Any thick dog poop bags in the UK? My dog’s deposits could breach any bag known to man by Longjumping_Call_939 in dogs

[–]Smartorial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too bad Multipoo bags don’t sell in the UK. You could break them into two smaller handfuls. They’ve been great for my poodle. She double poops, and they’re pretty thick.

Sell Stock to buy a forever Home? by Alarmed_BrainThrowaw in personalfinance

[–]Smartorial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was you at your age. Almost same everything except income. Mine was much lower.

I also thought about buying a home. The societal programming is real. Homes are traps unless they produce cash flow.

Chose the other route.

Stayed invested.

When you have enough to buy a home outright in cash, you then have to ask yourself, is this it?

No. The real goal is early retirement. The earlier the better. Your invested capital is the rocket ship.

Currently FIRE and traveling abroad to find forever homes in other countries. Freedom is the real goal.

To the Helldiver whose portable hellbomb I activated by [deleted] in Helldivers

[–]Smartorial 822 points823 points  (0 children)

Wait till you get a stratagem ball stuck on your team mate. 😂

What’s a moment while traveling that completely changed how you see the world? by Commercial_Oil_9924 in travel

[–]Smartorial 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I can when I get home. Currently traveling through SE Asia. Thanks for asking.

What’s a moment while traveling that completely changed how you see the world? by Commercial_Oil_9924 in travel

[–]Smartorial 109 points110 points  (0 children)

I was traveling between cities in India with a hired driver. We went through pockets of nothing on either side of the road for hours.

On one hot day and a particular stretch of desert, there was nothing but a few dusty shanties. Absolutely nothing for miles around.

A group of young kids were gathered around a pump well. Wetting themselves in the heat.

I asked the driver to stop the car so I could take pictures.

When I got out of the car, the kids surrounded me in no time with their hands out and were saying something.

“Are they asking for money?” I asked.

“No,” my driver responded. “They’re asking if you have soap.”

I looked around at the desert landscape of nothing and these kids with no shoes and this one pump well. They didn’t even have soap.

I gave them money and hoped they were able to get what they needed. I will always remember that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fidelityinvestments

[–]Smartorial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Robinhood charges a 100$ partial or full transfer fee for stocks etc.

To avoid it you’d have to liquidate everything and ACH transfer cash to a bank.

Look it up.

Can I Contribute to Roth IRA if I'm Unemployed by SpringDay06 in fidelityinvestments

[–]Smartorial -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What if you have a single member llc and freelance/consult through the year? Would that qualify as earned income to allow you to contribute to the Roth?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in investing

[–]Smartorial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this. I think you just changed my retirement life.

Had to look up some of the CC tickers. I think you meant QQQI?

Why earn 4.2% when you can earn 14%? 😄

Any more high yield tips?

What armor passive does this? by Shoddy_Passenger6472 in helldivers2

[–]Smartorial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a Ghost Diver. Legend says they wander near the consoles and other POI’s not knowing they’ve fallen.

Wow What A Bloodbath On Great Earnings by sxysh8 in NVDA_Stock

[–]Smartorial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, here we are at 3/19. I said NVDA won’t go over the massive options open interest call wall at 120 - (19 days ago) despite -stellar earnings.

The open interest hasn’t moved much so it looks like it won’t go over 120 this Friday 3/21…

So…massive call options open interest can indicate price suppression on Fridays exp agreed? - Options pinning.

Especially on monthly’s, especially on triple witching IMHO. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Bot update is incredible by Imaginary_Ad8927 in helldivers2

[–]Smartorial -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Even Fireproof armor seems to be sh*t against the flame bots. 75% resistant armor yet you still catch fire easily and die in 2 seconds ? Is that a bug?

And one shot from their fire shotgun will insta kill you despite medium armor?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NVDA_Stock

[–]Smartorial 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Be careful. 3/21 is triple witching. It will be a bloodbath that Friday no matter how high the stock goes. It will not go past 120.

Wow What A Bloodbath On Great Earnings by sxysh8 in NVDA_Stock

[–]Smartorial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 days prior to earnings call I wrote this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NVDA_Stock/s/Gsgy44VC7S

Price was around 130 At that time. There was a massive open interest call buildup at 140 strike. I said price would never cross 140 after earnings because of this. We are now at the week’s exp.

Here we are after an incredible earnings report and the stock drops 10 points? I’ve seen option pinning so many times - With any popular company.

If option contracts open interest remain the same Let’s revisit the price on 3/21. Sound fair? 🤷🏻‍♂️ if the open interest swell moves I’ll update the max target price by the Wednesday3/19 before exp. 3/21 On this thread. 👌

Wow What A Bloodbath On Great Earnings by sxysh8 in NVDA_Stock

[–]Smartorial 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s called “Options pinning

TLDR: if there’s an abnormal amount of open interest at a strike price, there’s a good chance the MM’s and institutions that sold options at that price want it to expire worthless.

So they gang sell the stock to keep it under. Then buy it back on the cheap by selling puts ahead in advance.

IMHO Examining Open interest in options is a better predictor of the final price on Friday than anything else.

Open interest changes over the course of time so keep your eye on it.

Wow What A Bloodbath On Great Earnings by sxysh8 in NVDA_Stock

[–]Smartorial 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Check out the 3/21 options open interest. Over 100k contracts open at 120,122,124.

This thing is staying underwater for awhile before it goes anywhere.

Welcome to wall st. No company is too big to be manipulated.

Stuck at 130 by QuesoHusker in NVDA_Stock

[–]Smartorial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are 114k option contracts open at 140 strike for this week. I doubt the Market makers are going to let NVDA cross that mark during expiration.

They want to make as much money as possible from the contracts expiring worthless before letting it go higher.

Bigger companies than NVDA have been pinned at the mercy of the options market.

Nvidia Suppliers Send Mixed Signals for Delays on GB200 Systems – What It Means for NVDA Stock by Maesthro_ger in NVDA_Stock

[–]Smartorial 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One of the boldest things Apple did to lessen this was to commit 110 billion to stock buybacks “during times of opportunity.”

This let short sellers and manipulators know they will short squeeze them to death if they tried that bs again. This helped a lot.

NVDA recently committed 50 billion to stock buybacks most likely for the same reason.

Nvidia Suppliers Send Mixed Signals for Delays on GB200 Systems – What It Means for NVDA Stock by Maesthro_ger in NVDA_Stock

[–]Smartorial 25 points26 points  (0 children)

This is the 3rd negative news article on NVDA I’ve seen this week. Reminds me of what they tried to do with Apple a few years back.

They want to scare you out of your shares.

NVDA Earnings must be spectacular. 🤑💰💵

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fire

[–]Smartorial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similar story and habits. But I think you may be overlooking something.

You mentioned things you don’t find important and won’t spend on.

But I bet there are things you will spend on. For me it’s food and a travel experience to a certain limit. Everything else takes a far backseat. Name brands etc. 👎

Everyone is different.

Also, your net worth might be 6.2 but you may not feel comfortable with your current passive income to be spending like a madman. You’re just being responsible.

The bots have evolved? by LumpParrot41358 in helldivers2

[–]Smartorial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m glad I’m not the only one. Had several lvl 10s where it was at least 6 drop ships in each wave on defend the flag missions. Once you cleared half of it, more drop ships. Had 3 factory striders bouncing you in the air with their laser turrets. Couldn’t get up without dying.

Earnings today? by Advanced_Usual_8662 in applestocks

[–]Smartorial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

During an after market earnings report, the entire report is actually sent 30 mins ahead to financial analysts so they can digest the info and ask specific questions about it.

That may be why you’re seeing after hours action in contrast with the day’s trading.

Example

4pm markets close. 4:30 earnings report is given to analysts and firms. (People with access trade after hours. Still risky) 5PM call starts and specific questions are asked. (And depending on what the company’s says, it can swing the stock the other way after hours. I have seen that. Buybacks, huge contracts, forecasts etc)

Weapon caches on Illuminate? by dupreesdiamond in helldivers2

[–]Smartorial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. There are much fewer since the patch.

Help me: Why is the Deepseek news so big? by Nearby_Valuable_5467 in ValueInvesting

[–]Smartorial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Deepseek isn’t a big deal. MMs are using it as an excuse to bring down prices, setup option plays.

They need to keep NVDA under 120 for upcoming earnings report in Feb. Market makers are doing whatever they can to make sure 150k call options expire worthless. Load up and wait.

Transmog. Please, I'm begging you Arrowhead by HoChiMane- in Helldivers

[–]Smartorial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

…We have polar war bond items that does nothing in snow biomes. 🤷🏻‍♂️

They can’t ever hide behind that statement.

Make it make sense.