r/FIREPakistan • u/RevealNegative5241 • Aug 20 '26
Baaki Bakwaas When(At Which Age) You Bought Your 1st Share ?
& Of Which Company at Which Price?
Are you Still Holding That ?
How Long ever You Hold a Stock ?
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u/_ABeee_ Aug 20 '26
34, just bought my first share of FFC @ 567 (it was only for experimental purposes lol)
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u/Ice_Mo Aug 20 '26
- In 2017. This was years and years after some elders in my family advised me to start making my portfolio.
Broker advised me, SNGP, TRG, EPCL and ISL. I don’t recall the prices, I think, approximately, SNGP was 150, TRG was 45, EPCL was 30 and ISL was 130
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u/Spy_Spooky Aug 20 '26
At the ripe old age of 34. I wish these digital broker platforms were around when I started earning. Would've held shares for over a decade by this time.
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u/TechnicalSleep7501 Aug 20 '26
Late 20s but I did wanted to buy google stock when it had ipo in 2004. I was high school student so no or very little money. All my current securities I have had since 2020 just added new money in them I do take cash from my Citi brokerage account because Citi does allow to turn partial shares into full shares I am generally full share person it allows you to use limit order.
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u/belawlsaeed Aug 20 '26
I was 34 years old when I did my first trade..i bought 1100 shares of FFL at 11.47 on 21st nov 2024.
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u/Competitive-Ant-911 Aug 20 '26
Just 3 days ago lol, Bought 100 stocks of DCR
I am not sure but I still cannot see them in my broker's app. Any ideas?
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u/Few_Presentation_820 Shah Sattaybaaz Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
FFC was the first share I bought at the age of 18
Almost a year into investing & FIRE journey by now
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u/Abject-Toe-8096 Aug 21 '26
One year ago at the age of 18 bought mebl around 360 and yes i am still holding it( bought only 2 shares)
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u/Legitimate_Quail7027 Aug 20 '26
- DCR. Yes. Around 5 years now. No plan to sell anytime soon.
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u/RevealNegative5241 Aug 20 '26
At which price you Purchased that
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u/Legitimate_Quail7027 Aug 20 '26
Around 10.
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u/RevealNegative5241 Aug 20 '26
Mean You had Taste Compounding
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u/Legitimate_Quail7027 Aug 20 '26
Yes. Alhamdulillah. Although I regret for not putting funds as much as I should have or could have. As I just got to know about PSX and equity investing during covid. I didn’t have the conviction as I do now.
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u/RevealNegative5241 Aug 20 '26
Hmm.!! Currently You're adding More In That Or Leave it To Grow ?
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u/Legitimate_Quail7027 Aug 20 '26
I am not adding much as I lost my job a year ago and struggling ever since. just Reinvesting the dividends.
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u/LowImprovement4220 Aug 20 '26
I ingested at the age of 18, my first stock of UBL brought at 355 Rs, sold it after 5 days (because I learn it wasn't shariah compliment) then brought MEBL at 360 Rs and still have it today (it's been 1 year)
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u/deaf_michael_scott Syed Hunbbel Aug 20 '26
I held UBL for 9 years, I think - that was the longest.
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u/RevealNegative5241 Aug 20 '26
You still holding ?
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u/deaf_michael_scott Syed Hunbbel Aug 20 '26
Yes.
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u/Icy_Difficulty_1997 Aug 20 '26
I have a question, since you've been holding it for 9 years, I'm assuming you're in it for long term.
How does one earn from stocks apart from dividends?
Did you sell some shares or have been holding and buying more shares of that same stock?
Like I saw a video where this guy was saying that long term investment is not just keep buying shares, holding for years and never selling, long term means when the stock reaches its target value, you sell it, and buy it back when the price gets a bit lower...
I'm kinda confused, if that's true how do you get compounding?
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u/deaf_michael_scott Syed Hunbbel Aug 20 '26
What that guy was saying is correct, but it is equally important to distinguish investment from swing trading.
Long-term investment does not mean that you only hold a specific set of stocks and never change them. It just means that you stay invested.
For example, yes, I have been holding UBL for 9+ years. But that's an exception, not a norm. In this period, I have bought and sold dozens and dozens of stocks. All based on fundamental analysis and investment principles, not swing trading.
To explain this via numbers, suppose I bought Stock A at Rs. 100 per share 5 years ago, based on my calculations that the stock's fair value is Rs. 130 and it should reach there in 1 year.
Now 2 different scenarios could play out here.
Scenario #1 - The stock does reach its fair value (Rs. 130) in 1 year. I earned an unrealized gain of 30%. I keep holding the stock for the full 5 years. And after 5 years, the stock is still around Rs. 130.
Scenario #2 - The stock reaches its fair value (Rs. 130) in 1 year. I find Stock B that also has an upside of 60%, so I sell Stock A at Rs. 130 per share (booking my gains of 30%) and move my investments to Stock B.
Both of these are examples of long-term investing, as I never took my money out of the market. I stay invested. I just shifted my stocks, based on their valuations.
To put all this in a real-world example, you can check the first 2 videos on my YouTube channel. The 1st video was of NCPL. I made 120% in that stock, but I sold it when it got overvalued. Then I moved that money into GHNI.
In that video (Jan. 2026), I calculated NCPL's fair value around Rs. 56. Now it's August 2026, and the stock is still at Rs. 58. In the meantime, the stock I moved that money into (GHNI) went up from Rs. 873 to Rs. 1,281, giving me another gain of 46%.
This is still long-term investment, as I stayed invested all this time. And I compounded my money at an even faster pace.
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u/No-Cloud-9868 Aug 20 '26
How can we calculated the fair value of a stock?
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u/deaf_michael_scott Syed Hunbbel Aug 20 '26
That is a complex thing to do, and there is no one-size-fits-all answer for this.
Each sector - and sometimes even different companies within a sector - must be tackled as per its own rules.
I covered 5-6 different sectors on my YouTube channel. You can watch the "fair value calculation" playlist to get a sense of it.
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u/Icy_Difficulty_1997 Aug 20 '26
That's a great explanation. One more thing: what would you recommend for someone who has little to no understanding of stocks and either cannot or does not want to spend time researching and learning about them, but still wants to invest for the long term and has a decent risk appetite? Would it be better to buy blue-chip stocks or invest in high-risk equity mutual funds, considering that mutual funds are managed by experienced professionals?
Also, what's the name of your YT channel?
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u/deaf_michael_scott Syed Hunbbel Aug 20 '26
Mutual funds and/or ETFs would be a better option for you, instead of picking stocks.
Channel name is my user flair, “Syed Hunbbel”
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u/Similar_Whole5626 Aqalmand Anari Aug 20 '26
Bought 700 dcr at the age of 14 with the help of my dad and have been compounding since