Most people know Dr Wealth as an investing-focused platform — and they’re not wrong. From the content we put out, you’ll definitely get the sense that we’re investors first.
But here’s the thing — we do both investing and trading.
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Most people do either one or the other. That’s fine. But there are benefits to doing both — a topic for another day. Today, we want to show some of the top trades we have done this year.
What Trading Means (and Doesn’t Mean)
“Trading” means different things to different people.
Some think it’s futile to time the market. Some think it’s too risky. Others think it requires staring at charts all day.
They’re all right — and wrong — at the same time.
Trading is difficult, but not impossible. It can be risky, but only if you don’t manage your risk. It doesn’t have to be time-consuming, and no, we don’t need to be glued to our screens.
In fact, when we trade, we’re looking at holding periods of weeks to months. We’re not doing intraday trading, and we don’t pretend to be experts at it. We typically place our orders outside trading hours, and we don’t monitor markets throughout the day. Our real work is done before the market opens — not after.
Our Style: Trend Following and Rules-Based
There are many ways to trade. But broadly speaking, most strategies fall under two umbrellas:
- Mean Reversion: buy when prices are oversold, sell when they’re overbought.
- Trend Following: buy when prices break out and ride the trend upward.
Mean reversion is intuitive — after all, prices zig and zag, and what stretches too far usually snaps back. But we don’t like it. In our experience, stocks trend more than most expect. And when they do, they trend for longer and further than seems rational.
Trend following is typically less accurate — you’ll be wrong more often than right. But the winners are big, and they more than make up for the small losses.
We’re also rules-based traders. First, we shape the rules. Then the rules shape us.
The goal is simple: follow the system. Don’t let emotion dictate trades. We don’t trust ourselves — we trust our rules.
Let’s now review four of our top-performing trades this year, across Singapore stocks only.
#4 UOB Kay Hian (SGX:U10) +38%
This might surprise you — UOB Kay Hian outperformed UOB Bank this year.
We highlighted this stock twice: once when financial stocks were running, and once as part of the “UOB Dynasty” theme. But we still don’t know exactly what sparked the rally — it could be:
- Government efforts to lift small/mid caps by co-investing with fund managers
- Higher stock market activity leading to better earnings for brokers
- M&A speculation related to the UOB group
But for trading, we don’t need to know the reason. If a stock passes our rules, we act.
On 28 April 2025, the share price rebounded from the 100-Day Moving Average and broke resistance. Volatility was low — which we prefer — and our Supertrend indicator flipped from Sell to Buy. We entered at $1.82 on the breakout.
At that point, we had no idea how the trade would turn out.
Most investors want a strong narrative before they buy. But for us, it’s about the setup. We deliberately refrain from forming outlooks because we know we can’t predict the future. What we do instead is follow the rules.
If the trade fails, we cut the loss. Simple.
But this time, the stock trended beautifully. Even during pauses, it didn’t fall — it simply went sideways, forming bases. That’s a sign of strength.
As the stock rose, we trailed our sell stop orders higher. We don’t decide how much profit we take — we let the market decide. If the trend dies, we’re out.
On 30 July 2025, our stop order was triggered at $2.40, after multiple red candles signaled a sharp reversal. We exited.
Could we have sold earlier and made more? Maybe. But that’s hindsight talking. The goal isn’t to sell at the top — it’s to exit when the trend ends.
Including dividends, we made a +38% return in 3 months.
#3 Wee Hur (SGX:E3B) +40%
Wee Hur was one of the top-performing stocks from the construction sector, which has been on fire this year.
But Wee Hur is more than a construction company — it also has property development and accommodation arms. In Dec 2024, it sold its student accommodation assets for a profit, but retained its workers’ dorms.
The setup we spotted was a textbook ascending triangle — a bullish continuation pattern.
Prices kept getting squeezed into a tighter range. The top resistance was hit and rejected three times — a good sign. Each rejection builds pressure. When price finally broke through, it was like a lid blowing off a boiling pot.
We entered on 30 June 2025 at $0.48, when the breakout triggered.
The stock surged. There were no retracements. The move was fast and clean — so fast, in fact, that the support (green line) didn’t catch up. The support channel widened.
We used discretion to identify a higher support, because the default level was too far away and wouldn’t protect our gains.
We exited on 8 August 2025 at $0.675, banking a +40% gain in just over a month.
In hindsight, the stock kept running. So yes, we may have exited early. But the setup had played out, and we didn’t want to let it reverse on us.
#2 Hong Leong Asia (SGX:H22) +39%
Hong Leong Asia isn’t a construction firm, but it supplies building materials and diesel engines, so it benefitted from the same macro trend.
The stock had a clean, orderly chart — our favorite kind.
It formed several flat bases, which are excellent for breakout trades. What we liked was how shallow the pullbacks were. That tells us buyers are absorbing any dips.
We entered on 7 May 2025 at $1.11, after a base breakout and a Supertrend flip.
This was not a fast mover. The price crept up slowly but steadily.
We exited on 22 July 2025 at $1.62, using a discretionary stop set tighter than the standard support level. We wanted to lock in more gains. It got triggered.
Interestingly, the price rebounded right after. So we re-entered on another breakout — again, a flat base pattern.
Yes, we bought back higher than we sold. That’s fine. We’re not price-anchored.
But unfortunately, our second position got stopped out after a few days — a 6% loss.
Why the tighter stop? We noticed volatility was rising, and didn’t want to risk a larger drop. In the end, we didn’t give the trade enough room to breathe, and missed the next leg up.
Still, net return was +39% over 3 months, even after the second trade loss.
#1 CNMC Goldmine (SGX:5TP) >100%
Our best performer — and we’re still in it.
CNMC Goldmine is a gold miner — unrelated to finance or construction. We pay attention to industry concentration and aim for diversification.
The chart showed a long flat base, and volatility had shrunk significantly — a classic pre-breakout setup. We like these quiet compressions. They signal that a big move is brewing.
We placed a buy stop order, and it triggered on 14 July 2025 at $0.45.
Then, the news hit:
- Gold prices surged
- CNMC posted +78% revenue and +251% profit
- It declared 1.5 cent dividend
Investors piled in.
In September, gold broke new highs, and CNMC followed. As of 10 Sep 2025, we’re sitting on a +110% unrealized return.
Our trailing stop order is in place. If the trend reverses, we’ll lock in most of the gain. But we’re happy to let it run higher if it wants to.
Let’s see how far the market takes us.
Trading Isn’t for Everyone — But It’s Worth Exploring
These winning trades are meant to inspire, but also to warn.
Yes, trading can be profitable. But don’t be fooled by the highlights — trading also involves frequent losses.
The difference is that traders cut losses quickly, while investors tend to ride them out. Most people can’t stomach multiple losing trades in a row. It feels like the system “isn’t working.”
But cutting losses is the cost of trading. It’s not a flaw — it’s a feature.
We believe trading and investing complement each other. Trading offers a risk-controlled, uncorrelated approach to markets. And when done right, it can reduce drawdowns and outperform during trending markets.
At the end of the day, the question isn’t “What do you want to gain?” — it’s “What are you willing to suffer?”
Choose a system you can stick with — even through the worst days. Because you won’t rise to your aspirations. You’ll fall back on your systems.
Want to Learn How We Trade?
We’re holding a free trading webinar next week.
We’ll cover:
- The principles of trading
- What rules we use
- Why this approach works even for busy professionals
👉 [Register here]
