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

Taken from the ASC thread!!



Nothing further to say!

It takes 2 to tango cynic.

no gf, he took cynic post from asc tread as sort of true/false indicator to my trade at that time...
like cynic is sort of guru or expert....
im dying form laugh honestly.. !

LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - European shares slumped on Friday, with Germany's stock market - one of the region's best performers after the 2008 financial crisis - falling to a one-year low as concerns mounted over the German and global economies. The DAX .GDAXI , which had soared to a record high of 10,050.98 points in June, fell 1.9 percent to 8,831.45 points by 1159 GMT after falling to a low of 8,788.21, the lowest level since October 2013. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 was down by 1.3 percent at 1,296.50 points, while the euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 .STOXX50E retreated 1.3 percent to 3,004.83. The recent sell-off has prompted U.S.-based investors to cut their exposure to Europe, according to data from Thomson Reuters Lipper that shows European equities suffering their biggest outflows in two months in the seven-day period ended Oct 8. A Lipper poll of 109 U.S.-domiciled funds invested in European stocks, which include exchange-traded funds' (ETFs) holdings, shows net outflows of $329 million, the biggest weekly redemptions since mid-August. ID:nL6N0S51LH The DAX has been hit hard this week by a raft of poor data from Germany, Europe's biggest economy, including statistics on Thursday which showed that German exports in August had fallen by their largest amount since January 2009. ID:nL6N0S40JB Traders said the International Monetary Fund's decision this week to cut its global growth forecasts, and worries about the Ebola virus - which has hit travel stocks - were also weighing on equity markets. "I don't think there'll be a full-on meltdown, but I think we will be in a bearish market for the next few weeks," said Darren Courtney-Cook, head of trading at Central Markets Investment Management. EUROPEAN 'QE' ON THE WAY? The DAX's decline on Friday pushed it below the 8,900 point level which had marked previous low points reached this year, and Courtney-Cook said the index had scope to fall to the 7,500 point level over the next month. Yet in spite of the stock market pullback, with the DAX down by around 8 percent since the start of 2014 and the FTSEurofirst 300 down 2 percent, some investors still felt European equities could recover and rally in November and December. Many fund managers have argued that the poor German economic data could put more pressure on the European Central Bank to undertake new economic stimulus measures, such as quantitative easing, which could lift stock markets. "I've been taking profits but I would not necessarily run and hide from European equities," said Caroline Vincent, European equities fund manager at Cavendish Asset Management. "The poorer the data gets, the more likely it is that the ECB will do QE." Europe bourses in 2014:

BQE eventually starting to wake up, driven by EBOLA news.

Skinny - as per my previous chart its worth noting the range of the downside movement being some 200pts...

Would you agree the range?

Looks like this mornings position (posted) just broke even.

8850 small long on the DAX

Really hard to call anything with these markets at the moment DAX and DOW up and down like a brides nightie .

Shortie - I was tempted to go long @6358ish - purely off the indicators earlier - but I didn't - looks like it may have netted a max 27ish points.

I think we're starting to see ranges form which helps with long/shorts as per my earlier FTSE chart... Haven't bothered to look at the US yet.... Thought I'd risk a small one on the DAX, indicators showing the fall has been overdone. FTSE losses are nicely covered by Euro crosses, so I may continue to piss against the wind next week.

How you both been, I haven't been on here for a while now??

Losing money with consummate ease - you?

Same as always Skinny trading the range!!


Quick look at the DOW, whats odds it maintains this range a little longer.

shortie.......your mates back,D000000 or what. Lets have a few of us getting together on a thread and complaining direct to management.

You Cynic-------pussy ........aswel

sticky - your comment not understood; please clarify

By Telegraph Video, video source ITN5:13PM BST 12 Oct 2014
A Texas health care worker who provided hospital care for an Ebola patient who later died has tested positive for the virus, US officials said on Sunday.
Dallas County Judge, Clay Jenkins, said in a televised statement that the health worker had asked not to be named and for their family's privacy to be respected.
Health officials said the worker was in full protective gear when they provided care to Thomas Eric Duncan during his second visit to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. Mr Duncan died on Wednesday in Dallas.
Health officials said the health care worker reported a fever on Friday night as part of a self-monitoring regimen required by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control.
If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the US.

"Markets are closed today in the US and Japan due to bank holidays."