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

Gold on a mission the last hour or so.

I've just dipped my toe in a Apple short @ 46149

it may be quite brave, though i know you watch these things very carefully
it's been a strange old day generally, with the markets flat to open then up nicely, then wall street went from +80 to -30ish and now it's +35

I'm short FTSE @6,590.

Apple short closed Friday at 45486 for +663. Probably should have let this run but seeing I'd made a decent profit and wasn't at a computer all day I decided to take the money and run. No FTSE positions currently.

I'm still short - no real economic news due today as far as I can see though!

On edit - well done Shortie!

Thank you Skinny, AAPL chart below MACD cross has only just started to form on the dailys so one to watch if your looking for a short of offset a DOW long position.

Well I've taken +40.

No idea now.

i think it's just one of those nasty soggy periods triggered by nothing

FTSE100 30min chart, short term support at 6556 should stall and giveway allowing for a futher test of 6484 I think looking at the below. gone short of FTSE 6565.8

Looks like another test of support is immenent!

Skinny, well done getting 40 pts off the FTSE this morning.

Thanks - I opened the short late Friday as the US fell and we carried on climbing.

Nothing obvious atm for this afternoon, so perhaps a good time to enjoy the sunshine!

I think you might be right, although I'm stuck at work so no rest for me.

46644 shorting AAPL

FTSE sold +2.5pts..

46526 AAPL closed +118... Just goes to show patience and timing are everything..

6608 gone short FTSE

CPI figures shortly.

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank expects UK CPI inflation to ease only slightly in July to 2.8% year on year. "CPI inflation likely passed its peak and our forecasts point to gradual decline towards 2.4% by the end of 2013," it says.