Hello traders, You may be scratching your head at my title of “Is winter here?” seeing as we’re only in June!  As always bear with me. If like me, you’re a Game of Thrones fan, then you’ll know that for the last series or two one of the underlying themes has been “Winter is coming” […]

Hey, sorry I forgot to post this quick video on the UK election night trades. Nothing really exciting. In fact the main action was later that day in the US indices which I missed from being up till 4am watching the election.

Hello traders, Last week I did a quick review on GBP – this week its the Euro’s turn as it’s been the strongest across the board on the STAM for a couple of weeks now. There’s been some great trades the last few weeks – but there will still be some good opportunities for swing […]

Hello Traders, Yes, I know its my first video for a while – I hold my hands up! Anyway here’s a quick review of the GBP weekly charts. After a storming run on GBP across the board, last week the wind was taken from its sails. I suspect we’ll now just spend the next few […]

Hello Traders, Something a little different for a Friday evening / weekend read. I was fortunate enough to be taken to see the movie Best – George Best: All By Himself earlier this week in Dublin. Those of you who know me will know that I am a north-west lad who grew up on the religion […]

Here’s some insight into the world of Hedge Fund recruitment courtesy of CNBC.   In the old days the Hedge funds would often just steal the best talent working at banks. However with Banks trading floors collapsing in size and they divesting themselves of proprietary trading operations it means the pool of talent has decreased significantly. […]

Here’s the final part of the Monthly candles review. Over the last 18 months to 2 years I have been increasingly exposed to, and traded and invested in, BRICS and EM currencies. Mostly I was still operating as a pure US Dollar trader and just taking advantage of that period of immense US dollar strength. Anyway […]

Part 3 here, on Indices and Commodities. Part 4 will be the final one on EM & Brics. Enjoy and trade well, Paul

Here’s a part 2 of the monthly candle review covering USD, CHF, JPY, AUD, NZD, CAD. Part 3 will be Indices & Commodities Part 4 (New) will be EM/BRICS currencies. Trade well Paul

This post is aimed at the beginner trader (and those on the Veterans Trader Project). Many times newbie traders are sold a story (and a strategy) that Moving Averages are the only way to trade. They are sold dreams of fortunes to be made on trading a moving average cross-over strategy. If only it was […]