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Brian Monaghan is a financial spread bettor who is always looking for the next big market move. Therefore willing to take many small loses, as the big winners will (hopefully) cover them.

He likes a trade on FX and indices, but is a little scared of those volatile commodities. That doesn’t stop a dabble now and again, but he certainly keeps the deeds to the house in the back pocket when Brent Crude is involved.

But he can’t decide whether he prefers fundamental or technical analysis, so often makes “technically fundamental” trades. As long as both sides are saying to go the same way, lump on and hope for the best!
 Monthly Economic Outlook June 2010
By Brian Monaghan on 4 June 2010 at 16:38
Category: Market Commentary, Views & Opinions by Brian Monaghan 7 Comments

European policymakers have sent a clear message to financial markets: if you mess with one of us, you mess with us all. A massive


Brian Monaghan is a financial spread bettor who is always looking for the next big market move. Therefore willing to take many small loses, as the big winners will (hopefully) cover them.

He likes a trade on FX and indices, but is a little scared of those volatile commodities. That doesn’t stop a dabble now and again, but he certainly keeps the deeds to the house in the back pocket when Brent Crude is involved.

But he can’t decide whether he prefers fundamental or technical analysis, so often makes “technically fundamental” trades. As long as both sides are saying to go the same way, lump on and hope for the best!
 Monthly Economic Outlook May 2010
By Brian Monaghan on 4 May 2010 at 16:38
Category: Market Commentary, Views & Opinions by Brian Monaghan Comment

The financial crisis is proving to be resilient. Whenever progress appears to have been made, another problem


Brian Monaghan is a financial spread bettor who is always looking for the next big market move. Therefore willing to take many small loses, as the big winners will (hopefully) cover them.

He likes a trade on FX and indices, but is a little scared of those volatile commodities. That doesn’t stop a dabble now and again, but he certainly keeps the deeds to the house in the back pocket when Brent Crude is involved.

But he can’t decide whether he prefers fundamental or technical analysis, so often makes “technically fundamental” trades. As long as both sides are saying to go the same way, lump on and hope for the best!
 Get Trading Central Access On Platform
By Brian Monaghan on 6 April 2010 at 16:24
Category: Financial Concepts Explained, Market Commentary by Brian Monaghan 1 Comment

Jumping right into it, paddypowertrader clients can now get real time directional calls and market views on more than 1,000 markets


Brian Monaghan is a financial spread bettor who is always looking for the next big market move. Therefore willing to take many small loses, as the big winners will (hopefully) cover them.

He likes a trade on FX and indices, but is a little scared of those volatile commodities. That doesn’t stop a dabble now and again, but he certainly keeps the deeds to the house in the back pocket when Brent Crude is involved.

But he can’t decide whether he prefers fundamental or technical analysis, so often makes “technically fundamental” trades. As long as both sides are saying to go the same way, lump on and hope for the best!
 Economic Data Keeping The Bulls Happy
By Brian Monaghan on 5 April 2010 at 16:47
Category: Market Commentary, Market Watch by Brian Monaghan Comment

With the nonfarms released last Friday, traders had plenty to think about over the weekend. For the time being, it appears


Brian Monaghan is a financial spread bettor who is always looking for the next big market move. Therefore willing to take many small loses, as the big winners will (hopefully) cover them.

He likes a trade on FX and indices, but is a little scared of those volatile commodities. That doesn’t stop a dabble now and again, but he certainly keeps the deeds to the house in the back pocket when Brent Crude is involved.

But he can’t decide whether he prefers fundamental or technical analysis, so often makes “technically fundamental” trades. As long as both sides are saying to go the same way, lump on and hope for the best!
 Monthly Economic Outlook April 2010
By Brian Monaghan on 1 April 2010 at 16:47
Category: Market Commentary, Views & Opinions by Brian Monaghan 5 Comments

At the current juncture, it is the Eurozone, and the European periphery in particular, that is bearing the brunt of investor scrutiny. Sovereign concerns haven’t eased materially since


Brian Monaghan is a financial spread bettor who is always looking for the next big market move. Therefore willing to take many small loses, as the big winners will (hopefully) cover them.

He likes a trade on FX and indices, but is a little scared of those volatile commodities. That doesn’t stop a dabble now and again, but he certainly keeps the deeds to the house in the back pocket when Brent Crude is involved.

But he can’t decide whether he prefers fundamental or technical analysis, so often makes “technically fundamental” trades. As long as both sides are saying to go the same way, lump on and hope for the best!
 Fed Keeps The Cheap Money Tap Running
By Brian Monaghan on 17 March 2010 at 14:39
Category: Market Commentary, Market Watch by Brian Monaghan Comment

Leading into the release of the US Federal Reserve minutes yesterday evening, the unknown was what the wording of the statement would be like


Brian Monaghan is a financial spread bettor who is always looking for the next big market move. Therefore willing to take many small loses, as the big winners will (hopefully) cover them.

He likes a trade on FX and indices, but is a little scared of those volatile commodities. That doesn’t stop a dabble now and again, but he certainly keeps the deeds to the house in the back pocket when Brent Crude is involved.

But he can’t decide whether he prefers fundamental or technical analysis, so often makes “technically fundamental” trades. As long as both sides are saying to go the same way, lump on and hope for the best!
 Monthly Economic Outlook March 2010
By Brian Monaghan on 5 March 2010 at 12:57
Category: Market Commentary, Views & Opinions by Brian Monaghan 1 Comment

Unprecedented times call for unconventional measures. Fearing an economic meltdown at the height of the financial crisis, most governments implemented large


Brian Monaghan is a financial spread bettor who is always looking for the next big market move. Therefore willing to take many small loses, as the big winners will (hopefully) cover them.

He likes a trade on FX and indices, but is a little scared of those volatile commodities. That doesn’t stop a dabble now and again, but he certainly keeps the deeds to the house in the back pocket when Brent Crude is involved.

But he can’t decide whether he prefers fundamental or technical analysis, so often makes “technically fundamental” trades. As long as both sides are saying to go the same way, lump on and hope for the best!
 Fantasy Trading Competition Final Update
By Brian Monaghan on 25 February 2010 at 16:36
Category: Uncategorized by Brian Monaghan 3 Comments

The markets were in a topsy-turvy mood for the last week of our trading competition. The run of consecutive winning days was halted by


Brian Monaghan is a financial spread bettor who is always looking for the next big market move. Therefore willing to take many small loses, as the big winners will (hopefully) cover them.

He likes a trade on FX and indices, but is a little scared of those volatile commodities. That doesn’t stop a dabble now and again, but he certainly keeps the deeds to the house in the back pocket when Brent Crude is involved.

But he can’t decide whether he prefers fundamental or technical analysis, so often makes “technically fundamental” trades. As long as both sides are saying to go the same way, lump on and hope for the best!
 Trade Of The Week: Rio Tinto
By Brian Monaghan on 19 February 2010 at 17:41
Category: Market Commentary, Trader Hindsight by Brian Monaghan Comment

Traders around the world have been watching Rio Tinto’s chart carefully for the past month as it tests its support lines and bounces off them each time. As the shares continue to trend upwards, it’s been a dream


Brian Monaghan is a financial spread bettor who is always looking for the next big market move. Therefore willing to take many small loses, as the big winners will (hopefully) cover them.

He likes a trade on FX and indices, but is a little scared of those volatile commodities. That doesn’t stop a dabble now and again, but he certainly keeps the deeds to the house in the back pocket when Brent Crude is involved.

But he can’t decide whether he prefers fundamental or technical analysis, so often makes “technically fundamental” trades. As long as both sides are saying to go the same way, lump on and hope for the best!
 Fantasy Trading Competition Week 3
By Brian Monaghan on 18 February 2010 at 16:21
Category: Uncategorized by Brian Monaghan Comment

There was a distinct lack of any bad news last week which was enough to drive shares and high-beta currencies upwards


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