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

one would like to think that the precipitous falls are overdone, but i'm afraid sentiment currently thinks otherwise

just for info, DOW intraday trading low just a week ago (12/8) was 17,125, with a close back up to 17,400

Thanks jimmy b.

Fully kitted out now.

and down we go again....Dow looking fragile once more.

17,100 now the target .... very unfunny

Gone Long Dow 17130

it actually touched 17,100 and you may well have called right, even if a bit early or a bit late

I'm also long Dow at 17,121

Out at 17,168

Toe redipped at 17,118

beat me to the question :-)

f'ing hell!!!!!
Dow dumped a further 100+ in the last 10 minutes of trading = down 350 on day
currently 16,960

Language Timothy! LOL!!!

I think it calls for a bit Effing and blinding !!

Who's going to call the bounce cause it's coming ,just when is the big question ?

Another very bad day.

6100 looks like the next major line in the sand.

cash DOW currently 16,850 ..... you have read that correctly
cash FTSE currently 6,273 which down near enough 100

very very difficult, and therefore one should almost certainly do nothing - ie stick your head in a bucket!

I think you mean DOW cynic ...

This is relentless ..

:-)

Hmmm! That's cocked things up a bit. All this volatility makes for better short-term trading opportunities however....
Stopped out Dow last night -75 @ 17,043