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

Thanks Seymour - I was aware of the time frame 'differential' option.

I'll contact them tomorrow, and failing any joy, come to you for spec advice! :-)

cynic - plenty of trigger fingers out there!

Seymour - there is no option to open the chart in a different tab/window.

Thought so!

That will be why I couldn't find it! :-)

Hopefully at the next release.

Got stopped out of my AUD/NZD long, poor entry with hindsight and stop too tight. However I am now long Cable. Will see what that brings. Out for the rest of the day, thank goodness for smartphones!

Don't know if anyone follows Limpy on Twitter, but thought this was interesting:

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Only a question of time I suppose!

You can't see the colour of his hair (product) on twitter :-)

A bit of life @6,674.9

partly as a hedge but also because i think a correction is now a strong probability, i opened a modest short on SP500 last night

Closed Cable last night for a small loss as it wasn't doing what I expected, but opened a GBP/JPY long this morning just below 162.

Not my best week but gotta keep trying!

Closed out AUD/NZD yesterday for a small profit, have gone short EUR/GBP this morning and long FTSE100 Mar 14 Future..

GBP/JPY hitting 2009 highs. Hope the trend is my friend.

Yes looking good Seymour.

Watch the 162.5 to 162.7 range for a pull back, Sterling looking a little too strong against the majors at present.

Closed +73, I'm pretty sure there will be a bit of a pullback.

No pullback, it's 50 pips higher!!

See if 164 breaks, I went short last night at 163.76

Not taking any position this morning unless a move becomes clear. Watching Cable for a possible break higher, but again, it's a another sterling cross which I'm getting wary of.