Thursday, January 23, 2014

Forex Price Action Trading Hack - David Aw

http://forexpriceactiontradinghack.com/   by David Aw

https://www.facebook.com/davidaw

==============================================================

http://www.myfxbook.com/members/newbietofx/forexpriceactiontradinghackcom/811525



==============================================================

Here’s What Forex Price Action Trading Hack Is All About



spending time with spouse
If you are trading in the stock or forex market. You probably want more winning trades and more income.
But you also want more than that.
You want to spend more time with your loved ones, your family and your friends.
You want the freedom to be and do anywhere, in different countries around the world.

You want to live and work anywhere in the world, and when you feel like it.
You don’t need to have a boss!. Be independent from routine and not answer to anybody.
You can choose to give yourself a pay rise every month!
And let’s face it, you wish to have a home facing the sea or lying at the beach until the sun set now, rather than wait until your are 65!

You Want To Succeed And Yet Something Is Missing.

Don’t be fooled by “trading gurus” telling you that you have to use their no brainer robots to succeed online. Most probably they don’t work as advertised. (and if they did, would their offer price be so low?)
If you’re not getting the profits you want…
If you get your butt kicked every time trend changes…
If you’re confused by all the conflicting price action and candlestick pattern on your trading platform…
Then I’ll help you get where you want to be.
They include discipline, risk tolerance and a knack for patterns.

Here At Forex Price Action Trading Hack

1. I’ll write about my trading success and failures. I have been trading forex since 2006 and there have been a lot of mistakes over the years, so I should always have some stuff to write about!
2. I will write my honest opinions and offer advice to you like you were my friend or little sister.
3. I’ll tell you what I have done that has worked and what hasn’t.
4. And lastly I promise to keep things as simple as possible and as transparent as I can. No ego no bluff.
If you haven’t signed up yet, join us by entering your email below:

My best content on price, psychology and trades. Delivered each week for free.


My Story

Well, my name is David A. Trading naked has changed my life.
Thanks to trading in the buff, I’ve been positive ever since.
But it wasn’t always this easy…
Before I turn profitable, I was working with indicators, the MACD and Stochastic. Moving averages and trendlines. You name it I most certainly come across it, and know how it works. But it never help my numbers.
I picked up forex in the year 2006. I have been losing money for the past 6 years, until I’ve learned about trading naked.
I stumbled onto Lance Begg’s gem, YTC Price Action Trader.
That book opened my eyes to price action and candlestick pattern for the first time.

Where Are You At Now?

I’m not a full time forex trader neither am I making alot from trading a mini account. But the good news is, as of writing I’m currently making at least 10% on average for the last 10 months since January 2013.
I have three goals set for this blog.
  • To learn,
  • To teach,
  • And to make a living.
Each one is just as important to me, to keep this blog alive and to keep my dream possible.
First, I want to learn. This entire blog has been a journey to learn more. The most important breakthroughs have all been around learning patterns I’ve learned exactly how to understand price behavior and how to turn that behavior into setups. I’m constantly trying new methods, asking people much smarter than me what has worked for them, and trying to implement their advice.
Second, I want to teach. It’s not just that teaching is the best money making method I know (it is!), but also that I enjoy all the other benefits. I want to share everything I learn so that other people will take my ideas and build better things on top of them. I want to help newbies, retirees, and anyone who have been made redundant. To build a recession proof money making skill and hopefully create their own retirement fund.
Finally, I want to make a living online. I teach and sell products so that I don’t have to work for someone else’s company. It gives me freedom to travel and work on what I want. My only requirement is that whenever I sell a product it should deliver far more value than it cost.

What’s Next?

This website is a “blog” which basically means that I add new content on a regular basis to it. So, on the home page, every day you will see a new article. If you would like to get each new article sent to your email inbox or to your feedreader for free then you can subscribe.
And finally, please read the following carefully
Forex trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. The content provided within this blog is property of ForexPriceActionTradingHack and any views or opinions expressed herein are those solely of ForexPriceActionTradingHack and do not represent that of any firm or institution. This website is for educational and/or entertainment purposes only. Use this information at your own risk. ForexPriceActionTradingHack.com is not an investment advisor of any kind, so do not consider anything… click more for disclaimer
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and I look forward to connecting with you.
David

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Gold Investment - Geneva Gold and Gold Guarantee Lee Song Teck Beware Scam!

Click LIKE to Follow us at Facebook

The CEO Lee Song Teck is the number 1 wanted man now in Singapore since Jan-2013.

Name: Lee Song Teck
NRIC: S7804667H
Last Known Address: 29 Lorong 1 Realty Park Singapore 536952

http://www.millionaireinvestor.com/family-loses-1-million-to-gold-scam/





==================================================================
News in chronological order:

15/1/2014 - Still missing uncontactable!


==================================================================

The Gold Guarantee Singapore- CEO LEE SONG TECK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kzNkvfmSZ8


Hundred investors at Hong Lim Park on The Gold Guarantee scam




=================================================================

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/ex-investors-gold-guarantee-gather-hong-lim-park-petition-quicker-acti



The Gold Guarantee Investigation Extends To Affiliated Companies

WRITTEN BY: TIANG CHUAN ON APRIL 15, 2013 3 COMMENTS
CAD’s investigation into gold buyback firm The Gold Guarantee has been extended to 6 other affiliated firms.  The 6 companies are:
  • Asia Pacific Bullion Pte Ltd
  • Singapore Precious Metals Pte Ltd
  • The Discovery Group Pte Ltd
  • Emperor Grand Pte Ltd
  • SG One Pte Ltd
  • The Gold Treasury Pte Ltd
 CAD’s FAQ on the investigation into The Gold Guarantee has been updated with the following information.
Q. I am a customer of a company affiliated with The Gold Guarantee Pte Ltd. Is the CAD investigating companies affiliated with The Gold Guarantee Pte Ltd?
A. As part of the investigation into The Gold Guarantee Pte Ltd, the CAD is also looking into the business practices of some companies which are affiliated to The Gold Guarantee Pte Ltd. The companies are Asia Pacific Bullion Pte Ltd, Singapore Precious Metals Pte Ltd, The Discovery Group Pte Ltd, Emperor Grand Pte Ltd, SG One Pte Ltd and The Gold Treasury Pte Ltd. We are not at liberty to comment further on the details or scope of the investigation.
It was also reported on Channel 8 news on 14th April 2013 that The Gold Guarantee’s founder Lee Song Teck is still missing and he has owed credit card debts amounting to more than $150,000.




====================================================================
http://www.discuss.com.sg/showthread.php/1545-Beware-of-The-Discovery-Group-Lee-Song-Teck!

Beware of The Discovery Group, Lee Song Teck!

Mr Lee Song Teck, 35

Bachelor and only child of pig farmers. His father, a gambler, died when he was 17.

Took over family's animal pharmaceutical business when he was 20.


Used to be a property agent. Ran a fitness centre, property investment seminar business and gold trading firm, Gold Guarantee, which is being investigated by the Commercial Affairs Department.

Listed as director of The Discovery Group, which offers "long-term holiday products".

Lives in a corner terrace house in Hougang. His mother bought it for $1.2 million in 2004 and it was worth about $4.5 million in 2012, he said in a previous interview.

Drives a $1 million Bentley sports car, which he called his "dream car", and BMW 5 series model.

Invests in real estate and gold: His gold investment portfolio was reportedly worth $30 million in 2012.

First Singapore property investment was a shophouse in the Golden Mile Complex.

Owns property in commercial building in Tianjin, China, an apartment block in Central London and commercial units in Kuala Lumpur.

The Consumers Association of Singapore said he has been uncontactable since January this year. The New Paper also tried to contact him, but could not reach him. His disappearance left clients - some of whom invested more than $1 million in gold - stranded.

The employee promised to "save" customers stuck in timeshare-like contracts, for a fee.

But it seems that that promise was just bait to hook customers into spending more money on the company.

Customers forked out between $200 and $14,000 more, but said they ended up being stuck with bigger problems.

At least 11 people have complained to the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) about the company, The Discovery Group, between February last year , when it was set up, and June.

Consultant Mark Lau, 31, was one of them. His headache started in 2008, when he filled in a survey while shopping at Orchard Road.

A phone call followed, then he sat through a sales pitch for "good deals" on airfare and hotels abroad, and forked out $5,000 in membership fees to a company called Discovery VIII, all on the same day.

"They urged me to sign up on the spot and said I would get a free trip to Krabi," Mr Lau said about the five-year membership.

"It was the complete package, including airfare, hotel, tour. I was swayed."

But he did not get to claim the free trip, via a $1,000 e-voucher, because the prices of redemption items listed on the website "were just too exorbitant", said Mr Lau, who could not remember the exact pricing.

Headache number two followed in 2010, when he tried to book hotel rooms in Hong Kong.

The membership entitled him to a 70 per cent discount, but Discovery VIII staff quoted $300 for one night's stay.

"It was a crazy sum," Mr Lau said. He was so fed up, he did his own booking instead - for $150.

More headaches and heartache followed last June, when someone from The Discovery Group called him about "corporate restructuring".

Mr Lau went to the office, determined to end the agreement.

But staff persuaded him to transfer his membership to the parent firm and he inked a new agreement, worth $9,000. The bait this time: His membership would be rented to others, so Mr Lau would get his money back.

Mr Lau, who is single, jumped at what he thought would be a lifeline for recouping his investment.

"They said there would be three payments in all and promised it would cover all the money I had paid so far," he said.

He paid $4,000 upfront. The balance would be deducted over the next two years.

Regretting the move later that day, Mr Lau went to Case and found, to his horror, that there was little redress.

Since The Discovery Group is considered a "long-term holiday product" company rather than a timeshare one, it is not regulated under the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act, Case told him.

Its executive director Seah Seng Choon said: "Case has urged authorities to include long-term holiday products under the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading)(Cancellation of Contracts) Regulations 2009, as they have operations similar to that of a timeshare company... This will further enhance protection for consumers under the law."

But for the layman, it can be difficult telling timeshare companies from "long-term holiday products" as they operate similarly.

Lawyer Luke Lee of Luke Lee & Co. said that for long-term holiday products, the difference lies in the customer selling his or her agreement to the parent company "so his interest is no longer in a timeshare contract, and therefore, he is out of the protection of the Act".

Mr Lee added: "I believe this is a way for old timeshare companies to exploit the loophole and get back in the business."

Mr Lau is resigned to his $9,000 loss - the equivalent of two months' pay. The third of four children is keeping mum over the matter, so his elderly parents will not fret.

Hoping his experience will prevent potential victims being snared, Mr Lau added: "It's been a very expensive lesson. There should be tighter controls over such companies. It'll be even better if timeshare-related firms can be phased out completely."

The New Paper also understands that more than 100 complaints were made against The Discovery Group - and predecessors like Discovery VIII - from as early as 2002.

Case sent out two alerts about the firm last June and October.

It also negotiated with the company to include a five-day cooling-off period for new customers.

But this did not apply to Mr Lau because he had signed up just before this was agreed upon.

A check with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) showed Mr Lee Song Teck to be The Discovery Group's director.

Gold Guarantee

He is also the man behind defunct gold trading firm Gold Guarantee.

When TNP visited The Discovery Group's Boat Quay office address, the second-storey shop was shut. There was a sign with the name Gold Guarantee fixed to the wall. The place looked deserted, with dead leaves outside the glass door.

od restaurant said the office has been shut for more than two months.

When asked if Case was taking any action against the company director, Mr Seah said that Case was unable to do so as Mr Lee Song Teck has been uncontactable.

Lawyer Luke Lee recalled only one case when a timeshare company director was successfully prosecuted, in 2005.

=====================================================================





Gold trading firm’s founder ’uncontactable’

INVESTORS who have poured large sums into a local gold trading company are growing increasingly concerned over the fate of their investments.

They say The Gold Guarantee's founder and chief executive, Mr Lee Song Teck, has been uncontactable since he sent out an e-letter on Jan8, which detailed the company's future.

The letter had announced a merger between The Gold Guarantee and Asia Pacific Bullion, a metals trading company, also owned by Mr Lee.

He said in the letter that as part of the process of restructuring and transition, all transactions would be put on hold from Jan9.

The Gold Guarantee, however, would honour its payments to clients after the merger.

The company offers an investment scheme whereby investors buy gold at a premium and receive monthly payouts, depending on how much clients invest.

Clients can elect for the company to keep possession of the gold, and get a higher payout. This, after they buy into the scheme through agents who earn a commission.

Both The Gold Guarantee and Asia Pacific Bullion are listed on the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS') Investor Alert List of unlicensed entities wrongly perceived to be licensed by the regulator.

MAS had earlier clarified that it does not regulate schemes that involve investors acquiring direct ownership of physical assets, such as property, gold, art or wine.

One customer of The Gold Guarantee, who did not want to be named, visited the firm's shuttered office in Boat Quay after hearing on Monday that the firm had run into problems.

The 40-year-old, who works in the service industry, said she invested $189,000 in 2kg of gold last month, but does not have physical possession of the gold.

She said she opted for a "safekeeping receipt" instead, as her agent told her she would receive a higher monthly payout that way.

"I've been calling the agent who sold me the investment scheme but she hasn't been answering calls since Monday night," she said.

An agent who declined to be named said that he last saw Mr Lee at The Gold Guarantee's office on Jan8. He added that agents had met the firm's management team on Jan 9, but Mr Lee was absent. But he had apparently spoken to some agents on the phone from Kuala Lumpur.

The Straits Times understands that on Jan12, some agents tracked down Mr Lee in Malaysia. He asked them to "give him some time" to settle things.

Other agents met Mr Lee's mother at his corner terrace house in Hougang on Saturday, but she said she did not know of his whereabouts.

Meetings with customers were set up for Monday, but again, Mr Lee did not appear.

It is unclear how many customers The Gold Guarantee has, but it seems to be business as usual for Asia Pacific Bullion. When The Straits Times phoned Asia Pacific Bullion's office, a female staff member who answered the call said it was a different company from The Gold Guarantee, and that she was unsure whether Mr Lee was uncontactable.

About five worried and irate clients turned up at the shuttered office of The Gold Guarantee when The Straits Times visited yesterday. Some also turned up at Mr Lee's home in Hougang.

A client in his 50s, who only wanted to be identified as Mr Ng, was spotted outside the home yesterday afternoon. "This is the fourth time today that I have come by," he said in Mandarin. "I will continue to come every day until I get an answer."

No one answered the door and Mr Lee's phone was engaged when The Straits Times tried to reach him.

Police declined to comment when asked if they had received any reports about The Gold Guarantee.

This incident comes after another gold trading company, Genneva, left more than 10,000 investors stranded last year. Genneva is being investigated by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) for financial improprieties.

Last October, Mr Lee offered Genneva customers a rescue plan through The Gold Guarantee and Asia Pacific Bullion. Some investors are known to have taken up his offer.

The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) says it received 37 complaints against the gold trading industry last year.

From Jan 1 last year up until yesterday, nine complaints had been made against The Gold Guarantee, mainly for misleading claims, or imposing penalties when clients want to cancel investments during the cooling-off period.

Case executive director Seah Seng Choon noted that most of the reports are not under the association's purview as they are related to gold investments which it cannot take up
http://www.cpf.gov.sg/imsavvy/infohub_article.asp?readid={942054502-15869-7047480344}


==============================================================

http://singaporeuncletrader.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/bt-beware-gold-buy-back-companies/

BT: Beware “Gold Buy Back” companies

It’s obvious the writers at BT did not get the memo on gold buy-back investment schemes. But, in case anyone out there actually wants to know HOW gold buy-back schemes work, the following articles spell out the equation. And if you’re still too lazy to read them, here’s the summary:
1. Company X buys gold at Market Price
2. Company X sells gold to  investors at Market Price + roughly 25% markup (let’s call this M+25), but tells you that you’re getting 1.5% “discount” off the M+25
3. Company X promises to buy back your gold from at the same M+25 price in a month’s time, but allows you to keep your 1.5% discount
4. Behind the scenes, Company X hopes your gold price rises at least 1.5%, nett of commissions and holding costs, in order for them to make money. Meanwhile, because it bought at M, and sold to you at M+25, directors will make advance booking for Ferraris before you can.
So, can you make money from this? Yes, IF the market continues to go up. If market comes down, and every gold investor asks for the principle M+25 back, Company X will be faced with a simple liquidity crunch. So timing is everything, people. But then, it’s the same when you’re juggling grenades too. Hopefully you’re the FIRST  juggler.
Business Times – 09 Apr 2012
New gold player emerges with ‘buyback offer’
But customers may be buying overpriced gold
By KENNETH LIM
(SINGAPORE) Another gold trading company marketing an ‘offer to buy back’ has emerged even as others have folded or come under regulatory scrutiny.
The Gold Guarantee, an outfit headquartered in Boat Quay, claims that it will buy back gold at a premium to the original sale price, becoming the latest to offer such a product.
This newest entrant comes in the wake of Genneva Pte Ltd, whose Malaysian arm is under investigation, and The Gold Label Pte Ltd, which has since shut down. Those two older companies have been placed on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Investor Alert List, a cautionary document of parties whose activities are not regulated by MAS.
This, or some variation, is what such companies typically offer: They will sell investment-grade gold to you today and give you the option to sell it back to them at a premium after a fixed period of time.
If gold prices have gone up significantly, you can potentially sell on the open market instead and make an even better return.
The typical marketing language can lead customers into thinking they are getting a cheap, low-risk deal. In fact, customers may be buying overpriced gold and a promise whose real strength is not known.
The Gold Guarantee’s brochure cites an example where a customer can buy ‘gold bullion at market price ($80/gram) with 1.7 per cent discount’, suggesting that it is selling the gold at a discount to current ‘market’ prices.
In reality, ‘market’ price may turn out to be a premium.
The Gold Guarantee founder Lee Song Teck initially said that the company sets its market price off the Singapore Jewellers Association’s recommended gold prices. But a check with the trade association revealed that the SJA has not been recommending prices for quite a while to comply with competition laws.
Confronted with this, Mr Lee clarified that his prices were benchmarked on ‘goldsmith prices’ that are gathered from sources on the ground.
But goldsmith prices come with quite a hefty premium, which means that The Gold Guarantee may be selling investment-grade gold at a more expensive price than a straight seller, like a bank, for example.
Buying overpriced gold could still make sense for the customer who can get a minimum positive return from the buyback option.
But what is the real value of that ‘offer to buy back’? The promise to buy back the gold is only as good as the promisor’s credit.
The quality of The Gold Guarantee’s credit is anyone’s guess.
Mr Lee said The Gold Guarantee maintains some capital to meet its obligations, but did not say how much capital the company holds. The company was set up with just $1 million in paid up capital, according to filings with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority in Singapore.
How the business can withstand the test of mass buyback demands is another question. Mr Lee said The Gold Guarantee does not hedge its exposures using ‘fancy financial stuff’, sticking to physical gold and a ‘buy low, sell high’ strategy. He told BT that if the price of gold drops, he will buy more gold and that will drive down the average cost of his stocks.
But such a strategy could backfire if prices go down for a sustained period, because The Gold Guarantee will face both a depreciating inventory and a wave of buyback demands.
These gold companies are similar in more than just business model. The Gold Guarantee’s website lists four core corporate principles – honesty, loyalty, trust and integrity – that are described almost word-for-word as on Genneva’s website.
Mr Lee said The Gold Guarantee and Genneva are unrelated, and any similarity is coincidental.
Genneva director Leow Wee Khong declined to comment, citing the regulatory spotlight that has been cast on the company.
The attraction of the two selling points – gold at a discount and an offer to buy back – has helped The Gold Guarantee, which Mr Lee said targets ‘middle class’ customers, to grow extremely fast.
Mr Lee said that since it started in July and August 2011, The Gold Guarantee has sold about 2 tonnes of gold to about 500 customers, and has about 35 in-house staff and about 300 ‘sales consultants’.
The company already has a marketing presence in Malaysia, and Mr Lee, a self-proclaimed savvy investor, even shared his hopes to expand regionally, to Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
It is not clear who regulates such companies, which usually say that they only need a licence from the police to deal in second-hand gold. Mr Lee took pains to stress that he was not selling an investment product. If he was, it would put him under the purview of the MAS.
One gold industry veteran said such businesses have found a foothold because of the rising price of gold over the past decade and the lack of easy access in Singapore to investment-grade gold. All three companies began after 2008. ‘I hear about this all the time from my friends,’ the veteran said. ‘I tell them, you go and do the calculations and see if it still makes sense.’
Financial planner Eddy Cheong, head of financial planning at Providend, said investors have to ask a few questions when faced with a product that seems incredibly lucrative. ‘How are they going to pay you?’ he asked. ‘What are the terms and conditions? Are there any guarantees? If there’s a complaint, is there a channel I can go through?’
Mr Cheong added that people should also not feel pressured to rush into such products without thinking it through. ‘You don’t have to rush into it,’ he said. ‘If it’s a good product it will stand the test of time and it will still be there later.’



=====================================================================
3Oct12  7pm-9pm at 42A Boat Quay  CEO Lee Song Teck

http://thegoldguarantee.com.sg/

"Savers are losers" - Robert Kiwasaki
as Inflation kills savers

Why Rich gets Richer?  They make money works harder for them

3 ways to make money works harder:
- Business but needs Ideas
- Properties but needs capital
- Paper assets thru trading, stocks, CFD, Derivatives, margin) but needs skill and experience

Previous metals - Gold
- no need ideas, no need skill, moderate capital, minimum risk
- prestige, symbol of wealth, more than just commodity
- physical asset, nothing more secure than holding on to a physical asset
- mine supply in anticipated to decline
- portfolio diversification
- billionaires (George Soros, Paulson, Jim Rogers) and institutions are buying
- gold trading in Singapore set to get boost as exampted 7% GST tax

Free Charting on Gold - www.kito.com

Downside risk on Gold:
- FED stop printing money
- China and India stop importing gold
- Euro crisis stablilise
- Recession reduce inflation rate

Method to own Gold:
- ETF,
- paper Gold investors
- physical Gold Bullion

Disadvantages:
- No leverage, fiancing cost
- Storage
- Longer time
- No dividend

TGG Gold Investment package:
5.1% discount payable monthly for 3 months (1.7% cash back monthly)
Capital protect as guarantee buy back at selling price on end of third month

Eg  100g of gold bar selling pirce now at S$10,000.
Client will get $170 per month for three month.
and end of third month client surrender the gold bar and get back S$10,000.

The gold bar market value for buying is S$8,000 and selling back is S$7,000.

So the maximum rish the client bear is around 30% assuming client holding on the gold bar and price stable at end of three month.

=============================================================
29Sep12 at Conrad Hotel

Every one gets to attend free and no need to pay $197. So what is SI of SPH doing and claiming in this email? Joining the Scam? Sigh! Many attended because of advertistment in SPH newspaper. It turn out to be a Gold Sales Event.

First Speaker, I learned quite a lot from this Gold Agent of Malaysia with proper slides. Towards the end he is being cornered by us as to what is his intension of getting us to attend this seminar  

Second speaker the lawyer never turn up. Instead a so called very rich property Investor ( a second man turned rich from a bankrupt owning 50 properties now. First man Robin Ho, a remisier ) to share his experience to get rich in Property Investment. Motivation ? Another PCN to entice people to attend his education class. Oh No. Very rich man do not need to teach in classes! I left half way.   

Unhappiness boiled up. Many of them come here to seek hopeful legal advice from lawyer as they are now being CON into the Gold Business. They are clusters of people outside the Seminar room chatting how much they are involved, mainly retiree, housewives, and the greedy, 

This is a crisis playing at the moment in the market , after the mini-bond. Watch the outcome, learn something from the cases......the Gold Label, the Genneva, the Gold Guarantee etc.

A new scheme coming up. 'Investing' in Bridging Loan. This is another new business model scam. Some one is distributing business cards at the lobby now.

Just be careful. If a stranger (including me), a trainer telling teaching you somethings too good to be true, it is probably a con, a scam, a sales.

Examples are: 
- selling you a merchandise far far below market price at Suntec City 
- asking you to invest in properties in 3rd word countries, Germany at seminar,
- Gold and Silver
- Time Share
- land bank
- oil field
- Gold mine
- Bridging loan
-etc etc etc etc


===================================================================

http://tankinlian.blogspot.sg/2013/03/the-gold-guarantee_8.html

 The Straits Times
Jan 15, 2012
He plans to give millions to charity

Businessman aims to achieve net worth of $200m and give away 90% of his money

By Joyce Teo 

Business owner Lee Song Teck, 33, is a goal-oriented person who cannot sit still. Just four months ago, he started a gold trading business, and is now preparing to start three more businesses. 

Still, his agenda is not as daunting as it might seem at first sight. 'Over the years, I have learnt to delegate, and to create a system that allows the business to run on its own within a shorter period of three months, instead of two years,' he said.

What spurs him to work hard is his drive to contribute to society.

Eventually, he aims to give away 90 per cent of his wealth to charity. Money does allow you to enjoy life, but the happiness you gain from material possessions is short-lived, he said.

He has sponsored more than a dozen children through World Vision, an international humanitarian organisation, and at his new firm, The Gold Guarantee, he involves his staff in charity work. 

Mr Lee took over the family business in animal pharmaceutical products when he was 20. Two years later, he went to Sydney for undergraduate studies, and to explore living a holistic lifestyle that involved yoga, meditation and martial arts.

Since his return to Singapore, the bachelor has tried his hands at being a property agent, and running a fitness centre and a property investment seminar business. He has also invested in property and gold.

Q: Are you a spender or saver?

I would say I've been a saver in the past 10 years, but my mother would say otherwise. Since I turned 23, I have realised the importance of becoming financially free and creating wealth for the sake of giving back. This is why I save and invest most of my money.

I would say that I spend just about 10 per cent of my earnings. I invest most of my money because I believe saving alone will not help me achieve the financial goals I set when I was 24. 

I was very aggressive in spending on my personal education, in areas such as investment, wealth creation, business, marketing, sales and health. I must have spent more than $200,000 on attending seminars on these topics - more than 30 over the past 10 years.

I invest most of my money in my businesses. I do not smoke, drink or gamble, and I am not into fine dining. The only luxury items I spend on are spa packages for me and my friends. I also buy presents for my friends. It feels nice to be able to buy things for the people I love.

Q: How much do you charge to your credit cards every month?

I charge around $10,000 to my credit card a month. It's a mix of work and personal expenses. I do not carry any credit card debt. In terms of cash, I withdraw a few thousand dollars a week from the bank.

Q: What financial planning have you done for yourself?

I believe in only real estate and gold, which I can see and touch, and which have real value. 

My gold investment portfolio is now worth $30 million.

I have achieved average returns of 200 per cent a year from my property investments and some of my businesses. I plan to achieve a net worth of $200 million; when that happens, I intend to pledge 90 per cent to charity. 

Q: Moneywise, what were your growing-up years like?

I am an only child, and I lived on a pig farm until I was eight. Our farm seemed huge, but we were one of the few poor pig farmers at the time. 

My father set up the animal pharmaceutical wholesale business while running the farm, and my mother helped him with the accounts.

However, we were quite poor until about 10 years ago because my father, who died when I was 17, was a gambler. My parents used to tell me I must never gamble. 

Q: How did you get interested in investing?

It was after I attended personal development seminars. I also read many wealth creation books, which led me to decide on real estate as my investment vehicle.

Since turning 24, I have made sure that whatever path I took would lead me in the direction of becoming a real estate investor.

My first real estate investment was in a rundown basement shop at Golden Mile Complex, which I bought for $250,000 five to six years ago. I sold it three weeks later for $320,000. I put up only $2,500 in cash for the purchase - for the 1 per cent option on the property - as I had managed to negotiate an option period of one month.

Q: What property do you own?

I co-own a highway and a commercial building in Tianjin, China, with my father's best friend, who is a billionaire in Malaysia.

I also have a 12-unit apartment block in Central London and 16 commercial units in Kuala Lumpur. My aim is to spread my property portfolio over five countries to reduce the risks. 

In the past two years, I have sold my properties here, including a shophouse in Chai Chee and a Belmont Green condo unit, as I was anticipating a price correction. 

The market fell in 2008 after I bought the Belmont Green unit, so I had to hold it for three years. I made half-a-million dollars in profit. 

Q: What's the most extravagant thing you have bought?

I recently bought a new Bentley Supersports for $1 million. It's my dream car.

Q: What's your retirement plan?

I have no retirement plan. I feel very fulfilled because I wake up every morning knowing I'm serving thousands of people. 

A year ago, I went to five fortune-tellers, and they all said I was meant to be a teacher. It was the first time I had had my fortune read, and I didn't understand then.

I thought my calling was to make $200 million and leave it to charity. Now, after having set up my gold trading business, I finally understand what they meant. 

As I make my money, I am also inspiring people around me. Anything is possible as long as you believe you can do it. But if you don't believe you can do it, you have already succeeded in failing.

I think I would need a passive income of $100,000 to be able to spend fairly freely. I became financially free a year after I went into the budget hotel business.

When I reach 35, I will spend less time on my businesses and focus more on my spiritual side. I want to set up a non-profit martial arts studio.

Q: Home is now...

A corner terraced house in Hougang, where I live with my mother. It is opposite our animal pharmaceutical business shop, so we store some of the products in our living room.

The house sits on 4,000 sq ft of land and has built-in space of 6,000 sq ft. My mother bought it for $1.2 million eight years ago and spent $1 million rebuilding it. It is now worth about $4.5 million. 

Q: I drive...

A white Bentley Supersports and a white BMW 5 series model.



Online Trading Academy - Sam Seiden

Online Trading Academy Singapore
7 Maxwell Road, MND Complex
Annexe B, #04-05/06, above Amoy St. Food Court
Singapore, 069111

===========================================================

Send Friend Requests to https://www.facebook.com/meetup.fx
===========================================================

http://www.tradingacademy.com/

It has over 70 instructors include former market makers, brokers, and business leaders. Each one is experienced in online stock trading and an active trader on their own account.


The Courses: 

The courses cover all asset classes. Learn how you can find trading and investing opportunities that meet your goals and how to create a strategy to maximize gains while minimizing risk. The investment courses online and in-person will teach you skills in day trading and other asset classes, so you'll be prepared to earn profits through online share trading.
============================================================

Pro Trader, FX Trader & Options Trader
Course Description
Professional Trader Part 1 ($2995), Part 2 ($3995)
This 3 Day section (Pro Trader Part 1) is the first part of the total 7 Day Professional Trader Series. Most of our students take the entire 7 days consecutively, however, due to your scheduling needs, you may wish to take the 3 Day section and then a month later, continue the course to its finish with the 4 Day portion (Pro Trader Part 2).

The objective of this 3-day class is to prepare active traders and investors to trade as Professional trading business people. We will teach you all aspects of the trading world using the latest tools and Direct Access Trading software. Learn to control your own order flow, learn to be a virtual Market Maker. Learn to trade with discipline, a plan and the technical tools that the Wall Street Pros use.

The complete series, Professional Trader Part 1 (3 Day Section) and the Professional Trader Part 2 (4 Day Section) comprise the 7 Day Signature Online Trading Academy Course. In its entirety, it creates the foundational information, stair casing into sophisticated trading concepts , strategies and tactics with an emphasis on Risk Management and Personal Discipline.


===========================================================
http://lessons.tradingacademy.com/article/profitable-focus/

Profitable Focus
Today’s piece will be somewhat short and sweet. One of the most important things you need to do to be successful when short term trading for income or long term trading for wealth is to have proper focus. What I mean is this… As a short term income trader, all you need to do each day is look at a chart, apply the Supply/Demand strategy, and focus on where institutions are buying and selling that day. The hard part is to only focus on that. Like last week’s piece, this focus combined with planning your entire trade and then executing it (setting and forgetting) is the key.
Below is a NASDAQ (QQQ) trade that we took in the Extended Learning Track (XLT – Live Trading Rooms) with our students. On January 8th, we started the day by going over the XLT prep screen where I gave our XLT members demand and supply levels for the major markets for that day. One of the levels we focused on was the QQQ demand level, highlighted in green. These buy and sell areas are found by locating on a chart exactly where institutions were willing buyers and sellers. The key is to follow our rules and perform our rule based analysis well before the market gets going and well before our trades take place.
XLT Session (Live Trading Room) – Jan. 8, 2014
XLT Session
Bank demand that day in the QQQ was in the demand range of 86.70 – 86.77 as you can see on our pre-market prep screen above. With an entry at 86.77, a protective sell stop at 86.67, and a profit target of 87.07, we had a 4:1 trading opportunity (risk 1 to make 4). If you’re at the race track and a horse has a strong probability of winning and is paying 4:1, who wouldn’t take that bet? Trading is really no different. Like a horses wager, once my bet is placed, there is nothing to think about or action to take. Below is the Nasdaq (QQQ) demand level (A) on the chart. Once the market got going, price declined to  demand level (A) at (B) and then proceeded to rally from that level to our profit target (C), risking 1 to make 4. Had the trade not worked out, not a big deal, it was a risk (bet) we were willing to take because the chart suggested a high probability opportunity.
XLT Trade – QQQ
XLT Trade – QQQ
What makes this focus so hard for most people is all the other things they let sneak into their decision making process. They also let emotion play into the trade which will typically lead to a smaller trading account. They overcomplicate what is really not that complicated. The focus needs to be 100% on where the banks and financial institution buy and sell orders are that day and then buying and selling there, nothing else. When it comes to profitable trading, knowing the details of what is happing to the European economy or with the Fed is as important as knowing what the Rover is doing on Mars that day.
When people use the term “100%,” most of the time it’s a figure of speech, I am not. Profitable trading goes hand in hand with profitable thinking; 100% of your focus needs to be on one thing and one thing only: Where are the significant institution buy and sell orders, period. As I always write about, we do this by learning how to identify supply and demand levels on a chart. We look for the picture that represents a major supply and demand imbalance and then take action at that level. Some people will want to also include some indicators, Fibonacci levels, maybe the latest oscillator, wrong again… You need to have a razor sharp focus on where the major buy and sell orders are, nothing else matters.
Now that I have repeated myself a few times, hopefully you get the point and I will not waste your time with more repetition. This is just my opinion of course but from my experience, nothing else matters when you know where institutions are buying and selling in a market and that’s the focus of Supply and Demand. If you don’t agree, that’s fine as well, this is what makes a market.
========================================================================

Sam Seiden

samseiden200.jpg
Sam Seiden Google+
Online Trading Academy, Chief Education, Products, and Services Officer
As the Chief Education, Products, and Services Officer at Online Trading Academy, Sam shares his ideas on day tradinginvesting for beginnersonline Forex trading and his personal passion—the futures markets.
Sam brings over 15 years experience of equities, forex, options and futures trading which began when he was on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange where he facilitated institutional orderflow. He has traded equities, futures, interest rate markets, forex, options, and commodities for his personal interests for years and has educated thousands of traders and investors through seminars and daily advisory services both domestically and internationally. Sam has been involved in the markets since 1991 both on and off the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He has served as the Director of Technical Research for two trading firms and regularly contributes articles to industry publications. Sam is known for his trading, technical research, and educational guidance.
Points of interest:
  • Chicago Mercantile Exchange Floor
  • Author of Market Advisory Letters
  • Fund Manager/CTA
  • Speaker to Investment Groups, Universities, and Private Seminars
  • Contributing Author for Stocks, Futures, and Options Magazine, Active Trader Magazine, and Futures Magazine
  • Trading and Investment Conference Speaker
=================================================================