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

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.

Not happened yet, but good chance I will get stopped out of gold trade at entry this morn. So your not alone Claret :0)

The confusıon for me ıs that US Markets are goıng up but Oıl ıs goıng down. Normally they run ın tandem by and large. May be I wıll waıt untıl the mıddle of the week to see ıf they keep goıng ın opposıte dırectıons.

Strong trading on asian stocks overnight......miners expected to do well today.

with leadsom abandoning her campaign, i would have thought the markets would react badly, but not so
no wonder trading is such a dangerous occupation at the moment

Surely the fact that May will now be PM removes the uncertainty and will please the market?

perhaps that's the perception, but still many difficult hurdles to overcome, not only for uk, but for the free world in general