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

6,764.9

Just closed @6,737.3 +27.6.

i had a small dow short which i closed first thing this morning as it seemed to be going nowhere - but of course it subsequently did!

still have a small ftse short running from 6773 - not yet decided what to do with that

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banked the profit at 6741

Short again @6,747.7.

Closed half @6,716.5 +21.2

on edit - make that 31.2!

1967.6 out., thanks.

Leaving the rest to see how this air crash pans out.

markets are more unpredictable and skittish than usual ..... why on earth the markets should react because of a malaysian airliner crash in ukraine, heaven knows ......currently no index positions

Because it looks as if it may have been shot down.

confess i assumed it had just crashed ...... obviously one side can't tell a malaysian civil airliner from an enemy jet fighter

Here's the current blurb from the BBC & Reuters

thanks but just seen it on line ...... unbelievable incompetence

small short ftse 6718
dow is tumbling rapidly again and it doesn't look good for the morning

having my 1:3 got my book but seeing this go to 1949.7 feel left table half full..wrrr

Off out all day - just closed my FTSE short @6696.8 +50.9.

Nice profit Skinny, I exited my FTSE shorts this morning... Not much time to trade at the moment...

TESLA (TSLA)
bought just a few this afternoon at $216 - it has been >$250 within the last couple of months
though it's a heavily rated share already, it certainly has a good following
more importantly, china has removed sales tax (10% i think) on electric cars and that is where Tesla are having a big push

it's certainly a very attractive car, but i do wonder about the build quality, but what do you expect from american cars

Dead Loss.

we'll see
i didn't buy many and i'll just tuck them away

They all say that.

at least it's started in the right direction and is +$4 since i bought