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

very thankful indeed that by far the largest % of my assets are held in bricks and mortar

Good buying op if you ask me .

no hurry if you ask me ...... ok if you're looking long(er) term, but very dangerous to try to trade

He who dares Rodney ......

the correct call is probably to sell or even short into a any rally ....... change that ...... the correct call is probably to stay neutral!

I agree ,i have however bought GKN early this morning,i see a decent return there ,happy to hold for months .

Surely a bounce in the indicies at some point ? or is this a 2009 style crash if so there will be stocks at bargain basement prices somewhere down the road .

assuredly there'll be at least DCB, but indicators are currently that such a rally will be short-lived

No respite at the moment . The world will end soon.

Implications of this sell off are going to spew into other areas not yet considered.

Such as......?.......or haven't you considered them either? ;o)

Don't think i've ever seen such a swing in the indicies in one day.

Wish I knew HARRYCAT. I am not that clever.

No tin hat today Claret i think you need these ..

It getting proper naughty out there!!!

Don't tell me the DOW's going to end the evening blue .

i've been out most of the day but managed a couple of very small but profitable trades this afternoon ...... i think it's the only way to play at the moment, or at least, i don't have the balls to do toherwise

i also accidentally went short first thing this morning ...... shame i didn't have foresight as i closed them immediately i realised what i'd done

DOW now seems to be a hitting a wall at around 16,330 and then dropping away

watching the 10-minute chart isn't a bad way to determine what to do - if anything

now getting close to 16,000
below that, 15,800 or thereabouts is the support

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What support are on?

Whisky or Brandy!