07:50am   There is a bank holiday in the U.S. today (Martin Luther King Day) so markets could be quieter than usual so I shall not be too bothered about watching any charts today. Back trading tomorrow though. Market Update: Apart from the U.S. bank holiday, the main news today is the fall in Crude [...]

08:40am  Late start for me and no trading today as I have the builders in again and I shall be giving them a hand through the day. Market Update: Main news again this morning is from Asia, the Chinese equity market has officially turned into a bear market as it has now lost 20% of [...]

07:25am   Early start for me this morning as I have a busy day catching up on emails after a last minute invitation to clay pigeon shooting in Surrey kept me out of the house all of yesterday. If I have any trades I will report the details here through the day. Market Update: The [...]

08:50am  A nice relaxed start for me today after a very late night out and I will report any trades I have through the day here in the diary. No trading or Market Update tomorrow as I am away all day on a Clay Pigeon Shoot, back here on Thursday. Market Update: China is leading [...]

07:55am    Nice lazy day at home today so if I have any trades I will report them here. Market Update: Equity markets in Asian have again suffered large losses and the bearish sentiment was expected to affect the European open but futures markets are showing that they’re holding up fairly well at the moment [...]

08:15am   I shall be here in my study this morning catching up on emails although no trading for me as I do not watch any charts on U.S. Non Farm Payrolls Day. Market Update: Main financial news again today is from China where authorities abandoned the ‘circuit breaker’ experiment last night which has been [...]

07:20am  After a very busy day yesterday I am having a relaxing time at home today so if I have any trades they will be reported here as they occur. Market Update: The main news in the markets today is the fact that trading has been halted for the second time this week on the [...]

07:40am  No trading for me this morning as I am playing golf but I will be at home this afternoon so I will check my charts then. Market Update: After market falls in Asian overnight, the European session is looking fairly bearish this morning. The Chinese purchasing manager’s survey (Caixin Services PMI) which came out [...]

07:55am   My trading year starts today, I shall be here at home for most of the day catching up on emails and doing some chart watching from time to time. Any trades I have will be reported here through the day. Market Update: After yesterday’s negative start to 2016 in the markets, expectations are [...]

09:10am   This is my last ‘Market Update’ for 2015 as I am off on a 2-week Christmas break in Norfolk later today. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all readers a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy & Prosperous New Year. I shall be back here on Tuesday 5th January 2016. [...]