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

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.

Hold-up don't anybody move.. I'll give her Madge another ring and see what she thinks.

What would you do if she asked you what you think Stan ??

You mean employ me as a valued consultant (which would be a very wise request IMHO ), well firstly I would present her with my rate card and take it from there.. what else.

When are you jumping ship JB?

Oi fish face, you were asking about Gold ETC's on here a while back were you not?

If so there is an article in todays IC, page 43.

Stan you know what i meant ,if she asked are you in or out .
And get off here unless it's trading talk ,come and have an argument on the TALK thread.

On edit
Moved to the correct thread (referendum)
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oops wrong thread, stand by for a rollicking from you know who.

I don't do arguments JB.. I'm an educator don't you know.

I would give up on JB.

He is brain dead!

Give up? I haven't got started yet -):

Another up day today.

In and out before breakfast, always nice to start the week on a positive.

Wed is the Fed interest rate decision day. That looks to be the most influential event this week.

EDIT: Forgot UK budget release on wednesday!