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

sure glad i closed dow short .... have lost about half of it back with continuing ftse short, but i'll leave it for a little to see what happens when things calm down after opening

Why are the markets up ?.....nuts....

Because they were down yesterday - hope that helps! :-)

Do you know...I never thought of that....makes me feel a lot better...

I guess perceived drop in threat after the military action failed to materialise @3am and the end to the 'army exercise' this morning.

FTSE long closed, gone short..

It's a miracle there is no bloodshed so far out there.....

G.G. Rules OK!

Short @6,819.3

Closed +12

6820.8 second short

Thought horse's had been replaced by tanks now adays Keaydian....... ;)

Tee hee, long that FTSE.

Tomorrow?

Intraday high of May 22nd last year was 6875.62.

Intraday high of this year Jan 21st was 6867.42.

All time high on 30th Dec 1999 was 6950.60.

Tomorrow indeeeeeed (said in low slow voice).,.

Short @6,824.3 - you never know who might be trigger happy before the morning.

8.46 points tonight.

Do you seriously think Putin's gonna get trigger happy after just spending US$ 6.5 billion on his showcase Sochi winter olympics, Skinners?

He doesn't want a war, the west doesn't want a war, and the market doesn't think there's gonna be a war. He's just sabre rattling to make sure no other folk in one of those former Russian states decide they want to be a part of Europe anytime soon.

Really, you boys do crack me up sometimes. :o)

And Ronald McDonald certainly doesn't want a war!

Here's where you can pick up a Happy Meal

Малый Палашёвский пер., 17/9
Moscow, Russia

Novoslobodskaya ulitsa, 4
г. Москва, Russia

Арбат ул., 50/52
г. Москва, Russia

Hils - of course not - how the ***k would central and west London and Putin survive!

Just a hedge in case ahbrahm lets one go.

BTW - following on from post 14535 and any Ukraine explosion aside - I expect the highs to be tested this week - if not tomorrow - caveat (of course) WTFDIK!