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1990issue C091-10

A gold campaign log as a trade procedure

A daily market log recorded a 30-to-90-day gold campaign as a written Pre-trade checklist: the position, the next time and price zones, and the exact conditions to enter, add, adjust a stop, or exit.

  • The daily log recorded the position, upcoming time and price zones, news that may affect price, and the exact conditions required to enter, add, adjust a stop, or exit.
  • A low-risk setup was defined only when time analysis, a nearby price objective, and short- and longer-term pattern all indicated that change was likely.
  • Later price action could reverse a new-high read, authorize added shorts after confirmation, or flatten the position when a 62 percent bounce hit the protective stop.
  • The same written procedure accepted a planned first-attempt loss and required the trader to stay flat when travel would break the decision process.
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A campaign written as a checklist

A daily market log recorded the position, upcoming time and price zones, news that may affect price, and the exact conditions required to enter, add, adjust a stop, or exit.

The written campaign sought 30-to-90-day positions, with more than one planned chance to enter or add as a move developed.

TradersWeek editorial reading: the log is a Pre-trade checklist for one gold hypothesis. The setup is written first. Later price action is then used only to confirm, cancel, or add to that same plan.

Confluence defined the only low-risk setup

A low-risk setup was defined only when time analysis, a nearby price objective, and short- and longer-term pattern all indicated that change was likely.

Projected turning-point periods lasted a week or less. They came from overlapping time-cycle ratios, time counts, and price-square-time factors.

Gann angles supplied the nearby support map. January 3 support was read as a 1x1 angle cluster plus a 50 percent retracement of the prior advance. January 22 was treated as a turning-point low at a 62 percent retracement and 1x1 support.

TradersWeek editorial reading: Elliott wave analysis belongs in the pattern slot of that same test, as short- and longer-term structure, not as a second system running beside the checklist.

Price action confirmed, canceled, or added

A wide-range close near the low at the November high was treated as failed buying power and a possible triple top, reversing the earlier new-high hypothesis.

Shorts were added only after reversal-day and gap-down confirmation, then flattened when a 62 percent bounce of the minor decline hit the protective stop.

A fourth test of the same high was treated as a decision point. Failure implied a countermove. A close above the cluster implied continuation.

April 1990 gold campaign prices from the daily log

Logged April gold prices from the January–February 1990 campaign, from the first short near 425.9 through later adds, the 423.8 stop-out, and the renewed short campaign after the failed test of the ~430 triple top. Values are the contract prices the source states in the trading log, not a digitised copy of either candlestick figure.
Logged April gold prices from the January–February 1990 campaign, from the first short near 425.9 through later adds, the 423.8 stop-out, and the renewed short campaign after the failed test of the ~430 triple top. Values are the contract prices the source states in the trading log, not a digitised copy of either candlestick figure.April 1990 COMEX gold · daily campaign log · 1990-01-22T00:00:00.000Z to 1990-02-16T00:00:00.000Z

The log is truncated after February 20; only prices the article states in dollars per ounce are plotted. Protective stops and option premiums are omitted so the series stays on the futures price.

Review, planned losses, and standing aside

After an $800 first-attempt loss, later confirmed shorts and a put sale were closed for a campaign net of $6,550 before the trader stood aside while traveling.

The log was used to review why each action was taken, accept planned losses, and stay flat when travel would break the same decision procedure.

Educational research material, not investment advice. Historical source context does not establish present-day performance.
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