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

your "mate" sticky says he has made a good fist of trading gold in the last couple of days, and certainly if he did indeed call it right, he will have done
however, i would agree that today's armageddon is almost certainly overdone, and thus i'ld guess the immediate run for gold may also run its course

that said, i have never traded physical gold - sticky rates CEY as a gold stock though i don't care for it - nor forex

cynic - His credibility is legendary LOL!!!

CEY, FRES & RRS have all done very well over the last two weeks.

yes, he does like to call that he never makes a cock-up ..... rather like MRSI (mentor)!
that said, he does come up with some interesting stuff

mentor has not been seen since he called everyone an idiot for doubting his penny stock picks that fell by 50% .

I read somewhere last week that we could possibly go down to 5400.

indeed - sticky for all his manyfold faults, is not abusive of others when they disagree with his suggestions or analysis - very much unlike mentor!

the markets, having been totally shell-shocked at the open, are now making a shaky attempt at recovery ..... let's hope that further severe relapse is not on the cards

I'm still wanting to go long for the bounce at some point but when ?
i nearly left a buy order to get filled in the night at a cheeky 5550 ,however that wouldn't have looked so clever or cheeky this morning would it .

A sorry mess.

5400 not such a dumb idea keaydian.
Take your pick........anywhere from here down to 5000!

5550 would just be in the money as i write

across the pond, 15,600 is holding but bouncing no higher than about 15,660 before falling back again

this'll be great for nerves in US as well ......

Twitter share price nosedives on news it is losing users
Price of stock falls 13% in after-hours trading after hitting an all-time low earlier this week on news its number of monthly users has stopped growing entirely

all markets looking weak once more

violent volatility of the markets self-apparent
DOW spiked down to 15,560 (glad i missed that!) but is now back to 15,640 and FTSE is back over 5,550

Well are you feeling brave cynic ?

not for now ...... DOW continues to get dizzy at ~15,560 but looking slightly firmer for choice ...... fluked a small 35 point profit earlier

interesting to see quite how badly DOW opens - ie after 10 minutes, will it be higher or lower than say 15,650?

DOW sadly, looking very much like yesterday ....... a respectable early recovery, only to fall away once more

however, good to see FTSE still holding quite well above 5,500 though above 5,600 would give greater comfort

Iv'e been in and out of FTSE grabbing a few points here and there ,playing for bigger stakes and fewer points.
It's terrible this fall for stocks .

Don't get too distressed jimmy. We have been here before and most stocks do recover given time. If you can afford to sit tight with your stocks and don't panic sell, then just look at your losses as a notional figure.