So in the previous posts I looked at what happened, followed by possible winners. If there are winners then there’s got to be losers. So lets take a look at some of them. Boris Johnson It’s all gone ‘a bit Pete Tong’ for old Boris hasn’t it? In what should be the crowning achievement of his […]

Hello Traders, Well that’s been quite an eventful last two weeks in markets hasn’t it?  For those new to trading I’m sure it seemed quite terrifying. For those of us who’ve traded for a while you realise something like this happens every so often – it’s just part of the gig. So what actually happened? […]

Well today’s price action in the Indices looks less like a ‘Santa’s Rally’ and more like ‘Santa’s Sledging Session’ as prices slide lower with increasing speed. Also added to by the biggest crash in the Greek Stock Market since the crash of 1987 (down 13% today as I write this). Anyway I want to turn […]

I was recently invited to contribute to an article on Bullbearings where they asked analysts and traders about their top trade ideas for 2015. I decided to talk about USDRUB – which has been a great trade all year. I’ve not really mentioned on this blog but I’ve been trading it and talking about it […]

Hello traders, I’m spending my Saturday afternoon working away on projects and thoughts I’d do a quick video on the weeks moves. I know that yesterday was Halloween and I cant help but think that for some traders it really was a horror show yesterday when they saw what happened to markets!  Were they treated […]

Fellow Traders, Back in 2009 I started the London Traders Network as a means for traders of all levels, experience and roles to get out from behind their screens and meet others to share beers and war-stories.  I’m not sure where those 5 years have gone but they’ve flown by!  It used to be just […]

I’ve often mentioned that the only paper I’ll bother buying or reading is the FT Weekend. Reading this weekend piece I came across a small comment in the Commodities column of the Markets & Investing Section: “As a group, central banks are set to buy almost 500 tonnes of gold this year, the most in […]

For those of you who missed it, here’s my first 2-part article that I was asked to write for Traders Magazine entitled “What Traders Can Learn From Battle Managers”: Part 1 is here: TradersMagArticle29092011. Part 2 can be found here: Trading Is War – Part 2

Ladies & Gentlemen, “They asked for an article and for my sins I gave them one. And after this article they’ll never want another.” (With apologies to Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now!) I was asked to write an article for Traders’ Magazine and decided to try to write something a bit different from the normal […]

“Private traders have one advantage over professionals – the ability to stay OUT of the market, yet they squander this advantage time and time again by trading when they shouldn’t” – Dr. Alexander Elder Wise words indeed by Dr. Elder and a principle I’ve followed in these last 48 hours where I’ve taken a hiatus from trading […]