diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/internal/TradeWriter.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/internal/TradeWriter.java
index 83bde85ab..b676b6639 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/internal/TradeWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/internal/TradeWriter.java
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@
 
 package org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ExecutionContext;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemStreamException;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemStreamSupport;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.Trade;
 import org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.TradeDao;
@@ -28,15 +32,20 @@ import org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.TradeDao;
  * Delegates the actual writing to custom DAO delegate. Allows configurable
  * exception raising for testing skip and restart.
  */
-public class TradeWriter implements ItemWriter<Trade> {
+public class TradeWriter extends ItemStreamSupport implements ItemWriter<Trade> {
+
 	private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(TradeWriter.class);
 
+	private static final String TOTAL_AMOUNT_KEY = "TOTAL_AMOUNT";
+
 	private TradeDao dao;
 
 	private int failure = -1;
 
 	private int index = 0;
 
+	private BigDecimal totalPrice = BigDecimal.ZERO;
+
 	/**
 	 * Public setter for the the index on which failure should occur.
 	 * 
@@ -48,18 +57,43 @@ public class TradeWriter implements ItemWriter<Trade> {
 
 	public void write(List<? extends Trade> trades) {
 
+		BigDecimal amount = BigDecimal.ZERO;
+		
 		for (Trade trade : trades) {
 
 			log.debug(trade);
-
+			
 			dao.writeTrade(trade);
-
+			
+			amount = amount.add(trade.getPrice());
+			
 			if (index++ == failure) {
 				throw new RuntimeException("Something unexpected happened!");
 			}
-
 		}
+		
+		this.totalPrice = this.totalPrice.add(amount);
+		
+	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void open(ExecutionContext executionContext) throws ItemStreamException {
+		if (executionContext.containsKey(TOTAL_AMOUNT_KEY)) {
+			this.totalPrice = (BigDecimal) executionContext.get(TOTAL_AMOUNT_KEY);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			this.totalPrice = BigDecimal.ZERO;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void update(ExecutionContext executionContext) {
+		executionContext.put(TOTAL_AMOUNT_KEY, this.totalPrice);
+	}
+
+	public BigDecimal getTotalPrice() {
+		return totalPrice;
 	}
 
 	public void setDao(TradeDao dao) {
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml
index 048d8852c..231b4a097 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@
 	</step>
 
 	<beans:bean id="tradeProcessor" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeProcessor"/>
-	<beans:bean id="tradeWriter" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeWriter">
-		<beans:property name="dao" ref="tradeDao"/>
-	</beans:bean>
 	
 	<beans:bean id="skipCheckingListener" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.SkipCheckingListener"/>
 	
@@ -89,15 +86,6 @@
 
 	<beans:bean class="org.springframework.batch.core.scope.StepScope" />
 
-	<beans:bean id="tradeDao" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.JdbcTradeDao">
-		<beans:property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
-		<beans:property name="incrementer">
-			<beans:bean parent="incrementerParent">
-				<beans:property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
-			</beans:bean>
-		</beans:property>
-	</beans:bean>
-
 	<beans:bean id="tradeSqlItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader">
 		<beans:property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
 		<beans:property name="sql" value="SELECT isin, quantity, price, customer from TRADE" />
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/skipSample-job-launcher-context.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/skipSample-job-launcher-context.xml
index a6e266da0..8ab01bb8e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/skipSample-job-launcher-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/skipSample-job-launcher-context.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@
 	
 	<bean id="logAdvice" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.LogAdvice" />
 
+	<bean id="tradeWriter" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeWriter">
+		<property name="dao">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.JdbcTradeDao">
+				<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
+				<property name="incrementer">
+					<bean parent="incrementerParent">
+						<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
 	<bean id="itemTrackingWriter" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.ItemTrackingTradeItemWriter" />
 
 </beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/SkipSampleFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/SkipSampleFunctionalTests.java
index 4ff55ec23..2ed8235f9 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/SkipSampleFunctionalTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/SkipSampleFunctionalTests.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.sample;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobExecutionAlreadyRunningExcep
 import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobInstanceAlreadyCompleteException;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobRestartException;
 import org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.ItemTrackingTradeItemWriter;
+import org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeWriter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.simple.SimpleJdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
@@ -40,6 +42,9 @@ public class SkipSampleFunctionalTests {
 	@Autowired
 	private JobOperator jobOperator;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private TradeWriter tradeWriter;
+	
 	@Autowired
 	private ItemTrackingTradeItemWriter itemTrackingWriter;
 
@@ -169,6 +174,8 @@ public class SkipSampleFunctionalTests {
 			assertEquals(1, simpleJdbcTemplate.queryForInt(
 					"SELECT Count(*) from ERROR_LOG where JOB_NAME = ? and STEP_NAME = ?", "skipJob", "step" + i));
 		}
+		
+		assertEquals(new BigDecimal("252.63"), tradeWriter.getTotalPrice());
 	}
 
 	private void validateLaunchWithoutSkips() {
@@ -180,6 +187,8 @@ public class SkipSampleFunctionalTests {
 
 		// Neither step contained skips
 		assertEquals(0, SimpleJdbcTestUtils.countRowsInTable(simpleJdbcTemplate, "ERROR_LOG"));
+
+		assertEquals(new BigDecimal("270.75"), tradeWriter.getTotalPrice());
 	}
 
 	private Map<String, Object> getJobExecution(long jobExecutionId) {