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

Can you be more specific JB?

Sorry Stan just corrected my spelling .

No James I meant tomorrow, next week or what -);

Don't know Stan i don't manipulate the markets ,i wish i could , but i don't think this will carry on ,for me it's just a correction ,i will probably go long FTSE soon and i'm looking at decent stock that have been hit .

I agree, lots of indifferent news about recently pushing the markets down, it can't last.

Long FTSE 6188

Out for 12 pts.

FTSE 100 at current levels is pretty depressing in the big scheme of things.

Trade gone well for a change, Decision time tomorrow

well done claret .... that should all pay for christmas in the carribean

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Moved down a tad more. Now looking at Dow.

Anyone thinking of going long on the FTSE ??????

If it tanks when the DOW opens i'm tempted .

17,230 and 6,090 (if you're lucky) are the next stops

did you see the news clip of the guy falling 1600' down a mountain?
he got out almost unscathed

No i didn't ....I'm tempted by the FTSE but don't want to hold over the weekend . Had a bad run this week ..

Out of FTSE 100 Short.

Got Dow short running.

Will cut if we get a bounce before close.

For a change I held onto a winning position.

No Caribbean though for Christmas

welcome to the clan!

FTSE
it has actually made a small bounce off ~7095, but it would take a brave chap to have started trading it

DOW
looking scary yet again, with the excuse of weaker than hoped retail sales .... yesterday it allegedly the oil price

claret - thanks for the spelling correction!

common sense says that dow ought to bounce and perhaps significantly before the close, but common sense and logic are currently in short supply

currently, 17,290/300 is proving a modest floor to dow ...... whether or not that proves to be the case is in the lap of the gods

well i'm good for predicting for everyone else, as i see DOW is currently down only 60 after 160
whether that holds, or even that strong bounce into blue is on the cards, i certainly have no idea

shame i don't take my own advice - eg i said here or on advfn a couple of weeks back that i could see nothing good on the world economic scene

Dow giving up lots of chances to win and lose very quickly.