Portfolio Check · by Camille Dubois · 2026-08-27

down 38% peak to trough and the stupid part was I called myself long term

I want to confess this because I used to read loss posts like they were about dumber people. My portfolio was way too tech-heavy plus some ETH because apparently I enjoy emotional weather.

At the top it looked roughly like:
QQQ 38%
single tech names 24%
VTI 18%
ETH 10%
cash 10%

Then the market reminded me that saying I'm long term and actually watching 38% evaporate are two different hobbies.

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Liam Naidoo · 18 likes

A lot of us were long term until the chart looked like a ski slope.

Nour Ali · 2 likes

emotional weather is too real

Mateo Cruz · 2 likes

The market is a fantastic translator of self-image into reality.

Huy Le · 4 likes

Did you rebalance into boring stuff or just white-knuckle it?

Kabir Khan · 7 likes

Sold most single names, kept QQQ smaller than before, added plain total market. ETH is now tiny. Humility achieved.

Yui Tanaka · 0 likes

Respect for posting the actual allocation. That's where the lesson lives.