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

you don't merit such an honour :-)

US growth cools to 2.6% in fourth quarter
The US economy grew 2.6 per cent in the fourth quarter – below consensus expectations for a 3 per cent increase. That was a marked slowdown from the 5 per cent annualized pace set in the third quarter.
Real personal consumption spending rose an annual 4.3 per cent in the fourth quarter, accelerating from the 3.2 per cent in the third, according to official data.


markets won't like that
it's also the last trading day of the month, which would likely bring erratic trading in any case

this may interest you from IG .....

Sunday indices
FTSE, Germany 30 and Wall Street markets are available for Sunday trading from 8am until 10.40pm (London time).

FTSE, Germany 30 and Wall Street markets are available for Sunday trading from 8am until 10.40pm (London time).

And how much did IG lose on the CHF Black Swan? They've got to recover their £30m losses somehow, and a fool and their money are easily parted, I suppose. But why anybody, anywhere would ever trade against a B book broker mystifies the hell out of me.

No more than £30m. (About the value of Cynic's portfolio!)
"IG says the precise level of the impact will be partially dependent on the company's ability to recover client debts, but in total it will not exceed £30m, from market and credit exposure."

i wish :-)
unlike some, i don't have a property empire and an imminent development of some high rise city apartment block :-)

dow really struggling to hold 17,300 so 17,200 def on the cards once more
it's bounced strongly from there a couple of times, but perhaps not this time
if not, look for 17,100 for stronger support
....... or so it is said

below is the dow chart for the last 30 days ..... talk of a roller coaster!

Last 6 months , i'm just trying to use my new found charting/ pasting skills .

Heaven help us....

you're like a child with a new toy :-)
you might like to play at making them smaller too :-))

Don't confuse me now ..

dow
17,200 now smashed south ..... all aboard at 17,100 i guess

Gave away 50% of my profits in the last 30 mins again. Total dipstick.Should have set off to the pub at 8.30pm.

at least you walked away with profits
had i had the time and inclination, there was certainly a lot of money to be made on the dow yesterday evening, for it zipped about quite radically

with close at ~17175 it's anyone's call where next
monday could be lively again in any case as it's the first trading day of feb

i am very puzzled that ftse remains so strong whereas dow is now a tad below 17100 and down another 90+ points since friday close

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fingers poised to have a small long dow

Short and staying short still... Its a day of doing nothing on the markets but twiddling fingers and watching....

have banked my profit on ftse short

got a bit excited and went long dow a bit early at just below 17,100

cashed in too early for +50 pts, but at least it was a decent profit ..... too pre-occupied elsewhere

Another day of large swings. Certainly tests the ticker.