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

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..!

been driving all morning ...... just stoppd for a coffee so thought i'ld catch up with the bloodbath
not sure where markets will go next ....... just a shame that i lacked the balls to hold a bundle of other shorts that i'm afraid i let rather run away

am now back in the office, and after a little contemplation have ventured to small dow long (17491)

Oil going down again .

"cynic - 12 Dec 2014 10:31 - 16909 of 16911

been driving all morning ......"

So your back in the van again then Alf -):

yup ... picking up bits of scrap metal which i can then sell on for cash ..... got lucky and found a dumped hot-water cylinder

it gave me enough funds to double up my dow long from small to modest at 17519 (avr 17505)

that wasn't very kind while i popped out to do a bit of shopping!

More like you do more "popping in" to do some work if today is anything to go by -):

hasn't modern technology caught up with you yet?
laptops (tablets and the like are too small for my liking) and mobile phones make life much easier

Advent Calamity going on.

got that dow call wrong, that's for sure ..... oh well,; just sit tight and wait i guess

Can't beat a bit of chop :)

What an encore to end the week.

dow dropped another bundle at last knockings to finish at 17280 (-315), with a bit of further weakness after hours

cash ftse showing -65, so it's effectively guaranteed that monday will be vile as well

absolutely fantastic - this drop exceeded my expectations but not my hope - i am very happy - hope everyone else doing well
gla

if you were lucky or prescient or whatever, you might have left a limit running as you could then have bought back (dow) as low as 17221

anyway, well done

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it'll be interesting to see where the indices now settle ....

ftse currently +15 after being down 60+

Cynic.........ho ho ho

interesting times eh buddy :-)

Santa is in town.

short ass, close your shorts before its too late.