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

So could any supplier to Apple. Seems they are trying to take more control over their supply chain. Dialog badly hit today....along with Imagination last week.

DOW + DAX
have taken new short positions in both - 20,554 and 12,089 respectively

got my call wrong, at least for now .... hey ho :-)

DOW + DAX
what volatile markets these are
if you have the rhythm and the time and inclination to concentrate, there's assuredly a lot of money to be made

meanwhile, my shorts from yesterday are now looking far less sickly

strong day (monday) on wall street, so logic says DAX should follow suit in the morning
have therefore (bravely) just opened a long at 12,130 while leaving my short position open

Not sure what the PM is going to say, but markets might move against you if it is hugely important.

closed Dow long first thing this morning for a modest profit, but left Dax long to run, for most of it is counter-balanced by an existing short

small DOW long just opened at 20,537 as 20,500 looks to be holding well ....... no doubt it will prove to be a mug's punt :-)

I will send you a spoon.

8-)

only just logged on to see your latest ..... you're too kind :-)

actually, it's now not far out of the money, though i guess the timing could have been better yesterday

banked very juicy DAX long profit at 12,284 albeit that with hindisght, it was premature

still (ruefully) have very small Dax short running, but more than counterbalanced by the above

News
FTSE to open sideways as traders eye France's vote
.....
FTST UP 130 points

hahahahahahah love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i agree - totally nuts as even the Sunday trading indices were well ahead

OR

FTSE flies higher on France vote result relief

hahahahahahahah

EUPHORIA
markets are very unpredictable and that needs to be borne in mind

it is by no mean certain that macron will indeed be the next french president, though i accept it is the most likely result

even then, there will be all sorts of horse trading to determine who will be the next pm and what coalition will emerge to run the country

DOW
all-time closing high is 21,095 and now only 80/90 points below that
pays yer money, takes yer choice

looks like another boring day as we head into w/e

happy to see both DOW and DAX dropping, though i'ld like to see DAX more enthusiastic in that respect