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

not a pretty sight .... see also almost exactly a month ago

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what unbelievably crazy markets ..... i've been zipping but i'm sure that even if i had been glued to the screen, i'ld never have read the direction correctly

phew!
thought i was going to have to fund more or take a bath, but have now escaped from FTSE with a good profit (about 70 points) but pretty happy to leave dow running for now

Why are we down so much today ?
It can not be VW cars making such a negative impact.
China seems OK today.
Perhaps because leaders are meeting at UN to discuss Syria and action against IS ?
- If so this should not be such a drag on markets -
a war is probably good for resource stocks etc

Maybe tomorrow we shall have a bounce back, as could be just dealers short
selling to create activity ( shake the tree ) and buy back at cheaper prices.
I do not see any reason myself for such a fall in markets - any ideas

rekirkham - 28 Sep 2015 15:15

'I do not see any reason myself for such a fall in markets - any ideas'

Best time to sneak up behind ya, and shake your tree :~)

I will probably stay in my purchase of FRES today at 600.33, and hope for a recovery tomorrow.
That is what usually happens when the markets fall heavily without real justification - like today

It seems to me to try and trade short because the slightest scare and down it goes .

have bravely (rashly) just gone long FTSE at 5971

patshere -
I don't want any males shakin' my tree except me.
You are not female by any chance - in which case I may allow you to shake my tree.

He , sorry she looks something like this Kirk !!!!

Thanks jimmy b - I recon she could shake my tree -
although I may need 48 hours notice now.
Is she the one who shakes your tree ?

Nice wallpaper! :-)

Especially on the big screen.

No Kirk i prefer Cindy ..Managed to blow this one up skinny !

What the hell is happening jimmy b ?
I normally only start looking at sexy pictures when I get bored.

... do you have many more, i'm getting excited ?

Better than watching the stress on screen at the moment .

Here's one of cynic .

i have my fans too :-))

Thinking of going long on FTSE too cynic . Still heading South at the moment .

good job you didn't
DOW trying very hard to fall below 16,000 ...... 15,664 26/8/15