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

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

eventually all will calm down and prob reverse .... as always, the big question is WHEN

as it stands, DOW is now down near enough 450 to 16,500 with cash FTSE showing -160 at 6132

YUM! more china.................. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34037122

Morning.

$1.1 Trillion lost last week in USA down the back of the sofa.

More QE !!!!!!

meanwhile, strange thing at IG .... their offices appear to have been closed all w/e and still

total bloodbath a certainty this morning

Wow what a start , armageddon !!!

very thankful indeed that by far the largest % of my assets are held in bricks and mortar

Good buying op if you ask me .

no hurry if you ask me ...... ok if you're looking long(er) term, but very dangerous to try to trade

He who dares Rodney ......

the correct call is probably to sell or even short into a any rally ....... change that ...... the correct call is probably to stay neutral!

I agree ,i have however bought GKN early this morning,i see a decent return there ,happy to hold for months .

Surely a bounce in the indicies at some point ? or is this a 2009 style crash if so there will be stocks at bargain basement prices somewhere down the road .

assuredly there'll be at least DCB, but indicators are currently that such a rally will be short-lived

No respite at the moment . The world will end soon.

Implications of this sell off are going to spew into other areas not yet considered.