Tag: how to trade safely in options

The 6 Fatal Investing/ Trading Mistakes That Made Me Lose More Than $1M

by Jason Cai

The worst nightmare of any investor is to lose a lot of money in the stock market. In this article, I want to share with you how I lost more than $1M in the stock market over the years, so that you can prevent yourself from repeating my mistakes and losing your hard-earned money. Mistake … Continue reading The 6 Fatal Investing/ Trading Mistakes That Made Me Lose More Than $1M

USD30.5k Profits On Palantir Over Last 3 Months | How I Positioned My Trades For More Gains

by Jason Cai

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

by Jason Cai

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

Repairing My Broken Tesla CALL Options

by Jason Cai

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

by Jason Cai

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)

by Jason Cai

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)

Trading Review Nov 24 (USD4.59k Profits)

by Jason Cai

It was a good trading month (November 24), not just for the positive returns (USD4.59k) but also because I managed to break even on my losses for my options trading portfolio. This may seem like an unworthy milestone but it is significant and meaningful to me after losing more than S$400k 2 years ago when … Continue reading Trading Review Nov 24 (USD4.59k Profits)

A Milestone Achieved! (Breakeven On Options Trading Loss) | Recap Of My 4-Year Options Trading Journey

by Jason Cai

On 13 Nov 24, I reached a milestone in my options trading journey. It was the first time since Nov 2022 (2 years ago) that my total nett returns in options trading is positive, which means that I broke even on my all losses in options trading, including the huge losses of S$415k loss in … Continue reading A Milestone Achieved! (Breakeven On Options Trading Loss) | Recap Of My 4-Year Options Trading Journey