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

i am already short s+p and also have a small ftse short .... this latter i may well increase

I'm short FTSE DFT, and S&P DFT closed my long FTSE 100 Mar Fut yesterday for a profit have also now exited DAX shorts..

DFT?

Daily Funded Trade, I can hold these short against a long future in the same market. Or vice-versa..

so is that a restricted day trade only?
never heard of it before, and just curious

Just a normal S/B.

Typically yes although you can roll it over from one day to the next. You pay and overnight fee for doing so plus receive/pay any dividend due. The DFT is nearest to spot, the below shows FTSE bets.

My eyes will be mainly on AAPL today, a favourite to short...

Facebook also has my attention for a possible short play.

the dow itself is interesting in that it had a half-hearted attempt to break through 16125 and failed, and is now dithering down and then wobbling back up, but still never actually challenging that 16125 level ...... south would look the most likely overall direction, but s+p perhaps an even better bet

nasdaq or your fave two specific stocks - pays yer money etc

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Figures going down well.

5484 short Facebook..

BOE's Carney: Monetary Policy Last Line of Defense for Stability

LOL, heard it all now....

have increased ftse short and also opened a small dow short, though i may just trade that for a day or two while allowing short s+p to run for a while

+44 on Facebook, short closed.

Got it all wrong today, now on a cable short which is fortunately in the money so far.

Nice one Shortie!

Two FTSE shorts for +21 today and staying short overnight from 6,507.

Also long on UU. from 666.5 earlier - ex dividend tomorrow @12.4p.

Considering HFD (5.2p) & MARS (4.1p).