Finally seeing some serious lift-off with my gold holdings after a long haul - anyone else feeling it?

• •It felt… slow for a long time.
• •For years, it was just chugging along, doing its thing, but nothing to write home about.
• •I mean, sure, it held its value when other stuff went sideways, which was exactly the point.

Been sitting on a decent chunk of gold in my IRA for a while now, probably around 15% of my overall portfolio (which hovers between 350-400k depending on the day's market whims). Made the switch into precious metals back in 2018 when I was still grinding away at my last tech exec gig out here in SF, mainly as a hedge against inflation and frankly, just a bit of diversification outside of the usual FAANG stocks everyone else was piling into. It felt… slow for a long time.

For years, it was just chugging along, doing its thing, but nothing to write home about. I mean, sure, it held its value when other stuff went sideways, which was exactly the point. But lately, I’m talking the last six months or so, it feels like it's really starting to pay off. The gains are actually becoming noticeable, not just accounting for inflation, but a genuine bump that I'm actually getting excited about.

I know gold isn't about those overnight rockets, at least not usually, but this sustained upward trend is definitely making me rethink how much I want to allocate going forward. Seeing charts that used to look flat suddenly have some real slope to them is a nice change of pace. Anyone else in a similar boat with their gold holdings? Are you seeing similar accelerated growth, or is this just my personal timing finally hitting a sweet spot?

Curious to hear if anyone else who’s been in the gold game for 5+ years is feeling like their patience is finally getting rewarded in a big way. Should I be considering rebalancing, or just letting it ride now that it's actually doing some heavy lifting?