I retired at 31 doing this.
Here's how to start right now with $100,000
Step 1. Build your base.
40% $VOO
40% $Q
20% high conviction companies near intrinsic value.
This is your foundation & your collateral.
Step 2. Sell 1+ year portfolio secured puts.
Quality companies only.
Moat.
Pricing power.
Good valuation.
Collect the premium.
Pay zero margin interest.
Ratios in check so you're fine in deep crashes.
Step 3. Redeploy premium.
More shares.
LEAPS on your highest conviction names.
Step 4. Keep ratios in check.
A 40% crash should not keep you up at night.
Re allocate more bullish or bearish a

$GT Added to gt on August 19, 2026, bringing the total to 570 at a cost price of 7.39#我的七夕交易分享 #Gate首发上线茅台等10只A股

Ripple’s honorary CTO and one of the key developers of the XRP Ledger, David Schwartz, said on X that his personal XRP holdings had fallen from approximately 26 million tokens to 2 million tokens. In monetary terms at current prices, this is equivalent to a decline from approximately $26 million to $2 million, meaning the position decreased by roughly 92%.
The statement came in response to a user’s question about the size of Schwartz’s personal portfolio. He did not disclose the exact timing or prices of the sales, so this refers to a change in his overall position over an extended period rath

Gate ETF Newly Listed: $WDC (Western Digital) & $AXTI (AXT)
🔹 Trading pairs: #WDC3L / $USDT & #WDC3S / $USDT & #AXTI3L / $USDT & #AXTI3S / $USDT
🔹 Trading time: August 18, 2026, 15:00 (UTC+8)
🔹 Supports 3x long and short positions for more flexible trading
Trade $WDC:
https://www.gate.com/zh/trade/WDC3L_USDT
https://www.gate.com/zh/trade/WDC3S_USDT
Trade $AXTI:
https://www.gate.com/zh/trade/AXTI3L_USDT
https://www.gate.com/zh/trade/AXTI3S_USDT
Details: https://www.gate.com/zh/announcements/article/101204

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 SEC just proposed its first-ever crypto rules “Regulation Crypto Assets” to create a clear framework for crypto.
The SEC is launching its own Clarity Act.

$OPENAI OpenAI Pre-IPO Sees 13 Times the Demand: Record Interest of $260 Million
OpenAI's second Pre-IPO round at Gate showcased investor interest in the AI giant. In the 48-hour subscription window, over $260 million worth of applications were received for the approximately $20 million allocation. This represents a subscription rate of 1,301.94% and a 13 times over-demand. Pre-market trading is currently underway 24/7.
Price and Technical Outlook
OpenAI shares are currently trading at $708.6. Having fallen 1.3% in the last 24 hours, the stock is trading below short-term moving averages (MA7,

At night, people become emotional creatures, thinking about all sorts of things—most of them painful. These emotions are impossible to control, and even the slightest touch hurts.

JUST IN: SEC formally classifies Bitcoin ($BTC ) as a pure commodity and stablecoins as non-securities.
First time the agency has put this in writing.

I think this will surprise many people $jotchua

GN CT 🌃
How did today treat you?
Good day, bad day, somewhere in between we made it through.
Time to rest up and reset for tomorrow.
Good night legends.

$LA
UPDATE
#LA is looking for breakout. We can se 150%+ gain here ✍🏻
#LAUSDT #LABTC #BTC #Bitcoin #NFTs

$BEAT The short strategy was announced as early as the previous high of 0.2990! With the four-hour MACD death cross accompanied by shrinking volume, we held firmly with 20x leverage and exited at the current price of 0.2271 to take profit, raking in a 473.47% return!
$ACE $RATS
🎉Brothers who followed the rhythm are now rolling in profits! Those who missed out, don't panic—range-bound market conditions can reappear at any time. Get your funds ready and wait for our next precise entry!

NVIDIA credit default swap spreads are at record highs.
This isn’t a good sign ⚠️ it means credit markets are pricing in greater risk around NVIDIA, making its debt more expensive to insure.
That doesn’t mean $NVDA has to fall, but it adds another potential pressure point, especially as the “AI bubble” narrative becomes increasingly prevalent.

the SEC is now openly talking about exemptions designed to let crypto innovate in America.
what a fucking turnaround.
time to lock in.

Why is OPN rising: A low-market-cap project driven by community hype + capital inflows. A typical high-beta explosive surge pattern.
$OPN

I hope Musiala is good. Just fainted again for the 2nd time is 3 days.

The foundations of modern Western finance were built by regulatory arbitrage - but around Church regulations, not governmental!
The bill of exchange is the basic building block of what we can recognizably call banking and finance in the West.
Why? Because it allowed for lending without being branded usurer. Usury, even when legal and licensed, kept you outside polite society and deprived you of certain rights. How bad this was depended upon where you lived.
So how to lend out money today and be compensated for the use of that money tomorrow?
Enter the bill of exchange. Ostensibly, it solved f

$COHR
fell below the EMA21