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

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

I think markets are going to wobble come election time and if Labour wins watch out !!

but get the rhythm right and there's plenty to be made

like wot i sed last night ..... index has surged through both 25+50 dma
shall now watch for when to cash in

out at 6912.8 ..... fiscal year off to great start :-)

Have you turned in to one of those seaside kids with the pseudo Jamaican accents :)

wot i rote is more millwall than brixton

I'm talkin about those white kids that speak a mixture of cockney and Jamaican and call the police the Fed's but they come from Kingston Upon Thames not Kingston Jamaica where they would crap themselves and run a mile .

an excellent day at the ranch :-)

watch DOW to see if it can crack through 18,000 again
if it manages it, and with some impetus, then it could be onwards to 18,200

keep that greed under a tight rein!

Manuel,

Are you suggesting that you are going vote Labour then?

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