Face to Face with Top Traders: A Recap of the Trade to Win Season 3 Meetup

On the evening of October 30, 2025, the Trade to Win Season 3 offline meetup was successfully held at Tiger Brokers' Singapore office. We were honored to host three exceptional traders from the current competition—EliteEquity, Bobafett, and Suneelbadola—who shared their valuable trading experiences and insights with both live and online investors.🥳🥳🥳🥰🥰🥰

Part 1: The People Behind the Performance

The session began with the top-ranked traders introducing themselves, revealing the individuals behind the impressive stats:[Smart][Smart]

• EliteEquity: An IT professional in cybersecurity. His trading journey began just three years ago when he discovered Tiger Brokers and started exploring various instruments like options. He sees trading as a powerful path to achieving his financial goals and continues to learn and grow.

• Bobafett: An insurance company employee with a remarkable 30 years of market experience. He candidly admitted that his first 25 years were "a mess," as he didn't delve into market mechanics or psychology. It was only in the last five years, through self-education via social media and a shift in methods, that his investments became truly productive.

• Suneelbadola: Also an IT professional, with over 12 years of trading experience. Previously focused on the Singapore market with a conservative style, he ventured into US stocks and options trading just a year ago. By constantly refining his strategies, he has seen significant growth both in his returns and his skills as a trader.

Part 2: Core Principles for Consistent Success

Despite their different backgrounds and strategies, all three speakers adhere to fundamental trading principles:

1. The Art of Risk Management (EliteEquity) EliteEquity emphasized that risk management is paramount. Profit inherently involves uncertainty, and the key is deciding how much you are willing and able to risk. His decision-making is a blend of technical analysis, company fundamentals, global economic news, and his own confidence and judgment.

2. Position Sizing is Your Lifeline (Bobafett) Bobafett learned the hard way about the importance of position sizing. His number one rule is to "stay alive in the market," and controlling your bet size is the only way to do that. He advises that a single position should not exceed 10% of your capital, or even less. He strongly warned: "Don't chase your losses" by averaging down, but instead, "add on to your winning trades" to ride the momentum.

3. The 80/20 Allocation Rule (Suneelbadola) Suneelbadola shared his clear allocation strategy: 80% of his capital goes into fundamentally strong companies, while the remaining 20% is allocated to speculative or emerging sectors with high growth potential. This allows him to pursue steady growth while capturing opportunities for higher returns.

Part 3: Mastering the Trader's Mindset

Trading is a battle against human nature, and our guests shared their insights:

• How to Control Emotions? Bobafett stated that if a loss makes you angry or costs you sleep, your position is too large. He recommends practicing "detachment," focusing on what you can control (like diversification and stop-losses) rather than unpredictable price swings.

• Learning from Setbacks: EliteEquity shared his anguish during market crashes. He confirmed that controlling emotions is extremely difficult, and the fear of losing money, even when still in profit, is a constant challenge. He is still learning to overcome this loss aversion.

Part 4: Navigating an Uncertain Market

When asked about adapting to the volatile market landscape of 2025, the traders revealed their strategies:

• Bobafett: Diversify Across Assets He reduced his exposure to US stocks, pivoting to Singapore stocks, US long-term treasury bonds (TLT), and some gold. This uses the low correlation between assets to balance equity risk.

• EliteEquity: Raise Cash, Rotate to Value Feeling that valuations are high, he has built up more cash and rotated some holdings into lower P/E, more value-oriented counters. He remains a believer in the US market and maintains diversification, including property.

• Suneelbadola: Hedging with Options He adopted protective options strategies, making some of his positions "non-directional." He uses strategies like selling Cash-Secured Puts (CSPs) to fund protective hedges and runs covered call cycles to generate continuous income, insulating his portfolio from minor downturns.

Part 5: One Piece of Final Advice

To conclude, each speaker offered one crucial piece of advice for fellow investors:

• Suneelbadola: Take care of your position sizing.

• Bobafett: Don't die (a reference to the paramount importance of survival).

• EliteEquity: Don't get too greedy, but also not too fearful.

This meetup provided attendees with not only practical strategies and mindset techniques but also a genuine look at the humility and realism behind successful trading. Tiger Brokers is committed to providing more opportunities for you to learn from and connect with top investors on your trading journey.

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