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

And what were you trying to achieve by copying and posting the comment on advfn about me on the FLYB thread gf if it wasn't an attempt to incite me. I thought you had me on filter anyway!

We had a very peaceful day on this bulletin board yesterday without your input and the minute you came back you start stirring it again. As I said before you must be a bulletin board administrator's nightmare.

Looks like doodlebug is up to his usual tricks TRASHING THREADS

chris - it would do no harm for you and DD to pipe down too :-)

much more importantly

Dow is having a few short and short-lived bounces, but it is of concern that even 16900 is now looking too great a hurdle
if that is so, then about 16750 becomes the next hoped support

Feel the love

:-(
no love on dow
i'm still holding a relatively old dow long and have made a few shekels this afternoon/evening on that tack, but it's certainly looking very sick and barely holding 16800 at the moment

16770 as I type.

there's some earnings numbers out after close which include kfc
i don't expect these to be good for i recollect something nasty in china re chix a month or so ago
it is therefore very likely that dow will indeed hit 16750 or even a tad below .... if so, i think i'll be a modest buyer
it may also be worth considering shorting ftse as that currently shows (cash) at -37 (6467) which may be on the generous side for tomorrow's opening

money with mouth
small dow long at 16757.6 .... just missed the current bottom by a few points

recent bottom.. (?!) lol
must be expertise knowledge..

if you're actually interested, which i doubt, then 16750 though it has now fallen slightly below that

wtf ?! lol
16723..and counting of course.. and will more..
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please don't come back there and make me laugh anymore

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DOW
16595 now starting to look the point for decent support :-(

good grief!
markets all over the place, though see no reason

All the more reason for a nice bounce somewhere down the road . Xmas rally anyone ?

Ughhhhh....someone has mentioned Santa ......already!!!! ;o)

I know sorry ,i don't even do xmas , no decorations ,nothing i'm the original Scrooge .

Cant see why people are moaning about the markets Jimmy. If you go back to last year at this time approx, the FTSE 350 was far lower and look what a rally we got. Folk have short memories. Should use a trading diary.

That's what i was thinking GF could have a good couple of months ahead ...