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 have not touched indices this week ,is this a small wobble or are we going back to 5500 with the FTSE .

FTSE seems disinclined to head back above 5,900 at the moment, though it's early days

DOW continues firmly south ......
prob slightly unsettled by what's going on in Europe, and perhaps even more unsettled by that maniac Trump's success in the nominations

DOW
currently sitting on a supposed support at 16,275
arguably worth a quick long provided you can be glued to the screen

DOW
strewth! ...... missed a good shorting chance there; contemplated at ~16,260 but got sidetracked in composing an e- ...... currently 16,205

Down to start and to finish, another profitable day.

Oil doesn't want to go down further

just did one small trade on Dow this morning and banked profit on CEY very late ..... perfectly happy with that

short DOW 16,270
there was meant to a support at 16,275 on the way down but that didn't hold for long

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that's unkind; DOW continuing its burst for glory (now 16,300)
short may it last :-)

FTSE/DAX/CAC all rebound strongly after the bell .

What you doing on this thread Alf I thought you and JB were off to end it all?

Not yet Stan , there's hope .

You could say they are clinging on by a thread
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Oh very good George.. boom boom -):

What strange movements on the indices ,went down all day and well up after the bell.
FTSE as i write up 96 pts .

Oh good might make a few bob with my longs taken out today.

took a 50 point loss on my DOW last night, but it could/would have been a lot worse
for all that, i still do not trust this sudden surge to have longevity

Very difficult to play cynic.

indeed .... first one i have called wrong of late, so really shouldn't complain

fyi, just bought a few ANTO
good quality company, and though it is predominantly copper driven, that will be the first commodity to recover as and when

just to make you ponder ...... the following are all from FT that has just flashed through to my phone

China shares plunge ahead of G20 meeting
Investors not convinced by policymaker’s reassurance on economy

Oil industry tormented by epic bust
Rise in the amount of stored crude adds to alarm

European stocks firm after Wall St rebound
Traders nervous after Shanghai falls 6% and oil prices dip

China shares suffer biggest drop in a month
Three main national benchmarks all down over 20% for 2016

everywhere i see nothing but gloomy economic stories

inter alia, i give the headline of a long a unremittingly worrying story from today's World Cargo News - i don't know if it's available on line

Batten down the hatches
Analysts' reports on the liner shipping industry and the sector's prospects for 2016 paint a stormy picture