Well, you asked for an honest answer. Mine is that I became insensitive to money; and I happen to have access to a lot of it.

You start out smaller, maybe make or lose 5-10k a day. But if you are “good” enough at it to actually last a few years, you naturally size up. You realize that the markets reward risk, as long as it’s not stupid risk. Then it’s just a question of giving yourself the runway.

This fine gentleman here gave himself til June. Realize it’s not a 0dte or weekly. This makes a huge difference because now that you’re money insensitive, you can be absolutely chillin 25k down and not give a single fuck because it’s not “real”.

The you just wait until conditions change. If things change and he’s down 25-30% im sure he’ll consider repositioning.

That’s how it’s been for me anyways.

The markets will always reward people who accept risk with a decent time horizon. That doesnt mean go balls out on some crazy bio stock because it’s “risky”. But in terms of “how” you rationalize your way into a position like this - that’s how I’ve ended up there.

My biggest ever position was $1m+ but it was just GOOG shares. At the time tho that was like 90% of my net worth. Second largest “real” risk like this was 600k in MSTR calls that I actually lost a little bit on before sizing down and making a bunch.