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# My portfolio and guidance on copying it

## Introduction

I invest in ARK Invest ETFs, Holofuel tokens ($HOT), $IOEN, and her cryptocurrencies.

I will maintain a cash balance of at least 20% in order to keep my risk level at 6 or below, so that my portfolio can be continued to be copied as a Popular Investor, and the cash balance may increase during bull runs in order to reinvest during market corrections and bearish markets. I will manage risk by not keeping several positions open with a profit or loss of more than 30%. I will dollar cost average my investments over time.

## Guidance on copying

For copying all my trades, you can do so with as little as $200, the minimum amount for copy trading. For a growth strategy, I recommend investing at least 15% of your risk finances—finances that you can afford to lose—e.g. which you won't need to pay for necessary expenses in the short-term. If you have a higher risk appetite and want to see increased growth, then I encourage you to increase the weight of your portfolio that is allocated to copying my portfolio. Note that these are just suggestions, and they do not constitute as investment advice, as they do not consider your individual goals, financial needs or circumstances.

Dollar-cost averaging will minimize the impact of volatility (start relatively small, add more over time). If you're new to copy trading, learn more here: www.etoro.com/copytrader/

Note that there is also a potentially greater risk to investing in "safe" stocks, which are often really value-traps, because they face risk from disruption.

Based on the past performance of ARK ETFs since inception, and given that my portfolio will not be managed exactly in conjunction with ARK's management, please bear in mind that it might take as long as 18 months–2 years to make a profit from copying my portfolio, so be prepared to copy for that long, although it seems to be more likely that you will see returns in a shorter time e.g. a couple of months—so far I'm up 59% since July, as of Jan 20 2020. See my latest stats [here](https://www.etoro.com/people/jamesray1/stats). At any rate, ARK's minimum hurdle rate of return is 15% p.a., compounded, and it is well ahead to outpace that. Due to my outsized positions in crypto, I aim to beat ARK Invest's performance, but albeit with higher risk and volatility—which also means that there may be larger drawdowns, so holding time may need to be longer, in order to see larger returns overall.

## About ARK Invest

ARK Invest focuses solely on offering investment solutions by investing in companies that are leading in disruptive innovation in the public equity markets, through cross-sector innovation platforms such as artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous technologies, energy storage, DNA sequencing and genomics, and blockchain technology. ARK selects such companies through an open research process that includes identifying long-term macroeconomic trends in disruptive innovation, such as S-curve growth, and Wright's Law (which involves projecting continued cost declines for every cumulative doubling in production).

ARK Invest has an experienced investment leadership team, where their CEO/CIO and Director of Research have worked together for almost 15 years and recognize that innovation demands a dynamic approach. This dynamic approach includes their actively managed ETFs and open research process, rather than through traditional strategies like benchmarks and passive strategies.

“We’re all about finding the next big thing. Those hewing to the benchmarks, which are backwards looking, are not about the future. They are about what has worked. We’re all about what is going to work.”—Cathie Wood, Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of ARK Invest
Learn more about ARK Invest here: https://ark-invest.com/the-ark-difference/

Traditional investment strategies are exposed to risks with disruption, particularly in the following areas:
- physical bank branches (which are exposed to disruption from fintech and blockchains)
- brick and mortar retail (which are exposed to disruption from eCommerce, drones, and robo-taxis)
- linear TV (which is exposed to disruption from live streaming)
- freight rail (which is exposed to disruption from autonomous EV trucks)
- traditional transportation (particularly ICE vehicles, which are exposed to disruption from autonomous electric vehicles, as is also short-haul aviation)

Three of their actively managed ETFs became available to trade on eToro via CFDs in late December. They are rebalanced daily, and are as follows: 
- $ARKK: Disruptive Innovation, its model portfolio for providing broad exposure to disruptive innovation, including artificial intelligence, robotics, energy storage, DNA sequencing, and blockchain technology. ARK anticipates that these technologies will "change the way the world works and deliver outsized growth as industries transform."—https://ark-invest.com/strategy/ark-disruptive-innovation/. 

This portfolio has seen an increase in price from 20.38 at inception in Oct 27, 2014 (or from an ATL of 14.95 on Feb 8, 2016) while currently trading near at a price of 145.28, near a recent ATH of 147.45. Much of this increase has occurred a;ong with increasing volume since Feb/March where prices were at 52.84/37.85. Source of data: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ARKK?p=ARKK&.tsrc=fin-srch.

That said, the long-term trends are what ARK is more focused on, with a 5 year investment timeframe that aims for a doubling in returns every five years, or a minimum hurdle rate of 15%, compounded, on all of its holdings. Given the current bull-run, it seems likely that a correction may occur in the short to mid-term. Nevertheless, I will continue to increase my position in these ETFs as I gradually add more funds to my portfolio.

- $ARKW, Next Generation Internet, which seeks to provide exposure to artificial intelligence, deep learning, big data, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and blockchain technology. More info is here: https://ark-invest.com/strategy/next-generation-internet/
- $ARKF: Fintech Innovation, which aims to provides exposure to "fintech innovations including mobile payments, digital wallets, peer-to-peer lending, blockchain technology, and financial risk transformation. These innovations should revolutionize the financial industry, impacting every sector of the global economy."—https://ark-invest.com/strategy/fintech-innovation/

Follow Ark Invest on Twitter for continued updates. Subscribe to ARK Invest here: https://ark-invest.com/subscribe/

"Investing in innovation starts with understanding it. ARK publishes its original research to enlighten investors on the impact of technologies and to seek feedback on our work." 

## Cryptocurrencies

I own Holofuel tokens and some other crypts.

Where can you buy Holofuel tokens? I buy on Coinspot in Australia. Other than that you can buy from [Orion Protocol](https://www.orionprotocol.io/), which aggregates exchanges (CEXs and DEXs) and swap pools.

There's also Uniswap which also has swap pools for it e.g. with ETH and USDT.

Relative to ARK Invest, I have been holding outsized positions in Bitcoin and Ether on eToro. See [this post](https://www.etoro.com/posts/0__entry__1793417c-a4af-4b5f-8fb9-8e831b9fb15e) for charts and resources for why Bitcoin and Ethereum are good investments.

## Solar
 And then for other holdings, my positions are:
- solar stocks: $SPWR (SunPower Corp) $CSIQ (Canadian Solar Inc.)  $SEDG (SolarEdge Technologies) $0968.HK (Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd) $01211.HK 

Why I avoid investing in utility-scale generation:

https://twitter.com/JamesChristrRay/status/1366219245093195778

## Other positions outside of eToro

Outside of eToro, I also own cryptocurrencies: $HOT, $DEC, $ETHEREUM, and $SKRP.

You can see my crypto portfolio here:

https://app.zerion.io/0x366d189ad92eac6cfebed3863323682350395fe3/overview

0x366d189ad92eac6cfebed3863323682350395fe3

Old portfolio:
https://etherscan.io/address/jamesray.eth

0xf3047b2b495e31c1e39f198448ae5f382739264a

And you can track its performance using the Zerion app or website.

https://holochain.org

https://holo.host

https://holo.host/learn/

https://decentr.net

https://skraps.io

The former two are not blockchain-based, they are post blockchain cryptocurrency technologies. I think they have huge potential for exponential growth, as they have significant design advantages and use cases over blockchains.


I recommend monitoring developments with cryptocurrencies, and with disruptively innovative companies that are not currently available for public investing, such as precision fermentation based companies like Impossible Foods; and SpaceX, and see also this compendium on sustainable energy and cleantech innovation:

bit.ly/348FZz8

## Final remarks

Why not start copying all of my trades today, and join me in investing in disruptive innovation! What would it mean to you if you could see exponential growth in your finances while helping society, the economy and the planet? What would you do with the increased capital? How would that impact you? If you just add me to a watchlist, you may forget about my portfolio, or delay investing. There is an opportunity cost to delaying—disruptive innovation happens quickly!

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions. If you have a sound reason that you don't want to copy all my trades, feel free to let me know.

## FAQs

### Holo and Holochain FAQs

Holo and Holochain Newbie Guide

What is Holochain? medium.com/h-o-l-o/509818aa3c88

Holochain Explained  youtube.com/watch?v=hyCtYrHJebs

What is Holofuel? Asset-backed, Value-stable Currency  youtube.com/watch?v=hn7aWuerBB8

HOT vs. Holo fuel: medium.com/h-o-l-o/6d8b6d3938d6

Best of Holo and Holochain Videos! medium.com/h-o-l-o/best-of-holo-and-holochain-videos-be6740cf63fe

Holo: The evolution of cloud computing: medium.com/h-o-l-o/holo-the-evolution-of-cloud-computing-57a0a281b88b

Vision: Holo and Holochain youtube.com/watch?v=2FJL3ibnZlY

Holo videos: youtube.com/channel/UCSRJRJvkZHk3f1PemqT-R0g/videos

Holochain videos:  youtube.com/channel/UC9fNJMIQ9mQ4u9oyoVIqtDQ/videos

Holochain Technical Articles

Holochain: Reinventing Applications: https://medium.com/holochain/holochain-reinventing-applications-d2ac1e4f25ef

The Holo vision: Serverless 2.0: https://medium.com/holochain/the-holo-vision-serverless-2-0-c0b294e753ba

dApp planning: crypto building blocks: https://medium.com/holochain/dapp-planning-crypto-basics-8bd1073cbe19

Holochain White Paper and the Road to Sheafhood: https://medium.com/the-advancedness-project/holochain-white-paper-and-the-road-to-sheafhood-9d5b159ee074

### Why do I buy Holofuel tokens (HOT)?

By buying Holofuel tokens, I have outperformed ARK Invest (albeit with a higher risk), although that's done off eToro, and even if $HOT was available on eToro, my portfolio's risk level would be too high if I invested as much as I do in $HOT on eToro. http://rdaindex.com/ ranks $HOT top 1 by intrinsic value out of all cryptocurrencies. Currently the ratio between the RDA Price and the Market Price for $HOT is 182, suggesting a very large upside growth potential. It is my conviction that Holochain is poised to grow to become a framework for next generation internet technologies and fintech.

### What eToro needs to do for me to keep more of my funds on eToro:
- own the private keys to cryptoassets on eToro so that you can move them elsewhere
- add more cryptoassets, especially HOT and IOEN, as well as ones listed at rdaindex.com, which I use as guidance to select which cryptoassets to invest in
- add PRNT and IZRL. Then I don't need to move a small percentage of funds to hellostake.com, which has PRNT. Edit: ARKG and ARKQ have been available since 16 Feb. Also add HOT, DEC and crypto liquidity pools like Uniswap.
- add long call options, then I can trade with these in highly shorted stocks like SPCE, SPWR, and PLTR. Without bumping my risk score above 7 for trading less than 5 or 10% of my equity, or actually more than that if the positions grow larger in value. Then I don't need to move funds e.g. to TastyWorks.
- add a debit card (how long has it been "coming soon" now for? Since before I started here in July 2020?). A debit card that can be used to make payments with cryptocurrencies and fiat would be great. I like this: https://cryptonews.com.au/guides/best-crypto-debit-cards-for-australia. I tried to get a card via the crypto.com app but it requires me to purchase 500,000 CRO and hold it for 180 days. Edit: it costs 500,000 CRO for the Icy White card. After seeing that I just left the app and moved on! But I came back to it, and what I didn't realize is that each card has a different stake amount; with Ruby Steel having the lowest at 5,000 CRO ($949.95), then other cards with 50,000, 500,000 and 5,000,000. 

As of Fri 26 3:04 PM AEST 500,000 CRO is worth $95616.64, which is a hefty amount! I have had a Coinjar card since 2018, but it isn't contactless. Signed up for the Binance card. Signed up for the Wirex card. Referral link: https://wirexapp.com/wirex-new-card/ref/1FZGDN. The [cryptopay card](https://cryptopay.me/bitcoin-debit-card/) is only available in the UK & Europe. The [Coinbase Card app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinbase.coinbasecard) is not availble on my device. TenX is sunsetting their services and no longer accepting new users.
- add tokenized socks like with [ftx.com](https://ftx.com). Then I can trade tokenized stocks any time, and not just during market hours for the stock.

### ARK ETFs, Bitcoin, and Ethereum show as CFDs rather than owning the underlying asset outright, what does this mean and how does it affect me?

**Outdated, these are now the underlying assets.**

Whether a security is a CFD or the underlying asset depends on your jurisdiction. For example, in the UK it is the underlying, while in Australia it is the CFD. You can trade CFDs without leverage; indeed, I have several trades in CFDs, including ARK ETFs, Bitcoin, and Ethereum, all of which are in CFDs, but without leverage.

You will have exposure to the price action of the underlying asset with a CFD. There are also no overnight fees in any of my CFD positions. The only apparent difference is that you wouldn't be able to transfer your CFDs to another broker, you would have to liquidate (close) the positions, withdraw funds, deposit funds in other broker, and open a new position. If eToro happened to go out of business, then the positions would be closed. Whereas if you owned the underlying asset, then you may have been able to transfer to another broker.

See also: www.dailyforex.com/forex-articles/2021/02/stocks-vs-cfds-which-should-you-trade/157812. Note that without any leverage and overnight fees, the differences in this article do not apply.

## See also

My Telegram group for any discussion around my portfolio on eToro: 

https://t.me/jamesrayetoro

My Telegram announcement channel for my eToro portfolio:

https://t.me/jamesrayetoroannouncements

Crypto pump groups:
https://discord.gg/rJbsvvkk8p
https://discord.gg/ZhyDUzFjtz
https://discord.gg/ak45hDSmEJ

Trade crypto on Binance (referral, earn coins together): https://i.imgur.com/mWTlu9N.png

### Additional Tesla articles

- "The Boring Company Could Undercut the Costs of Other Mass Market Transportation Proposals", June 12, 2019, https://bit.ly/3aV1bfS
- "Tesla Valuation Model: Are Investors Stuck in Reverse?", May 22, 2019, https://bit.ly/3qYoaMz
- Listen to this interview with Elon Musk, Cathie Wood and analyst Tasha Keeney: https://bit.ly/3kmvkYE
- "Why Self-Driving Cars Could Change Everything", Oct 25, 2017, https://bit.ly/3pUHngT
- "The Future Of Autos and Trucks is Electric", https://bit.ly/3kr4hLM
- more in newsletters, podcasts, videos, etc.

## Past eToro posts

### ARKK

"ᴛᴏᴘ 4 ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢs ɪɴ $ᴀʀᴋᴋ", https://etoro.tw/37xeMb8

"Top 5–7 holdings in $ARKK, part 2", https://www.etoro.com/posts/0__entry__16117188-1754-4873-a830-da383cbbde30

### ARKG

"Top 3 holdings in $ARKG", https://etoro.tw/37EjYKe

Top 2, 4 & 5 as of 27 July 2021: https://etoro.tw/3BJeqvr

### ARKW

"What's in $ARKW: ARK Invest's Next Generation Internet ETF", https://etoro.tw/39XGoqu

An analysis of $ARKW holdings, part 1—top 4 holdings, www.etoro.com/posts/0__entry__c795ea73-cb64-4346-90b5-5a06c0efed70

### ARKQ

"ᴛᴏᴘ 4 ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢs ɪɴ $ᴀʀᴋǫ", https://etoro.tw/2NwpjMO

### ARKF

"Top 4 holdings in $ARKF", https://www.etoro.com/posts/0__entry__14a5b3f8-4314-4df9-b4d0-69c5a5186d75

### ARKX

Top 4 holdings: https://etoro.tw/3uX9X3D

### TSLA

"ᴛᴇsʟᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʀᴋ ɪɴᴠᴇsᴛ", https://etoro.tw/37OT9TS

### TDOC

"An introduction to $TDOC", https://etoro.tw/3bLy5ik

### Crypto

https://etoro.tw/3sS5Jdi