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OT: Stock trading

Started buying 23andMe, ME, hit it's high of $16 in the summer, buying a lot, it's cheap at about $4. They purchased a pharmacy and health care unit.

Genetics will play a role in how your care is provided in the future. I'm guessing that as they make progress with new therapies, they might get acquired by larger health care companies, just my hunch.

I'm hoping in and out of 3x inverse etf's. Kind of strange, I'm in a 3x bull defense companies etf, and if there is a tally that last a couple of days, I'll jump into a russell or s&p 500 3x bear and just cashout before the market bell rings. Weird market
 
It is off season again. I considered putting this in "Stock Trading" but thought it warranted a new thread. I would be interested in what people think about.

1. Best overall crypto exchanges in USA
2. Best soft wallets (off exchange)
3. Best custodial hard wallets
4. $ thresholds for moving to #3
5. Do you stake? How does that work? Is there risk? Not sure I get how this works.

I'm watching a CLE on Crypto now. Not much I didn't know which makes me feel better. While watching I moved some BTC and ETH to my Trezor One. Trezor Suite is a huge upgrade over the website Trezor had in 2020 when I first got it. But I wonder if it worth upgrading.

I mostly use Coinbase, but have Kraken as well (Ocean) and Binnance.us (nothing) as exchanges. I have a soft wallet from Coinbase as well, since that provided convenience. But have no idea if it's good or sub-par.
 
HuskyHawk said:
It is off season again. I considered putting this in "Stock Trading" but thought it warranted a new thread. I would be interested in what people think about.

1. Best overall crypto exchanges in USA
2. Best soft wallets (off exchange)
3. Best custodial hard wallets
4. $ thresholds for moving to #3
5. Do you stake? How does that work? Is there risk? Not sure I get how this works.

I'm watching a CLE on Crypto now. Not much I didn't know which makes me feel better. While watching I moved some BTC and ETH to my Trezor One. Trezor Suite is a huge upgrade over the website Trezor had in 2020 when I first got it. But I wonder if it worth upgrading.

I mostly use Coinbase, but have Kraken as well (Ocean) and Binnance.us (nothing) as exchanges. I have a soft wallet from Coinbase as well, since that provided convenience. But have no idea if it's good or sub-par.
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This Sunday's NYT Biz Section had a Crypto 101 section if interested and/ or can retrieve
 
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Squeeze said:
It's dumb and terrible for the environment. invest in something else.
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It’s clearly been propped up by oligarchs and criminals moving and hiding money. Sounds like a great investment :/.
 
Squeeze said:
It's dumb and terrible for the environment. invest in something else.
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WestHartHusk said:
It’s clearly been propped up by oligarchs and criminals moving and hiding money. Sounds like a great investment :/.
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These are LOL funny takes. The way people laugh at crypto but then happily invest in S&P/DOW companies which I'm sure are excellent for the environment and no criminal activities happen.

To the OP I use FTX & Voyager and try to avoid Coinbase cause their fees are insane. I don't use any type of cold storage because I don't really care since I rather stake or swap
 
Baba is finally paying me back for my continued losses in them over the past 2 years.

Bought some $115 calls expiring 9/16 when the stock was at a joke of a price of $81. Up over 200% and I think it’s going to go higher. They have earnings coming out in may and the Chinese government is finally seeing how important it is to back them. They are a larger company than Amazon and make more money than Amazon and their web services part of the business isn’t even factored into the Alibaba stock price.

Their web services part of the business is the bread and butter. The Chinese are never going to allow Amazon or a non Chinese company to own the web services sector in China which is the largest in the world. Baba should continue to rise throughout the year, imo
 
polycom said:
These are LOL funny takes. The way people laugh at crypto but then happily invest in S&P/DOW companies which I'm sure are excellent for the environment and no criminal activities happen.

To the OP I use FTX & Voyager and try to avoid Coinbase cause their fees are insane. I don't use any type of cold storage because I don't really care since I rather stake or swap
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The difference with companies on the DOW/S&P is that they (checks notes) make something. Crypto solves a problem no legitimate person has. And they will soon be heavily regulated.
 
polycom said:
These are LOL funny takes. The way people laugh at crypto but then happily invest in S&P/DOW companies which I'm sure are excellent for the environment and no criminal activities happen.

To the OP I use FTX & Voyager and try to avoid Coinbase cause their fees are insane. I don't use any type of cold storage because I don't really care since I rather stake or swap
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I agree w/. your point on Coinbase, but recently signed up for their monthly subscription. I $ average and have multiple monthly reoccurring buys so this easily outweighs the normal fee structure. So far it has been a win, but FTX is solid.
 
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Has anyone heard of the coming Ethereum triple halving? Once the next upgrade happens, Eth is supposed to go parabolic, so they say.

Web 3.0 will change the dynamics of everything. It will be interesting to see
 
methodology said:
Baba is finally paying me back for my continued losses in them over the past 2 years.

Bought some $115 calls expiring 9/16 when the stock was at a joke of a price of $81. Up over 200% and I think it’s going to go higher. They have earnings coming out in may and the Chinese government is finally seeing how important it is to back them. They are a larger company than Amazon and make more money than Amazon and their web services part of the business isn’t even factored into the Alibaba stock price.

Their web services part of the business is the bread and butter. The Chinese are never going to allow Amazon or a non Chinese company to own the web services sector in China which is the largest in the world. Baba should continue to rise throughout the year, imo
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I hope you're right. My Alibaba holdings are way in the red. I've thought about just bailing but then the upside is way more than the downside at this point so I'll hold on and see what happens.
 
methodology said:
Baba is finally paying me back for my continued losses in them over the past 2 years.

Bought some $115 calls expiring 9/16 when the stock was at a joke of a price of $81. Up over 200% and I think it’s going to go higher. They have earnings coming out in may and the Chinese government is finally seeing how important it is to back them. They are a larger company than Amazon and make more money than Amazon and their web services part of the business isn’t even factored into the Alibaba stock price.

Their web services part of the business is the bread and butter. The Chinese are never going to allow Amazon or a non Chinese company to own the web services sector in China which is the largest in the world. Baba should continue to rise throughout the year, imo
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In US accounts, sold most highest-cost NYSE-listed BABA shares near all time highs (3Q20-2Q21 (and also sold most other LT mainland shares/ADRs or will as some LT holdings now red ideally turn green). In HK accounts, gradually added Hong Kong-listed 9988.HK Alibaba shares on dips 3Q-4Q21, more this quarter and loaded this month.

Underlying Alibaba upside is attractive. However, just less keen on NYSE shares (and other mainland Nasdaq and OTC ADRs) exposed to 1. US reg risks, 2. direct CCP-corporate board influences/controls, 3. central govt regulatory whiplashes, 4. now delayed yet ongoing potential for eventual TW invasion, 5. etc to evolve.

With my spouse currently back visiting family, reading between the lines of her oft times sunny not a cloud in the sky anecdotes stuff is not all so great now. That said, typical doom and gloom, all is bad media portrayals on both ends of the US/west spectrum oft miss the boat. Even in the Middle Kingdom (literal translation of Zhongguo/China), a middle ground exists.

Enjoy the ride. IMHO, if willing to buy calls they may be more enticing than US shares' risks/rewards. Good luck.

Tangent: been researching ex-mainland EM ETFs after EMs have been slayed the last year. Gradually, I may add some EMXC or XCEM to hold LT.
 
WestHartHusk said:
The difference with companies on the DOW/S&P is that they (checks notes) make something. Crypto solves a problem no legitimate person has. And they will soon be heavily regulated.
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What does make something mean? There are public companies that “make something”
 
Local company (reit) NLCP looks really intriguing to me
 
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Like WEAT ((Wheat commodity ETF) for a run up. Trades @$10 and is historically bound at $25. With the Ukraine war and impending global wheat shortage it should move up nicely . Not a long term hold and don’t get greedy.
 
polycom said:
Chasing dividend stocks isn't always the answer but I digress.
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You can digress into a hole. Solid utility stocks with a solid 4% or higher quarterly payout is not “chasing”, but like any stock check the fundamentals and any bond offerings. If you want to “chase” something find something with more volatility and brush up on your technical analysis.
 
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