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

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

Is cid1 one to give Dow futures?

who or what is cid1?

iShares DJ Industrial Average UCITS Etf Share Price (CID1)

never heard of it ..... i use IG

Can I get Dow futures without being a member?

i don't know, but probably by running a demo a/c you could
try

I Thank you.

almost tempted to short Dow again, albeit that it has already dropped 100+ from its earlier high
Dax is another tempter, especially if 11,900 gets attacked

DOW
heading sharply towards 20,775
break that, and there could indeed be further retrenchment
on the other hand, it may prove to be a support and thus a bounce likely

FOMC statement this evening plus results of the NL election....plus ex-divi day tomorrow (BATS the biggest I can see)...Thursday might be quite a volatile day.

The expected rate rise in the states confirmed tonight of a 1/4 of 1% to 1%

With the dollar down against the £ I'm hopeping for a rise in gold tomorrow.

Seems the Dutch have taken the safer route in their elections, rejecting the far right candidate. I wonder if the french will do the same? JC Juncker must be breathing a sigh of relief.

always likely though wilders still holds 2nd largest number of seat
le pen will also not get near being elected

nevertheless, eu would be foolish to think that hostility to the brussels mafia on all sorts of issues, immigration being just one has remotely diminished, let alone gone away

DOW down over 200....what happened?

EDIT: Also S&P, Nasdaq & Russell. Seems nothing specific, but a myriad of small triggers. Gold has hit $1244 oz.

Is the honeymoon period between Wall Street and President Trump over?


The Dow fell by about 238 points Tuesday, a drop of more than 1%. It was its biggest slide of the year and biggest decline since the election. The broader S&P 500 was also down more than 1%.
Neither index had ended the day with a 1% drop since mid-October. This was their worst day since September.

Reuters - Asian stocks posted their biggest drop in two weeks on Wednesday as growing doubts about Donald Trump's economic growth agenda prompted investors to dump risky assets and rush to safe havens such as gold and government debt.

Equity markets across the region were a sea of red and the Australian dollar AUD=D3 nursed heavy losses as funds took profits from a two-week long rally, pushing a gauge of market volatility .VIX up to its highest levels this year.

Stock markets in Europe are set to take Asia's cues and open lower with key index futures pointing down after U.S. stocks .

DAX
i know i'm up very early today ..... watch out as indications are that DAX will open firmly below the important 11,950 support

alleged reason via FT ....
Markets hit by biggest fall since Trump election
Uncertainty over effort to revamp healthcare fuels concerns about pro-business agenda