Wallace: Thanks for the suggestion, tried a search but came up empty. My next door neighbour has just had Sky installed, maybe time to be a bit more neighbourly!
jpmorgan: Mega bucks for a Bloomberg or Reuters terminal, plus I'm not sure they'd allow a sole trader to have it. I have Bloomberg radio on in the background most of the trading day but it has a one minute delay which defeats the object really, my broker gets the data out quicker on the platform, thanks for the idea though.
WinSum: Finding a forum is a good idea. I came across Forexnews.com a while ago but the chat is so distracting with all the oposing views it could be impossible to decide on a trade! Fairly good site though, and the natives seem friendly!
gregh285: I'll have a wander over to your thread in a minute. I did it again today trading news, an extra 65 pips on Swissy on a long position I was about to close. Seconds? More like milliseconds, the price is like a dragracing car ready to take off jerking backwards and forwards and then it's like a rocket, not good if you're on the wrong side of the trade though I guess! I've just changed brokers to CMC Deal4Free and so far no requotes or delays getting filled even at volatile times but it's early days yet, and decent spreads on the majors, 4, and 3 on eur/usd. CNBC would do it, my neighbour has sky, I wonder if I could plug a extra lead into his dish
Nah, I'd spend all night watching porn!
Thanks for the ideas guys, I'll post if I get anything good set up.
Pete