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

I've just tried to load IE but my version is in a bit of a mess - I'll look this evening.

Shortie - in chrome if you highlight the link that you have posted and right click and take the 'go to http' option.

On the tab that is opened, hover over the chart,right click and take the 'copy image url' option - then post that as the link.

Skinny your a legend... I've done it whoop whoop.... Thank you very much!

Shortie LOL

Carney named as new Bank of England governor

Mark Carney has been named as the new governor of the Bank of England by Chancellor George Osborne.

Mr Carney, the governor of the Canadian central bank, will serve a fixed term of five years and will hold new regulatory powers over banks.

Mr Carney was a surprise choice for the head of the UK's central bank and had previously ruled himself out.

30 min Wall st chart, support looks to be broken. Next support 12760 if we hold below 12930 at close tonight.

Breath of fresh air for the Bank of England?

well my ftse long @ 5790 seems to be holding for now

my dow long from 12916 is ok at the the moment too
AAPL continues to rumble though i confess i banked profit in about 40% earlier at 577.75, primarily because dow was then looking weak

Just for you, cynic...

231 Hedge Funds are long AAPL. That's a lot of soft dollars to pay for a triple analyst AAPL upgrade.

AAPL now +3%

Back in long gold @ 1749

thanks hils ..... i trade in/out of AAPL quite a lot, but intrinsically it's a very good company with an undemanding p/e

and
took my modest dow long profit at 12937 - thank you very much :-)

I'm short again FTSE - from 5801

that's quite brave of you luscious mistress ..... you may find you get a tanned arse

Maybe so

i could make a good profit selling tickets to see that.,.

little cynical smile as my dow long was stopped out - limit up! - at 12990
sorry, Luscious Mistress, but your bum must be stinging a bit .... hope not too painful ..... not doubt BB will be testing the ticket market this morning!

i note that greece has done a deal, so the temptation is to pile back in, even if only to ride the momentum ..... however, dow did NOT get back through the important 13000 level (cash dow currently 12980), so for myself, i am a little undecided

With U.S. "fiscal cliff" deadline nearing, parties still at odds

Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Monday called on President Barack Obama to detail long-term spending cuts to help solve the country's fiscal crisis, while holding firm against the income tax rate increases for the wealthy that Democrats seek.

In a further sign of tense relations between negotiators who are trying to avert a year-end "fiscal cliff" of steep tax increases and spending cuts, the White House expressed doubts that "balanced" deficit reductions can be achieved merely by limiting tax breaks and cutting spending, as Republicans propose.

Thanks for the pix Skinny!

Cynic: I resisted the obvious knee-jerk reaction to sell at a loss; I'm sitting tight currently.

BB: dream on :)