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 see china was down heavily again last night - down 5.33%

Where is the best place to get free real time Dow futures chaps? bearing in mind I don't subscribe to SPs or CFD accounts.

Stan try IG INDEX .

Thanks James.

Or this http://money.cnn.com/data/premarket/?iid=H_MKT_QL

I used to use Bloomberg but their futures screen isn't that great any more.

Thanks Harry, is it definitely live?

Apologies, looks to be 10 mins delayed.

This looks to be better:
http://uk.investing.com/commodities/real-time-futures

DOW is to the right of screen.

Thanks again, but is it the Dow and not the S&P?

Hmmmm............

http://uk.investing.com/indices/us-30-futures

About the best I can find and live.

And still the DOW can't drag the FTSE with it

Yup that'll do Harry.

Dow turning my way at last.

Ed: I meant the footsie.

Would seem all US indices turning towards the red zone.

indeed .... i've made a couple of very quick turns on DOW but now just sitting and watching

the only good thing about FTSE is that it is holding above 5900 - just

All gone very red again ,plus oil falling as well ..

Results due from retailers in the morning, not all going to be good reading.

Debenhams and Morrisons. :-((

Oil getting hammered again ..

extraordinary and sudden recovery on dow
managed a nice 40 point turn thanks to that, but with a tiny stake .... never knowck a profit

wonder if it'll hold through the close and reflect in london tomorrow

Yes interesting to see, but suppose it's the China overnight sentiment that will swing things for us.