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

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

the market is clearly betting on Grexit

this site gets worse and worse
not only is posting comment slow to chronic, but i just went check the chart for dow (INDU) and it still shows yesterday's date and thus the level shown is about 100 points adrift too

hopeless!!

I'll post this - see how long it takes.

Edit - it was instant. Might be your PC or your broadband.

even if that were to be the case, and i think not, the charts are still hopeless

Re the charts, I think MAM only show live charts for when the market is open.

Lots of posts are lagging as are some charts and prices, but the problem is intermittent, so no way of knowing what's right and when.

The lagging is an ongoing problem, folks. Have a look at the BUGS
thread to see all the complaints.