Joe's Journal

[Joe T]

Update as of 6/30/2010 at: http://digitaldiatribes.wordpress.com/2 ... f-6302010/

Not a whole lot to say. It was a fairly uneventful couple weeks. The account was down 1.82%, but this followed more than a 10% surge in the previous couple weeks. Price has not been making huge moves, and I patiently await a retrace while taking a few small short orders.

Summary:
As of 6/15/2010 the close price of gold was $1,234.45. As of 06/30/2010 the close price of gold was $1,242.08 (+0.62%)
As of 6/15/2010 my account equity was $4,041.73. As of 06/30/2010 my account equity was $4,000.85 (-1.01%)

As of 10/31/2009, when I started this, gold price was $1,045.45, so that has increased in value by 18.81%
As of 10/31/2009, my account equity was $2,360.46, so that has increased by 69.49%.

[Joe T]

Continuing with the transactions:

(77) 7/1 21:28 closed (52) @ tp, +9.05
(78) 7/1 21:28 buy 0.01 1203.05 tp 1206.09
(79) 7/2 5:03 closed (78) @ tp, +3.04

[Joe T]

(80) 07/06 15:32 buy 0.01 1203.05 t/p 1206.09
(81) 07/06 16:41 closed (45) @ t/p, +6.03 [sell order at old levels, so now re-submitted a sell limit order at new levels]
(82) 07/06 16:47 buy 0.01 1191.02 t/p 1197.07
(83) 07/06 18:58 closed (82) manually @ 1196.25, +5.23 [had a meeting to run to and wanted to get a new buy limit order in at 1191.02]

[Joe T]

(84) 07/06 22:09 buy 0.01 1191.02 t/p 1197.07

[Joe T]

(85) 07/07 09:20 closed (39) manually, +0.15

I closed this because it was really late at night and I wanted to go to bed, and this is an old sell order at a price point where I am no longer shorting. As it turns out, it would have closed at t/p overnight, but I just wanted it off the books and was happy to exercise at a miniscule, but positive, profit. Under a normal, currently vlaid, price point, I'd have let it go.

(86) 07/07 19:36 closed (84) at t/p, +6.05

I just have kept my current lot schedule in place with the advent of a new month, and am using profits taken to lower my Zero Balance point. My current lot schedule is as follows:

1203.05. 1191.02, 1179.11, 1024.10: 0.01 lots
All other buy points: 0.02 lots
All sell points: 0.01 lots

Current Target Price @ Zero Balance: $948.99 and $1,478.73

[Joe T]

(87) 07/07 21:59 sell 0.01 1203.05 t/p 1200.04
(88) 07/08 03:01 closed (80) @ t/p, +3.03
(89) 07/08 11:20 buy 0.01 1203.05 t/p 1206.09
(90) 07/08 13:08 closed (87) @ t/p, +3.02
(91) 07/08 16:46 buy 0.01 1191.02 t/p 1197.07
(92) 07/08 19:28 closed (91) @ t/p, +6.05

[Joe T]

(93) 07/09 15:24 sell 0.01 1203.05 t/p 1200.04
(94) 07/09 16:01 closed (89) @ t/p, +3.04

[Joe T]

(95) 07/12 14:56 buy 0.01 1203.05 t/p 1206.09
(96) 07/12 15:48 closed (95) @ t/p, +3.04
(97) 07/12 17:43 buy 0.01 1203.05 t/p 1206.09
(98) 07/12 17:50 closed (93) @ t/p, +3.01

[Joe T]

(99) 07/13 12:30 closed (97) @ t/p, +3.04

[Joe T]

(99) 07/13 12:30 closed (97) @ t/p, +3.04

I missed one here, so I'm correcting this post, and providing the updated numbers.

(99) 07/13 10:28 sell 0.01 1203.05 t/p 1200.04
(100) 07/13 12:30 closed (97) @ t/p, +3.04
(101) 07/13 15:50 sell 0.01 1215.20 @ t/p 1209.15
(102) 07/14 14:53 closed (101) @ t/p, +6.05