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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.
 Should I Be Selling Stockmarkets Yet?
By FT on 18 August 2009 at 13:48
Category: Economics, Graphs & TA, Shares & Indices, Views & Opinions by FT 4 Comments

What a shocker! No, not the last test match, but my July call on stockmarkets.The past month has seen enough green shoots to give Alan Titchmarsh wet dreams.


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!
 Candlestick Patterns
By Brian Monaghan on 12 August 2009 at 14:05
Category: Financial Concepts Explained, Graphs & TA by Brian Monaghan Comment

Ok, so you open a chart and you’re immediately confronted by hundreds of little green and red bars. No problem you think: “Green = Up, Red = Down. They’re candlesticks. I’ve seen them many a time before.” You’re correct, but did you know that millions of trade decisions


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.
 Relative Strength Indicator (RSI) Explained
By FT on 6 August 2009 at 11:54
Category: Financial Concepts Explained, Graphs & TA by FT 5 Comments

Most of the charts in my daily blog include this technical indicator and yet I feel it’s never been properly introduced. Today I aim to put that right.


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 News Feeds Added To Trading Platform
By PaddyPowerTrader News on 6 April 2009 at 10:40
Category: Graphs & TA, Views & Opinions by PaddyPowerTrader News Comment

Over the last while we have taken your suggestions on board and we’ve added some news to our platform. In a recent survey many of you said that you would like to see some news in the platform.


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!
 Finding Trends In Markets (Part II)
By Brian Monaghan on 17 February 2009 at 10:45
Category: Financial Concepts Explained, Graphs & TA by Brian Monaghan Comment

In Part I, I looked at the basics behind finding a trend. In Part II, I’m going to go a step further, introducing a simple trend following system


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!
 Finding Trends In Markets (Part I)
By Brian Monaghan on 16 February 2009 at 11:15
Category: Financial Concepts Explained, Graphs & TA by Brian Monaghan 2 Comments

Trends are when a market moves in a general direction, either up or down. Identifying them early is the holy grail of trading and successful trend spotters make a lot of money


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!
 Profitable Mechanical Trading Systems (Part II)
By Brian Monaghan on 8 January 2009 at 15:08
Category: Financial Concepts Explained, Graphs & TA by Brian Monaghan 1 Comment

Yesterday I looked at what a mechanical trading system is and how to create one. Today I’m going to look at adjustments you could make to your system, an example of a system that I use and the benefits of system trading


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!
 Profitable Mechanical Trading Systems (Part I)
By Brian Monaghan on 7 January 2009 at 13:19
Category: Financial Concepts Explained, Graphs & TA by Brian Monaghan 4 Comments

A mechanical trading system that can consistently beat the market – this is the Holy Grail for some traders. The idea of automatic profits is obviously attractive, but is it possible? In short, it is


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!
 Candlestick Trading Signals
By Brian Monaghan on 5 September 2008 at 10:50
Category: Financial Concepts Explained, Graphs & TA by Brian Monaghan 6 Comments

Ok, so you open a chart on paddypowertrader to check out a price history. You’re immediately confronted by hundreds of little green and red bars. No problem you think: “Green = Up, Red = Down. They’re candlesticks. I’ve seen them many a time before.” You’re correct, but did you know that millions of trade decisions are made by simply analysing these candlesticks? Why? The main reasons are their simplicity and, of course, their profitability. Here I’m going to explain some of the most basic candlestick signals which can be applied to any stock, currency or commodity!


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
By Roger Jolly on 14 August 2008 at 12:28
Category: Currencies, Graphs & TA, Oil & Gold, Shares & Indices, Technical Analysis 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!!


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