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

Nice to get a clear direction two days running, but for how long.

cash DOW already below yesterday's low of 17,666 (sign of lucifer?) and if it stays that way, then 17,500 def on the cards

FTSE is also now well below yesterday's low of 6,158
if 6,100 fails then hang on, and even more so if 6,060 also collapses

Mayhem alert !

DOW
banked half for a very nice profit at 17,654

golfing this afternoon so wouldn't be able to monitor

Golf, what do you mean Golf?.. there's work to do you know.

Battle Royale going on between Gold and Dollar Index, if gold can stay above 1287,,,1300 next target support 1280,1273,1271.

Back to an early up day for now.

Down week thus far.

INDICES + NFP
NFP - i'm not sure what would technically be good or bad numbers as far as the market is concerned
almost regardless, i'm inclined to think there'll be an end week or relief rally so i shall top slice my shorts

S+P 500 (cash)
i see that has just teased south of a supposed important support of 2045
in an hour or so the direction will be more apparent

My feeling is negative for the NFP's, but far from certain about the Dow.

U.S. economy added 160,000 jobs in April, below recent monthly levels, and unemployment held steady at 5%.

US job growth disappoints but wages rise
The pace of job growth cooled sharply in April but wage growth ticked up more than forecast, highlighting the tough decision for Federal Reserve policymakers as they mull rate increases.

Another good day for Gold so far.

so then, all sorts of excitement since i left for the gym and (now) returned

when i left, DOW had dumped 100 points
when i got back in my car an hour or so later, it was + a tad
as i write, i see it is now -56

may extend my short again as i see S&P remains just below 2045

Tide turning for the ft turning or not?

turning which way?
indices dithering about for no particular reason, other than crude rising abit on the back of the canadian fires

Only that the Dow futures is on the way down to red, but of course that may well turn back.

another strange old day, but perhaps worth noting that DAX has not held above 10,000, and by the time it closes, just maybe below 9,950