07:35am  ~ After many days being laid-out with a stupid virus, I am glad to be back here in the study firing-up my laptop to watch a few favourite charts. I also have some Skype calls to do with potential  students who want to learn to trade and a pile of emails to get through as well.

After the U.S. Bank Holiday and Non Farm Payrolls last week, the markets seem to be staging a revival this morning after a brief drop on Friday afternoon.  I can see a possible ‘long’ trade on the S&P500 starting to develop so I will keep an eye on that chart – and it seems like the price rise on the Brent Oil chart is over temporarily, so that may give a ‘short’ opportunity soon. I will report back later this morning with any trade details or scores.

10:15am  ~  I am still here in the study – and so far I’m in the market with a ‘long’ position on the S&P500, a ‘short’ on Brent Oil and I’ve just got into a EUR/USD trade.  So far things are moving slowly but surely and overall I am just in profit overall.

16:25pm  ~  Well, it’s been a busy day trading wise, since my last report I entered one more position (Gold) and have subsequently come out of them all now. My scores are as follows: S&P500 +105 pips, Brent Oil +25 pips, EUR/USD +16 pips and Gold +80 pips — giving me a combined score of +226 pips.  I am off for a cycle ride down by the river and shall be back soon to watch my S&P500 chart for any trading opportunities with my “Trade With A Day Job” evening system. Coincidentally, if you are a U.S. resident and you want to trade the e-mini, you can do it with this trading system as well.

21:05pm  ~  I had just one trade with my ‘evening’ system tonight, it was a short position just before 6pm and it came out at a 20 loss. So overall I managed just over 200 pips for the day’s trading.

Daily Target Reached ?  YES (+206 pips)    I traded for most of the day today