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

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).

Closed S&P also +5.6, not keen on these trades as you need to stake big to make your money..

Well done on Faceslap Shortie.

s+p is quite scary, with even a mini-contract running at $150 a point

Missed out on AAPL yesterday, Facebook looks like a short from the off though.

AAPL was only down $2.50 on a base price >$550 so i can't see that you missed much

Thats 250 pips in spread terms..

i didn't doubt your word but merely observed that there wasn't much movement to make much money

Not from an equity point of view no... 9170.5 gone short opn the DAX