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Roger Jolly has been a professional trader for the last eight years, trading various financial markets (including equities, commodities and currencies) in London, Dublin, Chicago and New York.

Up until recently he was trading on one of Dublin’s larger trading floors. However he has now quit that and is trading for himself, from home.

Roger says his trading is largely technical (i.e. based off the charts) but he keeps a close eye on the news too.
 Hammering Out Gold and Selling Drugs
Posted by Roger Jolly on August 14, 2008
Category: Trade Diaries, Shares & Indices, Currencies, Oil, Gold & Commodities, Graphs & TA by Roger Jolly 50 Comments

Ahoy there! How’s everyone doing this morning? Roger J. here, doing my bit to keep the boards alive and get our trade discussions going while FT is away. It’s been quite a week so far actually. Markets are still volatile and I have been on the right side of a couple of nice winners. Fingers crossed for today. Let’s see if we can keep the ball rolling!!


Roger Jolly has been a professional trader for the last eight years, trading various financial markets (including equities, commodities and currencies) in London, Dublin, Chicago and New York.

Up until recently he was trading on one of Dublin’s larger trading floors. However he has now quit that and is trading for himself, from home.

Roger says his trading is largely technical (i.e. based off the charts) but he keeps a close eye on the news too.
 Trending Towards a Short
Posted by Roger Jolly on August 13, 2008
Category: Trade Diaries, Economics, Shares & Indices, Graphs & TA, Sub-Prime & Credit Crunch by Roger Jolly 22 Comments

Hi again folks! Roger here again, still standing in for FT this week. I had a discussion about market timing yesterday, and was delighted to get long October Brent Crude yesterday, as outlined in my diary, and take $2.00 out of the trade, to close it out at $114.00 for a sizeable winner. This really gets the week’s trading humming for me.


Roger Jolly has been a professional trader for the last eight years, trading various financial markets (including equities, commodities and currencies) in London, Dublin, Chicago and New York.

Up until recently he was trading on one of Dublin’s larger trading floors. However he has now quit that and is trading for himself, from home.

Roger says his trading is largely technical (i.e. based off the charts) but he keeps a close eye on the news too.
 Divining timelines
Posted by Roger Jolly on August 12, 2008
Category: Trade Diaries, About Trading, Currencies, Oil, Gold & Commodities, Graphs & TA by Roger Jolly 22 Comments

Well folks, I hope everyone had a successful Monday. How are you placing your bets in this market? Does anyone else find the graph on the Paddy Power Trader main page of current open positions as fascinating as I do? I have no problem admitting to you that I am finding it difficult to get on the right side of a winning position and take any significant profit in this market.


Roger Jolly has been a professional trader for the last eight years, trading various financial markets (including equities, commodities and currencies) in London, Dublin, Chicago and New York.

Up until recently he was trading on one of Dublin’s larger trading floors. However he has now quit that and is trading for himself, from home.

Roger says his trading is largely technical (i.e. based off the charts) but he keeps a close eye on the news too.
 Double Top Trouble
Posted by Roger Jolly on August 11, 2008
Category: Trade Diaries, About Trading, Bonds, Shares & Indices, Currencies, Graphs & TA by Roger Jolly 4 Comments

Mornin’ folks, RJ here again standing in for FT who is on holidays. Well, I hope we’re all rested after the weekend and ready to take on the markets again. I know I am. I barricaded myself indoors away from this new Irish monsoon season we apparently have now and spent hours educating myself on the finer points of Olympic synchronised diving.


Roger Jolly has been a professional trader for the last eight years, trading various financial markets (including equities, commodities and currencies) in London, Dublin, Chicago and New York.

Up until recently he was trading on one of Dublin’s larger trading floors. However he has now quit that and is trading for himself, from home.

Roger says his trading is largely technical (i.e. based off the charts) but he keeps a close eye on the news too.
 Stubborness and Head and Shoulders
Posted by Roger Jolly on August 8, 2008
Category: Trade Diaries, Shares & Indices, Currencies, Graphs & TA by Roger Jolly 12 Comments

Hi folks, RJ here again, still standing in for FT and after yesterday’s torrential rain, it looks like the sun might have come out. You want more good news? It might just be the luckiest day of the year today. Well it is for the Chinese anyway, where the number 8 is considered very charmed,


Roger Jolly has been a professional trader for the last eight years, trading various financial markets (including equities, commodities and currencies) in London, Dublin, Chicago and New York.

Up until recently he was trading on one of Dublin’s larger trading floors. However he has now quit that and is trading for himself, from home.

Roger says his trading is largely technical (i.e. based off the charts) but he keeps a close eye on the news too.
 Talking Divergence And Still Swinging On Cable
Posted by Roger Jolly on August 7, 2008
Category: Trade Diaries, Economics, Shares & Indices, Currencies by Roger Jolly 31 Comments

Ahoy! Roger J here again, standing in for FT who is overseas. ‘Twas a rough storm yesterday in the Oil markets and I had to take a loss on my long position. Cable also weakened, heading south and adding to a tough day for yours truly. Luckily Tuesday’s big day in the Dow followed through as suggested, and I made some handy gains buying dips throughout the day. So all in all, not a shipwreck, but I’ve had plainer sailing. Let’s what treasures lie in store out there today and heading into the weekend. Yarrr!


Roger Jolly has been a professional trader for the last eight years, trading various financial markets (including equities, commodities and currencies) in London, Dublin, Chicago and New York.

Up until recently he was trading on one of Dublin’s larger trading floors. However he has now quit that and is trading for himself, from home.

Roger says his trading is largely technical (i.e. based off the charts) but he keeps a close eye on the news too.
 Cable, Oil And Now The Dow
Posted by Roger Jolly on August 6, 2008
Category: Trade Diaries, Shares & Indices, Graphs & TA by Roger Jolly 13 Comments

Righto mateys, Roger Jolly here keeping Mr FT’s berth warm for him. From my lookout I saw the Fed decided to leave rates unchanged last night, and yesterday we had the biggest up day in the Dow since April 1st. Will this end the guessing game with regard to the stock markets and provide us with a clear direction up? Time will tell.


Roger Jolly has been a professional trader for the last eight years, trading various financial markets (including equities, commodities and currencies) in London, Dublin, Chicago and New York.

Up until recently he was trading on one of Dublin’s larger trading floors. However he has now quit that and is trading for himself, from home.

Roger says his trading is largely technical (i.e. based off the charts) but he keeps a close eye on the news too.
 Riding The Waves - Cable And Oil
Posted by Roger Jolly on August 5, 2008
Category: Trade Diaries, Currencies, Oil, Gold & Commodities by Roger Jolly 19 Comments

Ahoy there mateys. This is my first financial spread betting blog for paddypowertrader. As you might know Mr FT is on his hols, so over the coming two weeks I’ll be sharing my trading with you all. I’m also hoping to help you make your own trading more profitable with some insights into my own trade selection.


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