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

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

Made a small amount yesterday on the trade post 18344. Not in long on that one.

Going to see what happens over the weekend before stepping in again.

FTSE
6310 resistance cleared with ease, so if DOW reflects this recovery, getting back above 16,970 (i would like a LOT higher!) and holding, then just maybe we'll have a few days respite or even better

all looking very flakey once again

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time to hide behind the sofa as Dow collapses again just before the open, taking FTSE with it

Sell in May and go away was the right call for this year.

for me, until the last couple of weeks, def not so