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

good call

Moved my stop down so ın profıt but undecıded about Dow today.

all a bit topsy turvy with no real direction

As you said earlier, NFP tomorrow would seem to be the trigger for a swing one way or the other.

confess that i had lost track of time as am holiday :-)

i see the expected number for NFP is 180,000, so bear that in mind at lunchtime tomorrow

More volatılty today I would expect wıth NFP ıs ıt comes ın way below agaın lıke last month.

no idea how the market will react no matter what the numbers

30 mins we should know NFP. Hoping for a good figure to boost the Friday afternoon trading.

NFP:
Expected : 180,000
Actual : 287,000
4.9% unemployment rate

DOW futures +104

Not too far off all time hıgh agaın.

but must also heighten the prospect of US interest rate rise in the more immediate future

Gone short 18100

Think your pxxxxxg against the wind today Claret, but you never know, may get a sell off towards the bell. Went long Gold 1357 which I will hold over weekend.

now THAT really is pissing against the wind chris

:0)

Yep too early. still got a bit running though. See how Monday starts,

Probably as it usually does Claret, down. Then guess what turn around Tuesday, you couldn't make it up. Just stay long Gold you know it makes sense.:0)

Two weeks to get back all the losses from Brexıt and then some. Got a small amount short on Dow. The short squeeze must have done ıts job by now.

Got stopped out thıs mornıng on Dow. Made a schoolboy error on that one. Cant wın them all.