Name: ______________________ Period: ______ Merchant number: ______ Start date: __________
This journal stays in your FACS folder for the whole ClassroomStreet Investor Challenge. You write one entry every class day. Every entry has three parts and one number:
- What I did (bought, sold, or held; which venture; how many units)
- Why I did it (a dispatch, a risk level, my pie, a feeling you noticed)
- What happened (did the price move, did my fortune move)
- My total fortune at the bell (the number on the screen)
Three sentences and the number is a complete entry. More is welcome.
Sentence starters (Turkish, Portuguese, and Spanish lines are marked):
| English | Turkish | Portuguese | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today I bought ___ because ___. | Bugün ___ aldım çünkü ___. | Hoje comprei ___ porque ___. | Hoy compré ___ porque ___. |
| Today I sold ___ because ___. | Bugün ___ sattım çünkü ___. | Hoje vendi ___ porque ___. | Hoy vendí ___ porque ___. |
| I did not trade today because ___. | Bugün alım satım yapmadım çünkü ___. | Hoje não negociei porque ___. | Hoy no hice ninguna operación porque ___. |
| My total fortune is ___. | Toplam servetim ___. | Minha fortuna total é ___. | Mi fortuna total es ___. |
| The news said ___, so ___. | Haberlerde ___ deniyordu, bu yüzden ___. | A notícia dizia ___, então ___. | La noticia decía ___, así que ___. |
| I felt ___ when the prices dropped. | Fiyatlar düşünce ___ hissettim. | Eu me senti ___ quando os preços caíram. | Me sentí ___ cuando bajaron los precios. |
| Next time I will ___. | Bir dahaki sefere ___ yapacağım. | Da próxima vez, eu vou ___. | La próxima vez voy a ___. |
Journal cover: my notes
The risk ladder (Day 1): copy it here, safest at the bottom.
_____________________________________________ (riskiest)
_____________________________________________ (safest)
My risk guess for each venture (Day 1): write no risk, low, medium, or high.
| Ticker | Venture | My guess | Was I right? (fill on Day 9) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRK | Sparkstone Mines | ||
| CLDB | Cloudberry Expeditions | ||
| IRON | The Iron Vault | ||
| SEAL | Crown Seal Notes | ||
| WLLW | Willowbrook Grove | ||
| HNYP | The Honeypot Coffer | ||
| MDOW | Meadowgold Acres |
My first buys (Day 1): ticker and units.
Notes box (rules and definitions from the slides):
Entry 1 (Day 1: Lesson 2.14, first buys)
What I bought and why (the short version today):
My total fortune at the bell: AQ __________
Entry 2 (Day 2: Lesson 2.14, reading the screen)
Total fortune at the start: AQ __________ Above or below 25,000? By how much? __________
My ledger check: ______ units times AQ ______ = AQ ______ cash out. Matches? yes / no
What I did:
Why:
What happened:
My pie (rough slices, label each with a ticker):
[ draw here ]
My total fortune at the bell: AQ __________
Entry 3 (Day 3: Lesson 2.15, reading the news)
What I did:
Why (name the dispatch):
What happened:
One prediction I made today and whether it came true:
My total fortune at the bell: AQ __________
Entry 4 (Day 4: Lesson 2.15, fact vs hype)
What I did:
Why:
What happened:
One headline I ignored today and why (which test did it fail?):
My total fortune at the bell: AQ __________
Entry 5 (Day 5: Lesson 2.16, diversification)
What I did (use the word rebalance or hold):
Why:
What happened:
My biggest slice is ______ percent (ticker: ______). I am comfortable / not comfortable with that because:
My total fortune at the bell: AQ __________
Entry 6 (Day 6: Lesson 2.17, the crisis)
How I felt at the start (one word): __________ A stress sign I noticed: ______________________
What I did:
Why (copy your decision from the grid):
What happened:
How I feel now (one sentence):
My total fortune at the bell: AQ __________
Entry 7 (Day 7: Lesson 2.17, the second crisis day)
My corner today: sold some / sold everything / held / bought more
What I did:
Why:
What happened:
Look back: my Day 6 decision was a plan / a panic. My evidence (a number):
My total fortune at the bell: AQ __________
Entry 8 (Day 8: Lesson 2.18, recovery and return math)
What I did (rebalance, buy low, or hold; if buying low, which venture and what I expect):
Why:
What happened:
My percent return so far (from Return Math Part B): ______ percent
The venture that hurt me most fell ______ percent across the crisis (ticker: ______).
My total fortune at the bell: AQ __________
Entry 9 (Day 9: Lesson 2.19, the closing bell and the reveal)
The market is closed. My final total fortune: AQ __________ My rank: ______ of ______
Why my final number is what it is (one or two sentences):
What I know now that I did not know on Day 1:
Entry 10 (Day 10: Lesson 2.19, the report)
My final percent return was ______ percent.
One sentence to my future self about money:
Round 2: trading with the truth (Lessons 2.20, 2.21, 2.22)
The market reopens for ten minutes a day. You now know what every venture really is.
Round 2, Day 1: I did ______________________ because ______________________ Fortune: AQ ________
Round 2, Day 2: I did ______________________ because ______________________ Fortune: AQ ________
Round 2, Day 3: I did ______________________ because ______________________ Fortune: AQ ________
Did knowing the real instruments change how I traded? yes / no. How: