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

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

U.S. January Nonfarm Payrolls Due 8:30 a.m. ET; Seen +189K

came up short @ +113k

it's strange that dow has gone a bit stronger, having dumped on the announcement

following lower than expected jobs number less chance of a further reduction in QE

need to put a housebuilder in my pension
does anyone have a strong view between TW. BDEV, PSN or perhaps PAG?
any other fave?

yes TW.

PAG from the above but I'd also consider GFRD (Galliford Try) or RDI (Redifine)...

Redifine 6.15% yield
Galliford 3.18% yield
Paragon 1.92% yield
TW 0.87% yield
Barratt 0.76% yield
Persimmon 0% yield

Anatole Kaletsky ‏@Kaletsky 52m
While US payroll growth of 113,000 disappointed, household survey showed huge growth of 606,000 new jobs! May explain resilient markets.

have taken a few chips off the table ahead of the weekend.

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5 min chart looking good for a short.

I was short @6,550 closed +8 now watching.

On edit - it's 11.2 points tonight.

Oh dear, thats gonna hurt....