How This Options Strategy Help Me Gain $29.4K Profits & 96.4% Success Rate In 2023?

I shared in early 2023 that I started a new options trading strategy that can cover the downside (if I get the direction wrong) and capture the upside if all goes well and it is relatively low-risk as compared to other options strategies. I called it the SOP Strategy and you can read further here:My … Continue reading How This Options Strategy Help Me Gain $29.4K Profits & 96.4% Success Rate In 2023?

Welcome To Our New Community Group To Discuss Finance Related Topics & Matters

On new year's day, I went to buy 3 bottles of Manuka Honey (can only enjoy the 30% promotion with 3 bottles purchased), only to realise that I should have bought them the day before to avoid the additional 1% GST increase.Our cost of living has risen significantly over the past few years, with the … Continue reading Welcome To Our New Community Group To Discuss Finance Related Topics & Matters

I Was Margin Called & Got Liquidated For Owing My Brokerage USD1.44M | What To Do When You Get Margin Call | How To Prevent Liquidation

On 11 Jan 24, while logging into my brokerage account, I was surprised to find a notification that I was at risk of going into margins (not enough cash left and the brokerage has to lend money to you). I was surprised as I had more than 124k of cash sitting in my account earning … Continue reading I Was Margin Called & Got Liquidated For Owing My Brokerage USD1.44M | What To Do When You Get Margin Call | How To Prevent Liquidation

Trading Review Dec 23 ($6,840 Profits)

December is a good month for the US stock market, due to seasonality where stocks generally rise towards the end of the year, with the famous Santa Claus rally indicating a strong uptrend for the second half of December. Another reason that boosted investors' confidence was the Federal Reserve's signaling in December's FOMC meeting that … Continue reading Trading Review Dec 23 ($6,840 Profits)

Chicken Genius Is Right About Bitcoin, Coinbase And Rivian

Chicken Genius Singapore aka Ken Teng first shared in his comeback video on YouTube 4 months ago (30 Aug 2023) that he was bullish on crypto. He further shared on his X (Twitter) account in October that Rivian is at his buy price (5 Oct 23) and in another post, that it would outperform Tesla … Continue reading Chicken Genius Is Right About Bitcoin, Coinbase And Rivian

Trading Review For Oct (+2.8k) & Nov 23 (+2.55K)

For Oct and Nov 23, the US stock market (using the S&P500 as a reference) went through some downs and ups. I managed to generate S$2,858 and S$2,549 respectively for Oct and Nov. In this post, I would like to share my trades for reference. This is a summary of the trades for Oct 2023: … Continue reading Trading Review For Oct (+2.8k) & Nov 23 (+2.55K)

[13 Oct Trade] Sold PUT on Hersey (HSY), S.P. $220, Expiry 17 May 24

I sold a PUT contract on Hersey Co (ticket symbol: HSY) on 13 Oct 23 because I think this company has taken a hit since its all-time high of USD276.88 in March this year, due to negative news (potential competition from Mr Beast's Feastables and thus leading to loss of market share) and easing fears … Continue reading [13 Oct Trade] Sold PUT on Hersey (HSY), S.P. $220, Expiry 17 May 24

-$28,162.33 Trading Losses (Sept 23)

Sep 23 was the third month this year as well as the whole of my 3 years of trading journey that I did not have any positive cash flow coming in. I also incurred the largest (5 digits) loss for this year (2023) after losing $5.2k and $4.8k earlier this year in Feb and March … Continue reading -$28,162.33 Trading Losses (Sept 23)