Chen Wai Lun

NUS Business Administration freshman with 3 years of live discretionary trading experience and a strong focus on systematic strategy development, backtesting and risk management. Experienced in analysing historical market data, testing trading hypotheses across multiple market regimes and deploying refined strategies in live markets. Primarily focused on Nasdaq and Gold, with broader experience across equity indices, cryptocurrency, individual equities, crude oil and silver using CFDs, futures, equities and options.

Building quantitative and programming skills through NUS coursework while applying a data-driven approach to trading research.

Discretionary Day Trader - Independent

(2024-01)

• Developed and backtested trend-following and Opening Range Breakout (ORB) strategies, with approximately 10,000 cumulative backtested trades across about five years of historical data; research has primarily focused on Nasdaq and Gold.
• Analysed entry and exit conditions, stop-loss and take-profit parameters, risk-reward profiles, win rate, profit factor, expectancy and drawdown across different timeframes, volatility regimes and market structures.
• Performed in-sample development and out-of-sample validation, incorporating commissions, bid-ask spread and slippage assumptions to assess strategy robustness before live deployment.
• Applied stop-loss-based position sizing and structured risk-management principles in live markets, emphasizing predefined risk, consistency and disciplined execution.

Stock Pitch Competition Participant - NUS Invest × Citadel

• Conducted company and industry research, developed an investment thesis supported by financial and market analysis, and presented and defended the thesis in a competitive setting.

Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance - National University of Singapore (NUS) (2026-01 - 2030-01)

Course - Programming Methodology - National University of Singapore (NUS)