I’m still new to investing — at least to what I’d call proper investing.
Previously, my so-called “strategy” was really just guesswork. I’d buy well-known stocks or look at random share price charts, by buying when the price dropped a lot and avoiding anything at an all-time high. No real plan. No structure. Just instincts.
That changed after I read a few books that opened my eyes to the many strategies out there — from capital gain plays to dividend-focused stocks to quant-style trading. Those books gave me a glimpse of what serious investing could look like, and that’s when I decided to treat this journey more seriously.
I also had a nudge from a friend who encouraged me to dedicate some time to investing and trading outside of my full-time job. That’s how we ended up spending a few mornings each week in a Family Mart, digging into strategies and trying to build a portfolio from scratch.
We didn’t manage to finish that portfolio — at least not the way we initially planned. Instead, we decided to get a head start by trying K2Robot trading by ChartNexus on the Tiger platform. It was a faster way to get our feet wet while continuing to learn. Each of us invested about 10k MYR (total up 4,6k USD into Tiger Plarform for a start in Mar2025).
Then came the Outlook 2025 event by Piranha Profits. I joined mainly because my friend invited me, but I left with a whole new level of motivation. One speaker in particular really caught my attention — a Vietnamese options trader who shared his story of going from extreme hardship after the war to becoming a multi-million-dollar options trader. His story, along with the appeal of high leverage in options trading compared to stocks, inspired me to sign up for an options trading course. I paid about USD 1,8k for the course and the journey started.
I’ll be honest — I couldn’t wait to start. Even before finishing the course, I jumped into options trading and made my first few trades. With the help of the learning materials available in Moomoo Trading App, I started to get a better grasp of how options trading works and began to understand a few key strategies. Slowly, things started to click — from basic calls and puts to more structured strategies, like vertical spread a start.
In my next post, I’ll share the details of the first three options contracts I bought [My First 3 Options Trade] — and how they turned out.
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