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

The FTSE is displaying a head and shoulders chart.
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Where is 'here' Mr C?

Abroad.. we've got rid of him at last -):

Hmmm.....I wonder! It's not that easy. No doubt bartering with some Oriental Gentlemen over a hookah.

More like robbing them -):

dubai until sunday morning

RTN
t/o suggested ...... just possibly worth a small punt on the back of that


FTSE + DOW
shall prob close my short positions this morning and may even go modestly long
reasonably likely that many bears will tuck away their profits for the week before close of biz today

followed my own advice for a change and have done all 3 of the above :-)

Well done old bean! with age comes maturity.. so they say -):

trouble is i have to remember fro long enough what my own advice is!

Manuel.

It has been noticed, but self-awareness in some is said to be a virtue.

Dead Cat Bounce? Anybody.

don't care ..... my new positions are all in profit

markets don't seem to be going anywhere, so banked an adequate profit on DOW long but have left FTSE one to run

watching S&P to see if it can at last break north of 2060

Dow flat.

FTSE, DAX, DOW and S&P are all hovering around interesting resistance levels

i've now encashed my FTSE long and shall watch and await developments ..... hope to keep twitchy fingers still!

all interesting stuff while i was out this afternoon
must check what caught the attention of DOW

Rising Oil prices according to this http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=5347632

stunning new house building numbers in usa i read

however, this must make a rate rise in usa ever more imminent, so i wonder if there will now be a bit of consolidation or even indigestion

shame i encashed my index longs far too early, but never mind

Dow at the upper level of downward channel sınce for past few weeks. Undecıded ıf ıts shortıng tıme agaın!!!