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

Two days of Christmas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DOW'S not very happy !!

crash, bank, wallop!
that more than wipes out yesterday's gain on wall street, and the pain will be felt in london tomorrow

hmm
looks like no support immediately in sight for dow, and ftse will do well to hold its nerve

Top up day then tomorrow by the looks.

Everything has been kicked back down overnight , could be a good time to go long .

Thats what I said -):

nimble fingers day and staying fully alert will be the order of the day i think
that said, there could be some hefty bear closing over the pond as the day draws to a close

This is the only Santa rally at present ....

Next week I tell ya.. next week.

in jerusalem?

If we don't get a rally upwards next week I will be most surprised.

FTSE seems resilient so far today, blue finish today (from septic peg)
2517

it's certainly time the market(s) stopped being spiteful

FTSE
possibly buy if 6050 hit

How do you see the Dow opening Chaps.

it has been down a further 170 to 17320, but has suddenly perked up be to down ONLY 50 at 17440

i suspect there will be a quick dive from that level as a carry-over from last night, but it would be nice to imagine a sharp recovery during the afternoon

Thanks, I'm hoping for a significant dive (with the footsie doing like wise) so that I can top up for next week.

well DOW did drop nearly 100 more at the open, so you had a chance there

Me too Stan ,what FTSE figure are you waiting for ??

Who upset the DOW ?