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

yum yum 17500 next to breech :-)

Palladium is acting very strongly in a sea of commodity red.....

London?

not entirely sure what it's used for, though it has one esoteric use for attracting moisture (i think) from between the walls of cryogenic tanks

Catalytic converters on road vehicles and also fuel cells.

30 day palladium and daily chart.......see here.........

http://www.kitco.com/charts/livepalladium.html

hmm ..... ftse has failed significantly to hold this morning's early gains - now down 40 at 6467 having been as high as 6520 at some point

similarly, cash dow is now only +30 at 17565 having climbed just above 17600 earlier

DAX short @ 9827.8, Wall St short @ 17563.5

9809.2 DAX closed +18

closed ftse short +14

may try dow long if i can be bothered to concentrate

17643 gone short Wall St again

bugger .... had to answer an e- and missed out

House of cards, another 20 and I'll short again.

17752 sold again last one. Average 17652.8 which will do.

17752 closed 17740 +12

See if it heads back again

Wall St trades look very good now.

had 4 positions 3 of which hit their limits during the evening, so very happy

Like wise, all my shorts closed out in profit, yesterday was a no brainer... Maybe we'll get another today!!

A Santa rally would be nice.....for those of us who like to see stocks increase in value! ;o)