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Turning the Wheel —

How I Make Money While I Sleep.

A real portfolio across India, Singapore, Canada and the US — generating consistent passive income, compounding growth, and monthly cashflow using strategies most investors have never heard of.

Passive income · dividend
$0
Cash flow · via Option Selling (Wheel Strategy)
$0
Long-term compounding growth
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via investment in four countries
Real positions. Real numbers. Updated as the portfolio grows.
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pinkGuava
pinkGuava · Global investor
Markets4 countries
StrategyIncome + Growth + Stability + Diversity
Passive income$1,934 CAD / mo
GoalFull-time investing
Experience8+ years investing
The story
“I am building the life I want to live — one position at a time.”

I’ve been investing seriously since 2018, when a market downturn that wiped out a chunk of my early savings taught me more than any bull run could have. That discipline now runs four engines across four markets — structured, proven, and still being executed, not just planned.

The structure
Four engines.
Zero single points of failure.

Hope is not a strategy. This portfolio is engineered with intent — each engine has a defined role, so when one market slows, the others keep performing.

Portfolio allocation (current, live)
Portfolio allocation: India 25.6%, Singapore 23.3%, Canada 21.1%, United States 29.9%.
4
engines
Canadalive21.1%
United Stateslive29.9%
Indialive25.6%
Singaporelive23.3%
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Engine 01
Passive Income · Canada
21.1%
→ Monthly dividend income
Wealthsimple-held covered call ETFs (TSX) paying 18–20% annually as monthly dividends. The target: cover monthly expenses with this engine alone — consistently, without touching the rest of the portfolio.
Full breakdown ↓
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Engine 02
Cash Flow Income · United States
29.9%
▶ Active cashflow generation
US stocks, ETFs, and active options income via the Wheel Strategy. Selling options to generate monthly premium income. The biggest, most powerful engine in the portfolio.
Full breakdown ↓
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Engine 03
Growth via Emerging Markets · India
25.6%
↑ Long-term growth
Stocks, mutual funds, gold. Riding India’s decade. Familiar territory — treated as one piece of a larger system, not the whole strategy.
Full breakdown ↓
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Engine 04
Global Stability · Singapore
23.3%
▮ Protection & Diversity
SGD-denominated ETFs and gold, held on MooMoo Singapore. Not here for returns. Here to protect everything else. The anchor that lets the other engines take calculated risk.
Full breakdown ↓
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Total Dividend Income · Canada + Singapore
₹1,28,956 a month.
Without going to work.
$0
CAD · every month · from dividends alone
That’s ≈ ₹1,28,956 per month — entirely from dividend income. No market timing. No active trading required.
Not naked options. Covered, by definition.
The fund already owns the shares before it ever sells a call. The worst case is giving up some upside on a stock you hold — never an open-ended loss. That’s the entire difference between this and the options trading that scares people.
How a covered call ETF makes 15–20%/year
01
Hold the stocks
The fund owns a basket of real shares — same as any regular ETF.
02
Sell the upside, keep the rent
It sells call options against those shares — giving up some potential price gains in exchange for cash premium, collected every month.
03
Premium becomes your dividend
That premium is paid out to unit holders as a monthly distribution — the source of the 15–20% yield.
Note: These ETFs trade on TSX (Canada) — not directly accessible outside Canada. JEPI/JEPQ on NYSE are similar, more accessible alternatives.
InstrumentAnnual yieldMonthly on ₹10L
Indian FD6–7%₹5,800
Mutual fund (avg)10–13%₹9,200
Covered call ETFs15–20%₹14,583
Monthly income calculator ₹10,00,000
Monthly income
₹14,583
Annual income
₹1,75,000
In USD / month
$155
FD gives (annual)
₹70,000
Calculator uses an illustrative 17.5% rate (midpoint of the 15–20% covered call ETF range) based on trailing 12-month distributions. Not guaranteed — covered call ETF payouts vary monthly and past performance does not predict future results.
Where this comes from
Canada · 91.4% Singapore · 8.6%
HYLD HHIS QDAY HHIC
Four confirmed monthly distributors on Wealthsimple, plus ES3, BN4, and K7IU on MooMoo Singapore.
Engine 02 — Cash Flow Income
The Wheel Strategy.
Collecting rent on stocks.

Very few understand this approach — it’s the method behind this engine’s cash flow. It is how my portfolio generates consistent monthly cash — whether markets go up, down, or sideways. This is what I do with my own money, documented as a record — not a suggestion for what you should do with yours.

My price. My terms. My choice, every time.
I decide the price I’m personally comfortable buying or selling at — not the market. So I get assigned shares when they’re down, and called away when they’re up. It’s the approach I use to avoid the trap of buying at the top and selling at the bottom — for my own portfolio, not a formula for anyone else’s.
01
I sell a put — and collect rent upfront
I agree to buy a quality stock at a lower price. The buyer pays me cash immediately. If the stock stays above that price, I keep the cash and repeat next month.
02
If assigned — I own the stock at a discount
If the stock drops below the agreed price, I buy 100 shares at that price. The rent I already collected lowers my effective cost. A quality stock, bought cheap — but the real risk here is plain: if the stock keeps falling after assignment, my loss on the shares can exceed the rent I collected.
03
I sell a covered call — and collect rent again
Now owning the stock, I sell someone the right to buy it from me at a higher price next month. They pay me again. It’s monthly income on my shares, whether the stock moves or not.
04
The wheel keeps turning
Stock or no stock — cash arrives every month for me. Unglamorous, methodical, and it’s worked for me so far. Six months of my own real data is on the right.
6-month average · options income (USD)
$0
per month · Jan–Jun 2025
Month by month
Real monthly premium collected, tracked from broker statements. Updated monthly as new data comes in.
Current open positions Full data for those who follow along
SymbolTypeStrikeExpiryP&L
MSTRCSP$125Jul 24+$1,593
CLSCSP$315Jul 02+$462
GLWCSP$145Jul 17+$328
IRENCSP$40Jul 10+$132
GLDCC$550Oct 16+$114
COPXCC$100Jul 17+$108
IMSRCC$12.50Aug 21+$65
Strikes, premiums, and full P&L visible to those who follow along. Follow along →
Engine 03 — India
Familiar ground.
Treated differently.

Stocks, mutual funds, gold. Things every Indian investor knows. The difference is this is one of four engines — each doing a distinct job, not a single concentrated bet.

30 positions, one engine — run through Zerodha, sized deliberately within a four-engine system.
30
Positions
21
Stocks
9
Mutual funds
21 individual stocks plus mutual funds, by weight.
Aparinds Azad Engineering Yatharth +18 more — hover the chart
Exact position names and sizes are visible to those who follow along.
Engine highlights
Bought 1,000 shares of Unihealth at ₹165 — now at ₹574
+247.9% since purchase
Bought 120 shares of Polycab at ₹5,693 — now at ₹9,953
+74.8% since purchase
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Added a new position this week
Details once the lot is fully built
Updated weekly — standout movers, new positions, and notable changes in this engine.
Engine 04 — Stability
The engine that lets everything else take risk.

SGD and gold. Not exciting. Completely intentional. When markets crash, this engine holds. That stability is what gives the confidence to be aggressive in the other three.

Built around three pillars: ES3 (SPDR STI ETF) for broad Singapore market exposure plus a ~3.5% dividend yield; Gold via GSD ETF, Gold Miners (Picks & Shovels), and gold bond as a pure store of value; and Keppel REIT (K71U) for real estate income, currently yielding 7–8%.

Holdings
ES3, GSD, Gold Miners (Picks & Shovels), gold bond, K71U
Volatility
Low
Role
Capital anchor
Liquidity
High (exchange-traded)
Three forces, one engine

Dividend income, NAV growth, and currency appreciation stack on top of each other — illustrative example, not this portfolio’s exact return.

Div
4%
NAV growth — 25.1%
FX
3%
Combined, on SGD 10,000 for 1 year SGD 13,210 (+32.1%)
Dividend yield — SGD 400 (4.0%)
NAV growth — SGD 2,510 (25.1%)
Currency appreciation — SGD 300 (3.0%)
A quiet tailwind: 1 SGD has gone from ₹46 (2014) to ₹73 today — holding SGD-denominated assets has itself been a form of compounding for an INR-based investor, independent of any investment return.
The journey
Not a destination. A direction.

This portfolio did not appear overnight. It is the result of years of discipline, iteration, and compounding — and it is still being built.

Phase 1
The foundation
Started investing. Built the discipline. Made early mistakes and learned from them.
Phase 2
The system
Developed the 4-engine strategy. Added options trading. First consistent monthly income.
Phase 3 — Now
Scaling & sharing
$1,934 CAD/month in dividends. $4,583 USD/month in options income. A buy-and-hold core compounding underneath.
I’m here
Phase 4
Full-time investing
Engine 01 covers expenses. The other three keep compounding, untouched. Employment becomes optional.
Phase 5
Sharing more widely
Continuing to document the journey in more depth — for anyone who wants to follow along.
📖 Monthly portfolio journal entries — positions, premiums, and the thinking behind each decision — publishing soon.
Media
Watch, listen, follow.

Occasional videos on strategy, market thinking, and what is actually happening inside the portfolio — plus where to find pinkGuava elsewhere.

Cash Secured Puts — the basics
How the first half of the wheel works
The Wheel Strategy explained
Puts, assignment, calls — the full loop
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