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Mr FT is a self-employed spread better. After 18 years in fund management he was given the choice of moving to London or .. not. ‘Not’ won out.

FT has been trading full time from home for two years, with nothing but four kids and a beach to distract him .

He fills his spare time with weight training and rugby, though more coaching than playing these days.

FT mostly trades the forex markets and although he plays FTSE on occasions his bread and butter market is £$.

He likes to think that his technique is evolving but still hasn’t the temperament or money to back the big calls. He prefers to trade between 1 and 3 times a day, aiming to take regular small gains, but feels part of the evolution is in not dealing if the conditions don’t feel right.
Now Where Did I Put That Stop Loss?
Posted by FT on March 18, 2008

Yesterday was great fun; falling markets, recognisable trends and some healthy profits. Today’s seen me hand back some of my gains due to a missing stop loss!


Garden Gnome spent many years as a small-cap fund manager before his need to to spend more time with his lettuces got the better of him.
GG now spends rainy days trading equities and currencies. He likes to use a combination of technical analysis and news flow to make trading decisions.
Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers
Posted by Garden Gnome on March 18, 2008

All eyes will be on the Fed meeting today, and to be honest company results will be an afterthought in a market that is more concerned about who or where the next Bear Stearns will be coming from.


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