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

now 65,125,175 respectively

however, as jimmy said yesterday (i think), the fall will be overdone and a sizeable bounce - perhaps short-lived - will occur
timing will be everything, as always

Yes cynic but now looking at the scale of what happened in France and the fact that they are bombing the crap out of Syria i think i'll hold fire for now .
I have been long CAC and did ok ,glad i'm not holding that one over the weekend .

early indications are that markets are opening much better than feared yesterday

CAC might be closed today. French president declares 3 days of national mourning.

Good point pat .

17,230 and 6,090 are the important resistance/support levels

both were wiped out late friday and on the sunday indicators, but both dow and ftse are now challenging these northwards ..... but it's very early still

Well the CAC is open as usual and it's not mayhem but i'll sit tight for the moment .

Surprising markets this morning ..

as so often markets do nothing like what is expected of them :-)

Yes up and down this morning ,i think i'll pass for now .

massive about-turn with DOW now +150 at 17,385
if this level holds through the close - or at least above 17,300 - then it's tempting to think that there could be a further surge north

qui sait?

Cut all my positions last Friday before the terrible events.

Not holding any positions currently.

Now in the "Don't know which way to trade camp"

I suspect that camp is getting a bit crowded CD.

I'm long DOW and if the FTSE takes a step back i shall go long there as well ,i missed getting in overnight .

another rock n roll day
now challenging a DOW resistance at 17,550
next one is for FTSE must be 6,300 or thereabouts provided it holds above 6,250

Funny day took a few points on DOW long , shorted FTSE but jumped ship just above evens , i think i best leave alone today .

good job you got out of FTSE short!

your DOW long would or should still be looking good, though it has certainly hopped about a bit in this first hour of trading - currently +60 at 17,535

it's starting to feel that the markets are running out of puff
am very inclined to go short but shall wait to see if DOW closes below 17500

the markets are curious today (again!) ......
DOW is attempting to stage quite a strong rally, though it could well be stalling at 17,600
however, none of the european markets seem inclined to follow suit