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

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.

The DOW looks like it's testing 16700+ support at the moment. I'll look to buy at around 16723 ish if it gives up a further 50pts, a break below the cloud and lower trend line however indicates a change in direction and a move lower.

Noting the uptrend in gold, the EBOLA outbreak and tensions around the world no doubt will act to strengthen the USD and as such should support safe havens like gold to some degree. A considered buy I think

Have you got a new ink cartridge? :-)

Their screen shots, I use this software called greenshot, you select the area then click upload to imgur then copy and paste the http link... very technical stuff for me!!

Sorry - I was being facetious.

lol...

Short DOW @ 16787

and again @ 16,778

closed for +25

I'm making a bit of a pig in a poke of it this afternoon - a few scalps after closing overnight short earlier - currently short from 6,757.

Must admit I'm making more use of trailing stops these days and it seems to be paying off so far (famous last words I know) You're the right side now Skinny. looks like the only way is down at the moment.

Closed for now @6,732.

et voilà!!!

16696 gone long

16710 that'll do me +14