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

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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!

Madness , i'd want girls aloud to stay the night for that much , all of them .

They've sold out - I never even managed to get on the site - no con at all!!

Grab a bargain :-

Leave it a week or two and then try:
http://www.getmein.com/

I'm sure there are other reputable sites which sell on tickets for people who find that they can't go.

9980 large short opened on the DAX

who's got the us employment numbers?
whatever they were, there seems to be no significant impact on the market(s)

CAD Employment Change 25.8K 24.5K -28.9K

CAD Unemployment Rate 7.0% 6.9% 6.9%

CAD Labor Productivity q/q -0.1% 0.7% 1.0%

USD Non-Farm Employment Change 217K 214K 288K

USD Unemployment Rate 6.3% 6.4% 6.3%

USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%

U.S. gains 217,000 jobs in May; unemployment 6.3%

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. added 217,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate held steady at 6.3%, suggesting that a spring-induced economic expansion shows little sign of letting up, according to government data released Friday. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had expected an increase of 210,000 nonfarm jobs. Employment gains for April and March were little changed, the Labor Department said. In May, professional services, health care, bars and restaurants and transportation added the most new jobs. Yet two key sectors that pay well, manufacturing and construction, only gained a combined 16,000 jobs. Average hourly wages, meanwhile, rose 0.2% to $24.38, and they are up 2.1% over the past 12 months. The average workweek was unchanged at 34.5 hours. The labor-force participation rate was also unchanged at 62.8%, which matches a 36-year low. The government said 282,000 new jobs were created in April, down slightly from a preliminary 288,000. March's gain of 203,000 was unchanged. So far in 2014 the economy has gained an average of 214,000 jobs a month, about 10% above the 2013 pace of 194,000.

Dax is too fast to comment on right now, have taken first profit and looking get back in over 9987

The result of QE.... I'm wondering if this will break right now...

being of nervous disposition, i have banked a couple of adequate profits on longs of C+M Index and HG+HC Index

both the above are very volatile, and i really can't believe that dow can keep powering north ..... if there's profit-taking later this evening, which would be very nice(!), then both the above could open sharply lower on monday

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shortie - south or north?