In the past I have slated Global because of certain things he has claimed. However I don't really think it is justified to have a go at him in this instance and if he wants to sometimes put up a trade recommendation then good for him. If he proves to be reliable then that is a useful service (as is the fact that if he is useless then it will be a good reverse indicator!).
In this example I think it was a decent call. The day after he made the call cable was bid all day and he correctly identified 1.8750 as a trigger point. He also correctly identified the euro/sterling cross as being very offered. Of course the call to buy more on a dip towards 1.8750 was wrong but so be it. Anyone who didnt take a profit on the intial call would probably still be on side and wouldn't have run the loss more than the profit that was available, but not taken.
(Sterling is, and has been for a few months, a great currency to trade. Everyone knows that euro rates will stay around 2% for 2005 and that US rates are heading north of 3% this year. Ask a number of people where UK rates are going and half will say the next move is down, the others that it is up. This means that all UK figures have a great influence on the markets and hence make trading easy...ier. Furthermore when sterling moves it knows how to shift a few big figures very quickly.)