14:00pm (13:00 UK) ~ I am back here in the room after a nice morning out sightseeing in Menaggio, packing ready for our departure later today.  I’ve got my chart platform open and I’m watching the S&P500 chart for a short while to see if any trading opportunities come up. 17:05pm (16:05pm UK)  ~  I [...]

18:45pm (17:45pm UK time)  ~  We’ve been out on Lake Como and I have just come back to the hotel room to freshen up for the evening. I’m also going to watch my S&P500 chart for a short while to see if there are any quick trade opportunities. 20:40pm ~  I did end up having [...]

09:10am (CET)  ~ I’m having a lazy morning around the hotel today, doing some emails etc. and then off for some jet-skiing on the lake this afternoon. 17:00pm (CET)  ~  I am back here now for the evening so I’ll watch some charts for a while to see if any trade set-ups come along – [...]

19:55pm (CET)  ~ Having been out today on a boat trip today I got back here at 5:30pm local time for a rest in the room – and inevitably after a short while I turned on my S&P500 chart to see if anything was occurring in the market tonight. Dead on time (5pm UK time) [...]

09:15am (8:15 UK)  ~  It’s Non Farm Payrolls day today in the U.S. so this means the markets will be quiet this morning then quite volatile after lunchtime. Traditionally I do not trade today, and we’re having a lazy morning around the hotel and then later this afternoon we are off on a boat trip [...]

9:05am  ~  Spending the morning packing for my Italian holiday and also catching up on emails here in the study. We are away for seven days but I shall be doing some trading while I am out there. 22:25pm (21:25 UK time)  ~ We arrived here at the hotel (Villa d’Este) earlier this evening and [...]

8:45am  ~  It’s such a lovely morning I am going to walk down to the harbour and have breakfast at the Yacht Club, then myself and a few friends are off to do some clay pigeon shooting before lunch at the Lord Nelson. 22:25pm  ~  I arrived back here to the cottage after lunch to [...]

8:35am  ~  It’s been a very quiet morning so far on the markets, my trading systems have thrown up just one opportunity – a ‘short’ trade on my GOLD chart. At this moment the trade is 29 pips in profit but it looks like there is still a bit of downward movement left so I’m [...]

10:05am  ~  Before I am off out on another house-hunting expedition I have a few hours spare here in the study to do some trading while I also take some Skype calls with budding traders. I will report back with any news of ‘positions’ –  at the moment all I can see is a potential [...]

I’ve just had a tot-up of my trading for the past month, and overall I have managed +2648 pips. My “beginners” trading evening system (Trading With A Day Job) contributed 300 pips to that total.