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

+500 is misleading, though you're right insofar as DOW is currently only -35

INDICES
while there's been some very good money to be on these in the last couple of days, be aware that all 3 - FTSE, DAX, DOW - still have a fair bit of ground to recover before the current downward trend can be deemed broken

I am undecided if its a short squeeze.

Just got to keep Trump of Twitter.

people are waking up, to the fact that an all out trade war is most unlikely

trump needs to keep his gob shut for once while the "real people" talk behind the scenes to undo at least some of the damage

Dow had a wobble.

What a clown this guy is FFS. Just when you think it's safe to stop hiding behind the couch.......Trump comes out and threatens $100 billion additional China Tariffs.

Trump is the greatest trading instrument ever.

Insider info with Donald must be at a premium.

Presidential put is all that matters now.

Technical analysis fundamentals no longer apply.

Trump Twitter utterances are the new way forward.

the madman strikes again .... cash DOW down 300 and DAX down 130

sure glad i cashed in a DOW long last evening ..... but fall probably overdone as f/e markets have remained steady ....... re-opened at 24,214
..... banked with 45 point profit
now fingers crossed for NFP's and market open

Good for Trump.

US off down again.

Fed raises rates and trade war rhetoric.

Dow down spades

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All gains on Dow lost in last two hours.

Crazy times on the markets

and all the way back up this morning

CHINESE IMPORT RELAXATION ETC
apparently the latest speech did not have much if anything new but probably lays the ground for defusing the threatened trade war, and just perhaps rather more in the longer term

who are likely to be the major beneficiaries?
seemingly, car manufacturers in the first instance
however, i think this will be the tip of the iceberg and base commodity producers will be in demand - eg KAZ (copper), GLEN (cobalt for batteries) and BLT (iron ore)

US down again today.

Mr T getting ready to rearrange the rubble in Syria.

Hopefully not.

Agree, gas attacks don't move the markets.

DAX
now 12,475 has been breached, this index is interesting territory with a potential swing to further upside

however, i am inclined to remain cautious until DOW also shows comparable strength by breaking through and holding 24,650

nor should it be forgotten that today is friday and the madman is still theatening fire and brimstone to be rained down on syria - though perhaps not today

The lunatics will sit on their hands and watch as gas has a field day and nuclear weapons are developed - how well the so called sane leaders have done.

talking of gas...... if Russia gets bolshie over Syria .... if he turns the gas tap off to Europe we're all in the proverbial....