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5. I left the floor in 2006

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 08:17 PM

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Floor trading was being automated and i didn’t have the reflexes i used to have. Plus it shot my hearing

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if you bought space x after the first few minutes of the IPO your down money [View all] moonshinegnomie Monday OP

I will buy at $65 bucolic_frolic Monday #1

If I did any trades with SpaceX it would be shorting the stock ! kimbutgar Monday #2

ive gotten smoked shorting tesla many times moonshinegnomie Monday #3

I worked from 1978 to 2013 in the industry also kimbutgar Monday #4

I left the floor in 2006 moonshinegnomie Monday #5

Unless you bought right away it at $150 Polybius Monday #6

i bought the IPO moonshinegnomie Monday #7