Why MyHold Exists

A programmer who holds

My day job is writing code. I spend most of my waking hours deep in editors, terminals, and pull requests. When I first got into crypto a few years ago, I quickly realized something: trading requires time I simply don't have.

Day traders stare at charts for hours. They watch order books, set limit orders, chase momentum. That's a full-time job, and I already have one I love.

So I chose the strategy that made sense for someone like me: holding. Buy coins I believe in, define a target allocation, rebalance occasionally, and let time do the work. My nights belong to sleep, and red days pass without a panic sell.

The problem with existing tools

Holding sounds simple. In practice, it takes discipline and a clear view of where you stand.

I tried every portfolio tracker out there. They were all built around the market. They'd show me that Bitcoin was up 4% today, while the number I needed was how far my portfolio had drifted from my target weights. They'd flood me with generic alerts when I wanted one alert: the moment a specific coin in my wallet crossed the exact threshold I cared about.

I needed answers to simple questions: how far had my portfolio drifted from my strategy, which trades would bring me back to my target allocation, why did I buy a given coin in the first place, and what was my own performance.

None of the tools I tried answered them. So I built one.

From personal tool to product

MyHold started as a side project. A Next.js app with a Postgres database, a few API endpoints, and a dashboard that showed me exactly what I needed: my wallets, my weights, my drift, my performance.

Every morning I'd open it, check if anything needed rebalancing, and move on with my day. It took five minutes. That was the whole point.

Over time, the tool grew. I added notifications so I wouldn't have to check manually. I added rationales so I could write down why I bought each coin, and read those notes back when the market dipped and my conviction wavered. I added commit history so I could look back at every decision I'd made and understand the trajectory of my portfolio.

Then I realized: if this solves my problem, it probably solves yours too.

Built for holders, by a holder

MyHold is built for people who have a strategy and want to stick to it while spending as little time as possible managing their positions.

The difference is orientation. You define target allocations across wallets and portfolios, and MyHold shows exactly how far you've drifted and which trades would fix it. Notifications fire on real conditions, combining prices and indicators with the execution policy and delivery channel you choose. Rationales attach to every portfolio, wallet, and commit, so the reasoning behind each decision stays with it.

Your agent, your strategy

As a programmer, I couldn't help but think: if my strategy is well-defined, why am I the one executing it?

I already use AI agents every day for code. Claude reads my repositories, runs my tests, and opens pull requests. The same agent can read my portfolio, check the drift against my rationale, and propose the trades that bring it back in line. It needs two things to do that well: reliable state to read and a safe way to make changes.

That is what MyHold provides. Connect your own agent through MCP or the API with a token you can revoke at any time. It reads your portfolios, wallets, weights, market insights, and alerts as structured data. When it wants to change something, it uses staged mode: every change arrives as a single atomic commit with a rationale explaining why. You open the history and see exactly what your agent did and the reasoning behind it.

You set the strategy. Your agent carries it out. MyHold holds the state and keeps the record. You get back to your day job.

This is personal

I built MyHold because I needed it. Every feature exists because I hit a real problem managing my own holdings. The product stays focused on holders, with plain language and zero trading gimmicks.

A clear view of your portfolio. A way to stay aligned with your strategy, whether you run it yourself or hand it to your agent. And the confidence that comes from knowing exactly where you stand.

If you're a holder who wants to spend less time managing and more time building, connect your agent or give MyHold a try. It was made for you.