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Girls, is it cringy if a guy posts his trading profits on instagram

So I do trading as a side hustle and it’s been well, I’ve been making in average around $5k a week in profits sometimes more. (This is NOT an advertisement, and I do not recommend trading for anyone here, I lost a lot when I first started and has taken me a long time to become good. There’s some days where I make like $20k profit and other days where I lose $3k etc.).

But I want to start posting these profits on my instagram story like “wow what a great day $20k profit in this trade, my portfolio has finally hit $100k” etc.. mainly as I’m proud of it, but also want to see if it impresses a girl I like so I’d want her to see I’m motivated and successful without directly telling her as that can come off as a brag.

So my question is, if a guy posted his profits in trading etc on instagram story, would girls find it cringy? Would it look scammy? Would girls get the “ick” or do you think girls could be quite impressed?

Reply 1

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by Anonymous
So I do trading as a side hustle and it’s been well, I’ve been making in average around $5k a week in profits sometimes more. (This is NOT an advertisement, and I do not recommend trading for anyone here, I lost a lot when I first started and has taken me a long time to become good. There’s some days where I make like $20k profit and other days where I lose $3k etc.).
But I want to start posting these profits on my instagram story like “wow what a great day $20k profit in this trade, my portfolio has finally hit $100k” etc.. mainly as I’m proud of it, but also want to see if it impresses a girl I like so I’d want her to see I’m motivated and successful without directly telling her as that can come off as a brag.
So my question is, if a guy posted his profits in trading etc on instagram story, would girls find it cringy? Would it look scammy? Would girls get the “ick” or do you think girls could be quite impressed?

I'm a guy and it's cringe, dude if all a guy has is trading profits instead of fun times and friendships then his got no substance and girls should steer clear

Reply 2

I'm a guy but yes it's cringy. It demonstrates shallowness and preoccupation with money.

If someone I was initially interested in had their trading profits on social media I'd definitely go the other direction.
(edited 1 year ago)
Right up there with posing in front of a sports car wearing an ill-fitting suit. Excruciating.

Reply 4

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by Anonymous
So I do trading as a side hustle and it’s been well, I’ve been making in average around $5k a week in profits sometimes more. (This is NOT an advertisement, and I do not recommend trading for anyone here, I lost a lot when I first started and has taken me a long time to become good. There’s some days where I make like $20k profit and other days where I lose $3k etc.).
But I want to start posting these profits on my instagram story like “wow what a great day $20k profit in this trade, my portfolio has finally hit $100k” etc.. mainly as I’m proud of it, but also want to see if it impresses a girl I like so I’d want her to see I’m motivated and successful without directly telling her as that can come off as a brag.
So my question is, if a guy posted his profits in trading etc on instagram story, would girls find it cringy? Would it look scammy? Would girls get the “ick” or do you think girls could be quite impressed?

I’m a guy and a Tory so certainly not anti wealth but I’d hope no women would be impressed because that would be classless.

If you wish to signal your wealth it should be images of your important bucket list items. Your first property, put ‘bought my first property’, your first car, your trip to Dubai ect..

Reply 5

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by Anonymous
So I do trading as a side hustle and it’s been well, I’ve been making in average around $5k a week in profits sometimes more. (This is NOT an advertisement, and I do not recommend trading for anyone here, I lost a lot when I first started and has taken me a long time to become good. There’s some days where I make like $20k profit and other days where I lose $3k etc.).
But I want to start posting these profits on my instagram story like “wow what a great day $20k profit in this trade, my portfolio has finally hit $100k” etc.. mainly as I’m proud of it, but also want to see if it impresses a girl I like so I’d want her to see I’m motivated and successful without directly telling her as that can come off as a brag.
So my question is, if a guy posted his profits in trading etc on instagram story, would girls find it cringy? Would it look scammy? Would girls get the “ick” or do you think girls could be quite impressed?

if it's your personal profile then yeah, a bit cringy. it's always better to be a bit less direct. e.g. photos of any trips, expensive restaurants, your new car or whatever.
you could always make a side profile posting about your trading journey, some people do that and it's not as cringy then

Reply 6

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by Rakas21
I’m a guy and a Tory so certainly not anti wealth but I’d hope no women would be impressed because that would be classless.
If you wish to signal your wealth it should be images of your important bucket list items. Your first property, put ‘bought my first property’, your first car, your trip to Dubai ect..

lol dubai's got such a bad rep now i wouldn't brag about it

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