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
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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)
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
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
My New Liquidity Crisis And How I Am Dealing With It
I first shared about my margins account liquidity issue when my unrealised loss in my Nvidia SELL contracts was snowballing to USD141.5k because I sold at the worst possible time and went into naked SELL CALL. Then it was Tesla's turn as the share price kept dropping and that caused my liquidity to keep dropping … Continue reading My New Liquidity Crisis And How I Am Dealing With It
My 4k Unrealized Profits Vaporized 90% In A Single Trading Day
I bought 10 Tesla OTM CALL (20 Dec 24, SP 460) on 3 July to capture the upside of Tesla, whose share price rose by more than 40% in less than a month after announcing better-than-expected delivery results. Each CALL contract costs USD400 and I paid a total of USD4,000. When the CPI results was … Continue reading My 4k Unrealized Profits Vaporized 90% In A Single Trading Day
$142k In Account, $0 For Withdrawal
I thought it may be useful to share this because this may happen to anyone who wishes to withdraw money from their brokerage and is unable to do so. As shown in the screenshots below, I had S$142k in my brokerage account. However, the cash available for withdrawal to my bank account was S$0. Why … Continue reading $142k In Account, $0 For Withdrawal
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
How A Wrong Move In Options Trading Stopped Me From Taking $66k Profit | Disadvantages (Risks) Of Selling Covered CALL Options
I accumulated 300 shares of Nvidia over 2021 and 2022 when my SELL PUT contracts were exercised. The average price of my Nvidia shares is USD 263.33. Since the start of the year, Nvidia has experienced a phenomenal rise in share price. Its YTD (Year To Date) performance is almost 200%. Based on Friday's (16 … Continue reading How A Wrong Move In Options Trading Stopped Me From Taking $66k Profit | Disadvantages (Risks) Of Selling Covered CALL Options
I Closed All My Remaining LEAPS CALL Positions At A Total Loss of SGD415K (USD306K)
I finally did it! I closed all my LEAPS CALL positions over 2 days on 13th and 15th Dec 2022 at a total loss of SGD333.8K (USD245.6K). There were contracts that I could not close because there were no more buyers, such as those expiring on Jan 23, as the current value is already $0. … Continue reading I Closed All My Remaining LEAPS CALL Positions At A Total Loss of SGD415K (USD306K)
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