STOCK TABLE 1

 Stock Buy Shares Amount Sold Amount  Gain 0
 CTRP $48 20 960 $53 1060 100 1
 CVX $57 18 954 $63 1134 180 2
 SUN $68 15 1020 $75 1125 105 3
 PDS $33 34 1127 $37 1258 131 4
 LSGP $.17 6600 1125 $.40 2640 1515 5
 ACGY $16 78 1258 $20 1560 302 6
 GOOG $403 6 2418 $483 2898 480 7
 VLO $53 54 2862 $73 3942 1080 8
 CVX $75 52 3900 $93 4836

 936

 9
 AAPL $121 13 1573 $195 2535 962 10
 COP $72 67 4800 $86 5762 962 11
 BIDU $272 9 2448 $376 3384 936 12
 BIDU $290 11 3190 $323 3553 363 13
 DXO $1.80 3201 5762 $3.61 11556 5794 14
 UXG $.82 4332 3552 $2.26 9790 6238 15
 DXO $2.41 4795 11556 $2.67 14561 3005 16
 FAS $3.96 3675 14555 $10 36750 22195 17
 PDS $5.86 6271 36748 $8.59 53868 17120 18
 NEP $3.89 2516 9787 $8.55 21512 11725 19
 TRGL 9.79 5502 53865    20
 SIRO 37.21 578 21507 33.34 19271 -2236 21
 Cash   19271  Buy VXX
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 VXX 25.00 770 19250    23
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As you can see, when a stock is sold, the money from the sale is put to work somewhere else down the ladder.  Amounts are rounded up or down to fit new buys, and commissions are ignored.

If you look down the ladder to the two open positions, you can add the money amounts together to get the total amount of money that has been made since this paper history began in 2006.  As of March 8, 2010, we have accumulated $75,372, and this puts us way ahead of our target to make $32,000 or more by July 2010, the 4th anniversary of tracking this system of short term stock trading to make a lot of money in ten years while starting with just $2,000.  To review the Gain Table on page two of this website, here is where we should be in the middle of 2010:

2006     $2,000 beginning

2007     $4,000

2008     $8,000

2009     $16,000

2010     $32,000

So, we could lose $40,000 in 2010 and still be on track for one million dollars in ten years by doubling our money each year.  The only thing you have to do is find two quality stocks at a time to invest in.  2009 got us well ahead of the game because we made an unusual amount of money on DXO, the now defunct double-oil long ETN.  We also made more than 100% on FAS, a financial long ETF, and we doubled our money on NEP.

The bottom two picks may not be changed very often if the choices are still good.  As of July 2010, the market was fairly shaky.  SIRO was sold at a small loss in order to establish a cash position.  Because the world is now so unstable economically, the stock market downside potential is probably equal to the upside. 

Thus, I will be using the new cash position to buy the VXX volatility index intermittently to play the short side of the market.  VXX goes up when the market goes down.  Between April and June of 2010, the VXX went from less than $20 per share to $31 at various times.  So, a 50% gain could have been quickly made if I had realized this potential at that time.  The easy money has already been missed for now, but I noticed a June-July movement between $25 and $31.  This is a trade I expect to make many times in the future with our new cash position.  I will be buying VXX with a $25 limit order from now on, and then I will place a sell order at $31.  We will make more than 20% on each trade cycle.  This will be a permanent situation for trading as long as the world continues to be in bad shape economically.