A shortened week of trading due to the U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday, allowed me to press on with preparations for 2022. I needed to do something as some of the time looking at my broker accounts was doing nothing for my maintaining my ultra-positive MINDSET. I made a novice error earlier in the week leaping into […]

Another week completed, and the FX market was basically in a chop fest at times over speculation about whether Jerome Powell be given a second term at FED Chair or would he be replaced by existing FOMC board member since 2014, Lael Brainard. A few short weeks ago, Powell was seen basically as a shoo-in […]

What a week… On October 28th, 2021, at the start of the Q&A section of the ECB Press Conference, ECB President, Christine Lagarde was asked about the discussions that took place within the ECB council prior to the Press Conference. Ms. Lagarde said we spoke about three things “INFLATION, INFLATION and INFLATION”. If like me, […]

No surprise regarding the topic of choice for the SOAPBOX this weekend. Last week was a big week for Central Bank decisions. The FED, RBA, BANK OF ENGLAND and NORGES BANK all reported. Following last week’s news from the Central Banks and the NFP Jobs data, the markets are trying to absorb a huge amount […]

Greetings from Nova Scotia, Canada. In a very perky mood for October, which has absolutely nothing to do with Halloween… yet, but this was the month my 2021 pip target of +15,480 net pips was beaten. The FX market may be nothing more than a chop fest of late, but “Count Your Wins” another year […]

Over the past few weeks I have focussed on USD bulls and bears, FED tapering, supply chain issues, stagflation, is the USD in consolidation, is it the start of a new BEAR market, inflation concerns and the effect on upcoming potential Central Bank changes in Monetary Policy and interest rate increases, and my favourite topic […]

Possibly, a rather unambiguous title for the SOAPBOX section of this week’s blog. Last week a few called the blog title confusing or mis-leading. Believe me, I was NOT looking for a headline grabber it was just all the “Negative waves”. Every time I write this it takes me straight to the Donald Sutherland character […]

Off we go again. One aspect of trading Forex, that I really like, is that in a normal trading year 80% of the time there is always intrigue of one sort or another to deal with and try and get behind, and, for the other 20% that remains, this time tends to be around the […]

Back from my summer break and from an impromptu “staycation” last weekend in the Annapolis Valley home to the Nova Scotia wineries, another month has ended, which, also coincides with the end of Q3 2021. Some of you are aware that over the past 4-6 weeks or so, I have been looking at updating, changing, […]

Every time I sit down to piece together a blog, I sift through a folder where I re-examine notes and clippings taken from a variety of sources from which, I see which note or combination of notes resonate the most at the end of a trading week to build my blog from. This week, I […]

I am now officially back from my break over the summer, reading and raring to get going once again. Before vacation, it was all TAPER talk and returning, it is still the same. The “EMERGENCY” measures that were put in place after the GFC in 2008, have basically remained in place ever since. My blog […]

As you are aware I am currently taking a time out to re-charge my batteries. I will be back “in business” next weekend of the 11th / 12th September 2021, a week later than originally planned. However, in the interim, trades continue to happen, and the daily routine of trade management goes on. I am obviously […]