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

suspect 12265 was about the bottom as i see i was stopped out (limit up) at that point .... will help cushion tomorrow's soggy start in london, though glad to see some recovery thereafter

Cynic your dinner beats my trip to Tesco in a minute, again played the range tonight 12300 down and 12265 back up. As luck had it finished on a down position so won't have to get up in the morning too early and change.

Ted, glad to hear you have a long term game plan, be even better if I get a decent fall to 20750 on the yen tomorrow..... I figure its way too high tracking againt todays movements, may even get a short on the FTSE going it I rallies by the time I reach work.

Just for record, i too am short of GBP/YEN, so with you on that note, only recently, though, so would love it to go comfortably blue...have multiple shorts on other currencies too, after a bit of a mad one today...:)

DOW finished down on the day & tomorrow will be friday. Are you shorters expecting a FTSE slide/sell off ?

difficult to read .... too early in the day and Dow at least finished above 122650

DOW looks flat. Are you guys expecting a friday afternoon selloff?
Sorry to labour the question, but am looking to buy some shares now, but hope to time it right on the dip!

hard to tell ..... if you have itchy fingers, playing the index game could be profitable - or of course you might do your bollox!

DOW showed support last night at 12250-12300... Not expecting a sell off as no economic news due today and fairly thin on the ground for company news in the States. Expecting a small range to be traded my guess would be 12250 - 12340 seeing ups and downs well within... Could be wrong though, it only takes a quick slide/gain for others to follow multiplying the effect.. Curious as to which shares your looking to buy though Harrycat??

I have pulled mainly out of equities, will only buy more if there is a big sell off, or such times as confidence has clearly returned, i dont consider you have to be in the market at all times, patience is a virtue...

AQP. Broker target 925. Have buy on the system at 820p. Not sure it will get that low, but if there is a selloff, then possible.

you are only 3p off that target now!

Might nudge the offer price down a bit then. 800p looks next support. Bet I miss the boat!

harry ... you either want to buy the damn things or you don't! ..... if you were truly happy to invest at 820, then do it

Of course I do!! I bought them ages ago at 550p & wish I had kept them, but how was I to know that platinum would go over $2000 an ounce?!!!
Might be tempted by your IEC soon also.

please buy 1m so price will rocket!

1m shares or 1m worth?

either will do - lol

If only! :o)

because i am open on these things, i will tell you all that i have very gingerly gone long of Dow at 13347 ...... common sense tells me it may not be the brightest move, though if Dow drops to around 13225, may buy more (and pray!)

Very good of you Richard, to share your position, however, at this time i will not be joining you, due to the size (or lack of...) my nads... oh and i gather you mean 12347...???!