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

Posts crossed - yes maybe long for once on a Tuesday - might feel strange!

I'll second that, trading has felt strange for the last week, I've been trying to catch small runs of 10pts at a time with large bets... Try something new and different I thought, for a change..

On DLG I wonder if RBS has sold its holding yet as announced 28/02 or if it'll wait until tomorrow to dispose of stock. Also worth noting is the groups downbeat comments on UK Motor pricing and housing insurance claims. No doubt after tommorrow we'll see a de-rating in the shares.

You mean sod's law!

I've just applied for some Petsathome shares - deadline 5pm.

Good luck with those Skinny..

Pets at Home Group Plc allocations

How many shares did investors receive?

Investors who applied for £1,000 of shares have been allocated 408 Shares (£999.60). Those who applied for more than £1,000 have received a maximum of 420 Shares (£1,029).

Wondering why I'm not short and debating a long position?!?...

Ditto!

I've pondered a long twice now at this level.

Glad its not just me...

Small long @6,611.7!!

I did the same 6611.8

6628.8 thats me out +17

6626.5 Short

Out for now +15.

6624 closed

EUR/GBP 0.83594 gone short

Long 6,611.9

Gold soaring...