That gofundme.post doesn't seem legit. He claims to have had all his positions closed out thr next morning, but he was trading options.
Brokerages dont close out options trades like they would with shorts and leave you with a massive loss.
I guess if he was a brand new trader and didn't understand options that maybe he bought an option on Thursday, that expired on Friday? If true, I feel bad for the folks that throw entire life savings away on something they don't understand.
I got burnt on some trades previously trying to follow a herd before I educated myself on why I was watching others win and me lose on every trade. My losses were only about $10k total though before I wised up.
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And GME is gonna cause catastrophic losses for a majority of traders. By the time it went mainstream, it was too late for many to catch the move up. Fundamentally, GME has zero chance in its fundamentals to survive, this was simply a way that people found a way to crush some shorts with some momentum and make a ton of cash. There are some people that have made millions off of this massive squeeze up, but I'm afraid there are gonna many more that lose on this trade due to jumping in way too late and not understanding the game.