16:30pm ~ I’ve spent most of the day doing errands, shopping and odd jobs around the house after getting back from Italy late last night. I’m now going to sit down in front of my S&P500 chart with a nice cool lager and watch for any trade set-ups with my beginner’s “evening” system and my other systems as well. I will report back later with any trading news.
19:10pm ~ I have ended up with +107 pips from my two trades this evening – my 1st position was with one of the strategies in my trendFX system (+42) and the second one was with my “Trade With A Day Job “evening” system (+65) Time for a walk into town for a drink and a curry.
My trading this week has given me +442 pips, and my “Beginners” evening system contributed 194 of those pips.
Daily Target Reached ? YES (+107 pips) I traded for nearly 3hrs this evening
14:00pm (13:00 UK) ~ I am back here in the room after a nice morning out sightseeing in Menaggio, packing ready for our departure later today. I’ve got my chart platform open and I’m watching the S&P500 chart for a short while to see if any trading opportunities come up.
17:05pm (16:05pm UK) ~ I did end up having just one trade on the S&P, it was along position using on of the trendFX strategies – and I came out a few minutes ago with 89 pips. Off to the airport now for our flight back to the UK.
Daily Target Reached ? YES (+89 pips) I traded for 3 hours this afternoon
18:45pm (17:45pm UK time) ~ We’ve been out on Lake Como and I have just come back to the hotel room to freshen up for the evening. I’m also going to watch my S&P500 chart for a short while to see if there are any quick trade opportunities.
20:40pm ~ I did end up having one trade, a short position on the S&P500. It was a “Trade With A Day Job” system set-up and I came out a few minutes ago with a 63 pip profit. Customers have the full details.
Daily Target Reached ? YES (+63 pips) I traded for a couple of hours this evening
09:10am (CET) ~ I’m having a lazy morning around the hotel today, doing some emails etc. and then off for some jet-skiing on the lake this afternoon.
17:00pm (CET) ~ I am back here now for the evening so I’ll watch some charts for a while to see if any trade set-ups come along – I can see one possible trade developing on my S&P500 chart already. I will report back later.
22:05pm (CET) 21:05pm UK time ~ I ended up having four trades this evening (including two small losses) and came out with an overall profit of +144 pips.
Interestingly, the first trade I had was a trendFX “Extra” strategy pattern, but was also a “Trade With A Day Job” Extra strategy one as well, and when you get two (or more) trade set-ups at the same time, it gives new traders added confidence to enter a trade. This is what I try to promote to all my students.
Daily Target Reached ? YES (+144 pips) I traded the evening session today
19:55pm (CET) ~ Having been out today on a boat trip today I got back here at 5:30pm local time for a rest in the room – and inevitably after a short while I turned on my S&P500 chart to see if anything was occurring in the market tonight. Dead on time (5pm UK time) we had a price reversal, so I got into the market immediately and came out a few minutes ago with a +39 pip profit.
Daily Target Reached ? YES (+39 pips) I traded for a couple of hours this evening
09:15am (8:15 UK) ~ It’s Non Farm Payrolls day today in the U.S. so this means the markets will be quiet this morning then quite volatile after lunchtime. Traditionally I do not trade today, and we’re having a lazy morning around the hotel and then later this afternoon we are off on a boat trip across Lake Como.
My part-time trading for three days this week has given me +591 pips.
9:05am ~ Spending the morning packing for my Italian holiday and also catching up on emails here in the study. We are away for seven days but I shall be doing some trading while I am out there.
22:25pm (21:25 UK time) ~ We arrived here at the hotel (Villa d’Este) earlier this evening and have been resting in the room since 9pm after a lovely dinner. Inevitably, I did switch on my charts just to have a look to see what was going on in the markets, and there were a couple of opportunities that I took advantage of. They were both on the S&P500 chart, one with my “Trade With A Day Job” evening strategy and the other with one of the trendFX strategies. They came in at +90 pips and +62 pips respectively.
Daily Target Reached ? YES (+152 pips) I traded for an hour and a half this evening
8:45am ~ It’s such a lovely morning I am going to walk down to the harbour and have breakfast at the Yacht Club, then myself and a few friends are off to do some clay pigeon shooting before lunch at the Lord Nelson.
22:25pm ~ I arrived back here to the cottage after lunch to find that there was no broadband (and no internet access using my Vodafone dongle) so instead of being able to do some work here in the study while I watched some charts, I took advantage of the continuing sunshine and went for a cycle ride up the coast to Lowestoft. I got back at 8pm and went straight to the pub for supper.
8:35am ~ It’s been a very quiet morning so far on the markets, my trading systems have thrown up just one opportunity – a ‘short’ trade on my GOLD chart. At this moment the trade is 29 pips in profit but it looks like there is still a bit of downward movement left so I’m going to stay in while longer.
After lunch we are going up to the cottage at Southwold for a few days and then on Thursday afternoon we are off to Lake Como in Italy for a weeks holiday.
12:45pm ~ I’ve just come out of my GOLD trade as we’re off now to lunch at the Lion Inn down the road, It looks as though the price still has further to fall but I am happy with a +97 pip profit. After lunch I’m off for a cycle ride along the river.
17:15pm ~ We’ve just got up here after a nightmare journey on the A12, and I’m now going to sit down here in the kitchen with a cold beer and watch some charts to see if any trade set-ups occur in the next few hours.
19:30pm ~ In the end my trading session gave me two trade, the first one with my “Trade With A Day Job” beginners system that kicked off just before 6:30pm and then a few minutes later I had a trendFX strategy 3 trade, both on the S&P500. I’ve come out of both positions now, the first trade gave me 100 pips and the second one 55 pips. Off to the Lord Nelson now for a few pints overlooking the beach.
Daily Target Reached ? YES (+252 pips) I traded the morning session plus a couple of hours early evening
10:05am ~ Before I am off out on another house-hunting expedition I have a few hours spare here in the study to do some trading while I also take some Skype calls with budding traders. I will report back with any news of ‘positions’ – at the moment all I can see is a potential Brent Oil set-up but I will report back at lunchtime with any details.
13:00pm ~ I ended up having just one trade this morning, it was a ‘long’ position on my Brent Oil chart. I came out with +102 pips, a nice start to June’s trading. We are off now to look at a few properties for a couple of hours and then back here for (hopefully) evening trading.
17:50pm ~ Well, my evening trading session did not last very long at all – I ended up having two trades, the first was a trendFX strategy 3 trade which I got into just after 4pm and the second was a normal “Trade With A Day Job” position just after 5pm. I came out of both positions a short while ago with +65 pips (Gold) and +20 pips (TWADJ Evening System)
Daily Target Reached ? YES (+187 pips) I traded for 3 hours this morning plus nearly two hours this evening
