Magic question.
You’ve definitely been asked before.
Many times.
How many stocks are ideal? In a folio.
What’s the answer? The correct one.
I have a different question.
My question is – is this really the correct question?
I have another question.
Why are we even trying to ask this question?
One more.
What allowed us to define…
…the flow…
…of a macro entity called the market…
…as it relates to micro individuals like us?
Right.
Let’s try this other approach.
Which one?
The one where we don’t define.
Where we let the market’s flow and our experience of it decide…
…how many stocks?
How does this play out then, for us, in practical terms?
Entry. Entries. As per criteria.
Wherever criteria are met – entries, thus.
Exit as per WWS (worst weed standing) ideology, please see the last piece written.
Thus exit trapdoor portal is narrow.
Top-up parameters. Define.
So you’ve got entries happening, top-ups too, and a narrow exit path through the WWS route.
That’s all the defining that’s required.
Number of stocks comes into automatic generation mode.
Breaking it down.
Entry criteria hits for 20 stocks over the next 12 months. So, 20 entries.
All available funds in.
WWS engine switched on.
New entry candidate.
Worst weed out.
New candidate in.
New funds come in.
Top-ups.
New entries.
Number of stocks grows to 40.
Funds run out.
WWS engine switched on.
New candidate.
Worst weed out. New candidate in.
No new funds over the next five years.
5 new candidates. 30 top-ups owing to top-up criteria hits. Personal expenses. All funded by worst weed exits.
Number of stocks after these 5 years reads 25.
And so on and so forth.
Where are you? Nowhere in the picture.
It’s the math taking the decisions. The defined system. Rule-based. Exactitude. On auto. No emotion. No you. Except to press the buttons.
Sweet spot.
Seal it.
