About Asymmetric Edge

The Journey Begins

I started this newsletter because I saw a need in the investment space. After years of developing and refining my investment approach, I felt I had valuable experience to share and a proven system that could benefit others.

A Strategy with Broad Applicability

What makes this approach special is its broad applicability. The principles I share are ones I use myself and have found applicable across various investment timeframes. I'm in my 30s and use the exact same strategy for my mother who's in retirement. And yes, I practice what I preach—I'm in the same boat as anyone following along with this strategy.

Educational Purpose

I am not a financial advisor. My goal is to share knowledge in an educational, informative way that empowers you to make your own decisions and take charge of your investment future. I want to remove some of the fear and mystery surrounding investing.

Clarifying My Own Thinking

This platform also serves as a way to clarify and refine my own thinking. As the saying goes, you don't truly know what you think until you write it down.

Finding Peace with Your Investments

I've seen too many people, especially retirees, spending excessive time worried about investment moves, constantly on the lookout to guard their portfolios, and anxious about the next market crash. Life is too short for this kind of stress. Ironically, these active worriers tend to perform worse than those who stick with a set investment plan.

By sharing these investment concepts, I hope to contribute to readers finding approaches that reduce financial anxiety and create more space for what's truly important.

What Makes Asymmetric Edge Different

There are many investment services available, but they typically focus on stock picking and individual trades without consideration for how recommendations fit into a well-balanced portfolio. While picking individual stocks might be interesting, it's no way to manage the bulk of your investments.

Other sites track various portfolio construction strategies but leave you to figure out practical implementation on your own. These models often fail to adapt to changing market conditions—no single strategy works in all environments, yet many of these sites present their approaches as universally effective regardless of market cycles.

Asymmetric Edge portfolios are unique in including cryptocurrency, specifically Bitcoin, which has been a major driver of portfolio returns over the past decade. Most portfolio construction websites don't include crypto for several reasons:

Crypto is a relatively new asset class
It doesn't perform well within a permanent set allocation percentage
It tends to trend well, making a momentum approach crucial for capturing bull runs
Its volatility and complexity made it seem too risky for many traditional portfolio managers (though this concern has diminished with the introduction of regulated ETFs)

No Hype, Just Honesty

I'll be honest with you: investing is difficult. No one knows what will happen, and there will be challenging times regardless of strategy. While I've constructed what I believe is a robust strategy that will continue to outperform, I make no guarantees on performance. I do promise to be transparent and to grow and adapt along with the market. This site is as much about sharing my ongoing investment journey with readers as it is about the strategies themselves.

Lessons from the Market

The markets have taught me valuable lessons about life and about myself. Financial markets are fascinating—your personal opinions about how things should play out don't matter. Some of the best traders in the world are only right about 51% of the time.

How do they succeed despite being wrong so often? This is where asymmetry comes into play. These traders cut their losses quickly and let their winners run. They might take several consecutive losses, losing 5% of their capital each time, but then have a single winning trade that rises 100%.

Successful traders can't get caught up in their own egos or need to be right. You must embrace uncertainty. Even with all available information and the brightest minds, you'll never have certainty about market movements.

The best approach I've found is to "be dumb and follow price." This is momentum investing at its core. You don't need to know all the reasons an asset is rising; you simply recognize that it is and act accordingly.

Disclaimer

The content provided on Asymmetric Edge is for informational and educational purposes only. All information shared represents my own opinions and experiences as an individual investor. This is not financial advice.

I am not a licensed financial advisor, broker, or tax professional. Nothing published on this site should be considered personal investment advice. You should consult with appropriate professionals regarding your specific situation before making financial decisions.

Past performance is not indicative of future results. All investments involve risk, including the potential loss of principal. Investment strategies that have worked in the past may not work in the future.

The information on this site does not take into account your personal financial situation, objectives, or needs. Readers are solely responsible for their own investment decisions.