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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.
A Bit Of Payroll Foreplay
Posted by FT on May 2, 2008

I need to change my breakfast time. I tend to spend from 7 till just gone 8 at the desk; it’s useful partly to catch up on the overnight news and views, but also to avoid the pre-school maelstrom. By quarter past eight it’s usually safe to snatch a few Weetabix, but today it was a costly breakfast.


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.
Microsoft/Yahoo Takeover
Posted by Garden Gnome on May 2, 2008

Where now for Microsoft? And indeed for that matter Yahoo!

The Microsoft board was rumoured to be meeting on Wednesday to consider its options


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