Archive | August, 2015

28/8/2015: What can a newbie trader learn from the events of this week?

August 28, 2015

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Hello traders, So how have you fared this week?  Well I did say on my Sunday post that this would be an interesting week! I was struck by some of the comments on forums and Facebook pages by people about their experiences of being on the wrong side of markets or not understanding what was […]

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24/8/2015: GBPNZD trade of the year…so far!

August 25, 2015

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Hello traders, Well its been quite a day hasn’t it? I hope you managed to either avoid too much pain or generate some profits from Mondays market moves? Anyway here’s some light relief in a short video on one of my better trades from a few months back. This one is primarily for George who […]

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23/08/2015: Tomorrow should be interesting. (Video)

August 23, 2015

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Hey there traders, After the moves at the end of last week I thought id do a very quick and scruffy video this evening before markets opened. Normally August is a dull month that’s not worth trading. However  I think tomorrow (Monday 24th Aug) could be an interesting day (and week) so lets have some fun, […]

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19th AUG USDRUB analysis update (Video 4m52s)

August 19, 2015

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Well I thought that after this piece on bullbearings (Top 2015 Trade and Share Ideas – Half-time Update) that I should do a quick update. If you’ve not taken a look at USDRUB then you certainly should. Its been very volatile this year – it’ll be interesting to see how it fares for the last 4+ […]

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A better way of making FX Payments

August 14, 2015

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Fellow Trader, It’s rare that I advertise any products and services however I thought I’d make you aware of a very good FX payments service that I have been using: Transferwise Watching the FX markets as I do, and also splitting my time between Dublin, Cheshire and London I am acutely aware of the price […]

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12/08/2015: AUDUSD Option trade closed 6 weeks early

August 13, 2015

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I’ve talked in the past about how I’ve often used Binary Options to build longer term hands-off positions over the Summer months.  Here’s a fine example of a position that I had in all honesty pretty much forgotten about until I looked at the position yesterday. Earlier in the summer (11th June to be exact) […]

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