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Just checked my account this morning and saw it crossed the 6 mil mark. Up over $1.1M (about 22%) just this past month. It still doesn't really feel real. I've decided that this is enough for me. I really just want to log off, spend time with my family, and travel.

I only started making consistent money when I finally learned how not to blow up my account. I stopped trying to catch insane 0DTE options plays or meme stocks a long time ago.

My whole strategy over the last couple of years has just been finding solid setups, riding the momentum (mostly tech and semis recently), and taking base hits. The biggest game-changer for me was simply cutting my losers fast. If a swing trade goes against me by a few percent, I just take the small L and get out. No holding and hoping. I took a lot of small red days, but letting the winners run over the past month is what pushed me over the finish line.

I don't use any crazy indicators, just basic support/resistance, trendlines, and protecting my capital at all costs.

I'm no genius. I just finally followed my own rules and caught a good market. Anyway, I'm out.

Good luck to everyone still trading. Protect your accounts.

Baby investor here! Reached $100 after a little more than a month. Today I’ve seen some significant gains from Lumentum.

I had started off only investing a small amount to each stock/ETF but will be investing a lot more once I get paid this week.

Some other investments I have are in VOO, VEA and NVDA. And I am looking to invest in QQQ and Google soon :)

55% Margins + 90% Insider Ownership? Found a “Shipping 2.0” play with a massive cash pile (HMR)

Just following up on that HMR interview (Heidmar) and the more I dig, the weirder the valuation gap looks. Last time I posted about the insider buying
CEO (who owns 45%) “The only thing im worried about is if i keep buying, there will be no float left” lmao
But the new updates on their business model actually make the "low float" situation even more explosive.

https://youtu.be/kETIpjOajPU?si=hilyUkZGPwGTIaRZ 

The "One-Liner" that stuck with me from the CEO:
Self funding in any environment (unlike peers) & actually “preferred the environment before Strait or Hormuz” BUT…"When rates rise, we earn more. When disruption hits... we earn even more."

why this isn't just another shipping pump: Most shipping stocks are "asset-heavy"—they own the ships, they pay the debt, and they die when the cycle turns. HMR is doing "Shipping 2.0." They are an asset-light, fee-based model. They manage the pools, the tech, and the commercial side for others.

Key points from the new update:
Insane Margins: Gross margins are consistently above 55%. Because they aren't bogged down by the overhead of owning every hull, they’re basically a high-margin tech/services company hiding in a shipping ticker.

The Cash-to-Market Cap Ratio: Their debt-free cash pile is reportedly approaching a majority of their current market cap. If you back out the cash, you’re paying almost nothing for the actual business operations.

The Insider Lock: Insiders still own over 90%. The CEO, Pankaj Khanna, is still accumulating. With a float this tight, any volume at all sends this thing vertical.

Blue Chip Trust: They aren't some fly-by-night operation. They’ve been around 40 years and manage voyages for Shell, BP, Vitol, and Saudi Aramco.

Growth Pipeline: They have 30 new build tankers entering their ecosystem over the next two years.

The Bear Case / Risks:
Liquidity: The float is so tight it’s a double-edged sword. If you’re looking to dump $1M in a single minute, you’ll move the price against yourself.(this can actually be huge positive resulting in rapid upside gains too)

Awareness: It’s a "household name in maritime, but invisible in public markets." Until the volume arrives, it stays a hidden gem.

Market Sentiment: Even though they are asset-light, the stock often trades in sympathy with the broader shipping sector, which can be volatile.

My Take: At a fraction of the sector valuation and a price-to-sales ratio that looks broken compared to their 55% margins, this feels like a "wait for the market to wake up" play. If the CEO is still buying above current prices, he clearly thinks the "fair re-evaluation" is a matter of when, not if.

Anyone else been tracking the fleet expansion or the eFleetWatch data? Curious if anyone sees a red flag I'm missing on the cash-burn side, though the "self-funding" claim suggests there isn't one.

Disclaimer: Not financial advice. Just doing my own DD on micro-caps with high insider ownership.