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With commodities retracing their recent gains, gold has fallen back into the trading range. The question is whether weakening momentum will take the price below support at $1116.

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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.

Dow Looks A Better Bet Than FTSE

By FT on 8 March 2010 at 15:59

Category: Market Commentary, Technical Analysis by FT 2 Comments

There’s a lot of post-payrolls bullishness today so I’ve decided to look at two stockmarkets with slightly different stories to tell.

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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 four 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.

Trade Of The Week: UK FTSE

By FT on 5 March 2010 at 15:19

Category: Market Commentary, Trader Hindsight by FT 1 Comment

This week’s trade serves as a useful warning about jumping into a trade too early, but also demonstrates how a good stop-loss discipline can limit the damage.

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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 four 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.

Is Rightmove Ready To Move Down?

By FT on 4 March 2010 at 17:06

Category: Market Commentary, Technical Analysis by FT 3 Comments

With the main markets on ‘pause’ ahead of tomorrow’s US payrolls I thought I’d look at another equity chart.

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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 four 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.

Is It Nearly Time To Sell Oil?

By FT on 4 March 2010 at 15:32