2024 was the year I started learning to trade options, and thanks to a few mentors, I have made significant improvements in my portfolio. 

I first started learning investing in 2021, where I made many mistakes from the meme stocks frenzy. I lost a lot of money back then, and couldn't recover it. I was on a slow path to recovery in 2023 when I started learning to buy proper stocks more, investing more wisely and generating a better portfolio for myself. 

However, the real life changing moment was when I learnt to value invest alongside stock options teading. Value investing has brought me good long term returns, but during bubble markets where you cannot invest in any value, stock options trading is where I turned to to continue making money. 

I want to thank 2 very influential mentors who have guided me in this journey -@AyKing and @谋定后动 . These were mentors I followed and looked up to greatly, and their formidable teachings have created multiple opportunities for myself to learn to trade better. Initially, I was losing lots of money when I tried to trade by my own. It was like diving into the deep sea without any coach or proper gear. But with these 2 mentors, I am glad to say that I am now more confident of my own trading skills.

This is not to say that I am a full advocate for trading. I still believe in value investing, and will do so till the day I die. I believe trading is good for short term gains when you cannot buy any stocks. When you still want to put your money to use, but cannot find any stocks with good value where you can confidently drop some cash in, trading is where you can turn to. I believe it is the best to combine value investing with some options knowledge, so you can prosper regardless of the environtment. 

Last but not least, I wanna celebrate the end of 2024 with everyone by showing my trading journey this year. It has been a wild ride with many days of worrying, but many more of celebrating. Here's to a prosperous 2025