You’re getting a ton of downvotes, but honestly I agree. I’ve taken spirit a few times because they happened to have nonstop routes that would have been convenient for me in theory. In reality, my experience on Spirit was so bad that I’d rather have a connection on AA, UA, or DL. The staff seemed to delightfully try to make the experience as unpleasant as possible, at every step of the journey on the handful of times i flew them. And, as far as price goes… once you start paying for the upgrades like an assigned “extra space” seat or whatever they called it … compared to what I’d pay on another airline, the value prop disappeared. I’d assume the airline algorithms for AA, DL, UA do consider each other as peers … and to some extent JetBlue, Alaska, and Hawaiian. But spirit and the like were probably mostly seen as pests who were not competing in any sort of sustainable, fair, or rational way… and assumed passengers would either opt in to Spirit and just not be mainline customers… or opt out and never consider them either way.

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that's the move. give it the 3 months, rebuild the cash, and only step back in when it's a clean setup. the market will always try to bait you.

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saying actual well written and thoughtful posts that encompass how many of us feel when taking a step back is not allowed in the casino. so back to our regularly scheduled program.... wen rug pull!?

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Step 1 is to buy a bottle of whiskey

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True, how much are you gunning for early retirement? Tbh I’ve concluded step 1 is what you’re saying, a lot easier to get rich once you’re retired early and your time is free every day Honestly doing the index fund route thing takes foreeeever, maybe I’m just impatient and the big wins here don’t help whatsoever

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Why not just cut the middle step and announce a pivot to datacenters.

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Right now I'm full time trading, just love watching the charts and following the drama. Will probably be taking a step back starting this month.

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True, how much are you gunning for early retirement? Tbh I’ve concluded step 1 is what you’re saying, a lot easier to get rich once you’re retired early and your time is free every day Honestly doing the index fund route thing takes foreeeever, maybe I’m just impatient and the big wins here don’t help whatsoever

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Step 1: Be attractive Step 2: Go to Step 1

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Acknowledging your mistakes is the first step to reclaiming your financial humanity.

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