08:15am  ~  A delayed start for me this morning after a very late night out. I have meetings with builders in a minute and I should be back before lunch to do some emails. Traders focus this week will be on escalating troubles in Iraq and Ukraine with ISIS advancing and the threat that growing [...]

08:15am  ~  Back to Chelmsford at lunchtime as I have a meeting with builders this afternoon but this morning I shall be here in the kitchen with my laptop doing emails and some chart watching. I will report back later if I have any trades. After reaching an all time high early on in the [...]

07:20am  ~  Another session here in the study for me this morning, getting through more ‘Name-A-Trading-System’ competition entries plus some chart watching before some clay pigeon shooting in Walberswick around midday which will probably go on for the rest of the afternoon. As I hinted yesterday morning, U.S. equities had a sharp reversal with the [...]

07:25am  ~  I have a full day at home today, a whole heap of Skype calls + emailing and some chart watching of course.  I am still working my way through the hundreds of entries for my ‘name-a-trading-system’ competition as well. The markets seem to be at a crossroads at the moment, the Dow Jones [...]

07:35am  ~  I am back in the UK now, we arrived yesterday evening and today I will be catching up on emails and doing some chart watching as well. I’ll report back later with any trades I find. The U.S. indices are again at record levels after last night’s close although both the Dow Jones [...]

08:10am (CET)  ~  Not much trading for me today, I’ve some jobs around the house to do this morning then flying back to the UK after lunch. Expectations are high that the bullish slant to the equity markets are going to continue in a week of thin economic news.  Friday’s U.S. employment numbers came in [...]

08:55am CET (07:55 UK time)  ~  After yesterday’s disaster with the broadband, it has now returned – but on a day when I shall be doing no trading as it’s Non Farm Payroll day once again. Instead I shall be emailing, Skyping and generally having a relaxing time, but I will be out on a [...]

08:35am (CET)  ~  Hopefully the broadband out here is going to be more reliable today, it was only on for an hour or so yesterday resulting in no trading or Skyping and very little emailing.  I did have a look at some charts late last night and noticed that I didn’t miss much.  I do [...]

09:15am (CET)  ~  After being out for most of yesterday, today is going to be spent at home, concentrating on emails, Skype calls, some chart watching and keeping the builders in check. I am also out for a cycle ride with a friend this morning although not sure where we’re off to yet. The markets [...]

09:50am (CET)  ~  We were attending a friend’s party over the weekend in Playa d’en Bossa in Ibiza, so there was no trading for me yesterday as we only arrived back here a few hours ago.  It’s going to be a fairly chilled out day for me, but I may look at some charts later on. [...]