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

Going to drop below 7000 soon.

My shorts doing well now .

there is certainly a lot of money to be made given the markets' current volatility, but you need to be "in the rhythm" and have nimble fingers and an alert brain to succeed

i'm travelling a bit at the moment, so have no chance :-)

Finished the day below 7000.

really?
suggest re-check as currently 7017 and only +5 after hours

markets are assuredly in very uncertain mood at the moment

US selling off today after Jobs numbers.

JD. (JD Sports)
surprised there's no thread on here for this one, not least because as the chart shows, it has been a phenomenal performer

however one does need to wonder whether their profits are going to take a nasty bashing as the collapsing £ takes its toll

The FTSE rally is a product of currency devaluation, not an improving economy – it is an optical illusion.

FTSE seen lower after Wall St, Asia falls
London equities are seen opening cautiously lower, following on from lower overnight sessions in Asia and on Wall St.
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Best long it then.

Has been pretty good fun shorting the ftse100 from highs the last few days, nice profits :) http://goo.gl/1LQF4T

confess i'm having much difficulty in reading the direction of the markets at the moment

You have the qualifications to join your chosen party's cabinet!

8-)

Range trading for a few days.

monday could be a bit jittery as DOW closed below an important resistance/support of 18,150

more generally

it has been suggested that it's far from impossible that we'll see a collapse in the markets before too long

there are a number of things that could precipitate this - eg continuing weakness of the chinese economy, us presidential elections, brexit uncertainty, £ collapse that will not only affect uk imports but also holidays abroad with knock-on effects in european countries that rely heavily on the tourist trade

on the other hand, trump looks increasingly unlikely to become president (so we get the least worst instead!) which will please the us markets, crude continues to tick upwards and both brexit uncertainty and £ will inevitably calm down

so where does one put one's money?
to my mind, in stocks that have high overseas earnings such as tobacco stocks, us quality such as AMZN, quality indian trust funds (that domestic economy is thriving), and some judicious oilies

to avoid must surely be airlines and travel-related stocks, uk hotel groups being the honourable exception (WTB and perhaps IHG)

Good analysis cynic

thanks jimmy ... have also corrected a schoolboy grammatical howler which was inexcusable - affect NOT effect

Bull Market intact in US. The new unknown is Putins rhetoric. I would like to get involved in Amazon but at over $800 a share it makes it a bit difficult unless using Margin account.

just buy a few :-)
i bought 15 and ditto GOOG for my sipp
% is %

US 30 not doing much either way.