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

Parachutes for sale!

not necessarily required

DAX making a charge for 12,100
it augurs well if that gets smashed, especially before london close

Any idea what the epic is for the Dax cynic on MAM charts?

good question ..... not off hand

Anybody?

Cannot find it Chris.

No worries, don't trade it personally.

DAX live:

http://www.boerse.de/indizes/DAX/DE0008469008

answer is DEX.
i think all time high is just below 12,400

Cheers cynic.

DOW
just banked decent profits on selling 2/3 of long position

and just closed last bit at b/e
looks that we could be in for some profit-taking today given that it's last day of the month and friday too

this won't help sentiment either .....
Mike Flynn indicates he would testify in Trump-Russia inquiry in exchange for immunity

Trump has certainly got his term off to a very poor and rocky start ....... the possibility of ultimate impeachment may lurk in the distant background

'......it's last day of the month and Friday too'.........also last day of the first quarter plus final week of the 2016/17 UK tax year. I think the US tax year ends on 18th Apr this year. DOW futures looking slightly negative atm.

wouldn't mind a hefty clunk it must be said