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

I would normally of let it run, but I thought today may have been the day the FTSE high got taken out - heyho!

Long @6,802.

Long 6800

I thought yesterday we were set for a rally today. 6801 increased my short position.

Where's Harry Hill :-)

Closed for +14 for now.

Well done Skinny.

Cheers - for info a short is 2.7 points off the FTSE tonight.

Thanks Skinny, its always small when my bets are small, sods law!!

TSLA.O
this is a scarily rated stock, though prob not as bad as ASC
anyway, i took a small position at $212.75 just after the results, and it's doing very well thank you

this helped ....
Morgan Stanley raises target price to $320 from $153; rating overweight

Can't say I've ever looked at these. Well done though Cynic, your eagle eye swoops the prize!

Quantum Leap nudged me in that direction, though i held off for a while as i thought it a bit scary, to say the least
worth having a look at, especially with their ambitions in china

Another +10 from FTSE.

cynic is that Tesla - not sure about the '.O'?

it is tesla .... its full code is tsla.o

==============

dow is aotfs today, from +10 to -70 or thereabouts

8606 FTSE positions closed.

A bit of conflict on the 10 minute FTSE.

There is, breakeven and wait I think. Through to the 30 min and still looking at sideways action no position.

wish ft was 8606 :)

6842 short

6817 position closed.