9:00am  ~   I’ve got some office work and emails to do this morning plus 4 Skype calls with people from various parts of the world regarding my trading, so I’ll also watch my Metatrader platform to see if I can have any trades before lunchtime. If you’d like to have a chat to me before I am off on holiday, please email me today/tomorrow.

1:15pm  ~  I have just come out of a S&P500 ‘long’ trade which has taken quite a while to hit its 20 point target. The market lacked volume this morning and rose very slowly, but eventually I got there – patience is a virtue when trading for a living !  I am off this afternoon to sort out a couple of my rental properties, then a short (10 mile) cycle ride but will be back at tea-time for some “evening” trading.

6:05pm  ~  Once again I’ve just come out of a ‘long’ trade on the S&P500 using my “evening” strategy this time, it gave me my usual 20 points profit after an hours trading.  I have 2 Skype calls now, then I’m off for a Chinese with my youngest son at the Lantern House.

Daily Target Reached ?  YES (+40 pips)         I traded this morning plus an hour this evening.