About Me
A transparent ASX trading diary. Real money, real trades.
You won't find fake photos of a guy in a suit with crossed arms here. To protect my privacy, I choose to remain anonymous. But rest assured, every trade and every portfolio metric you see on this site is 100% real, backed by my own hard-earned money.
This isn't just a website. It's my personal my trading journal and an exercise in extreme self-discipline.
10 Years: From Gambling on Luck to Building a System
I've been a software developer for over a decade. I first discovered investing and entered the stock market back in 2017. Over the years, like most retail traders, I've ridden the rollercoaster of market highs and lows.
The good news? I actually made some money. The keyboard I'm typing on, the dual monitors in front of me, and my standing desk are all smiling reminders of that. But I am brutally honest with myself: I am no trading prodigy. My biggest past wins happened largely because I got extremely lucky on a few major bets.
And that is nothing to be proud of. Throwing hard-earned capital at the market without solid rationale is irrational. In fact, winning by luck is more dangerous than losing, because it breeds a false sense of invincibility. So in 2025, I made a decision to fundamentally change how I trade. Every buy and sell order must be backed by clear, data-driven reasoning.
The Developer's Edge: AI and Data Tracking
As a seasoned programmer watching the AI explosion over the past two years, I quickly realised its power in filtering market noise. Adopting a quant-lite mindset, I began writing my own code and scripts to build a custom data-tracking system that directly informs my trading decisions.
I won't claim this system made me rich overnight. But it absolutely does two things: It saves massive amounts of time by capturing specific metric shifts and indicators in the noisy ASX market much faster. More importantly, it keeps me objective, allowing me to continuously track my thesis and verify if my initial logic was correct.
This website is the ultimate output of that system and my personal decision-making process.
Why Only ASX Penny Stocks?
Aussie Penny Stocks has a hyper-specific focus: I strictly trade the Australian market (ASX), honing in on penny stocks priced between $0.05 and $0.50, especially promising small-cap resource and tech plays.
While I have experience in other global markets, human bandwidth is limited. Focus is the only way to survive in this highly volatile, niche sector. Deep down, I still love the idea of discovering an unknown, undervalued company and watching it grow.
However, in practice, I am highly pragmatic. My actual trading style leans heavily toward swing trading, holding positions for a few days to a few weeks. I only execute trades when the data and logic align.
- My Portfolio and Trade Logs on this site are completely transparent: real trades, real money, no cherry-picking.
- I share my rationale, my mistakes, and my personal rules, hoping it offers practical value to other ASX traders.
- It takes real time and energy to maintain this site, write the post-mortems, and update the data every week.
- Subscribing to my my Portfolio (just $3 AUD/month) unlocks my currently open positions and real-time buy/sell updates.
- Your subscription is more than just compensation for my time. It is an invaluable validation of my work. Stay rational, and let's survive the market together.