October 19 1987, “Black Monday” on Wall Street
On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell 508.32 points, a decline of 22.61 percent, ending a bull market that had lasted since August 1982. A record volume of 604.33 million shares traded hands that day, three times the daily average. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) lost more than US$500 billion in market capitalization, its largest loss since the beginning of World War I in 1914. The DJIA’s colla...

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As we sail into October, the market is a mixed bag of opportunities and challenges. Recent tensions in the Middle East have caused significant fluctuations in international oil prices. Meanwhile, China's economic stimulus measures have yet to provide sustained market momentum. With the U.S. presidential election drawing near, investors are also digesting a slew of post-rate-cut economic data. On a brighter note, the Nobel Prizes in P...

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Eversince the 4 week of September. I was practicing a lot on options. Especially becoming a seller of options.
So what made me changed for the better? Thougout the loss period, Instead of crying over what had I done wrong, I had decided to tell myself if I have options I would definately lose lesser and gain more.
So what I had done throughout the whole of August is to practice practice and practice with paper trade. Not in moomo...

My ETF holdings are mainly the leveraged ETFs which have higher risk profile compared to other type of ETFs. However, my problem with my ETF holding is their lackluster performance. Luckily though they are only a small position of my overall portfolio and I am not looking at profit near term.
That being said, if you google about leveraged ETFs, you will see the red flag as below immediately.
Leveraged ETFs decay due to the compounding effect of daily returns, volatility...