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

the dow looks as though it had a very quiet day, showing a loss of <30, but that disguises yet another roller-coaster day where it rose above 17,900 then fell below 17500 and finally settled a little above 17600

Morning guys, blimey, should have held my positions...

i have a modest ftse short from yesterday at 6467, but certainly did not expect that dump o'night

I've just gone long on FTSE, 6443.. Have to say didn't expect the dump either but haven't looked at it since leaving work yesterday.

6472 I'm out

6476 gone short

was too busy on the phone and missed taking a ftse profit (have left running) but now have modest long in dow which is just in the money

i wonder if today will be like yesterday with dow .... hairy scary, but plenty of opportunities to make money in both directions

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prob end up trying to be too clever by half :-)

The DOWs your baby, I don't tend to play there and don't follow it...

6468 I'm out again.. mixed signals

6469.8 short again. 6475 resistance noted..!

i'm going to the gym shortly so shall almost certainly close one position
my inclination is the ftse short which is currently in the money, though not by much, as i think dow shows more profit prospect

FTSE 10min, last weeks low 6366 ish is current support and where to watch..

Which pub's that then cyners??

LOL

Probably this one :-)

:))

Sports and Grill Bar, I give Cynic more credit, much more likely to be this one..

http://www.gymskitchen.com/?page_id=881

The man of the moment!!

Leyton High Rd. eh? As he only gets a 3 hour lunch break that should be just the job.

Some 'interesting' ones when you start to look -