The first step towards rebuilding my investment portfolio after a shocking S$540k loss in options trading is to max out my Singapore Saving Bonds (SSB) account to the cap of S$200k. In this article, I will explain the reasons for doing so and how I plan to buy SSB over the next 6 months. I … Continue reading First Step Towards Rebuilding My Portfolio: Target 200k SSB
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I Was Margin Called, IBKR Liquidated ALL My Positions & Realised S$540k (USD400k) Worth Of Losses
I got a rude awakening on the night of 12 Feb 2025 when I logged onto my brokerage account and saw everything inside gone. This was a screenshot of my account the day before: This was what I saw on 12 Feb: My Equity with Loan Value dropped from 799k to just 86k. In my … Continue reading I Was Margin Called, IBKR Liquidated ALL My Positions & Realised S$540k (USD400k) Worth Of Losses
USD30.5k Profits On Palantir Over Last 3 Months | How I Positioned My Trades For More Gains
Palantir has been on an absolute rocketship since it reported Q2 earnings on 5th August, the fateful day of the US market flash crash due to the rapid unloading of Japanese Yen carry trade. Had I not sold my 1000 shares at USD21 that day to save my portfolio liquidity, I would be USD81k richer … Continue reading USD30.5k Profits On Palantir Over Last 3 Months | How I Positioned My Trades For More Gains
Turning Bearish On Nvidia & My Thoughts On Nvidia’s Outlook
The number one stock that has the biggest risk to my investing portfolio is Nvidia. This is because I owned 1600 shares of Nvidia, which are all on Covered CALL contracts and 14 SELL PUT contracts that are on USD256k worth of margins. The SELL PUT contracts were opened as a rectification to my mistake … Continue reading Turning Bearish On Nvidia & My Thoughts On Nvidia’s Outlook
Sharing My S$739k Investing Portfolio (Capital Allocation Into Stocks, Bond, Options & Cash) (Updated on Feb 2025)
In this post, I wish to share my capital allocation for my investment and trading portfolio. It serves as a good record and reference for me as I review my portfolio again in future. Hopefully, the strategies and philosophies that I share on how I will manage this capital will benefit you as well. Summary … Continue reading Sharing My S$739k Investing Portfolio (Capital Allocation Into Stocks, Bond, Options & Cash) (Updated on Feb 2025)
Nvidia Crashed….So Did My Liquidity…. What I Did To Rectify The Issue
On 27 Jan 25, Nvidia's share price crashed about 17% upon news that a Chinese AI company, Deepseek, was using lesser and cheaper GPUs to build a LLM (Large Language Model) that can rival ChatGPT and that raised fears that Nvidia's high end GPU may have a huge drop in demand. My portfolio is heavy … Continue reading Nvidia Crashed….So Did My Liquidity…. What I Did To Rectify The Issue
Repairing My Broken Tesla CALL Options
I bought Tesla CALL options when Tesla was trading around USD460+, anticipating that the stock would rally to USD500 by year end, but the Santa Claus rally did not happen and the stock then started to correct after the FOMC meeting. My CALL options started to lose money and I tried to roll 21 Feb … Continue reading Repairing My Broken Tesla CALL Options
Year 2024 In Review: Gains (S$91,784), Trades & Milestones
2024 has been a fruitful year as I made more than S91k (USD67.9k) from investing and options trading. The below is a summary table of the total profits for 2023 and 2024, which are also my 11th and 12th year of investing respectively. Total Profits (Options Trading) In terms of options trading, I made S$60.5k … Continue reading Year 2024 In Review: Gains (S$91,784), Trades & Milestones
Trading Review Dec 24 (USD12.2k Profits)
December 24 was another month of good returns and most of it came from taking profits off the CALL options contracts that I bought on an amazing stock, Palantir. Since the flash crash of 5 Aug, where I sold 1000 shares of Palantir shares at USD21, the stock has risen spectacularly and almost 4x the … Continue reading Trading Review Dec 24 (USD12.2k Profits)
Monthly Trading Review (Archive)
On this page, you will find the archive of all my monthly trading review for easy retrieval and reference, since I started reviewing my monthly return in 2022. If you need to refer to a particular month's profit/ loss or major milestone, the below links show all of my records. Year 2025 Monthly Review Trading … Continue reading Monthly Trading Review (Archive)
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