September was the month in which my account shone like the last rays of summer sunshine! Why? The half-year bonus catapulted this month into the month with the highest income of all time. Of course, the money doesn't go into savings, but is put into the market the following month, because share price growth and dividends beat any consumption. There was also an unexpected refund from the dental supplement, which has already been reinvested. Who says that prophylaxis doesn't bring returns after all?

And what else? Business as usual: preparations for ice swimming started at the end of the month thanks to colder temperatures, daily sport and exercise, a nice community meeting of frugalists and investors. Yes, we talked about dividends rather than the latest fashion. Everything was rounded off with a donation. My portfolios went sideways, but did what they are supposed to do: Generate cash flow. And from this month onwards, there will be additional risk figures presented. A little growth and distribution. Time for a review!

Overall performance

This month was a typical month of consolidation for me. My investments moved sideways with only a very slight increase. Is this a good sign for a year-end rally? There was also an initial cut in the Fed's key interest rate. However, there were no major movements, and Q4 is more likely to be responsible for this. As always, income rained down on the account. My key performance indicators for my overall portfolio at a glance:

• TTWROR (month under review): +1,76 % (previous month: +1.01 %)
• TTWROR (since inception): +76,55 %
• IZF (month under review): +9,64 % (previous month: +12.50 %)
• IZF (since inception): +11,15 %
• Delta: +€615.12
• Absolute change: +€2,635.52

Performance & volume

The rise in the price of $AVGO (-7,17%) allows my largest single share position to grow further and strengthens its dominance. And the class leader has not spilled the beans in terms of performance since purchase either: +337%! After the $BAC (-3,39%) climbed into the top 5 by volume in the previous month, it remains in this group. The banks are currently doing well. Also$WMT (-0,92%) The retail giant is a reliable dividend payer and an important pillar among my individual stocks. The competitor$TGT (-4,66%) on the other hand, is the red lantern in my portfolio. Despite thefts and sales problems, I see a healthy business model. I am sure that this share will bounce back and continue to invest on a monthly basis.

Size of individual share positions by volume in the overall portfolio:

Share (%) of total portfolio and associated portfolio:

$AVGO (-7,17%) 3.30 % (main share portfolio)

$NFLX (-2,08%) 1.87 % (main share portfolio)

$WMT (-0,92%) 1.74 % (main share portfolio)

$FAST (-2,72%) 1.72 % (main share portfolio)

$BAC (-3,39%) 1.49 % (main share portfolio)

Smallest individual share positions by volume in the overall portfolio:

Share (%) of the total portfolio and associated securities account:

$SHEL (-3,05%) : 0.41 % (crypto follow-up portfolio)

$NOVO B (-3,44%) 0.50 % (main share portfolio)

$TGT (-4,66%) 0.55 % (crypto follow-on deposit)

$HSBA (-0,78%) 0.58 % (main share portfolio)

$GIS (-0,54%) 0.60 % (main share portfolio)

Top-performing individual stocks

Shares with performance since initial purchase (%) and the respective portfolio:

$AVGO (-7,17%) a: +337 % (main share portfolio)

$NFLX (-2,08%) : +153 % (main share portfolio)

$WMT (-0,92%) : +78 % (main share portfolio)

$FAST (-2,72%) +76 % (main share portfolio)

$SAP (-3,86%) +75 % (main share portfolio)

Flop performer individual stocks

Shares with performance since initial purchase (%) and the respective portfolio:

$TGT (-4,66%) : -38 % (main share portfolio)

$GIS (-0,54%) -31 % (main share portfolio)

$NKE (-4,98%) -27 % (main share portfolio)

$CPB (+0,85%) -24 % (main share portfolio)

$UPS (-3,46%) -24 % (main share portfolio)

Asset allocation

My asset allocation is as follows:

ETFs: 39.1%

Equities: 58.6%

Crypto: 2.2 %

P2P: less than 0.01 %

Investments and subsequent purchases

I have invested the following amounts in savings plans:

Planned savings plan amount from the fixed net salary: € 1,030

Planned savings plan amount from the fixed net salary, incl. reinvested dividends according to plan size: € 1,140

Savings ratio of the savings plans to the fixed net salary: 49.75

In addition, the following additional investments were made from returns, refunds, cashback, etc. as one-off savings plans/repurchases:

Subsequent purchases/one-off savings plans as cashback annuities from refunds: € 73.00

Subsequent purchases/non-recurring savings plans as cashback annuities from bonuses/incentives from the KK: € 0.00

Subsequent purchases from other surpluses: € 31.00

Automatically reinvested dividends by the broker: € 5.03 (function is only activated for an old custody account, as I otherwise prefer to control the reinvestment myself)

Additional purchases were made:

Number of additional purchases: 2

73.00 € for $TDIV (-1,89%)

25.00 € for $ZPRG (-1,93%)

Passive income from dividends

My income from dividends amounted to € 139.14 (€ 128.42 in the same month of the previous year). This corresponds to a change of -1.36% compared to the same month last year. The slight decrease is due to the fact that my large Vanguard ETFs postponed the distribution to the following month. The following are further key data on the distributions:

Number of dividend payments: 34

Number of payment days: 17 days

Average dividend per payment: € 4.09

average dividend per payment day: € 8.18

The top three payers are:

$ARCC (-1,33%)

$UPS (-3,46%)

$DXSA (-0,3%)

My passive income from dividends (and some interest) mathematically covered 16.05% of my expenses in the month under review.

Crypto performance

My crypto portfolio ran sideways in September with highs and lows. The hope here lies more in the coming Q4. My key figures:

Performance in the reporting period: +8.66 %

Performance since inception: +135.10

Share of holdings for which the tax holding period has expired: 98.57 %.

Crypto share of the total portfolio: 2.20 %

I am vigilant with regard to crypto. The exit should continue. I don't want to provide the exit liquidity for the other market participants. There will be news in the following month.

Performance comparison: portfolio vs. benchmarks

A comparison of my portfolio with two important ETFs shows:

TTWROR (current month): +1,76 %

$VWRL (-2,71%) : +2,63 %

$VUSA (-3,84%) : +2,56 %

One possible explanation for the poorer performance compared to the index values could be a higher proportion of individual shares,

New: Risk indicators

Here are my key risk figures for the month under review (and in brackets YTD)

Maximum drawdown: 0.94% (17.17%)

Maximum drawdown duration: 19+ days (231+ days)

Volatility: 1.68% (11.51%)

Sharpe Ratio: 5.73 (0.29)

Semi-volatility: 1.21% (9.04%)

An extremely low drawdown of only 0.94% shows that your portfolio had hardly any fluctuations during the month. This is typical for a sideways phase or stable markets.

The YTD drawdown of 17.17% is no coincidence: Trump's tariffs have mainly affected consumer-related stocks such as $TGT (-4,66%) have been hit. However, my focus on stable dividend payers and broad-based ETFs has limited the losses. The fact is, however, that Trump has put a dent in my figures.

Outlook

As you can see from the introduction, there were no highlights, but there were also no disasters for me to report on. So we're done for this month. Thanks for reading!

However, I still have some questions for you to improve my review:

Are you also interested in the performance and top/flop5 of my ETFs or cryptos? Then let me know in the comments and I'll include it in the coming months.

In my posts on Instagram and also here, I keep talking about my cashback pension. Would you like to know more about the concept, what's behind it for me and how it will supplement my "share and ETF pension"?

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Do you think that yesterday was a flash "crash" that will be quickly bought up again in the next few days and ultimately end in a year-end rally, or could we be looking at a real crash?

$VUSA (-3,84%)

$BTC (+2,95%)

$IGLN (+1,66%)

• 50 shares $VWRL (-2,71%) bought back cheaper 😎 The rest will follow in the next few days/weeks

• $EQQQ (-4,82%) I'll wait a little longer, or maybe I'll give priority to financing 🥲

• $1810 (-5,32%) and $ARM (-10,82%) minimally topped up. Buy the dip

• $VUSA (-3,84%) - $HMWO (-3,69%) - $BTC (+2,95%) one off-plan purchase each. Buy & Hold

• My $AMD (-10,01%) short has also performed well. My other warrants have very large KO distances and are held.

(of course I'm luckier than I am smart, but on the other hand it's crazy to believe that the stock market only ever goes in one direction 🤭)

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$NUKL (+0,48%) 🤓

At the beginning of October, I sold two of my ETFs, the $VWRL (-2,71%) and the $EQQQ (-4,82%) .

I was convinced that we would see at least a short-term but significant correction in October.

And since I was planning to transfer these ETFs from Trade Republic to Flatex anyway, I thought: Sell now, pick up cheaper later 🤪

Since then, of course, the market has rallied. Fortunately, I still have the $HMWO (-3,69%) and $VUSA (-3,84%) and my shares.

My original plan was to sell, wait out the crash and then get back in. Due to the broker's fee model and position size, I would have bought back the NASDAQ in one transaction as a savings plan, the savings plan is still active on October 23 and I could have bought back the All World flexibly in large tranches as there are no order fees at all.

At the moment, however, it looks as if the plan won't work out 🥲

The total amount is €20,000. I transferred € 9999 of this to my account without any problems (no proof, no delay, approx. 24 hours) and € 7500 of this to Flatex for the QQQ on the 23rd .

The rest is still with Trade Republic and is even earning a little interest there. I hope I don't have to wait until November to get the rest of the money out of Trade Republic without any problems...

Now I see the following options:

1) Put everything into All World right away.

I can buy the NASDAQ later with fresh capital if there is another setback.

2) Pay off the last financing.

I have around €10,000 outstanding, with a monthly installment of €238.

Apart from that, I am debt-free.

The interest rate is around 6-7%, plus hidden costs such as account management fees and endowment insurance.

So it would be worth considering closing the loan completely, but that would leave very little capital for ETFs.

3) Stick to the original plan

Uptober isn't over yet 🥲

4) All in $NVDA (-6,14%) 🤣

5) Gradually in with a savings plan.

6) Or will the seasonal setbacks only occur from January/spring 2026?

Which options do you think make sense? What are your thoughts?

2 months ago I shared that I had broken the 30k. Now the 40k has also been broken. Before the end of the year I hope to reach 50k.

On to more!🤩🦍

$BTC (+2,95%)
$TDIV (-1,89%)
$VWRL (-2,71%)
$VUSA (-3,84%)
$JEGP (-2,16%)
$JEPI

Good morning,

I continue to invest in my ETFs, which means that the relative weighting of individual stocks continues to shrink.

Because of this rock-solid ETF core, I can and want to do without supposedly safe stocks, especially so-called value stocks. I am prepared to take higher risks and focus mainly on growth stocks. After all, ETFs are there for everything else.

Here is my current portfolio: https://app.extraetf.com/de/shared/4MEaYJVdHN

Now I would like to move away from $III (-2,27%) and $CALM (+2,42%) possibly also from $BNTX (-2,88%) and a few others 🤭 I hope this is not a mistake and would therefore like your opinion?

I would also be happy to receive general criticism, suggestions, advice and guidance

$EQQQ (-4,82%)

$VUSA (-3,84%)

$HMWO (-3,69%)

$VUSA (-3,84%)

August gave us another real midsummer and showed its best side on some days. For me, it was the perfect opportunity to pursue one of my hobbies: Swimming, swimming and swimming again. I enjoyed every minute in the now cooler water. There was no hiking this month, but the swimming made up for it completely. I'm slowly looking forward to cooler temperatures again, because the cold adaptation for ice swimming is already calling! But before we head into fall, it's time for a look back.

Overall performance

After the brief consolidation caused by the new Trump tariffs, my portfolio recovered quickly and showed a stable, slightly positive performance in August. The prospect of interest rate cuts by the Fed provided a small boost, but there were no major movements. Typical summer slump. But, as expected, what had to come arrived on time: the distributions. My key performance indicators for my overall portfolio at a glance:

• TTWROR (month of August): +1.01 % (previous month: +3.82 %)
• TTWROR (since inception): +73,69 %
• IZF (month of August): +12.50 % (previous month: +46.14 %)
• IZF (since inception): +10,79 %
• Delta: +794.74 €
• Absolute change: +1,850.61 €

Performance & volume

My class leader continues to expand its dominance. If this continues, it will soon become a decisive factor in overall performance. The $BOA rises into the top 5 by volume, $SAP (-3,86%) falls back. Rising in terms of performance$MAIN (-4,69%) and there, too, the$SAP (-3,86%) falls back. I also notice something about the winners of the red lantern in terms of performance:$NOVO B (-3,44%) has reached the bottom basement, once one of my very strongest stocks. So the tide is turning. Opportunity to buy more? Instead$CPB (+0,85%) has risen from the cellar. But this share still has a long way to go.

Size of individual share positions by volume in the overall portfolio:

Share (%) of total portfolio and associated portfolio:

• $AVGO (-7,17%) : 3.30 % (main share portfolio)
• $NFLX (-2,08%) 1.98 % (main share portfolio)
• $WMT (-0,92%) 1.72 % (main share portfolio)
• $FAST (-2,72%) s: 1.69 % (main share portfolio)
• $BOA 1.45 % (main share portfolio)

Smallest individual share positions by volume in the overall portfolio:

Share proportion (%) of the total portfolio and associated securities account:

• $SHEL (-3,05%) : 0.42 % (crypto follow-on portfolio)
• $NOVO B (-3,44%) 0.49 % (main share portfolio)
• $HSBA (-0,78%) 0.54 % (crypto follow-on portfolio)
• $TGT (-4,66%) 0.57 % (main share portfolio)
• $GIS (-0,54%) 0.61 % (main share portfolio)

Top-performing individual stocks

Shares with performance since initial purchase (%) and the respective portfolio:

• $AVGO (-7,17%) : +328 % (main share portfolio)
• $NFLX (-2,08%) : +176 % (main share portfolio)
• $FAST (-2,72%) +83 % (main share portfolio)
• $MAIN (-4,69%) : +79 % (main share portfolio)
• $SAP (-3,86%) +74 % (main share portfolio)

Flop performer individual stocks

Shares with performance since initial purchase (%) and the respective portfolio:

• $TGT (-4,66%) : -36 % (main share portfolio)
• $GIS (-0,54%) -31 % (main share portfolio)
• $UPS (-3,46%) -26 % (main share portfolio)
• $NKE (-4,98%) -25 % (main share portfolio)
• $NOVO B (-3,44%) -21 % (main share portfolio)

Asset allocation

My asset allocation is as follows:

• ETFs: 38.3 %
• Equities: 59.0 %
• Crypto: 2.60%
• P2P: less than 0.01%

Investments and subsequent purchases

Here is a small overview of what I have invested via savings plans according to my fixed planning.

• Planned savings plan amount from the fixed net salary: €1,030
• Planned savings plan amount from the fixed net salary, incl. reinvested dividends: €1,140
• Savings ratio of the savings plans to the fixed net salary: 49.75

In addition, there were the following additional investments from returns, refunds, cashback, etc. as one-off savings plans/repurchases:

• Subsequent purchases/one-off savings plans as cashback annuities from refunds: € 79.00
• Subsequent purchases/one-off savings plans as a cashback annuity from bonuses/incentives from the KK: € 20.00
• Subsequent purchases from other surpluses: € 30.00
• Automatically reinvested dividends by the broker: € 3.01 (this function is only activated for an old custody account, as I otherwise prefer to manage the reinvestment myself)

Additional purchases were made:

• Number of additional purchases: 3
• 55.00 € for $JEGP (-2,16%)
• 
  44.00 € for $GGRP (-2,39%)
• 
  30.00 € for $FGEQ (-2,87%)
• 
  295.08 € for $DXSA (-0,3%) (funds from the sale of a $ETH (+11,05%) tranche)

If you want to know how my cashback pension tops up my share and ETF pension, please write it in the comments.

Passive income from dividends

My income from dividends amounted to €128.42 (€92.61 in the same month last year). This corresponds to an increase of +38,67 % compared to the same month last year. The following is further key data on the distributions:

• Number of dividend payments: 22
• Number of payment days: 12 days
• Average dividend per payment: € 5.83
• average dividend per payment day: € 10.70

The top three payers are:

• $IWDP (-1,66%)
• 
  $ISPA (-2,02%)
• 
  $ZPRG (-1,93%)

My passive income from dividends (and some interest) mathematically covered 14.94% of my expenses in the month under review.

Crypto performance

My crypto portfolio was characterized by the partial sale of a $ETH (+11,05%) tranche as part of my "crypto succession strategy". Around € 298 in Etherium was taken off the table.

Here are some key figures:

• Monthly performance portfolio: +0.29 %
• Performance since inception: +134.35 %
• Share of holdings for which the tax holding period has expired: 98.55 %.
• Crypto share of the total portfolio: 2.20 %

The sale of the tranche explains the decline in the crypto share from 2.6% to 2.2%

As a "follower" of the crypto cycle, I am increasingly accepting the idea that the cycle is still in tact, but is expanding. The reason for this should be the ETF purchases and the activities of the crypto treasury companies. Retail still seems to be asleep. The playing field is very exciting, if only from a macroeconomic perspective. I can only advise looking into the cycle and issues such as money creation and the correlation between the M2 money supply and $BTC. Although I am not a fan of cryptocurrencies, I think they are a sensible component of a balanced portfolio.

Performance comparison: portfolio vs. benchmarks

A comparison of my portfolio with two important ETFs shows

• TTWROR (current month): +1,01 %
• $VWRL (-2,71%) : -0,33 %
• $VUSA (-3,84%) : -1,13 %

Outlook and a private bonus

My Carousel posts of the portfolio review and budget review always start on the hook slide with a background image from my month. These are usually places I've visited or moments that have moved me. This time it's the same, although a CT scan would almost be more appropriate.

A chest CT confirmed what I had been wondering about for some time: my ascending aorta is dilated. This is a consequence of my congenital heart valve defect. Fortunately, it was discovered early before it could develop into an aneurysm, dissection or even rupture. A classic chance discovery, a stroke of luck. I was able to keep the heart valve "in check" for a long time, and fortunately there are currently no worse findings for it. But the diagnosis of the ascending aorta now brings certainty: an operation will certainly be necessary at some point.

Why am I sharing this here? Because it has taught me humility once again. The diagnosis isn't nice, but it's not a surprise either. Perhaps my v. A. more active lifestyle since corona has contributed to the fact that it is stable today and still allows me to do a lot: sporting activity, which I have fought my way back over the years. The restrictions that already apply to avoid pressure peaks on the aorta are minimal. My quality of life is still very high.

My conclusion: Keep fit, go for check-ups and take your body seriously. Invest in your health and fitness. Our deposits are only worth as much as our health allows us to enjoy them.

So I will be able to visit the cardiologist and radiologist even more regularly in future, an honor! (irony off). Everything will be fine!

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