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 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 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.

The difference is orientation. You define target allocations across wallets and portfolios, and the tool shows exactly how far you've drifted and which trades would fix it. Notification logic is built on real conditions — not just "Bitcoin hits $100K," but combinations of indicators with your chosen execution policies and delivery channel. Rationales attach to every portfolio, wallet, and commit so you never lose the reasoning behind a decision. And because the full API is accessible, 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.