> Those who "made millions" would've had to put in a small fortune to start. The redditors dropping in a few hundred bucks If you're only willing to put a few hundred bucks towards a trade then it isn't worth the hassle of even opening a trading account. If that's all they put into it, then they must have been buying options. I can't find a historical chart of options prices right now, but a few hundred bucks of options could easily be worth six figures right now depending on when they bought it. In reality, most of the people on that sub are working with at least a few thousand dollars. Many of them are people who originally said "i'm going to put a few thousand dollars to play with in this account for fun and if I lose it all then I won't mind. If I earn anything I'll just roll those earnings into my next trade" and have, over time, increased their accounts to much more than they originally put in.