August was a good month as I made USD1.42k profits from my trading account. Out of this total profit amount, I earned USD800 from options trading while the remaining profit of USD624.86 came from shares trading.
Some of my profitable trades include:
[6 Aug 26] +USD500 Profits In A Single Day
Closed my SELL PUT contract on AMD and made USD500 in a single day.
I shared more about this trade in this article:
How I Generated a 23.8% Return on AMD Using Cash-Secured Puts ($58K Capital)
I opened another SELL PUT contract on AMD and closed it with a USD300 profits.
[31 Aug 26] +USD300 Profits, Closed My AMD SELL PUT (lock in profits before Sept)
In my second SELL PUT contract for AMD, I missed out on a USD2k profit when AMD spiked up in mid August. However, the good thing is I still managed to close with a USD300 profits before going into the seasonally weaker Sep.
In other profitable trades, I also took profits on my TGB and Palantir shares, which I share on my Patreon page on the day that I made those trades (see link below).
[13 Aug 26] +USD105 Profits, Sold TGB, Bought DBS for SRS Account
[31 Aug 26] +USD375.8, Sold 10 Shares of Palantir
After that catastrophe that happened in Feb 2025, where I lost more than USD400k in a single day, my trading journey has been smooth, with slow and steady returns, since I restarted in April 2025.
I Was Margin Called, IBKR Liquidated ALL My Positions & Realised S$540k (USD400k) Worth Of Losses
My investment capital has increased to S$118.8k now, of which 45.1k or 38% are made up of profits that I earned from trading in the last 17 months.
The net losses from options trading still stands at a whopping S$493.96k but I slowly reduce this amount month by month, year by year.
My overall net loss in trading/ investing is edging towards the -200k mark, which I hope to further reduce as I continue my investing/ trading journey.
This is my current overall investment portfolio, which contains safe assets like bonds as huge part of it as my financial safety net. The total investment capital is around S$327k.
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The day that I lost everything….
I Was Margin Called, IBKR Liquidated ALL My Positions & Realised S$540k (USD400k) Worth Of Losses
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Why I am building $120,000 of cash reserves in Singapore Savings Bonds (SSB) & 5 reasons why I think SSB is a worthy low or zero-risk investment that you can consider.
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