Operating executive and investor with a focus on payments, fintech and enterprise software, known for scaling product-led businesses and leading go-to-market transformation in growth-stage firms. Darrick Alford is experienced in strategy, partnerships and commercial due diligence, and regularly advises boards and founders on monetization and regulatory positioning. Active in early-stage investing and corporate development, provides hands-on operational support to portfolio companies targeting revenue and margin expansion.
Operating executive and investor with a focus on payments, fintech and enterprise software, known for scaling product-led businesses and leading go-to-market transformation in growth-stage firms. Darrick Alford is experienced in strategy, partnerships and commercial due diligence, and regularly advises boards and founders on monetization and regulatory positioning. Active in early-stage investing and corporate development, provides hands-on operational support to portfolio companies targeting revenue and margin expansion.
Focuses on payments, fintech and enterprise software, prioritizing early- and growth-stage opportunities where product-led distribution and commercial partnerships drive scale. Deploys capital with a hands-on, operational orientation: pairing equity with strategic support in GTM, monetization and regulatory positioning to accelerate revenue and margin expansion. Prefers concentrated, stage-focused stakes with a multi-year horizon, disciplined underwriting of unit economics and defensible network effects, and active board-level engagement to de-risk execution and unlock enterprise value.
Focuses on payments, fintech and enterprise software, prioritizing early- and growth-stage opportunities where product-led distribution and commercial partnerships drive scale. Deploys capital with a hands-on, operational orientation: pairing equity with strategic support in GTM, monetization and regulatory positioning to accelerate revenue and margin expansion. Prefers concentrated, stage-focused stakes with a multi-year horizon, disciplined underwriting of unit economics and defensible network effects, and active board-level engagement to de-risk execution and unlock enterprise value.
| Trades 142 | Longs Won 100/142 70% | Profit Factor 17.37 |
| Profitability | Shorts Won 0/0 0% | Standard Deviation $2.06M |
| Average Win $579,307.39 | Best Trade (Oct 14) $21.61M | Sharpe Ratio -9.89 |
| Average Loss -$79,415.44 | Worst Trade (Oct 14) -$1.39M | Z-Score 5.33 (100%) |
| Commissions $0 | Avg. Trade Length 1y 2m 2d | Expectancy $384,473.88 |
| Loss Size | 100% | 90% | 80% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
| Probability of Loss | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | 0.32% |
| Consecutive Losing Trades | 3,817 | 3,435 | 3,053 | 2,672 | 2,290 | 1,908 | 1,527 | 1,145 | 763 | 382 |
| Symbol | Quantity | Cost | Value | Comm. | Profit ($) | Gain (%) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AAPL Apple Inc. | 11,856 | $2.93M | $4.07M | - | $1.14M | 38.77% | +0.058% |
AFL Aflac Inc. | 9,648 | $999,177.11 | $1.14M | - | $141,891.85 | 14.2% | +0.051% |
AMZN Amazon.com Inc | 6,240 | $1.37M | $1.58M | - | $215,629.92 | 15.76% | -0.075% |
AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 2,219 | $514,727.35 | $755,014.75 | - | $240,287.4 | 46.68% | -1.733% |
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund | 281,943 | $20.3M | $19.96M | - | -$347,338.89 | -1.71% | +0.54% |
BNDX Vanguard Total International Bond ETF | 183,379 | $8.99M | $8.65M | - | -$340,026.94 | -3.78% | +0.276% |
BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | 1,844 | $868,597.95 | $974,046.86 | - | $105,448.91 | 12.14% | +0.356% |
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 42,054 | $3.25M | $3.22M | - | -$31,360.04 | -0.96% | +0.164% |
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation | 255 | $233,885.22 | $251,524.35 | - | $17,639.13 | 7.54% | +0.445% |
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 972 | $201,875.75 | $207,225.54 | - | $5,349.79 | 2.65% | +2.242% |
GOOG Alphabet Inc | 3,130 | $594,503.58 | $1.08M | - | $485,064.72 | 81.59% | +0.367% |
GOOGL Alphabet Inc | 3,040 | $574,135.9 | $1.06M | - | $488,830.5 | 85.14% | +0.581% |
GPN Global Payments Inc. | 24,565 | $2.75M | $2.04M | - | -$713,081.2 | -25.9% | +2.646% |
HD The Home Depot, Inc. | 580 | $212,750 | $176,691.2 | - | -$36,058.8 | -16.95% | +3.09% |
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 961 | $565,721 | $743,641.02 | - | $177,920.02 | 31.45% | +0.094% |
JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 3,105 | $456,924.05 | $798,730.2 | - | $341,806.15 | 74.81% | +1.311% |
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1,805 | $433,780.77 | $602,870 | - | $169,089.23 | 38.98% | -0.382% |
LLY Eli Lilly and Company | 430 | $335,140.72 | $544,715.4 | - | $209,574.68 | 62.53% | +4.802% |
MA Mastercard Incorporated | 480 | $252,930.7 | $294,991.2 | - | $42,060.5 | 16.63% | +1.877% |
META Meta Platforms Inc Class A | 1,275 | $746,655.37 | $936,933.75 | - | $190,278.38 | 25.48% | -0.365% |