Archive for October, 2011

 

Thursday 13th October 2011 ~ UK Employment Looking Bleak…

October 13th, 2011

7:30am.         No trading for me today, I have the chance to thrash some Lotus cars around the Snetterton race circuit today with some friends, so I am off in 30 minutes. On the markets yesterday, the FTSE index seemed to take no notice of the dire British unemployment figures, and had a [...]

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Wednesday 12th October ~ UK Employment Figures Released Today

October 12th, 2011

5:45am.        I am in my study here at the cottage extremely early this morning as I found it very difficult to sleep last night, I seemed to have been awake for an hour then asleep for an hour and so on all bloomin’ night – and 30 minutes ago I realised I [...]

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Tuesday 11th October – Slovakia Rejects EFSF Deal

October 11th, 2011

7:15am.       I decided late last night that I was missing the sound of the sea, so I am going back upto Southwold later this morning to my weekend cottage for a few days.  This will mean no trading for me this morning, but I will do some “evening” trading with my “Trade With [...]

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Monday 10th October 2011 ~ Dexia Bank Rescued

October 10th, 2011

9:00am.         I am still up here at my weekend cottage in Suffolk and was up at 6:30am as I wanted to have a couple of hours trading before I go off for the day with some friends —  sailing down to Woodbridge where I’ll be picked up and driven back home to [...]

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Friday 7th October ~ Non Farm Payrolls Announcement

October 7th, 2011

8:15am.    Had a bit of a lie-in this morning, my plans are to set-off in an hour or so to my weekend cottage up on the Suffolk coast and do a bit of sailing over the next four days. As you all will know (at least I sincerely hope you do !!) today is [...]

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My Trading Day ~ Thursday 6th October 2011

October 6th, 2011

6:10am.        I was up and down here in my office 5 minutes ago – I have just switched my 3 screens on and I am catching up on the news on Bloomberg TV. It was a very late night last night, so it’s mainly strong coffee I will be having for breakfast [...]

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Wednesday 5th October 2011

October 5th, 2011

9:15am.         Nice late start for me today, I have some emails to answer then 2 Skype sessions with prospective customers wanting to have a quick chat before they buy my ‘starter’ trading system, but no trading for me today as I am off shortly to Anglia University here in Chelmsford for the [...]

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My Trading Day ~ Tuesday 4th October 2011

October 4th, 2011

8:30am.       I was up and downstairs in my study at 7 o’clock this morning – catching up on some emails that had come in overnight and also watching my 3 screens for possible trades with my trendFX system. We had a bit of a ‘down’ day on the major indicies yesterday and looking [...]

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Monday 3rd October 2011

October 3rd, 2011

7:15pm.     Just a very quick post to bring you upto date –  I have just got back from a week away, celebrating my birthday, so when I am settled in tomorrow I shall be doing some trading !!  It would seem that while I have been away, there has been plenty of excitement in [...]

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