Patrick Ling - eToro Popular Investor | Strategy & Performance

Patrick Ling @Macroanalyst

Performance
0% Return
All

2025

2024

2023

2022

16.0%0%-16.0%

Return YTD 10.23%

Return 2Y 46.11%

Avg. Risk Score (last 7D)

Profitable Weeks 58.18%

Discussions

Patrick Ling

Singapore

Markets have remained volatile over the past week, with no lack of reasons for investors to be nervous. 1) Credit spreads are at their tightest historically, implying a high level of complacency in debt markets. 2) Although the US government shutdown is over, delayed economic reports in October may... Show More

Patrick Ling

Singapore

The first week of November proved to be a reversal of the previous month. What did well went down. Technology was the outperformer last month, but it gave back most of what it had gained in just one week. November is still far from over, but it's certainly no longer an easy path for technology. My... Show More

Patrick Ling

Singapore

11d

𝘼 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙-𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 There are various approaches to trading or investing in the markets. However, they all inevitably fall under one of two broad investing philosophies - trend-following or mean reversion. 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙-𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 This... Show More

Patrick Ling

Singapore

14d

𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 2022 +𝟯.𝟳𝟬%📈 2023 +𝟭𝟰.𝟱𝟯%📈 2024 +𝟭𝟲.𝟮𝟳%📈 2025 +𝟭𝟬.𝟵𝟲%📈 Total +𝟱𝟯.𝟮𝟮%📈 ➢Our portfolio was 𝙪𝙥 𝟮.𝟭𝟰% in October and has generated 𝟱𝟯.𝟮𝟮% since inception. ➕𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚, 1️⃣Our asset class... Show More

Patrick Ling

Singapore

25d

𝙏𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝, 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩. One of the more popular ETFs tracking the S&P 500 is the SPY, which was launched in 1993. Since its launch, there have been 12 occasions when SPY experienced a drawdown of more than 10%. Of these, the worst drawdown... Show More

Patrick Ling

Singapore

26d

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 The volatility in the precious metals complex continued this week. We saw a historic daily drop in gold prices of more than 5%, not seen since 2020. Silver dropped even more. While the timing of this is unpredictable, it should not surprise... Show More

Patrick Ling

Singapore

27d

There seems to be a glitch on eToro where several positions are marked to zero, hence showing a 100% loss. The last time I checked, my portfolio value was correct and sitting at an all-time high, so do not panic if you are copying me and seeing a big drop in value on the copy. It should revert soon ... Show More

Patrick Ling

Singapore

𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢 Talk about a s***storm of volatility. It all started with Trump announcing an additional 100% tariff on China last Friday. The S&P 500 slumped 2.7%. This is peanuts compared to what was seen in the crypto markets, where some of the alt coins lost almost all their... Show More

Patrick Ling

Singapore

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙨 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙤 Risk control is not something most people understand because it is not sexy, unlike seeking returns. Furthermore, it only displays usefulness in the rare event of a sharp risk-off event. Let me start... Show More

Patrick Ling

Singapore

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨 There was considerable discussion about de-dollarization and the end of US exceptionalism. This led to widespread hedging of USD exposure, if not outright flows out of the US into other countries. However, what is undeniable is that the US remains the... Show More