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

Broke above 6000 Fingers crossed it holds for a week or two.

i'm told it's 6020 which holds the key for further progress
it's currently above that level, so fingers x'ed that it holds into the close and that there are no nasty shocks over w/e

DOW
quite tempted to short if 16,300 is hit but not sure there is enough easy downside

Well it's up 260 ish atm @16330
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16400 if we get there might be a reasonable shout for a pull back

well you just have

No more trades today. Will probably look to short to FTSE 100 monday if opportunity arises. But the trend has changed with shorts being squeezed hard as I thought on Monday,

market is almost too difficult to call

Time to reflect to reflect on the week. From my rose tinted glasses view, I reckon we will see more upside this week. Looking for a pullback then trade higher. Dow at 16450 has still a bit of catching up to do for fair value.

Based on what CD?

My gut feeling. Stan. Nothing else.

Ah right fair enough CD.

Right chaps what's occurring?

It's up just but have a feeling it won't last.

Then it's time you got out of bed Stan.
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with republican preliminaries in iowa today with the possibility of that maniac trump leading the pack, and nothing positive to offset, DOW could retrench quite sharply

anyway, have taken a punt and shorted at 16,395

Gone short on the Fts as well.

Where's Jimbo this morning?

I'm here .

OK Just checking.. stand easy.