08:55am (7:55 UK Time)  ~  Bit of a late start for me this morning  after a delayed journey out here to Majorca yesterday afternoon/evening.  Not much planned for the rest of the day apart from some emailing and chart watching this morning and a supermarket trip later for provisions. Traders will no doubt be concentrating [...]

08:40am  ~  A late start for me this morning after getting back at 2am but I’m ready for a cycle ride then back here for some emailing, Skype chats with new traders and chart watching up until lunchtime.. We are flying out to Majorca this afternoon for the rest of August. As I was watching [...]

07:50am  ~  It’s a lovely morning out there with the sun shining invitingly – I shall be out on a cycle ride soon and then back here in the study to do some emails and chart watching. European equities had a subdued ending to yesterday’s trading session although a strong finish in the U.S. will [...]

07:30am  ~  I’m back at the cottage in Suffolk for a few days before going to Puerto Pollensa for the rest of August and today I have a few errands to sort out plus a tennis match later this afternoon. I shall also be here in the study for part of the morning doing emails [...]

08:25am  ~  It’s that time of the month again (U.S. Non Farm Payrolls employment data) so as usual I will not be doing any trading today but I do have a few Skype calls lined up with new students wanting to learn to trade this morning and also I will be catching up on the [...]

11:25am  ~  Today’s update is a bit later than usual as I was up very early this morning (6am) to go Clay-Pigeon shooting and I have only just returned home. European markets had a generally bearish day yesterday – weighed down by troubles in Ukraine and even better than expected U.S. GDP growth did not [...]

08:25am  ~  Back home now after arriving late last night, so it will be a quiet and steady move back to normality today – I may do some chart watching later this morning while looking at my stack of emails. As you can see from the market close figures below, the European equities had quite [...]

09:15am  ~  It’s the end to my holiday down here in Cornwall today so will be flying back home later this afternoon. Optimism overnight during the Asian trading session will come head to head this morning with worries over the Ukrainian situation as European Union ministers meet today to decide how to finally proceed with [...]

10:15am  ~  It’s the last day of my Cornwall holiday so back home tomorrow and a resumption of ‘normal’ trading. Looking back over the last week, European markets have struggled to advance in tandem to the U.S. Indices, with the geopolitical problems in Ukraine and Gaza weighing heavily on trader’s minds.  Half-hearted EU economic reaction [...]

07:55am  ~  Another beautiful day down here in Cornwall and the scarcity of trading updates from me will continue today as there no chart watching again – we are flying over to St Mary’s in the Scilly Isles later this morning.  The plan is to return home at some stage early next week, so normal [...]