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

FTSE the last 3 years - so where in January?

6770 by the 31st jan :)

surely wipeout cynic's account by 31 st too.lol

6770 by the end of Jan would be nice as my AVc matures then and buys part of my pension. So, onwards and upwards please!
TT

Tomasz - clearly no one ever taught you that gloating ill becomes anyone.... however, I'm afraid that like any obit for me you may have been considering, it is more than a little premature as my portfolio, even for this year, is no more than a bit bruised ...... fromage dur, and i shall be equally sad to hear if you roof develops a leak or your drains overflow

There is no justice in this world.

Skinny.

6800 and back.

A little cash in hand, wondering if there will be a slight drop back. Like a little nibble to take me into the new year.

cynic don't get too emotional and don't be afraid of your own shadow :)

I'm contemplating buying some of these in my SIPP.

Looks interesting skinny. Selling the FTSE100 in effect.

Yep!

Give santa a push. :-))

certainly the party can't go on for ever but as always, the timing of the turn is so difficult as is determining pre-emptive action

Thought I'd just check in, I'm still short, I see no reason to be long at all.

cynic and his lack of direction nonse as usual. party is now and currently is all about it.the change in behaviour was there in a front of an eyes giving a way to play it right way... or not/wrong way when so over-expert's idiocy is taking over as usual.

it's a brave call shortie, but though i bit the bullet on some of my short positions, i still have some open .... for the moment at least, i am not tempted to add to those but may gradually close a few longs in the coming week or two, purely as a precautionary measure

lol

A lot of the yank analysts bar the odd usual bear (Marc Faber) are calling for a good year on the US equity markets.

Its always down to the yanks anyway which way we go, personally I think interest rates the world over may be under pressure to rise, which would give equitys a kick in the teeth especially exporting companys v exchange rate.

I dont see this coming though until perhaphs spring but you never know with the markets as you will all know.

Just a reminder aswel if your thinking of closing out longs at midday today. 27th of december is in the top three bullish trading days over the last 10 years. 85% positive since 2003.

cynic cynic...lol..
being long main market's dependents and the same time being short main market..or other way..lack of direction nonsense or this is top of over-expert's idiocy or just lie about back up?

I just see the FTSE as still trading the same August onwards range, until there is a breakout then nothings really changed.

Looks like this thread has picked up some interference (tomasz), not sure what he/she is saying in 13766. Read the post 3 times and it still doesn't make sense. Maybe I need a Polish translator or something.