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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
I did short. 

In summer 2008 I was shorting mortgage loan companies, particularly warehousers. In late 2008 I started buying puts on the overall market,

But by the time 2009 rolled around, far before the March 09 bottom, the premiums for shorting or puts were off the charts and the drops were priced in. 

Keep in mind regular folks only started to realize we were fucked around Sept/Oct 2008, the talk before it was the housing collapse wouldn’t be that bad and wouldn’t spill over. 

I did turn almost nothing, $1,500, in to $200k. After California taxes I was able to use the $140k ish to buy a complete shitbox house in 2010 for $250k, which I later sold for $1.4M. 

So I guess I won. Thanks,
gpt
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