Stop following news cycles and literally just inverse this sub to make money
u/mollylovelyxx ·
Reddit — r/stocks
· April 14, 2026 at 22:01
· ⬆ 94 pts
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The post is a rant advocating for contrarian trading by doing the opposite of the prevailing sentiment on r/stocks.
The author's thesis is that extreme one-sided sentiment (especially bearishness) is a reliable contrarian indicator, and currently, the sub's persistent bearishness despite market highs signals further gains.
Quality assessment: Noise. This is anecdotal, emotional speculation with no data, research, or risk management discussion.
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It's literally that simple. I'm up 1400% since about 4 weeks ago buying calls that were expiring a couple months out just because this entire sub was 100,000% certain we were going down.
"But oil is going up guys! It has to go down!"
"Guys the president is bad! The market will go down!"
"Guys my finance text books told me the market will go down! We're going down!"
All of that is literally irrelevant. The market **always** (and if you're careful and smart enough, you'll notice this) inverses sentiment. When everyone is sure the market will go one way, it **always** goes the opposite way. In fact, it's the most reliable indication.
Despite the market nearing ATHs, people here are **still** thinking it's only a matter of time we're going to go down, and so we're going to keep going up.
This is literally so easy and yet most of you still won't do this and will continue to think "orange man bad, stock market go down", it's hilarious how people make the same mistakes over and over and still call themselves smart.
The author observes that r/stocks is overwhelmingly bearish ("100,000% certain we were going down") even as the market approaches all-time highs. The author claims this bearish sentiment is a contrarian indicator, and by taking the opposite position (buying calls), they achieved 1400% returns in a short period. Inverse the sub's bearish consensus by taking a long position in the broad market. Contrarian indicators are not foolproof and can fail during sustained trends or fundamental shifts. The author's sample size is tiny (4 weeks) and may be survivorship bias. Using short-dated options is extremely high-risk.
This Reddit post, published April 14, 2026,
features u/mollylovelyxx
discussing SPY.
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