Mistakes & Lessons
This section is for recording mistakes, difficult decisions, and lessons from the portfolio. The aim is not to avoid mistakes completely, but to make sure I learn from them, improve my process, and do not repeat the same errors without understanding them.
These lesson cards are planned placeholders. Future entries will explain what happened, why it mattered, what I got wrong, what I learned, and what I would do differently.
Planned lesson
A future lesson on handling winners and deciding whether to trim, hold, or fully exit.
Main themes: winners, ASML, trimming, discipline
Related link: /decision-archive/sold-asml-for-realised-profit
Planned lesson
A future lesson on keeping the record complete and writing decisions down before memory becomes vague.
Main themes: communication, record keeping, accountability
Related link: /journal/week-13-portfolio-summary
Planned lesson
A future lesson on averaging down, sizing, and making sure conviction is not just hope in disguise.
Main themes: averaging down, position sizing, Symbotic
Related link: /decision-archive/averaged-down-symbotic
Planned lesson
A future lesson on owning exciting ideas without letting excitement drive portfolio size.
Main themes: SpaceX, speculation, position sizing
Related link: /decision-archive/bought-spacex
Planned lesson
A future lesson on treating cash as patience and optionality rather than pressure to act.
Main themes: cash, patience, discipline
Related link: /process
Planned lesson
A future lesson on why a hedge can be useful even when it is not the best-performing part of the portfolio.
Main themes: gold, hedge, portfolio balance
Related link: /decision-archive/added-to-gold-as-a-hedge
Planned lesson
A future lesson on leveraged crypto trading, emotional pressure, and why leverage does not fit the process.
Main themes: leverage, risk management, mistakes
Related link: /about