As part of my portfolio rebuilding plan, I intend to max out my Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) investment to S$200k. I applied S$20k of SSB in Feb 25 for March25 SSB and the full amount was assigned. Thus, I have S$80k of SSB in my account currently and have achieved 40% of my target. For … Continue reading SSB Update (80k/200k Completed)
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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
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
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)
Trading Review Nov 24 (USD4.59k Profits)
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
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
Fixing My Broken Palantir Trade (SELL CALL) | How To Fix A Broken Short CALL Contract?
My biggest mistake in 2021/2022 was to build up a LEAPS portfolio amounting to more than 400k and to lose all of them in 2022 bear market. My biggest mistake in 2022/2023 was to sell Covered CALL on my existing shares such as Nvidia, Palantir, Tesla at very low strike price so that I can … Continue reading Fixing My Broken Palantir Trade (SELL CALL) | How To Fix A Broken Short CALL Contract?
Trading Review Oct 24 (USD10.5k Profits)
October 24 has been quite a fruitful month for me though the last 2 weeks are seasonally the worst performing months of the year. Coupled with the US election happening in November, it is a volatile month as well. I did quite well this month, thanks to the rise in share price for Nvidia as … Continue reading Trading Review Oct 24 (USD10.5k Profits)
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