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

and to post 14493 I debated writing 'No, I've grown and inch today!!'...

:-)

Just closed a quick long +16 - a tad volatile around 6800!

I'm long too since the January pull-back. I have the Boost 2x leverage ETF (2MCL) and not too expensive - TER 0.6%. Some good products available.

i'm currently long dow, and despite reports of more jollies in ukraine, it seems unperturbed, but i'll be out and maybe short before the close

I've used LUK2 & SUK2 in the past.

out dow long at 16395 (+65), but have shorted half that position
1) 16400 is a typical round number resistance
2) dow has had one hell of a rise this week
3) it's the last day of the month
4) we're coming up for w/e
5) the russkies in ukraine are unpredictable

short now extended at 16370

perhaps i've got it right for a change :-)

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and again at 16284

see you for sunday lunch then cyners.....your buying.,.

banked 2/3 at +65 and now running small loss on last 1/3

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sorry BB but have golf match :-)

FTSE short reversed, now long

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glad i softened(??) this morning's bloodshed a little by opening new shorts in both ftse and dow first thing

Long @6,680.3

I went long at @ 6724, closing Fridays short and reversing. Think I'll wait for the open before adding.

Worth a punt?

Closed +20 for now.

How's my FTSE long looking?

Depends whether you had a stop or not :-)