8:35am  ~  It’s been a very quiet morning so far on the markets, my trading systems have thrown up just one opportunity – a ‘short’ trade on my GOLD chart. At this moment the trade is 29 pips in profit but it looks like there is still a bit of downward movement left so I’m going to stay in while longer.

After lunch we are going up to the cottage at Southwold for a few days and then on Thursday afternoon we are off to Lake Como in Italy for a weeks holiday.

12:45pm ~ I’ve just come out of my GOLD trade as we’re off now to lunch at the Lion Inn down the road,  It looks as though the price still has  further to fall but I am happy with a +97 pip profit. After lunch I’m off for a cycle ride along the river.

17:15pm  ~  We’ve just got up here after a nightmare journey on the A12, and I’m now going to sit down here in the kitchen with a cold beer and watch some charts to see if any trade set-ups occur in the next few hours.

19:30pm  ~  In the end my trading session gave me two trade, the first one with my “Trade With A Day Job” beginners system that kicked off just before 6:30pm and then a few minutes later I had a trendFX strategy 3 trade, both on the S&P500. I’ve come out of both positions now, the first trade gave me 100 pips and the second one 55 pips.  Off to the Lord Nelson now for a few pints overlooking the beach.

Daily Target Reached ?  YES (+252 pips)       I traded the morning session plus a couple of hours early evening