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

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

Yes Stan but the FTSE needs to put on at least a couple of hundred points .

As said before James.. no problemo

On my wish list Jimmy B.

Misery Stan :(

I can feel it in me water I tell you

What is it you don't get with the FTSE at just over 6000 2 days from Christmas close , we are doomed !