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

dd
what? and lose money? LoL!
regards
jkd

normal service resumed for the Dow, looks like up, up and away, as opposed to our planes.

Look on the brightside, illegal immigration has drastically reduced over recent days.
2517

Is that why Bown is sending the Ark Royal to bring in a few more votes before the election!

Still no plunge yet for the DOW cynic..

so i noticed! .... suffering a bit of bruising, but no matter; shall stay short at least for now

cynic don't you have a stop loss position?

yes; a pair of eyes

if i'm not careful, these positions will be back in the money!
shame i didn't get the entry timing quite right

bet you didn't get your entry point wrong with yr missus.....all those years ago..:))

Cynic - Dont hold your breath just yet :o)

almost sorry to see these short positions in the money, but this sell-off is long overdue ...... having also been pulling other money off the table

Long Indices

for obvious reasons, i think that's a brave call

Keaydian - Good trading!

Ta CC.

Longs closed.

smart move ..... it is very difficult to call (correctly!) at the moment ..... my short positions are pretty modest (i closed part yesterday at a profit!), but are as much insurance as anything

DOW 11200+ & showing no signs of slowing down. Being short without a stop would certainly worry me. The annoying thing for me is that I am bailing out of stocks too soon (in profit), in anticipation of a big correction which never comes!

i stopped myself out of dow last night with a bit of a bruise which had been ameliorated during the day by a modest profit banked on ftse short .... i am still convinced that a sharp correction is imminent, but damned if i can get the timing right!

in preparation, i shall endeavour to keep my (geared cfd) exposure on the conservative side

Same for me Harry, taking profit to be safe being end of week too, but then seeing the likes of POG and PMO jump back to where I sold them is frustrating..