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 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

Very quiet today.

so far so good with that call

just returned after a very enjoyable evening in a fairly smart tapas bar ...... big lunch so just snacked on iberico ham and olives and other light bites + a couple of glasses of very respectable rioja ..... ridiculously cheap at € 5,00 for a decent sized glass

How the other half lives eh... non-farms tomorrow wonder what that brings, not much if the last few months are anything to go by.

good stuff i do admit when nearly all paid for by the client

i see further rate rise by month end strongly predicted

Well I hope they get on with it, these no move days over here are so boring.

I wonder when the Trump effect will wear off! Lets hope there isn't a disgruntled citizen on a grassy knoll to spoil it!

$20 trillion debt ceiling reached in two weeks time.

Surely that must set off a horns !!!!

Any relavent news about NFP from the US yet?

No wonder it's next Friday )-;

Come on Stan get those brain cells working and get up to speed.

Says he who automatically assumed the NFP were out today.

Can't trust those yanks to do anything right can we George.

i wonder what has spooked DAX all of a sudden ...... it's been farting around all day at about -30 but is now -90

Deutsche Bank shares hit by cash call etc.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39172229

FTSE to follow US falls, mixed Asia as Budget in focus

UP 7 points

DOW + DAX
the target prices for all my Dow and 50% of my Dax shorts was hit o'night, at about the current levels ..... these are a fraction above potential support levels

DAX
11,900 is now in view if not yet under threat
if that gives way, then there could be quite a bit further to drop

NFPs
The figures also validate recent comments by Federal Reserve officials that flagged a likely interest-rate increase this month

slightly strangely, the DOW doesn't seem to care and continues north