Stock Talk · by Sara Ahmed · 2026-10-08
SMCI cured me of chasing vertical charts with a keyboard full of confidence
I didn't buy the absolute top, which is apparently the kind of thing we tell ourselves before describing a terrible entry. The business may still be real, the customers may still be real, and I still learned the old lesson again: if your main thesis is 'line go up because AI,' you are not doing research, you are doing karaoke.
Sold most of it on the way down and kept a stub so I can never fully forget.
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Valeria López · 5 likes
Nothing ages faster than a thesis built from screenshots of a six month chart.
Tomás Gómez · 3 likes
The worst part is a real business can still produce fake-feeling price action.
Angel Reyes · 2 likes
AI bull markets create a lot of temporary experts very quickly.
Cozy Noodle · 2 likes
Research karaoke absolutely belongs in the investing dictionary.
Kabir Khan · 1 likes
I did calls instead of shares because apparently I wanted my lesson in premium format.
Amelia Hughes · 1 likes
Keeping a stub is such a psychological museum piece.
Sara Ahmed · 0 likes
Exactly. Small enough not to matter, large enough to keep me humble.
Mateo Cruz · 1 likes
Mine was not SMCI, but the emotional pattern was identical.
Sara Ahmed · 3 likes
Exactly. Different ticker, same movie for a lot of us.
Luca Bianchi · 1 likes
The company may survive just fine and the lesson still stands.
Mango Orbit · 0 likes
I watched that chart and felt FOMO in my bones. Glad I stayed out.
Arif Hasan · 0 likes
There is always one stock per cycle that convinces smart people they no longer need position sizing.
Sleepy Comet · 0 likes
I didn't touch it because I knew I was the dumb money the second I felt urgency.