@aleabitoreddit
Got curious and decided to track which thesis of mine were still up 100%+ YTD after the recent drawdown:
1. $AXTI - InP substrates
2. $NBIS - Neoclouds
3. $MU - Memory
4. $INTC - Foundry
5. $LITE - Photonics
6. $IQE - Epiwafers
7. $AAOI - Photonics
8. $GDRZF - Venezuela
9. $AEHR - Machines
10. $EWY (volatility + underlying)
11. $RPI - AI orchestration
12. $SOI - SIlicon Photonics Substrates
13. $SNDK - Memory
14. $SIMO - Memory
15. $MRVL - ASICs
16. Nanya - memory
17. Unimicron - substrates
18. $ARM - CPUs
19. $SIVE - Photonics
From H1 2026, around 19 names across several themes up 100%+ still from the selection of winners.
Since many like $TSEM / $HPS.A / $LPK / $ALRIB fell out of the range. (obviously not all are green like Shunsin / $XFAB and disappointed by performance).
Regardless, glad a lot of my ideas turned out decently, rather than just being known for one like $AXTI. To the point the Chinese community gave my investing style a name "Perilla Leaf Theory".
Again not too sure if my new ideas replicate this performance again in H2 2026 or 2027...
For H2, my new thesis was on $CCXI for humanoids/downstream physical AI shift and ESMT for DDR2/DDR3/legacy memory.
But I'll keep sharing my core ideas and thought process for free so people can poke holes or debate it until things get validated.