To The Moon

In this stock trading competition, @Ponkrumo stood out with 15 years of trading practice and evolving investment philosophy. As the Chief Human Resources Officer of United World College, he not only continuously explores new ideas in the capital markets, but also learns valuable experience in actual combat to shape a unique trading system.

In the competition, @Ponkrumo used several strategies to capture market opportunities:

•Credit Spread Portfolio: Use short-term options (1-2 week maturities) to build credit spreads to lock in expected gains while keeping losses under control.

•Value-selective investing: buy stocks with solid fundamentals but undervalued by the market, such as Boeing and Intel, and take advantage of the market correction to profit from the rebound.

•Sentiment monitoring: Use social media platforms such as Reddit's r/wallstreetbets to capture market mood swings and adjust trading strategies in a timely manner to hedge against the risk of market overreaction.

Careful defense, rational play🥰

Faced with the recent market volatility caused by the Deepseek incident and Trump's tariffs, @Ponkrumo has developed a series of unique risk management measures:

•Solidify the risk boundary: By preset loss limits, ensure that the maximum risk in credit spread trading is always manageable.

•Flexible position regulation: In a highly volatile environment, he adopts a strategy to reduce position concentration, avoiding risks while maintaining profitability.

•Emotional decoupling: Even in the face of the challenge of daily paper losses of $30 to $50K, he was able to remain calm, calmly cope with market fluctuations, and continuously improve his resilience.

Authentic experience, deep reflection🥰

For future players who want to enter the real market or participate in similar competitions, @Ponkrumo has a few valuable suggestions:

📌 Don't rely on virtual trading - paper cannot convey real market risk, and only by experiencing financial losses can you truly appreciate the importance of risk management.

📌 Face losses rationally - learn to accept short-term fluctuations and learn from each loss to exercise psychological tolerance.

📌 Dynamic adjustment strategy - adjust the portfolio flexibly according to market changes, do not adhere to a single model, and ensure that the capital is always in the best working condition.

Investment philosophy: innovation and prudence🥰

Summarizing his investment philosophy, @Ponkrumo firmly believes that:

💡 "Yolo, but think a little first."

This concise and powerful sentence is precisely the truth he has learned in his continuous exploration: while boldly pursuing opportunities, one must maintain sufficient calmness and prudence in order to achieve stable and long-term gains in the market.

Here is the content of his interview:

1. Congratulations on your excellent results in the stock trading competition! Can you briefly introduce your background and investment experience?

Hello! My name is Kevin and I am the Chief Human Resources Officer for United World College. In terms of investment experience, I have been trading for the past 15 years but I'm still learning!

2. During the competition, how did you develop your investment strategy? Did you adjust it according to market changes?

In terms of my strategy I primarily focus on selling credit spreads at levels that I do not think a stock will go below/under with 1 - 2 weeks till expiry. On top of that, I balance it with large holdings of stocks that I think are extremely undervalued. The way I developed this strategy was losing money gambling on options when I realised the true cash is in selling them instead LOL.

3. What was the greatest challenge you encountered in the competition? How did you overcome these difficulties?

Definitely the biggest challenge would be navigating this volatile landscape in the past month. From Deepseek drama to Trumps tariffs, the market has swung up and down like a monkey. Going for safer positions definitely helped navigate this challenge, since the IV's for a lot of the options I sell has increased, I am able to take a safer position whilst still making my income.

4. What factors do you value most when selecting stocks or making trading decisions?

Certain factors I prioritize is definitely looking for when the market has made an overreaction. Take the Deepseek drama for instance which caused many chip stocks to fall through the roof. Within 1 - 2 weeks, many of these stocks had shrugged off the losses and pushed back up. Another factor I look for is to look for companies that are too big to fail and are undervalued. Take for instance Boeing at the 140 dollars range or intel at the 20 dollars range. Both of these stocks had shot back up after a few months of waiting.

5. How do you balance risk and reward? Are there any specific risk controls in place?

I would say selling credit spreads by itself is risk managed, as with spreads, you have a set amount of losses, allowing me to plan and effectively utilize my capital, as opposed to yoloing on 0dte's. I balance this together with holding stocks that I am prepared to hold for life and together, this strategy allows me to balance both risk and reward.

6. What do you think were the key factors in your success? Was it technical analysis, fundamental research, or something else?

The key to my success primarily in this challenge was sentimental analysis. Going on r/wallstreetbets on reddit allows me to gauge what people feel in the market, and knowing when the market has made a overreaction and to trade on that.

7. Did you have any particularly memorable or impressive trading experiences during the competition? Can you share them?

The most memorable experience was seeing my lovely intel shoot through the roof (obliterating my covereinteld calls). It is like watching your little baby growing up, as I have invested heavily in the company and heavily believed in the turnaround attempt.

8. What advice or experience do you have for players who may participate in similar competitions or enter the actual investment market in the future?

My biggest advice is this. Don't paper trade. You don't learn true lessons by paper trading. You only learn true lessons when your own hard earned money is on the line. I lost quite a bit in the past when I first dabbled into options. Had I just been using paper money, I would not feel the loss of losing money which drove me to become a better trader.

9. What are the most important lessons or insights you have learned from this competition?

The most important lesson I learned from this is to always be prepared to lose your money. Mastering a daily balance that can see negative 30,000 to 50,000 (stupid deep search) will train you to become numb and disconnect you from the emotions that come with trading.

The most important lesson I had learned from this would be to always be prepared to lose your own money. Mastering being able to see a negative 30 to 50 thousand daily balance would train you to be numb and to detach you from the emotions that comes with trading.

10. If you could summarize your investment philosophy in one sentence, what would you say?

Yolo, but think a little first.

Thank you again @Ponkrumo for your wonderful sharing. All tiger friends are welcome to leave a message in the comment area to interact.

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