13:15pm  ~  I’ve had a hectic morning today, all non-trading related unfortunately, so no time for chart-watching. This afternoon is going to be no better as I have some meeting with builders but I should be able to sit down at 5pm to watch for trade set-ups.  It will be a short session though, as [...]

10:05am (CET) ~  The plan today is to do a bit of trading this morning with the other guys here, and then after lunch some Jet-Skiing ahead of our flight back to the UK later tonight. 11:15am (CET)  ~  Well, it’s been a quiet time on the markets so far, I’m the only one of [...]

Back in the year 2000, a friend of mine  (Graham Aldous)  wanted to learn to trade, to supplement his salary.  It was the first time anyone had asked me to help them learn to trade the markets, and so I took a system that I was using at the time and stripped most of the [...]

I received this email from customer John O’Reilly while I was away on holiday, and in it he explains how he’s finally ‘got’ trading and understands just how the markets move as they do. Here’s his email  (click on image to enlarge)  

07:05am (CET) ~ I’m on my third full day out here in Majorca staying with a trader friend (Tim) at his place in Peurto Pollensa in the north-east of the island. There are also three other traders here, so a plan we hatched last night after rather a lot of wine is to have a [...]

07:20am  ~  No trading for me this morning, we are off to London for a quick bit of holiday shopping before flying out later this evening  - should be back after lunch. 13:50pm  ~  Back home and I’ve got a few Skype calls in the next hour, so I’ll switch on my MT4 charts as [...]

Do You Currently Trade The Markets But Are Finding Success Hard To Achieve ?   Do You Have One Good Day Followed By 3 or 4 Days Where You Just Keep Entering Losing Trades ?   Are You Finding It Tricky To Get Any Consistency In Your Trading ?   Have You Tried Loads Of [...]

08:50am  ~  I have quite a lazy day today, there are some old friends visiting this morning and later on this afternoon I’m taking my youngest son Go-Karting as a birthday treat. Before that I have three Skype calls with budding traders in the next hour. The day here has started off very sunny so [...]

09:45am  ~  I’ve got a few hours here in the study doing emails and a couple of Skype calls and then I am back down to Chelmsford for a few days before travelling over to Majorca for a short holiday with some trader friends on Friday. 13:10pm   ~  I’m back in Chelmsford now, and [...]

09:05am  ~  I’ve a busy morning here, a load of meetings with various builders/tradesmen and also four Skype calls. After lunch I’m going to sit down and carry on with emails and also watch a few charts. The builders are in for a few days banging and crashing around so my slight hangover from last [...]