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

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

Wondering if I should double up... or down as is the case.

I've just gone on the DOW @15,931.


on edit - closed +11

Not a good day on the DAX

skinny - gone where on the dow :-) ..... i'm certainly happy to stick with my short dow and s+p

Good spot - short! :-)

will the taper be just another storm in a teacup to create volatility and be quickly forgotten?

yes, but the markets will almost certainly initially react badly .... however, sober consideration should realise that the tapering is in response to the economy improving (even if fawlty and his pals would say it's bunkum)