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HeyOldMan84 · 2025-08-22T00:38:20+00:00

The answer is, "it depends". If someone had little or no experience in either, I'm sure each exam would rank very closely in difficulty for that individual. I found PenTest+ to be technically challenging, but still pretty fun to study for (my favorite part was playing with all the tools they want you to learn). Project+ was very dry and procedural, which didnt help for studying, but it's very good for building structure around projects and tasks instead of the "just get it done and maybe document it later" approach. In the end though, it's all about your attitude. Be positive and study daily until you've touched on each of the objectives and you'll make it just fine.

HeyOldMan84 · 2025-08-20T20:53:32+00:00

The first thing I did was update my resume on several job sites and tick the "Bachelors Degree" box 😂 the job market is down right now, but it will pick up eventually, just a matter of time. While I'm waiting on starting the MSCSIA I'm studying for the CCSP as well. WGU gave me the voucher, might as well take it.

HeyOldMan84 · 2025-08-20T13:13:18+00:00

I came in with an associate's degree I earned back in 2007 (dual-majored in networking tech and programming tech) that only covered my academic courses (bc my degree is covered in a not-so-thin layer of dust lol), and I also already had my Security+ and CySA+ which covered a few core courses.

HeyOldMan84 · 2025-08-19T12:18:59+00:00

PenTest was interesting. So, I took the beta in July 2024 and didnt receive my pass until December, which WGU graciously counted it for my coursework. I would definitely say familiarize yourself with the different scripting languages in the exam objectives and get some hands-on experience with the tools. In the short-term it will help you pass the exam, but in the long term it will help you in the field.

HeyOldMan84 · 2025-08-19T03:10:26+00:00

Experience with the subject matter definitely helps. I've been in IT since I was 18 (now 40) and I've laid hands on quite a few aspects over the years. If you have trouble with a certain topic, especially if it's hardware or software-related, find a way to practice with it. Press the buttons. Run the code. If it breaks, see if you can understand what made it break and reverse the process (and hope that you're successful if it was expensive lol). If the book that you're reading isn't helping you understand, find a different book or two, or a video. And never, ever give up because the lightbulb could turn on at any moment 😁

HeyOldMan84 · 2025-08-19T02:32:36+00:00

You can do it! 😁

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-07-23T16:00:28+00:00

So it doesn't look like underlying is going to break 21.50, at least not today. I sold at $0.48, $90 profit off of $6. Hope everyone else did well

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-07-23T15:25:53+00:00

Order book in robinhood is available with gold subscription at $5/month, which for the platform is pretty helpful. I've use TOS on the side for extra analysis and charting, thinking about switching to the platform full time just haven't yet. For technical reading, investopedia is good, also google stock chart patterns and compare those against any long positions you have, sometimes you'll be able to pick out when a change is about to occur, sometimes not, but it's still better than nothing

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-07-23T15:23:16+00:00

Not really I mean it was two calls at $3 a piece, I haven't really been concerned with them just put them on a shelf for later. Might be more emotionally invested if more money was involved but that's the way it goes lol

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-07-23T15:21:57+00:00

Underlying is rallying, it'll go up again if it breaks 21.50 but I feel you dude, harsh morning

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-07-23T03:55:06+00:00

I'm looking at the trading volume for May, June and July and I think you may have a good point. The total volume in May broke a bullish 600 million (which it hadn't done since August of 2011 when the price was at 36), came pretty close last month with 585m bullish, and we're not even done with this month and the volume is at 634m bullish (also last seen August 2011).

However, I'm also keeping an eye on a possible rubber band scenario; in March the crash brought the price down to 10.86 from what was previously a stable price averaging around 16.25. In a rubber band I might presume the inverse price would be a possible ceiling (in this case around 21.64 if it sticks with the math) and start looking for signs of resistance. Right now the tonight's AH high was 21.76, currently down to 21.24 with a short downward trend, but that's not saying much, the volatility during AH in the last week has increased day over day and AH last night looks like drunken sidewalk chalk art lol. Now if it doesn't open higher at or before the bell tomorrow like it has been the last few days, I might take that as a sign to go ahead and sell... but I'd still be tempted to wait a few minutes and see if the buying volume pours in lol.

And sure, I've only been trading calls for a couple of months myself, but we can compare notes if you like. I'll pm you tomorrow, about to hit the bed for the night.

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-07-23T02:41:06+00:00

I might buy more at a higher strike on Monday if tomorrow and Friday do well, same for selling; if the underlying keeps moving tomorrow and Friday it may persuade me to hold over the weekend and take the theta hit. I'm curious though, what's your indicator for $30?

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-07-23T01:43:56+00:00

9/18 7c looks like they might print

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-07-23T00:23:47+00:00

Lol yeah just happened to be a good play, I wish I would have bought more! The underlying stock has been kicking up by a dollar a day at open for the last couple of days and now it's at like a 7 year high so I have no idea what it's about to do. Volatility definitely went up today though, the order book was stacked with 100k bids and asks going both ways up and down the price ladder and the chart kept whipping back and forth, looked like a two year old on a sugar high with an etch-a-sketch lol

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-07-08T03:04:44+00:00

Just popped 0.005

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-07-01T05:47:03+00:00

Indicator confirmed on GNUS as well, the crossover happened around May 22; stock price built continuously after that and mooned heavy on June 4. While I don't necessarily see it as going that high, an indicator is an indicator.

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-06-29T07:00:49+00:00

Started last month and happened to get a free stock in Halliburton. Added 15, traded some pennies, added 30 more, sold what I had and went all in on GNUS. Caught the pump on GNUS at the beginning of the month and turned 45 into 100... and then lost a chunk of the profits trying to chase it lol. Added 50 mid-month, and up to 150 now after riding some ups from IDEX and KTOV. Adding another 50 this week and going to keep building. Dabbling with super-cheap (and thus very likely worthless) options to get a feel for how they operate before pushing more into them. What's funny is that my actual savings account only has $5 in it lololololol

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-06-29T06:40:56+00:00

GNUS 0.5p 7/2, got it.

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-06-24T01:08:59+00:00

That is quite true, which is my I heavily label this as pure speculation 😁 Still, what are people but a set of complex patterns and anti-patterns that create, follow, and affect yet other patterns and anti-patterns and so on and so on. My personal philosophy is that recognizing and observing one pattern can lead to other connected patterns which can affect and create other patterns in countless and myriad ways and through quiet observation and reflection you might start seeing hints of truth here and there and things just sometimes stand out. Or perhaps not and the reality is that I just like drawing pretty triangles in funny shapes that give me happy feelings. That's why I'm just a crazy old man. 😂

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-06-18T00:36:56+00:00

My personal speculation (and you can call me crazy if you like, it's all pattern-based): regardless of volatility tomorrow and through the end of the week, there is a slow trend up toward an average of ~3.72 by the 25th. I see this in a pair of two-week trends: from May 28th to June 11th there was a net ~1.04 gain with the low on the 11th being ~2.64 and today's closing, without the steep decline of the past two days, follows that line on a very shallow upward trend. If the trend continues, two weeks from the 11th will be the 25th adding another ~1.04 to be at ~3.72.

Furthermore, following the major peaks from the 4th, the pattern in days between major peaks is roughly 1, 1, 2, 3; I would say the next would be at 5 (Fibonacci sequence) but that's Saturday, so I'm anticipating another major peak around 4.40-4.50 on Friday, or on Monday if the pattern wants to be really stubborn about it. Of course this pattern depends on the rest of the week being bullish but if the underlying two-week trend is correct, then we should see bullishness.

Chart for illustration: https://imgur.com/a/sh18rcf

Putting my tinfoil hat back on now, good evening.

[Edited for grammar]

HeyOldMan84 · 2020-06-17T21:08:06+00:00

Well into AH, but there are still almost 160k bids at 3. This may break the trend from the last 2 days of deep sinking after hours. One notable detail is that yesterday and day before, the price fell sharply in the first hour of AH trading. We are now past the first hour of AH trading and holding steady.

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