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

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 .

I have equities also and a few bonds, mind you I tend to buy these for yield more than anything else.

6778.3 gone short, just a little one though..

Shortie - I was short overnight and closed and reversed (too early) @6,760.

Long was closed @6,775.

I'll definitely be short over the weekend - cue Hilary stage right :-)

On edit :- I'm also short AV @524.

Eyes down....

The US added 175,000 jobs in February, topping expectations, even as winter's slush and frigid temperatures kept thousands of Americans from finding work. The unemployment rate edged up to 6.7 per cent.

Economists on Wall Street expected the country to add 149,000 new jobs during the month, after a 129,000 gain in January. Unemployment was forecast to remain unchanged at 6.6 per cent.

dow
i'm looking to gently short the dow at about this level or a tad higher
too far too fast springs to mind, and i don't think the ukraine/crimea/russia scenario has run its course either ...... but having singed myself about 10/15 days ago, i sure won't be aggressive

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done at 16485
may add later

Looks like GJ double top forming...