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

Trump not hurting the markets here too much .

yup; that's the guy
he's got what is seemingly a very clever system, though it looks beyond my limited brainpower
nevertheless, it still makes interesting browsing for it's certainly not twaddle even if if do not follow it slavishly - eg allow automatic trades

Cynic - I don't know about your brainpower, because it seems I'm the one closer to suffering with senile dementia.

I've just looked at the thread I started on MAM and because I'm still using the same links, the results are still updating automatically.

hi there bad boy :-)
now get back into the hole where you belong

this morning's rush of blood has evaporated and perhaps the markets are starting to take a reality check

FTSE, DAX and DOW were all significantly up earlier, but FTSE is now -90/100 and DAX is struggling to stay north of 10,600(next support below is ~10,550) ..... DOW is also looking jaded

worth keeping an eye on DOW this evening as ~18,600 should be good support (we're still at ~18,700) .......
if that fails, and remember it is friday tomorrow, then much excitement could be in store

Dow looking ok now 18758 at the moment .

Very bizarre that 'Trumpocalypse' seems to have fizzled out and particularly the proposed new tax rules seem to have appealed to the masses!......especially the rich ones!

well that was a wrong call, and yet again am amazed, but such are the markets

GOLD stocks look to be in for another battering in the morning, but base metal miners (BLT, AAL etc) may well have a different hue

Morning

Missed the fireworks since Monday. No trades.

it's very interesting how the markets have diverged
FTSE is in a strong downtrend
DAX is fairly neutral
DOW continues to forge north or at least to be in a pretty robust upward trend

nevertheless, we all know from experience how ephemeral these trends can be, everything being reversed due to some seemingly innocuous or unimportant occurrence

Its certainly been interesting.

New High on Dow yesterday.

Went short DOW last night ...

fingers x'ed .... i know the feeling

Out for 15 pts and been long on FTSE for a few .

Have been trading tight ranges Long and short all week. In a holding pattern.

Seems to have been easy this week ,tight ranges was the key i think. Small gains but no losses.

FTSE mixed as miners, oilies drag blue chips south

FTSE 100 UP 15 points

keep up at the back there!