08:00am.     I was up fairly early this morning, and after a quick shower and large mug of coffee, I was in front of my 3 screens in the study at 7:15am watching my usual eight charts for any signs of a trade signal(s) on my trendFX system (which has 5 separate strategies)

Almost immediately I could see the start of a signal on my S&P500 chart and at 07:32am I was in a ‘short’ trade. Eighteen minutes later I was out of the market with a quick +30 pip profit, well above my normal daily target, so I have switched the screens off and will concentrate on emails for the rest of the morning, together with 3 Skype sessions with some prospective Markets Mastered customers – one from Italy and two from Australia.

All eyes are on Italy today as Berlusconi is having his premiership put to the test.  Rumours that he’ll step down have been doing the rounds this morning which gives a little indication as to what the markets think of his leadership. Read more on this subject here.

I will report back later if I do some ‘evening’ trading with my starter system.

6:10pm.     I did sit down an hour ago with  laptop to watch for any trade signals with my “Trade With A Day Job” trading system and at 5:45pm I was in the market – and just 10 minutes later I had a +20 pip profit banked.

Round to a friend’s house now for an evening of snooker.

Daily Target Reached Today ?  YES  (+50 pips)      I traded for 45 minutes this morning plus an hour this evening.