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

DOW plumit 12765 testing already

And out 80.560 + 180 sod this for a game of soldiers, staying out to dangerous trading on nights :O)

New Home sales fell 0.3% - maybe that's what triggered the plummet!

Chris - go to bed! Well done on your trade!

Long @12,778.50 - won't hang around!

Out +9.5

Its the only answer I can find, easy money right now..

WTF

Euro zone central banks may roll over their Greek bonds - document

Wow - what a see-saw!

European shares pared losses in afternoon trading on Wednesday after U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said he was optimistic that a deal on the U.S. "fiscal cliff" of tax rises and spending cuts could be reached.

My long on the FTSE @5790 is still holding - although it was a bit wobbly today - expecting a rise from here now

I was doing quite well halfway through all that - and then blew it cos I wasn't keeping my eyes on it... back to the starting grid!

I'm +100 pts at the moment, looking good, currently short 12870, Chaikin now back down. Nice chart below shows the action.

Well done Shortie - I was just too quick to close. C'est la vie.

Went short too early, looks like I'll be giving some back

I've just gone short from 12900 - hope it keeps going down now cos I need to make up some losses from earlier this afternoon!

pepsi instead of a fine wine tonight then toya.,.

Good luck with that Toya, can't see why it would stay above 12900, RSI overweight, MACD cross in on 3 min chart below, need a cross on the 15 min + to set longer term direction though.

hey guys and gals, thought i posted this yesterday, but seemingly not ....... BIG HOORAYS FOR LUSCIOUS MISTRESS T WHOSE BIG BIRTHDAY IS TODAY!!

Thanks Guys. You're very good with those chart now Shortie; Skinny will be proud of you!

As for pepsi - no, I don't think so! It's my birthday and I shall be going out for a treat, even if the markets turn against me