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

FTSE / DOW

painfully slow day.... thank god for Clash of Clans

I fell asleep , i usually wait for the football to send me off .

Long @6665.1

Tell me about it Skinny!!

I closed that one in profit +7 and the 6717.8 for +15.

However, I still have the one from 6,764.6 - why on earth didn't I just stay short?

Cue Hilary stage right!

Long again @6,668.3.

Why do I get the feeling it'll test the 6550 support line now!!.

Just closed a small DOW @16841 +31.

Well done Skinny.

Cheers Shortie - closed FTSE +15, only have the one @6,764.6.

I've been watching the DAX this afternoon - one of your favs?

I just have one FTSE bet at the moment at 6675.8. Have closed a few profits but mainly taken losses today... Expect the DAX to remain under pressure for as long as the Portugal issue is in play... Now what was it super Mario was banging on about the last few months to do with supporting the banking sector... I'm surprised there's not been a statement...

FTSE long now nicely in the money

Dax appears to be bouncing off support. going long at 9740

6756.8 FTSE long closed

shortie, skinny and all, good new trading tool for you here..........

http://www.fxcmapps.com/trading-station/real-volumetransactions-indicators/?CMP=SFS-70160000000MvRqAAK

does it have a good link to paedophile sites too? :-)

You should know Alf.. your the Tory around here -):

Be carefull what you wish for Cynic.

GF, I'm not one for all these bells and whistles apps that tell you when to buy and sell... I've seen plenty of people pay good money only to end up losing a small fortune on these kind of things... I much prefer my trusted old method of just going with the flow and keeping up to date with all the push and pull factors influencing things.