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

i've gone tiny long dow at 17503

banked at 17,544 for no good reason other than that it was a respectable and quick profit

Too early ..

true but i'm working in dubai

any reason for the 250 point about turn on dow?
we are now in pretty nasty territory even in the event of a dcb

Can't see anything as yet ,everything just went in to meltdown .

Reality setting in,., Time of the year, sell the rallies, wait till last week in Dec when volume is thin? This too will pass :0)

dow bounced off ~17400 and back through the next point at 17420, but it is/was unnerving that 17500 had little more resistance (support!) than a chocolate fireguard

Ftse 100. Not looking good at all.

gosh .... no one been here for a few days ..... shell shock?
anyway, dow looking moderately perky, but having fallen off its daily highs (again), it really could do with finding some northerly impetus

I still have a FTSE long that is slightly down but i'm staying put for now .Big rebound some where down the road .

Off the cliff face!

Relentless ,all week and it looks like we are going to finish that way .

it's been a vile end to the year
the only very small glimmer lies with dow which is managing to hold above 17,500 though there was a scare a couple fop days back

and another sudden and, as far as i know, inexplicable collapse

Oil has a lot to with it ..

Slippery slope!

Market makers shaking ftse down before US CPI next Wed 15th and todays PPI
http://www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/cpi.htm

http://www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/ppi.htm

Expect markets to spike north from Tuesday 14th, all the way into Jan {ftse 6600-6700}

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Tuesday 14th??????
what a magic day and date ...... especially as Monday is 14th!