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  • gilligansyle
    gilligansyle Posts: 4,124 Forumite
    Yay!! Trading news, even if it wasn't right, at least you were in there.

    Hope you had decent weather for your walk, not so good here.
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  • Karmacat
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    Sunny but *very* cold, bit weird. "April is the cruellest month" and all that.

    Table is done, shredding is being done, branches of buddleia strewn about the garden, tho curtains not touched yet.

    Fair amount of post has been done - and I'm just off to do some weeding before it gets dark .... hope everyone has a nice evening.
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  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    Sounds like you have had a very productive day kc
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Yep, I did, El - and today, I've done various little bits that really needed doing (cancelling my purposely made overbookings for London hotels for the wedding, for instance) this morning. But I'm struggling with the trading:

    - I'll have to regard any money I place on the spreadbetting as *purposely* throwing money away, setting light to it :)
    - its much, much harder than it seems to get every trade. By 0845 this morning, I hadn't had anything to eat, and I took a loo and breakfast break. And came back to find what turned out to be the only trade of my system. It only made 7 net points, but thats not the issue - having to be there all the time is the issue :( My first scheduled break was at 9, but I couldn't wait that long. I'll have to muck around with the timings some more....

    Otherwise, of the remainder of my huge ginormous to do list, which originally took up a whole page of A4 on a narrow-lined sheet :o I've got 26 things left to do, of which 15 are medium term projects of research or whatever. So I have 9 things on my immediate to-do list for this week, which is a real result for yesterday.

    The weeding yesterday was actually getting rid of buddleia branches, but I discovered a **huge** pile of sh** .... I'm really, really hoping its not next door's dogs discovering a way into my garden, cos if it is, I'm really in trouble. Here's hoping for incontinent cats :o

    Otherwise life is good!
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  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    Im still learning about day trading so please forgive the stupid questions .... The breaks that you are taking are they timed for a specific reason ? I can understand completley the struggle with having to change your though process on the money ... After being very careful with money for so long i imagine it would seem like your going against the grain to start thinking of it going up in smoke

    Well done on the gardening but yuck to the pile of !!!!!! fingers crossed it is just a cat
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    "Here's hoping for incontinent cats" - that's not a phrase you hear often.. well, ever! :rotfl:

    Sounds like you're definitely learning more about what you need to do to trade.

    Great result on the to-do list!
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  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 6,049 Forumite
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    Just popping on to say hi! :wave: and share the funny of the day!

    Have just spent a fruitless 20 minutes trying to explain to my boss why the city of Westminster won't allow a skip outside our building site on the 29th April :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:the boss not giving any of us the day off paid - he expects it to be business as usual! Not sure he understands the whole concept of the [EMAIL="Roy@lWedding"]Roy@lWedding[/EMAIL]!

    Yeah to trading time!!!!! & getting through your list of to-do's!!!!!
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  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    rtandon27 wrote: »
    Just popping on to say hi! :wave: and share the funny of the day!

    Have just spent a fruitless 20 minutes trying to explain to my boss why the city of Westminster won't allow a skip outside our building site on the 29th April :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:the boss not giving any of us the day off paid - he expects it to be business as usual! Not sure he understands the whole concept of the Roy@lWedding!

    Yeah to trading time!!!!! & getting through your list of to-do's!!!!!

    Do you get bank holidays off as a matter of course? If so then I think he has to give you the day as it is an extra BH this year :D
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
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  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    Dragon i dont get all bank holidays ( in fact im never off on a bank holiday) and will not get the wedding off at all
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    elantan wrote: »
    Dragon i dont get all bank holidays ( in fact im never off on a bank holiday) and will not get the wedding off at all

    Sorry to hear that El - but if others do they should get the extra one :o
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
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