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

hmmm - greece got lucky today the ecb approved some more emergency funds after this weeks run on the greek banks - waste of money :-) - still wasting money should fit very well with the eu as that is a complete waste of time and money......................... and the rest - not an ounce of common sense between the lot of them

IG trades FTSE and DOW on Sundays
Though I wouldn't much want to dabble in these, it is still worth taking note that FTSE in particular is +18 at 6703

Implication is the perceived likelihood that there'll be a Greek fudge - with which I concur

That has bugged it!

woke up early for no good reason, but it looks as though a greek (rather than a trojan) deal has pretty much been struck, albeit that anything will have to be ratified in athens

anyway, opened a long in ftse at 6721, which is now just in the money

fireworks at the open?

cash FTSE now showing at 6760, so an ace start to the week, and i haven't even had breakfast yet!

i would have a dabble at FTSE250 as it is now challenging 50 dma
unfortunately (for me) the CFD spread is 35 points, and though this index is extremely volatile and thus interesting to trade, that is still a big lump to make up before one is in the money

One hell of a spike this morning. Missed it. Now undecided if this is for real or just a fake.

woke up early for no good reason cynic ,i hope you didn't wet the bed !

You should have woke Claret and myself ,missed this rise .

early worm catches the rise

:))

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FTSE is now static at just below 7800 so have banked that VERY nice profit of 72 points from this morning's little foray

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7808
an important level to break

Now is there a deal on for Greece or not ??

7800! - you wish cynic! :-)

He got up too early !!

you're right
never mind; what's 1,000 points between friends :-))

FTSE has limped through 6808 and DOW is having a little peek at 18,170
if DOW can crack that hurdle then either/both indices may be worth a flutter

It all depends on the Greek negotiations ,if that fails all bets are off.

true, though it's looking increasingly unlikely that that will happen, even though the fat lady has barely started to warm up

A small short just in case the Greeks are spoofing the market :)