THE PERMANENT-FORTUNE MACHINE · CHOOSE THE INVESTOR
Three People Can Buy the Same Bubble and End Up in Different Worlds
The trade creates paper wealth. Position sizing, liquidity and exit structure decide whether it becomes permanent.
01 · ENTRY
Buys the story
Concentrates in the fastest-rising assets and treats price confirmation as proof of the thesis.
→
02 · PEAK
Lets it ride
Paper wealth expands, lifestyle and confidence rise, but little capital leaves the trade.
→
03 · BREAK
Round trip risk
A 70% decline requires a 233% recovery. Conviction becomes an involuntary holding period.
A correct theme can still produce a destroyed portfolio.Being right about the technology is not the same as being right about the security, the valuation or the exit.
10% loss11% to recover
50% loss100% to recover
70% loss233% to recover
Loss-recovery arithmetic is mathematical identity. Investor paths are editorial scenarios, not claims about any named individual.