How The First Turtle Was Born

From 2022-2025, I filled my days with 0 days to expiry options trading…

I wanted to break my own addictive cycle in a way that was convincing and addressed the root problems so that I wouldn’t relapse in the future again. I knew that in order to break the cycle I needed to fill my time with other fulfilling things, but when all you’ve known for the past years is screen watching, charting, technical analysis, fundamental analysis, looking for and studying possible patterns, it becomes harder to flip the switch into a completely new, normal life. That is why I started Hopeful Turtles. There is not much help out there for people who feel lost or behind in life because of their poor choices. I want to create a platform where we can all support eachother as a community, build towards a succesful financial future and a life filled with more meaningful activities that make it so you don’t fall behind in health, finance or life experiences. I want this community to be supportive and to motivate eachother to rebuild their lives into a proud life over a long term horizon.

I Was Lost Too

From 2022-2025 I filled my time with 0 days to expiry options trading for the S&P 500. In a way it was worse than a casino. Because it gives the blind confidence that it’s not pure luck, but an actual skill that you can learn. That is one of the many traps that modern forms of gambling possesses. “Maybe if I just get good?” “If this next one goes perfectly, I can make back all my losses” “If I keep going then it was really just lessons” “I can’t go back now, I’ve already lost too much”. But none of that can be further from the truth, because as with all gambling oppurtunities that are able to make you money, there’s always a catch that makes it statistically favored for the house to win. Whether that be the options dealers, the institutions behind the crypto alghorithms or the litteral casino themselves. It’s meant to be against your odds of winning. If it wasn’t, then they would lose money, and if that was the case there would be no casino’s to begin with. Casino’s only exist if they make the casino money. Please understand this. 

The Moment Everything Changed

It was my third year of options trading when I went for a big trade. I thought “I’m going all in and if this just goes my way then all my problems are fixed.” and I did this many times actually in 1 month. My money fluctuated from 32k to 10k to 25k back to 12k back to 20k and that’s when my final trade happened. “I just want my 32k back and then I’ll quit.” Of course, when I had the 32k I didn’t quit either, so I knew deep down it was a lie, but I went for one big trade, which would later prove to be my final one. I entered the position, closed my phone, checked back in 2 hours later and started freaking out. My last remaining $20k of life savings had turned into $5000. I started panicking and stressing out. Selling what was left. If I had held that position, it would have turned into $0 by the end of the day. This shows how destructive my life trajectory had gotten. And I had to sit there later in the day with the realization that “Wow.. the third year in a row where I had slaved away full-time at my job for basically nothing.. Another third year of losing everything I had built because I chose the get rich quick path..” 

I realized then that if I kept going on that path, that it would not just be my third year, but also my 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, 20th year in a row where I would have worked at my job for free just to lose it all in modern forms of gambling, assuming I wouldn’t have harmed myself along the way. I knew that wasn’t what I wanted. And I knew that the best time to stop gambling was always the previous year, and the second best time was today. I let it all go, and got angry at the world for not having enoug help outlets against modern forms of gambling. And that’s when I got the idea of Hopeful Turtles. I didn’t agree with feeling hopeless. I knew there was still time to fix it if I completely reset and change my entire way of thinking. I started working on the concept and a smile began to show on my face. I knew I could really change the destiny’s of many people with this website. There were moments where I thought “Should I try to gamble this last 5000 to make back some of my money?” 

But those thoughts were ultimately beaten in a long tug of war mental battle by my big desire to be the leader in stopping this vicious cycle for myself, and for many others such as you dear reader. I will teach you how to fix this harmful get rich quick mindset, and prove to you the truth which your brain won’t accept yet. Which is that getting rich quick was never possible in any of our realities.. But getting rich slow is the reality that I will gift you. Through mindset shifts on how to safely invest money. Get rich quick? No, get rich slow. Get rich safe.

Rebuilding for Adults Who Feel Behind

As an adult life can be extremely tough. You may have been repelled by the idea to work for a boss or to study. You may have gotten fired often, or dropped out of school. You may have pursued a passionate dream, only for it to fail. And in all these cases it means you invested years into something that ultimately failed and didn’t amount to anything. The worst part in this case is to look over to some of your old friends, peers, family members or classmates and to see how they are thriving in a stable life with a nice job and income, which makes you wonder “Why didn’t I just do that…?”. 

But do not feel shame, for your courage to have chased your dreams. Do not feel regret for not wanting to work for a boss. That is the fire inside of you speaking. However as we all know, fire can help fuel energy, but it can also burn everything to ashes. You need to learn how to control that fire. I want to help you with that. My vision for Hopeful Turtles is that it becomes a one stop shop for guidance to adults who feel lost and behind in life because they have taken such risks that backfired. I want you to stand tall and proud for living a life so unique. We will help you rebuild, slowly, block by block, to make sure your new building called life stands tall. But it requires a mindset shift. It requires a dopamine shift. It requires you learning to love peace, not problems. Once you are rebuilt and have a responsible mindset of living, you can apply those lessons into chasing your dreams in responsible ways. 

What Makes Us Different

I’m not here to sell you fish, I’m here to teach you how to fish. If you are broken, I mean to restore you to your worth. If you are lost, I want to help guide you to the right path, which you intended to walk on from the first day you started your journey. If you seek guidance, I hope to provide it. If you seem hopeless, I intend to rejuvinate you with true hope. I want to help you become of proud of the life you’re living.