Private Trader - Portfolio Update & Tactical Allocation

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Micro-Cap Re-Entry

An allocation that's rare within my framework is entering microcap positions, particularly post-2022, where discipline around capital efficiency has become significantly stricter. I held these 3 positions pre-2022, and the experience was negative; outcome, even more brutal. However, these positions/trades belonged to an early phase of my market development. Thus, today’s entries are under completely different conditions and controls.

Without doubt, high-risk companies, that part is not ignored, it’s explicitly acknowledged within the decision. The control is simply position sizing. My exposure to these 3 is equivalent to what I would normally allocate as a low-weight first entry into a high-conviction stock. It’s absolutely critically to contain exposure, or simply, your risk.

My thesis, that time will clarify its efficacy, is that these companies are nearing major inflection points, and the market environment may allow a potentially amplified outcome; a contained attempt, and the conditions of holding such positions must hold true to a relatively small position size, the entrance timing must be exquisite, and the return must justify the risk; the required outcome is very high, and time will determine whether the timing is correct.

Portfolio Allocation Adjustment

I’m currently at:

65% Equities

15% US Treasuries

20% Cash

My equity exposure increased as I added shares to a high-conviction defensive position that I expect to outperform, and despite the deployment of capital, my cash state remains at 20%. This is a temporary shift to my cash/treasury allocations, not a structural one. The expectations is that currently active positions may close within days/weeks, allowing me to rotate to my desired allocations of 30% cash, and 20% treasuries.

Long-Held Position - Strategic Averaging Decision

There’s a position in my portfolio that I’ve held for more than 2 years; it's the longest-held position within the entire portfolio. During this entire period, I never averaged down or added any new shares; intentionally. My framework generally avoids allocating additional capital to positions that are in the red.

When capital becomes “trapped” in an inefficient position, my preference is to deploy capital into new positions, essentially starting from 0%. However, after more than 2 years, I believe the time has arrived, and I doubled my position, lowering that position average by 14%; a move not typical of how I operate, and it introduces a layer of complexity that effectively locks a significant amount of capital into a single thesis.

My decision carries a direct implication to my yearly objective of achieving +15% RCE (Realized Capital Efficiency); it eliminates potential flexibility used to generate realized gains throughout the year, and basically raises the difficulty level of my yearly mission.

The judgement is that the timing window for a “capital release” is nigh, and if my thesis is correct, allows a potential capital unlock and redeployment; the final judge remains with the market, and time will determine if this decision was correct.

Gold, Miners & Salvage Operations

Currently, my broader macro positions remains negatively skewed towards gold, one adopted around Nov 2025, and only increasing in conviction as the days move forward. I’ve several ETFs tied to this theme, and they have significantly underperformed since that time frame. I previously described these positions as salvage operations, with the purpose of capital recovery wherever possible. I’m in the realm that major moves are approaching.

The real question is, not whether movement occurs, but how much capital can ultimately be salvaged, and once these positions are closed, they’ll never be part of any Madalytics portfolio due to structural reasons.

Such instruments have only introduced multiple inefficiencies, and diluted focus from areas where capital can produce stronger outcomes. Even under favorable market conditions, they add little strategic value; once salvage operations are concluded, they will be permanently excluded from the Madalytics framework.

Capital must flow only where the equation is strongest; everything else is eventually excluded. Be defensive in times of today, all the best and carry forth!