My trading journey: 2016-17: Crypto - traded $8k to $300K to $30k but owed $150k in taxes. 2018: Options - lost $30k 2019: Broke 2020-21: All in swing trading - $35k to $10M in my 401k 2022-24: Index and chill 2025-26: New all in challenge - now at $45k It's never a linear road.
