Week 31 of My 50 a Day Strategy Journey The Further It Drops The Bigger The Blessing
- Silivere Bakomeza
- 2 days ago
- 5 min read
November 17 to November 21
This post is part of my ongoing twenty year fifty a day investing series in Strategy.
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 30 of My Fifty a Day Strategy Journey the Quiet Red Weeks That Build Legends.
Week 31 Snapshot
Shares: 32.734656
Portfolio Value: $5,657.33
Average Cost: 339.09
Total Return: -5,442.67
Total Return Percent: -49.03%
Reflection of the Week the Drop That Tested My Spirit
This week felt like a punch to the stomach.
When I saw my portfolio sliding deeper into the red, getting close to negative 50 percent from my peak, I felt something I had not felt in a long time.
Not fear.
Not panic.
It was something deeper.
A tightening in the chest.
A reminder that I am still human.
Seeing your money bleed week after week is not fun.
Watching the numbers drop while people on social media doubt your entire mission is not easy.
Looking at a portfolio that once looked strong and now looks broken can trigger old survival instincts.
But here is the truth.
I did not flinch.
I did not break.
I did not violate the system I built years ago.
My discipline did not move.
This is the first week where I felt proud at a different level because nothing about this red week scared me away from the 20-year mission. If anything, it made me feel like I am exactly where I am supposed to be.
If I did not have the twenty year goal in front of me, I would have sold everything at negative 20 percent.
Let that sink in.
Most people quit long before the blessing shows up.
Most people run away from the very moment designed to build them.
Most people want greatness but only in green seasons.
But real wealth is built through the market’s weakness.
The further a great asset drops, the bigger the blessing on the way back up.
You get more ownership for less money.
You build a position faster.
You let time do the heavy lifting.
This week reminded me again that my discipline is tied to something bigger than a red chart.
I am not here for approval.
I am here for a twenty year streak.
That is the difference between scared money and strategy money.
What Hurt and What Helped
I will not lie.
It hurt seeing my portfolio back near the levels it had months ago. For a moment, the thought crossed my mind:
Is this the beginning of the crypto winter
Because everything crypto related is struggling right now.
Bitcoin is flat.
Altcoins are bleeding.
Tech is choppy.
Crypto stocks are sliding.
This is exactly how winters start.
Quiet. Slow. Painful.
It does not feel like a crash.
It feels like a slow leak.
But here is the part that helped me keep my head straight:
Every winter in market history has made disciplined investors rich.
Not the loud ones.
Not the geniuses.
Not the ones predicting the bottom.
The ones who kept buying while the prices looked sick.
That reality alone kept me calm.
This is what the experiment is supposed to look like.
High conviction investing means your portfolio spends more time red than green.
The red periods are where legends are built.
I had to remind myself of something simple:
The compounding always works harder in the red.
You get more shares for the same daily $50.
Your total share count climbs faster.
Your average cost improves.
Your future upside becomes larger.
Red is the real deal.
Green is the reward.
Lesson of Week 31 The Market Will Hurt You Before It Helps You
This week taught me a lesson I want anyone reading this years from now to take seriously:
If you believe in your asset and your mission, the further it drops the more you should lean in.
Not blindly.
Not emotionally.
Not recklessly.
With research.
With discipline.
With a long horizon.
The market will test your patience, your identity, your emotions, and your discipline before it ever gives you freedom.
You need to be stronger than the chart.
Most investors fail because they treat downturns like threats.
Builders treat downturns like invitations.
Week 31 reminded me again that time is my strongest weapon.
Not genius.
Not luck.
Not timing.
Time.
And time only works for those who keep showing up.
Week 31 BakoBar Performance
What I Am Proud of This Week
There is one thing that stood out more than anything.
I stayed committed to the system.
I did not let the red scare me away.
I did not betray my future.
My biggest win this week was simple:
I kept buying while the stock was in its worst shape.
When everything looks ugly, that is where the opportunity actually lives.
This is where the foundation of a future fortune is laid brick by brick.
The daily buys kept coming.
The streak did not break.
Even on days when my mind wanted to take a break, the system carried me.
Automation is discipline on autopilot.
This is why I do it.
Why I Still Trust Strategy Even in Weeks Like This
Strategy is not a hype stock.
It is a long-term asymmetric bet.
It is Bitcoin exposure wrapped in regulation.
It is a leveraged play on the hardest asset in history.
If it drops 50 percent
I will still be here.
If it drops 70 percent
I will still be here.
If it drops 90 percent
I will still be here.
Because it is not about the price today.
It is about the ownership I build every day for 20 years.
And here is the part people do not understand:
If Strategy goes lower
my next twenty years get better.
Because I will own way more shares.
And time will reward the ones who stayed through the pain.
Week 31 Momentum
This week I crossed 32.7 shares.
Another milestone.
Another quiet win.
If the price stays low for a while, I could hit 40 shares faster than I expected.
Low prices are not punishment.
They are an opportunity disguised as discomfort.
If You Want to Follow the Same Path
I use Robinhood for one reason.
Automation.
When you automate $5 or $50 a day, your emotions cannot sabotage your future.
If you want to build wealth through discipline instead of hype, start your journey here:
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Closing Thoughts
Most people quit right before the blessing.
Most people want success without the suffering that shapes it.
Most people want compounding without commitment.
But this is where wealth is built.
In the weeks that feel heavy.
In the weeks when your portfolio looks broken.
In the moments where you want to give up but show up anyway.
Week 31 reminded me again:
The market rewards the ones who stay.
Not the ones who only show up on green days.
I am 31 weeks in.
My portfolio is red.
My emotions were tested.
But my identity stayed firm.
I am an investor.
I am a builder.
I am here for 20 years.
And I am not going anywhere.
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