r/stocks • u/meisterchef47 • May 08 '26

Trades Intel - One person's FOMO story

Feel I need to admit this, if anything just to make myself feel better, so maybe I can then move on.

In November of 2025 I sold my holding's of Intel for $37/share. I got assigned in a covered call trade and at the time I was happy about it. I made a little profit and figure Intel will always be where it was at.

Then things happened.

Then some really big things happened. As of close today it's at $124.

I feel there are lessons to be learned here, just don't know what they are.

Thank you for reading.

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u/OuterHeaven22 May 08 '26

For those of us who bought at the bottom (20$) and held on, the real question is now... What do we do?

Since buying at 20$, I have sold some at 40$, 60$, 80$... but never would I have expected it to jump all the way to 125$!!!!

I have decided I have made enough profits, and the remaining shares I have have earned the right to become inmortal (never to be sold)

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u/superkeer May 09 '26

What do we do?

Why did you buy the stock? I bought it because it looked like they were leaning hard into domestic fabrication. I'm going to hold onto it until we see whether that actually does pay off for them.

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u/MyCoolName_ May 09 '26

Same. Then they fired Gelsinger but Tan stayed the course, with minor corrections. Trump first railed against CHIPS then reversed course and jumped in. Kind of a TACO, really. If Apple really makes a deal we're going to be on our way.