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

Dow stuck in treacle at these levels.

i too have no index positions at the moment

bit slow off the mark, so easily missed out when dow started to drop, but have just placed a small short at 1264.5 ...... hopefully not too bad a call, but we'll see

Had a touch first thirty this morning on FTSE 100.

Need some news as there is no movement at all on Dow.

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bugger!
got involved with other things and failed to short FTSE ..... never mind, very decent profit on dow short which i have now banked

Clunk , there go the indicies and oil ..

watching to see if dow will fall to 18,000 ..... barely 40 points above now
if so, shall def take a long

perhaps rashly, long at 18,030.4

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and as i'm about to go home, out with a little profit at 18,063.6

and back in again long at 18,016.4

That's the Dow below 50DMA.

Page 1 will give you lots :-)
actually, it's trying to rally from 18,000 albeit a bit feebly

That's the spirit cyners glass half full. Need to bounce PDQ :0)

sold 18016 position at 18052 (+36) just before close last night

cynic do you never have a go at oil ? every time it's got hammered like yesterday i have gone long (only small beer on this one ) and it always bounces back .

never, nor forex as neither are anything about which i have any understanding at all .... along with most of my other investments

long dow from 18,110 :-)

Your in the money !

confess i've had a seriously good run with the indices, and even with a few stocks, for the last 8/10 weeks

perhaps after being hammered so often, i've at last learnt to have a little nibble and then banked a respectable profit on a regular basis