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

Gone blue ..

so i see .... i got out a bit early, but assuredly no complaints

however, DOW needs to climb another 60/70 points and stay there to break the current trend

What did I say blue after 4.30 again.. the little rascal -):

DOW is certainly fizzing, or relatively so
it was down about 120 earlier but now +21

i should prob sit on my hands, but one feels there ought to be money to be made ...... but not sure whether up or down

if it falls back to 17,770 then a possible buy

both FTSE and DOW currently challenging resistances - 6330 and 17865
fingers x'ed and breaths held that these can be breached and held

Absolutely.

FTSE - 6330 certainly breached, so perhaps a decent run north from here

DOW - closed below the 17,865 resistance but currently (cash) having another run at it

Dow closed for Thanksgiving remember this afternoon.

so it is
had forgotten about that

Also a half day closing on Friday.

nevertheless, cash DOW has been a profitable trading ground this morning, though i only bought very lightly ...... 17,915 is the next resistance (currently 17,880) but shall close that in any case before london closes today

.....Ready for Black Friday then Mr C?!!!

i avoid sales like the plague ....... ditto henley regatta :-)

REM (Rare Earth Minerals)
anyone know anything about this little charmer, other than that winifrith likes to short it?

There is a thread REM. Not one I follow at all. Penny dreadful.

REM
aaarrrggghhh! ..... that crook david lenigas looks to be involved
that should be sufficient warning to avoid in itself!

FTSE + DOW
no obvious reason to get one's feet wet today
markets have opened weak; dow on half day and w/e ahead

It's them pesky chinese again who have knocked the markets overnight.

Hard to call which way to go past few days.

it may be something of a worry that FTSE cannot hold 6400 nor DOW 16,800