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

So will I, time to go home..

Took a hit on yesterday's shorts on Dow and FTSE - stopped out on both. Have sat on my hands most of today. Now short @ 6559 again.

I only hold equities for yield, only have a few, mainly bonds in my ISA now.

Friday 4.30 = pint or two. ;)

Pint & curry with my son - no guesses for who is paying!!

Yep good idea, stella for me. Mind its manic friday so there may be nutters in the pub sloshed.

ah the "wife beater" ..... explains a lot

No I started drink proper stella in Bredene near Ostend on a football tour at 14 in Belgium.

If you get used to it no problems.

Anyway Kim would murder me.

does she drink it too?

He takes a beating most nights

prob in the dungeon (cellar) at Dolphin Square when he's in London .... bet he's a habitue of Torture Garden as well

I wouldn't know about such places .

time to go home so closed out dow short at 17760.4 = profit 43.6 .... big smiley face for the 2nd time this afternoon

dow :-)

Anybody know which companys produce Olive oil on the London Markets?.

Iknow NBPO do but if I remember rightly there is another one and cant remember it.

Anyone bothered today about US Market?

Are some of the SPS wrong on this site?

They just dont tie up with IG Index.

eg, PAG, HOME, OCDO, EMG

it s either this site or IG but I havent seen anyone else complaining??????????

for sure IG L2 will be correct as they're live market prices

dow challenging 17900 yet again
certainly not impossible that it will break that barrier with impetus during the course of trading today
fingers x'ed as have opened small long at 17883