You’ve copied the big-name investor’s positions and bought in. But you don’t know his cost is half of yours.
On Twitter, people often post their holdings: “Heavy position in NVIDIA,” “AMD core position,” “Long-term holding of SpaceX.” You see it and think, “The pros are doing it too. I should buy.”
Then you buy. The price you pay is today’s market price.
But have you thought about one thing: when was the position he posted actually built? His NVIDIA might have been bought at $120; now it’s $220, with an unrealized gain of 83%. When you chase in at $220, your NVIDIA is the same stock—but it’s not the same trade. He has an 83% profit cushion under it. If it drops 20%, he’s still up 60%. You have no profit protection; if it drops 20%, you’re down 20%.
Same stock, same time point. He can hold comfortably because he’s sitting on a floating profit of 80%, while you’re anxious because you’ve just entered. He can stay steady through the July pullback because a 20% drop for him only turns his profit from 83% to 63%.
You can’t. Because a 20% pullback for you is a 20% loss.
That’s why you can copy the big V’s positions, but you can’t replicate the big V’s mindset. Mindset isn’t a personality difference—it’s a cost difference. He stays calm because he has a profit cushion; you’re anxious because you’re floating right at the surface.
Next time you see someone post their holdings, ask one question first: What price did they buy at? If they don’t say, that information is toxic to you—because you only see the outcome, not the premise.
Have you ever copied someone else’s holdings and ended up losing money?
$NVDAB
$AAPLB
On Twitter, people often post their holdings: “Heavy position in NVIDIA,” “AMD core position,” “Long-term holding of SpaceX.” You see it and think, “The pros are doing it too. I should buy.”
Then you buy. The price you pay is today’s market price.
But have you thought about one thing: when was the position he posted actually built? His NVIDIA might have been bought at $120; now it’s $220, with an unrealized gain of 83%. When you chase in at $220, your NVIDIA is the same stock—but it’s not the same trade. He has an 83% profit cushion under it. If it drops 20%, he’s still up 60%. You have no profit protection; if it drops 20%, you’re down 20%.
Same stock, same time point. He can hold comfortably because he’s sitting on a floating profit of 80%, while you’re anxious because you’ve just entered. He can stay steady through the July pullback because a 20% drop for him only turns his profit from 83% to 63%.
You can’t. Because a 20% pullback for you is a 20% loss.
That’s why you can copy the big V’s positions, but you can’t replicate the big V’s mindset. Mindset isn’t a personality difference—it’s a cost difference. He stays calm because he has a profit cushion; you’re anxious because you’re floating right at the surface.
Next time you see someone post their holdings, ask one question first: What price did they buy at? If they don’t say, that information is toxic to you—because you only see the outcome, not the premise.
Have you ever copied someone else’s holdings and ended up losing money?
$NVDAB
$AAPLB