financial independence

And now for something different, as you may have noticed I've touched on Trading and Investment in the past but unlike debt (on which I have vast experience) and entrepreneurial ventures (I am a real life delboy), the world of high finance and investment is not something I have much experience in. I've traded FOREX before and well the trading didn't go to badly, I think like many novice traders the bit I struggled with was not trading.

So I have found someone who is a bit of a market wizard to give some market insight and news, his name is Matt Shaw. Matt trades in a slightly unusual way it's called fixed odds trading and its a tax free way to invest your cash (here in the UK).

More details of Matt can be found on his website a link to which is at the bottom of this page.

It has been a tough and tantalising week!

At least I have the weather on my side ... well it is on all our sides I suppose...

Trade the news

These thoughts on trading the news would work with any financial market you just need to get hold of a good financial calender and look to see when certain announcements will be made.

Forex announcements are generally easier to trade because its easier to work out which news will be good or bad for a country's economy and therefore its currency.
With Forex fundamental announcements are what seem to give the currency pairs direction, there are over 500 Forex news releases a month so theres always something to trade and always money to be made.