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

A bit of respite before weekend!!!

18019 looks to have been quite a good prediction, but it's always much easier when no money at risk

Is that right Tsipras now recommending a yes vote on sunday?
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tsipras brings a variation to the old adage about broker recommendations ......
when tsipras says yes he means no and when he says no he means i didn't really mean that

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safest to be neutral o'night

yep - tsipras is a space cadet - that's for sure - off the radar! :-)

plenty of volatility between now and sunday

made a very quick few shillings before breakfast, but if i have any sense (questionable), then i'll steer clear for the rest of the day

ha ha good to hear it - yep made a bit too today - going cautiously for the moment - agreed ref the sense :-)))) lol and ditto for myself!

Closed off for weekend. No point with Wall Street having the day off for Independence. Anyone taking a position going into close for Mondays open?

not bloody likely!
there'll be more than enough opportunity to lose money once the market re-opens!

ha ha lol - i might but then again i have 2 pencils stuck up my nose and a pair of underpants on my head!! LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2DCExerOsA

market today is a bit meaningless, but nevertheless worth taking note that FTSE has just slipped south through 6600

IG sunday indices will make interesting viewing!

The IG Greek Referendum binary is still strongly pointing to a ‘yes’ victory, and at 67% suggests that a number of Syriza ministers could well be stepping down next week

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will markets crash on monday's open?
personally, i have no idea at all, and sod's law says they'll surge - and i don't think the referendum result will affect much either way

anyone else have a view?

IG Sunday Indices are quiet with FTSE showing +15 and DOW +9
Starting to look that the talk of earthquake volatility on Monday will be unfounded

now firmly south ..... both ftse and dow down about 100

NO looks to be the firm call now with indices down lots

FANTASTIC! Tally bally ho Huzzah and hoooorahhhhh!!
:-D
'With 15% of votes counted, results from the Greek referendum on terms for an international bailout suggest a victory for the "No" camp.'

saaaarrrfffffffffffffff

dz - did you leave positions open over w/e? ....... if so, you were an awful lot braver than me, but very well done indeed

(Sunday) FTSE showing -150, and imo that's pretty much low enough
any disagreement?