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

I agree capitulation here in the UK, but not so sure about US.

Trying to decide what to chuck the proceeds from ALD takeover on. Hmmm

really?
DOW now down 420 at 24,260

bloody hell - DOW -720 at 23,950

I was about to say the same thing.......Bloody Hell.
Trade war looming?

hmm. Bought some more FTSE at 6877. I would prefer that we don't fall much further now.

I am pretty uncomfortable with this trade. I'm not sure what will stop the Dow falling further and how that will cascade onto all other markets

As i feared. The Trump bump now turned into the Trump dump.

Looked pleased with himself yesterday.

Capitulated my long last night. A bit frustrating but no damage done as stakes low.

i have been exceedingly fortunate these last few days in managing to trade DOW profitably every time ..... i could easily have made some serious errors, and indeed, i note as i write that DOW is now down a further 450 at 23,500

i don't know what sparked the sudden reversal of fortunes in cash DOW over the w/e, but sadly and yet again, no reciprocal action by either FTSE or DAX

FTSE has come back 100 pts since Dow low on Friday?

This is ridiculous. what this time?

DAX
at a technical support level (11,785) but it takes a brave man to back that - and i'm not!

DOW all over the place again, but not sure i have the patience to "play" today

First qtr has shaken a few trees.

Another bad day on Wall Street.

so why are you not NOW shorting FTSE or DAX?
it's easily done

I only trade during opening hours.

Taken enough from Dow today.

Closed out.

No open positions on indices.

China announces major retaliation for US tariffs
China has said it will impose tariffs on 106 products originating from the US, according to an announcement on state television on Wednesday, in response to tariffs on Chinese imports outlined hours earlier by the Trump administration.
The new tariffs on soybeans, automobiles, and chemical products, reported by CCTV, roiled financial markets in Asia and Europe, with Hong Kong and German markets hit particularly hard. Soybeans also fell sharply in commodity trading.


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all indices smacked very hard with cash DOW dumping 400

in fact, DOWwas down about 600 a little earlier

were it not for DT's overweening egotism, one could be confident that the two sides will sort their differences to a greater or lesser extent, albeit behind the scenes, to allow both sides to soften their stances without losing face