What is Daily Leveraged Certificates – A leveraged product that offers investors 3, 5 or 7 times the daily performance of the underlying asset, whether it is a rising or falling market – e.g if the underlying moves 1% from its closing price the previous day, the value of the 5x DLC will move by…
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Insights on OCBC Securities – A Practical Guide to Precise Entry and Exit
Recently I attended a free Seminar organised by OCBC Securities on a Practical Guide to Entry and Exit. The speaker that shared his thoughts with us was a trader who has more than 20 years of trading experience, Wong Kon How. I have shared below on the insights gleaned from his seminar with us. Feel…
Guide to Investing Options [Options Clearing Corporation]
1. Basics: When you purchase an option –> Long position Write an option –> Short position 2. Set your Strategy – Want more Income –> write Covered Calls – Protect the value of the stocks that you own – Purchase…
How to Purchase IPO on Interactive Brokers
Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through to make a purchase. What is IPO – Initial Public Offering IPO is the very first sale of stock issued by a company to the public. An IPO is underwritten…
What to Consider Before Buying a Second Property in Singapore
A random thought led to this random article. Though I am well aware that I cannot afford to purchase a second property at this point in time, I still decided to do my research out of curiosity to see if I can afford to be the home owner of a second property. One cannot only…
Interactive Broker Trader Workstation (TWS) API Set Up
Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation (TWS) is comprehensive enough for my investment management and research. However, for curiosity sake I decided to try out their API software to see how far it can take me. If you simply want a fuss free method, please check out my post here on Alpha Vantage Excel Add-in. Please not that…
Alternative to setting up Alpha Vantage API
For those (like myself) who is still facing some ‘technical difficulties’ setting up the Alpha Vantage API, I have ‘discovered’ an alternative method which is more straightforward. Another reason has to be so far the tool is working fine, I have not encountered any “0” values for those API calls. This post is in reference…
Linking Open Source API to Google Spreadsheets to Track Investment: GOOGLEFINANCE, IEX and Alpha Vantage
What is API API stands for Application Programming Interface. According to Google, API is a set of functions and procedures that allow the creation of applications which access the features or data of an operating system, application, or other service. In simple terms, it means a specification of remote calls for a program to interact…
How to Invest in Gold
As I go about building up my investment portfolio, I decided that it would be apt to include gold into my collection. I acknowledge the fact that there are other options for getting your hands on this asset. However, in this article, I am going to present my thoughts on investing in gold from the…
Best Free Mobile Apps for Investment Research
Being based in Asia, having a full time job and not being able to access to my spreadsheets at work means having mobile apps that provides not only numbers, but also relevant news in the market so that I can access news on the go and be prepared when the trading session opens at night…