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

Hey, I'd expect shorter odds than that.

:o)

10-1 is 10-1 against

Does that mean you still maintaining your assertion that "Over 52 per cent of the UKs GDP is derived from public sector activity"?

short odds that not many of us care

I expect the penny to drop in due course
and then he will cotton on

Cynic,

If you were to care a bit more about what some of the posters on this thread say, it might help improve your trading. Over the last few weeks I've watched you pour scorn on some respected and experienced traders who have gone out of their way to visit this thread in the hope it might help.

I've also watched you make some pretty flakey decisions in that time as well, so I suggest that you're not too old to learn..

Camelot,

My mother once told me that I shouldn't argue with an idiot as they invariably drag you down to their level and end up beating you with experience. If somebody else wishes to take up the reins and explain to you the error within your statement, they are more than welcome to.

Btw, I'm a she!

fiesty one at that.....:))

Bb, your 10-1 is looking very generous.

Btw, short futs at 5276 in last few minutes. Close above 5293 and I'll be out.

you obviously can't do much about your sex, but such is life
anyway, my trading statements go a considerably way to disprove your allegation, but no matter.

apart from that, i still see no reason why i should care at all about your jolly little altercation with camelot nor its basis and/or the somewhat arcane arguments relating to it.

i have the temerity to think i speak for most here in saying that gdp, however it is measured or distorted is of little interest ..... it's the direction of the markets that speak, and that is little influenced by this

Oh, a BSD huh?

??????? .... no idea but your mother should also have warned you about arguing with semites!

Don't rise to it hilery, you've spiked his ego now.....we will have to put up with him in his superior mood for the rest of the day.....hmmmmm

yeh - show us your legs :-)

yours are presumably a little on the thin side ...

;-)

fuck off emu lol!

Those few futs short contracts starting to look a bit sweeter now, Cynic. Are you still sat on your hands?

i am indeed ..... made a good few shekels on the indices over the last week or so and am very happy to have banked those profits ..... as is pretty obvious, the markets are churning all over the place, and though one can assuredly make very good money with the right timing, it is that that is so difficult to call ..... for once doing what i was told many years ago - if in doubt, do nowt

dow is looking very nasty indeed ..... it looks to have dropped a further 70/80 points in the last 5 minutes

Cynic,

I'm currently up around 70 points-ish on 4 Euronext LIFFE contracts. Do you think I should cover them just yet?