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

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

made a small profit long earlier and have now banked small profit (24 pts) short

Well done Cynic

it's like a pinball machine out there :-)

i got out of dow at 16150 and thought i was pretty smart as it then recovered to about 16180
within 10 minutes it's dived again to 16135 but has been perhaps 20 points lower than that

I've got one eye on it and the other on a 426 Hemi...

That's @50 years old now Shortie.

Small long FTSE @6540.7

It is, but it still holds its own in every department except sat nav and fuel economy!

If your talking about the cars that fitted it - great in a straight line! :-)