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

cynic
you are quite right in part of what you say. you overlook or miss what i did actually post recently that i had stop losses in place ALL of which were either at profit or at Cost, to take me out of my positions.
see my post on lam as just one example. see my post on gkp as another example.
where did i say this rally has legs? which is what you suggest i say. i didnt.
what happens next is of no import to this discussion.
just to add to this discussion i will offer 2 of my suggested support/ resistance levels on the ftse give or take say 10/20 points or so 5114/5015.
as always just my opiunion
regards to you and all
jkd

Walt Disney Co. earnings and revenue easily beat the street, driven by growth in media networks unit.

so, despite dow finishing well of its high (+150 at 10058) the above after-hours numbers should scarcely damage tomorrow's sentiment

Great start to the day.....crunch day for Greece....big boys bailing them out....

It's like a very very bright sunny day in the morning in Britain...it might not last....

European Union leaders will lay the foundations for a financial bailout of Greece at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, but any package will demand deep fiscal and economic adjustments by Athens in return.

this probably explains the market drifting off its highs.
in honesty, i think that's a much more acceptable deal for the world at large, even if not for greece domestically, than just ladling out VLCCs of cash without strings

just flashed up on CNN ..... it's ambiguous, but i guess it's actually positive as Dow cash +26

Number of people filing for first-time unemployment benefits fell 43,000 to 440,000 last week - fewer than economists expected.

That's still a big number over a WEEK.
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today london is likely to finish (very) weak as is dow.
it's the end of another volatile week and with uncertainty again returning re the rescue package for greece, heads will be ducking back beneath the parapet for the w/e

Banks and Miners getting hit, not a good sign. Dollar Index very strong doing it's best to hit 81! But seen this film before those crazy yanks, despite the public holiday on Monday never do the obvious :o)))

DJ Futs could hit 10000, which would probably drop the FTSE Futs through current support at 5100

No friday eveing rally then this week?

You're considering a last minute entry to Monte Carlo....or has that come and gone ?...

Monte Carlo!

Not my style. Know what I mean.

he'd like a fast woman, not fast cars..

please sir, may i 2 of them and one of those?

apart from that, could have been a bloodbath today, but it wasn't and even wall street is not that dire, unless it suddenly collapses towards the close
it will certainly have helped that the latest retail numbers were deemed quite encouraging

Friday night rally yeehah

a pretty solid performance by dow all things considered ..... unless the politicos do something typically daft over w/e, monday in london could be quite striong

and i guess breath now held all round while the eurozone politicos fight their own corners while pretending to discuss the greek problem ..... all of which will reflect in US when the markets re-open for biz tomorow (tuesday)

does anybody seriously care about Greece, just a storm in a ......

European banks would have massive write offs if Greece becomes insolvent, do you think we would/could avoid the flak?
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