Puru Saxena ✓

@saxena_puru · joined 24 Aug 2018

Founder - AlphaTarget. Previously, Founder + Portfolio manager of money management firms in Hong Kong. House & Techno DJ. No investment advice.

401 908Followers

153Following

52 457Posts total

1MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views14 393this account4 257median for 100K–1M

Reach, %3.58%this account1.61%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.42%this account1.31%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	14 393	4 257	3.38×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.58%	1.61%	2.22×
Engagement rate	0.42%	1.31%	0.32×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

760.7K18 Jan

31.5K23 Apr

101.5K16 May

12.5K4 Jun

4063 Sep

15.2K4 Sep

21.5K

53.7K

1.2K

719

21.1K5 Sep

14.4K

Last 13 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.08%18 Jan

0.05%23 Apr

0.32%16 May

0.06%4 Jun

1.48%3 Sep

0.04%4 Sep

0.12%

1.02%

0.25%

0.42%

0.59%5 Sep

0.58%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.31%.

What the audience does

Likes61.7%1 443 in total

Reposts6.4%150 in total

Replies6.5%153 in total

Quotes0.5%12 in total

Bookmarks24.8%579 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

AlphaTarget is now more than two years old, and I’ve been reflecting on what we’ve learned. We’ve beaten the S&P 500 by a wide margin. I’m proud of that but what matters even more to us is how we build on it from here. The last two years have been an extraordinary period fo 14.4K views · 67 likes · 3 reposts · 13 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

The launch of OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra marks a clear transition in AI capabilities: moving from copilot assistance (generating text and code) towards direct computer control (executing multi-step workflows across applications, terminals, and browsers). While the technical jump is 21.1K views · 102 likes · 15 reposts · 8 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@saxena_puru Sounds good. I’ll be looking forward to 10/1. 719 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@saxena_puru Locked and loaded. Cash is also a position. 1.2K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@saxena_puru The oracle has spoken 1.2K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Since the 1930s, the 3rd Year of the US Presidential Cycle has been the most lucrative time for investors. The *fun* usually begins on 1 Oct of the 2nd Year of the Presidential Cycle and lasts for ~7 months - historically, this has been the best time for US stocks. 53.7K views · 479 likes · 47 reposts · 20 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Grateful for the positive feedback 🙏 Glad our work is making a difference https://t.co/hD0Q8zG8xp 21.5K views · 23 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@saxena_puru Ive been a subscriber for more than a year, i love the research. Thank you 15.2K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@saxena_puru @michaeljburry If you’re making more money from Substack than your portfolio. You would sell FEAR not stocks 406 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Portfolio Management and hedging strategy has been refined - read the details below 👇 https://t.co/BMGEDlSkyL 12.5K views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Jun 2026 · Open on X →

Strategy change - portfolio management & hedging For years, we successfully hedged our concentrated growth portfolio by shorting NASDAQ100 futures. It was simple, liquid and highly effective - a reliable offset during stock market downtrends when correlations between our 101.5K views · 280 likes · 14 reposts · 30 replies 16 May 2026 · Open on X →

@saxena_puru Puru, followed you for 7 years and now signed up to Alpha Target, super impressed with the format and thinking, grateful for all you have done and continue to do. 31.5K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 9 replies 23 Apr 2025 · Open on X →

AlphaTarget's Process: How We Invest -🧵 - 1/ Why Stocks? History shows that stocks are the best-performing asset class over the long term, significantly outperforming bonds, gold, and cash. But the stock market is volatile. To harness its power, we focus on disruptive, 760.7K views · 462 likes · 70 reposts · 66 replies 18 Jan 2025 · Open on X →