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

CAD Ivey PMI 66.5 v consensus 62.1 previous 64.1

DOW down over 150 certainly is super tuesday!

Not an index I look at often but the AIM All Share is getting a hammering today - over 5% at one point. A big "risk off" day for sure.

wish i'd had the balls to keep running my dow short, but completely screwed it up ..... only positive for me today was my BOR short

have now shorted dow again (a bit late as have been playing golf), as target down has now become 12250

Closed Ftse short @ 5750.3 + 145. Dollar Index may hit resistance @ 79.92 be interesting. If it doesn't I have closed to soon :O)

Well done Chris. A bit like Cynic, I "could have done better".

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Thanks skinny. should have mentioned re Dollar Index chart it was actually (Capital Spreads) March contract when I referred to 79.92 as possible resistance yesterday.

German Factory Orders m/m -2.7% v consensus 0.6% previous 1.7%

Points on Greece -

1,The Mail has reported that Greece are making large land sales.

2,Greeks in the U.S..and they are saying ALL Greeks there are sending money
back home to friends and family.
We don't know just how much ,of course, but injections like those might make all the difference to a struggling nation like Greece.
I don't think any economists have factored in this sort of funding into their calculations.

Greeks abroad love their home country and their assistance should not be discounted.

Short UKX @ 5783.5 Stop 5802.0

oops and out sharpish 5793

Coward :-)

Dollar Index going south mate, Apple strong Dow strong?

Greeks apart!

Which one of the big bondholders has yest to decided about the deal about greece?

cynic, bad hattrick,third attempt in red? anyway i believe participation in debt not enough, if yes debt not sustainable anyway, enthusiasm short lived.

That PFC chart has broken past the £16 at last I see.

Edit: Apologies wrong thread.

Official Bank Rate 0.5% unchanged

QE £325B unchanged.

Unchanged for 3 years now apparently.. Stability or what? -):