Week 34 of My $50 a Day Strategy Journey: Getting Closer to 50 Shares, Even in a Down Week

This post is part of my ongoing 20-year $50-a-day investing series in Strategy (MSTR).

Each week I document the streak, the share growth, the portfolio value, and the discipline behind the system.

You can read last week’s update here: Week 33: Another Share, Another Step Closer

Week 34 Snapshot

• 📅 Date: December 08-12, 2025

• 💵 Total Market Value: $6,818.11

• 📈 Total Shares: 38.635324

• 🧠 Average Cost Per Share: $314.48

• 🔻 Total Return: -$5,331.89 (–43.88%)

• 🎯 Next Milestone: 50 shares

This Week Was Down, But I’m Not

The numbers don’t lie. The portfolio value dipped again this week.

And yet, I feel better than I did two weeks ago.

Why?

Because I’m getting closer to 50 shares, which is my next psychological checkpoint.

If you’ve been following this journey, you already know that I don’t chase performance.

I chase consistency.

And right now, the math is compounding, the streak is unbroken, and I’m 11.36 shares away from hitting the halfway mark to 100.

That’s why even in a red week, the momentum still feels green.

Week 34 Receipt: 38.63 shares of MSTR, portfolio value at $6,818.11, and still compounding daily despite being -43.88% in the red.

38.635324 shares. $6,818.11 market value. 100% of it built one $50 day at a time.

The Main Lesson: Share Count Over Portfolio Value

If you’re reading these years from now, maybe in 2031 or even 2045, here’s one thing I want you to take from this week:

Focus on the number of shares you own and the average cost you’re bringing down.

Not the portfolio value. Not the short-term price action.

That shift in perspective changes everything.

When you stop reacting to volatility and start tracking ownership, you start seeing the long game more clearly.

That’s why I celebrate another 1.9 shares this week.

Not because the market was kind.

But because the system was.

Ownership is rising. Share by share, the foundation gets stronger.

Red week for Strategy but share count still increased.

✅ Why I Use Robinhood for My $50/Day System

I get asked this a lot:

Why Robinhood?

Because it lets me automate 252 market-day buys, stack $100 every Monday for weekends, and execute $50 manual buys on holidays.

No fees. No friction. No excuses.

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One Brick Closer to 50

This week reminded me that wealth doesn’t always feel like winning.

Sometimes, it feels like showing up.

Stacking the boring share.

Lowering the cost.

Being proud of your ownership even when the value goes down.

I didn’t build this for dopamine.

I built it for discipline.

And with 38.63 shares in the books, I’m officially on the runway to 50.

That’s the only scoreboard that matters.

Want to Follow This Journey?

This journey is for the underdogs and 9-to-5 workers who are told wealth is out of reach.

It is not about timing the market.

It is about proving that discipline beats emotion.

Every $50 buy is a receipt of ownership and a brick in the foundation of long-term wealth.

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