Kevin Xu began trading in his retirement account in January 2020 with $35,000 (£26,000). Within two years the balance had passed $10M (£7.5M). It now stands at roughly $11.5M (£8.6M), most of it moved into index funds.
The former Google and Stripe engineer built a following on Reddit's WallStreetBets under the handle Sir Jack A Lot, posting every trade in full dollar amounts. He set out how he did it in a wide-ranging interview on The Iced Coffee Hour, the finance podcast hosted by Graham Stephan and Jack Selby.
