It’s the end of another month so I’ve just checked through my trading accounts to see how I’ve done in the past 4 weeks. My beginner’s “Trade With A Day Job” strategy has managed +167 pips after 8 evenings of trading and overall all my trading in February has resulted in a profit of +961 [...]

09:05am (WET)  ~  Broadband seems to be ok this morning so I’m going to do an hour or so of emails before a cycle ride out up into the mountains and then lunch with a neighbour of James’s. Another record finish in the US last night saw the S&P500 close above the 1,850 level for [...]

08:35am  (WET) ~  I’ve a pile of emails to catch-up on this morning after spending a lot of yesterday out on the water, so I’ll watch some charts at the same time. The Dow Jones 30 daily chart produced a second spinning top in succession yesterday (as did the S&P500) hinting towards trader uncertainty about [...]

08:50am (WET)  ~  Slightly cloudy here this morning but still 65 degrees as I write this, so some windsurfing has been promised by my host later this morning. I will also have a few hours on the new manual later on, the plan is to finish by the end of the week. As mentioned yesterday, [...]

09:25am (WET)  ~  Back in front of a laptop today after a few days fishing off the coast of Gomera. I am concentrating mainly on my long-term trading book today with James but will be doing emails and some chart watching as well.  I also want to fit in a cycle ride at some stage [...]

08:45 (WET)  ~  I’m in Gran Canaria for a week or so to try to finish my manual on long-term trading with a trader friend. It’s started out a bit cloudy this morning but already 63 degrees with clear skies predicted in a couple of hours.  I have been promised some windsurfing later…. U.S. markets [...]

07:15am  ~  An earlier than normal start for me today as I have some errands to do plus emails and Skype calls here in the study before I am off to visit a friend (James) in Gran Canaria this afternoon for a week or so. While I am out there the plan is to finish [...]

08:05am  ~  I arrived back home yesterday evening, too late really to do much trading although I did look at an S&P500 chart around 8pm but low volume and restricted movement in a narrow band made trading very uninviting.  I shall be around the house this morning catching up on emails and watching a few [...]

09:25am (CET)  ~  No market update from me today I am still away on a long-weekend break, but I will be back home in the UK late tomorrow

09:35am  ~  A happy St.Valentine’s Day to you all. It’s a late start for me after an extremely late night and I have a few errands to do before going off for a long weekend skiing. The Dow Jones index seems to have hit resistance at the 16000 level and yesterday retails sales numbers was [...]