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

FTSE chart not looking too good.

DOW has tumbled 400+ to 24,500
that won't make the markets happy in the morning, unless there's a sudden about turn

Facebook did not help. Data privacy breach.

FTSE 100 almost down to 7000.

Looking for a turnaround point.

potential support a little higher at 7025

52 Week Low.

Death Cross formed on 50/250MA for those who take note of those sort of signals.

Not good.

Well any sign of weakness on the Dow and 7000 is going to be breached.

We sure do seem pessimistic in this country

UK being punished unfairly IMO, project fear appears to be winning. For now!

Top 10 by market cap in FTSE 100 have taken a hit past 6 weeks.

RDSA has had a fair chunk taken off.

DOW has been all over the place, ranging from +240 to -60 and back and forth in between
i'm sure computer traders made a fortune, but for us poor mortals, it was far too risky

MARKETS
started reasonably but now looking shitty once more, though i'm not sure why

Fed up rates yesterday. More to come?

Getting frustrated here. Just bought some more FTSE. Retail sales figures were good but even that didn't help.

BOE decision coming up soon but they aren't going to move rates and I can't see anything other than a 9-0 vote.

Hopefully Mr Carney will have some helpful words for the market.

7-2 to hold. Hey what do I know.


Market not interested though. (yet)

I do not understand initial cable move

This is one reason for the sell off.

President Donald Trump will announce tariffs on Chinese imports on Thursday, a White House official said, in a move aimed at curbing theft of U.S. technology and likely to trigger retaliation from Beijing and stoke fears of a global trade war.

markets look to be capitulating
not a happy sight

if we're lucky, we may just see a bounce on DAX from the current level (12,025)which would imply a bounce on DOW ..... neither looks a certainty to put it mildly

Lost 700 points since the spike yesterday.

Trump is expected to announce tariffs on Chinese imports at 12:30 p.m. ET and is reigniting fears of a trade war between the world's two largest economies.

Trump to impose tariffs on $50bn of imports from China

The Trump administration plans to impose new tariffs on $50bn in annual imports from China, targeting products such as robots and high-speed trains as it also ramps up efforts to block Chinese investment in strategic sectors.
In what White House officials on Thursday billed as a historic move against Chinese “economic aggression”, President Donald Trump was set to order US officials to levy tariffs against China in response to a finding that Beijing has for decades pursued a strategy of unfairly acquiring US intellectual property.

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for a change, i actually agree with that move
the chinese are totally unscrupulous, as anyone in business will know