This last week or so has seen us remember* the 10th Anniversary of the Second Iraq War.  (* I’m not really sure that the word ‘celebrate’ would be the right word to use in this context.) It’s been interesting to read the views of people ten years on. I would ask you the reader to please […]

I’ve mentioned many times before that it’s worth reading Brian Lund’s blog on stocktwits. I always enjoy his honest down-to-earth approach to trading discussion.  You’ll find several of his pieces re-run here simply because they’re very good and pertinent to a trader regardless of their level of experience.  This is another great piece by Brian […]

Fellow Trader, You may have seen emails / details for an event I am organising / contributing towards. There is a special Traders Forum event taking place on Saturday, 6th April I and I have some very exciting news regarding the agenda for you. We now have several guest speakers confirmed for the day including: John Burford, whom many of […]

I am re-publishing here a useful article from ‘Abnormal Returns‘ on the stocktwits website. It’s a good article and one that I have to constantly remind myself of. Namely that the stock market and the economy are two different animals. It’s easy to wander around a depressed high street and see the shops being boarded up […]

Just a quick chart to show the size and scale of the gap down in EURUSD last night based on the weekend news regarding the Cyprus bail-in/bail-out. There has been less than half-a-dozen plus 100 pip gaps on the EURUSD in the last 4-5- years so this gap is significant and for anyone who was long into […]