Hill08 said:

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I want to apologize to all the SNDK holders. As posted earlier I bought in today. To make up for it, might I suggest buying ASML. I am sure they'll be splitting 10-1 soon.

Welcome

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aggies4life said:

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Don't recall anyone bringing up sandisk recently or ever on here?? All of us asleep at the wheel?

The S&P 500's best-performing stock of 2025: Sandisk (+577%)

The S&P 500's best-performing stock of 2026: Sandisk (+47%) pic.twitter.com/FDko6cOUjU

— Brew Markets (@brewmarkets) January 6, 2026

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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El_duderino said:

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Up almost 200% on a 1 dte. What do you think?

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That option value is smaller than the change in my couch cushions. If it goes to zero, oh well. For the majority of my money I have a clearly defined strategy. That option was 100% a gamble. I think AMZN is up $10 tomorrow. Which makes it 4-5x. Or it's 0.

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If it's so insignificant to you, then why only take 1? It leaves you with no optionality. Buy 2 contracts. You would have sold one already to get risk free + baked in profit. Now you can truly gamble the other one away and not have to risk losing anything. And if both would have lost.. well.. it's just the change in your couch cushions, right?

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You're right...and that's what I normally would do. I bought this one so i had one and was bargain shopping thinking it might drop a bit more. Looked up and it had already doubled.

I honestly wasn't posting trying to make a big deal. Was looking to see what people thought of the stock for the short term after earnings. I thought their numbers should have resulted in a big up day today and was betting on a rebound.

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And I'm just trying to help you. Options trading involves.

1. A plan. Target and timing. If stock is $255 and option is $3.35, you need $258.35 one day later to just break even. $261.70 to 2x. If you aren't playing for at least a double on calls, you're risking too much for far too little gain.

2. Risk management. 1 day gives you no time to cut a loser. So the reward has to be worth it. I need 3x minimum to play 0DTE or 1DTE. And I never use more than 2% of my account value on a single trade. You did good keeping the okay cheap for you. Buuuut.

3. You never ever ever just buy a single call. Options have so much risk built in. Majority of options traders lose money over the long-term. Along with the first two points, you need at least enough size to create optionally. You have to be able to pull your risk out upon initial success. Then let the rest ride.

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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El_duderino said:

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Up almost 200% on a 1 dte. What do you think?

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That option value is smaller than the change in my couch cushions. If it goes to zero, oh well. For the majority of my money I have a clearly defined strategy. That option was 100% a gamble. I think AMZN is up $10 tomorrow. Which makes it 4-5x. Or it's 0.

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If it's so insignificant to you, then why only take 1? It leaves you with no optionality. Buy 2 contracts. You would have sold one already to get risk free + baked in profit. Now you can truly gamble the other one away and not have to risk losing anything. And if both would have lost.. well.. it's just the change in your couch cushions, right?

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You're right...and that's what I normally would do. I bought this one so i had one and was bargain shopping thinking it might drop a bit more. Looked up and it had already doubled.

I honestly wasn't posting trying to make a big deal. Was looking to see what people thought of the stock for the short term after earnings. I thought their numbers should have resulted in a big up day today and was betting on a rebound.

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And I'm just trying to help you. Options trading involves.

1. A plan. Target and timing. If stock is $255 and option is $3.35, you need $258.35 one day later to just break even. $261.70 to 2x. If you aren't playing for at least a double on calls, you're risking too much for far too little gain.

2. Risk management. 1 day gives you no time to cut a loser. So the reward has to be worth it. I need 3x minimum to play 0DTE or 1DTE. And I never use more than 2% of my account value on a single trade. You did good keeping the okay cheap for you. Buuuut.

3. You never ever ever just buy a single call. Options have so much risk built in. Majority of options traders lose money over the long-term. Along with the first two points, you need at least enough size to create optionally. You have to be able to pull your risk out upon initial success. Then let the rest ride.

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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SNDK seems like it might go green today.

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RoyVal said:

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I'm trying to diversify a litte bit from AVGO. I've been a long time holder of LLY in another account but they have been beat up lately so I sold some AVGO, gonna pay the long term cap gains and bought LLY. Damn I wish I would have bought more!



here are a few more with my total gain/loss. I COULDN'T help buying SNDK today....I know I shouldn't chase, and I normally never do...but I've been watching this one for too long telling myself it can't keep going.....but it does.

APP +20.42%
FNILX +32.4%
MSFT +10.36%
NVO +2.68%
ORCL -10.29%
SNDK +0.48%
TMO 460 Call expiration Jan 15, 2027 +4.53%

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aggies4life said:

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aggies4life said:

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Don't recall anyone bringing up sandisk recently or ever on here?? All of us asleep at the wheel?

The S&P 500's best-performing stock of 2025: Sandisk (+577%)

The S&P 500's best-performing stock of 2026: Sandisk (+47%) pic.twitter.com/FDko6cOUjU

— Brew Markets (@brewmarkets) January 6, 2026

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What. A. Run. Thought it would pop after hours but I'll take this run after getting in late at what I thought was near the top at $350 ish

Still can't believe no one here brought this up before hand…

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Hill08 said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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SNDK seems like it might go green today.

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It's got a ways to go. Just like MU, it's really hard to ignore that insane ER.

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PDEMDHC said:

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Hill08 said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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SNDK seems like it might go green today.

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It's got a ways to go. Just like MU, it's really hard to ignore that insane ER.

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Could be money waiting for open and then rocket ship.

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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PDEMDHC said:

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Hill08 said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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SNDK seems like it might go green today.

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It's got a ways to go. Just like MU, it's really hard to ignore that insane ER.

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Could be money waiting for open and then rocket ship.

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Yep.

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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Heineken-Ashi said:

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cgh1999 said:

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El_duderino said:

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Up almost 200% on a 1 dte. What do you think?

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That option value is smaller than the change in my couch cushions. If it goes to zero, oh well. For the majority of my money I have a clearly defined strategy. That option was 100% a gamble. I think AMZN is up $10 tomorrow. Which makes it 4-5x. Or it's 0.

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If it's so insignificant to you, then why only take 1? It leaves you with no optionality. Buy 2 contracts. You would have sold one already to get risk free + baked in profit. Now you can truly gamble the other one away and not have to risk losing anything. And if both would have lost.. well.. it's just the change in your couch cushions, right?

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You're right...and that's what I normally would do. I bought this one so i had one and was bargain shopping thinking it might drop a bit more. Looked up and it had already doubled.

I honestly wasn't posting trying to make a big deal. Was looking to see what people thought of the stock for the short term after earnings. I thought their numbers should have resulted in a big up day today and was betting on a rebound.

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And I'm just trying to help you. Options trading involves.

1. A plan. Target and timing. If stock is $255 and option is $3.35, you need $258.35 one day later to just break even. $261.70 to 2x. If you aren't playing for at least a double on calls, you're risking too much for far too little gain.

2. Risk management. 1 day gives you no time to cut a loser. So the reward has to be worth it. I need 3x minimum to play 0DTE or 1DTE. And I never use more than 2% of my account value on a single trade. You did good keeping the okay cheap for you. Buuuut.

3. You never ever ever just buy a single call. Options have so much risk built in. Majority of options traders lose money over the long-term. Along with the first two points, you need at least enough size to create optionally. You have to be able to pull your risk out upon initial success. Then let the rest ride.

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I agree with 1 and 2 and even 3 - that was my plan…I just didn't execute.

I play options because I like to gamble and don't want to go to Vegas. But I limit it to two buckets. A) hedges against big moves in stocks that I've got a large gain in. B) pure gambles.

I'm up pretty good (percentage wise) on the gambles and have taken a beating on the hedge (but have offset that tenfold in additional gains in long positions). I limit my options account to less than 1% of my securities portfolio.

I am also 100% aware I can learn and do better.

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My advice - stop gambling. It's not necessary and WILL lead to pain. The psychology works against you, yet keeps feeding you. Not unlike any other type of gambling. You got a nice win today. Might even turn into a home run. Next time you get the itch, your brain will inherently consider less risk. And probably guide you to size larger. It will be a total loser. But then the next one, that's the one you will hit big! You'll start thinking of the reward and allowing that to dictate your sizing.. instead of letting the risk do it.

Have a plan. Stick to plan. Execute plan. And even then, if you aren't good at assessing directional moves and timing of them, plan can still get smoked. Hence why options are dangerous.

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