Double To A Million - Step 20 - Off To A Good Start

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Step 20 is off to a good start on March 25th, 2009 thanks to my Friend and Fellow Doubler, Edo from Croatia.

I received his letter in the mail yesterday afternoon, along with the check he sent me for $25.33 .

He also included a nice post card of Zagreb.

I want to thank Edo for his support for me and DTAMP thoughout the last several years.

You can find out more about Edo's Doubling Journey at:

My Doubling Adventure and at DYWTAM Project.

Present Stake: $2585.33

Motto: It is only "one" found penny.
Slogan: As Simple As Finding A Penny.

Regards,

Xinfinitum


This Doubling Blog is based upon the Doubling Plan "How to Double Your Way to a £Million in 28 Steps". It is an attempt to "Double Your Way to a Million" by going from one penny to one million dollars, starting from nothing. At the beginning you start by finding a penny and then double a penny until reaching $1,000,000.

How to Double Your Way to a Million in 28 Steps
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Double To A Million - Step 19 - Completed

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Step 19 is Completed!!!!

It has been a long and tedious step but it has been worth it as it brings the stake up to $2560.00

I hardly believe it actually is over and I can move onto Step 20. Only 9 more Steps to go.

It took 372 days to complete Step 19 and so far the entire experiment has been going on for 966 days.

Here is the scenario that was the final action in completing Step 19.

I made another trade with the DTAMP funds yesterday at the end of the day when MFA dropped and sold it today.

DTAMP Equities Plan Report:

03/24/09 - Buy - 450 shares of MFA @ $5.46 p/s - Total $2457.00
03/25/09 - Sold - 450 shares of MFA@ $5.61 p/s - Total $2524.50Total ($67.50) - ($17.93) Fees = ($49.57)Net Gain of (+2.01018)% in the Amount of ($49.57)

The trade resulted in an overage:

Total: $2595.10 - ($35.10) Removed Amount for Step 19 to Step 20 Overage = $2560.00

I want to thank everyone who has contributed in any way, monetarily, encouragement, suggestions, etc. to the success of DTAMP and to the completion of this Step.

There were times I contemplated stopping but I kept coming back to the fact that if I just keep plugging away at it no matter how small a gain, eventually I will reach the final goal.

I see myself in front of this humungous boulder, and I have a hammer and I keep hitting the boulder, over and over, day in and day out. Eventually, maybe even in my lifetime, I will reduce that boulder to dust. If I don't give up.

Present Stake: $2560.00

Motto: It is only "one" found penny.
Slogan: As Simple As Finding A Penny.

Regards,

Xinfinitum


This Doubling Blog is based upon the Doubling Plan "How to Double Your Way to a £Million in 28 Steps". It is an attempt to "Double Your Way to a Million" by going from one penny to one million dollars, starting from nothing. At the beginning you start by finding a penny and then double a penny until reaching $1,000,000.

How to Double Your Way to a Million in 28 Steps
D.T.A.M.P. - Double To A Million Plan
"For The Next Chronological Post Click Here"

Double To A Million - Step 19 - Getting Back on Track

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I am closing in on Step 20 fairly rapidly now. Just $14.47 away from making it.

I did not make it by the one year date I had hoped for. Changing brokerage firms slowed me down a bit and sources of income have been hard to come by.

But I did get the new brokerage situation completed and made the first trade.

DTAMP Equities Plan Report:

03/23/09 - Buy - 444 shares of MFA @ $5.3891 p/s - Total $2392.76
03/23/09 - Sold - 444 shares of MFA@ $5.54 p/s - Total $2459.76Total ($67.00) - ($17.92) Fees = ($49.10)Net Gain of (+2.04439)% in the Amount of ($49.10)
As you can tell I am paying much more for commissions now. But the ease of the use of the new brokerage interface may help me make faster and better trades so the commission may not be too bad of a detriment to the over all progress. Time will tell if that assumption is true.

There has also been an accounting error that has taken place. I forgot to enter a $25.00 gift that was received on February 26th, 2009. That error has been corrected and it has pushed up the amount of the stake.

Present Stake: $2545.53

Motto: It is only "one" found penny.
Slogan: As Simple As Finding A Penny.

Regards,

Xinfinitum


This Doubling Blog is based upon the Doubling Plan "How to Double Your Way to a £Million in 28 Steps". It is an attempt to "Double Your Way to a Million" by going from one penny to one million dollars, starting from nothing. At the beginning you start by finding a penny and then double a penny until reaching $1,000,000.

How to Double Your Way to a Million in 28 Steps
D.T.A.M.P. - Double To A Million Plan
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Double To A Million - Step 19 - Good Doggie...

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FINALLY!

I mentioned that a neighborhood dog has been a problem in my last post. I have been suffering with it since early spring of 2008 on an almost daily basis. Eventually a number of people became involved, neighbors, the Authorities, etc. Still nothing worked.

Eventually, I took additional steps and about the time I wrote the last post, suddenly the howling stopped and the dog was no longer seen around.

I have not heard the dog since. The word is the neighbor was finally convinced to keep the dog under control and with the use of a simple device, a citronella barking control collar, the dog stopped. Although the Animal Control Officer tried to get them to use one several months ago, they refused at the time, even though the ACO would have given it to them for free, they were finally convinced to use one and it worked like a charm.

The dog barked once with it and that was it, never again. So I am happy to report that sanity has once again returned to my life. Peace and Quiet! The Devil Dog is no longer haunting me.

Should it return to its old pranks and shenanigans I will be able to call the Animal Control Officer and she should be able to do something. It looks like because of my problem the authorities will be attempting to get some by-laws passed in the town to restrict dog barking. At the present time there are no restrictions on it.

Just to give you an idea: A picture is worth a thousand howls.

At the present there is still nothing significant to report for DTAMP funds income.

I have been in the process of moving the DTAMP funds to a different brokerage firm, to make it easier to use when I am doing my own personally trading. Having to jump from one brokerage firm to another while trading has proven to be a nuisance. The commission will be higher moving it, but I believe that the ease of use will compensate for that problem. At least I hope it will.

Present Stake: $2471.43

Motto: It is only "one" found penny.
Slogan: As Simple As Finding A Penny.

Regards,

Xinfinitum


This Doubling Blog is based upon the Doubling Plan "How to Double Your Way to a £Million in 28 Steps". It is an attempt to "Double Your Way to a Million" by going from one penny to one million dollars, starting from nothing. At the beginning you start by finding a penny and then double a penny until reaching $1,000,000.

How to Double Your Way to a Million in 28 Steps
D.T.A.M.P. - Double To A Million Plan
"For The Next Chronological Post Click Here"