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October 30th, 2007

How long can it last?

I’m currently taking part in an automated trading competition that is run by MetaQuotes and have been slowly rising up through the ranks, today I finally made it to #1! I’m not under any illusions that I probably won’t last there (still 2 months to go), though I’m quite happy that my EA (Expert Advisor) […]

Filed by Popeye at October 30th, 2007 under Finance, FOREX, Trading
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October 26th, 2007

Where is the aussie dollar going?

In a word, UP.
A friend who originally got me started on trading sent me a message about how he thought there was going to be a big AUD retracement when it reaches approx 0.92. I’ve told my wife a couple of times recently that I expect the AUD to get to par with the USD… […]

Filed by Popeye at October 26th, 2007 under Finance, FOREX, Trading
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October 6th, 2007

Cabbage Patch Man

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Cabbage Patch Man, originally uploaded by anonymouscoward.

We spent the night in the city a little while back, we went out for dinner and found this guy. My wife insisted that I take a photo of […]

Filed by Popeye at October 6th, 2007 under Photography
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October 1st, 2007

How currency intervention is done

Via Seeking Alpha, I just read an interesting post by David Merkel about how Governments go about doing currency intervention… I found it to be particularly informative considering the USD isn’t doing so well and they’ll probably intervene soon.
There are rules to effective currency interventions. There may be more than four, but here are […]

Filed by Popeye at October 1st, 2007 under Finance, FOREX, Trading
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