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

money with mouth?
FTSE currently sitting very close to the day's high at 6987

7000 early doors FTSE 100

Good move this morning. Not far off all time high again

DAX
having trouble breaking 10,580 barrier ..... if it sneaks towards it again and you are alert, may be a time to short

Close FTSE short yesterday ,ended up a 12 point loss from being in front , opened again just now , can't keep going up forever .

And still it goes up ..

Good call hlyeo98 (post 21000) let us know when you are bullish, he says jokingly.
2517

It will go down... the macro economy is not healthy.

I believe the EU will be the catalyst to give markets a shock. There Banks are on same trajectory as UK circa 2007

Just my thoughts as a regular to Deutschland and beyond

Looks like normal service has resumed. Ftse listening to the Dow (for now) anyway.

Going to drop below 7000 soon.

My shorts doing well now .

there is certainly a lot of money to be made given the markets' current volatility, but you need to be "in the rhythm" and have nimble fingers and an alert brain to succeed

i'm travelling a bit at the moment, so have no chance :-)

Finished the day below 7000.

really?
suggest re-check as currently 7017 and only +5 after hours

markets are assuredly in very uncertain mood at the moment

US selling off today after Jobs numbers.

JD. (JD Sports)
surprised there's no thread on here for this one, not least because as the chart shows, it has been a phenomenal performer

however one does need to wonder whether their profits are going to take a nasty bashing as the collapsing £ takes its toll

The FTSE rally is a product of currency devaluation, not an improving economy – it is an optical illusion.