What's Your Smartest or Dumbest Way You Made Money in Stocks?

Everyone loves to talk DD and technicals. But let’s be real, sometimes it’s just dumb luck, gut instinct, or pure madness that wins. So what’s your most unexpected market win?

The YOLOs that hit, the meme stocks that printed, or the trades that made zero sense but somehow paid off—drop them below.

Let’s see who got lucky… and who’s just built different.

Some people just seem born lucky. Even when they buy the wrong stock, they still strike gold.

One netizen shared his story:

he meant to buy shares of Tim Hortons, thinking the ticker was “TIM.” Turns out, he accidentally bought a mining stock instead. Fast forward two months, they checked their account and the $2,000 investment had turned into $42,000.

Why? The company had discovered a new rare earth deposit and the stock exploded.

He came another YOLO: they aped into $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ , and just before the 2020 crash, he went all-in on $ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ(SQQQ)$. After cashing out big on both, he rolled into $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ in 2021 and sold at $120.

At this point, it’s like the market is chasing hime down with bags of money. People in the comments are begging to know: “What’s your next pick?

Meanwhile, $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ has been hitting new highs lately, and someone even shared that Palantir turned them into a millionaire in just 8 months.

What's Your Smartest or Dumbest Way You Made Money in Stocks?

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  • koolgal
    ·2025-06-19
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    🌟🌟🌟The Smartest Way To Invest Is To Get Started.  Many people lose out simply because they never begin.  But if I am aiming for true Smart Investing it goes deeper than just starting.

    Smart Investing to me means Starting Early and Staying Consistent.  Time in the market beats timing the market.  Compound growth works magic when given time.

    Smart Investing means Having a plan such as knowing my goal which is FIRE - Financial Independence Retire Early and my risk tolerance before even buying a single share.

    Smart Investing means staying emotionally disciplined.  Smart Investing means staying calm, thinking long term and not getting rattled by the noise.

    Smart Investing also means automating good habits through dollar cost averaging.

    So while getting started is important, combining that with Knowledge, Strategy and Emotional Control - That is where Smart Investing Is All About - True Brilliance!

    @Tiger_SG @Tiger_comments @TigerStars @CaptainTiger

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    • koolgalReplying toZarkness
      💕💕💕
      2025-06-24
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    • ZarknessReplying tokoolgal
      Your always welcome my dear shifu 🌹
      2025-06-23
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    • koolgalReplying toZarkness
      Thanks for your positive feedback 🥰🥰🥰
      2025-06-22
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  • Zarkness
    ·2025-06-21
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    My dumbest way to make money in stock is to follow the analyst and buy their recommendations. Win rate , 40w 60L . My smartest way to make money is to follow @koolgal @MojoStellar and make money cos they are the best u can get in sg and some say jb also …. Hehehe 🥰❤️
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    • Zarkness
      You deserve it shifu ! My koolness starts from you 💕
      2025-06-22
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    • ZarknessReplying toMojoStellar
      Glad that I did as u had always made mine 🙏❤️
      2025-06-22
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    • ZarknessReplying tokoolgal
      ❤️🙏
      2025-06-22
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  • DiAngel
    ·2025-06-17
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    不要认为我有巨大的运气,但一点点运气会让我开心。在过去的三周里,我已经获得了$凯德雅诗阁信托(HMN.SI)$,$大华银行(U11.SI)$,$华侨银行(O39.SI)$.


    我想说最令人印象深刻的是大华银行。早上8.30,我开始计算我想排队的价格。 [LOL][Happy][Smile][Chuckle].然后我去参加一个会议&把手机静音。上午10点30分,会议结束后,我查看了手机,中了头奖——大华银行当天的最低价。😂🤭.


    雅诗阁是我不想排队太久的股票,因为我认为我可以轻松赚回50美元。此外,当我查看市场深度时,节省50美元可能并不能保证我能得到我的单位。


    至于华侨银行,有句话叫涨就跌。不要FOMO。无论什么是你的,它都会是你的。错过了开盘价。经过2个小时的监测,我的直觉告诉我船已经回来了。因此我开始排队等候。关门前1.5小时,我拿到了我的单位。收盘走高。 [USD][Love]🍀🍀

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  • icycrystal
    ·2025-06-17
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    @Shyon @Aqa @GoodLife99 @SPACE ROCKET @nomadic_m @Barcode @rL @GoodLife99 @HelenJanet @LMSunshine @koolgal @Universe宇宙

    guess mine was buying on impulse... $ComfortDelGro(C52.SI)$ was trading low previously and everytime when it gets lower, I bought without knowing what I was doing... until when I realised... I was like [OMG] [OMG] [OMG] and I panicked and [Bless] [Bless] [Bless] that it would trend up soon... luckily it did... I can sleep well since then [Smile] [Smile] [Smile]

    What's Your Smartest or Dumbest Way You Made Money in Stocks?

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    • icycrystalReplying tokoolgal
      [Like] [ShakeHands]
      2025-06-22
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    • koolgal
      Thanks for sharing 🥰🥰🥰
      2025-06-21
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  • MojoStellar
    ·2025-06-21
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    @Zarkness Awww this made my day! 🥹❤️

    Thank you for the love and trust — means the world to us!

    I've just here trying to make sense of the madness, and it’s amazing to have smart, supportive folks like you on the journey. 🚀📈
    Let’s keep learning, winning (and laughing) together — SG to JB, all the way! 🇸🇬🇲🇾🔥

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    • Zarkness
      Yes let’s continue the journey with more laughter and money 💰. ❤️🌹
      2025-06-22
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  • 1PC
    ·2025-06-17
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    Congratulations to the Share holder making 1million from PLTR.  [Facepalm] I Only have the Honest way to make money 💰 through stocks. [Sweats]. A little bit of 🤞 🤞🤞 would be a bonus 😁. @Jes86188 @JC888 @Shyon @koolgal @JC888 @Barcode @yourcelesttyy
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    • 1PCReplying tokoolgal
      Yup 👍 Agree 💯
      2025-06-21
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    • koolgal
      So long as we make money, that is good. 😘😘😘
      2025-06-21
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  • MHh
    ·2025-06-17
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    • MHh
      I don’t have any lucky pick so far
      2025-06-17
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  • Tiger_SG
    ·2025-06-25
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  • TimothyX
    ·2025-06-17
    擊中的yolo,印刷的meme股票,或者毫無意義但不知何故獲得回報的交易——將它們跌破。

    讓我們看看誰是幸運的…誰只是建造不同。

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  • Cadi Poon
    ·2025-06-17
    同時,$Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$最近不斷創新高,甚至有人分享了Palantir在短短8個月內將他們變成了百萬富翁。
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  • Success88
    ·2025-06-18
    I always not so good luck. But I usually use my hard work to earn money. Come to stock I choose reliable stock which good reputation 😆
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  • ECLC
    ·2025-06-18
    Perhaps smartest way is not to bet on highly volatile stocks that can easily lose money.
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  • Zarkness
    ·2025-06-18
    Yes similar story are all on the streets , for me it’s the same , buy low sell high
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  • AN88
    ·2025-06-18
    smartest invest in good shares. dumbest bought at the wrong time
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  • Myrttle
    ·2025-06-17
    Dumbest way to make money is to take stock picks from my taxi driver
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  • AliceSam
    ·2025-06-18
    運氣也是實力的一部分
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  • TheStrategist
    ·2025-06-17
    最愚蠢的方式,做我自己哈哈
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  • Spiders
    ·2025-06-23
    Buy low, sell high
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