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

Hopıng for markets to move up a bıt thıs week before close.

Merry Chrıstmas to all who partıcıpate on Moneyam.

Claret Dragon.

Rally alert Santa's here !!!

so did you buy at 6,000 or was the possibility not there for you?

I did get in just above there ,i'm also running one FTSE long at a loss from last week so a mixed bag for me at the moment .

Any idea of what the Dow is likely to open with chaps?

A bell?

Sharp H sharp! :0)

Is it petering out already ..

Have faith James..she'll be there.

It'a all turning pear shaped .

I blame you -):

Must be my fault i went long !!

all rather strange and unpleasant
any known reason apart from more sellers than buyers?

oil @ 11 year low

ah yes; it is rather ugly
certainly never expected it to fall even below $65/70 only a little while back

True pat it's down again today .

I thought today was almost perfect!

Christmas cancelled this year unless we get a something out of the ordinary down the chimney in the next couple of days.

Will that do Claret |??

Back to business James please, Dow finished up 123.. tomorrow's the day