You may have watched the recent CNA video about this South Korean investor who used leverage to achieve his Financial Freedom Retire Early (FIRE) goal but ended up with a 6-figure USD100k loss when the market tanked. Here's the video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvsuUf-N6Eo This is a summary of the video if you do not have time to watch … Continue reading Why I Think The Investor Losing 100k Using Leverage Is Not As Bad As It Seems
The pursuit of early retirement—popularly known as the FIRE movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early)—has captured the imaginations of workers globally. But in high-cost-of-living nations like South Korea, standard savings strategies often feel entirely inadequate. For young professionals watching wages stagnate while asset and living costs soar, traditional bank savings accounts can feel like running on … Continue reading The High-Stakes Bet for Early Retirement: Lessons from a South Korean Retail Investor Using Leverage
If you’ve been watching the markets lately, you know that things can feel a bit stuck in neutral. When stock prices are moving sideways or drifting downward, a buy-and-hold strategy can feel like watching paint dry. But as cash-flow-focused investors, a quiet or choppy market is exactly where our favorite strategy shines: The Covered Call. … Continue reading Income in a Sideways Market: Why I Just Collected USD900 in Premium Selling Covered CALL Options on Palantir and Robinhood
I have started a new initiative for my Patreon members in 2026. It will contain the most valuable info that I have gathered from various reputable sources, mostly paid subscriptions, that would greatly increase the odds of profitability in trading / investing in the US stock market. If you want to trade the US market … Continue reading Explosive Stock In Second Half of 2026 *New Initiative For Patreon Members*
The US stock market has seen modest returns in the month of December and was down in mid month, before recovering towards the end of the month. The tech sector performed worse and was down more than 1.5% for the past month. In spite of the general lackluster market performance, my trading portfolio returns was … Continue reading Trading Review Dec 25 (+USD 4944 Profits)
November was the month that the US stock market started to correct, with a huge dip happening after Nvidia's earnings. While the indexes (S&P, Nasdaq) managed to recover after the dip, many stocks were still far away from their 52-week high. My profits for November 25 came mainly from taking profits on the shares that … Continue reading Trading Review Nov 25 (+USD 1282 Profits)
October 25 was a good month as I achieved almost 10% return on my current capital of USD63k. The biggest gain in a single day happened when I realised USD4.256k worth of gains by locking in the profits for some of my trades and shares as tensions rose between US and China. More info here:[10 … Continue reading Trading Review Oct 25 (+USD6,109 Profits) -> Options (+USD2,486) & Shares (+USD3,533)
On one of the biggest single-day plunges of the US stock market since liberation day on April 25, I registered one of my highest single-day gains (USD4.256k) by exiting some of my profitable positions in my trading portfolio. [10 Oct 25] +USD4.256k Profits, Take Profits on Shares and Options Positions This is in stark contrast … Continue reading 10 Oct 25 (+USD4.25k) Vs. 5 Aug 24 (-USD38k)
September 25 brought me a decent return in my trading despite it being a seasonally underperforming month. The returns from stock trading were almost similar to those from options trading, clocking more than USD 900. I realised that in good months, options trading tends to outperform stock trading, probably due to the power of leverage, … Continue reading Trading Review Sept 25 (+USD1,853 Profits) -> Options (+USD934) & Shares (+USD919.5)
I recently tried using a new options strategy, which is the BULL CALL Spread (BCS) Strategy. It is a bullish strategy that involves both buying and selling CALL options at different strike prices on the same expiration date. Read more here: How Does Bull CALL Spread Work? The companies that I used BCS on include … Continue reading I Bought BULL CALL Spreads (Jan 28) On Robinhood, Palantir, BMNR, Oracle & LEAPS CALL On Sofi
