Testing Awful TikTok Investment Strategies

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  • I decided to test some bad TikTok investment strategies. The results were about what you'd expect.
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  • @LordTrayus
    @LordTrayus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9170

    "During a gold rush, the real money is made from selling shovels" Best investing advice I've ever heard!

    • @bryanth271
      @bryanth271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      📝 you’re on to something

    • @georgesaoun9751
      @georgesaoun9751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @Adi they’re not really making money cuz they sell it at msrp while scalpers and retailers sell it higher

    • @georgesaoun9751
      @georgesaoun9751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Adi I didn’t know u were talking about this money I though it was the difference between msrp and actual real life price

    • @gibbo9834
      @gibbo9834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@georgesaoun9751 -_- they sell more products which means they make more money

    • @wakawaka1976
      @wakawaka1976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don’t forget the hookers

  • @Bropes
    @Bropes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6726

    “If u start by losing everything the only way to go is up” 😂

    • @JavierAliagaOfficial
      @JavierAliagaOfficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      😭😭😭

    • @jasongisellie9410
      @jasongisellie9410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      they says option trading but the only option is to lose money buahahah

    • @friednoodlee6599
      @friednoodlee6599 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      When you forget that you could borrow money too

    • @alicetelma3353
      @alicetelma3353 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, I don't think I have experienced loss. Mr. Franklin has been managing my trade for months and I keep making profit every week. I made "$24,500 last week also

    • @lukashorak8503
      @lukashorak8503 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have also been trading with him , The profits are secured and over a 100% return on investment directly sent to your wallet. I am a living testimony of his work

  • @jellocrackers9107
    @jellocrackers9107 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +972

    “You could make infinite % gains of your money gambling but you could only lose 100% ”
    -Every gambling addict 💀

    • @Myticalcattnip
      @Myticalcattnip 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      And every time you gambling you only need won 1 but forget hundred,thousand or worse millions time losing,yet you're not realize its too late
      ~ people that told gambler to stop

    • @Apemania69
      @Apemania69 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      well u can only loose 100% but gain infinite %🤷‍♂🤣🤣

    • @AlneCraft
      @AlneCraft 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@Apemania69please tell me you're capping this is not how leverage works 😭😭😭

    • @aquaswallower988
      @aquaswallower988 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      well if you are leveraged into options or future, you can lose more than 100 % lol

    • @Apemania69
      @Apemania69 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@aquaswallower988 options no, futures yes you can lose more then 100%
      options unless you sell puts naked

  • @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki
    @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    I never saw it coming. My younger brother went to one of those "free" options seminars in about 1998. (i.e. between "Tom Vu" seminar era and the new "peach bum" tech geniuses). He got hooked on "technical" charts , etc. Then he scammed almost 2 million US in family legacy money (almost all of it) and went to options. Lost it all. Family money, not his to lose. He's still full of excuses, like most narcissists. It never ends. I never saw it in his behavior until dad started "slipping" and became vulnerable. Dad never asked for help. This got him bad. I had the letter from him asking fo rthe money back. It's GONE. There a lot of fall out for this: college funds gone, family affected, future plans dashed.

    • @huismus111
      @huismus111 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      damn thas crazy

    • @SumriseHD
      @SumriseHD 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I'm a college student who recently lost most of my money. But the most important part here is that it's mine. Gambling with someone elses money isn't even regarded, it's just criminal and disgusting

    • @ThonneThisseDeadeLif
      @ThonneThisseDeadeLif 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​​@@SumriseHD
      Same here. The most I ever traded with other people's money is 15 dollars and it feels just disgusting lol, the profits are not even fun and the losses deliver a stronger pinch.
      Losing 4K for me literally felt better than losing 10 dollars of another person's money.

  • @TheSmartPotato
    @TheSmartPotato 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4016

    "Exit strategy, proper position sizing. Not in your vocabulary." That one was way too accurate

    • @jasonhorton2434
      @jasonhorton2434 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@TheEnderCycloneEnd I checked and found the Dictionary already has 'priced' in it.

    • @terrygenne9279
      @terrygenne9279 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fuckin hilarious

    • @id10t98
      @id10t98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      getting personal there wasnt he? lol

    • @uuvlv9605
      @uuvlv9605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was knuckles deep in my nose when he said that

    • @BornTBH
      @BornTBH 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What's an exit strategy?

  • @ibroschool
    @ibroschool 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2728

    I legit cried at the "Options is starting point" 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @INWMI
      @INWMI 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      indeed, it's crazy how casually she say that ahah

    • @raydead2670
      @raydead2670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Ngl when you start on hard mode, it makes normal seem easy. Started with margin now trading full time with regular stocks plus options.

    • @Fadeways
      @Fadeways 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      Options are just warmup, real tiktokers trade onion futures dated to 1929

    • @jamescrock2213
      @jamescrock2213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      navigated myself better in ERC-20 shitcoins during the uniswap craze of 2020 than options. Lost 3200 on options within a month. and I was high to the tits on erc20, i lost it when I thought god was telling me to buy chainlink cause of couple numbers matched and accumulated 10k debt wilst unemployed. Now i am just going to buy boring VZ, KO, O stocks each paycheque and wait 10 years

    • @kir44d14
      @kir44d14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      In finance there is no difference in "crying" and "laughing".

  • @CSpottsGaming
    @CSpottsGaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    I'm studying finance right now (graduating in a month with my masters) and it's so refreshing to hear someone call people on this bullshit. Banks spend billions of dollars a year trying to achieve the kind of gains that TikTok gurus claim they can earn reliably with no risk. If it was possible, the people with vastly more resources than us would be doing it.

    • @dan5974
      @dan5974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Studying finance made me realise that investment strategy is unbelievably complicated and a 19 with a trust fund will not help you.

    • @beamed5382
      @beamed5382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just the fact that you say "no risk" makes me believe you didn't think for a second there. I'm highly doubting you're graduating finance, if so, I guess you've skipped a few lessons.

    • @CSpottsGaming
      @CSpottsGaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      To further clarify, even large hedge funds regulate attribute outsized returns to "alpha" when it's more often a type of risk they're not quantifying (in particular, most fail to properly measure liquidity risk).

    • @beamed5382
      @beamed5382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CSpottsGaming all of that can be described through the MPT-model. The relation between IV, RV and Alpha describes the Risk/Reward in relation to Alpha, which is an essential part in the Adaptive Market Theory which btw is further evidance that the Efficient Market Theory is incorrect in today's market.

    • @CSpottsGaming
      @CSpottsGaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@beamed5382 Not sure if this is the proper forum for a deep dive but I don't necessarily disagree with you. Some institutions are knowingly misrepresenting their risk level to make their returns look like they're outperforming (when they may actually be underperforming). In other words, improperly quantifying risk doesn't necessarily mean the risk is impossible to quantify.
      That said, there have been a lot of criticisms over the years about whether standard deviation is actually a good proxy for risk. Personally I think it has its place but that it's insufficient on its own.
      In any case, I hope I properly clarified my point which is that there's no escaping risk, and certainly you don't get return for being riskless. Even the so-called risk-free rate isn't riskless because while it (might) be free of default risk, there are other kinds you need to contend with.
      TikTokers have a specific financial benefit to representing their strategy as riskless (namely, that they sell courses based around the idea), so they're going to lie through their teeth about it. In the end, if multi-billion dollar financial institutions are attracting top talent and not achieving those returns, maybe there's a reason...

  • @toffy7598
    @toffy7598 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Some random teenage girl on tiktok calling options trading the starting point…. Nothing more needs to be said about this advice

  • @NickTapp
    @NickTapp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4026

    You make a dull subject interesting and hilarious. The talent is palpable.

    • @ronnickels5193
      @ronnickels5193 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Scared me out of looking at options and into a Vanguard S&P 500 index fund

    • @kentheengineer592
      @kentheengineer592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Dull?

    • @josecoyt1602
      @josecoyt1602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Kenneth Wiley stocks are boring .

    • @somewhatnotable8099
      @somewhatnotable8099 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@josecoyt1602 Highly subjective lol, with options it’s practically gambling.

    • @kingvoh
      @kingvoh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Palpable nice word I like

  • @januszkurahenowski2860
    @januszkurahenowski2860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2363

    This is the most tiktok strategy ever, if you're totally clueless and you hear "if the stock goes up you make money and if it goes down you make money" you're gonna think it's the smartest thing ever and no one has ever come up with something so brilliant before lol

    • @orepus2021
      @orepus2021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      Its so funny how these idiots think they've found a loophole that no one else has thought of before

    • @JonathanTheZombie
      @JonathanTheZombie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      I wonder how many people realized they had to exceed massive break-evens right after they bought the strangle.

    • @natevanderw
      @natevanderw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@DennisRay99 There are time and places for 0 DTE strangles. But don't act like they always hit.

    • @ThePapaja1996
      @ThePapaja1996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oh the Chad and Jenny strategi (a tik tok cuple)

    • @olinater5
      @olinater5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      "And if it stays the same you literally lose everything! :D"

  • @jonm6834
    @jonm6834 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Best investment advice I've heard in years. Not this video, I mean the channel as a whole. Someone who's actually experienced the retail investor's perspective and is appropriately pessimistic is much needed in this space. A+ for humor.

  • @motubak1622
    @motubak1622 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    “You can only lose 100% of your money but your gains have no limit”

  • @opgkoyote7989
    @opgkoyote7989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1913

    “This is why alcohol is such a great tool while investing”
    *I start nodding as you start laughing*

    • @rare1974
      @rare1974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Was like, way ahead of you lol

  • @planetbob6703
    @planetbob6703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    3:34 "If you start by losing everything the only way to go is up"
    There’s always the option to go six feet further down

    • @xxbeto92xx
      @xxbeto92xx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      The long $rope strategy

    • @TumbiMtika
      @TumbiMtika 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see what you did there...

    • @saavyz
      @saavyz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@xxbeto92xxbogged

  • @bandmankhris9619
    @bandmankhris9619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    “Do this until you get in a coffeezilla video”
    Wise words of advice 😂😂

  • @NicDoesDumbThings
    @NicDoesDumbThings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    4:50 "Literally most stocks go up or down they aren't very choppy"
    this is spoken like a guy who has never traded stocks

    • @TrayJayRecords
      @TrayJayRecords 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it’s like how can you even say that and not realize how it doesn’t make sense

  • @arianpentza3529
    @arianpentza3529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1127

    My man left medical school to give us this gold. Keep at it king

    • @apc9714
      @apc9714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Is your man Benjamin or Michael Burry? Apparently leaving medical school makes you a degenerate able to beat the shit out of the market. Much respect to both of these guys

    • @jaganjoseph386
      @jaganjoseph386 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@apc9714 To be accurate, Burry finished med school and left residency midway and even keeps his license active!

    • @friednoodlee6599
      @friednoodlee6599 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Wait, this guy a doctor?

    • @josephbrennan370
      @josephbrennan370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      When did you find out he was at medical school?

    • @rephaelreyes8552
      @rephaelreyes8552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@friednoodlee6599 yeah he took residency in anesthesiology

  • @wl4dymir
    @wl4dymir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    The strangle : Instead of losing your money on one option, you can lose it on 2 at the same time. Brilliant.

    • @Backfromthestorm
      @Backfromthestorm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Diversification!

    • @guitarsoundsaround
      @guitarsoundsaround 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is strangle in the same chart territory as straddle?
      Them candles 🕯️ sticks get me every time.
      Awesome video!

  • @liluzigrt
    @liluzigrt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Nice video ben. This has only convinced me that flipping a coin to decide if I should buy spy daily calls or puts is the best way to make money

  • @ExxonMobilCompany
    @ExxonMobilCompany ปีที่แล้ว +450

    fantastic video Everybody wants to be financially independent and live a better life. With savvy investing, an inexpensive lifestyle, and diligent budgeting, this is not difficult to do. I'm glad I realised early on that achieving financial freedom requires hard work.

    • @charlotteflair1043
      @charlotteflair1043 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@markgeorge8206 Would you mind recommending a specialist with a variety of investment options? This is extremely rare, and I eagerly await your response.

    • @michaelgyger6986
      @michaelgyger6986 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Nice scam bro👍

    • @postsupremacy
      @postsupremacy ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@michaelgyger6986damnn remember when these scams were huge last year???

    • @anglaismoyen
      @anglaismoyen 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@postsupremacyyeah yeah whatever can you please organically recommend an advisor, fellow human being?

    • @guitarsoundsaround
      @guitarsoundsaround 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is that the same as working hard? Hard at ‘er or hard up working?
      Asking for my loyal friend!

  • @blankblank1949
    @blankblank1949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +988

    Starting with Options is like starting your drug habit with Flacka/Krokodil

    • @firstnamelastname3888
      @firstnamelastname3888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Krokidil and yolo fuel.

    • @midimusicforever
      @midimusicforever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      It's skipping the boring parts and going straight to losing everything.

    • @TheElectronPusher
      @TheElectronPusher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      So you're saying we should go for it.

    • @Beatitat
      @Beatitat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣😂🤣

    • @kane3825
      @kane3825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What should i start with

  • @nitairose-dewil9451
    @nitairose-dewil9451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +744

    As Ben once said “everything, fucking everything is priced in”

    • @CatnamedMittens
      @CatnamedMittens 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      The efficient market theory is just that, a theory.

    • @MrOdsplut
      @MrOdsplut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@CatnamedMittens it's just a theory that it's just a theory

    • @robrob4316
      @robrob4316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      This comment is priced in.

    • @marusdod3685
      @marusdod3685 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      my grandma isn't

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He keeps showing a screenshot of that Reddit post as if he wrote it......

  • @LichSnail
    @LichSnail 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Mono-tone throughout really sold the video. Lol

  • @mrmacc1312
    @mrmacc1312 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Absolutely love your sense of humour well made, thanks for taking the time and effort to make these vids

  • @dragonlord1225
    @dragonlord1225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    "People ask me how I got so rich, I just use the banks money to buy my cars"
    Lmao I don't think it sounded nearly as smart as he thought it would sound.

    • @inconvenientexistenlism
      @inconvenientexistenlism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Forwarding these videos to the IRS to keep tap on them to ensure they pay all their taxes. However, if they're lying, then it's fraud. So pick their poison: IRS or FTC.

    • @adunce.5422
      @adunce.5422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Tbh, they’re probably in crippling credit card debt if they use the bank to buy everything.

    • @shellshock10
      @shellshock10 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adunce.5422 ever heard of manageable debt?

    • @aaronadamson7463
      @aaronadamson7463 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@adunce.5422 I bet by now, the banks own everthying instead of him!

    • @lbgstzockt8493
      @lbgstzockt8493 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      If you have 10k in debt you have a problem. If you have 10 million in debt the bank has a problem.

  • @SonicSW
    @SonicSW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    "in the beginning here we see confidence is high, returns are high, you're....probably high" lmaoo

  • @nelliel8251
    @nelliel8251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's been fun to watch your channel grow from 10k to 190k. Your vids are practically the only content that I watch which is actually entertaining. Kudos

  • @St-cs5qd
    @St-cs5qd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I didn't understand 80% of the video, but still enjoyed it

  • @BradKwfc
    @BradKwfc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +510

    I must have spent several hundred hours reading TA books, staring at charts, trying different indicators, creating my own indicators, following other traders etc.... I'm slowly starting to think that it's not about analysis at all. It's about:
    1. Risk management
    2. Getting lucky

    • @yakashi271
      @yakashi271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Well I wouldn’t say luck but probability with risk management. This is the whole reason you make money. Just look at your winrate and risk to reward ratio. If I say: lets do a coin flip, if heads I get 10 dollars, if tails You get 10 dollars. You wouldn’t take this deal right? Its 50% winrate with a 1 R/R. But now if heads I get 10 dollars but if Tails You get 15 dollars. You would take this deal right? Its 50% winratio with a 1.5 R/R. So if you make 100 coin flips, the winrate stays roughly the same, so 50% but R/R is 1.5, so eventually you make money (in this case 250 dollars).
      I hope I made it clear that everything is about probability. If you found a trading strategy with the right balance of Risk to Reward and winratio, you will make money.

    • @nautical1078
      @nautical1078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Or...just be boring and throw your money into market funds, blue chip & ETFs, easy ~10% annual long term returns.

    • @donb2527
      @donb2527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      How the fuck are you gonna make your own indicator when you don’t know how the market works lmao. It’s not luck, there isn’t a way someone can be lucky 80% of the time consistently over several years, it’s mathematically impossible.

    • @jenkathefridge3933
      @jenkathefridge3933 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@donb2527 unless somehow someone controlled probability which is also impossible.

    • @derherrdirektor9686
      @derherrdirektor9686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@donb2527 Of course it's possible. Given enough tries, it's actually bound to happen! And there are now millions of people trying it.

  • @jacobv5465
    @jacobv5465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    I love your videos because ur like the only person on the internet who talks about stocks and doesn’t pretend like he knows everything when most of them know literally nothing

    • @ohjahohfrick9837
      @ohjahohfrick9837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @【𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐣am𝐢𝐧】▪️ This bot ain't gonna work for this channel man. Ben doesn't know shit.

    • @limelikeicedtea5883
      @limelikeicedtea5883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ohjahohfrick9837 exactly lol

    • @guitarsoundsaround
      @guitarsoundsaround 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Seriously, underrated comment !! It didn’t take me too long, well maybe a bit longer than I’ll admit, to hate most of the other TH-camrz nonsense - was making me poorer, in brain cells.

  • @justind5347
    @justind5347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I really enjoyed this video, also I can relate. Literally as soon as I stopped trying to figure stocks out and just trade with gut feeling/luck I finally started making a profit. Every time a friend asks "teach me how to do stocks" I tell them to learn basic TA and go with the flow, if I tell you what to do you WILL lose money.

  • @TwiShy27
    @TwiShy27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Every time I try to listen about stocks I end up hating it more. It feels like complicated gambling.

    • @orteg3940
      @orteg3940 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      that's actually what it is.

    •  2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Because it is lol

    • @orfeoassiti6669
      @orfeoassiti6669 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Just invest in an etf if you don't know how to do value investing

    • @TheSpecialJ11
      @TheSpecialJ11 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      It is. Nothing provides fast and large returns without risk of it blowing up in your face or at least bleeding money most of the time and surviving until a jackpot. Most millionaires didn't get into stocks until after they had a successful business.

    • @Xilladan093
      @Xilladan093 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@orteg3940 lol normie

  • @Koffeekeyz
    @Koffeekeyz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    When you buy the dip but there’s an even lower dip, you must keep doubling down till it gets to zero. This is the way🚀🚀🚀

    • @BlackJesus8463
      @BlackJesus8463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The turn is gonna be so juicy!

    • @donb2527
      @donb2527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I mean this works but only with fundamentally good companies lmao

    • @Erideah
      @Erideah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@donb2527 It could sometimes work, which is a bit different from simply working. The company/asset could crash for the long term, regardless of fundamentals. I know this is just a meme, but anyways, the likeliest thing to eventually happen with that sort of strategy is that you end up with an average entry way above the bottom, and it stays that way for a prolonged period of time. By the time an accumulation hits and finishes, you might’ve spent years with money locked underwater if you never cut your losses. Worse, consistently more money invested in bad trades than good ones. Opportunity cost is awful, even if it were to produce okay results most of the time

    • @donb2527
      @donb2527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Erideah see if you don’t do fundamental analysis you’re right. If you analyse your portfolio, follow up on QE reports and what is going on around the company, that is very unlikely. The thing is, the only times good companies stocks go down and stay down is in a recession, if not the company and it’s officials would buy up the underpriced stock (if they are smart). It’s a rare occurrance to get a company at a heavy discount especially a large one like the ones you see in the DJIA. That was more what my comment was aimed towards but you can for sure apply it to different stocks aswell given you have the knowledge.
      An example of this is we bought 2000 shares of a company before corona that we knew were fundamentally good and would be for a long while. Cost was around $20.000, corona hit and price tanked 50%, and now, it has quadroupled in price from the all time low and our position is up 100%. What we should have done if we were confident it would return to normal is to buy more shares at the lows, as the company still fundamentally was the same as they transport LNG and that’s fuel/energy transport which was still moving during COVID when other industries were struggling. Either way we didn’t do it, we kind of bought it and forgot about it because of all the other stuff going on, but at the end of the day the stock price is around $22 now and we are looking to sell it around 25-26, so things are looking good.
      Moral of the story: buy when there’s blood in the streets and the world is falling apart, sell when we are living in paradise and everything is well.

    • @natevanderw
      @natevanderw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@donb2527 No, that only works for fundamentally good companies in a bull market, which yes we have been in since 2012 or so. Doubling down on your LEAP call by rolling out the expiration date and strike isn't gonna do you much in good in an overall bear market.

  • @KamikazeCash
    @KamikazeCash 2 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    Lol I sell options to the guy at 5:00. He wants to use long strangles? I am 13 for 13 on selling those to other people. Do the opposite of what that guys is saying.

    • @anthonymartelli4378
      @anthonymartelli4378 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You and Ben are the only stock TH-cam channels I actually enjoy watching lmao

    • @asimqaziau8386
      @asimqaziau8386 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@anthonymartelli4378 Benjamins editing is god level though

    • @rogehmarbi
      @rogehmarbi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@anthonymartelli4378 I trust the words of Mikey millions and Ben more than any stock youtuber out there, other than the obvviously legit ones like bagel and whatnot

    • @christianleonpalomino93
      @christianleonpalomino93 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i mean i was planning to do so, but a regular person can sell options?

    • @bigd8122
      @bigd8122 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@christianleonpalomino93 Yes.

  • @McFly.
    @McFly. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    7:48 he lied to us and he betrayed us

  • @clemch97
    @clemch97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That car scene at 11:09 actually takes place 20 mins from my home address - guess I've been livin' the high life without knowing

  • @_senshi1_
    @_senshi1_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    i love when you play the little casino effect and music

    • @id10t98
      @id10t98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gotta love "the Tequila Song" music!!

    • @guitarsoundsaround
      @guitarsoundsaround 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s all so great, the blowing up part on the screen, gets me every time.
      Love this channel! fr

  • @Robstrap
    @Robstrap 2 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    How to be a good investor:
    Step 1: Have lots of money.
    Step 2: Diversify.

    • @Chickentorchic
      @Chickentorchic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Step 3: Go all in on Shiba inu and be a gazillionaire.

    • @googleeatsassdude
      @googleeatsassdude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Step 4: Don't forget to buy a ticket for THE METS BABY, GOTTA LOVE THE METS

    • @Chickentorchic
      @Chickentorchic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Step 5:
      Put everything in call options and become a WSB legend

    • @Schizohandlers
      @Schizohandlers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Chickentorchic to the 🌚

    • @commenter9334
      @commenter9334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Chickentorchic I'm excited for $1 SHIB!!!

  • @Tsirkon
    @Tsirkon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i don't even know what I'm watching anymore i didn't even realize i zoned out for the whole 11 minutes.

  • @manoffocusindeed7613
    @manoffocusindeed7613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    loving your videos man, good humour, good information and honest opinions

  • @bkmpr
    @bkmpr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    Is “hitting 0$ account value“ a valid exit strategy?? (Asking for a friend)

    • @didxogns1
      @didxogns1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      No. -100k is the only valid exit strategy

    • @XelaFinance
      @XelaFinance 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Easy to liquidate when there’s nothing there .

    • @id10t98
      @id10t98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      You can avoid margin calls if you change your phone number a lot too...

    • @Sataka23clips
      @Sataka23clips 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@id10t98 lmaooooooooooooooooo

    • @nautical1078
      @nautical1078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@id10t98 Just use your granny's SSN.

  • @wargumbyx
    @wargumbyx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    there was a funny story from i think 1932 about a university research group that decided to come up with a trading strategy. that strategy ended up out performing everyone else... it was throwing a dart at a list of stocks in a newspaper

  • @XOPOIIIO
    @XOPOIIIO 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Confidence high, Return high, You're probably high" - brilliant quote.

  • @KARR
    @KARR 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for making videos dude I really enjoy them and your humor

  • @RosieButtcheeks
    @RosieButtcheeks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    "Options as a starting point." That's like losing your V-card in a feature film with Lisa Ann.

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't Google it, it's a trap

  • @pkking678z
    @pkking678z 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    It's so true, the further I got into my financial studies the more I feel like everything is priced in lmao

    • @flyerboy2594
      @flyerboy2594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      explain briefly please

    • @A_friend_of_Aristotle
      @A_friend_of_Aristotle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@flyerboy2594 What he's saying is that he doesn't know what he needs to know, nor does he know how to know it. He is metaphysically and epistemologically adrift in a sea of nonsense...which leads to random acts and the acceptance of the notion that its all a gamble. What people refuse to understand is that there is no such thing as luck. There's preparation and there's opportunity.
      To become a Capitalist you must understand and live by it's philosophical roots. The rejection of the "what it is" and "how you know" results in a nonsensical set of "what to do" rules. Benjamin has dedicated his channel to the nonsense that pervades the "retail trading" culture. The only way Ben will make money in the trading/investing world is selling ads here on TH-cam.

    • @conatus1306
      @conatus1306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@A_friend_of_Aristotle Luck is real to people who want to gamble, and even more real according to the people stacking the decks.

  • @joshuadavid1923
    @joshuadavid1923 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is hilarious! Your sarcasm is wrapped in so many layers of sarcasm it’s back to just being honest

  • @timmyj115
    @timmyj115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “During the gold rush, the real money is made selling shovels”

  • @Imanplays
    @Imanplays 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Yaaaaayyyyy another upload from our favorite financial advisor

  • @kalef1234
    @kalef1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +500

    When the first guys said "almost never lose strategy" i was expecting him to talk about a put credit spread or iron condor but then I was physically in pain when it turned out to be the strangle. It's called that because theta decay strangles you from both sides as the stock trades sideways lmao

    • @aceowhatg2551
      @aceowhatg2551 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @【𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐣am𝐢𝐧】▪️ lol viewers of this channel are not so guillible we have already lost too many Wendy's paychecks

    • @tomgoretzka3910
      @tomgoretzka3910 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aceowhatg2551 lol

    • @VampsMM2Giveaways
      @VampsMM2Giveaways 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hahaha yeah the worst advice ever! Really dangerous when it works with small positions and hit you hard in bigger „so safe“ ones LOL

    • @MaxxerG
      @MaxxerG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I thought the TikTok video was gonna to be about selling a strangle during high volatility and then teaching to adjust the leg closing from where the stock is moving away but no, the TikTok et showed exactly how to lose money mathematically long term from the probabilities working against you.

    • @vasilymelnikov7346
      @vasilymelnikov7346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it works, its just that delta hedging, in the case of most stocks, can only work with really well-researched strategy that overcomes vrp effect

  • @SF-fb6lv
    @SF-fb6lv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Benjamin, nice video. You say you don't know much about finance, but you know a lot and explain it well. Funny as hell too!

    • @user-su9jt3wd8s
      @user-su9jt3wd8s 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching,,,
      Send a direct msg right away.
      👇👇👇
      What'sapp✚12093548298

  • @sreal-iron5898
    @sreal-iron5898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    dude that goldrush, selling shovels thing kinda stuck in my head. thanks for that!!

  • @diogenes1351
    @diogenes1351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I usually seek financial advise from my broke uncle who predicted the 50 ends of the world in the last 10 years

    • @ryancoleman7082
      @ryancoleman7082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It’s a healthy reminder of who we are selling puts to

    • @Demogorgon47
      @Demogorgon47 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dastardly strategy! Let's see if it pays off.

    • @alexlechef2
      @alexlechef2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean.. he could be right 🤣

  • @erikdominguez6531
    @erikdominguez6531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    No cap you are going to be way funnier than the guy with the 10 million dollar studio at roasting these "financial tiktokers". Honestly your content is addicting 👌

  • @iamsampeters
    @iamsampeters 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Was keen to see you test more stuff.
    Spent a lot of time talking about TikTok Investment strategies - and then opened 2 positions lol.

  • @angryoaf
    @angryoaf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've never felt more attacked by a video. It's not like calling out my bullshit will get me to stop gambling on the casino, especially when I clearly don't know how it works... because I'm an idiot.
    But I do appreciate reminded that I am, in fact, an idiot from time to time.
    Subscribed.

  • @zZzPoPTaRTzZz
    @zZzPoPTaRTzZz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Ben, I found your channel a few days ago and you have helped immensely in getting me through a slow work week. Appreciate the laughs man.

  • @AnythingMachine
    @AnythingMachine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    >Make ETF out of top TikTok investment ideas weighted by video views, float it on stock exchange
    >inverse it
    >Profit

  • @quicy4209
    @quicy4209 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is literally an ad for trading strategies that "turns $10 to over $4k"

  • @MrTimos
    @MrTimos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    3:23 "options trading is a good starting point", like gurl how much coke did u snort 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @NortCFC
    @NortCFC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Bless with another King Benji 👑 video so quickly from the last

  • @Licherous
    @Licherous 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I was just thinking about how we needed another benji vid

  • @thalesbarbosa8535
    @thalesbarbosa8535 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I really like your approach to simplifying this topic. Great job buddy, I'm glad I found your channel :)

  • @kendellfriend7875
    @kendellfriend7875 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Tiktoker: stocks either go up or down, they’re not really choppy”
    SPX: “Hold my blunt”

  • @carmelopearman5721
    @carmelopearman5721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Let me just say your music choice is immaculate and it really makes the videos that much better

  • @scottrobinson4611
    @scottrobinson4611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I am a scientist.
    I can confirm that performing tests with low sample numbers is the best way to come to the conclusions you want.
    That kids, is science!

    • @joecope9935
      @joecope9935 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This comment is seriously underrated.

  • @D4n12009
    @D4n12009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You literally one of the reasons i started a stock account, you sir never stop pls

  • @BradleyRichards
    @BradleyRichards 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    TH-camrs like these are the reason I have so much admiration for so many content creators. Smart Guy, got swag. Eg. Sam O' Nella.

  • @chimchu3232
    @chimchu3232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Lmao a financial starting point. I can't even imagine beginning trading with options using tiktok for research

    • @nautical1078
      @nautical1078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Could be worse, you could be buying Streamer's/YTer's pump and dump crypto at highs.

    • @joecope9935
      @joecope9935 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My very first trade was options. Even worse; it was futures options!

    • @Tobi21089
      @Tobi21089 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nautical1078 nope in option u can actually even go negative that could literally ruin ur life the coin maybe goes too 0 but u will never be in debt over it

  • @aruthorcarly
    @aruthorcarly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Ben, even if you mortgage your house for this. You absolutely shouldnt sell your PC, keep making content its very good

    • @dedo9009
      @dedo9009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @【𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐣am𝐢𝐧】▪️ hahahaha bro you must be the real Benjamin. I have 2k can I give it to you and can you double it?

  • @joelstainz5785
    @joelstainz5785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "A lot of TikTok financial gurus sees option as a starting point "
    " Yeah it is a good starting point, once you lose everything the only place left to go is up"

  • @PetterVodka
    @PetterVodka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Really enjoy your style of presentation and also the content. Would love some more basic financial advice (not financial advice) for beginners. Keep it up!

  • @DafyddMorse
    @DafyddMorse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is comedy gold! Congratulations on the funniest finance video yet!

  • @humble_chad9372
    @humble_chad9372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    love this channel , bring so much rationale into real trading. And some of the Vids are entertaining as hell. Good work, Baby.

  • @vesaxcity9104
    @vesaxcity9104 ปีที่แล้ว

    damnn!!! that options dialogue really hit me hard, totally resonated

  • @MONKEYBOSSRADIO
    @MONKEYBOSSRADIO 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    love your videos and commentary!

  • @diogenes1351
    @diogenes1351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Buy high sell low

    • @likemysnopp
      @likemysnopp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      then buy back higher

    • @diogenes1351
      @diogenes1351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@likemysnopp sell even lower

    • @diogenes1351
      @diogenes1351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      repeat until rich

  • @240nordey5
    @240nordey5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Another day, another way to lose all my money. Talk to me Benjamin.

  • @earlnasty6635
    @earlnasty6635 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was the first video of yours I watched. Funny as hell man keep it up

  • @neilwinter9862
    @neilwinter9862 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I absolutely love Peter and the Wolf music. And thank you for the sound investing advice

  • @citizenoftheyearCC
    @citizenoftheyearCC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    There is plenty of cringe investing videos on TikTok to choose from

    • @likemysnopp
      @likemysnopp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the app even recommend the most cringe for me

    • @inconvenientexistenlism
      @inconvenientexistenlism 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What would you expect from people who don't have life but spend more time making TikTok videos than doing the thing that actually make them more money that they claim is.

  • @MartinLutherKingJr.
    @MartinLutherKingJr. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Benjamin out here speed running a TH-cam life cycle

  • @sebastianjensch5203
    @sebastianjensch5203 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, this always lightens my day.

  • @ManCatCheese
    @ManCatCheese 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “Use sample sizes too small to come to whatever conclusion you want”
    As a guy with a science degree I can confirm this is true science

  • @jackdurrant1
    @jackdurrant1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your the Hiden gem of stock investing i love your videos

  • @qzwxecrvtbynumilp9351
    @qzwxecrvtbynumilp9351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Babe wake up, Benjamin posted

  • @DogKama
    @DogKama 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how his strategy went from figuring out how options work to make money, to last long enough to not be fucked first.

  • @Shafiksz
    @Shafiksz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for being on the internet. Your videos really crack me up on a daily basis and I always watch them after my calls and puts go wrong XDDD

  • @thenicesatan150
    @thenicesatan150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dude, I literally just fuckin' smoked, and it caught me off guard when you said "You're... probably high", I started thinkin'
    _"how tf does this guy know?"_

  • @Kilometers_KPH
    @Kilometers_KPH 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Awww yeaaaah, Benjamin uploads a video on my lunch break

  • @CaioBorgesMelo
    @CaioBorgesMelo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dude, seriously the wording you use and your narration are incredible. Really enjoying watching your videos. I think you'll be huge here.

  • @PrinjuVaidyan
    @PrinjuVaidyan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video bro
    I don't know stocks but you made it entertaining

  • @BasementBerean
    @BasementBerean 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I subscribe to several financial channels, and I've "not subscribed" to many, and this is the best combination of editing, content, comedy, and entertainment I've seen yet in a financial channel. And the Peter and the Wolf (of Wall Street) isn't lost on me either.

  • @moneyprinter9269
    @moneyprinter9269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    options is a more complex derivatives of stocks. That girl saying option is a starting point is like saying college is a good starting point for every toddler.

    • @maximmatkovsky6490
      @maximmatkovsky6490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I would say that options are probably the second most complicated thing in finance, and her comment is so outrageously wrong... i would probably compare it with going faster in a car with manual transmission for someone who only started driving and somewhat gets how automatic works. Its true manual goes faster, but only once you know how to use it and dont stop completely while changing into third gear

    • @AlexanderBuchan
      @AlexanderBuchan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maximmatkovsky6490 What would you say is the most complicated thing in finance?

    • @maximmatkovsky6490
      @maximmatkovsky6490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AlexanderBuchan hardest for me would be futures as something practical. That is only my personal opinion and does not represent anything other than that. For that reason I have never touched oil or gas or any of the commodities, as number of things that can go wrong and that are unpredictable are fairly large. True, it is form of options, but way more complicated. Also bunch of academic things can be included that has more to do with either economics, math, stats, accounting and all of that combined, but that is more theoretical and I never used that in trading. Let me put it this way, having spent 7 years getting math and finance degrees have prepared me a bit, another year of experience in the field have helped enough for me to say that options are the field i am comfortable with. So that vs "options being a good starting point"... well, i dont know how to comment that girl so that she would understand where she actually is now versus where she thinks she is.

  • @proscapedesigns
    @proscapedesigns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Strangles/ straddles are amazing! You just need to sell off one leg at a time to make money and you're either right or wrong.
    Agreed to never buy options on high volume days; however options have a moving average all day and low volume hours are sometimes great to pick up these at slightly cheaper enough to make money

  • @RossCampoli
    @RossCampoli 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude I'm in love with your channel

  • @9989Wolverine
    @9989Wolverine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That chick really said options was a starting point lmao

    • @inconvenientexistenlism
      @inconvenientexistenlism 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What would you expect from someone who hasn't proven to make a million dollar in doing the options trading they claim to be doing.

  • @royal_speech_
    @royal_speech_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved the vid bro keep em coming

  • @danielhady3021
    @danielhady3021 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found your channel. Love the content and I love the idea of the Peter and the Wolf song.

  • @gAmingtriCks234
    @gAmingtriCks234 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had so much fun listening to your video, thanks!