[GodGunsGuts]

I still give gold a pretty good chance of catching up (btw, you never did send me a chart of your Chinese investments). But even if it only comes close, I hope you will forgive my spontaneous bouts of celebration on Jan. 1 :o)

PS I'm margined pretty close to 5:1...so whatever gold does, multiply that times five :o) :o)

PSS If gold goes south, then my celebratory mood will be considerably dampened :o( :o( :o(

[plain talk]

You can chart it yourself. Any number of them. FXI is one.

Now that you have acknowledged that you are margined 5:1 we can all see that you are not interested in rational discussion by which yopu would easily lose with 11/12 of the year being gone You are simply trying to hype your pick for personal gain. Pretty sleasy tactics. Get lost scumbag.

[nopardons]

You're margined THAT much?

[expat_panama]

If gold goes south, then my celebratory mood will be considerably dampened :o( :o( :o(

There's absolutely no reason to accept that risk.   It's possible to enjoy a leveraged return while at the same time hedging your investment.  It's done by making the correct set of options contracts.  There's a lot of people and places with the info --my favorite is the book on the right.  The author is a genius, runs an options consulting online business, and he's a freeper. 

It's possible that some of the investing advice you've been getting was tainted by a conflict of interest, especially if it came from someone who's also trying to sell the particular commodity that's being recommended.  You did very well so far in spite of the risks you carried.  Check out your other alternatives, your options (as it were) with ways to profit with gold.

Good hunting!