Hi everyone, I’m Michael McCarthy, a market strategist and the CEO of Moomoo Australia and New Zealand. I started working in financial markets more than 40 years ago, beginning as a booking clerk on the Sydney Stock Exchange trading floor.
Over the years I have traded every asset class, and specialised in derivatives since 1993. Through these decades the markets moved from pencil and paper to pixels, share markets were opened to individual investors, and new industr...

The recovery in both US and Australian shares pushed all three of our portfolios back into positive territory over the past week, despite losing value over the last 24 hours. Once again, the US Super 10 (+6.54) is leading, followed by the 3 stock portfolio (+2.39%) and the core and satellite (+1.11%).
A very important aspect of portfolio management is designing a portfolio that is fit for every stage of the market cycle. All three portfolios w...

I officially started my Sell Put / Sell Call Wheel Strategy in August 2025, and looking back… I’m honestly shocked at how far I’ve come. As a complete newbie, I never imagined that option premiums alone could generate real returns — especially when it’s pure profit from margin (yes, my cost was RM0 the whole time 🤯).
To date, I’ve accumulated RM6,500 in premium profit. It may not be a crazy number compared to seasoned traders, but f...

So, I'm checking out the insights tool and learning a lot. 
Now, I have the financial skills and acumen of Nancy Pelosi.
I was afraid the batch tool would be one size fits all, but it's pretty customizable.  I can just hit one button and trade the exact portfolio of the former speaker without all the years and tears of deep educational studying a trading wizard like her has
I was surprised that it let's me change up the mixture, though, and add remove ...