10:45am (CET)  ~  Interesting happenings on the markets last night, after the Fed Announcement the markets in the U.S. took a dramatic drop and there have been mixed explanations this morning amongst traders as to why it occurred. My own feelings are that Bernanke wanted to slow down this weird up-trend in equities by ignoring [...]

10:55am (CET)  ~  A lazy start to the day after a very late last night in ‘Stay’ restaurant last night. It’s a bit overcast so my plan is to stay around the house this morning and also watch a few charts – a couple of other guests here this week are showing some interest in [...]

08:55am (CET)  ~  European markets are set to open flat as traders gather their thoughts ahead of this weeks FOMC meeting. Markets saw some profit-taking yesterday as traders appraised their positions and markets are now expected to keep trading within a tight range until the Fed meeting on Thursday shows us what’s going to happen [...]

23:40pm (CET)  ~  The weather out here has been very sunny today so we’ve been out on the boat for most of the day – so no trading to report

09:50am  ~  After a very late card evening that ended at 3am this morning, I am having a very gentle and late start to the morning.  We are off to Stansted later on to fly out to a friend’s farm in Majorca, but before that I have some Skype calls and emails to respond to [...]

08:10am  ~  Just a quick note to say that I’ll not be trading this morning, myself and two friends are off to Duxford Aerodrome to look at a plane for sale. Yesterday we saw the first down day for European markets in nearly two weeks as investors started to get nervous about the European Central [...]

08:35am  ~  European markets are set to open slightly down after overnight Asian markets were spooked apparently on news that the Chinese Shadow Banking Sector is hiding some bad debt. Many commentators believe there is some bad news to come regarding this part of the Chinese economy as there is no real figures as to [...]

08:05am  ~ After a short lie-in (after getting back here late yesterday evening) I’m now in the study to do some emails and Skype calls with budding traders. I shall also watch a few charts, but I don’t expect much movement ahead of the Non Farm Payrolls announcement at lunchtime. For a break mid-morning I [...]

09:50am  ~   I am still away on my long-weekend break, typing this from my hotel room after an excellent breakfast. Things on the markets may get a bit ‘choppy’ this week after another record week on the U.S. markets last week, together with positive performances here in Europe.  Due to the U.S. Government shutdown we [...]

This week’s “Trade Of The Week” was sent in by student Joe Skinner. He has been learning to trade with me just since February 2013.  Firstly, here is the email he sent me: Click on images to enlarge. And this is the chart showing his Brent Oil trade which got him 115 pips.  It also [...]