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

6265.5 closed +61.5

Debating another long, knew it'd come back but back to upper edge of cloud to test quick support is abit overdoing it...

Thanks, looks a bit busy for me -):

Lol, it is, it's as busy as the markets are at any given time and then a little more as your trying to look ahead... Anyway that's me done now, might have a trade in this afternoons session once Wall St is up..

I thats right Shortie get them shorts closed.

Santa ain't coming this year GF !

GF I was long on this mornings one.....

Yep lads, kicked it into touch. Cant be assed. Enjoying working at the local community centre.

Fantastic to get back out into the real world.

6178.3 gone long

dow may be worth looking at if it dumps as low as 17,000 - which is far from impossible

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whoops!
i see dow dropped as low as 17035 which i missed entirely as was down at the gym .... has now recovered nearly all

Cynic I've just spent the last few days analysing the FTSE to trade, haven't the time to properly do the DOW as well right now.

6214.5 position closed +36.2

I think he was just trying to find a way of informing us that he had been to the gym!.....unlikely as that seems!!! ;o)

Alf at a Gym?.. I've heard it all now -):

Well played Shortie.

Cheers Skinny, you been rather quiet recently, hope every things ok..

Something to consider, oil is down due to high level of production, by US.
OPEC has not increased production, but US has.

Demand is not fallen if any.

Is media misleading/confusing the market or I am missing something?

Yes thanks - except for the early morning stuff, I've been tied up with children/grandchildren and like cynic - the gym! :-)

it's true, it's true ..... i see a personal trainer (a bloke!) twice a week for an hour and have been doing so since the beginning of april ...... never needed to lose weight but decided i wanted to improve overall fitness and strength (good for the golf too!)

Hmm, they really can't price it today! Could be a lively afternoon session. #traders'delight!!