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

Sounds like the wife..! :-)

bought back into dow (long) at 16125 ..... bit more than i got out at before and hadn't the courage to re-dabble when it dipped ..... am sure i'll close before the end of the evening, as far too scary o'night at the moment

:-)

decided i had better things to do this evening, so just closed dow long at 16162 (+37)

Looking at this I'll leave it alone for now.

i certainly don't trust this market to stay buoyant, for ukraine is far too volatile and dangerous by half

The Ukraine and Russia have always been dangerous though. FTSE, DAX, CAC all finished above support today, if it extends tomorrow then the buying could be back on.

dow may have a further 50 points or so to rise before it hits anything serious, but i am still happy to have banked a couple of respectable profits today

ukraine/russia was all quiet if not exactly cordial until a few weeks ago when putin decided to play macho-man yet again
what happens next is anyone's guess - and markets don't like that

not so dumb ..... dow well off highs

all slowly glugging south ..... another day to sit on hands

a flurry of excitement for cash dow implies decent numbers from coca cola and johnson & johnson

6583.8, small dabble long.

Skinny, whats the overnigt yield on the FTSE?

3.2 points.

Cheers Skinny

dow - time to short?
whizzed up to 16,274 (resistance at about this level) and promptly retreated to ~16,200

hmm

Not a clue now, upward channel broke...

on dow?
going which way? ..... i'ld have thought south and certainly all pretty volatile at which you're much better at playing than me

Haven't touced the DOW, FTSE and DAX have my interest, below upwards channel on the FTSE broke 1 hr chart, it may correct 6551 and 6583 are both long positions I'm holding