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

DAX
taking a real pasting yet again, but not sue if there is any reason other than "chart malaise"

Dow ticking up through earnings.

Apart from Mr T and his Twitter account just what can go wrong :)

People can keep reading it and reacting in their obsessive, hysterical manner.

DOW going well into earnings.

Next week on a seminar about trading indices. 1st time

Last hour blast off

Last hour blast off

DAX
for the first time in just over a month, DAX has clawed its way above 12,800
if it can hold that through the close and into tomorrow, then there's a decent space above for it to occupy

FTSE100; inverted H + S v rising wedge?

DAX
watch closely
currently hovering on a fairly important support at 12,770

what an ugly market, though thank goodness at least AAPL (which i hold) came in with ace results

First blow by wedge.

DAX
sudden recovery though not sure why and now only a fraction below the important 12,650 level
keep watching

Turkey economy now raising its head.

The next trigger for a sell off!!

Just my thoughts.

DAX (+ FTSE)
both looking very sick indeed, though DOW surprisingly much less so
i'm not sure of the reasons for the above, especially as US is bucking the trend

DAX needs to recover above 12,100 before the close to give any comfort at all

Yesterday; Bloomberg manipulating?

don't be bloody silly

Yeah, no favours.

FTSE 100

Thirteen constituents made 52 week low Friday.

Mostly Banks and Mining.

September historically the worse month.

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