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

Thanks skinny , that'll help .

Is it the weekend yet?

Long @6553.

Don't look now - 4 green candles in a row on the 10 minute.

6554 gone short.

Swine! :-)

Closed +5.5

Since when did you ever worry what I was doing Skinny.... Short not looking good..

Hence the smile - looks like I was a bit previous - heyho!

DOW +100

That bloody TV thing next to the add post box is annoying me now.

On here?

Yes, as per the below, you see it?

No, I don't get it.

Shortie ive complained to MAM about it ,it's on every page .

Probably just aimed at the 'part timers' :-)

Are you talking about the video advert on every page ?

Been going all day, over and over... Obviously Moneyam is using the advertising to make some money.. I get it there accross all threads..

Yeah the video advert, as for us part-timers I can see me becoming a no-timer on the threads before too long.

I will not be on here if this doesn't stop ,which thicko thought it was a good idea to have Barry Scott screaming at you every time you open a new page ,After more than 10 years i'll just stick to IG

Its probably only meant to appear once per session - I'd email Ian - support@moneyam.com