Archive for month: August, 2007

Back in the saddle

27 August, 2007 (16:54) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

After a brief lull (due to waiting for my new forex account to be funded) I was back trading early last week.
I even kept the spate of recent changes going by making my first trade in my new account be on USD-JPY. To date I have kept a singular focus on exclusively trading [...]

Getting out and breakouts

17 August, 2007 (13:54) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

This is the second in a series of posts recounting some reader feedback that I have responded to in the past.
Let’s get straight to the follow-up questions I was asked:
I finished reading the book [BWILC], and it seemed to answer my suspicions about pure tech analysis. I’ve been trading aftermaths of the news lately with [...]

Sitting on the sidelines

17 August, 2007 (12:20) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

It’s certainly been an interesting time in the markets for the past two weeks. If you’ve been following the financial news headlines then I probably don’t need to reiterate all the gory details. If you aren’t aware of what’s going on and you consider yourself to be a forex trader you might want [...]

The power of mentorship

14 August, 2007 (16:28) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

I receive the occasional reader e-mail which I am always happy to answer.
A lot of great questions were asked by a reader named Kris in an e-mail exchange with me earlier this year. I feel that these questions and my attempt to answer them are worth bringing to a wider audience as [...]

Presidential impact

14 August, 2007 (14:22) | Fundamental Analysis | By: Colin McGinley

Even though I’m unable to cast a vote in an American election due to the fact that I’m not an American citizen, I’m still fascinated by the whole American political scene.
I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned politics on this blog before; primarily because there is little day-to-day correlation between what goes on in the corridors [...]