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‘I Could Lose It All Tomorrow’: The Traders Leaning In to Wild Markets

Instead of retreating to safety, some rookie traders are making even bigger, riskier bets

‘I Could Lose It All Tomorrow’: The Traders Leaning In to Wild Markets
Illustration: Emil Lendof/WSJ, iStock

When markets reeled and investors shed trillions of dollars worth of stocks one day in early April, Dan Oksnevad was still piling in on just one bet: bitcoin.

“It’s just a screaming buying opportunity,” said Oksnevad, who keeps about 90% of his seven-figure portfolio—including retirement funds—in the cryptocurrency and related stocks such as bitcoin buyer Strategy. “I’m running straight into it.” 

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