Finally feeling relieved these past two days, got the motivation to write something haha. The improvement this year compared to the previous two is that I didn't stubbornly mess with expiration week options, but there are still many areas for reflection:

1. Although the targets I was bullish on were all long calls, I didn't set stop-loss orders. When they fell, I averaged down, leading to severe attrition. Facing various "negative news," even for a target I was bullish on, the pressure from holding the position could turn into an iron fist smashing back at me. Slow is fast, a simple truth but still hard to practice.

2. In the AI era, there are too many promising targets. I bought a bunch a while ago, "opening a supermarket." Although they say don't put all your eggs in one basket, having too many baskets isn't good either. For stability, it's better to buy index funds. Investment is about precision, not quantity. Every time you open a new position, ask yourself: What's the main purpose? Speculation? Risk diversification? Laying out a new track?

3. Balancing life and investment is also related to the above point. If you're not a full-time investor and don't have the energy to research companies, then don't take on too many targets. Only choose the leading targets in industries you understand. Watch the market less.

In terms of practical operations:

Areas for improvement:

1. Didn't handle the RKLB Q1 wave well this year. When it started falling, I bought calls for a quarter later, averaged down as it fell further, ended up being slowly bled dry, couldn't withstand the pressure and closed most of the position. The story then was it halved from last year's high to the lowest point, I almost sold at the bottom, then it took off to new highs, haha classic. This wave accumulated losses of a few thousand dollars; if I had held, I would have made over ten thousand, but that's all hindsight.

2. Before this war wave started, I opened a supermarket, bought over a dozen targets, mostly long calls. At the time, I thought compared to last year, AI had pulled back a lot and should rise, but the subsequent story is known to all. Got stopped out with heavy losses.

3. This war wave was volatile, I added too early, didn't get the ultimate blood-stained chips, a bit regrettable.

Things done well:

1. Always been bullish on Amazon, agree with the company's philosophy, fundamentals are good too. The irrational sell-off, waited for a long time, did long calls, this wave was pretty much fully captured, went from loss to profit of a few thousand dollars in just these days. Still not perfect, bought too early, didn't buy at the lowest point.

2. Always been bullish on RKLB and SATS, but didn't do options (poor liquidity), also added at low levels. But a bit regretful I didn't get RKLB at $59.

3. Also added Tesla at low levels, bought a lot of shares around $338-$350, also did buy long call and sell put options, feeling good today.

4. The war didn't scare me too much, learned from the tariff war lesson, kept myself at the table, position management improved a lot, but still some shortcomings, didn't catch the absolute lowest wave.

Continuously bullish on Tesla and space this year, followed by Amazon, Google, Microsoft (three major cloud platforms, especially Microsoft's mispriced potential value pit), and finally crypto CRCL.

Also bullish on storage, but missed it, and didn't have time for in-depth research, so wishing those on board make big money.

Will RKLB hit $100 first this year or will TSLA hit $500 first? 🤔

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