Personal Account Trading Success / Failure Stories

With all the hype right now about retail trading, I'm interested to hear some data points about your guys PAs and the success you've had. How much do you have in your PA, what are your returns like, how much time you put into it, etc. Just started reading "Unknown Market Wizards" by Jack Schwager and its interesting how there are people out there who have truly made a killing just from trading on the side. 

 

Wow Jack Schwager has a new book! Thanks for the reco. I just ordered it. I haven’t read his books in a decade but really enjoyed Market Wizards and New Market Wizards.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Back in June I purchased a sizable amount of January 2021 Tesla puts w/ a $500 (pre-split) strike

 

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