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

Closed Ftse 6783.3 + 20.2

Closed Dax @ 9556.4 - 6 Scares the shit out of me.

FTSE short closed 6771 +16.3

Up a gear.

Crimea MPs vote to join Russia

Crimean parliament decides to join Russia, and to hold referendum in 10 days' time on endorsing the move.

By the look of it : gold producers should be up soon....taking time but POG, CEY and a minnow OMI...might be worth a look...

6754 gone long

Chaori Solar in landmark Chinese bond default

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26464901

FTSE long closed +7

Still going your way shortie .

Its easy money at the moment Jimmy, hope the range stays tight so I can play large stakes... African Barrick Gold (ABG) have been doing well, did you ever buy back into these?

No sadly i bought ABG and out with a nice profit then they flew and i just never got back in was waiting for a step back that never came ,missed out on a big rise .
I've been following your FTSE trades ,well done ..

Yeah on ABG I remember posting that they were undervalued but never bought as had enough exposure elsewhere. I'll have to keep an eye on them for a correction.. I didn't know you followed my FTSE trades, I don't always post the opening and closing positions if I'm away from a computer and do it over the phone. Skinny is good to follow on the FTSE also, I follow his posts and have to say always recheck my positions if he's going the opposite way.

FTSE100 Daily, should be a short play.

Yup iv'e been watching skinny too , i'm next to useless on indices myself :)

I've had one short from last night and one long this morning - now flat and waiting for 1:30.

I've got a few CEY which are doing quite well. Also bought ADN a few days ago.

We all have those days aswell Jimmy. I'm no professional trader, for a long time I lost on the markets but over time you get a feel for it as long as you learn from mistakes..

What you hedged at Skinny, 6774 I'm, debating a short carried over the weekend...

I always stick to shares shortie iv'e traded everything in every way but after many years i settled on buying and selling shares it works for me .