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

Up in early trading, but will it last.

Yes it did, Ex divi tomorrow and as we are on a bit of an up and down ride I expect a down day.

Had a few quıck trades recently. Not much compared to earlıer thıs year. Mostly short after a good run up on Dow. Out quıte sharply when ıt looks lıke reversıng. Try and stıck wıth thıs for now. Market Gods have been kınd to me recently. For how long who knows.

both dow and ftse now look as though they want to head south but(a) there doesn't seem huge conviction in the move and (b) we have seen this several times in the recent past with both just as suddenly reversing - eg yesterday

Dow gone South

it did so yesterday and then recovered sharply
DOW is now just a tad below yesterday's low point

Week starts with a bit of a reversal so far.

Should get a lift forwards as the Dow looks like opening up.

Everything else up but the FTSE doesn't want to know.

FTSE just treadıng water now for a few sessıons.

Can't seem to break 6200. Gold has had a wee pull back this morn seems to have it's own agenda not the usual stocks down gold up, seems to fluctuate. Keeping an eye on Dollar Index (June) chart, continued weak dollar would be good for gold.

just appeared on bloomberg .....

IMF Warns of Global Stagnation, Cuts Growth Outlook Again

IMF stating the obvious but Dow futures not changed so far.

more to the point surely, is the question of why do the markets seem to be blind?

Don't forget they look about 6 months ahead.

seemingly not!

Evidence?

in front of your eyes ..... use them!

Oil Extends Gains as Russia, Saudi Arabia Seen Agreeing on Cap

hence the sudden surge on the markets

Stop being so offensive if that's posable.