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

Just closed @6571.9 +30.2.

Check out Faroe Petroleum you lot....worth more than a punt....(FPM)....

Naaaahhh...Drive a 911 porsche turbo s.....there is one in my street...absolutey fabulous(with a poshie accent)....

Shortie, you a Santa pod man like myself??

Just closed a FTSE short @6582.6 + 13

Closed out FTSE longs this morning taking profits, now short off 6584.

Balerboy - I used to be a Santa-Pod man, back in the days when I owned an Evo.

As for the Porsche, well the Ruf (Porsche) 930 twin turbo is the one for me.

Cynic - Are you the owner of a Supersport?

yes; i was surprised at how much better it was than the regular GT
and no, i never ever buy new :-)

used to have a 911 many years ago, but Beloved hated it, and you sure knew it if you drove it a long way

I've owned fast cars but never a luxury brand or a new car. Here's to maybe one day though! FTSE 1 Hr below

confess that "tarts' cars" are a fringe benefit of one's own company
in fact, i only drive about 7/8,000 miles a year, and it's such a hedonistic pleasure

We going down again today , for god's sake .

'tis very unpredictable as wall street showed last night

Wall st doesn't tend to take us with it at the moment.

ok then .... add a short week with a long w/e + the great unknown of ukraine scene

FTSE / DOW

FtSE short closed 6563 +21

Considering going long as a move back to 6590 looks likely

6566.8 gone long

2 Hr Wall St

Looks probable Shortie - no figures now til 1:30.

What do you think on the DOW skinny, its not looking overbought so could well continue north. RSI has been improving, its above support and appears to have broken out of the trend...