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

100% off cost of borrowing from cd post.lol think he means 50%

Correct Balerboy.

Maths not very good. :)

DAX
finally surged through 10,400 this morning
could now be in for further strong gains - except the obvious so often has a habit of biting your bum

DAX
has limped back up to 10,480 but there's no momentum to indicate enthusiasm to break further north

Indıces have had a good run sınce The Referendum. Not much momentum left ıt looks lıke to me.

S&P
that has roared through major hurdle at 2177, but no idea where next or how that might influence other indices

hAVE

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Yesterday the Vıx at 52 week low. Very low readıng. I am expectıng a sell off soon.

No trades open.

CD - keep an eye on S&P as it's hovering just a tad below a very important level (2187 i am told) ..... if it cracks on through that, then north rather than south may be the direction for other indices

perversely, gold is also rallying strongly so make of it what you will

Not goıng agaınst the trend. Just surprısed at the melt up. Stretched a long way from MA. My feelıng ıs the end of the month wıll see a change of dırectıon.

Lots of the big boys gone ex-divi today:
AZN, BARC, BT.A, EMG, GSK, HSBA, LLOY, RIO.

really boring day today, and even the cricket isn't grabbing the attention

perhaps
U.S. retail sales figures for July are being posted at 8:30 a.m. ET
will spark a bit of life

New Hıgh for DOW today.

what's suddenly perked up the markets?

I havn't seen a perking up ?

whatever it was only lasted a few minutes ..... strange

USA
Jobless Claims in U.S. Decline to Lowest Level in Five Weeks

We are all waiting for J Yellen I believe? Something to do with forecasts for Fed monetary policy!