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 suggest a Pastis & crudit at midday, followed by a quick siesta before the DOW opening. Americans should be itching to get going, futures currently +66.

At last some brighter news from the US - glad there's a glimmer of optimism after all!
Reuters:
'U.S. stocks advanced more than 1 percent on Wednesday as a bullish earnings forecast by institutional investor State Street Corp lifted bank shares and higher crude oil prices boosted the energy sector.'

Wonder how long this will last.

can you smell short knickers burning!!

Reckon toya would wear a skimpy thong myself.......not much to burn there.,.

whatever her arse is getting tanned!!

blush !!

doesn't she use that on her cheeks?

would like to see that :0

i couldn't possibly comment!

Oy - behave yourselves!
Neither knickers nor thongs burnt as I'd set my shorts to be pulled off at 4800 - which happened the other night...

Kicking myself though that I did not then go into long-jons mode, and so missed the opportunity for a tidy profit in the last couple of days. Still, there'll be other times I'm sure.

i got overexcited and only read as far as "neither knickers nor thongs"

Thought you were being a good garcon in Provence cynic!

i am i am i'm sorry to say

Are you sure Toya is not a man ?

only on a saturday night when one can't be quite sure, depending on how dark it is

i reckon jb has just about got it right. it is a question and not a statement.
cynic trying to extricate himself.
sorry to be a spoilsport.
regards
jkd

I wonder why jb posed that Q? - I've never been considered a hermaphrodite before!

fwiw: I put my shorts on again last night at 5106 - so currently showing a loss but have enough margin to sit tight for a while.

I would be surprised if this rally continues for many more days. Don't mind if it does - I'd rather be seeing a strong economy but can't see too many signs of it :(

I think maybe you'll be taking your shorts off again soon

:-0