a "buy and hold" strategy of the right financial instrument can easily 2x, 3x, ...

a "buy and hold" strategy of the right financial instrument can easily 2x, 3x, ... or more... that's 200% 300% or more... just recently BTC jumped from 60K to 100K, that's 66% unrealized gains for just sitting on a couch, without stressful day trading... You can buy 0.0001 BTC for usd10... the focus point is percentual growth (aka %); the absolute quantity is kind of irrelevant when investing. Never sell, borrow against your assets...