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

Another doji on the FTSE - indecisive!

I hope your doing well Rocky .. I'm sure we are due a big bounce at some point .

Stopped out -8. Will watch and wait for now. Keep powder dry etc.

Shorting the rallies seems to be the way to go on the DOW at the moment. Had a small dabble @ 16491

i'm out fully too, but a rather more painfully as i was out to dinner when the bottom fell out :-(

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DAX 9050 gone long, second position.

Stopped out of DOW short last night for +76. Where to today?

I'm long FTSE @6610.1.

S3 was 6605.03 (low stamped 6606.16).

debating a long FTSE position myself

Added @6596.1.

looks quite brave as the market is almost in freefall

maybe...

DAX 9050 closed at 9073.8 for +23.8.. One position from yesterday remaining.

Closed 6596.1 @6628.1 +32

Edited!

quite surprised you closed out, but well done
did you mean the numbers you quoted? .... you can't mean 6528 as ftse never dropped anything like that low

meanwhile, dow is having a tentative attempt at a rally, though whether it will last the day remains to be seen.
mind you, that index has dumped an awful lot and the greed/fear is set at 5 (extreme fear in the extreme!), so perhaps at least a sharp bounce is on the cards ..... even so, we're still a long way short of a key hurdle of 16550

ah well; just recouped a good slab of my dow loss of last night
arguably got out a bit early at 16470, but index was looking to be struggling a little
shall now wait to see what happens as 16500 approaches, as there may be a chance for a quick short trade at that juncture

Small short DOW @ 16475
P.S. Well done Skinny

cynic - now edited - still long from 6610.1.

Thanks Rocky.

Stopped out +11