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
big problems earlier when it dumped comfortably below 26,100
it struggled badly to get back north of that, but as i write, it seems to have managed it ..... check it out at the close

Hopefully a turn around today!!!

DOW
fell back below 26,100 at the close but cash is currently showing comfortably back above that level

No turn around for FTSE today.

FTSE 100 Chart doesn't look good.

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Looks good now :)

DOW (cash)
showing DOWN 260 at 25,928 ...... not sure that there is any particular true reason, though no doubt some rationalisations - eg interest rates to rise in march

US 10 year treasury yield has broken a multi-decade downtrend.

anyone for BITCOINS?
down a further $1,000 to $8,100

what a shit week this has been

DOW currently down 320 at 25,865
DAX currently down 150 at 12,825
FTSE currently down 45 at 7,440

DOW
amazingly, it was only on 17/1 that this level (25,900) was passed
on 1/1 it stood at 24,750

I wonder what the market thinks of the UK economic future?

"what a shit week this has been.".......a bit emotional Mr C. Only shit if you are the wrong side of a trade surely? Most prices that go up too fast will eventually correct. Just saying!

For uppy-downey slopey lovers, we're at an interesting point right now.

WOW!
complete abdication as DOW collapses 600 points and still going

monday must surely be a total bloodbath

there'll be an awful lot of forced sales and the like, so if you're brave, there could be a good chance to make some money on the bounce as the dust settles

Small long punt on FTSE at 7362