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

Bit of a "whore's drawers" day with 5000.

Anyone like to hazard a guess at market direction once the US gets going?

South

and then North :-)

north south north south north south south north north south north south.

50/50 chance of being right Bernard! Could be one of those up a bit down a bit days.

Just missed taking a Cable short as it came short of res by 5 pips; for the sake of 5 pips I really should have taken the trade!

I have closed all my positions now as don't have a clue what will happen at 14.30

I think that's the general consensus!

I have futures -160, very tempted to have a small long. Hmmmmm

Gone long @10851 - won't hang around though.

North has it

Out 10903 +52 :-)

Went long at 10867 but bottled it straight away and closed for +1

I have a feeling it will end up but happy to watch now for a bit. I have some silly orders in for the day on VOD & AV. and er LLOY.

Nice 5,200 skinny

Still north dare we hope hope for a blue end.

all that bad hype and ...no drama at al l!.. bonkers..

DJI certainly a bit spikey!

AOTFS! ..... resist the temptation of boredom trading

Wobbley. I thought the dont hold over the weekend mob would have been dumping like mad.