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

LOL Fred.

Cynic after the event man. LOL

Starting to look oversold again

GF - no idea what you're talking about ...... indeed i rather suspect you've been on the sauce too heavily at lunchtime
one thing's for sure, now is not the time to be throwing money into the ring

Stupid reply cynic. Havent touched the sauce since last thursday when Kim bollocked me for overdoing it with the boys on a night out.

Just a little scrtach on a 20 million pound stock portfolio.

And if you like big GEORGE SOROS raiding the little mans till, well hes welcome 'TO UP YOURS'.

what on earth is up with you today?
you really are being very strange indeed and not making an ounce of sense

6148.5 gone long

Your obviously the one who has been on the sauce.

Just because your drinking posh vintage from France doesnt rule you out as a piss head.

Seek your GPs help.

a brave extra dow long at 17157

Half closed +15

Very good day today for me, some very large bets and some very large profits.

Nowhere near in your league though GF...

Closed for a further +6... Relieved to have closed, losing my bottle to bet big today now!

Obviously Shortie,

Just wait while I join you in Sept next year after all the high risers built and a clear field ahead.

Ill be tapping your shoulder every second. (need some up to date coaching on indicies)

Cant wait.

Me coaching!! Hey I just trade what I see, its like 'catch phrase' and sometimes I post what I'm trading too.

closed at 17195 (limit hit) as not able to pay 100% attention

Look at the reversal (go long) cross, I was right, shame I lost my nerve, RSI doesn't look up for it though so back to waiting!

dow is all over the shop, and (almost) too dangerous to play unless you're glued to the screen

Then wait and trade when your happy and able to do so. There will always be another position, but you might not always have funds to trade!

you're spot on; it was merely a comment :-)
in fact, just to illustrate the point, in the 30 minutes since i last posted, dow has dropped back about 55 to 17204

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closed at 17195 (limit hit) as not able to pay 100% attention...........................ends

Cheers Shortie..

Cynics too busy watching PORN.