Since November I've left the stock markets alone because there's been no discernible direction to it all and I consider myself to be a trend-oriented trader.

However, for the best part of this month I've been trading the Forex markets looking for short-term (24-48hrs) trend continuation patterns.

Thus far I've broken even but am refining my research and beginning to feel a lot more confident.

I'm still trading with a definite stop-loss and always have a profit limit to ensure that I don't miss out on a profit because I'm unable to watch the markets all day.

However, like the stock markets the Forex markets are just as jittery when economic news breaks somewhere in the western world. So it takes a bit of study.

I'll let you know how I get on.