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

Were you in on the Brinks Mat job Shortie ??

You mean cock-up Jimmy..

A bit personal! :-)

Don't forget that it's Russia Day on 12th June, folks, so anybody wishing to trade the Rouble crosses is gonna be mightily disappointed.

:o)

Earnings and economic data: The Labor Department said 312,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, up from 304,000 the week before.
But Wall Street is already looking ahead to Friday's all-important jobs report, which economists surveyed by CNNMoney predict will show the U.S. added 200,000 jobs in May. The unemployment rate is expected to tick up to 6.4%.


just so you know

G thanks Hils :-)

Still toying with 6,800.

Boom Wall St has flown. Fingers crossed it crashes.

i'll def second that!

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doesn't look like a crash to me harry......any burnt fingers??

which way wall street today?
place your bets please

I think we're all sat on a few unrealised losses waiting for these two to move off historic highs. For me I've been fortunate recently with a few short plays, high stakes over a few points, realised profits that off set the potential losses I'm holding.

i think i'll just hide under the pillow for now :-(

Numbers in 5 minutes but the market awaits 1:30pm.

What a con - Cold Play tickets went on sale at 9:30 - impossible to access the ticket site!

Think yourself lucky skinny , i'd pay not to see them .

My son asked me to get them.

I still can't even get on to the ticket site, yet a couple are already on viagogo - look
at the price!