08:10am CET (7:10 UK time)  ~  No trading for me today – I am off on holiday at lunchtime until next Tuesday with my two sons – but I shall be doing a bit of emailing in the next few hours plus 3 Skype calls with new traders. European markets are set to calm down [...]

07:55am CET (6:55 UK time)  ~  A day here at home before I am off on my annual holiday with my two sons tomorrow lunchtime – so I will report back later if I have any trades.  First of all it’s a a cycle ride with a neighbour over to Formentor. The markets were generally [...]

08:25am CET (7:25 UK time) ~  We got back here from Barcelona late last night so it’s going to be a slow start this morning – but I will be doing some chart watching while going through my emails this morning plus my usual cycle ride in the next few hours. Although I missed it [...]

11:25am  (10:25 UK time)  ~  We didn’t get in from our night out until 3am this morning so it’s a late start for me today.  And not much trading either for the rest of the day for me though, we are off to Barcelona for a long weekend later this afternoon plus I’ll be assisting [...]

08:05am (7:05am UK time)  ~  It looks like another day outside helping the builders today but I shall be here in the study on and off this morning catching up on emails. Firstly though, I am off for a quick cycle ride with a neighbour towards Formentor before it gets too hot. The main news [...]

09:05am (8:05 UK time)  ~  After a very late night, I am having a slow start to my Wednesday but will do some chart watching later this morning. Overnight the Asian markets eased up slightly with the Japanese Nikkei index now on its 8th straight day of gains but, along with other indices, will probably [...]

07:40am (6:40am UK time)  ~  After a day away from the markets I shall be doing some chart watching today while here in the study doing emails and Skype calls. It would seem that geo-political worries across the world are having less of an impact on equities this week than previously, overnight the Asian markets [...]

09:10am (8:10am UK time)  ~  A lazy start to a quiet day, we still have house guests so I shall not be doing any trading today – although I shall be answering emails for an hour or so this morning. The markets on Friday were all about Ukraine – news from their army that they [...]

08:35am (7:35 UK time)  ~   A quiet day for me today, we have friends arriving for the weekend so I shall be off to Palma airport later but before then I shall be doing some emails and a small amount of chart watching. Asian markets took a breather last night after 4 days of upward [...]

08:05am (7:05 UK Time)  ~  I am of on a cycle ride in a minute then I shall be helping the builders with work they’re doing here for the next week or so.  I also have 4 Skype calls with people who are keen to learn to trade and would like to know how to [...]