1. FREE EBOOK DOWNLOAD – A MUST READ!
This is the story of my professional trading journey, and a compilation of my key take-aways from trading full-time at the funds.
2. BASICS OF TRADING & INVESTING (VIDEO TUTORIALS)
A series of animated video tutorials we created in collaboration with TradeHero and the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX)
Part 1 – Basics of Trading & Investing
Part 2 – Riding the Big Market Cycles
Parts 3 – The ABCs of Stock Valuation
Part 4 – Behavioral Analysis & Market Timing
Part 5 – Making Your First Trade
- Is Trading really Risky like Gambling?
- Technical Analysis: The Basics of Reading the Market
- The 3 Essential Elements in your Roadmap to Success
- Volume Spread Analysis – Spotting the Hidden Clues in Volume
- The Only Two Things that Move Stock Prices
- The Time Element – Choosing the Correct Timeframe
- Warning to Beginners: Avoid the Indicator Trap
- The Quest for the Holy Grail: Secrets, Gurus & Software
- Understanding Trend vs. Range Market State Transitions
- The Most Important Money Management Rule that Most Traders Forget – Why?
- 10 Essential Trading Rules of Professional Traders, Especially Number 2!
BONUS: My Comprehensive Reading List of Top Books
Over the years, I have read over 200 books on trading and investing, and I have compiled all the best books into list, which will be useful if you want to get serious about learning more on trading and investing. Not for the faint-hearted!
Read more: My Reading List – Top Trading & Investing Books I have Read Over the Years (Updated)
4. BEST ARTICLES ON INVESTING
Personal finance, how to build a passive portfolio, asset allocation, etc
- Superior Long-term Investing: How to Catch the BIG Swings
- The Random Walk Myth: Theory vs. Practice
- Market Seasonality and Patterns – When is the Best Month to Buy?
- The 5 Major Types of REITs to Have in Your Portfolio
- 3 interesting ways how the new CPF recommendations can benefit you (infographic)
- 3 Practical Tips for Early Financial Freedom
- How much do you need to earn to be above Singapore’s “average”?
- Warren Buffett’s 7 Secrets to Dividend Investing Revealed
- All You Need to Know to Become a Successful Investor in the Singapore Stock Market – Summarized in This One Chart!
- Top 5 Investment Ideas for 2016 – Are You Ready?
BONUS: Start Building Your Early Retirement Portfolio Today!
Every month, I update and post my full portfolio holdings, which will be very useful for you to serve as a template to build your own portfolio. I usually include a small market outlook as well, to explain why I increase or decrease my holdings in different asset classes. This is my monthly passive income retirement portfolio, so I only rebalance it once a month.
Read more: Monthly Portfolio Updates & Market Outlook
5. BEST ARTICLES ON PSYCHOLOGY
The inner game of trading & investing, behavioral science, consistency, etc
- How to Think Like a Trader – Changing your Frame
- The Psychology of the Stoploss – Why is it so Hard?
- Overconfidence Bias – How Can I Ever Be Wrong?
- Anchoring Bias – I Refuse to Change My Mind!
- Cognitive Dissonance Bias – This Can’t Be True!
- Representativeness Bias – The Dangers of a Small Sample Size
- Self-Attribution Bias – Don’t Confuse Brains With a Bull Market
- Conservatism Bias – Are You Afraid of Change?
- Optimism Bias – Why Most People Think They Can Beat the Market
- Endowment Bias – Do You Really “Own” a Stock?
- Confirmation Bias – I See Only What I Want to See
- Loss Aversion Bias – Why a Loss Has Twice the Psychological Impact
- Hindsight Bias – I Knew It All Along!
- Regret Aversion Bias – Would You Rather Be Right, or Avoid Being Wrong?
- Maslow’s Hierarchy: Trading Self-Actualization
- The Cheetah and the Trader – How to Go for the Kill
BONUS: A Case Study on How to Become Part of the Richest 1%
This is an excerpt from a response in Quora to the question, “How can one become part of the 1%?” It makes an interesting case study, and shows how to integrate mental toughness and optimal psychology in not just trading, but in all aspects of life.
Read more: An Inspirational Story: How Can One Become Part of the 1%?
6. OTHER POPULAR ARTICLES
Market analysis, stocks trading, forex trading, beyond financial freedom, etc
- Forex Trade Records for the Week: 100% hitrate and $29,634 Profits!
- How Sustainable is the Current Rally? What Caused it?
- Will there be easing for the SGD, and is it a good chance to go long on USD/SGD?
- Long-term Direction for STI and S&P500 + Crucial Dates to Look Out for!
- Straits Times Index (STI) – Precision Timing Trade Opportunity – Did You Short?
- The Past 6 Years Summarized in One Chart – Are We Headed for Deflation?
- Student Earned Back Course Fee Just After 4 Days!
- Forex Trading with My Students – Realised $3224 in 2 Days!
- All You Need to Know to Become a Successful Investor in the Singapore Stock Market – Summarized in This One Chart!
- Review of 59 Trade Alerts for 2015: 36 Wins, 9 Losses, 10 Draws!
- Trade Review: Closed Short Position on S&P 500 for $2754 Profits
- Top 5 Investment Ideas for 2016 – Are You Ready?
- Straits Times Index: Entering the RED ZONE – where is the bottom?
- Buying Gold a Good Bet in Turbulent Times: Open Profit of $6,497 on Current Long Positions!
- The Big Short – Is Something Brewing in China that is “Much Larger than Subprime”?
