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

Harry - don't forget the DOW is open @1:30pm atm.

he he he ha ha ha...ohhhhh dear Harry. Slipping old lad, slipping.

It looks like the Cypriot vote is scheduled @4pm out time, but may be delayed again.

Cyprus considers zero tax on smaller bank deposits

Ah, looked at Bloomberg futures page and forgot time difference. Duh!
Feelgood factor didn't last long though for the DOW.

We all do it Harry dont worry bud

Just funny when you see it happen.

My warped sense of humour.

Glad its not as bad as cynics though.

Cynic reckon you havent gone far enough here.

Surely it should be trade the FTSE 350.

i've never followed FTSE 350 at all .... for that matter, i don't even trade FTSE 250 as it's far too scary

meanwhile, today is very odd indeed, - and indeed not very nice either as far as i ma concerned, even though it's quite warm and sunny here

btw, i don't have a warped sense of humour - i'm warped through and through!

true true

crazy day ...... this morning, i banked my profit in HG+HC and thought i had been too hasty, but it hs suddenly dropped sharply ..... my Dow short was beginning to look a bit sickly, but fortunately i stayed with it, and it is now handsomely in the money (again)

Shortie - 19 Mar 2013 10:12 - 11445 of 11460


Nice trade...

German PPI m/m -0.1% consensus 0.2% previous 0.8%

Fly me to the moon.

EUR Current Account 14.8B consensus 7.9B previous 13.9B

That dates you bit skinny! Mid 1950's I think. Frank from the brat pack ;o)

My Dad was a big Sinatra fan, so we couldn't escape it as youngsters.

i'm obviously missing something other than the obvious 2 screws .....

HG+HC is roaring ahead yet again, while C+M is merely limping north .... however, i would have thought that any budget stimulus would be more relevant to the latter

Cynic RB. BDEV&CRST all well ahead today.

GBP Claimant Count Change -1.5K consensus -5.2K previous -12.5K

GBP MPC Meeting Minutes 0-0-9 consensus 0-0-9 previous 0-0-9

GBP Unemployment Rate 7.8% consensus 7.8% previous 7.8%

GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y 1.2 % consensus 1.5% previous 1.4%

Davai - 19 Mar 2013 18:41 - 11461 of 11468 - Thank you...

Short on the DAX today.. 8004.8