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

Here's one to keep an eye on over the summer, APPL, Cynics favourite is starting to get ahead of itself once again!

Gold oversold.... We just need an event now.

How about Christmas....... theres an event.,.

Wall St 16677.5 closed 16651 for +26.5

Trend lines for the 15min???

Looks like it but it has fallen out of bed on the 30 minute?

16680 gone short Wall St.

Not far off resistence..

16680 closed at 16670 +10...

Closed a short @6838.3

Was it the 6880 one? if so well done.

Thanks - no - from today @6871.3.

Missed quite a few opportunities today - still having a few connection problems, which is annoying to say the least, especially as it affects the TV (youtube, Iplayer) etc.

BLT
worth a punt i think as sp pops back up through 200 dma ...

5.5 points off of the FTSE tomorrow.

LONDON, June 2 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will go
ex-dividend on Wednesday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the
latest dividend payout.
According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the effect of
the resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take 5.47 points off
the index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND (pence) ESTIMATED IMPACT

Associated British Foods 9.70 0.1340
National Grid 27.54 4.0729
WPP 23.65 1.2635

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

RIC COMPANY DIVIDEND(pence)

Alliance Trust 3.74
Bank Of Georgia 2.00 (GEL)
Brewin Dolphin 3.65
Cineworld 6.40
Debenhams 1.00
Evraz 0.06 (USD)
Greencore Group 1.76
Grainger 0.61
Keller Group 16.00
Laird 7.90
Murray Inc Trust 7.00
Pace 2.19
Pepretual Income & Growth 5.60
Synthomer 3.60
Taylor Wimpey 1.54

cash dow tumbling - currently -51
at least i'm short already, albeit at the wrong levels!

I've just bought NG. @876.50 for the 27.54p dividend tomorrow - I may regret the move, but they have fallen 20p (2.2%) today.

Same here

Well we both might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb!

I meant same here to Cynic's post Skinny... I'll absorb the FTSE divi tonight as already taken profits in excess of it.