GCG12 – February Gold (Last:1749.50)

We hold a single contract with an effective  cost basis of 1708.00.  A trailing stop would have gone into effect on a rally to  1770.00, but because the last upthrust fell $3 shy of that target, we’ve taken a $45 ride south on a fixed stop.  This was unpleasant but consistent with our intention of holding the position come hell or high water.  Even so, I’ll now suggest using a fixed stop at 1716.10, since it would be a crime to take an actual loss on a position that at one point had shown a paper profit of nearly $6000 per contract.  If we’re stopped out, we can continue to get long whenever it suits us, risking little or nothing in theory each time, until we finally catch the Big Ride we’ve been waiting for.  FYI, today’s carnage targets 1716.40, $5 beneath the so-far low.