To The Moon

@ST Capital is a seasoned investor and trader with over 8 years of experience navigating the financial markets and also an active Star Contributor in the Tiger Community. With a blend of sharp fundamental analysis, technical precision, and a knack for seizing opportunities in volatile times, he’s currently up 17% year-to-date in 2025.A swing trading aficionado with an eye on a 50% ROI this year, he’s here to share his journey, insights, and disciplined approach to thriving amid market chaos.

Please briefly introduce yourself, share your personal investment growth experience, and how you made your first bucket of gold in the market?

Hi! My name is Leon, and I have been investing / trading for the past 8 years or so. I initially started out investing in the Singapore market before moving on to US markets and eventually also crypto after realizing that the STI was quite stagnant. I have been on a few cycles with mostly losses. As they say, you always must pay your tuition fee to the markets. But as I learnt over time, I managed to get my first big win by investing heavily in $Coinbase Global, Inc.(COIN)$ in 2023. I was a huge believer of Bitcoin and believed that Coinbase would be a major winner if Bitcoin was more heavily adopted. The trade turned out well and I ended up with about a 200% win.

What strategies will you usually use in trading in the stocks market?

I try to keep it simple. I use a mix of fundamental and technical analysis. I try to pick great or potentially great companies with a good story behind them and try to buy in at their support levels. For the technical part, I do simple charting to find out potential support levels on a longer scale time frame such as days or weeks versus a shorter hourly timeframe. I do utilise some indicators such as RSI and the 200 EMA too. For my fundamental analysis, other than checking out important details like revenue, profits and PE ratios, I do try to research the overall sentiment of a stock on financial pages such as Tiger community or on X (Twitter). So, by combining this analysis together, I try to pick the stocks that suit me the most.

How do you select stocks and control risks?

I only buy stocks that I am familiar with. This means I’ve been looking at their price action for a while on my watchlist, doing my research and observing the overall sentiment on them. I do admit that my risk appetite can be quite big. If I have conviction on a play, I tend to go all in. However, in times like this where the market is volatile, I try to preserve 50% of my capital in case the market goes lower and only deploys when I truly believe that stock is at a good price.

What is the most successful or impressive investment experience you have had?

Definitely $Coinbase Global, Inc.(COIN)$ like I mentioned earlier. It showed me how important it was to stay active doing research during the bear market and most importantly, have capital to deploy into good companies during bad times.

I noticed you've been sharing a lot of trades recently and have been on top of the Super Disclosure Board. Could you introduce your current positions, and what’s your follow-up trading plan?

I am holding $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ and $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ at what I believe to be great prices at the moment. I do have some calls, but these are only about 1% of my portfolio. Currently my plan is to focus on buying strong companies which have been beaten down to their support levels. I might look to sell them on any reversals or to hold them as long-term investments depending on the overall market sentiment. As we know, the current market with the Trump administration is very volatile so my plan is to stay nimble and to firstly protect myself against any major losses.

From the trades you shared, it seems you're often doing swing trading. So how much of your portfolio is allocated to swing trading? And what do you think are important considerations for swing trading?

Right now almost 100%. I am not afraid to go all in on stocks that I have high conviction in. For swing trading, I still try to focus only on strong stocks which has a good story and also good earnings / growth potential. So even if the swing fails, I won’t be buying into a disastrous position and cut loss too quickly. Of course, one must be quick to cut loss too if the story fails or overall market sentiment turns bad. For instance, I currently believe that $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ has reached or is close to a bottom. This is because it is currently very oversold and also very hated (my own fundamental analysis) as you can see from the news of Tesla cars being vandalized and shops being set on fire. My swing target over the next month or two would be to $375-450 depending on market conditions.

What's your investment goal this year?

With Trump in charge and the markets experiencing volatility due to the elections and the "Trump effect," my goal this year is to compound small wins and preserve gains as much as possible, aiming for at least a 50% ROI. To achieve this, I plan to stay nimble, take profits quickly, and remain patient—waiting for better entries rather than chasing all-time highs—while avoiding attachment to any single stock. My 17% year-to-date return stems from a series of successful trades, which I attribute to this disciplined approach, and I believe the market will continue to offer opportunities as long as I maintain patience.

Shill your favorite tech stocks, and why you consider it?

Since I am holding a large portion of my portfolio in $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ , it is my current favourite! I believe that it is oversold due to the negative sentiment on Elon Musk due to his political involvement recently. However, it still has great growth potential with it’s FSD, Robotaxi, Robotics and Energy department. Of course, this can change if these projects fail or don’t live up to expectations.

Bitcoin view for 2025 and what’s your target price? Do you think we’re on the bottom right now ?

My honest answer is that I don’t know. We have come a long way in the past year and it wouldn’t be surprising to see it consolidate for a few months in a range below 100k. My own personal belief is that we might bottom around 70-73k and I would be buying some $iShares Bitcoin Trust(IBIT)$ if we ever get there.

How do you usually face loss and control emotions in current market uncertainty ?

It’s true that in order to trade well, one must have good control over their emotions in order to prevent panic selling or FOMO buying. I think that me being able to control my emotions despite market uncertainty is due to me being experienced and having lived and invested through several previous cycles such as the COVID crash and FTX collapse (for Bitcoin). It helps me to understand that as long as I have chosen good stocks, there is always a chance of recovery! And that as long as I manage my risk well, I will not get liquidated.

Any tips, suggestions or words to Tiger friends in the community?

My number one tip is to never FOMO and always try to buy when there is fear in the markets. There will always be an opportunity to get in as long as you are patient. The hardest thing to do is…to do nothing.

If you were to use one sentence as a slogan to get people to subscribe to your Trade Feed account, what would it be?

I am just the average person trying to be more financially independent. Come and join me on my journey and let’s do better together!

Thanks @ST Capital for the fantastic journey sharing! Hope you have a good trading year in 2025!

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