There are many things which  should be avoided while you are  pregnant and the most common of these are cigarettes and alcohol.

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can harm the growing fetus and cause ‘fetal alcohol syndrome’ (FAS) which is when alcohol crosses the placenta and can lead to stunted fetal growth or weight, create distinctive facial stigmata, damage neurons and brain structures and cause other physical, mental and behavioural problems.

Why would you risk this, when FAS is a 100% preventable disease by simply not drinking alcohol while pregnant.

Cigarettes is another health risk for your unborn baby. Every time a pregnant mother takes a drag from a cigarette, normal fetal breathing movements (a sign of a healthy
fetus) are reduced within five minutes. Women who smoke cigarettes (or anything else for that matter) while pregnant are at increased risk of many things.
Infants that are born to women who smoke during pregnancy have lower than average birth weight and are more likely to be small for their age. Low birth weight is associated with increased risk or death.

To give your baby and yourself the best possible start in life, which I know you want to, abstaining from cigarettes and alcohol for 9 months is the best possible thing you can do for your precious unborn baby.  If you are having difficulties doing this, speak with your doctor and they should be able to help you.

Have a Great Day

Jackie Stenhouse

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Well, I am back in the market. The software showed 3 entries this morning.  I am trying a new strategy with my forex trades, where I actually set a limit entry order, which basically means if I see the signal to go in long in a particular currency pair, I actually put an entry order in to go in if the price moves up 10 pips.   This morning for example, I put my order in to go short in the USD/JPY and instead of the trade going on straight away, I have got the order going on only if the price falls 10 pips.

I do this to help alleviate any losses if the forex trades  go the opposite direction from as soon as I put them on, which does sometimes happen.  I have been using this strategy for about a month now, and because the markets have been so choppy recently, it has actually saved me losing around $3000, so I am very happy with it.

Aussie Rob always advises whenever you change your strategy, make sure you paper trade it for at least 3 months and this should give you sufficient data to let you know if the strategy is actually working.

Talk soon and have a Great Day

Jackie Stenhouse

Alert, Alert.  Independence Day is this weekend and after last year, we made sure we closed all our trades and had a break over this American holiday.  Lots of people get out of the market over this weekend and it can often lead to you being in the trade the wrong direction.  We lost quite a bit of money last year,  as we were new to trading and therefore didn’t listen to advice given to us from Aussie Rob.

Over the past few weeks the forex market has been struggling to find a direction.  The charts look terrible and it seemed everytime we went in one way, the trade automatically went the opposite way.  We have been told that usually after the Indepence Day weekend, the market will quite often find a direction and you may get a good long trend happening.  This is where you can make up for the money lost over the past couple of weeks and hopefully build your trading account back up.

I think that is why we love trading forex, as you never quite know what is about to happen to you, and your account can change so rapidly.  Right before our eyes we will see $500 appear and then just as quickly it can disappear.  We have worked out it is best not to look at your account more then once a day (which I do find hard to do).

On Tuesday, I will once again update our Lifestyle Trader Software and enter any new trades, fasten my seatbelt and hang on for the week ahead.

Have a Great day,

Jackie Stenhouse

What a rollercoaster of a week we have had with our forex trading.  Made some money then gave it back, made some more then gave it back again.  With all the mixed news going on out there, I think the market is having a hard time working out which way to go, so therefore a choppy forex market is inevitable.  With our new strategy of setting limits to exit the trades, we are at least picking up some profits with parts of our trades, but unfortunately the small amount we leave in the trade  in case we have a trend, has been going back the wrong way and taking back all our profits.

This week we have decided to set a limit to exit all of the trade together.  To do this, we enter a trade at a certain price, so today we entered the USD/JPY going long, we then set the limit to exit the trade once it goes 70 pips our way(this is half the average trading range for the day).  So if the market has a big rally overnight when we are asleep and goes 70 pips in our favour, the trade will exit automatically and we are left with a nice profit in our account.  We love setting limits,  as we make money while we are sleeping.

The Lifestyle Trader software allows us to work these trades out easily as they have all the data there for you to follow.

I’ll let you know how our trade went.

Have a great day

Jackie Stenhouse

During the first three months of pregnancy, or the first trimester, your body undergoes many changes. As your body adjusts to the growing baby, you may have nausea, fatigue, backache, mood swings and stress.

Nausea and Vomiting

Usually called “morning sickness,” nausea and vomiting are common during early pregnancy. For many women, though, it isn’t limited to just the morning. Although it can seem like it will last forever, nausea and vomiting usually go away after the first trimester.

Some women might not feel any discomfort at all! If you have been pregnant before, you might feel differently this time around. Just as each woman is different, so is each pregnancy.

Personally I felt fine with my first pregnancy, but was practically bed ridden during the first trimester of my second pregnancy, but once the three months was up it was like flicking a switch and I felt great.

By the end of the first trimester, your baby is about three inches long and weighs about half an ounce. The eyes move closer together into their positions and the ears also reach their proper position. The liver is making bile and the kidneys are secreting urine into the bladder. Even though you can’t yet feel your baby move, your baby will move inside you in response to pushing on your abdomen. Keep this to a safe minimum.

A fetus at 12 weeks can make a fist and suck their thumb, has fully formed eyelids and well formed digits and ears.

New life is amazing.

Have a Great Day

Jackie Stenhouse

You are probably feeling a little overwhelmed at the moment and full of excitement but also apprehension. What do you do next? The first thing to do after you find out you are pregnant is go to your doctor, that’s if you have done a home pregnancy test, to get them to confirm it. They will also give you a due date according to when you had your last period. (so it’s a good idea to try and work out when this was before you go). No doubt there will be lots of questions you want answered but some of the important ones which may affect your growing baby are:

· can I drink alcohol or coffee?

· what if I’m a smoker, what will this do to my baby and how can I quit?

· what should I eat?

· how much exercise can I do and what type?

· can I still have sex with my partner? (don’t be embarrassed to ask this one as everyone wants to know)

The doctor will ask you about your and your partners family history and if there are any diseases or deformities in your family. These days there are so many tests available to help determine the health of your unborn baby  while you are pregnant, and if there is anything wrong, it gives you time to prepare yourself and make important decisions.

If your doctor doesn’t give you the answers to your questions, find a new doctor, afterall having a baby is the most precious gift which can be given to you.

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Have a great day

Jackie Stenhouse

Recently my husband accidently came across a forum asking if anyone out there knew of Aussie Rob and had any information about his trading software.  He thought he would do the right thing and give them advice on our experiences, since we have been using the trading software for 12 months and have been extremely happy with the results.

What followed, bordered on the ridiculous and incredulous. In his reply he commented that we average at least a 30% return per month on our initial trading fund. The comments he recieved from this trading forum were anything but constructive. Basically he had complete strangers who wouldn't have a clue, call him a liar and were asking him to back up what he was saying.  After initially being taken aback,  he promptly replied for them to open up their mind and take a little time to invest in themselves and the huge possibilities available to each and every one of us.

Trading forums can be a great way to learn new things but you need to be careful to not get caught up and waste time with cynics who are only interested in seeing their names up in lights and have nothing contructive to contribute to these forums.

 If you are going to add things to these sites, have a think about what value you are giving other people with your comments. You are just wasting other peoples time when you really have nothing constructive to say. 

Have a Great Day

Jackie Stenhouse

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Whether you are a new trader or have been trading for a long time, you will no doubt have your own trading strategies on when to get in to a trade and went to get out of the trade.

Recently my husband and I have been discussing the best exit strategies we can use to maximise our profits.  After experimenting with our simulater account,  we have come up with something we are very happy with, and even though we may not take full advantage of the maximum profits which could be made, we have chosen to exit for smaller profits in a smaller time frame.

As an example , instead of us waiting for the exit signals of the lines crossing in our Aussie Rob software, we have chosen to set limit orders which will get us out of the trades automatically, at a profit we have both agreed upon. 

We have been trading forex live for 8 months now and it has taken us 8 months to work this out, but the more knowledge we acquire, the more able we are to change the way we trade to maximise our profits and limit our losses.

One important rule when you are working out your trading strategies, is that you will never have a perfect exit. The exit you need to work on, is one that you can be happy about and celebrate your profit, not grumble about the profit you may have missed out on.

Well as promised, here are the results of our forex trades for this week.

We closed our EUR/JPY trade for a nice profit of $707.08, GBBP/USD for a small profit of $32.52, EUR/CHF for a loss of $257.26 and USD/JPY for a loss of $75.44. So all up we made a profit of $406.90 which isn't bad for 2 days of trading which took me a total of around 10 minutes.  We still had plenty of time for lifestyle and making money on other projects.

Have a Great Day

Jackie Stenhouse

Well its the first day back after the US market opened after the Easter Holiday weekend, and we decided to start looking for entry signals again on our forex trades.

After updating our Aussie Rob charts, we entered 4 pairs which had clear entry signals. The charts told us to go short in USD/JPY, EUR/CHF, EUR/JPY and long in GBP/USD so thats what we did. 

FOREX TRADES AS AN INVESTMENT

We personally do not use forex trading as an investment but solely for cash flow. Because you may only be in trades for a short time, usually 1-4 days, we generate our income for that period and get out.  Sometimes we make a loss if the market is really volatile, but we are usually only giving back profits made from previous trades.

Stay tuned and I will let you know how we go on the trades above. Don't forget if you are interested, you can order a free DVD that explains how the software works at: 

http://www.lifestyletrader.com.au/shane.stenhouse/

Talk Soon

Jackie Stenhouse

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