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 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

DOW
down a further 230+
confess i have no idea at all where this might find support

Long a little UKX @ 6239....

The Grave!

I hope my guess is right!

better get there before the markets do :-)

common sense says that the falls are ridiculously overdone, but of course falls and, to a slightly lesser extent, rises are self-feeding

perhaps ......
FTSE support at 6,200
DOW support at 16,700

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and while i was writing the above, straight down through 16,700 without even a blink

This one seems to fat or thin!

Why o Why does Stockwatch or Trades go down at this minute?

16,700 now holding but without much conviction and certainly no inclination to chug let alone surge north

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and now crumbled - 17,670

jaw-dropping ....Dow now down to 17,600

Panic if this follows through next week