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

FTSE
index has now tottered just below 7,000 so it needs to hold above 6960 for the close
this it should manage, though i remain generally bearish

OIL STOCKS
America's oil in storage just hit another record after rising for the 11th consecutive week.
Stockpiles rose 8.2 million barrels, or 1.8 percent, to 466.7 million barrels last week, the EIA reported today. Analysts had expected an increase of 4.75 million barrels. The amount of oil the U.S. is cranking out also edged up slightly, for the seventh consecutive week, to a rate of 9.42 million barrels a day.
Investors have been closely watching the oil gather in storage tanks, which has been rising steadily since the oil-price crash started last year. Stockpiles are more than 25 percent above their five-year average. Inventories aren't likely to max out, but even the possibility of coming close is adding pressure to an oversupplied oil market.

Yemen could be the next Black Swan if it turns to custard there.

Not looking too good again.

clearly i abandoned my dow position far too early, albeit with a very nice profit

my little ftse short is now just about in the money

Down is the new up Alf.

Up and down like cynic's draws.........

DOW
is going to close below 17,700 which is disappointing unless you're bearish

7000? Hope we don't just drift all the way down again!!!!!!

I do -):

Miserable left-winger.
2517

A bit of a bounce today. Hoping it lasts all the way into Easter, otherwise its no eggs for the Trouble :)

Another dustbin day on the FTSE 100.

50% Must be rubbish.

US jobs data was very weak as a result of which cash DOW dumped 170 points to 17589 - the US markets are closed today, but not sure about monday

my gut tells me that the drop is badly o'done but not sure if i'll dare back it with my wallet

Put your neck on it!

8-)

was tempted to take a small position at this level, but market is closed-closed so could not place even with IG

ETX CAPITAL (And probably the rest without checking)

On Monday 6th April an out of hours market will be made in the Euro Stocks 50, France 40, Germany 30 @ UK Indices opening Sun 5th April @ 2300 and throughout Monday 6th April. All other Indices will be closed apart from US Indices and Japan 225 which are open as normal. All Equities will be closed apart from US Equities which are open as usual.

Do any of you follow Andre Minassian

Had a small dabble today and out very quickly.

IG also offers from sunday, but not sure if it's worthwhile as there is no proper market against which to check levels