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

old enough to be your father and probably even your grandfather!

Yes Dad.

Gone long Ftse @ 6047, won't hang around stop 10 pips. Just love the yanks, two hands in front of their face peek a boo fooled you LOL!! Good sign of a counter rally when cynic goes mental :o)

To late he already is -):

not very brave are you chris :-)

Definitely not cyners :0)

your shagging must almost last that long, for you must already have pulled out!

Been fucked for years mate, but your right well out :0)

premature ejaculation i'ld hazard but certainly erectile dysfunction of some kind
i wonder if little blue pills would help you at all ..... and no, i've never tried or even had to try them :-)

Judging by your love of the annual finger up botty check up, i would imagine grateful to recieve floats your boat cyners :0)

everyone over 60 should have an annual PSA check regardless of genetic history

Quickly moving on-----The DAX was up around 270 at one stage today 500pts swing(oops)

and down a further 88 after hours

OK you lot get some grub then back.. and on topic please.

this morning's guardian headline says it all .....
ECB cuts interest rates to zero amid fears of fresh economic crash


thus the markets' wild gyrations make little sense, and certainly make trading all but impossible

Agreed, certainly not easy at the moment.

Yes me too ,no rhyme or reason at the moment.

Leave your savings in our bank and we won't charge you much for doing so.

Our day will come.

Gold down, oil up. DOW futures +141.