Daily Discussion Thread for February 20, 2026

[+101] u/AndThisGuyPeedOnIt: GDP so bad that Pam Bondi said we should be talking about the Epstein Files [+88] u/daviper87: remember... you're reading the takes of glue sniffing high school dropouts [+82] u/OSRSkarma: GDP: +1.4% vs. +3.0% expected Final Sales: +1.2% vs. +2.6% expected Consumer Spending: +2.4% GDP Deflator: +3.7% vs. +2.9% expected PCE Price Index: +2.9% vs. +2.8% expected Core PCE: +2.7% vs. +2.6% expected [+75] u/awetfartruinedmylife: Years spent on this planet: 34 Transactions completed using corn: 0 [+58] u/jonneh: Good morning, good morning # > Hypothetically if someone was accused of having sex with goats by over 30 different people and regularly denied it, but also dropped very public hints about how much he liked to have sex with goats for decades, and ran a goat pageant to find the best looking goats, and was best friends with someone who got convicted of fucking goats and trafficking goats to friends all over the world who also liked to fuck goats, and his name was in the classified goat fucker chronicles 5,000 times, and he wished other goat fuckers well in prison, what do you think the odds are that person is also a goat fucker? [+54] u/Internal_Field5970: Iran about to find out how America gets out of a recession [+51] u/Chlo-Motion: GDP growth of 1.4% still higher than the growth rate of WSB traders' portfolios [+47] u/YourCautionaryTale: If I were a smart man I'd take out my money and wait until Monday to make any plays.  But if I were a smart man I wouldn't be commenting here, would I? Full porting 681's at open, I guess. [+46] u/sandygws: ➖➖➖🟩🟩➖🟩🟩 ➖➖🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ➖🟩🟩⬜⬛⬜⬜⬛🟩 ➖🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟥🟥🟥🟥 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [+39] u/Previous-Device-4604: Hi guys I just want you to all know I am not Indian [+36] u/Nervous-Basis-1707: Maybe u fuckers should’ve just voted for the black Indian woman [+35] u/RIPSAREFUTING: brb, drawing some lines on my charts to validate my biases [+34] u/BFox1982: Did anybody else see the clip where Les Wexner's attorney whispered in his ear, "I'll fucking kill you if you answer another question with more than 5 words?" Fucking wild. [+28] u/VirgillMastercard: The age of man is over. The age of ber has begun. [+24] u/-TiV: We’re 100% bombing Iran over this [+24] u/HedgehogIll7915: Dump at open to 679. 685 by lunch… 683 close. I’m a retarded genius [+24] u/Bapu_: Why is the government releasing bad numbers They were supposed to cook the books [+24] u/Sick0h: Bad GDP, finally something to surge us past 700 [+23] u/Extreme_Green_1708: “Bombing won’t work, aliens is our only hope to distract from the files sir” “HEGSHITTTTT RELEASE THE ALIENS” [+23] u/vermilli21: The amount of people thinking they will have tariff ruling result is too damn high. Scrotum boy is gonna delay it again until end of year [+23] u/Delicious_Put_5857: most retarded truth social you've ever read incoming [+23] u/fuckyeahmageknight: The takeaway here is that it takes nearly a year for the Supreme Court to act against something blatantly illegal [+22] u/Commercial_Seat_3704: We are probably already in a recession between declining GDP and fake job reports [+22] u/Mr_Worst_Timing: 2027 will be my year. [+22] u/Calistaline: >The Government thus concedes, as it must, that the President enjoys no inherent authority to impose tariffs during **peacetime** Guess Tehran is getting nuked tonight. [+21] u/Vikkio92: European pump then American dump *every fucking day for the rest of our lives* [+21] u/WeakPeak1015: why would Joe Biden do this to the GDP numbers? [+21] u/myironlung6: Oops they released the actual numbers not the cooked ones LMAO [+20] u/awetfartruinedmylife: The fact that SPY is not exactly S&P divided by 10 pisses me off [+20] u/Urzuck: And these are the cooked ones, imagine what actually the real ones look like. [+20] u/Metacog_Drivel: He's failed at damn near everything in life. The only thing the guy is good at is grifting. If he didn't inherit hundreds of millions of dollars he'd be working in a pawn shop or some other sleezy job. [+20] u/CMDR_Shepard96: MSFT really is dead.. shit barely has a pulse [+20] u/JuggernautFront1190: I hope I didn't just pop this Adderall for no reason [+20] u/followedbymeteor: Literally every person mad the tariffs got struck down is an abject fucking idiot. Every single one [+20] u/Internal_Field5970: The conservative playbook Burn money and economy Recession Invade Middle East to get out of it Repeat this every new president [+18] u/Val44x: Half the consumer spending Half the gdp More inflation Weren’t we supposed to get 2k stimulus checks? And now we are 3 days from nuking Iran? 🤨🤔🧐 [+18] u/DelaCruza: So the US missed earnings? [+17] u/Dizzy-Green-3188: I miss when I could close my eyes, pick a ticker, and gain 15 percent per week last year [+17] u/CanadianAbroad7: Holy crap! They actually upheld the law and defied a president. Didn’t see that coming [+17] u/Big-News-2704: 🥭 is the greatest fuck up in American presidential history. Time to refund all those tariff money bro [+17] u/OnceALoser: Dear Market Gods, please close SPY at 690 so I can sell my calls. I swear I won’t buy calls for the next two days. [+17] u/Bizonistic: didn't Mango promise 10% GDP growth? Why are we 700% less than that? [+16] u/Country_Gravy420: WE ARE GOING TO FUCK UP IRAN!!! PASS THE COKE! Pete Hegseth on this morning's Signal chat [+16] u/Internal_Field5970: I’m scared My stomach is fucked [+16] u/fredditf: Core PCE Price Index (MoM) (Dec) 0.4% vs 0.3% EST Core PCE Price Index (YoY) (Dec) 3.0% vs 2.9% EST GDP (QoQ) (Q4)(p) 1.4% vs 2.8% EST [+16] u/pussinbuuts: literally all bad news today calls it is i guess [+16] u/Dawnoftheman: Trump is definitely bombing Iran in retaliation today 🤣🤣 [+15] u/Ascertion: lol nearly a trillion in AI capex by the mag7 and GDP still came in low [+15] u/Realistic_Manner238: Bulls are about to eat well this weekend [+15] u/probablyuntrue: Look man, we may be about to invade Iran and the economy is in the shitter But I get to be in a parasocial relationship with a chatbot so it’s all worth it [+15] u/BarbellPadawan: Imagine having as much power as POTUS and understanding nothing about macroeconomics [+15] u/LeBhikariLe: ~3k comments before market open, you know the day is going to be spicy [+15] u/Sick0h: Breaking news: 6 Supreme Court justices under investigation by the DOJ [+15] u/Swiftnice: I'm gonna guess the supreme court is just going to delay their tariff decision until the end of 🥭's term [+14] u/shinigami_2245: Pre-market analysis: not going high enough for calls to print, not going low enough for puts to print. Consensus: everything expires worthless [+14] u/rcantu314: This is the flattest start to the 3% day I was promised [+14] u/AndThisGuyPeedOnIt: REAL GDP NUMBERS ACCIDENTALLY RELEASED: NO ONE HAS MONEY/JOB [+14] u/Deadsea3132: SCOTUS ruling against tariffs will cancel out the shitty GDP report [+14] u/boardatwork1111: SLEEPY JOE SENDS HIS REGARDS, FUCK YOUR TARIFFS [+14] u/Whiterossy: the market is staying retarded longer than I can stay retarded, what do [+14] u/anonkraken: If this was 2022, we'd be down 2.5% on that print. [+14] u/BarbellPadawan: Early morning WSB is the best. Right about now it starts to get a little too regarded. [+14] u/Hot_Philosopher_6558: Maga fans are weird. They say they hate communism, claim the goverment steals money. Now the supreme court ruled Trump current tariff policies illegal and they are mad that the Trump admin now is not able to steal money from companies anymore? Weird people [+14] u/SkylarB02: Tariffs on: -20% Tariffs kil: +.02% [+14] u/hioman01: From +0.6% to -0.2%, Ameritards won again. [+14] u/BarbellPadawan: The fact we’re only red by a few points is kind of insane actually. These numbers are terrible. [+13] u/gami2billy: **It's MY TARIFF MONEY and I NEED IT REFUND NOW** [+13] u/J_da_CPA: SCOTUS actually did the right thing. I’m impressed lmao [+13] u/throwawaydonaldinho: Day plan: Pump on cooked GDP then fade cause no one believes. Dump on tariffs Pump on aliens either way Iran turned to glass after hours. I will be on the wrong side of all of these somehow. [+13] u/Visible_Sentence_399: If I saw my son on that video of that frat basement in Iowa I would beat the shit out of him and then disown him The embarrassment knowing you raised a dumbass would be too much to bare [+13] u/brute-forced: Trump-cession is now upon us. Batton down the hatches folks, the 7th casino is going bankrupt [+13] u/Medical-Analysis-554: The biggest risk the market still has not priced in is that the government may not ride to the rescue of a recession like in recessions past under both R and D. That would require admitting a problem and course correcting. Ego won't allow that. We'll be told it's Biden, it's immigrants, its blue state governors or the Fed. That CNN made it up. But once the interest rate bullets have all been spent the next steps require admitting fault and that will never happen. [+13] u/CDulst: Might aswell declare bankruptcy before the casino even opens. [+13] u/Same_Bag711: Using 10B of US money to fund a private, non checks and balances organization ran by the sitting US president may be the most openly corrupt thing that’s happened with this shit so far and that’s saying something. People who look at this and defend it while they struggle behind the Wendy’s dumpster genuinely can’t have an IQ over 70 [+13] u/d33p7r0ubl3: Took CNBC 15 mins to report on what other news outlets and X reporters reported immediately. What a bunch of goons [+13] u/Careless_Ad6067: The truth social tantrum is going to be legendary [+13] u/ReversingCloud: 🥭: "I don't remember promising Americans $2,000 checks" And they say Biden has dementia [+13] u/someguy984: We are liberated from tariffs! [+13] u/silverfutes: Gov imposes tariffs: businesses raise prices. Gov removes tariffs: businesses raise margins. [+13] u/Disc0Disc0Disc0: Was it coincidence they released their tariff decision same day as GDP numbers [+13] u/OrdinaryMix4013: #lmao king retard said he has a concept of a backup plan LMAOOOO [+13] u/BadBoyBilbo: I’m sure the Trump team is plotting a calm and measured response. [+13] u/huphill: For lent, i’m giving up my money. Whether i want to or not. [+13] u/Electrical-Prize5445: How is the market pumping on bad data?? [+13] u/CigInside: I don’t understand the concern with gdp. If you remove all the parts that are down, gdp is actually a huge beat [+13] u/Round-Huckleberry570: Idgaf who’s the next president but please make him someone under 50 for fucks sake [+13] u/KittyLover-7: Please Donnie just accept this as a way out and end the suffering you fat cunt [+13] u/Tall_Helicopter_833: Iran gonna get bombed due to an incoming man baby tantrum in the White House. [+12] u/Emilio___Molestevez: WHAT THE FUCK IS A BOND ANYWAY AND WHY DOES THEIR AGE MATTER [+12] u/Aggravating_Fig6288: Let’s see you have Cooked numbers which are already bad meaning it’s a lot worse than reported Supreme Court which ain’t gonna rule on anything so they don’t have to take responsibility for tariffs New puppets being installed into the Fed soon Iran getting attacked in the next few days And Opex today Clearly, the answer is calls [+12] u/Budget-List-1214: The US government is cooking the books. Absolutely fucking crazy that this is what we've come to. [+12] u/ProudPeak3570: "The stock market added $**9** **trillion** in value. I added $**9** **trillion** in value **to** your **savings**." This is a real quote from orange man. I cant even [+12] u/astromouse2024: OH SHIT SCROTUS ACTUALLY DID IT’S JOB [+12] u/2AMTrader: Trumps diaper is full of shit [+12] u/NazgulSandwich: 🥭gonna blast off the most retarded tweet you’ve ever heard in response to the GDP number. “We’re going to be executing Powell on live tv for his crimes, rates will be set to -10%” [+12] u/nthnreallymatters: how can anyone be hopeful about the future with the state of things rn [+12] u/2keyed: Fox News was so cocky saying if we just have 3.5% GDP every quarter for 30 years we outgrow the debt it’s so easy [+12] u/br0botic: Supreme Court justices about to be indicted for mortgage fraud [+12] u/Impressive-Mud-3362: Now all the retailers will lower the prices because they don't have extra overhead https://preview.redd.it/zi10fyy54okg1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=47efd177547cec332d2cd67f80c317f439ee9ef7 [+12] u/aaapod: state of the union is gonna be one long tantrum [+12] u/broke_person: PUMP IT. RECESSION CANCELLED. WAR CANCELLED. AI BUBBLE CANCELLED. MONEY PRINTER BRRRR [+12] u/ihopethisworksfornow: Nothing says “bullish” like having to renegotiate dozens of trade deals that you *just* negotiated because your own courts said your strongarming tactics used for negotiations were illegal. [+12] u/TakeThatBro: The fart of the deal [+12] u/ShittyUsernane1222: 🥭: \*tries to halve the value of the dollar to double stocks and economic numbers\* result: \*halves both leading to a stagflationary Argentinian situation\* [+12] u/ItsyBitsySPYderman: The first move is always fake. *laughs nervously* haha [+12] u/Worried_Quarter469: Buffett was right. Time to retire and die [+12] u/unique_ptr: we fucked over trading partners and destroyed international relationships for nothing. absolutely nothing. hahahahaaaaaa kill me [+12] u/ryan325_: We definitely blowing Iran up this weekend now [+11] u/BFox1982: Desperately trying to hold my shit in til I get to work. Nothing more satisfying than pooping on the clock. ⏰️ [+11] u/whitewashedsyrian: Cheap Friday options + volatile economic data = regards dream. OPEN THE CASINO!!! [+11] u/Previous-Device-4604: Some of you idiots have never committed fraud and it shows [+11] u/gkdjsl: Jerome is going to stop shaving and he's going to show up to the Fed meetings in a wifebeater [+11] u/ShittyUsernane1222: Im calling it now. fake green candle on market open before accelerated dumping (TM) starts. [+11] u/LumpyShock9656: An actual check on 🥭 power? What is this reality? [+11] u/A_Guy_Oz: Can’t wait for the porn adaptation *00-700 The SPY who edged me* [+11] u/ConstantEfficiency83: Oof! Hot inflation and missed GDP number by a fuck ton [+11] u/Ghost-1969: https://preview.redd.it/oco257o0knkg1.jpeg?width=658&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7eea378933e92b89b00081eeecc7f8d476f59256 [+11] u/PickleRickleTV: Who would’ve thought all this tariff business was bad for business? Well, everyone except for the great and glorious 🥭 apparently… [+11] u/severed02: Rotation out of 45 P/E tech companies like NVDA and into 45 P/E staples like Walmart. Brilliant. [+11] u/DonDiabloTheGreat: Market can’t hurt me anymore. My calls are already worthless [+11] u/kaapooj: US markets now have now no growth + Trump risk (equities, USD) [+11] u/joe_deertay-: Supreme Court said trump is a little bitch [+11] u/Mobile_Collection646: i believe 🥭 is gonna strike iran now more than ever today [+11] u/No-Use2860: "U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters in January that the Treasury can easily cover any tariff refunds, though he is confident that the Supreme Court will uphold the IEEPA tariffs."  Ahh yes, the rare double regard. [+11] u/Prestigious_Ad3896: its insane how difficult it is to remain calm and not let greed destroy you [+11] u/gkdjsl: Confiscate the money raised by the "Board of Peace" to refund the tariffs [+11] u/KittyLover-7: THE DOW IS UNDER 50K [+11] u/probablyuntrue: Constitution: only congress can enact tariffs SCOTUS: still 6-3 Lmao what a joke [+11] u/OrangMiskin: Some of you still gurgling that 🥭 dick and it shows [+11] u/Key_Abroad7633: I just lost everything on puts [+11] u/Bob_the_peasant: “We won’t be lowering prices because everyone is used to it now lmao get fucked” -every consumer facing business [+11] u/Vega10000: Not a great week for the pedo islanders huh [+11] u/KittyLover-7: He’s suspiciously quiet after such a decision [+11] u/Mellow_Toninn: 🍊 voters are so stupid I’m sobbing 😭🙏 [+11] u/Dennistheemennis: https://preview.redd.it/q1t4dlvveokg1.jpeg?width=588&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a270bef404edbad688151e1c6cec9c44d0eabd7 [+11] u/eyerollingsex: Market realizing it’s all a shit show [+11] u/orsomeshitidk: I’m gonna make money today and there’s nothing the pedos can do to stop me 🤡 [+11] u/knoqd_: > JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump says the Democrat shutdown cost the US "at least two points in GDP." [+11] u/After_Fee8244: US GDP ANNUALIZED (Q/Q) Q4 A: 1.4% (EST 2.8%; PREV 4.4%) - GDP PRICE INDEX: 3.6% (EST 2.8%; PREV 3.8%) - PERSONAL CONSUMPTION: 2.4% (EST 2.4%; PREV 3.5%) - CORE PCE PRICE INDEX(Q/Q): 2.7% (EST 2.6%; PREV 2.9%) ... Ohh wow, it’s bad lmao. [+11] u/tommyboy441: “Too Late Powell” Trump is getting lazy on his name calling. [+11] u/probablyuntrue: Telling myself the 4:30pm Friday meeting with my boss and HR is no big deal 🥰 [+11] u/civillyRange: Core PCE Price Index MoM For Dec. Prior Revised From 3.7% To 4.7% Whoops. 🥭 fat fingered a 3 instead of a 4 little mistake [+11] u/MoreOutcome8541: Bols, typing ‘believe it or not calls’ and then crossing your fingers isn’t gonna work this time [+11] u/Play_Background: bad data on friday, pump. disgusting [+11] u/Wide_Neighborhood_49: Lol. I literally bought spy 684 puts right before that pump. I'm the fucking worst [+11] u/Micheal_Hancho: Did tariffs just get illegal? [+10] u/Star_Lord924: Going to take my profits today and buy a plush monkey to carry around. [+10] u/Recent-Animator6941: SPY gonna bounce around 680-700 range for the next 50 years. All options are going to zero America is doomed [+10] u/KittyLover-7: Bubble popping on mangos watch and he gave you tariffs as the icing on the cake Talk about throwing fuel onto a fire [+10] u/Zimoula: Never buy 0dte calls/puts before 9:45 am [+10] u/whitehypeman: Now that the dow is under $50k, can we start investigating pedos? [+10] u/Bichael-Murry: CAN'T WAIT FOR 🥭 LOSING COMPLETELY ON TRUTH SOCIAL LMAO [+10] u/lupinle1: Woah the Supreme Carehome actually did their job. [+10] u/nemo_hoesss: Theta day and then magically at 4:01 we are gonna get the tariff ruling along with breaking news of Iran bombing. [+10] u/dudeondacouch: Celieve it or not, balls. [+10] u/Sensitive_Pilot3689: I heard 🥭 shits his pants because one of the Epstein kids kicked a wooden stake up his anoos and he was airlifted to a hospital. Sad! [+10] u/PureOrangeJuche: The riggers fat fingered the fake GDP and typed 1.4 instead of 4.1 [+10] u/PureOrangeJuche: Funniest outcome is Trump screams that the numbers are fake, SC rules tariffs are illegal, Trump runs out to say he’s imposing new tariffs under a different authority, bombs start falling in Tehran, and dad comes home from the corner store [+10] u/BigBritches619: Who cares about gdp i thought we were gonna talk about aliens today [+10] u/BarbellPadawan: Our figure skater gold medalist looks insanely athletic. Congrats to her on the win! [+10] u/cryptopolymath: GDP numbers suggest don’t go fishing around the Straits of Hormuz this weekend [+10] u/Glock7enteen: I miss May - September 2025. Easiest trading period I ever had, market literally just went up every day [+10] u/DelaCruza: Bearish sounds like the obvious play , so calls? [+10] u/ComfortablePiglet842: People went to bed with spy up$1.50 and waking up now to it being absolutely gapped [+10] u/HanzDiamond: how can GDP go down I've been here every day [+10] u/Specialist_Fig9458: Please Mr. President 1.4% GDP growth is just too much winning 😭 [+10] u/br0botic: Watch this shit pump for no reason [+10] u/Cstooby: Lol green soon. Can't make this shit up. Fucking horrible data pump. Good data complete shit show. [+10] u/obamakare: Option ratio is 3.07 puts to calls. Wild [+10] u/CUbuffGuy: Why even put out data if it doesn't fucking matter [+10] u/CalRippedken: The real secret to generational wealth is being born generationally wealthy. Thank you for your attention to this matter [+10] u/Red_Zone_Broly: #*TRUMP’S GLOBAL TARIFFS STRUCK DOWN BY US SUPREME COURT [+10] u/DogJizzEclairs: HOLY SHIT LIKE 350% up on my 0DTEs in 2 minutes 🤣🤣 [+10] u/clubdirthill: he’s going to nuke Iran after this isn’t he [+10] u/BigShmokeBuffer: OH MY GOD! I’M FINANCIALLY RUINED …wait…nvm …wait… That’s what you retards sound like [+10] u/Tis_But_A_Scratch___: 6-3 decision. 3 still tried to make it happen. [+10] u/Diamondhands4dagainz: Market is nuts, we get tariffs and the market pumps, tariffs get shut down and the market pumps [+10] u/OrdinaryMix4013: they probably havent told donny about it yet LMAOOOOOO [+10] u/KnewTwoDiss: LOL this is insane. Market does not know what to do. the IV is insane. Iran, Tariffs, GDP, PCE, etc... Yikes. [+10] u/Mysterious_Ad6637: [ Removed by Reddit ] [+10] u/followedbymeteor: This country is such a fucking clown circus. The supreme court should have never had to even hear this case. It's fucking obvious to everyone who took a freshman level government class that the president can't just tariff every country on earth because he feels like it. Get these fucking idiots out of the white house [+10] u/jlw993: Aliens, WW3, illegal tariffs, terrible GDP Market ain't got a clue what to do [+10] u/MasterElite1: >TRUMP SAYS HE HAS BACKUP PLAN FOR TARIFFS AFTER RULING: CNN I triple your oil price. Hehehe. [+10] u/ARSC_RexH: That blood pressure has to be dangerously high right now. [+10] u/cbusoh66: I am no China simp (fuck you mods), but Xi looks like a genius now not engaging this moron... [+10] u/BurstingTitan88: You know 🥭 is cooking up the most unhinged Truth post right now [+10] u/ReversingCloud: Our fucking political system is a joke RFK is bringing back cancer Kristi Noem killed her own dog Nancy Mace looks like a failed abortion When will we have a government that cares about us [+10] u/rTpure: Everyone is patiently awaiting for some deranged verbal diarrhea from POTUS [+10] u/bearwithme23: everything pumping but my regard stocks [+10] u/LeBhikariLe: some say, he is still typing a new TruthSocial post [+10] u/Tay_Tay86: The tariffs might be struck down but countries who made different trading partners won't revert. So this is just a giant net negative [+10] u/Successful-End7689: IM NOT SELLING A SINGLE FUCKEN PUT (I should’ve sold) [+10] u/Ok_Wealth_3433: I have been sent to Iran wish me luck [+10] u/Sick0h: SC ruling has left 🥭 speechless! You won’t believe what happens next. 🇮🇷 💣 [+10] u/SaveTheAles: Supreme Court had to wait til Dow was below 50000 to release ruling. [+10] u/Able-Breadfruit-5981: Trump must be cooking up something wild if it's taking this long. [+10] u/brookedow: Selling on the news… War with Iran… [+10] u/BrandonLeeOfficial: 🅱️magine being born a Prince and still fcking that up. lmao. [+10] u/SeaweedOnly7656: bers r fukt, Bolls are fukt, we r fukt [+10] u/anonj707: bols couldn’t stfu 30 minutes ago lmao