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 103/142 72% | Profit Factor 34.71 |
| Profitability | Shorts Won 0/0 0% | Standard Deviation $2.1M |
| Average Win $586,204.02 | Best Trade (Aug 13) $21.54M | Sharpe Ratio -9.89 |
| Average Loss -$44,609.74 | Worst Trade (Aug 02) -$687,287.9 | Z-Score 7.18 (100%) |
| Commissions $0 | Avg. Trade Length 1y 1m 3d | Expectancy $412,952.35 |
| Loss Size | 100% | 90% | 80% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
| Probability of Loss | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | 0.24% |
| Consecutive Losing Trades | 6,897 | 6,207 | 5,517 | 4,828 | 4,138 | 3,448 | 2,759 | 2,069 | 1,379 | 690 |
| Symbol | Quantity | Cost | Value | Comm. | Profit ($) | Gain (%) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AAPL Apple Inc. | 11,856 | $2.93M | $3.66M | - | $730,561.72 | 24.92% | -7.354% |
AFL Aflac Inc. | 9,648 | $999,177.11 | $1.23M | - | $230,749.93 | 23.09% | +0.094% |
AMZN Amazon.com Inc | 6,240 | $1.37M | $1.69M | - | $326,015.46 | 23.82% | +15.321% |
AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 2,219 | $514,727.35 | $863,812.32 | - | $349,084.97 | 67.82% | +0.371% |
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund | 281,943 | $20.3M | $20.36M | - | $61,478.46 | 0.3% | -0.262% |
BNDX Vanguard Total International Bond ETF | 183,379 | $8.99M | $8.76M | - | -$231,833.33 | -2.58% | -0.23% |
BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | 1,844 | $868,597.95 | $943,279.76 | - | $74,681.81 | 8.6% | +0.365% |
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 42,054 | $3.25M | $3.26M | - | $12,586.39 | 0.39% | -0.077% |
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation | 255 | $233,885.22 | $242,731.95 | - | $8,846.73 | 3.78% | -0.239% |
DRI Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 972 | $201,875.75 | $197,879.76 | - | -$3,995.99 | -1.98% | -1.638% |
GOOG Alphabet Inc | 3,130 | $594,503.58 | $1.12M | - | $521,810.89 | 87.77% | +6.884% |
GOOGL Alphabet Inc | 3,040 | $574,135.9 | $1.08M | - | $508,499.3 | 88.57% | +6.734% |
GPN Global Payments Inc. | 24,565 | $2.75M | $2.07M | - | -$687,287.9 | -24.97% | -3.178% |
HD The Home Depot, Inc. | 580 | $212,750 | $192,536.79 | - | -$20,213.21 | -9.5% | -0.417% |
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 961 | $565,721 | $721,057.53 | - | $155,336.53 | 27.46% | +0.687% |
JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 3,105 | $456,924.05 | $795,966.78 | - | $339,042.73 | 74.2% | +0.207% |
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1,805 | $433,780.77 | $634,980.97 | - | $201,200.2 | 46.38% | +0.268% |
LLY Eli Lilly and Company | 430 | $335,140.72 | $494,001.19 | - | $158,860.47 | 47.4% | -0.531% |
MA Mastercard Incorporated | 480 | $252,930.7 | $275,087.99 | - | $22,157.29 | 8.76% | -0.736% |
META Meta Platforms Inc Class A | 1,275 | $746,655.37 | $709,805.28 | - | -$36,850.09 | -4.94% | +3.28% |