Lessons / 9 June 2026

Why the Rulebook Exists

The rulebook is not abstract. It comes from early crypto profits, leverage mistakes, borrowed money, and the decision to treat investing as a serious long-term craft.

I first became interested in markets during the first week of the COVID-19 lockdown. I was fourteen, and my father asked me and my siblings to each choose an online course. I picked a stock trading course on Udemy, taught by Mohsin Hassan, and then completed a more advanced course afterwards.

That early interest moved into crypto. I made money quickly, mostly through luck, then borrowed money from my parents and made more. The lesson looked positive at first, but the process was not mature.

The mistake came from leverage. I started trading crypto with leverage and eventually lost most of the money. I also tried different crypto projects with a friend, but the overall result was the same: most of the early money was gone.

That is why the rulebook matters. I do not use leverage to trade, I do not borrow aggressively to invest, and I want this portfolio to be built through disciplined ownership of real businesses rather than gambling behaviour.