I have had many ups and downs of the year. But to survive and thrive in the markets, you need to have guts and be persistent. You will be rewarded. My journey so far: 2023: just graduated from high school and started my first job as an academic tutor. put around $1000 into my phantom account, got lucky and it turned to $20,000. This was all unrealized and I shortly lost it all. 2024: My portfolio hit $40,000. This was when I was heavy into $TSLA and $MSTR. These stocks boomed and reached ATH the months leading up to Trump's victory as 47th POTUS. 2025: Lost 75% of my portfolio to call options and playing leverage on $BTC. I was doing so well. 40k at 20 years old but got too greedy. I wanted to reach 100k quickly that I lost sight of what mattered most: doing proper due diligence on stocks and being patient. 2026: Learnt concept of "buy into strength, sell into weakness". Took a $20,000 loan from the bank and promised myself to use it wisely and not go bust. Many would say this is stupid but I believe in myself. I am young and willing to take risks. Bought $2000 worth of $DELL options and it turned into $25,000. This time, I did not get too greedy and sold for realised gains. My portfolio reached ATH of $50,000. Then came June/July. My portfolio was comprised of high beta stocks ($AMKR $VPG $NBIS to name a few) and I went down 50%. This was unfortunate and once in a lifetime sort of sell off. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs both said it was the worst momentum sell-off in the history of the stock market. Due to risk management and "selling into weakness", I did not go bust (thank goodness) but I learnt some important lessons. Now I have $25,000 to my name ($22,000 in my IBKR and $3,000 in my savings account). Due to recent volatility, I sold my positions once I am sitting almost 100% in cash. I will be smart, do proper due diligence and buy into strength once market stabilise. I love the markets! It's all I think about. Due to such passion, I was able to study finance at Wharton, something I am grateful for. I am no longer in the States though. Follow me along the journey. I will be completely transparent and plan on sharing my insights. I want to be as active as possible and grow my account over the coming years. I know this has been a long post but I am in a state of flow right now haha and just writing what is on my mind right now. Thanks for those who stayed and read the entire piece.

Market is very choppy. Rates are an issue! Yields must come down (driven of course by resolution of Iran war)

I genuinly love the markets so much! I love listening to earnings reports, researching stocks and studying the financial health of companies. I think about stocks every day non-stop haha. Is something wrong with me 😅

I’m from a finance background but in the process of learning how the engineering behind AI works. How all the different parts of AI infrastructure come together. On a deep level. This would greatly help me with my stock research! If you are well versed in this field, or know anyone, please reach out. Would love to connect!

Pre-market looking strong! Let’s see if we ride this momentum into open. If so, can be a good day after the chop we saw last 2 days.

SOON THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN THE WAR ENDS AND YIELDS START COMING DOWN. MANY WILL NOT BE PREPARED. MAKE SURE U ARE NOT ONE OF THEM! BUY INTO STRENGTH AND SELL INTO WEAKNESS. FOR NOW, BE PATIENT AND BUY IN ONLY SMALL POSITIONS.

Yields need to come down!

Markets deep red overnight. Let’s see what happens on open.

Down 1.5k today. Mainly from $AVGO and $SKHY call options. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.

Has anyone tried out Muse yet? I plan on trying it out soon. Want to hear how it's improved your life so far.

Another good day! Bought some $AVGO calls 10/16 Have some $ARM runners left Bought some $SKHY weeklies. This represents 10% of my portfolio. The other is in stock and mainly cash. So, I have sized accordingly. A lot of news recently about a potential de-escalation of the US-Iran war happening. Let's see if this momentum continues.

Let's see how the markets are in the morning. Hopefully, price action is strong, and momentum follows through. Looking to make 2 trades: - $AVGO weeklies - $AMZN '27 leaps $ARM was a great trade (700%!). Let's keep searching and make some more profit!

Still sitting 60% on cash. Might be time to start deploying some slowly. Still waiting to see what happens with yields and the war before making any big moves.

$AVGO is looking good. Depending on price action, might open some weeklies in the am

The agentic age is coming. We are not far away from a future where everyone is using AI agents to run tasks for them. Crazy times we are living in.

Have a good feeling about the rest of this week!

I have a gut feeling the war is about to end this week.

When the war ends, this market will ABSOLUTELY RIP!