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

Tonight on BBC2 9pm part 1 of part 2 documentary........."Traders: Millions By The Minute".

I wish...

the markets suddenly like something that i have not yet seen
dow suddenly +90 with ftse hanging on to its coat-tails after hours

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watch for 17160 with preferably a surge through that, though it may stumble at that point

dow is now toying with 17160, so wait and watch
as i can't/won't be glued to the screen all evening, i've banked 50% of my long position

closed and reversed at 17156.4
dow has had a couple of weak attempts at breaking 17160, and given its failure, i think there's some money to be made tomorrow on the other tack

and already banked a little 25 point profit ..... no point in tempting fate with "no" vote beginning to look ever more certain

small ftse long opened at 6811

Might be of interest to some. Not worth a bet imo, but seems as though the bookies are already paying out.

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Is anyone long FTSE ? it's looking like a NO vote .

me!

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the result was exactly what i expected, though the margin was greater
had a medium ftse long, which shows how certain i was, but now not certain what to do, if anything

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banked half, which can't be all stupid

6783.8 gone long FTSE

long dow 17168

dow support at 17160 is just about holding as i write

6681 gone long again

Anyone would think it was a YES vote !

Tesco and the miners have taken a hit Jimmy...

In a bit higher than you shortie but down and stayed in . Hoping the market turns this week.
I'm seriously thinking of starting an indices trading platform ,called , follow jimmy b do the opposite and make millions .

Just my opinion. Anyone else agree or disagree that the Major Indices have peaked and more likely to slide down the other side?

I'm staying long for now, if 6620 support fails then of course I'll review.. I currently average 6732.8 across two bets.