Showing posts with label equity. Show all posts
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24 February 2019

A Guide to Trading Daily Leverage Certificates (DLC)

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 5%

- designed to be traded over short periods of time, usually traded on an intra-day basis

- long and short DLC available to trade both rising and falling markets

- will never lose more than your initial investment


How to Trade DLC

21 August 2018

Stock Picking Template

Income Statement

1. Net Profit Margin for the past 10 years 
 - look out for
                 - non- recurring earnings
                 - reserves
                 - subsidiary earnings
                 - depreciation and amortization

2. Net Income > Revenue (for the past 5 years)
    i.e Operating profit margin


Balance Sheet
1. Current ratio > 1
2. Debt ratio 
 - ensure no large debt maturing; may cause re-financing issues
3. Rising retained earning for the past 10 years
4. Current Asset Value (liquidation value) = CA - Liability 
 - if market price < current asset value, then equity is undervalued


Cash Statement
1. FCF/ Share
2. CFO
3. Cash Ratio = (CA - inventory)/ CL


Dividends
1. Dividend yield - look at 5 year average
2. Dividend payout ratio > 50%


Strategy
1. Easy to understand business model
2. "best in breed" firm
3. Mid to large cap firms (< 2 Bn)



Sidenote: refer to CANSLIM

07 August 2018

Basic Information for Trading the US market as a Non- US Citizen

As a Non- US Citizen
Not subjected to Capital Gains tax
subjected to 30% Dividend tax
NASDAQ Indices, Stocks
NASDAQ OMX Equity Options
NASDAQ OMX BX ETF, Stocks
NSX Indices
NYSE Indices, Stocks, Warrants
NYSE MKT Small- cap firms
NYSE ARCA ETF, Stocks, Warrants
Mutual Funds -
Trading Hours
DST: 1 April to 7 Oct 2018 - 2130 to 0400
Outside DST - 2230 to 1700
Settlement Date T+2 market days
Settlement Currency USD or SGD
Trading Lot 1 share
Share price (USD) Minimum Bid Size (USD)
<1 0.0001
>=1 0.01