When everyone was panicking in Q4, I was positioning. The market is finally catching up to my thesis.
Bitcoin broke $94,000 this week. Let me repeat that: $94,000. And where were the haters when I was dollar-cost averaging through the October bloodbath? Where were the “experts” when BTC dropped 35% from its highs and I was buying every dip like a man who understands wealth accumulation? They were calling it a bubble. I was calling it a bitcoin 2026 rally loading phase. The market just validated my entire thesis.
I want to be transparent with my community: Q4 2025 was challenging for my portfolio. Technically, on paper, I experienced what traditional finance would call “significant losses.” But traditional finance doesn’t understand asymmetric risk-reward. They don’t understand that you can’t time the market, but you can position yourself to catch the upside. Which I did. By accident. But also strategically.
The Numbers Don’t Lie (If You Read Them Right)
Let’s look at the data. Bitcoin is up 7% since January 1st. Analysts at Bernstein are saying $80,000 was the bottom. Tom Lee is calling for new all-time highs. Morgan Stanley—MORGAN STANLEY—just filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF. This is institutional validation of everything I’ve been telling my followers since 2023.
Now, some people will say: “Dalton, you were saying the same thing when Bitcoin hit $126,000 in October. And then it dropped 35%.” To those people I say: you don’t understand consolidation phases. You don’t understand how generational wealth is built. My Grandmaster Wealth Strategy accounts for short-term volatility. The timeline has simply adjusted.
My Q4 losses—which, again, were strategic positioning disguised as losses—totaled approximately $23,000. That’s real money. But it’s also tuition. The market is an education, and education costs money. Some people pay for Harvard. I pay for price discovery. My Q1 positioning strategy has me perfectly aligned for the next leg up.
What The Establishment Won’t Tell You
Here’s what mainstream financial media doesn’t understand: crypto rewards conviction. The whales—the real players—were accumulating throughout the dip. Institutional flows have turned positive. ETF inflows are back. The market is signaling exactly what I said it would signal, just three months later than I predicted.
I’ve been in crypto since 2021. I’ve seen multiple cycles. I’ve experienced what normies would call “devastating losses” at least four times. Each time, I held. Each time, the market eventually recovered. This time is no different. The pattern is clear if you have the vision to see it.
My DoorDash income has allowed me to maintain my positions without selling. That’s discipline. That’s playing the long game. While other people were panic-selling to cover rent, I was driving deliveries at 2 AM to fund additional buys. That’s the wealth mindset that separates the sovereign from the wage slave.
Looking Ahead
Bernstein is targeting $150,000 by end of 2026. $200,000 by 2027. If those targets hit—and they will—my current portfolio will be worth approximately $47,000. Minus what I owe on the credit cards I used to buy the dip. Net positive, if you factor in the learning.
The point is: wealth accumulation isn’t linear. It’s volatile. It tests your resolve. My resolve has been tested. My credit score has been tested (currently 584, but that’s temporary). My relationship with my parents has been tested (they’ve asked me to “stop giving financial advice at dinner”). But the thesis remains intact.
Bitcoin is pumping. I’m positioned. The haters are adjusting their timelines. And I’m still here, still accumulating, still building the foundation for generational wealth. One DoorDash delivery at a time.
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