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

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Caps trade
08.03.51

Etx trade
09.01.29 to be pedantic skinny :O)

I might call it a day in favour of The Masters

is it on the box yet?

Don't know, I just noticed that they'd started... Can you believe Donald is 7 over??

Sky sports 4 live 7pm. Got £10 e/w on Rory @ 6/1

I'm just doing the fantasy league, 10 of us in total £100 pot...

ESPN
Live TV coverage of the Par 3 Contest from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET on Wed, April 9, 2014.

Live TV coverage of Tournament play from 3:00 PM to 7:30 PM ET on Thurs, April 10 & Fri, April 11, 2014.

CBS
Live TV coverage of Tournament play from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM ET on Sat, April 12 and from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM Sun, April 13, 2014.

CBS Sports Network
Live TV coverage of the Masters driving range show, Masters on the Range, starting Mon, April 7 at 12:00 PM and continuing through Tournament week.
http://www.pga.com/masters/scoring/leaderboard

6547.8 small long

I'm done for the day shortie, not betting on it but wouldn't surprise me if FTSE goes as low or lower than 6510 today.

I've just got ichy fingers Chris, don't want to watch it but don't want to miss a pullback either...

LOL we'll find out in 10mins shortie those crazy yanks come out to play. Casino :O)

Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment at 2:55 P.M. Maybe that will spark something.

What a big candle! (said the actress to the Bishop)

Candles / Dojo's , i don't know whether your a Buddhist or a Karate expert.

i keep track of The Masters on my pc at the office, but the muppets have been let loose on the leaderboard and it's awful!
nothing much happening there ..... gallacher is level today after 8 and lying T12

I've got Woodland and Snedeker in my team, but also picked Matsuyama whos 8 over....

Looking for a big blue bounce Monday .

6569.5 Ftse closed + 21.7

15 Min FTSE

well done shortie ..... i'm running a small dow long from 16115 ..... it was a bit hairy for a bit but has now struggled into profit (16128) ..... assuredly shan't be greedy