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

It's a white knuckle ride !!

Am long again and closed for +15

Closed for +22. Am long again.

i had to drive back from cheltenham this morning, so as the markets looked undecided, i closed both ftse and dow longs, profitably but prematurely with hindsight

i'm about to open a new modest dow long

you should have called in cyners, had a coffe, then joined m4 almondsbury j15

membury surely ...... however, i think i joined m4 at swindon

no it's your memory!!..... lol I'm not at WsMare. I'm north of bristol

m4 jnct 15 is surely swindon/marlborough ...... or did you mean m5?

sorry yes m5.,.

shorting Twitter yesterday really should have been a no-brainer, had i had one ..... it is common knowledge that joe public has very much fallen out of love with this particular social medium, and indeed with that format in general, for all sorts of onvious and well-publicised reasons

I wish it would all go away Twitter, Facebook ,it was a much happier world without it .

Never used any of them , never will .

nor have i, though i keep being pestered to join one or the other by assorted business contacts - i refuse

What makes me laugh is that people are surprised that you don't have a Facebook account, why do i want the world to know my business . "you can catch up with people from your past " they say , oh really ,if i don't see someone from years ago it's usually because i don't want to ! .

facebook twitter very suitable for lemmings.

Hmm - depends. I love Twitter. Friend of mine promotes his small business very successfully using social media, it all depends on what you use it for. If you want to see what I had for breakfast, then you're not going to be in luck!

how about after breakfast?

:-)

i've had quite a good day today, which sure makes a change of late, and i have already banked some juicy profits from dow and ftse longs
indeed, i'm wondering whether dow has now shot its load, so to speak, and if a short might not now work profitably for (at least) the rest of the evening

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came up short @ +113k