rather than pick out individual stocks to trade, it can often be worthwhile to trade the indices themselves, especially in times of high volatility.

for those so inclined, i attach below charts for FTSE and FTSE 250, though one might equally be tempted to trade Dow or S&P, which is significantly broader in its coverage, or even NASDAQ

for ease of reading, i have attached 1 year and 3 month charts in each instance

UK Jan Construction Output -6.3%MM, -7.9%YY

German Industrial Production m/m 0.0% consensus 0.6% previous 0.3%

CAD Housing Starts 181K consensus 173K previous 159K

wake up!!
what's the jobless report like .... clearly not too shabby by reaction on cash dow

CAD Employment Change 50.7K consensus 7.8K previous -21.9K

CAD Unemployment Rate 7.0% consensus 7.1% previous 7.0%

CAD Labor Productivity q/q 0.1% consensus -0.1% previous -0.5%

USD Non-Farm Employment Change 2360K consensus 162K previous 157K

USD Unemployment Rate 7.7% consensus 7.9% previous 7.9%

USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m 0.2% consensus 0.2% previous 0.2%

WASHINGTON--U.S. job growth jumped ahead in February, a sign of a steadily improving labor market and stronger economic gains. Employers added 236,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate, obtained by a separate survey of U.S. households, fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 7.7%, the lowest level since the end of 2008. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast that nonfarm payrolls would rise by 160,000 and the unemployment rate would fall to 7.8% February's numbers point to an upturn for the labor market. For all of last year, the economy added an average of about 183,000 jobs a month. Over the past four months, that pace has picked up a little to an average of 205,000 a month. That's helped bring down the unemployment rate, though about 12 million Americans who wanted a job couldn't find one last month. The latest snapshot of the labor market comes against a backdrop of an improving housing market, big gains for the stock market, rising consumer confidence and other signs of momentum for the economy. Still, higher payroll taxes and government cutbacks have weighed on growth. That has led many economists to expect only moderate gains this year. Forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers, for example, predicted the economy will expand only 2.1% this year--little changed from the 2.2% rate in 2012. And the unemployment rate is expected to remain well above the 6.5% threshold the Federal Reserve is targeting before allowing interest rates to rise. The Fed's policy-making committee is determined "to keep monetary policy highly accommodative until well into the recovery," Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen said earlier this week. The Fed's next policy meeting is March 19-20. Friday's report showed that private companies added 246,000 jobs during February, accounting for all of the month's gains. Employment increased in professional and business services such as accounting, construction, health care and retail. Manufacturers added 14,000 jobs. Governments, meanwhile, shed 10,000 positions. The federal workforce was unchanged but state and local governments made big cuts, particularly to education. Despite government cutbacks, TD Securities said the "encouraging tone of the data seen during the past few weeks" shows "that the U.S. recovery is successfully navigating against the headwinds from fiscal austerity." Average earnings rose by 4 cents to $23.82 an hour, while the average workweek inched ahead by 0.1 hour to 34.5 hours. A broader measure of unemployment--which includes job seekers as well as those stuck in part-time jobs--fell to 14.3% in February from 14.4% the prior month. The Labor Department's employment report can be accessed at: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.toc.htm

Any chance of one of your charts Shortie?

what would you like? FTSE or DOW

You choose :-)

1HR FTSE then as I'm working off it..

I have a limit in @6,488 - but may move it.

Just added a FTSE short...

Daily FTSE

30min Wall St

That "head above the parapet" on the DOW is asking for a sniper.

It does, not ready to breakout just yet. Market had pretty much already priced in those payroll numbers..

FTSE should head back to 6465 I think

FTSE 10 min

MARKET TALK: Time to Buy Treasurys, Sell Stocks?

9:08 EST - Today's bond selloff has eased a bit as prices bounce off session lows, and Jeremy Hill at hedge fund TF Market Advisors says time to buy bonds on the dip. He argues stock futures' rally on the jobs report isn't that strong, and that there is every indication that equities are being driven by QE. "The slightest fear that QE might be removed limits their upside. I do not like stocks here and actually think we can close down on the day. That seems insane when we finally get a headline job number that is good, but this market is far from normal."

FX CHAT: Fiscal tightening keeping payrolls cheer in check

Running theme across notes from economists in reaction to the payroll report: A solid reading that may not continue as payroll taxes and government spending cuts work into the economy. "The labor market was in decent shape before the sequester began and before the impact of the Jan. 1 payroll tax hike started to work through, but that does not mean these two factors--a tightening worth about 1.5% of GDP--will not reduce payroll growth in the months ahead," says Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomic Advisors. Fiscal tightening is also a hurdle the Fed will want to see the economy pass before dialing down its bond-buying stimulus.