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

Sticking with my DOW short for now.

eventually there has to be a reaction ..... mustn't there?

No sign of a pull back on short trading day in US.

no sign of anything except loud snoring :-)

Next week i suppose .

New Closing High on Dow.

FTSE to begin Monday quietly after so-called Black Friday

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FTSE quietly DOWN 50 pts

hahahahahahahahahahah

Make that 60 points DOWN, mam is a great forecaster -in reverse

hahahahahahahahah

The Italian Referendum is the obvious next potential problem for EU and Markets.

Early next week.

Still holding DOW short

can't be that bad a move

Jimmy, presumably you are paying to roll it over day by day and also gritting your teeth that the margin doesn't get called in?
I don't SB but interested to know how far you can hold on before capitulating.

I can roll over for as long as i like it's not costing too much i only bet small on the DOW.

I'm still running at a loss cynic ,it is however turning my way.

Dow made new high.

FTSE 100 not being dragged along,

for myself, i cannot work out for the life of me in which direction the markets will go
assuredly there is a currently a complete disconnect between european and us markets

perhaps it is apposite that one of the beach staff has just brought along a cold towel for soothing the fevered brow :-)
actually very pleasant indeed today with cloudless blue sky and current temperature around 25/27 degrees at 10:30 ..... i quite expect it to rise a further 5 or so as we get to early afternoon

Where are you Mr C?
-2 deg in Norfolk overnight......in the real world!!! ;o)

dubai ..... one of the biz trips i do twice and sometimes thrice a year

w/e here friday and saturday and it is also UAE National Day holiday which is actually very dull as it takes out Sunday

Manuel,

How do you get your Market stall through customs?

easily as of course it has wheels
customs can get a bit sniffy if i try to bring in fish