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

Fab...jkd......was busy today thinking great the market is rising...come back and ???....down we go again....damn....

i'm going out for dinner, otherwise i might have a little dabble at dow long .... i shall be interested to see where it finishes!

Down ! - which is where my small short ended @10,709 + a fewwwww

ouch!! .... that was unnecessarily brutal

The FTSE must go up. Investors cannot afford to keep cash in the bank, with interest rates being held for 1-2 more years. King said today inflation will rear its head again.
I do not think it will be Thursday some how.

FTSE Tipped for strong early gains

bizarre! Stay safe my friends.

I went the other way after hours skinners, Dow just covered +203 :-)

splat :-)

ECB Monthly Report at 9 should give some direction - or not!

DOW give up after europe's concerns and want to see believe from there so europe's markets leading a pack..amazing

We will be ok after france downgrade.

We will be ok after france downgrade.

rally totally expunged - not good

5000 looking soggy again!

yup. Long FTSE again @ 4999 and Dow @ 10775

with pretty tight stops and not too much exposure i hope

out Dow +50 and some UKX +30

keeping eyes wide open, thanks Cyners

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