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

DAX
now down to the next support level of ~11,520
shall watch carefully with a view to closing current short

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did so for +70
may prove to be premature, in which case, i'll go back in

not quite the right thread, but i can't remember the one for general shares comment .....

GOLD
the strong rally continues but PMMs remain totally lacklustre
on the back of that, i cashed in my respectable profit on ACA, though i'm not convinced it was the right move - other than a banked profit is precisely that

Missing the buzz of trading past month. Too much on elsewhere.

Still no sign of a sell off.

Not sorry I banked quite a few a couple of weeks ago but as CD says still no fall back but not much in gains either.

True so concentrating on individual share trades at the mo.

DOW still going higher.

DAX
closed 50% at 11,764 as now approaching the 11,770 resistance

performance of DOW and S&P later may influence

markets may be faltering so have banked tasty profits on FXPO, ANTO and balance of DAX

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and now 50% DOW long

MARKET VIEW
i find it strange that the markets remain sanguine to strong even though there are various important elections across europe within the next few weeks

elections always breed uncertainty, and this time around there can be little doubt that right wing and nationalist parties in nl, france and probably germany too are on course to make considerable headway

though these elements may not gain power, they will still cause more than small ripples

Do we need to be reminded daily on the Stockwatch page that the FTSE is about to open, bring back the forecasts for its movement- which were always wrong, but a laugh

hahahahahah

What a narrow band the ft100 has been in all day!

now short both Dow and Dax as they're both looking very soggy now

Trumpie speaks in 5 minutes!!!!!

Talks more balls then Stanley Mathews that bloke.

Now been delayed 30 mins. God knows what he's going to say!

DAX
just banked 83 points on a Dax long, though (un)happily admit to nursing a larger loss on a short position (and ditto on Dow)

confess i cannot convince myself that we are truly heading for the sunny uplands, though doom and gloom seem detached from reality as well

DOW + DAX
thank goodness i (effectively) reversed positions here this morning so long both

No stopping US Markets. Only major potential bump in the road is the debt ceiling has to increased in a couple of weeks. QE 4 !!!!!!!!

DOW + DAX
party may now be over at least for the week so have have banked long profits and reverted to short