Did you take a big hit on a trade? Share with rest of us so we can learn from your experience! Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:16:54 +0000 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:16:54 +0000 Stockaholics https://stockaholics.net/forums/tifu.23/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:36:38 +0000 https://stockaholics.net/threads/welcome-to-the-today-i-fucked-up-forum.131/ https://stockaholics.net/threads/welcome-to-the-today-i-fucked-up-forum.131/ invalid@example.com (StockJock-e) StockJock-e
In the TIFU forum, not only do we want to hear about the most horrible mistakes you have made, but we want to celebrate them because by sharing them you are giving us a free lesson!]]> 15 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:13:50 +0000 https://stockaholics.net/threads/stupid-stop-loss-stumble.10847/ https://stockaholics.net/threads/stupid-stop-loss-stumble.10847/ invalid@example.com (The Brontide) The Brontide
The rout in Silver and metals took back some of my profits because I was too good to use stop loss mechanisms, when I fully knew I would be detached from the markets for a bit.

Yup, it only takes that nanosecond you aren't paying attention to, to bungle up your plans.]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2020 07:12:52 +0000 https://stockaholics.net/threads/impact-of-emotion-trading.1147/ https://stockaholics.net/threads/impact-of-emotion-trading.1147/ invalid@example.com (Gray Wolf) Gray Wolf
View attachment 1088]]> 15 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:01:20 +0000 https://stockaholics.net/threads/lessons-from-the-market-are-expensive.9506/ https://stockaholics.net/threads/lessons-from-the-market-are-expensive.9506/ invalid@example.com (Zachary Kaspar) Zachary Kaspar
When trading be aware that sometimes you are wrong.

If you open a position and the market does not do what you expect that it should do close the trade.

As soon as you suspect a problem with the trade or the trading plan itself close the trade. It is...

Lessons from the market are expensive.]]> Mon, 17 Feb 2020 13:38:03 +0000 https://stockaholics.net/threads/tifu-for-today-i-lost-100-000-in-an-hour-shoot-me.9482/ https://stockaholics.net/threads/tifu-for-today-i-lost-100-000-in-an-hour-shoot-me.9482/ invalid@example.com (Limedump) Limedump
]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2019 19:07:45 +0000 https://stockaholics.net/threads/do-not-double-down-on-a-stock.793/ https://stockaholics.net/threads/do-not-double-down-on-a-stock.793/ invalid@example.com (Gray Wolf) Gray Wolf not double down on a stock you own because it is falling. I just finally sold out of my last position in ARLP and ate my loss. Didn't taste good. My justification for doing this is I bought them as a dividend stock and they fit my rules of steady dividend increases for over 5 years. When they dropped, I justified by figuring I'd improve my yield and bring cost basis down by buying more. In...

Do NOT double down on a stock]]> 44 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 15:18:30 +0000 https://stockaholics.net/threads/tifu-by-investing-in-a-gold-penny-stock-before-a-huge-crash.132/ https://stockaholics.net/threads/tifu-by-investing-in-a-gold-penny-stock-before-a-huge-crash.132/ invalid@example.com (StockJock-e) StockJock-e
If you were not around for that, its probably one of the most amazing stories you will ever hear.

Short story is that a no-name penny stock named Bre-X trading on some shitty Canadian exchange found itself in Indonesia on a potentially massive (we are talking record breaking!) gold find.

The little stock ran from pennies into a billion dollar market cap company trading on the NYSE.

My being the very smart and invincible new trader...

TIFU by investing in a gold penny stock before a huge crash]]> 2 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:07:42 +0000 https://stockaholics.net/threads/too-early-in-the-market.719/ https://stockaholics.net/threads/too-early-in-the-market.719/ invalid@example.com (youngbull) youngbull

And just because the company just recently went public. Don't mean the share of the stock will go up from ipo. Another L ]]> 8 Thu, 19 May 2016 18:01:24 +0000 https://stockaholics.net/threads/know-the-difference-between-stop-loss-and-limit-sell.1052/ https://stockaholics.net/threads/know-the-difference-between-stop-loss-and-limit-sell.1052/ invalid@example.com (DoveJohns) DoveJohns
So I was watching Dust (gold 3x inverse) and as soon as I saw it started to go up, I bought in @ $13.28 as my first tier . (Was around $13.05 or +4% prior to minutes.) Anyways, then...

Know the Difference between Stop Loss and Limit Sell]]> 4 Sat, 30 Apr 2016 03:38:00 +0000 https://stockaholics.net/threads/sold-a-stock-before-earnings.851/ https://stockaholics.net/threads/sold-a-stock-before-earnings.851/ invalid@example.com (anotherdevilsadvocate) anotherdevilsadvocate
I bought SCSS at the beginning of this week, when I saw an uptick in volume and price stayed in a consolidation range.

The MACD was steadily rising during this consolidation.

Next couple days had even more volume. Thought bed manufacturing sector must be coming into favor or something! (ETH...

Sold a stock before earnings]]> 1 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 15:49:58 +0000 https://stockaholics.net/threads/tifu-by-trusting-ahmad-chatila-until-sune-crashed.278/ https://stockaholics.net/threads/tifu-by-trusting-ahmad-chatila-until-sune-crashed.278/ invalid@example.com (Zaysev) Zaysev ]]> 1