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

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

and out just after close last night at 18,154 (+44)

only pretty small beer, but all the bits and pieces add up quite quickly

a bit belatedly, i have just taken a small short dow at 18099

it was looking slightly shaky o'night, but now looking not so dumb after all

Not possible!

i've decided to let you out on licence (and increased medication), for rumour has it that you're pining badly :-)

What have I missed?

In relation to what subject? If you are referring to the stock market, I have seen the surface of paint gradually wrinkle and dry with a more interesting result than the market at mo! If you are referring to medication, you had better hurry as it seems HMG are about to ban all recreational drugs which make life a bit more bearable for some!!!

out dow short last night (+81)
however, dow still looks to be challenging 18,000 (south) quite seriously and the recoveries do not look so potent

greece will apparently shell out its next instalment, so a likely bounce for ftse on monday, but overall, there seems little incentive to throw more money into the market except for perhaps special sits - eg QPP might be an interesting contender

FTSE 100. Another leg down this morning