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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Or ..

FTSE / DOW

Speedy recovery Rocky.

Yes same from me Rocky .

I'm not spending as much time trading at the moment so haven't been on here much. With the FTSE 20-30 point range bound there's not much appeal to trade.

At least Rocky as woken the thread up. Look after yourself Rocky.

Must admit trading in the last 6 weeks hasnt been too exciting.

Come mid September Im hoping to be back more or less full time. Stocks that is.

markets are flippety-floppeting so, except for small excursions, i am currently trading very little anywhere - bank manager delighted :-)

Thanks everybody. It's good to talk.
I currently find myself modestly short the DOW @ 16983. I can't help but feel The EBOLA spectre that looms in Africa at the moment has been greatly downplayed.

Closed out flat. Just watching now.

Small long DOW @ 16,880. Is there anybody there......?

Added @ 16,906

Yes - just been closed FTSE @6771.

Bounce off 16,800 perhaps, or total collapse. FOMC Statement at 7:00 P.M.

Could be interesting later - I'm short again @ 6,775 unfortunately missed the drop to 6,758.

Tempted to close some as the 10 minute is looking up!

Closed DOW long @ 16,907 for +28. Looks like it's just me and you at the moment Skinny. Good hunting!

all happening today
AFR, CLLN, TCG, BG, CWD, GPX

Nice falls this morning... Exited FTSE for a nice profit, keeping an eye on the DAX as it tests support.

very glad indeed I banked my profit on C+M Index a couple of days back just as I was boarding a flight ..... should have done the same with dow long at the same time but was not concentrating on the markets at the time .... never mind, for it's not a large exposure

I am clearly very thick indeed for I note cash dow is down 115, but damned if I can determine why
what have I missed?

Yes, I thought the DOW would be heading the other way today. Glad to be watching for now.