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

fingers x'ed .... i know the feeling

Out for 15 pts and been long on FTSE for a few .

Have been trading tight ranges Long and short all week. In a holding pattern.

Seems to have been easy this week ,tight ranges was the key i think. Small gains but no losses.

FTSE mixed as miners, oilies drag blue chips south

FTSE 100 UP 15 points

keep up at the back there!

Going down now though .

and then zipped straight back up again :-)

New highs on all four Indices in US. First time since 1999

UK below 1999 High :(

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Still going up in US

News
FTSE seen cautious ahead of Autumn Statement
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UP 50 PTS

hahahahahahahah

i wonder if it will be a case of sell on the news
markets generally are very strange at the moment ..... who would have expected Dow to be in record territory or indeed have been in uninterrupted upward mood since that awful man got elected?

I reckon on a few more points North on Dow this week into Thanksgiving.

that's tomorrow!
looks like a full day's trading on wall street today, closed tomorrow adn half day on friday

I went short DOW last night ,lets see if it pays off.

chuckle
it depends at what level
its headlong rush north must surely have at least a breather soon

Well i'm slightly down at the moment but fortune favours the brave.

My short not doing well at the moment.

I have had a dabble short. Not working out on Dow. Could be no stopping the upward path now!!!