【Thursday Special】The Most Dramatic Thing You've Ever Encountered While Investing

MillionaireTiger
2023-02-16

Hey Tigers!

Welcome to this week's Thursday Special! Today's topic is the most dramatic thing you've ever encountered while investing.

I'm sure everyone had tons of experience with investing before we met. Let's share some of the most XXX investments in your life.

For example, the most horrible investment might be: I tried to sell a stock and clicked buy, or I mistyped the amount and got a number over or under.

The most regrettable investment might be: If I had invested the full amount, I could have retired by now.

The luckiest investment might be the one where I made a large amount of money without any sound judgment, relying on the luck of the investment proceeds.

And what follows from this investment？

Share your most dramatic thing with us in the comment section. 

Everyone who shares their most XXX investment will be rewarded. No coins for the exact same experience. 

And there will be a poll next Thursday to find the most dramatic investment in our community~ 

Disclaimer: Investing carries risk. This is not financial advice. The above content should not be regarded as an offer, recommendation, or solicitation on acquiring or disposing of any financial products, any associated discussions, comments, or posts by author or other users should not be considered as such either. It is solely for general information purpose only, which does not consider your own investment objectives, financial situations or needs. TTM assumes no responsibility or warranty for the accuracy and completeness of the information, investors should do their own research and may seek professional advice before investing.

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  • koolgal
    ·2023-02-17

    🌟🌟🌟There are lots of drama when it comes to investing.  My most dramatic experience is investing in $DiDi Global Inc.(DIDIY)$  From USD 4.4 billion raised in June 2021, it fell to a low of USD 11.5 billion when I sold it.

    I learnt a valuable lesson never to invest in a much hyped IPO and to cut losses earlier  when it fell below 10% of my purchase price.  

    There are lots of lessons to be learnt in investing but a lesson well learnt makes me a better investor.  

    @MillionaireTiger  

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  • Aqa
    ·2023-02-18
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    My most life changing investment experience was the Malaysian CLOB. In 1990, Malaysia delisted all Malaysia-registered stocks from the stock Exchange of Singapore, following its split from the KLSE. Singapore stock market was small in volume so many Singaporeans traded Malaysian shares under the CLOB. I bought Tan Chong Motors, Menang & Kemayan. Then came the Asian financiak crisis & Malaysia banned the trading of CLOB shares without any warning in Sept 1998. All the CLOB shares became no value because they cannot be traded. 180,00 Singaporeans holding RM17billion worth of shares were affected. People who borrowed $ to buy shares went into very bad hardships because they coukd not pay back their loans. This experience made me to only buy shares with money I can afford to lose. Stock markets cannot be seperared from politics and government policies can change anytime, usually without notice. My motto is “Anything can happen” si always be prepared to cut loss. Thanks @MillionaireTiger
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    • Aqa: 
      @csyen Can i seek your help ti like this one instead? Thanks😊🙏🏻🍀
      2023-02-19
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    • ee244cReplying toAqa: 
      ok
      2023-02-19
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    • Aqa: 
      @ee244c Can i seek your help to like this one please? Thanks🍀🙏🏻😊
      2023-02-19
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  • GoodLife99
    ·2023-02-16
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    my most regret experience was impulsive buying & keep buying from the peak where I was 1st enter the stock market & not even study + only listen to other buy anything also will earn something cox the market is hot!!! Great lesson learned & was "so lucky" entered at the 'peak' to grab the rocket price [LOL]
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    • GoodLife99Replying toLMSunshine: 
      [Like] but unfortunately I don't have so many 10years [LOL]
      thanks buddy!
      2023-02-17
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    • LMSunshine: 
      Buy high sell higher❣️
      2023-02-17
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  • Aqa
    ·2023-02-18
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    My first most life changing investment experience was the CLOB Saga. In 1990s Singapore stock market was small with insufficient volume. CLOB was formed for Singaporeans to trade Malaysian stocks. At its peak, market value of CLOB shares was about S$20billion & all were happy. I bought Tan Chong Motors, Menang, & Kamayan. Then came the Asia financial crisis. The Malaysian Prime Minister accused Singaporeans of subverting the Malaysian economy. He banned the trading of CLOB shares in Sept 1998 without any warning. When stocks cannot be traded, they became no value. 180,00 of us holding $4.3billion in Malaysian shares were affected. Some people who borrowed $ to buy those shares fell into really terrible hardship because they had no $ to pay back their creditors. We must remember stock markets cannot be seperated from politics & government policies can change anytime, usually without notice. Thanks for reminding me @MillionaireTiger Thanks for tag @SR050321 @LMSunshine @Success88
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    • ee244c: 
      never trust those guys again can flip flop like they are the country saviour. it was legal daylight robbery.
      2023-02-19
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    • Success88: 
      Great
      2023-02-18
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  • Universe宇宙
    ·2023-02-16
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    Most drama come from meme stocks and crypto. Avoid them and there will be no drama. Instead, buy $Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ better. [Cool]
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  • Shyon
    ·2023-02-18
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    The most horrible investment experience was when I first deal with the technical analysis. With my new learn ema trendline analysis, I felt myself became the 2nd Warren buffet, buy what win what, too easy. And I only use this single indicator, surprisingly! I continously make profit for months, but then it's in 2019 when the world market was like a mad bull. Buy what up what, and I mistakenly linked that it's due to my amazing technical skill. End up i encountered continuous loss when the bull farewell to the market. What a painful experience. And it is important to use both fundamental and technical together, and never judge a stock by purely one single technical indicator ya.
    Well, I believe most of us had ever thought yourself as a stock god before right? Especially when you are new to the market or when the market is at an extreme bull. Good lesson!
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  • CL_Wong
    ·2023-02-17
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    Yes, I did one of the horrible investment was that I tried to sell a stock and I ended up clicked “buy”. I wasn’t aware until I heard that “cling” sound 😭
    I bought a stock at a price which I thought it was the lowest, after I bought, the price drop from $1.38 to $1.23 ( $AIMS APAC REIT(O5RU.SI)$) 😩
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  • AhGong
    ·2023-02-17
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    Best ever day I had was when I purchased some penny stocks during dot com boom back in 1999. At first, I thought I made a bad decision of buying them for around $0.29 when they’d originally started at about $0.05. I was late getting in on the play. The stock just didn’t do much for about 4 months, and all of a sudden, the price started going up to $0.50, $1, $1.20. When the price hit $1.65, I sold 2/3 of them, and made a gain of around $60,000 on that day. I sold the remaining 1/3 at $2 on another day. @deal2deal @nickname168 @luv2trade @MillionaireTiger
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  • Zarkness
    ·2023-02-17
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    The most regrettable and horrible experience is to buy british pound during the exit from Europe( brexit) . Pound dollar crashed and i was thinking to get some cheap Gbp so i can get the wave up later when stable but who know it just get lower and lower .. i averaged during the down wave for abt a year … and when i finally cut lost … the next day it started climb back up … for the next 6 months it was on the up trend. Really kei sim ( super duper sad ) . Lose money and lose morale and confidence … took me few years to let the matter rest …
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    • Zarkness: 
      Thanks buddy 💕💕
      2023-02-17
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    • LMSunshine: 
      Oh dear…in investments we win some, we lose some. Hope you’ll win more soon❣️
      2023-02-17
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  • BenjiFuji
    ·2023-02-16
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    One of the many unforgettable experiences was when i invested in Gold. Being a newbie, it was an exciting experience. However being risk adverse i placed the smallest possible purchase. Gold subsequently jumped up the following year and i sold. However i neglected the bank charges and only earned a few dollars [LOL] If i held on, it would have been a multi bagger by now! What is your experience friends? @Bonta @daz88888888 @RDPD富爸穷爸 @LMSunshine @GoodLife99 @melson @SirBahamut [Great]
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  • airui
    ·2023-02-16
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    my most dramatic moment should be in 2021 where i lost USD1000 in half an hour.

    back then i was trying out day trading and trading this pre market movers penny stocks were easy since everything was going up.

    bought this just before bedtime thinking i could make a quick buck but boy was i wrong. Stock tanked after i bought it and i don't want to stay up all night watching it.

    So i had to cut lost to sleep properly, damm it was painful. 1 week later later, the stock doubled from the price i bought.

    this is really an example of transfering wealth from the impatient to the patient.

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    • LMSunshine: 
      Oh man…new opportunities await! You can earn back the 1K🥰
      2023-02-17
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  • pekss
    ·2023-02-17
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    In the older days when SGX lot size was 1000 shares, there was once I entered a sell order queue for a few lots on a stock. There was no execution until just seconds before the market closed, someone bought 1 share from me. I ended up paying the minimum commission charge which was not cheap and sold just 1 share! I was so mad then, as the commission charge was higher than the share price. I’m so glad that we have Tiger Brokers nowadays! @MillionaireTiger @ngph @evepek @Healthy Tiger
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    • rL: 
      [Facepalm][Facepalm][Facepalm]
      2023-02-18
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  • MilkTeaBro
    ·2023-02-17
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    The most regrettable investment might be: $TOP GLOVE CORPORATION BHD(BVA.SI)$ , it was a value trap. I bought it when it's less than half of the peak, but it still can slide down much more. gloves from short of supplies became over supplies during the Covid-19 pandemic . if you don't want to own it for 10 years, you don't have it a for a second.
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  • ee244c
    ·2023-02-16
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    my most regrettable investment was Noble,invested and  keep on pouring money in as it goes down trying to even out. like they say " Catching a falling knife" and ends up selling it for peanuts, seeing hard earn money going down the drain.Lesson learned always take a pinch of salt with analyst reports, either outdated or   the target price is highly inflated. Even insider news may not be true.
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    • LMSunshine: 
      Totally agree friend❣️
      2023-02-17
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  • 0QH
    ·2023-02-16
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    Think many can share a similar story as me. I followed mybex colleague and bought noble group.

    kept the stock until it delisted and my 10k disappeared forever.😭

    now I am in this telegram group of noble group stocks holders.

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    • 0QHReplying toee244c: 
      haiz. sad sad
      2023-02-20
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    • ee244c: 
      me too
      2023-02-19
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    • LMSunshine: 
      Oh man…glad you made some good friends though
      2023-02-17
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  • deal2deal
    ·2023-02-17
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    Regret has been cited by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman as probably the greatest enemy of good decision-making in personal finance. Investment regrets are often the driving force behind panicky attempts to time the market, buying at the top or selling at the bottom. Regret can prompt us to place a far greater weight on the possibility of suffering a loss than the prospect of a win. As of now, my most regrettable investment is not buying more $Netflix(NFLX)$ when it drops below $180. @MillionaireTiger
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  • Ron18
    ·2023-02-16
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    I bought  $BlackBerry(BB)$ at $4.50 before they release the result but due to below expected figures, the price crash to$3.17 and was hesitate to average down. Now the price has gone back to $4+ but still in the red. Waiting for it to rebounce
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  • luv2trade
    ·2023-02-17
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    I started trading last year in 2020. Without much knowledge, I used to just sit and gaze at the candlechart of every stock that I came across (for hours). I used to keep myself glued to the chair, gazing at my macbook's screen the whole time. I used to trade only during the bearish times. At that time, I didn't have any idea about what "shorting" a stock is. I was pretty impressed when I got to know that instead of just buying and then selling, we can make money reversibly by selling a stock and then buying it! Having no investing knowledge, I still managed to make 120% profit on my first stock-this has to be my luckiest investment. @MillionaireTiger
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  • onlyYou
    ·2023-02-17
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    My most dramatic experience is selling too soon. I had a bit of cash when the 1997 Asian financial crisis hit and I invested in some financial stocks. I'd earned a decent return and was receiving decent dividends. Once things were more "fairly" valued, I sold. I should have held on and collected the dividends. @MillionaireTiger @deal2deal @nickname168
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  • Flochin
    ·2023-02-17
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    I started stock investment 25 years ago. I kept accumulating the bank shares for the US bank that I worked for. Price kept soaring. I was day dreaming about owning a Sentosa bangalow having bbq by the beach soon. My experienced investment consultant contacted me and ran a risk mitigation and investment lesson on me 🙄. I finally agreed to sell half of my portfolio and diversified into other products. In a matter of a year, the financial subprime crisis kicked in. our bank share price tumbled from its peak 3-digit price to 90 cents! It’s a Friday. I stared at the internet with cold sweat running on my spine, wondered if the office would open the next Monday. I lost 6-digit amount. Yet, I was grateful over that timely financial planning actions. Today I still don’t own that dream bungalow by Sentosa beach although having bbq by the beach is not an issue 😂!


    Moral of the story: don’t put all eggs in one basket and don’t put all baskets in one building. Happy investing 🤗!
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