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

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! :-)

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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.

MRSI and his alter egos aren't particularly the issue, Skinners. They're pretty much confined to the Freeview which is where people expect to go if they're looking for a fight. And don't forget that most people are voyeurs - a punch up on a forum generally means page impressions which equates to ad revenues.

With the PPV, it's nice to have somewhere to go where everything is light hearted and where people tend to know each and get on. Remind me again, why did Ruthie stop posting? Did somebody drive her (and her army of friends) away?

I'll second that!

Shall I start an "Ask Fred" thread!

No need to start a new one, Skinners. If you use the search, you'll probably find a couple of "Fuck Off Fred" threads already in place.

Well, I for one can't upgrade... I got a MAM account for level 2 free with my spreadbetting account years ago to try out. Unfortunatly I need to re-register to upgrade the account I've got, that would mean losing my 'Shortie' profile. Maybe I'll do it one day, for now I can only imagine whats happening in the 'Traders Room'...

Sadly Shortie there isn't much point these days - if I spent the day on the PBB only threads - it would be pretty lonely.

Is that this years FTSE/DOW race over?

We'd all love to have Ruthie back, but I guess it'll never happen. Still, I have some of the old threads saved for when I feel nostalgic. Some great training in them - and Hils' Fx ones as well :-)

The NUN from Rochdale! :-)