Archive for month: May, 2007

Currency Secrets review of BWILC

9 May, 2007 (11:20) | Books | By: Colin McGinley

Ryan Sheehy at Currency Secrets has posted a review of Bird Watching In Lion Country.
He highlights the positives and negatives that he got out of reading the book, which fall broadly in line with his more technical orientated trading background. The ambiguity that Ryan describes is totally understandable when first coming to grips [...]

Feeling lucky?

6 May, 2007 (09:05) | Books, Journal, Trading Plan | By: Colin McGinley

My foretelling of the US non-farm payroll unfolded broadly in line with what I thought might happen. Was my correct prediction just pure luck or a sign of some masterful trading skill?
Before I tackle that question I’d like to quickly recap how I handled the events of Friday’s NFP release.
Price didn’t make it into [...]

April 2007 Review

3 May, 2007 (16:15) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

Another month becomes history. Let’s take a look at how my trading went in April.
I had seven trades close out, all of which were positive. All these trades were initially opened in Q3 or Q4 (i.e. in the top half of my grid) which meant that I used lower gearing when placing the [...]