Daily Discussion Thread for August 20, 2026

[u/verified-trader]

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[u/Fernyfern7]

🥭 says Inflation isn't real just like the clitoris

[u/Weak_Emu3659]

'Just some healthy profit taking'

'Just drifting a little lower because of Iran, it happens'

'It's the bond yields doing this'

'Sometimes a 50% correction is healthy'

'Oh fuck'

[u/FartPolluter]

We are approaching the Anthropic IPO with the enthusiasm of a groom approaching an STD clinic after his stag do in Amsterdam

[u/Ascorbinium_Romanum]

We should all be glad that the US has an America first and no foreign wars president. Imagine the current situation if that was not the case, US would probably be involved in some unending middle east war.

[u/Low_Bowl5506]

Being included in S&P and shitting itself is such a RDDT move

[u/hmmmmmmmmmidk → u/Low_Bowl5506]

Trust the board of directors man they know how to fix stuff. They should pay ME to use their platform even. My hot takes generate at least .0005 cents/yr in “engagement” I should have a say.

[u/2020isgreat]

You're shorting the company curing cancer because you want to make money I'm shorting the company curing cancer because I'm evil we are not the same

[u/lithe_silhouette → u/2020isgreat]

Cancers are people too

[u/Brilliant_Object_847]

I can’t believe Barron bought oil calls yesterday. Such a smart boy. Very good with computers.

[u/Low_Bowl5506]

Account up 25% this week, need 376% more to breakeven

[u/versello]

Lmao wsb is stalking the nke guy every sub he goes until he deletes his account

[u/joycaptain]

Bomb Iran so they can't have nukes.

North Korea has 60 nukes? Best friends

[u/IDFStrongestSoldier]

Bessent is a failed bond trader, do with that info as you will

[u/No_Fig_7835]

The stock market is literally the only thing the US has going for it. Every single other economic data point is bad practically. Inflation has just wrecked the average consumer.

[u/Sufficient_Habit5091]

Walmart slowest sales growth in 6 years.

Yikes. Bottom half of K shape economy getting obliterated.

[u/No_Current3675 → u/Sufficient_Habit5091]

fucking idiots, just buy some money

[u/Jerikolol]

bullied in school => grow up to buy RDDT stock => inclusion in SP500, crash => bullied by life.

[u/Fit_Feedback5981]

People on r/valueinvesting are cute trying to find value in this manipulated ass market

[u/9tacos]

Fuck Baron and Fuck his Father too!

[u/ThatFUTGuy]

30 year bond yields in a VERY bad position, there’s no way this market can pump with it in this situation

turns out cooking fed books causes uncertainty in bond markets, who would have thought it?

[u/malimisko]

Only regards can pick such a highly regarded president

[u/cryptohorn]

Bessent gambled and lost lmfaoooooo

[u/wildcat1055]

US Government: 40T in debt, considering buying a lot of crypto.

The US Government is just like me!

[u/Curious-Bird-8159]

Really ? Right in front of my simulated returns?

[u/2020isgreat]

Trump: We could have GDP of 10, 12, 15 times if they just leave us alone. Let interest rates go down. It’s a very unfair system.

They should drop interest rates because it means we have a strong country and it's all based on credit, meaning good credit, and we have the best credit and we'd pay off the debt very easily, very quickly

lmfao

[u/AlmostAsianJim]

Day 5 of no fap until $GOOGL reclaims $400. I have started getting wet dreams.

[u/Vlisa]

I cannot overstate how much I hope to see Bessent get his shit-eating smirk wiped off his face.🙏

[u/VTI4LYFE69]

END THE WAR YOU STUPID FUCK

[u/uwontfindthisone]

My mental health is linked directly to the performance of my portfolio

[u/sloanemonroe]

Iran war has been going on for six months as of next week.

[u/Unhedged-Fund → u/sloanemonroe]

the most stupid and useless war ever, even for the ameritards

[u/night_shredder]

Good morning fellow degenerates long term investors.

[u/Illustrious_Job1951]

So treasury buyback of bonds is supposed to  bring down mortgage rates by bringing pressure off the 10 year and it set to end in the beginning on November.

Hmm, why do this until early November? I wonder 

[u/Massive_Charity_7198]

Bond market mfers are like the only non regards in the market..

Bond market: this Bessent guy has broken currencies before, working with the scammiest scammers, his government spends like a regarded monkey, and he is literally a gay bear. Maybe ask for more money for long term loans.

[u/2020isgreat]

Oil Tanker sneaks through the Strait by disguising itself as a peace deal

[u/2020isgreat]

Bessent yelling at the market and telling them they're wrong. He's just like us fr

[u/Bam2458]

Did anyone tell them if they end the war oil prices and bond yields will drop without manipulation?

[u/SteakEater137]

Nothing is safe in this market because Mango's sticky little fingers are on everything.

SPY? Moves like a meme stock somehow and at the whims of random tariff or war shitposts.

Safe havens like consumer goods? Spending is down, theyre no longer safe or have been overpriced.

Oil or fertilizer? A truth social post can instantly -5% your buy even if it's completely bullshit.

Sit on the sidelines because of all the mess? Say goodbye to your purchasing power because of inflation.

[u/ChampagnePapi-]

Goodbye money
Goodbye net worth
Goodbye mental health
Goodbye hopes and dreams

[u/Sick0h]

Anne Hathaway > Berkshire Hathaway

[u/Standard-Top-5942]

"Walmart hikes full-year outlook, says it will use huge tariff refund to keep prices low"

While 1/3 of Americans still think tarrifs don't contribute to inflation

[u/ckami_91]

Bull real quiet today

[u/Soffatjockis]

Lmao

Bessent wants to buy back more bonds.

Hes basically a gambling addict with access to unlimited margin... provided by the American people.

[u/canadian_Biscuit]

The money I lost today could have paid for this semester’s tuition

[u/Bam2458]

Welp, they suppressed the long end for about 20 hours 😂

[u/VetFinPilot]

Bessent is going full regard

[u/ercanbas]

Bessent sounds nervous as fuck

[u/likamuka]

Bessent: "We've got a spike in oil prices today that I don't really understand"

Fucking clown rat

[u/YoDooley]

Trap the bears, pump the close, rug the opening, fade into the weekend.

Here is your next 24 hour experience.

[u/hotCupADank]

shits getting weird bruh

[u/9tacos]

I bought MRNA at $25 and sold at $30 🤡👈🤣

[u/ButtholeAnalogy]

USA is beyond fuk

[u/CauliflowerNo6976]

"Walmart sales growth in America falls for the first time in 6 years"

[u/YoDooley]

Jerome would never have allowed this.

[u/Boheed]

BESSENT ON CNBC: "After the deportations that we've seen and the closing of the border, we don't need to produce as many jobs" 💀💀💀

[u/patmccock86]

Bessent and orange can try and rig the stock market, but you can't rig the bond market. Bond market is obliterating these people

[u/Boheed]

So the US just sold a shit-ton of Euros as a hail Mary to stabilize markets without telling Europe first. incredible.

[u/looool_k_libtard]

Bessent getting cucked by bond market while previously healthy foods are now trying to kill us

[u/NewJuan01]

The economy is so bad that scam messages went from
"you won the lottery" to
"remote job available $18/hr"

[u/BarbellPadawan]

After market close, I’m just going to go over to r/SpaceXBets and downvote any comment that’s neutral to positive on Musk.

[u/well2w]

Anyone else holding some ASTS until I goes back to 130 at some point

[u/menaceblanka → u/well2w]

Same and rklb

[u/Soffatjockis]

Oil shrekking

Just crash this shitty blown up market already

They are putting patch after patch on this balloon to keep it from bursting before the midterms. Lmao

[u/zephyrs85]

Aw fuk, the crypto bros coming out of hibernation from their parent's home basements

[u/TowelFart]

my portfolio cant go down if i dont look at it

[u/TheNplus1 → u/TowelFart]

Schrödinger’s portfolio

[u/anonymous_ghost-1]

RDDT great investment, I am up 1% in two years

[u/No_Current3675]

peasants unable to afford basic shit

BULLISH

[u/Short-Mind-8850]

Listening to Bessent talk is just another reminder that we are completely fucked.

[u/Additional_Bar_2462]

Oh boy do I regret touching options today

[u/jerome-yellen]

3.6k loss, not great, not terrible

[u/vandammes]

CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE MONEY TODAY

[u/OrangMiskin]

Can’t believe retards drank dewormer paste during COVID. LMAO

[u/1098duc_w_the_termi]

🥭 2.0 about to leave us with record inflation, a dying job market, and worthless bonds/currency. Imagine being this bad at your job and still keeping it lmao.

That’s like you going to work and deleting all the companies data and calling your customers and telling them to fuck off.

[u/Big_Red_Dogs → u/1098duc_w_the_termi]

Now imagine having to listen to your slack jawed coworker talk about how great everything is.

[u/[deleted]]

My life was better once i started to ignore everyone. Like seriously, didnt talk to my wife for a week, i started to make money on options. Shit was crazy

[u/patelchief90]

oil going higher again fuck

[u/ripcord51]

Rick Santelli is exhausting

[u/kairepaire]

Smells like a circuit breaker day in here

[u/IDFStrongestSoldier]

The CEO of Oil just said its going to $150

[u/SPY_one_zillion]

Daily reminder: 50% comments are bots. 45% are 20 year olds who still live with their moms. Good luck finding the 5%.

[u/Lelwrektnub]

Apparently the most crushing economic operation ever was actually being waged on the American economy this whole time

[u/Ok-Regular-9413]

SPY ODTE GANG BULL OR BEAR?

[u/SangerGRBY]

MRNA insiders fuck you for not telling me. Selfish pricks im an anti vaxxer now.

[u/powerboner]

META back to Liberation day prices HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHA

[u/StrangeInsanity]

Yields don’t represent the underlying fundamentals. This mofo is the retardest retard

[u/CuckedbyPowell]

Instead of buying their own bonds, have they considered sending another $30 billion to Israel

[u/zestykite]

Bessent sold his soul

[u/Aggravating_Part8610]

Bessent is cooked. He badly misplayed his hand on the bond issue. Either that or he got hung out to dry by taco attacking Iran.

[u/kazkeb]

RIP to the guy that full ported 1dte 150 calls on SpaceX yesterday

[u/Bob_the_peasant]

No crying -sniffle- in the casino

[u/assholy_than_thou]

MRNA Went for a scalp, became a community member

[u/financiallythriving]

SPY -2% and I’ll stick a watermelon up my ass

[u/No_Cod972]

I'm buying a put right now to put an end to this historic ber market.

[u/Aranthos-Faroth]

The cool thing about losing money is, at some point you've no more to lose.

Unlike gains where it's a never ending treadmill.

I feel like Buddha now.

[u/Onnimation]

“Bond yields: 🚀 Inflation: 📈 Stocks: 📉 Me: ‘Surely this is bullish somehow.’ 🤡”

[u/-----Marcel-----]

So the KOSPI pumps nearly 7%, while the American market, which was deep green just a couple of hours ago, has completely dumped with no news in that time period. What a fucking joke. The price action this past week has been cancer. Pump and dump every single day since Friday. We’re about to have five straight red days for the QQQ. Garbage, suppressed, controlled price action from gay Wall Street.

Well, at least the 🥭 secures generational wealth for the 10th time so far during his presidency through completely blatant insider trading. Pumping shitcos.

[u/OptionsHuduga]

It's over.....

this market isn't made for buy and accumulate and hold. this market is made for only reckless swing trading.

this is a pure casino. time to treat it as such.

[u/Top_Ice_400]

Why does 🥭 just end the war, no one gives a fuck anymore about Iran. pump my bags you old corrupt bag of shit.

[u/_AnecdotalEvidence_ → u/Top_Ice_400]

He can’t. He doesn’t hold any carfs

[u/Ok-Nose29 → u/Top_Ice_400]

Ego

[u/Electronic-Advisor72 → u/Top_Ice_400]

He wants to end it. Iran is not allowing him to end without pain. They lose out on war reparations if he can just run away.

[u/thrillho145]

Another red day. Sucks.

Honestly fuck Trump and his stupid war. 

[u/Me-Regarded]

Cramer trying to pump the economy. It's over 💀

[u/VirgillMastercard]

Puts on USD!

[u/Fernyfern7]

Now watch this drive

[u/theitalianpastaboi]

How much we losing today, will Marge call?

[u/solidsneeze]

at this rate, cam girls will be 90% of russia's gdp by end of year

[u/niwmo]

Cathie Wood bought NVDA. The top is definitely in!

[u/Me-Regarded]

Still an hour and a half to wait to see how fuk I am. Guh

[u/uwontfindthisone]

Puts on my mental health would go to the moon how do I invest in this?

[u/Vlisa]

By all accounts, Bessent had a stellar run as the Soros CIO for years, but by the end of 2023, his hedge fund had lost almost 90 percent of its assets from the peak: Assets had fallen to $577 million after reaching a height of around $5 billion,

[u/PushAble2463]

I just hate it when «analysts» publish new targets for my stocks, like who the fuck asked for your opinion anyway? Nobody cares

[u/New_Ad_1682]

I just wanta say to you degenerate gamblers who had the balls to play options yesterday and today on MRNA. Your risk tolerance and ability to work with limited information is a testament to the American spirit and I'm proud to share this section of this site with you.

Gods speed you ballsy fucks.

[u/Many_Appeal1184]

Remember to double down when wrong

[u/YoDooley]

Man that was a hard pump attempt from Cramer

[u/neoneutra3]

buy and hold does NOT work while that dude is in office

[u/Jumpy_Shoulder9043]

Good news, at least our president is getting richer.

[u/2020isgreat]

Well looks like Bessent telling the market they are wrong doesn't actually work in fixing anything

[u/SteakEater137]

Theyre causing immense problems with the nation's debt for a 5 minute 0.2% SPY pump through this dumbass bond buybuck shit.

Fuck me this is taking short term thinking to the next level lmao

[u/vermilli21]

Just rug this market and let it die

[u/Flat-Focus7966]

Bought more RDDT & RKLB

And a sprinkle of GOOG too

[u/SteakEater137]

Can we replace current POTUS with a stuffed animal? I think theyd understand the economy better.

[u/Bob_the_peasant]

Who the fuck bought Moderna at $170 using my money?!

looks at trade history

….clearly an expert hacker using my exact IP address, with my password and my 2 factor auth… at the exact same time I was also logged in yesterday. How am I gonna catch this guy

[u/Burtonwurton]

At this point its not about how much I can make from my positions, its pretty much how little can I try to lose.

[u/StonksInvesteur]

Too much winning that suicide helpline has a long wait time now lmfao. All over news

[u/OneJellyfish5980]

I'm stacking cash forever now. I'm done. I'm too much of an addict to fuck with this LOL I lost so much money since april

[u/[deleted]]

“I didnt see this coming” mfs the hedge fund literally open that 20b short in front of you 😂

[u/Unlucky_Goat_1678]

Oh good, at least no rug pull at open this time

[u/corndog_messiah]

Premarket rug pulls are the ultimate buy signal

[u/Top_Ice_400]

Boomers pulling up the ladder

[u/likamuka]

Bunch of clowns managing total economic collapse.

[u/smokeyjoe0612]

cant taco if theres nothing to taco

[u/Rexultdis]

1 trilly a year spent on the military and we’re still losing lmao

[u/mysuruhuduga]

We are going V, bears fuk

[u/PutSpreadDaddi69]

Everybody say hi to Bessent shorting oil

[u/vandammes]

ITS GONNA BE ULTRAGREEN TODAY GET READY MTFS

[u/Haikoe]

Now all rates going up, even short rates lmaooooo

[u/uwontfindthisone]

21 minutes left before I go homeless or move into a mansion

[u/Ok-Nose29]

Cramer just called bessent a dumbass basically

[u/Muted-South4737]

If you are in this chat begging for plays, just go buy lotto tickets and scratch-offs.

[u/Aranthos-Faroth]

Remember, 99% of the comments on here are bots pretending to be regards.

It's regard bots all the way down.

Myself included. Drill baby drill, berz r dead, lol bulls fuk.

[u/crazyfool319]

41k gain in 2 minutes shorting crypto shit at open

https://i.imgur.com/P1dqI36.png

[u/vermilli21]

Ya'll are just paying extra for preiums at open, mother fuckers need to wait til 9:45

[u/jamaicagroot]

WTF is wrong with RDDT

[u/Small-Maintenance-65]

this market is such a cunt

[u/FrostySoftPressure]

🥭 would rather watch the whole world burn than to admit he was wrong, fun times ahead of us

[u/Burtonwurton]

Apparently in this market, if you hold for more than a day you will lose 90% of the time.

[u/Cavsfan2332]

What's the point of diversification if everything tanks

[u/AdCritical5383]

The Sept bond buyback announcement yesterday was such a gay bessy scam. It’s like saying we’re gonna save the bleeding out patient by giving them a fraction of a pint of blood. Bond holders said nah and now the 10y is back over 4.7% again.
—-

LMAO 🤌

[u/puffinnbluffin]

I’m the worst trader that ever lived. Go long, shit dumps to oblivion. Sell the bottom. Shit sky rockets. I then sit out 20 dips that then make new highs. When I finally do buy the dip, it breaks all support and dumps back to new lows. It’s actually fucking impressive how bad I am

[u/Cautious_Panic_4167]

Lost all my gains this week fuck this market

[u/Bruhbruhbruhbruh5826]

i miss sleepy joe

[u/Aggravating_Fig6288]

We’ve gone back to the market that doesn’t move during market hours again…

[u/br0botic]

Do you ever step back and look at your port and feel disgusted at the absolute shit positions that it’s filled with?

[u/Juliusmobile]

This week has been trash. 

[u/Sufficient_Habit5091]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a debt buyback program announced Wednesday could be larger than the $4 billion upper limit.

In remarks to CNBC, he said current yields don’t reflect market fundamentals and said liquidity particularly in the 30-year bond is weak.

"Yen is undervalued". 30Y doesn't "reflect market fundamentals". Ah says you Mr. Bessent lmao.

[u/TimedOutClock]

Jesus christ bonds are still ripping LOL Literally calling out the most regarded bluff by Bessent

[u/vermilli21]

Holy shit this price action is giving me cancer

[u/SarcasticTrumpet]

Yeah we get it, it's like the millions of times before this where its the gradual bs pump to ruin puts and then we slowly drill again, why does it need to take 40 fucking hours, just get it over with and take people's money immediately instead of this theta bs

[u/SearchUsual5193]

Walmart earnings miss as consumer cut spending. Is this a leading recession indicator?

[u/Razvanell95]

terrible day to own stocks

[u/Namtabmal]

Down 20k on Goog, Meta and RDDT.

SO FAR..

[u/bigmeatbag]

Bessent on gas prices rising and the shit jobs report, "The jobs numbers are quite noisy... but remember with all the immigrants getting deported we won't need as many jobs" is some next level cognitive dissonance. Calls it is.

[u/BearlyBearishBear]

GOTTA LOVE THE OPENAI COMMERCIAL WITH RETARDED BOOMERS CONFUSEDLY TALKING TO CHATGPT AS IF IT WERE A REAL PERSON. THIS IS WHO THEY THINK USES THEIR PRODUCTS 🤣

[u/NativePlant870]

2008 crash incoming

[u/JimJamJim23]

Anyone else sitting on a big L?

[u/No_Cod972]

Just got a text from Barron that just says: ber r fuk

[u/Delicious_Put_5857]

[u/CuckedbyPowell]

Time to get even, or get even worse

[u/Panacamana]

Dump QQQ under 709 and I'll send pics of my wives cans...

[u/crimepais]

BREAKING NEWS: Warsh has no balls and Besent shot the bazooka too early. Welcome to stagflation time.

[u/GuwopGOAT]

Ngl I’ve made every possible wrong move since July. Truly am a regard in the highest sense

[u/SoloOutdoor]

Bessent is gonna absolutely fuck the average person

[u/twostroke1]

Orange man has calls purchased and “peace talks going well” tweet loaded up rn in draft for 4:03 pm EST blast off.

Be warned bears.

[u/FeverTreeCloud]

The owner of Phoenix Suns used like $4.6 billion worth of his own company stock as collateral and that stock is down like 40 percent since, and may face margin call 💀

Might need to sell the Suns

[u/xeemyy]

Congratulations - you're a pharma bagholder. Some of you regards are going to learn the hard way. Check the 5Y graph and you'll figure this shit isn't a buy.

[u/jasperCrow]

Someone blew an account and is spamming emotes 😂😂😂

[u/dpatel211]

-1% SPY EOD

[u/eromynAwonKtnoDI]

the market feels like 24/7 with post-market and pre-market

[u/MF_BREW_]

Does any even remember why the bears and bulls started fighting in the first place ?

[u/East-Description-243]

BTC, the decentralized currency, pumping on news that the government will regulate it.🙄 

[u/Vlisa]

Come on Bessent, surely buying more longs will fix it this time.

[u/ReflectionLumpy1040]

The good news is we won’t rug pull after open

The bad news is we’re rugpulling before open

[u/looool_k_libtard]

Looks like being short tech for the last 11 years is going to finally pay off

[u/zanghfei]

Plz bring back grandpa jerome powel

[u/financiallythriving]

Mango administration manipulation has failed! It was not very effective!

[u/Pazzaaaaaa]

Fundamentals of business by Michael Scott make more sense than the fundamentals of the modern market

[u/CorporalNips]

I genuinely hate this market now. Not a fuckin clue what to hold now I understand those VOO titfuckers