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

Looking oversold, or breaking out even lower, anyone got any views?

Dax closed 9292 +17

Short DOW 16542. EBOLA spreading too fast - WHO, yikes, don't like the sound of that!

Closed @ 16486 +56. It will probably tank now.

it's all over the place

I closed a short @6657 +36 - hoping to re-short above the finish.

Short DOW again @ 16529

9170.5 gone long on the DAX

9193.5 closed +23

Nice one Shortie.

Well done Shortie - I was stopped out of DOW last night for +32

Cheers guys, I had a few plays on the DAX this morning, all out at profits now.

I might begin Shorting Apple this afternoon

9627 short AAPL

Short DOW @ 16482

9553 AAPL closed +74

That looks like a gravestone doji on the FTSE?

Haven't played the Dow for years, never profitably, but had a small go on Friday & today, both with modest profits. Where's my MOTU badge?

SC, I have 'Cycling Proficiency.' I think that's all you need :-)

dow - 16500 just about holding, as it rather needs to ..... shall be happier to see it close a reasonable lump higher though

Ah, well no wonder I never made money on it Rocky. :-)