Trades from 1 June to 22 July (Final Review on the Standard Chartered Trading Platform)

Code	Name	Shares	Buy Date	Buy	Stop Loss / Target / Sold	Profit / Loss	Days Held
3988.hk	BANK OF CHINA	1000	24-May	3	3.08	56.27	62
0933.hk	BRIGHTOIL	1000	19-May	2.28	2.35	51.26	67
2255.hk	HAICHANG HLDG	1000	9-May	1.73	1.75	6.40	4
1813.hk	KWG PROPERTY	1000	11-May	4.61	4.66	4.46	6
1150.hk	MILAN STATION	2000	11-May	0.84	0.73	-231.78	21
2014.hk	OZNER WATER	1000	18-May	1.19	1.23	29.33	68
2014.hk	OZNER WATER	2000	24-May	1.18	1.26	140.57	62
2014.hk	OZNER WATER	2000	8-Jun	1.3	1.3	-20.32	2
d1r.si	ARA Asset Mgt	500	9-May	1.235	1.26	9.50	2
bn4.si	Keppel Corp	100	19-May	5.27	5.35	5.38	67
1813.hk	KWG PROPERTY	1000	8-Jun	4.65	4.45	-235.05	14
1813.hk	KWG PROPERTY	1000	10-Jun	4.39	4.65	225.44	35
1813.hk	KWG PROPERTY	1000	16-Jun	4.24	4.65	385.89	29
1813.hk	KWG PROPERTY	1000	24-Jun	4.35	4.65	265.55	21
3988.hk	BANK OF CHINA	1000	23-Jun	3.06	3.2	115.28	28
3988.hk	BANK OF CHINA	1000	24-Jun	2.93	3.2	246.63	27
1150.hk	MILAN STATION	2000	24-Jun	0.71	0.86	287.35	20

Total Net Profit = HKD$1,434 (6.14% for the period).

After transferring all HKD from the trading account, I had a total profit of about $250 from my initial investment of $4,000.

Considering my first buy was in March, I am pretty pleased (and relieved) that I can proudly say I survived in this world of stock trading :)

Due to SC removing its no minimum commission practice from 1 August, I think that it will no longer be profitable to trade using its platform.

As such, I have exited all my trades and will be evaluating my next move - whether to invest more into forex or to trade using other platforms instead.

If you have any suggestions, I look forward to hearing from you too!

Trades from 1 May to 31 May

Lost more than half of the profits due to a bad investment in Milan Station (1150.hk) which was stopped out (again).

Code	Name	Shares	Buy Date	Buy	Target / Sold	Profit / Loss	Days Held
3988.hk	BANK OF CHINA	1000	24-May	3	3.08	56.27	8
0933.hk	BRIGHTOIL	1000	19-May	2.28	2.35	51.26	13
2255.hk	HAICHANG HLDG	1000	9-May	1.73	1.75	6.40	4
1813.hk	KWG PROPERTY	1000	11-May	4.61	4.66	4.46	6
1150.hk	MILAN STATION	2000	11-May	0.84	0.73	-231.78	21
2014.hk	OZNER WATER	1000	18-May	1.19	1.23	29.33	14
2014.hk	OZNER WATER	2000	24-May	1.18	1.26	140.57	8
d1r.si	ARA Asset Mgt	500	9-May	1.235	1.26	9.50	2
bn4.si	Keppel Corp	100	19-May	5.27	5.35	5.38	13

Net profit - HK$140 :(

I guess a lesson that should be learnt is never to buy into a stock that has plunged so drastically hoping for a rebound that never happens.

DIY stock charts

Programmed my own software to chart SMA, EMA, OBV and Turnover as I couldn't find anything free on the Internet.

Extracts information from Google, though there's a delay of 1 day currently for SG stocks.

Ascendas A17U (30 days)

OCBC O39 (90 days)

My Singapore shares (Part 1) - MC0.si, T82u.si and O39.si

Excluding the investment-linked portfolio for my insurance plans, my foray into stocks was limited to purchase of IPOs and OCBC's investment scheme.

In this post, I will share about the stocks that I've held (GLP) and are still holding (Suntec and OCBC).

Global Logistics Properties (MC0.si)

Having bought at $1.96 during its IPO offer period, I sold it off to fund my current HK portfolio when it recovered to $1.86 recently. While the stock is now trading at a price slightly beyond my valuation at this time, I intend to buy in at $1.75 in the future as a long-term investment.

Suntec City (T82U.si)

This was my first IPO that I bought in 2004 ($1). The only I regret I have for this stock was that I didn't buy more then (I placed a bid for only 1 lot). I had been waiting for the stock to fall to $1.30 but it only hit a low of $1.50 before rebounding recently.

Planning for an entry at 1.64 in the near future.

OCBC Bank (O39.si)

I bought OCBC shares through their Blue Chip Investment Plan when it first launched in 2014. While this approach allowed me to acquire stock that I normally would be unable to due to OCBC's minimum lot size, I didn't realise at that time that there were several disadvantages to the plan.

The worst was that I bought it at a high period - though the price was averaged down (worst strategy ever), I ended up with 300 lots with an average price of $10.30 each.

I will share about my other IPO purchases in a following post:

• Mapletree Industrial Trust (ME8U.si)
• Mapletree Commercial Trust (N2IU.si)

Temptation beckons

After 2 week's run-up seeing my tracked stocks chalking gains like no one's business, getting tempted to invest in the real market. 

Addendum on 30 Mar

Through this post, I only realised that it's been less than a month since I started this journey to become a better investor/trader/speculator. I hope that I can continue to learn new lessons to become a better investor/trader/speculator; and in the process, grow wealthier as well :)