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

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

Andre Minassian believes the lift hasn't got up to the Penthouse Suite yet!!!

consensus is that these horrid figures are just a nasty blip and the coming months will see a return to job growth .... and possibly earnings too

Claret D

And oil won't go up , until they get rid of Putin

i confess that oil is likely to stay low longer than i anticipated as i had not reckoned on rapprochment with iran

17654 - so i did at 08:00 this morning :-)) ..... and now out at +139, though still have other longs running at a bit higher

DOW has gone bonkers and is now up 335 .... and i thought i had done well taking profits on a new position about 175 points lower!


FTSE must surely be worth a punt as cash is up a paltry 12 points at 6870 even though both 25+50 dma levels are only slightly above this, so perhaps causing some resistance