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

Can't trade this on LCG, is it possible on IG Aim100?

DOW crumbling again having been well ahead earlier .... keep an eye open for 24,600 though it may not drop quite that far
this has draggeddown DAX and FTSE too

DOW
small long opened at 24,718
we shall see :-)

DOW
i'm a lucky lad .... knowing that i wouldn't be watching much, i set a limit of 100 points profit .... this was easily hit, following which DOW collapsed again though i know not why

if you have the time to watch your screen, at least quite regularly, then there is no question that the indices are the current way to make some money

DOW has been a star of late - i decline to boast about today, but suffice it to say that i am smiling happily - and DAX also has its moments ...... FTSE is a waste of time

FTSE chart not looking too good.

DOW has tumbled 400+ to 24,500
that won't make the markets happy in the morning, unless there's a sudden about turn

Facebook did not help. Data privacy breach.

FTSE 100 almost down to 7000.

Looking for a turnaround point.

potential support a little higher at 7025

52 Week Low.

Death Cross formed on 50/250MA for those who take note of those sort of signals.

Not good.

Well any sign of weakness on the Dow and 7000 is going to be breached.

We sure do seem pessimistic in this country

UK being punished unfairly IMO, project fear appears to be winning. For now!

Top 10 by market cap in FTSE 100 have taken a hit past 6 weeks.

RDSA has had a fair chunk taken off.

DOW has been all over the place, ranging from +240 to -60 and back and forth in between
i'm sure computer traders made a fortune, but for us poor mortals, it was far too risky

MARKETS
started reasonably but now looking shitty once more, though i'm not sure why

Fed up rates yesterday. More to come?

Getting frustrated here. Just bought some more FTSE. Retail sales figures were good but even that didn't help.

BOE decision coming up soon but they aren't going to move rates and I can't see anything other than a 9-0 vote.

Hopefully Mr Carney will have some helpful words for the market.

7-2 to hold. Hey what do I know.


Market not interested though. (yet)

I do not understand initial cable move