Weekly Update 55: Progress of My Ant Investments

Transforming small savings into big opportunities (September 2025 Results)

📊  Key Monthly Data

Community members: 5,269 🌏

Fund I 💲

• Initial balance: $151,071.80 MXN

• Current fund value: $2,810,795.27 MXN 💸

• Previous month's fund value: $2,804,321.97 MXN 💰

• Total percentage return since inception: 1,760.57% 😲

• Total return since inception: $2,659,723.47 MXN 🤑

Fund II 💲

• Initial balance: US $7,921.51

• Current fund value: US $8,452.06 💸

• Previous month's fund value: US $8,298.75 💰

• Total percentage return since inception: 6.70% 😲

• Total return since inception: US $530.55 🤑

Important Note: Remember that Fund II was created to demonstrate that our results were not 'beginner's luck,' but rather a scalable methodology for any initial amount. Also, consider that these charts and the reported balances are derived from effectively closed trades, so the balance shown on the account statement may vary when considering positions that are still open.

👋 Introduction

Hello community, Welcome to our monthly update!

On September 30, 2024, Carlos Valderrama decided to start an ambitious project that seeks to change the way we perceive our personal finances.

Carlos has taken the first step to show that, with artificial intelligence and the right discipline, anyone can transform small savings into large investments.

The premise is simple yet powerful: those small daily expenses—like a coffee or a forgotten subscription—can become the foundation of a solid investment strategy.

🎯 Unprecedented Transparency

Important! As promised, we continue to publish the account statements detailing all of Fund II's operations (with personal data removed). It's no longer a matter of "believing" in our results, but of verifying them directly.

PV FII Septiembre 2025.pdf

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Every trade, every purchase, every sale is documented so you can be our external auditor. Trust isn't asked for, it's built with radical transparency.

This makes us the world's first fund to use Artificial Intelligence (AI, technology that enables machines to simulate human intelligence), Big Data (large, diverse sets of information processed to reveal patterns), and Analytics (the systematic computational analysis of data) whose results are public and fully auditable, as well as the longest-running experiment in the use of these technologies.

🌟 Brief Analysis

September was a month of strategic consolidation for Paradox Ventures®. Fund I closed with $2.81 million pesos, posting a modest but sustained growth of $6,473 MXN (0.23% monthly). After the explosive growth of previous months, this period reflects our discipline of not forcing trades when market conditions are not optimal.

The truly exciting part of the month was Fund II, which continues to validate our thesis with an accumulated return of 6.70% in just its first 8 weeks of life. We are proving that our "Viernes" (Friday) strategy is replicable and scalable from any initial capital.

But the real milestone of the month was not financial, it was strategic: we presented, in conjunction with Meta, our fund's results to Senators of the Mexican Republic, demonstrating the transformational power of AI in finance. And as if that weren't enough, we were selected by Amazon and Techstars for their exclusive AWS Impact Bootcamp for Latino Founders program 🚀.

This is not just technical validation, it is institutional validation. The eyes of those who write the rules of the financial game in LATAM (Latin America) are on us. OMG...

🏆 Monthly Highlights

Fund I ⭐

This month, two strategic assets led our portfolio:

1. Fastly Inc (FSLY): With a solid increase of 7.65%

   
   

2. NextEra Energy Inc (NEE): Showing a growth of 6.71%

Fund II ⭐

The emerging stars of our replicated strategy:

1. Alphabet Inc (GOOGL): Achieved an impressive 14.9% 🚀

   
   

2. Mara Holdings Inc (MARA): Registered an extraordinary 12.48%

As always, you can see the complete breakdown of the investments here (Now also includes the breakdown for Fund II).

🌍 Market Outlook (September 2025)

Global Trends

• The S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000 reached all-time highs, with the Nasdaq leading (+18.2% YTD (Year-To-Date, from the beginning of the year to the present)). AMD soared +23.7% after closing a historic deal with OpenAI, while Nvidia invested $2 billion in Elon Musk's xAI.

  
  

• Gold surpassed $4,000 per ounce (+52% YTD) and Bitcoin broke $125,000 before triggering one of the largest sell-offs in history.

  
  

• Google committed €5.8 billion to AI infrastructure in Belgium, while Oracle suffered a sharp correction after revealing lower-than-expected margins in its cloud business despite the AI boom.

Macroeconomic Factors

• The U.S. government shutdown lasted more than 10 days (exceeding the historical average of 9 days), but the market reacted with indifference: historically, the S&P 500 averaged +1.69% during shutdowns, with 9 out of 10 ending positive.

  
  

• The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve's monetary policymaking body) minutes confirmed two more 25-basis-point cuts before the end of the year, with most members concerned about the labor market. The Fed implemented its first 50-basis-point cut in September after a year-long pause.

  
  

• Q2 GDP (Gross Domestic Product, the total value of goods and services produced in a country) was revised upward to 3.8%, and Q4 projections also stand at 3.8%. The WTO (World Trade Organization, an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade) dramatically raised its global trade forecast from 0.9% to 2.4% for 2025. Corporate earnings projections are solid: Q3'25 (+5.5%), Q4'25 (+7.3%), Q1'26 (+9.7%), Q2'26 (+11.0%).

Geopolitical Context

• Israel and Hamas agreed to a historic ceasefire on October 10 after two years of war, with the release of hostages within 72 hours, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops, and massive humanitarian aid entering Gaza, although disagreements over the disarmament of Hamas persist.

  
  

• Trump escalated the trade war: 25% tariffs on imported trucks (affecting Mexico), a meeting with Canada with no commitments on the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), and China retaliated by expanding restrictions on rare earth exports (70% of the world's supply).

  
  

• Political crisis in France: Prime Minister Lecornu resigned after just 28 days; Macron promised a successor within 48 hours. Japan made history by electing Sanae Takaichi as its first female prime minister, with a pro-stimulus and increased public spending agenda.

📚  Investment Lesson of the Month

"Patience is the investment that always pays dividends"

September taught us a critical lesson that every investor should burn into their memory: not every week requires action.

In a month where Fund I grew "only" 0.23%, we might feel pressured to force trades to "keep the momentum." But here is the secret that separates emotional traders from systematic investors: the discipline of not trading is as valuable as the discipline of trading well.

Our "Viernes" (Friday) algorithm identified potential signals during September. Of those, our team validated and executed only 4 trades. Why did we reject 98.6% of the opportunities? Because they did not meet our asymmetric risk-reward criteria.

Warren Buffett summed it up better than anyone: "The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient."

Sometimes, the greatest return comes from simply doing nothing.

🚀 The Future of LATAM is Here

We are building more than a fund; we are creating the future of the financial system in Latin America. With 5,269 visionaries on our waiting list, every day we get closer to democratizing access to investment strategies that were once reserved for the elite.

Our goal of 100,000 members to begin the regulatory process is no longer a distant dream, it is a reality under construction.🔔 Don't Miss Out!

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📞  Contact Information

Website: https://www.paradoxvc.com/dao 

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⚠️ Legal Disclaimer

Remember: Past performance does not guarantee future results. This update is for informational purposes only. Nothing in this article should be interpreted as the provision of portfolio management services, investment advisory services, or the issuance of individualized investment recommendations. The sole purpose of this exercise is to report on the evolution of Carlos Valderrama's investment portfolio, managed by Paradox Ventures®'s proprietary algorithm, as well as the process we will follow to become a registered Investment Advisor and an Investment Fund Management Company. Any reference to an asset should not be considered a recommendation, as it is exclusively a description of actions taken in the management of the fund.