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

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)

+129.5 on Wall St yesterday, a few more days like this would be nice.

Harry up or down I don't care which as long as its not sideways...

A little bit more than just tree shaking this week?

Well done Shortie - crude just gone below $63.

Thanks Skinny, yeah I'm keeping an eye on crude, and jet fuel and also gold, silver in the metals market. Worth noting the decline in the Chinese construction market, might take a look at cement and steel over the weekend http://www.globalcement.com/news if I get some free time..!