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

You twit.

You are hammering on about the market.

Look at the causes and probable outcome!

Fred keep it to the talk thread ,please don't come over and ruin trading threads . Thanks .

funny thing, but fred chooses to think that i'm talking about uk economy to which he can then attach some political nonsense...... by golly he's a bore

i know AAPL beat forecasts, as did Twitter, but don't know by how much ..... however, sp up about 2.25% and DOW pretty strong too

Still got a FTSE long so Dow finishing well tonight may have helped .

6,380 and 17,578 are apparently the key levels to watch

Had one FTSE long this morning ,still got one running from yesterday that's down a few points .

FED interest rate decision later today.
Twitter is forecast to open down 11%.

FED decision is @ 6PM UK time / 2pm US time, as they have not changed from summer time.

JB,

I thought the way both you and Manuel ramble on, that you needed some help.

But islands unto your own!

Your welcome here Fred if you have any good ideas on the Indicies .

I thought you had squelched me.

I feel thinner!

As far as the indices are concerned, it is watch and wait.

Let the brave like Manuel plough the furrow!

That's great advice , watch and wait , that's how the world was built !

Doing so, may reduce the number of suicide bids.

indices currently in a very good place (6,440 and 17,693) having surged through potential hurdles (6,400 and 17,650)

FTSE now challenging next hurdle of 6,440

Oil rallying as well .

prob for oil is that it currently hops up for a day or two and then drifts back down
BP doesn't reckon sustained >$60 b4 2017, and even today we are only $46.05 for US Light

meanwhile, world trade stinks .... trust me from the sharp end :-(

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thought i had cocked up on DOW by being too greedy and then getting distracted, but on returning from an excellent bourgeois dinner, i see all has turned out very rosy indeed

interestingly, cash FTSE is only a tad stronger but showing just above the important 6440 hurdle ...... i'ld be surprised if there isn't a quick surge at least first thing

What sectors have done the best since the China Wobble over past couple of months?