fintwit is flooded with the retail trader / quant discussion now. I have been reading some of the threads and figured out why not to share some things or areas to look at as a filthy bottom of the barel click trader which make money

When it comes to directional trading, you can do a lot of things that work. Some simple strategies, such as momentum (long the best performers/short the worst performers), trend following, and mean reversion, will work if you sit at the right table. Once again, understanding the

Some things that I don't do that much, but I think make a lot of sense, are "trying new stuff.". Here is a great thread about it by @izebel_eth x.com/izebel_eth/status/200217...… To end this thread somehow, if you want to make money as a retail trader: 1) Understand why things that you are doing make money (I buy stonks because stonks go up, I sell volatility because people overpay for insurance, I short new listings because crypto is an imploding scam and CZ should never leave jail to see daylight in his life) 2) Understand the risk of that trade you are taking (If VIX goes to 40 tomorrow, I will cry in my shower in a fetal position) anyway thanks for coming to my ted talk and remember trading is very hard, competetive and you are contributing to society in zero meaningful way by sitting at home naked and clicking buttons so there is absolutely no need to act tough on the internet and pretending like you know it all