Coffee Chats by Trade to Win — Event Highlights | 29 Sep
A. Options Trading Features Demo The session kicked off with a demonstration of new features designed to support options trading. One highlight was the GEX analysis tool, which helps traders better understand how dealer hedging may influence short-term price action. In a positive GEX environment, dealer hedging tends to work against market moves, potentially dampening volatility and encouraging mean reversion. In a negative GEX environment, hedging can reinforce market moves, increasing the risk of sharper intraday swings. B. Market Outlook Sharing by James James shared his views on the recent Fed rate hike. A rate hike does not necessarily mark the end of a market rally. Following the preventive hike in 1997, the market went on to gain another 94% before entering a sustained downtrend. Ev
【09.21–09.27】🏆 Weekly Review | AMD, MU and INTC Crowd the Profit Top 5 as AI Hardware Takes the Lead
US Treasury yields continued to climb, while oil prices and geopolitical risks kept markets on edge. The S&P 500 remained near record highs, but only three sectors had posted gains so far in September, while the equal-weighted S&P 500 was down around 4%. The index held up, but the pool of winners was getting narrower. The same pattern showed up on last week’s Trade to Win leaderboard: AMD, MU, INTC, QCOM, MRVL, STX... AI, semiconductor and computing hardware names repeatedly appeared in the Profit Top 5 of leading Prestige traders. As the market became more selective, the sources of profit across the leaderboard started to look increasingly similar. Quick recap of last week's rankings: Prestige Top 3: 🥇@FFree
29 Sep Coffee Chats by TTW | Talk Options Face-to-Face with Fellow Traders
🔥 Limited Seats Left! Join Us for Coffee Chats by Trade to Win on 29 Sep 📌 About the Event Coffee Chats by Trade to Win is an options-focused session featuring practical market discussions, strategy and portfolio reviews, and idea sharing led by Trade to Win participants. Gain timely market perspectives and actionable trading ideas, connect in person with your Trade to Win teammates and fellow participants, and look forward to fresh discussion topics and interactive activities at every meetup. ✨ 29 Sep | Event Highlights Interactive Discussion & Sharing: Share options trading ideas, discuss strategies and review portfolios with fellow TTW traders, while gaining valuable feedback and fresh perspectives from your peers. Market Insights: Hear from James Ooi as he shares his latest market
Coffee Chats by Trade to Win — Event Highlights | 7 Sep
A. Market Outlook Sharing by James James highlighted several new market developments, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s view that heavy AI capex could begin translating into stronger productivity and disinflationary benefits within the next six months. He also noted that S&P 500 short interest has recently risen above 3% of market cap, leaving room for some short covering. US strategic-sector investments James also discussed the Trump administration’s growing use of direct investments in strategic industries, from rare earths and semiconductors to quantum computing and frontier AI. The latest example is the Venezuela oil deal involving North American Blue Energy Partners, reinforcing the broader push to secure exposure to strategically important assets and supply chains. Why
【08.24–08.30】🏆 Weekly Review | 474.38% TWR、0.01% Drawdown — MSTR Surged, Yet He Went With a PUT
474.38% TWR, with max drawdown of just 0.01%. Among Elite Leaderboard champion 5d0efe97’s Profit Top 5, the MSTR 8/28 130 PUT generated $20.17K. Interestingly, MSTR had surged more than 11% the day before, then quickly reversed the next day. $Strategy(MSTR)$ Meanwhile, Elite No. 3 King1M’s Profit Top 5 all came from short-dated NDX and SPX CALLs. $NASDAQ 100(NDX)$$S&P 500(.SPX)$ In this week’s recap, we will break down two very different paths to high returns. A quick look at last week’s rankings: Prestige Top 3: 🥇@JiaWei主教练是我师傅 , 🥈@NicolasSoo , 🥉
【08.10-08.16】🏆 Weekly Review | AI Narrative Spills Into Storage! SNDK +35% in a Week — Three Traders, Three Very Different Playbooks
Same storage rally. Three standout traders. Three very different ways to play it. Storage stocks surged last week. SanDisk rallied sharply after its Investor Day on August 13, while other storage names including Micron and Western Digital moved higher as well. All three traders featured this week were bullish on the same theme — but they expressed that view very differently: one rode the move with SNDK shares, one spread exposure across multiple storage names, and another used short-dated options to bet on a breakout. So how did they catch the move? 👀 A quick look at last week's rankings: Prestige Leaderboard TOP 3: 🥇 lkyuptrend · 🥈 David Tan 89 · 🥉 YoMan Elite Leaderboard TOP 3: 🥇 5d0efe97 · 🥈 P.Dwayne · 🥉 Huatge68 Team Leaderboard: 🥇 o.o 🏆 Full rankings at the end of this post. 🧩 Trader
🚀Trade Derivatives, Win Big! MacBooks, PS5s & More Are Up for Grabs
Have you noticed that the Derivatives Leaderboard in the Trade to Win just got a revamp! 👀 We've expanded the ways you can compete, from individual leaderboards for CME Futures, CBOE Index Options, and DLCs to the All Options P&L Leaderboard for teams. And more winning spots mean more chances to take home rewards! Weekly vouchers, seasonal prizes — including physical gifts! 🎁 If you trade derivatives, take a look and find the track that's right for you.👇 🏆 4 Leaderboards: Which Track Is Right for You? Four derivatives trading tracks cover both individual and team competition. Here's a quick look at what you can trade and how each leaderboard is ranked. 👇 🎁 Rewards at a Glance: Weekly Vouchers, Seasonal Grand Prizes There are also weekly and seasonal rewards to win. Weekly leaderboards
【08.03-08.09】🏆 Weekly Review | 10 Weeks Running, PLTR Has Been in the Prestige No.1's Top 5 Profit List — What Is He Actually Trading?
Last week's Prestige No.1 was Ingstrid Capital, with a time-weighted return of 41.25% and a maximum drawdown of 3.62%. Three of the five entries on his Top 5 profit ranking last week involved PLTR. This was not a position that appeared out of nowhere: PLTR first showed up in the week of 06.01-06.07, and has stayed on the ranking for 10 consecutive weeks since. A quick look at last week's rankings: Prestige Leaderboard TOP 3: Ingstrid Capital 41.25%, Wolveofwallstreet 36.87%, BillyR 35.94% Elite Leaderboard TOP 3: JoshuaYeo 98.79%, Kenny Loy 84.76%, Sapravi6 81.12% Team Leaderboard: Team o.o took first place with US$792,950 🏆 Full rankings at the end of this post. We start with last week's US and Hong Kong markets, then turn to Ingstrid Capital's 10 weeks of PLTR. 1. US markets 📈: payrolls
【07.20-07.26】🏆 Weekly Review | S&P 500 Down 0.6%, Atriston Posts a 285.33% Return—How Did Short-Dated SPY Options Do It?
Elite Leaderboard: Atriston claimed the No. 1 spot with a 285.33% return—nearly 1.9x the runner-up. Prestige Leaderboard: NicolasSoo took No. 1 with 34.50%, followed by Ja3per at 20.74% and YoMan at 15.98%. Let’s start with a quick recap of last week’s U.S. and Hong Kong markets, then take a closer look at the disclosed trades of Atriston, who topped the Elite leaderboard. I. U.S. Stocks 📉: Oil Shock and an AI Valuation Reset Last week, the S&P 500 fell 0.6%, the Dow slipped 0.4%, and the Nasdaq dropped 2.1%, with tech leading the decline: AI Spending Faces a Reality Check: Higher Alphabet capex and Tesla's earnings miss pushed investors to question whether AI spending is converting into cash flow fast enough, pressuring richly valued tech stocks. Oil and Rates Tightened Valuation Pres
【Event Recap】2026 Trade to Win S2 Meetup Concludes on a High Note!
The market was closed on Saturday morning, yet Raffles Place was buzzing. At 10:00 AM on 25 July 2026, the Trade to Win S2 Meetup brought participants together at Raffles Place. Throughout the season, traders tracked each other’s progress on the leaderboard; on meetup day, familiar usernames stepped out from behind screens and became real faces in the room. Together, they celebrated the achievements of Season 2, exchanged trading insights, and met fellow traders from across the community. It was a fitting reflection of our event slogan: Together we win, together we shine. 🏆 From the Leaderboard to the Spotlight The meetup looked back on the highlights from Season 2 before recognising the Top 30 performers across the Elite, Prestige and Team divisions. As each familiar name was called, appl