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

DAX looks rather overbought..

Just closed some NYSE:DDD @ $83.337 +65%.

well done indeed! ..... they're up 47% in a month sp you must have held them a while longer

Yes - I bought mid July.

Have a look at NYSE:VJET a recent IPO in the same field - I don't hold sadly.

Currently around +55 on my GBP/JPY short. Also watching AUD/NZD for a possible long.

With the stimulus going on in Japan I'm uneasy with a GBP/JPY short position, trend is long and has been for a while... AUD/NZD is interesting though I'll have a good look at this pair, shame I can short GBP/GMD also...

The only reason for the short was that it had risen very fast to a significant resistance level. Won't be holding it too much longer though.

Edit, closed +50

Never heard of GBP/GMD - until today :-)

Garam Masala Dal or Gambian Dalasi? :-)

Dalasi, every now and again it spikes then slowly falls back. Its to do with the collection of taxes in Gambia effecting money supply. Its a currency I've tracked for over 5 years now (for work) but I've never found a way of trading the currency and really don't want to mess about with physical monetary exchange.

FTSE looking a bit more positive @86.

Shortie - perhaps if Hils looks in, she may know of a vehicle.

Looks like support is solid

Agreed. I've been waiting all morning for a bit of a pullback, it just keeps grinding upwards. Would be nice if there was a couple of hundred pips there.

Everyone's buying back into GBP/JPY again - except me. I'll watch for an entry this afternoon when I get a chance.

I have taken out an AUD/NZD long.

Skinny any idea what the divi on the FTSE and DAX is tonight?

7.4p - I've bought SBRY for my sins.

Also looking at SUK2 for my SIPP again.

On edit - I don't know about the DAX.

Cheers Skinny, taken profit in DAX so just running a very small bet overnight. This more than covers my FTSE divi payment so no need to Hedge.. I've added to my UK Commercial Property Trust today and taken a long DTF in AUD/NZD. If the FTSE goes over 6705 I'll probally place a further short for a few points..