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

i think a lot of us are quite rightly very chary of the markets

Whats chary mean?

hesitant; reluctant

What chart thread?

LOL!!!

I'm not reluctant to trade, more reluctant to post what I'm trading due to the responses you get for shorting someone else's prized stock...

Not as bad here as over the road though Shortie.

Shortie ,post away if your shorting what i've bought it gives food for thought ,no problem on here ,as Chris said it's over the road that you'll get abuse , it's like you have killed their Mother !!!

I've not read anything there in years and have never posted...

Not seen Skinny about here in some time either.

I have read not posted ,it's like the Jeremy Kyle show.

Red "Yankee Candle" Day

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Copy of post I have made on the Chart Attack thread..... thoughts please should we close it?

goldfinger View goldfinger's profile - 26 Sep 2014 08:25 - 2137 of 2137 edit this post

Is their any point in keeping this thread going anymore??? it would appear some posters on the board hold it in very low esteem as per comments I have just seen on the FTSE and FTSE 250 -consider trading thread epic FTSE..........

goldfinger - 25 Sep 2014 16:53 - 16341 of 16354 edit this post

Would be nice if you posted them (charts) on the chart thread aswel shortie its going dead on there.

Shortie - 25 Sep 2014 17:22 - 16345 of 16354

What chart thread?

Chris Carson - 25 Sep 2014 17:23 - 16346 of 16354

LOL!!!

Skinny no longer posts nor does Seymour Clearly and the contributions from others is negligible.

Cant see any point in keeping it going with the prevailing attitudes towards it.

I may aswel ask Ian to close it down

sticky - i think it would be a shame to close that thread
though i rarely contribute, i certainly read those of others, and sometimes even act on them

US economic growth revised higher to 4.6%
The world's largest economy grew at a 4.6 per cent annual rate in the quarter to the end of June, according to a third and final estimate from the Commerce Department.
That's up from the 4.2 per cent pace previously estimated and matching the pace of growth since fourth quarter of 2011.
Economists had expected 4.6 per cent.

well done balfour beatty!
just a few weeks ago they turned down a generous offer and now come out with a profit warning
if i were a shareholder, which thank goodness i am not, i would certainly want some very senior heads to roll

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 .FTSE companies will go ex-dividend on Wednesday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the effect of the resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take 0.66 points off the index. COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND IMPACT (pence) British Land BLND.L 5.536 0.22 Intertek Group ITRK.L 16.000 0.10 Morrison Supermarkets MRW.L 4.030 0.34 Among FTSE 250 .FTMC companies going ex-dividend are: COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND (pence) AG Barr BAG.L 3.11 Bodycote BOY.L 4.60 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL FRCL.L 2.20 INVESTMENT TRUST Fisher (James) FSJ.L 7.10 Inmarsat ISA.L 18.68 (U.S. cents) Mercantile Investment Trust MRCM.L 8.00 RIT Capital Partners RCP.L 14.70 DS Smith SMDS.L 6.80

6620 support looks to me like its holding up nicely, looking for a long position.

6635.8 gone long