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 stopping the US Markets. How much before profit taking is the question now!!!!

News
FTSE expected to remain steady
The FTSE 100 looks set for a flat open, according to financial websites, ahead of today's key Bank of England int
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UP 50 points

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all bonkers

I agree ..

DOW futures +112, but it seems that the direction is in Mark Carney's hands in a couple of hours. Not quite sure why, but 'No action at this time' is likely to see the UK market take a dip.

BOE decision interest rates on hold. A possible rate change in August.

Profit taking before weekend in US?

i'm currently running a small DAX short which is now in the money
given the unpredictability of the markets, i have resisted the temptation to be brave (greedy!)

You would think it's time for the DOW/FTSE

may be tempted into DOW short a little later, but it has performed incredibly strongly of late
currently down just 5

i reckon the markets could now become very rocky as yet again there are reports of severe downturn in the economy(ies)

however, read ST for interesting and positive articles on GKP and also CVR

Dow stalled around 18500 for past few sessıons. Thought a bıt of profıt takıng mıght thave taken place.

Dow Broken out hıgher agaın on futures.

FTSE has broken north into interesting higher ground
DAX is now teasing an upwards resistance ...... glad is closed my very small short last night for a small profit, but wasn't brave enough to reverse at that time

DOW + GOLD
keep an eye on the pair of these
GOLD is once more challenging $1322 while in the other direction DOW is peeking at 18,555

these two are likely to move in tandem, but of course in opposite directions

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16:45
told you so :-)

Fırst Short for what seems lıke ages today. In clover.

good on you girl .... remember not to get too greedy, says the fathead

Still surprised it's as high as it is ..