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

You should've told me first, Skinners. I could've taken the other side. :o)

:-)

It's up, it's down, it's nearly half a crown.

Waiting for US retail figures at 12.30?

Yes - and the unemployment figs - I took 15 points and am long again @6,614 - here's to a blue finish.

6611.5 gone long

At least we've only got to wait til 1:30!

closed DLG at a small loss to stay active..

Did you forget to put your clock forward last weekend or summat, Skinners?

:o)

Edit -

Presumably this is what you're waiting another 1/2 hour for:

US initial jobless claims 315k vs 330k exp
February US import prices 0.9% vs 0.4% exp m/m
US retail sales Feb m/m +0.3% vs +0.2% exp

The yanks changed theirs last weekend, so the US of A opens at 1:30 atm.

Oh, I thought you were waiting for the 8:30 Eastern data that we've already had.

That will be the data that I posted on both trader's threads! :-)

Edit :-

skinny Send an email to skinny View skinny's profile - 13 Mar 2014 12:31 - 9 of 9 edit this post

USD Core Retail Sales m/m 0.3% 0.2% 0.0%

USD Retail Sales m/m 0.3% 0.3% -0.4%

USD Unemployment Claims 315K 334K 323K

USD Import Prices m/m 0.9% 0.6% 0.1%

Rarely bother to look the one on the PPV and never bother with the one on the Freeview. I only come on this thread so I can wind you boys up.

:o)

What a nice lady!

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No - the PPV has sadly long lost its way.

Well if Ian or Mike bother to read this, it's mainly because they started copying Freeview threads onto the PPV imo. The main reason for going on the PPV in the first instance is to get away from all the shit on the Freeview - not to have it thrust into your face!

What ARE you trying to say! :-))

I think a third of the posters on here are MRSI and his multiple alter egos.