S02E53 - Ivan Zhang - From High-Risk to Low-Risk Investing

Ivan Zhang Options, Forex, Stocks, Crypto, and Startups. This episode covers it all. My next guest was a professional portfolio manager for most of his career before starting a blockchain company and an investing platform that helps investors earn consistent returns ranging between 4% and 6% per year. In this episode, we talk about his background, biggest losses, biggest gains, and how he’s building a company that allows investors to earn returns with crypto safely. Please welcome Ivan Zhang. Key Timecodes (01:03) - Show intro and background history (02:34) - When did he personally start to invest in the stock market? (03:42) - His investing strategy and challenges (05:23) - When did he transition to more safe strategies? (07:46) - What does he look for when investing in individual stocks? (10:21) - A quick 4M analysis of his preferred factors looking for individual businesses (12:17) - Deeper into his strategy using options to create residual streams (14:22) - How many stocks does he currently hold in his portfolio? (15:56) - When was his last investment? (17:10) - What percentage of his income does he invest in the stock market? (17:42) - Deeper into his returns in the last years (20:35) - What is his biggest investing mistake? (22:18) - What is his biggest investing win? (25:22) - Understanding his company's business model (29:08) - How does the mobile app work? (29:25) - Any restriction only to accredited investors in the US? (30:20) - What are the individual assets behind the scenes? (31:15) - Is there any algorithm running the platform? (31:39) - What is the minimum investment amount to get in? (32:13) - What are the returns on that platform model? (32:59) - How long has the platform been around? (33:23) - How big is his team? (33:27) - And how is the business funded? (33:43) - How does the platform generate revenue for the company? (38:23) - The worst business or investment advice he ever received (39:42) - The best business or investment advice he ever received (38:34) - How long did he validate his ideas before starting a project? (41:02) - Guest contacts Payback Time Podcast Payback Time is a podcast for investors. The goal of this podcast is to help make investing approachable and easy to understand. We will interview beginner and experienced investors and ask them to share stories on how they got started, what challenges they faced, what mistakes they made, and what strategy works for them today. The overall objective is to provide you with a roadmap that helps you become a better investor.