As I’d like to better understand my audience, I’m curious to hear what your expectations are for yearly results. 👉 Please vote for what you expect should be our target! I’m currently in the process of defining my long-term portfolio strategy. Specifically, I’m reflecting on how to improve consistency and reduce risk. Over the past five years, my portfolio achieved an average annualized return of +75%, with the negative results of the 2022 bear market. It would be great to keep that pace, but to make it sustainable, I need to take action and fine-tune my approach. There’s no single “right” strategy in investing. A strategy is personal, it evolves with your goals, your situation, your stage in life, and even your personality. For one person, “risk” means putting everything on red. For another, it might be buying a volatile growth stock or even holding a single ETF. That’s the beauty (and challenge) of defining your own strategy: deciding what level of volatility you can live with, and how to balance long-term conviction with short-term opportunities. With investing, it’s not only important to know when to enter a position, but also when to exit. A common mistake investors make is getting married to a stock and holding on too long and watching profits vanish. For my short-term positions, I aim to close trades within <1 year, using volume, trend, resistance, and volatility to determine my exit target at the moment of entry. Remember that the duration of a position matters when investing: with the same capital, two successful trades of 12% per year can already outperform many benchmarks. Profit isn’t just about being in the green, it’s about beating the market. If a position returns <15% yearly, it’s effectively a losing trade compared to a simple S&P 500 or world ETF. I believe that this mindset is the reason of my past success. The downside of this mindset is the lack of long-term positions, which should be the pillars of stability in my portfolio. For the future I aim for stocks with sustainable growth around 20% annually, ideally in sectors with strong fundamentals and compounding potential. While short-term trades can create bursts of profit and liquidity, long-term holdings offer the advantage of compound returns, lower trading costs, and tax efficiency. The key is finding the right balance between the two, using short-term trades to stay agile, and long-term investments to build lasting value. But of course, the more stability, the lower the returns. So I’m curious what would you consider a healthy yearly target for our portfolio? Vote below and share your thoughts, I’d love to hear your perspective. 𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 | 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 | 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴. $SPX500 $SWDA.L

SPX500SWDA.L

While my numbers might not look impressive at first glance, I'm feeling positive. Earnings will likely bring more volatility, but I expect us to carry our green streak into November. Why I'm optimistic? My overall portfolio has been stable, but that's because our smaller positions have rallied, masking a ~15% dip in our largest holding, $NIO . I'm still very bullish on NIO, and this internal rebalancing has set us up well for the coming months. My trades take time and my investments even longer, patience is key! Looking forward to next week as I'm excited to participate in eToro's Popular Investor Summit. I'm eager to learn from other investors and find new ideas to help me grow as an investor, trader and Popular Investor! Also going? Let me know!

NIO

It’s seems several trades reached their target prices, 5 different positions in $SMR $OUST $AEVA 4 of them got closed today upon market open with some nice profits. Now we wait to see if we can repeat the trades or if we keep climbing for the remainder of our positions. Both SMR and LiDAR are developing technologies, we haven’t seen the best of these yet, I’m bullish for the future. On a side note, we finally opened a small position in $HSAI , yet another LiDAR company I originally wanted to buy at $16 but because I didn’t wanted to enter at $16,05 I missed out, today I entered at a premium price with a short term vision. Out of all the companies, this one is close to become profitable, this one is affected by the China/USA trade war, so we might open a couple of additional trades until a deal is made. My quarterly goal stays the same: wait for TP’s to close some positions before the year end so we’re at 10-20% cash. With the equivalent of today’s profits I’ll buy myself an end of the year present, but I’ll use my savings account for that so we can compound the profits even further!

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SMROUSTAEVAHSAI

Contrary to the blue Monday of yesterday, today it’s a deep red day and normally I like these. Days like these often offer the best opportunities, almost everything is on a discount. Normally, I’d be entering new positions, but today I’m holding back. As I mentioned before, I believe that the current market is a little bloated, I’ll wait for the next sale before jumping in. I’m glad we built that small cash position recently, if the market drops another 5–10% because of current geopolitical tensions, I plan to use it fully. My current green streak is 8 consecutive months, I plan to keep it that way. For now, I'll start my weekend early and we'll see next week what the world has to offer. My experience in life has taught me that risk creates opportunity and every financial success I’ve had came from taking risks. My stock portfolio is no different. Remember when you copy me, my strategy embraces volatility and larger swings. I do not recommend setting a stoploss, I'll do that on my end where I see fit. If you copy me, consider doing it over multiple weeks/months, days like these offer a great opportunity to increase your copy and spread out the risk. 𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 | 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 | 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴.

On days like this, when the market feels like a blue Monday, I like to step back and review some charts. It helps me get a clearer perspective, without being influenced by emotions or daily volatility. Today, I looked at NIO, which has performed well over the past few months. I’m not trading NIO based on technical analysis, but my conviction in this company is driven by its long-term potential. Still, out of curiosity, I decided to take a closer look at the technical setup to see what the chart might be telling us. This chart covers roughly one year, and here are a few observations worth noting: - We’re currently testing a key resistance level around $7.63, which marks a one-year high. - Since June 10, trading volume has increased and remains elevated, which typically is a healthy sign that investor interest is strong. - The bullish momentum has started to cool off, which supports the idea that the stock is encountering resistance. - The RSI is hovering near overbought territory, but its not yet extremely overbought, but it shows the rally could be taking a breather. - The trendline remains intact, and with the resistance test underway, the next few days could be quite interesting to see whether NIO breaks through or consolidates. I like technical analysis, I like to believe they give some insights in the near future, but to make successful trades you can't ignore the fundamentals. For now lets see if next few market days are volatile as this chart is predicting and lets hope it brings us closer to 10$ and not 5$. 𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 | 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 | 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴.

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NIO

Today at market open we experienced an automatic closure of $RDW.US & a position in $AEVA The position in $RDW.US closed because of a stop loss I configured yesterday, giving a +29% profit! As I mentioned before, this was a swing trade and not an investment, I still question the company's future. I'm keeping track of the stock price for future swings, but I don't expect to re-enter this anytime soon. For $AEVA on the other hand, 1 position got closed because of the Target Price, resulting in +25% profit. After our profit taking, the stock price dropped 10%, which is not yet sufficient for a reentry. I consider re-entering around 15.00$ for now! Enjoy your profits!

RDW.USAEVA

I wasn’t planning on closing my position in AMD so quickly, but staying true to my strategy: every exceptional large unexpected position change is a reason to enter or exit a position. Although the deal with OpenAI is a very bullish move, I’d rather mis out on the next 20% and wait for the results of the last 2 quarters of 2025. The effects of this contract will only present itself in 2026. You might prefer “Diamond Hands 🙌🏻 “, I prefer “pockets full of money 💵 “ What do you think the stock price of AMD will do in the next 6 months? As always, this is my opinion, not financial advice.

AMD

15 days ago I was excited about reaching my second month as a Popular investor and happy with +12% profits in september. The 2 weeks afterwards were a nightmare, not just because my portfolio dropped a couple of percentages, but because I wasn't certain why and when the downtrend would stop... At this point in time, I'm more relaxed as my predictions were confirmed, but man... this current market is ready for some therapy. 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 Over the past 2 weeks my portfolio performance was 2 fold: 🟢 upwards trend for $NIO 🔴 downward trend for almost everything else For once my large position in NIO held up its weight against the overal market sentiment. My target price in $ASML was reached (although it might have been early), last week I also had one in $AMD and today I manually closed another position and I had 1/2 short term trades in $RDW.US reach it TP and the second trade is on-track. At this point in time everything has recovered and seems to be on fire🔥!!! I'm on my 8th consecutive green month, I'm beating my own record here. At this point, the majority of my trades have target prices, with the lowest positions without any and also NIO is still without any guidance. This market is too emotional, I predict that it will cool down by the end of the year, so I'm happy with any closure with my predefined targets. 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝟯 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 In the next three months I have the following goals & objectives on my list: - Increase my cash position to 10-20% overal before the years end - Further investigate the $SMR market, I believe there's a lot of potential in the next 5-10 years - Start studying for my CISI International Certificate in Wealth & Investment Management (Exam in 2026) - Visit the @popularinvestors summit at the end of this month 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 One last thing that I'm proud of... as of today I've reached the Champion 🏆 level. This allows me to grow as a Popular Investor and work towards the Elite level. I'm at the point that there's +250K$ under copy, this is a crazy amount and I'm thankful for the trust. 𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 | 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 | 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴.

NIOASMLAMDRDW.USSMR

Time really flies, already my second month as a Popular Investor! Where a month ago I was grateful to have the trust of 15 people, today over 100 people are copying me. I’m excited to have this opportunity and grateful for the trust you’re giving me. In the meantime I’m starting to get used to the idea of being responsible for other peoples money. I’ve learned that this responsibility comes with some boundaries. I consider myself responsible for the stocks I select, the moment I enter a position and when I exit a position. The moment someone starts to copy me, the configuration of a stop-loss, the size of the copy and any expectations on returns are not my responsibility. That doesn’t mean I don’t have any advice on this, but ultimately they are outside of my responsibility. I’m glad to see some copiers are taking that advice seriously. Unfortunately in these 2 months I have also seen 26 people closing their position, but what frustrated me the most was that 21/26 people terminated their position within <7 days after starting their copy. I wish eToro would ask why, as I’d really would like to understand… If there’s one thing you need when investing, know that its patience. As of last week every copier was with profits and not just a little profit, on average I’m seeing a +𝟭𝟬% profit! My top 5 copiers is +𝟮𝟱% in 2 months time, that’s almost double of what the S&P500 did this year! A special thanks to those who stuck with me through the drawdowns of –10%: “We ride together, we die together. Bad boys for life.” Remember that I compound everything, so growth will accelerate faster and faster. I’m really enjoying this journey as a Popular Investor. It excites me to think I can share my results with others and that my perspective might offer new insights. My goal is to one day dedicate all my time to this, dive even deeper into analysis, and continue to grow, both in knowledge and results. For now, I’ll keep pushing, keep learning, and see where this journey takes us. 𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 | 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 | 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴.

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