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

here's the clue - from FT ......

Tsipras flies to Brussels to salvage deal
Greek compromise offer faces calls by creditors for significant revisions

http://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2015/jun/24/greek-crisis-eurogroup-meeting-tsipras-backlash-live#block-558a7c73e4b024f829c5d0ed

fantastic day so far - heard some whispers will update if i can firm them...................
gla

i suppose if you're really concentrating hard, there's money to be made, but the range has actually been pretty tight

A real tug of war going on this morning.

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18,000 or 17,988 would make an interesting point from which to go long

i took my own advice, but set too low a limit which has now been easily hit
still, a 50 point profit is not to be sneezed at

if one has the time and concentration, there could easily be some fair gyrations today of which to take advantage, depending on the news emanating from brussels

like wot i said!

DOW actually dumped right down to 17,950, but was distracted by MrT's ravings, though have managed a modest dabble (long) at 17,976

Manuel,

Is Tinker in the bed next to you?

not even the same padded cell :-)

padded cell - dont forget the straight jackets! very interesting day

now out with a modest 24 points profit

DOW really struggling to hold 18,000

DOW is now looking very soggy indeed at 17,965
i can't remember the next support below, but 17,850 rings a bell

nowt wrong with 24 pts - will it be more saaarfff (as they say in essex lol) tomorrow - probably - good to see the greek daylight robbery, sorry i mean deal falling apart ;

dow - didnt hold - yummy :-)

if you're short, you'll be doing well .... now 17,905
don't get greedy as we all know these things can turn on a sixpence, or even a few drachma

greedy - moi?! :-)
seriously agreed - never nice to see a profit evaporate