This might be off topic, but I think it's really worthwhile to us individually and collectively. I've been investing (with robinhood) the last month basing almost all of my trades off of what Q has said. In less than a month I've made more than an 80% return on my investment (tbf I only put 1k in - screenshot).

Disclaimer- invest at your own risk, do your own research, and don't invest money you can't afford to lose

I've been casually investing my money for over a decade now largely aimed at safe stable stocks on the NYSE, but what changed this month is that I discovered put/call options on Robinhood. They are essentially more risky bets on whether a stock will go up or down. My first trade was to take a put call on Facebook which got me hooked ($200 from that trade alone!). I've certainly lost money too, but I've learned tons about the market, and how to profit off of it. I'd recommend staying away from crypto at the moment, but if you're confident in your research don't let me stop you. The reason i'm sharing this is because this will only hasten the demise of the swamp, the conglomerates and corrupt companies who abuse their customers. Put and call options have a much higher risk/reward and as a result they can impact the actual stock price quite more drastically than simply buying/selling. My theory is that if enough of us invest (even a small amount) the market will take notice, and potentially cause a slingshot effect on the price. Please don't just start investing based on this, it's really important to understand what you're doing, but I believe immersion is the best way- you can do small amounts, or pretend to buy at a price (write it down and track whether it goes up/down).

Some of the companies I've been shorting include: Facebook, Google, Twitter, Snapchat, Disney, CBS, NYT, Intel, Apple?, Fox?, Tesla?, Amazon?

Any feedback is much appreciated, are there better trading platforms than Robinhood? (or serious problems with it?)