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

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.

When you smiling when your smiling the Whole World smiles with you .......repeat repeat.

i did if you read, but went long rather prematurely
i suspect those long positions will (eventually) turn in profits, but am certainly not prepared to average down

The Fund Managers are all packing for the SKI SLOPES, the PI now takes over until the end of January.

here we go here we go here we go.

Cynic be QUICK reports on advfn........... IG Index LOCKING IN punters?

he he Love it, now hes telling us after the event.

Not the cocky little shister he was on friday afternoon, when he gave an opinion it was the end of the world. LOL LOL LOL LOL.

Even Hays as more market knowledge than you, and thats some going, believe me.

IG Index LOCKING IN punters?

meaning what???????
perhaps it's something that relates to s/b punters rather than those with CFDs

all looking quite happy at the moment, despite my crummy timing

try reading 16910 and 16913
try doing some homework before throwing accusations, or i'll tell my daddy - and he's been dead 11 years!

Be careful you don't join him!

gf - :0) ,,, When your smiling

The whole world smiles with you!


Without your keks on!!!

Thought you would be in Hollywood by now mate, what a star you are in that new Aldi advert :0)

he he............ LOL Fred.

Hey Chris.........can you pin point why Everton are doing so badly at the moment. ???????

I like this champagne

And I like this champagne

But I don't like these tight underpants!

What a star you are gf!

CARD now in profit Cynic.

Chris be honest you wear the underpants over your head of your higher class mates at the golf club at xmas.

Always been an ass licker.

(filtered once again)

Hey gf can you point out why United won 3-0 and your goalie get's man of the match?

Under the lights at Goodison tonight watch a proper team eh. Look forward to seeing you in the ad break at half time, Aldi pulled a scoop there with you :0)

Ps I don't care who beats LFC!