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

FTSE has struggled up to a pretty hefty hurdle at just over 6800
in the recent past, it has stumbled here, so i am certainly unwilling to take any postion, but it should be monitored carefully

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neither dow nor ftse could their day's highs and it is starting to look more and more that south is the next direction

FTSE 100 not being helped by Miners. Will it turn around soon?

DOW 30 Assisted by Apples' recent uptick.

all a bit dozy but drifting ever more south as was always likely

starting to watch DOW
if 18,000 hit, which is far from impossible, then may have a small dabble though im not convinced that will the bottom

i've had a little dabble long 17,990 ....... now wait and see how bright a move that was - or not!

IBM taking Dow with it today with help of United Tech.

no real damage done, so more than happy to stay put

crikey cynic good luck - very surprised you went long- i am out on my short but maybe a bit early - trends indicate more saaaaaaarrrrrrrffffffff for now

gl

not forgetting apple et al.....................

been watching - might start a long myself on the dow shortly circa 17880 - cant make up my mind!! lol!

in / out small profit just over 17900 - cant be bothered to watch this anymore today - tomorrow is another day - gl to anyone with a dow (and any other) position

YUM! :-)
Those tech giant results are pouring out. Microsoft posts loss of $3.19bn on restructuring. Nokia, weak demand for Windows, and job cuts all not helping. Apple out also et al............... we know where this is going ;

certainly made a wrong call ..... it's only a small position, but AAP's numbers have smashed that one, and indeed several other tech results met with considerable disappointment

after hours, dow dumped further 50 to 17,865 .....need to contemplate whether to sit it out or cut or even reverse

FTSE 100 taken a kicking this morning.

FTSE now at a point where there's possible support and thus a bounce may be there for the taking .......

DOW is already recovering a bit, possibly courtesy of coca cola's numbers

the tailor is slowly stitching my shirt back together :-)

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i'm a clot and got too busy with other stuff as could have escaped at b/e (i averaged down), so i'll have to wait again with fingers x'ed

Good god! Reasonable self-introspection at last.

Watch out!

comes from looking up my own arse ..... i'm sure you have similar view :-)

Not of your arse.


What's it like.

You seem to spend a lot of time doing it!