two bull and bear markets. I once lost all my 60% profit myself; it's just that my cultivation wasn't deep enough. Continue learning to find a method that suits you.
- **长崎素世的交易员 · 2026-07-31T04:52:57.000Z**: Yorushika is here too
- **CYXO_official · 2026-07-31T01:40:52.000Z**: If you hold firm, there's always a way. I even went all-in on the 'Hercules' play, but luckily most of my core position is in 'old money' stocks, so these past few days have been really satisfying.
- **樾然的交易员 · 2026-07-30T23:32:19.000Z**: Sister Hua can manipulate retail investors into circles using greed and fear. After paying the tuition fee for this stress test, adjust your trading framework and emotions, and you can fight again.
- **leo_x · 2026-07-30T21:57:19.000Z · 👍 1**: I advise everyone against trading stocks.
  - **長野原烟花店交易员** (2026-07-30T21:59:42.000Z): I'm not trading anymore, I don't have the skill level for this
  - **leo_x** (2026-07-30T22:03:19.000Z): This kind of volatility wiped out a large wave of people
  - **長野原烟花店交易员** (2026-07-30T22:09:33.000Z): I've been spiritually wiped out. All things considered, I only made a single-digit percentage profit this year. Sigh, it was all just a big dream.
- **青蚨公子 · 2026-07-30T20:11:27.000Z**: Bros are awesome
  - **長野原烟花店交易员** (2026-07-30T22:09:06.000Z): I have been mentally destroyed; this year is equivalent to having worked for nothing.
- **リムル · 2026-07-30T18:43:51.000Z**: Crying. I was also dazed by the drawdown and didn't strictly follow my own stop-loss point. Hahaha, but I'm still in the game.
  - **リムル** (2026-07-30T18:44:18.000Z): But the goal of breaking even this year has been achieved, still happy 😊
  - **長野原烟花店交易员** (2026-07-30T18:46:50.000Z): These that are stuck to the board are the hardest to scrape off
  - **リムル** (2026-07-30T18:49:40.000Z): Indeed
- **長野原烟花店交易员 · 2026-07-30T18:41:04.000Z · 👍 1**: Damn, I didn't post a chart, otherwise people might think I'm being humble-bragging. This active position lost back all the excess returns I made, but I don't know why it shows -18%. It's clearly positive compared to the beginning of the year; is it because of time-weighted returns?...
- **随缘吧会到达 · 2026-07-30T18:38:55.000Z · 👍 1**: Didn't IB have a 90% return this year? 🤨
  - **長野原烟花店交易员** (2026-07-31T00:39:54.000Z): Xiao Cang, all in all, basically didn't make any profit
- **長野原烟花店交易员 · 2026-07-30T18:37:06.000Z**: I knew exactly what was correct and simple to use, yet I couldn't resist the temptation to be greedy. In the end, my greed got me into trouble. Fortunately, I managed to profit in the early stages; if I hadn't been so greedy and only suffered the crash, it would have been even worse. I don't want th
  - **智商税** (2026-07-30T18:38:08.000Z): It's hard to pick individual stocks.
- **不吃香菜的交易员 · 2026-07-30T18:34:56.000Z**: Caught several main upward waves in a row, that's already pretty good
- **智商税 · 2026-07-30T18:34:34.000Z**: Didn't it make a profit?
  - **長野原烟花店交易员** (2026-07-30T18:39:32.000Z): I was so profitable before that I didn't even know my own surname, thinking I was incredibly awesome. A stock trader, doubling the entire portfolio in a year isn't a dream. But then I realized what is
  - **智商税** (2026-07-30T18:40:18.000Z): I made 14,000 this year and have now lost half. Keep a good mindset. Be humble in success and resilient in failure.
  - **長野原烟花店交易员** (2026-07-30T18:42:34.000Z): At its peak, I made nearly $250K USD and truly felt invincible. Looking back now, it was purely luck; money earned through dog luck will eventually be lost back through lack of skill.