08:15am  ~  Some time here in the study this morning doing emails and watching my charts every half an hour or so and then I am off to a clay pigeon shoot up the road at midday. On the markets – the Japanese Nikkei had its fifth straight day of rises overnight and now stands [...]

07:45am ~  Another day away from the markets as I am away late morning to a friend’s funeral. Before that I will be here in the study doing emails plus 3 Skype calls and a brief look at a few favourite charts. Equity markets were generally positive yesterday at last night’s close with U.S. indices [...]

07:05am  ~  An early start today as myself and a few friends are taking some of our cars upto Norfolk for a trackday  - back late afternoon/early evening. As you can see from the market close figures below, there is a sea of red numbers as all the major indices ended down yesterday and the [...]

07:45am  ~  I have quite a lot of Skype calls today with people who’ve not traded yet but want to start, so I shall be around the house for most of the day so I will report back later with any trading opportunities as they occur. Shares in Tokyo’s Nikkei index rose very slowly overnight [...]

07:40am  ~  Nice easy start to my trading week, I shall be hear in the study on and off today doing emails and looking at my charts every half an hour or so – plus I also have 5 Skype calls booked this morning with new traders looking to learn to trade. First of all [...]

08:25am  ~  A subdued start for me today after a late night at the Yacht Club and as it’s the first Friday of the month I shall not be trading today – as usual the markets will be quiet this morning ahead of the U.S. employment numbers that are out at lunchtime (UK time) – [...]

07:25am  ~  I am off to Long Melford shortly to see a friend and trade with her today – I’ll report back later with any trading news (from either of us) Asian markets overnight were subject to some profit-taking after good gains this week and traders will be waiting to see what the Bank Of [...]

07:45am  ~   I shall be at home all day today, I’ve meetings here this morning with council planners and architects – together with the normal (occasional) chart watching and emailing.  I am also going to spend a few hours getting on with writing my Trading Psychology book as well this afternoon which I started [...]

08:20am UK time  ~  I am back in Suffolk this morning after my short holiday in Cyprus and will be concentrating on emails this morning together with quite a few Skype calls that have been requested since the end of last week. Some chart watching will be on the cards as well I would imagine. [...]