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.
A Margin Call From The Easter Bunny
Posted by FT on March 20, 2008
Well it looks like equity markets have already left for their Easter break, leaving the currency/ commodity combo to do all the work. I’m writing this in the hope of being proved wrong, with a bit of action from the US later. The pre-opening mark-down in equities looked promising but, as often happens on option expiry, FTSE rarely strayed from the comfort of the nearest big figure, 5500 in this case.
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