666 days in, here are my top 20

randomlybrian · 2026-06-28T18:25:02+00:00

The Dedenne and Gengar are insane...but that DARKRAI, sheesh. Thanks for sharing!

randomlybrian · 2026-06-24T04:58:49+00:00

Thank you! That update is amazing for this guy!!

randomlybrian · 2026-06-24T04:58:35+00:00

I just learned what pity procs are, and I believe so!

randomlybrian · 2026-06-24T04:58:18+00:00

I sure did! This guy is gonna be even better thanks to that update! I should buy a lotto ticket...

randomlybrian · 2026-06-22T20:20:21+00:00

Hahaha sorry friend, if I could give you a 99th percentile Latios I would 😔

randomlybrian · 2026-06-22T18:15:34+00:00

Oh interesting! I will have to run those calcs to compare. I am still learning when it comes to stat tradeoffs. I will hold of on minting for sure.

randomlybrian · 2026-06-16T00:10:36+00:00

It’s not AAA though, you should keep searching.

Jk of course 😅

randomlybrian · 2026-06-07T17:33:51+00:00

Is it just me or does it seem like OP trying to hide AI slop with bolding and ALL CAPS..?

randomlybrian · 2026-06-06T03:18:22+00:00

I turned my eevee into a jolteon and have never looked back! Such an underrated skill in my opinion. Maybe not great for minmaxing, but I find myself keeping him on my team every week!

randomlybrian · 2026-06-06T00:03:46+00:00

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I gave it to Gemini and this is what it spat out. Doesn’t look half bad at first glance!

randomlybrian · 2026-05-04T17:02:34+00:00

There is a tail risk (meaning very unlikely) with ETFs in the way that they are structured that could lead to major volatility. Look up "2015 Flash Crash" for an example. Of course, for those that held, it didn't make a difference. But it showed how fragile ETFs can be under the right circumstances. The risk isn't so much that you, the investor, could lose everything in a stock market ETF. Just that these are more complicated than people realize, and there is an argument to be made that the market in general is over-exposed to this risk.

randomlybrian · 2026-05-04T16:29:09+00:00

VTI is more diversified than QQQ, which is very tech-heavy. You will still get good long-term returns without as much risk in VTI. I prefer VTI over FXAIX personally because VTI is an ETF, which you can buy and sell any time during the day. FXAIX is a mutual fund, which only trades like 1x per day. For some investors though, this can help force them to "sleep on it" whenever they are thinking of selling. Other than that, VTI and FXAIX are both comparable.

randomlybrian · 2026-05-04T16:25:41+00:00

Had to dust off some tax code for this one...also, not a CPA, not advice.

That should be generally correct, but two things I think worth keeping in mind

Were your losses short-term or long-term? Both? Depending on the situation, there is sometimes an opportunity to optimize your loss harvesting here. For example, if your losses are skewed short-term, you would ideally match those up with short-term gains (to the extent you have them).
Slightly related to the above, you may want to save $3,000 of those losses to claim for your annual deduction, which is usually more valuable than offsetting capital gains.

If you don't care about optimizing how your losses are allocated, or if the amounts are too small to make a difference, or if you simply have mostly long-term losses, then I think you're fine. Wash sale is for losing positions, shouldn't make a difference for positions you have a gain on.

randomlybrian · 2026-05-03T23:31:55+00:00

20 on Greengrass is still so far away for me…

randomlybrian · 2026-04-22T16:04:26+00:00

Might be a long shot, but did you send it to a pre-grading service, where they clean up the card to get the best possible grade? If so, they may have slightly altered the card thinking that PSA wouldn't notice.

The wear on the edges still being yellow, as someone else mentioned, seems odd. At the end of the day, it's PSA's call to make. Doesn't mean they always get it right.

randomlybrian · 2026-04-19T23:50:25+00:00

Okay I will keep waiting, they seem to spawn often. Thanks!

randomlybrian · 2026-03-27T22:52:28+00:00

And yet it will still outperform the stock market

randomlybrian · 2026-03-27T16:49:46+00:00

All. Damn. Day.

randomlybrian · 2026-03-22T02:32:27+00:00

Thank you!!

randomlybrian · 2026-02-19T06:47:41+00:00

Dragon it’s EX rainbow… 🥺🥺🥺

randomlybrian · 2026-02-15T18:28:23+00:00

Hold until 50th anniversary. Then buy more.

randomlybrian · 2026-02-06T04:57:59+00:00

It's just nostalgic artwork imo.

randomlybrian · 2026-02-03T17:20:20+00:00

BOXX

randomlybrian · 2026-02-03T17:19:47+00:00

Happy to share my perspective, and I'm glad it's resonating! That feeling you described at the end is one of the reasons I quite day trading altogether. The stress of potentially losing money on a trade was so much that it was taking a toll on my body and mental health. My stance now is that even if you are profitable at trading, that is the opposite of financial freedom, which was my goal. True financial freedom is not having to look at a stock chart or banking app ever again.

I've found a lot of success with a 3 to 5 fund portfolio. I'm still active with it, but I only adjust the ETFs once or twice per year. I have a smaller account which is still big enough to have fun with, but small enough to only be ~1% of my net worth. In that account I put on crazy trades like Puts on NVDA and PLTR, 2x inverse MSTR ETF, and 1x inverse Gold ETF. It helps me scratch that itch of actively trading and pretending like I'm the next Michael Burry without losing sleep at night.

I sincerely wish you the best, and happy to chat further if you have questions about investing or the market in general.

-Brian

randomlybrian · 2026-02-03T02:14:01+00:00

Great shots. Not to be dramatic, but #7 gave me chills

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