Why MyHold Exists

I'm a programmer, not a trader

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. No watching candles at 3 AM. No panic selling on red days.

The problem with existing tools

Holding sounds simple. In practice, it isn't.

I tried every portfolio tracker out there. They all had the same problem — they were built around the market, not around my position. They'd show me that Bitcoin was up 4% today, but not whether my portfolio had drifted 12% away from my target weights. They'd flood me with generic alerts, but couldn't tell me when a specific coin in my wallet crossed the exact threshold I cared about.

I needed answers to simple questions:

• How far has my portfolio drifted from my strategy?
• Which trades would bring me back to my target allocation?
• Why did I buy this coin in the first place?
• What's my actual performance — not the market's, mine?

No tool gave me that. 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 — without spending hours managing their positions.

Here's what makes it different:

• Your portfolio, your weights. Define target allocations across wallets and portfolios. See exactly how far you've drifted and what trades would fix it.
• Your alerts, your rules. Build notification logic with real conditions — not just "Bitcoin hits $100K." Combine indicators, set execution policies, choose your delivery channel.
• Your reasoning, preserved. Attach rationales to every portfolio, wallet, and commit. Never lose the "why" behind a decision.
• Your data, accessible. Full API access so you can build on top of your own portfolio data — or let AI agents act on your behalf.

The future: agents that execute your strategy

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

That's why MyHold now supports Portfolio Agents — AI-powered agents that follow your investment strategy autonomously. You define the rules, set a schedule, and the agent handles the rest: adding coins, removing positions, rebalancing wallets.

You set the strategy. The agent carries it out. 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. There's no feature bloat, no trading gimmicks, no moon language.

Just a clear view of your portfolio. A way to stay aligned with your strategy. 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 — give MyHold a try. It was made for you.