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

FTSE to open 54 to 56 points lower,

5200 to buy atm.

5188 ETX

Eyes down at 9 O'clock.

On edit - make that 10 :-)

but surprisingly steady .... implies that the "boys" are generally confident that the vote will pass

lol

Live vote 10.15 GMT

German September Jobless rate - lowest since records began in 1998.

A picture from the German parliament this morning

Is she a dyke.

Looks like the "spinning magic wand" has stopped at her.

Bitch!!!!!!!!!! Sorry

Vote Yes 523 v 85

That's it then she is a dyke.

slightly curious then that the market has not reacted at all

Priced in cynic? more concerned with US data out @1.30 and how those crazy yanks perform as always 2.30pm onwards :O)

I think its a case of damned if they do damned if they don't - everyone knows this is just papering over the cracks and putting off the inevitable.

Merkel had tried to assure her coalition that taxpayers' money would not be wasted by supporting bailout measures -- but she could not rule out that the money might be written off if, as financial markets increasingly fear, Greece defaults.

i think all accept that greece will indeed default, but not just yet ..... it's a case of building a dam so that that when it does happen, it is controlled and managed as best as possible

Have to be a bloody big dam.