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 thought you two were going to buy so much stock you would create a rally all by yourselves.
I see the Dow is whimpering along.
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DOW
it's actually popped about a bit, and if one had had the inclination, there were some good trades to make
i suspect trading is very thin and thus the movements exaggerated

Explain?.. certainly, market just lulling people into a false sense of insecurity I expect.. are we down hearted are we hell.. onwards and sideways I say.

I hope you feel reassured now James -):

Ed: Remember George.. patience is a virtue.

Can someone buy something -):

I just did but it didn't move the market .
I'll phone BP and make them a £15 per share take over offer , can i have your bank details Stan ?

Be happy to oblige James but I don't use banks.. toooooooo risky.

all rockin' n rollin' now london has closed
even cash ftse now +20 at 6098

Tuesday getting to be my favourite day of the week.

yummy yummy ...... but both DOW and cash FTSE are now at fairly important resistance levels ...... so have banked some dow and ftse profits but will leave balance of longs to run and keep my fingers x'ed as can't watch during the evening

Finished up nearly 1%, let the rally continue.

You will see D/C you will see

Did i miss something ??

I refere you to post 19230 James.

good to see the resistances breached that i mentioned a few posts back, although not hugely
for all that, there remains plenty of ground to be made up from the 650 point collapse in dow last week - i think that was about the level

Dow 30.

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for day trading on the indices, today should produce many opportunities, just as did yesterday

however, if you cannot sit in front of the screen, then it's a difficult call
trading is very thin so volatility can be expected
will there be a late sell-off either today or tomorrow as the markets come to a close?
are the markets heading for general recovery - they have fallen a long way - or is this is just a temporary rally as always seen in bear markets?

i really don't know

Trade what you see as they say.

Sell off ?? maybe worth a run in to new year ?? however i would take profits on indices .
Lot of catching up to do .

if stocks go up generally, then so of course do indices
i took money off the table last night as already posted, albeit that it turned out to be a bit premature
however, cannot be greatly attentive as am away until after christmas