I was reviewing my current holdings recently and had just only realised how much of (paper) losses I've accumulated to date. Yes, these were simply bad decisions, lack of due diligence and a bit of bad luck/timing. I've pretty much learned my lessons and wont need further remarks or questions on how I got to this situation.

Originally I wanted to post this just to get the disgusting feeling off my chest.

But then I thought, maybe someone out here has bigger (realised) loses, worse feelings, or both. But couldnt bring themselves to open a thread to let it out. After all, this is our hard earned money that we are putting in.

So lets just see where this thread goes. Maybe it can be a place for us to share our sob stories, learn from and support one another.

Or else, at least I got to vent.


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What makes you hold those shares?
Just curious

Bunch of rubbish names. Your investment thesis?

I also got the one company in your portfolio
You buy how many lot ?

Mine realized losses due to President Trump tariff



This post has been edited by ListenToTheWind: Jun 12 2025, 08:50 PM

TS must be a person who follows market news and all in when everyone is going out.

Too many lots


No chance of future recovery?

This post has been edited by RigerZ: Jun 11 2025, 09:56 PM

Yes, in the future definitely got chance.
But for now I will stay away from the market.

SCICOM at a loss - company was a good FCF generating company, however, shit happens and they lost their revenue / reduced profit,hence reduced valuation, and i'm sitting on loss.

CHINWEL - screw company, and i get screwed. Superb FCF generating company, however, shit happens in Europe, reduced in profit , lost 40% of capital ... i'm holding it coz balance sheet is still healthy

HEKTAR - shit REIT, never buy a shit REIT again.

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Rule of thumb i learn is , despite how strong their FCF flows or their cash generating ability with ability of declare dividend, if revenue drop, valuation dropped and you still suffer.
Just that got dividend to hide your tears la


This post has been edited by Haloperidol: Jun 12 2025, 07:55 AM

Not half as bad as this lad: ccn(dot)com/news/crypto/james-wynns-wipeout-buffetts-leverage-warning-strikes/

In fact, looking at your history, yours are much worst than mine... I never lost that much before... Mainly because I learnt my way trading from a smaller account to a bigger one as time goes on... I had lost as much as 8k+ once and back in my 20s, I thought it was the end of the world

These days, I stay cold and emotionless and just put it in the books...

It will be a common occurrence for larger players... You can trade each positions at thousands or tens of thousands and you just have to treat the transaction / minute / moment / day like nothing at all...

This post has been edited by Hastebreak: Jun 12 2025, 09:17 AM

avoid klse stocks.. go for us stocks for better ROI

Lost Rm 2 Mil. YOLO. TQ POTUS

This post has been edited by apieh23: Jun 12 2025, 11:55 AM

What is investment to you? 1 year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years or more?
I initially has the same thought worries on the paper loss but after talking to a friend and experience investor, look beyond your retirement age. Even you reaches 55 or 60, let the investment remains unless you really need this fund. therefore, there is no such thing is paper loss or gain

Not enough money la bos
I just buy peanut fractional share can untung ?
What stock to pick ?

amount too little for each stock. spread too much.

best to reanalyse your stocks, and redo your portfolio.

if you really want meaningful investment, do a big amount.

and yes, don't do KLSE. it's a dead market.

Me 1 stock lost 50k, when I first started investing.
We all need to learn our lesson
At least I became stronger mentally.

you have massive capital to put so much when first starting

it's ok young man. that's part of the investing in stock market. all the old experienced stock investor here and when they look at the things you posted, that's very normal.

i got lost more than RM 50k once long long time ago. life move on. it's not like you owned loan shark and buy stock and then you lose it.

Don't go YTD. Go long please

Not shy to share mine. I off loaded cap A with a lost of 9k but with their big div from many years back and quick shooting AAX. Managed to pare down that lost.

My biggest lost to date is from annjoo. Sigh


This post has been edited by Avangelice: Jun 17 2025, 11:21 AM

I worked for 15 years, all saving in FD.
I was such a fool to invest all 50k into 1 stock.

i also hv Annjoo. the darling of DIVIDEND become a SHIT in my portfolio

Yeah and you know what stings? After it's blood bath after covid, had a small window to escape with profit. I decided to hodl.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from the past, it’s that sometimes the best move is to cut your losses and reallocate the remaining funds into better-performing assets.

That’s exactly what I did, not only recovered all the losses, but ended up with a +100% return on investment. Luck helps as well

same here..

its EMO GAME. Just when we tot wah finally then we waited.

and think since i can tahan so long with loses should just wait a bit more.

Problem is i dun see market everyday. and when i take a look erm... so low its like another wait.

Yes, swing is wild over there...wild wild west...

Ur not a fool, I hv seen ppl spending 2x, 3x more than yrs on a single stock....

Rotten timing with Inari?

don't waste time on KLSE anymore la. go US stocks.

even the big companies still can hold long and get 5x or 10x. KLSE want to double up also difficult.

Very rotten. But hey it's up and down and I'm just gathering div whilst at it. Another issue is I already given up hope on klse so I haven't topped up

lets pour one out for each other

When start play stocks during mco,listen ppl or gurus..follow hype..
go buy penny stock or goreng stock,kena pay tuition fees dy..haiz..
since then,ayam only invest in gooding company with good fundamental and growth.
no dare play goreng stocks liao..lesson learned.



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My own HUGE blunder in USD, i was walking around dazed for a week - those daze 2014 when i had a direct US trading account. Lesson learned = managed the risks and downsides, and the upsides will take care of themselves in time.



i invest in US, SG, BURSA, and HK exchanges - thus, IMHO, it depends. There are kaka hyped up stocks (Enron, WorldCom, WeWork, Theranos, SerbaDinamik, CapitalA, etc.) AND good fundamental/managed public listed businesses in any markets. Also depends on the price one pays for a good biz - over pay for good biz also can die standing

i'd wager it depends if the MYR50K to 200K = their monthly, yearly or multi-years' sweat and tears to build up. for some, minimum investment they make is >MYR50K, to some it's a maximum or even a far future goal.

This post has been edited by wongmunkeong: Jun 22 2025, 04:55 PM

Still lost on genm since covid. Still holding

I am pretty much the same as TS. Not in the sense of portfolio but also negative at the moment. Only thing is I caught one big break which pretty much makes me break even. I got it on YTLPower early.

But majority of my pick all -ve.
But the banks stock I will keep to get dividend to offset losses.