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

That may be Mr.C but one thing for sure is it won't be opening up.

i'm afraid not, and everything starting to crash anew - not pretty at all

Looks like shorts have it today, some big shorters are making millions. Only thousands for me.

I used to hate shorting, and shorters but I have made more this year shorting than the last five years investing.

There is no particular bad news on the immediate horizon that I can see in the U.S. , so wouldn't be surprised if they buck the trend on tuesday and have a good day, hopefully pulling us up with them.

everyone will be very nervous indeed ahead BO's speech on thursday, and perhaps more importantly, the jobless numbers on friday, which i'ld guess will be dire yet again

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bernard - confess i lacked the balls to short earlier; wtfdik!

DOW futures -223!!! Looking grim.

already factored in in london i think ..... what everyone is waiting for with bated breath is to see if there is any recovery after the initial bad opening

Looks like another big fall today in the good old USA. LOL

that is/was inevitable after yesterday in london, but as i said above .....

Maybe who knows

I'm guessing the Germans haven't rocked the boat, but I can't find any updates as yet.

Germany decision of legality of bailouts.

On edit :- German constitutional court rejects lawsuits aimed at blocking German participation in eurozone bailouts

German Industrial output figures better than expected.

Anyone shorting EUR/GBP at the mo? Also I long Dec Future positions on Barclays, Rockhopper and Heritage...

thoroughly agree that is hopelessly over-valued, but have thought that for years ..... nevertheless, it still refuses to fall, so it's a fairly brave call

NVDA up 6.9% and YHOO +6.7% pre market - could be a good day if Obama speaks the speak.

LOL - 5300 and 11300 - what a crazy market!

thought Obama wasn't speaking until tomorrow (thursday) ..... however, i think bernanke is speaking somewhere today

cynic - yes you are correct (about Obama) - I read later in the week as later today on CNN!!!

Obanana is speaking Thursday late afternoon US time.

midnight BST