Stock Talk · by Imogen Clarke · 2026-09-08

first green month and suddenly I think I’m Buffett. please roast me back to normal

Made a couple decent buys after a shaky start and now every chart is telling me I am a natural-born capital allocator. Deep down I know this is nonsense. Surface level me is still strutting.

Hit me with your best 'the market humbles everyone' stories.

5 sparks · 5 comments

Comments

Grace Parker · 29 likes

'corrected my personality' absolutely sent me

Rafael Almeida · 7 likes

My first green month was immediately followed by me buying a falling knife with confidence.

Huy Le · 2 likes

Enjoy it, just don't let a lucky quarter rewrite your risk tolerance.

Pieter Botha · 1 likes

The market loves to issue confidence before competence.

Priya Nair · 1 likes

I beat the index for 11 weeks once and became unbearable. then earnings season corrected my personality