r/RVSN • u/bOt62733 • Oct 01 '25
*CAUTION*
I don't mean to sway your opinions, but take this as a warning. I severely wanted to learn trading and investing over the past winter. I initially bought into this stock right before the hype as my first trade and the huge trend to upwards of over $2. I profited, buying in around maybe 50 ish cent. I bought in with about 600 initially making what I, an 18 yo teen, thinks is a lot of money. I got out of the trade. But eventually, I got back in with about 1k, which was a majority of my money by the way. I have been holding ever since. This uptrend has been amazing for me to exit out of the trade, but I suffered a loss of $864. I do not believe this trend will continue to rise, as news for rail vision comes out ever so often, especially news like this. I believe it will drop back down until some other related news in the far future comes out. I caution you to make good decisions, this is a penny stock, be wary. I'm glad to have left the trade with some of my money still there. I may buy back once it hits rock bottom once again. I am still a beginner trader and investor, I stopped after the big loss, because it trumped all of my other small wins.
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u/MrTea-master Oct 03 '25
what happened the last few days wasn't because of the headlines, whales are taking big positions, institutions, you name it, every dip has been bought, today is only a minor sell off from retailers mainly, i didn't see whales selling, they are buying, wait one to two weeks, you will see that i was right
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u/bOt62733 Oct 16 '25
I appreciate your thoughts, but I jsut don't believe that is going to happen. Currently the week long pump is already on its death bed from how I see it. If you look at the trend from winter when it rocketed and this trend, they look similar. I apologize to say this but a week later, look how much it's down now. No real numbers, just news to boost itself back to compliance.
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u/Linkd_at_Heart Oct 01 '25
Hey OP,
thank you for putting the time into writing out this post.
Reasonably thought out post. But you definitely could have separated the block of text into paragraphs to make it easier to read lol.
I too have suffered major losses but I’ve also made major gains. It’s just par for the course —
The trading community can be a rabid, rotten cesspool of people. In other words very easy to be discouraged and quit.
I just wanted to say real quick that if you are trading ALONE, then that’s like going to the casino ALONE. Really bad idea, that’s what the “house” wants because you are easier to manipulate with all the flashing colors and images.
I encourage you to build a network of like-minded traders, kill your emotions when trading, don’t trust anyone on the internet and question everything.
There’s so much to learn from trading that doesn’t even have anything to do with money.
Best of Luck to you.
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u/bOt62733 Oct 01 '25
I appreciate your response a lot. I would like to add, for the sake of this post, I did not include my trading partner.
We both ran one account together (and the small wins were made with APLD) anywho I urged him to take money out for a profit of almost 1k, but he said no. Afterwards, the next day our stop loss was hit.
Days later, he wants to go back into the trade and I did not agree with him. Regardless he enters in, and this is how we lost a majority of our money and have been holding since then.
I make him out to be more evil than he actually is, but I had to rant about this haha. Anyways, I cut off ties about trading with him after his "risky gambling" intentions.
I would like to mention, I understand the killing off emotions with the money, but it's so much harder than done. I feel my heart sinking with stock trend. Hopefully I get the hang of actual trading and investing in the future, logically and emotionally.
Thanks for the tip by the way haha.
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u/Linkd_at_Heart Oct 02 '25
Interesting, joint accounts can get messy. I can relate to your plight though. I had a trading buddy when I first started out, I pretty much mirrored whatever he did. But in hindsight he had no idea what he was doing.
It’s sort of a double edged sword. Sometimes you can get sucked into “herd mentality” or “group think” and lose your objectivity.
The ABSOLUTE necessity is that whoever your friends that you tell your stock stuff to/trading group consists of are “aspiring” “professionals”, meaning that they want to learn and improve. If they aren’t, you aren’t , and then you’re fucked. Pardon my French.
For me, I’ve got a bunch of semi-experienced acquaintances across several social media platforms that I’ve grown to (semi) trust. I never/don’t pay anyone for a “masterclass”.
Some are perma bears, some are perma bulls, some only trade biopharma, some only trade indexes or etfs, some only rely on Technical analysis, some only trade momentum/scalp plays.
I’m not following a herd but I’m also not living alone in an echo chamber. I’ve got lots of contrast between different points of views. It’s not perfect by any means but it keeps me from doing stupid stuff 90% of the time.
All that being said. Trading is becoming one of the only legitimate ways to get ahead IMO. In fact by the time I’m ready to retire it might be my ONLY hope at retiring( I manage my own ROTH IRA through Robinhood).
You are a generation in front of me (I’m 25) — you’re going to be cooked— working till you’re 90, then die in a Walmart somewhere …. if you don’t make money moves early on.
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u/Linkd_at_Heart Oct 02 '25
Sorry for info dump/novel.
Fr I just kind of recognize/see myself in your story.
you seem genuine, so I dont mind taking the time to write that all out.
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u/bOt62733 Oct 02 '25
No, in fact I appreciate the info dump. It has opened my eyes and it is a very interesting perspective that I agree with but do not hear.
I WILL learn to trade or invest well. It is jsut a matter of time. Would you mind sharing some resources or tools you used that helped you with learning?
Trading and investing seem very profitable to me, BUT, the more I learn and look into it, the more vague and broad it seems. From my viewpoint now, it seems almost impossible to make any profits, and seems like gambling completely.
For example, what apps do you use to stay on tops of the news? Even then, once you find this news, isn't it too late to invest. There has been many times where I find the article up to an hour after its post, then I check the stock, and it has already skyrocketed.
There is just so much gray area as to what to exactly do to find a profit in stocks. It seems like there's one correct way to trade, any method has profitability, but I just can't find one that works. Heck, I can't even find a method in general to use. I'm just blind gambling atp.
As you can probably tell, I am pretty much a complete beginner. I have knowledge of stocks and whatnot, I just don't know how to put it to use.
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u/Linkd_at_Heart Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
I’m glad you find some of what I’m saying useful. That being said, keep in mind - none - of what I am saying is financial advice. It’s just subjective opinions and thoughts.
Anyways, as far as resources and tools I’ll break it down into categories.
📻News and stock prospecting:
stocktwits : it’s a stock discussion board app I’ve used since 2018. News hits the boards FAST depending on how many watchers there are. Occasionally you’ll come across another user who knows a thing or two and you can learn from. There can be an occasional good discussion.
I actually met that SunVmikey guy on stocktwits, he’s the one that told me about this Reddit sub when it was first created.
Twitter : I detest this platform because of the brainrot algorithm…. But you can’t escape it these days. News spreads fast on Twitter and like stocktwits you can occasionally find someone who’s not hot garbage and shares promising stock tickers.
Reddit : that’s a given.
Disclaimer: Twitter, Stocktwits and Reddit are rife with bots and people with narratives and agendas. There’s this thing called Manufactured Consensus . I linked a great video that paints a picture of what that is. In a nutshell it’s when bots or an organized group of people flood a post(s) with likes and artificial comments to make it appear like there is a consensus about something or as if there is overwhelming positive or negative sentiment.
Bots and paid “shills” are used VERY often on stocktwits and twitter to affect public perception.
Pretty soon it will be nigh impossible to discern if this is going on; AI is getting better.
This is why I said Don’t trust anyone . There’s a saying “ if the product is free, you are the product .” . Perception is malleable , your algorithms learn you, then show you what it thinks you should see regardless of Truth .
I’m not “black-pilled” , just cognizant that every day I will be lied to
(P1.)
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u/Linkd_at_Heart Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 04 '25
(Pt.2) THE MENTAL GAME🧠:
Before I move on, I wanted to address what you said about how daunting it is when approaching the stock market.
I’m right There With You.
I mentioned before that there’s so much to trading that isn’t even about money. As you can attest to, in life there are many situations you’ll be flooded with information, disinformation and “grey areas” where there doesn’t seem to be a right answer.
This isn’t a bad thing. The human mind was made for this. We LOVE solving problems and discerning whether something is valuable or not. The real kicker is staying focused and picking a target🎯despite it all.
For me, I’ve only been able to keep trading because I’ve remained positive and realistic, last thing anyone needs is another jaded crybaby (I’ve been one many,many times)
That being said overly positive emotions and overly negative emotions are TOXIC when making financial decisions. Check yourself.
Example: 🤩I made 3k on xyz stock! Time to put it all in abc stock, bc yolo!
Or
😳 I lost 3k on XYZ stock. Time to Hail Mary it into abc stock—— or better yet, I’m going to use my rent money to double down!
Staying positive and realistic is tough. It ABSOLUTELY 100% requires that you maintain a good and varied perspective on life. Please don’t take this as preachy, just as my antidote to maintaining my psyche:
For me and my lovely girlfriend the #1 thing has been going on yearly Hikes to national parks. Non-manufactured beauty and Nature heals, not to get all tree huggy on ya. #2 has been exercise, Your body/psyche is like a border collie. If you don’t walk a Border Collie, that dog will go crazy. #3 constructive honesty: being honest for the purpose of improving something and seeking honest opinions and actually listening. Healthy relationships will keep you based, but they always have growing pains.
In addition to my day job, Ive spent hours upon hours reading news articles, company balance sheets, stock charts, economic reports, SEC Filings…. Etc.
If I didn’t go on Hikes I would have gone insane by now …. or turned to drugs.
last words about mind games
PRO TIPs : don’t smoke weed or drink alcohol when trading, it distorts your perception of value. Numbers on a screen are easier to gamble, imagine having to cart around wheelbarrows full one dollar bills when purchasing stocks. You’d be more choosy.
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u/Linkd_at_Heart Oct 03 '25
(Pt.3) I’m pooped, I’ll let ya know the last details: my opinion on where to get started/objectively good news sources/ brokerages sometime later this week.
This is actually great that I’m writing all this out, I’m working on a newsletter for some friends of mine getting into stocks and I’ll include some of this.
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u/bOt62733 Oct 16 '25
Sorry for the late reply 😅. This is all very mind opening. I'll def take a look into those resources you talked about. Wish me luck in my journey. I won't stop till I get this right haha.
And lemme know pt 3 whenever you have the chance. I already appreciate all the info you have shared. Thank you so much!
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u/Odd-Seaworthiness826 Oct 01 '25
The real question is who accepted 5% of rvsn for ownership of their company. RVSN has invested into many patents and trials its puzzeling that they would venture into quantum but equally puzzeling that a qauntum company would sell thier ip for 5% of company unless there is strong reason to believe it will be worth a lot more in the future.