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Our internationally popular FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX) Trading around 9,710 at time of writing.

#FTSE #GOLD The anticipation for the US lowering interest rates with an announcement next Wednesday 10th appears to be smothering the usual dread of the first Friday of the month US Payrolls news. As this will be the first “proper” announcement since the US Government shutdown ceased, it’s unlikely to be collated as a bunch of optimistic estimates, risking a reality bomb dropping on the markets on Friday. Even the UK market has been tiptoeing around this week in a manner similar to walking through a dark room, knowing their are some small bits of lego on the floor.

Regardless, the FTSE seems to be having a love affair with the 9700 point level presently, remaining fascinated with it for the last 7 sessions. It makes us question whether this pause in market movements shall be left behind due to useful numbers from the USA or a miserable wait until the next BoE decision on UK interest rates on Thursday 18th December. In-house, we’ve an expectation of some dud US jobs numbers provoking near term market reversals, then the US Fed Res decision next Wednesday pulling things back upward again, just in time for a proper Christmas rally.

From an immediate perspective, we shall be a little interested if the FTSE manages above 9728 as this should create a lift to a fairly useless 9747 points. But in the even the FTSE manages to bubble above 9747 points, we shall regard it as moving into bigger picture territory with 9835 exerting an attraction. Should this movement trigger, the tightest stop looks like 9703 points, a fairly reasonable gift.

Our alternate scenario for the near term kicks in, should 9703 break as this calculates with an unlikely potential for reversal to 9623 points with our “longer term” secondary, if broken, down at 9580 points.

Finally, with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend, some amusement is almost certified as the world title is in the hands of three drivers. And probably Lance Stroll who shall doubtless force some of them off the track while they try and avoid him… Have a good weekend.

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:02:17PM BRENT 6328.5 6248 6204 6284 6340 6359 6315
10:05:34PM GOLD 4207.3 4174 4164 4201 4220 4231 4199
10:08:25PM FTSE 9703.5 9673 9656 9713 9727 9745 9706 ‘cess
10:11:58PM STOX50 5717.5 5703 5694 5721 5731 5745 5700
10:17:06PM GERMANY 23880.2 23779 23722 23844 23946 23972 23850
10:48:48PM US500 6855.9 6806 6759 6851 6862 6874 6846
10:51:33PM DOW 47839.7 47687 47590 47861 48060 48139 47870
10:54:15PM NASDAQ 25586.2 25446 25339 25584 25686 25721 25559
10:58:47PM JAPAN 50606 50372 50285 50655 50990 51159.5 50698 ‘cess

 

4/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9710 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,205,585 a change of -7.45%
3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%
2/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,504,463,806 a change of 24.89%
1/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9702 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,008,942,669 a change of 26.85%
28/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9720 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,737,137,664 a change of -21.39%
27/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9693 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,026,345,245 a change of -20.1%
26/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9691 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,542,003,610 a change of 18.39%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 721.5 Percentage Change: + 1.69% Day High: 726.5 Day Low: 705.5

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LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC Close Mid-Price: 0.6 Percentage Change: -7.69% Day High: 0.65 Day Low: 0.6

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 10060 Percentage Change: -0.98% Day High: 10330 Day Low: 10005

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 264 Percentage Change: + 0.61% Day High: 265 Day Low: 262

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Telecom Plus Plc (LSE:TEP) Trading around 1,452 at time of writing.

Everyone probably experience some regrets in life, whether it was Michelle Pfeiffer & Grease 2, George Clooney in Batman and Robin, or Kier Starmer on entering politics, but when it comes to Telecom Plus, we’ve got an utter stonker. When we review what TEP.L actually do, it reminds of a straightforward (very profitable) software project we were tasked with in the early 21st century. Basically, we had to design a system which accepted billing data from a fairly small series of sources, a bunch of 11 companies. This data would be merged with similar inputs from the other 10 companies, giving an outgoing batch of bills which collated the charges from the various data sources.

It was, from a software design perspective,  a pretty simple process but fun, given the corporate data sources were imported from a ridiculous range of data types. Our client was anxious to present a “no problem” attitude to folk they were selling their system to. Regardless of whether the inbound data was coming from text files, comma separated value types, the usual overambitious Microsoft Access database’s or wherever, our software was designed to cut and dice inbound files, merging everything to create a single outbound file which essentially gave ‘Joe Blogs Newsagents’ a bill which collated virtually everything they’d bought from multiple sources the previous month.

The system became quite a big deal, especially as the original framework expected one staff member to cover 16 outlets. With our software, one single staff member (Hazel) was handling over 2,000 retail outlets initially, a considerable saving on projected costs. Eventually, Hazel has over 3,000 retail outlets under her belt, around which time we signed off the project, moving on to something more interesting. Which brings us to Telecom Plus, a company with absolutely nothing to do with our software or the concept – a story for another day, our neighbour the recipient of a throwaway chat one drunken Sunday afternoon during the Monaco GP.  Now a resident in Monte Carlp, owning various properties around the Rascasse in Monaco, a scene familiar to F1 fans, he took our simple software design and moved it into the worldwide corporate market, dealing with Credit Card bills!. This story is fairly amusing, dealing with an inherent inability to spot glaring business opportunities. At some point, we would love to write about MS Outlook but cannot, due to it being a UK design from the mid 1980’s. This was before email was invented but we had to sign something… On the bright side, a photo of Mrs Thatcher shaking my hand will always be treasured, a case of “you had to be there” though I suspect my wife throws darts at it.

After exposing how rubbish we were/are at business opportunities, it’s easier to shrug and move onto the next thing. For us, our software mapping the markets has proven a reliable challenge, right up there with guessing where a 24 year old cat will pee next as it bounces around a dementia filled house. Kidding aside, the unwanted gift from a deceased mother-in-law remains functioning as an animal, despite her weak bladder and hatred of so called “puppy mats” along with a preference for a spread out newspaper. I suspect 2026 shall bring the final visit to the vet which is odd, because I dislike cats. But this thing has earned its right to life, along with living for rather a long time, despite dementia. To be honest, it remains funny watching the cat ignoring a table and banging into it, then getting angry at the table before turning around and doing what she actually intended. A geriatric cat is ridiculous!

And there we have it, a perfect link between Michelle Pfeiffer (catwoman)  and Tiger, our 24 year old mad cat, while taking a pitstop in the area where we avoided PLC status but enjoy Scottish foul weather. As adulthood enters the picture, we’re starting to really understand why the Romans failed to invade Scotland, their stupid little walls failing to keep the horrid climate at bay. It#s funny, the number of immigrants from England who turn into rabid Scottish independence folk, not understanding independence shall bring a reasonable climate. Though it will doubtless ensure the hell of winter time clock change will be immediately ditched.

As for LSE:TEP, we’re just a little anxious over their recent share price movements, movements since the start of December indicating the potential of reversals to an initial 1,342 and a potential and hopeful bounce. There’s a quite dreadful implication, if the share price closes below 1,342 as reversals to an eventual 1,087 becomes very possible. In summary, whatever is going on with Telecom Plus share price is a bit of a mess.

If things intend to head toward the sunny side of life, the share price needs an excuse to close a session above 1,616p. Such a miracle allows recovery to an initial 1,784p with our secondary for the longer term, if bettered, calculating at 2,006p. For now, we fear the share price intends head toward 1,087p.

 

 

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Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:00:21PM BRENT 6276 6230 6194 6147 6282 6335 6374 6428 6252
11:08:18PM GOLD 4202.29 4193 4181 4161 4212 4241 4254 4284 4202
11:10:46PM FTSE 9702.4 9674 9668 9642 9694 9712 9719 9734 9696
11:13:09PM STOX50 9713.5 5674 5652 5628 5702 5726 5737 5758 5696
11:52:32PM GERMANY 23775 23642 23617 23541 23747 23792 23855 23926 23732
11:30:42PM US500 6853.9 6807 6790 6766 6827 6863 6878 6908 6848
11:33:22PM DOW 47938.2 47470 47287 47042 47617 48022 48133 48266 47868 Success
11:36:11PM NASDAQ 25600 25427 25350 25252 25563 25644 25734 25853 25564 ‘cess
11:38:46PM JAPAN 50029 49267 48997 48613 49570 50149 50563 51068 49777 ‘cess

 

3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%
2/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,504,463,806 a change of 24.89%
1/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9702 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,008,942,669 a change of 26.85%
28/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9720 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,737,137,664 a change of -21.39%
27/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9693 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,026,345,245 a change of -20.1%
26/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9691 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,542,003,610 a change of 18.39%
25/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9609 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,370,501,929 a change of -51.58%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports.

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

If you want to ask a question about something Market Related intraday, don’t hesitate to email private.client@trendsandtargets.com. If something has gone volatile and a quick answer is needed, we’ve probably already run the numbers on it. As you’ll appreciate, we try and avoid spamming people needlessly.

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:SRP Serco** **LSE:TRN The Trainline** **

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 709.5 Percentage Change: + 0.71% Day High: 711.5 Day Low: 695

All BALFOUR BEATTY needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 711.5 to improve acceleration toward an initial 722p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 889p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 292p it calculates with a drop potential of 290p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 265p.

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28/11/2025 Target met. Further movement against BALFOUR BEATTY ABOVE 707 should improve acceleration toward an initial 722p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 889p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 292p it calculates with a drop potential of 290p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 265p.

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 59.7 Percentage Change: + 3.83% Day High: 61.2 Day Low: 57.5

Target met. Further movement against Foxtons ABOVE 61.2 should improve acceleration toward an initial 63p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 65p. The price would require to slip BELOW 50p, it will invariably lead to 47p with our longer term secondary, if broken, at 41p.

Previous Report:

02/12/2025 In the event of Foxtons enjoying further trades beyond 58, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 59.5p with secondary (if initial bested) at 63p. It would require trading BELOW 50p, it will invariably lead to 47p with our longer term secondary, if broken, at 41p.

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 383.1 Percentage Change: + 6.31% Day High: 386.6 Day Low: 363.9

Target met. In the event of Glencore Xstra enjoying further trades beyond 386.6, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 399p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 436p. It would require trading BELOW 333 calculates as leading to an initial 249p with our secondary, if broken, at 215p.

Previous Report:

21/11/2025 Continued weakness against GLEN taking the price below 333 calculates as leading to an initial 249p with our secondary, if broken, at 215p. Glencore Xstra share price requires to recover ABOVE 378p to improve acceleration toward an initial 386p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 436.

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 10160 Percentage Change: + 0.59% Day High: 10230 Day Low: 10070

Target met. All Intercontinental Hotels Group needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 10230 to improve acceleration toward an initial 10330p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 10508p. It would require trading BELOW 8000 risks a visit to an initial 7225p with our secondary, if broken, at 5946p.

Previous Report:

26/11/2025 Target met. Further movement against Intercontinental Hotels Group ABOVE 10190 should improve acceleration toward an initial 10211p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 10508p. It would require trading BELOW 8000 risks a visit to an initial 7225p with our secondary, if broken, at 5946p.

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LSE:SRP Serco Close Mid-Price: 262.4 Percentage Change: + 0.92% Day High: 263.2 Day Low: 259.2

In the event of Serco enjoying further trades beyond 263.2, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 267p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 298p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 163 for concern, risking reversal to an initial 160p with secondary, if broken, at 149p and a bounce, hopefully.

Previous Report:

31/10/2025 All Serco needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 260.2 to improve acceleration toward an initial 267p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 298p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 163 for concern, risking reversal to an initial 160p with secondary, if broken, at 149p and a bounce, hopefully.

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LSE:TRN The Trainline. Close Mid-Price: 214.4 Percentage Change: -5.38% Day High: 217.2 Day Low: 199.5

Target met. Continued weakness against TRN taking the price below 199.5 calculates as leading to an initial 197p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 194p. The Trainline share price requires to recover ABOVE 288p could trigger an initial 310p with our secondary, if beaten, at 334p.

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02/12/2025 Weakness on The Trainline below 227.8 will invariably lead to 219p with our secondary, if broken, at 197p. However, the visuals are interesting, suggesting above 288p could trigger an initial 310p with our secondary, if beaten, at 334p.

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Coca-cola HBC (LSE:CCH) Trading around 3,764 at time of writing.

#Gold #WallSt As it’s the time of year, when we’re subjected to extraordinary efforts by Coke to convince the world they invented Christmas. There are certainly some signals the share price is limbering up to display a bit of fizz anytime soon, though this may be something to do with a few recent articles lauding Coca Cola for their track record in paying dividends. And we also cannot ignore the fact the share price has experienced a stonking 33% rise this year against the background of a FTSE which has “only” achieved 21% so far. To avoid inflicting pain, we’re NOT going to compare the FTSE with other world markets yet as we plan such a depressing initiative for closer to the year end.

Locally in Argyll, we lack the visibility of corporate Coca Cola trucks, and the lack of any train lines means we are deprived of ever seeing the mythical Coke goods train. But instead, we suffer something rather better looking, the Jingle Tractors. A few enthusiasts of old tractors decorate their machines, add lights, attach an open trailer, and tour the area with the trailers full of kids while speakers blare out traditional Christmas tunes. As the event takes place just after dark, it’s impossible not to smile (and wish you were aboard) the mobile traffic jams of good cheer, utterly devoid of any corporate sponsorship. When the tractors arrive at the local town, they are greeted with a snow covered scene, complete with several fat, lazy, reindeer. Needless to say, the reindeer offended someone who wrote a letter to the local paper, complaining of the “exploited” animals while ignoring their impeccable coats and smug, healthy demeanour. We do have a local deer farm, producing something called “Winston Churchill Venison” whose farm shop provide a superb range of butchered Bambi. During the year, the small herd of tame reindeer wander around the farm, carefully checking every visitor in case they’ve also brought snacks.

The immediate situation for Coke has a vague hint the share price shall behave in a fashion similar to a 2 litre cola bottle, dropped from the boot of a car and rolling down the drive, when unloading a shopping. Somehow, grandchildren seem to have a sixth sense to avoid such a gift! Share price movement next above 3,842p has the potential to trigger share price movements to an initial 3,917p with our secondary, if bettered, at 3,967p and probable hesitation.

In the event of future closure above 3,967p, things become quite interesting as a future 4,293p should make itself known as a longer term attraction.

Our alternate scenario, if Coke decides to lose its fizz, expects movement below 3,417p to trigger reversals down to an initial 2,932 with our secondary, if broken, at 2,550p and visually, a level from which a bounce should occur. But overall, our suspicion is for the future to produce share price growth.

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:58:12PM BRENT 6240.8 ‘cess
10:01:08PM GOLD 4205.96 4163 4138 4107 4197 4230 4247 4275 4201 Success
10:05:16PM FTSE 9704.5
10:08:59PM STOX50 5698.6 ‘cess
10:31:34PM GERMANY 23731.3 ‘cess
10:36:12PM US500 6831.1
10:44:22PM DOW 47487.5 47203 47063 46883 47306 47607 47698 47863 47361 ‘cess
10:49:26PM NASDAQ 25554
10:54:27PM JAPAN 49523

 

2/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,504,463,806 a change of 24.89%
1/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9702 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,008,942,669 a change of 26.85%
28/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9720 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,737,137,664 a change of -21.39%
27/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9693 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,026,345,245 a change of -20.1%
26/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9691 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,542,003,610 a change of 18.39%
25/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9609 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,370,501,929 a change of -51.58%
24/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9534 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,156,523,796 a change of 87.85%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 10.88 Percentage Change: + 14.17% Day High: 11.06 Day Low: 9.53

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 436.4 Percentage Change: + 1.58% Day High: 438.25 Day Low: 429.55

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 57.5 Percentage Change: + 1.41% Day High: 58 Day Low: 56

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 97.36 Percentage Change: + 1.95% Day High: 97.74 Day Low: 95.28

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 640.2 Percentage Change: + 1.33% Day High: 641.2 Day Low: 626.6

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1700.5 Percentage Change: + 1.16% Day High: 1709.5 Day Low: 1679.5

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 226.6 Percentage Change: -1.65% Day High: 231.4 Day Low: 227.8

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Costain Group Plc (LSE:COST) Trading around 151.8 at time of writing.

#Gold #SP500 The race in Abu Dhabi this weekend finally promises to be interesting, the mostly boring 2025 season finishing with a three way possibility for the World Champion title. Alas, Ferrari shall not be in the running as they’ve been involved in a lively battle with themselves while trying to ignore their current cars are simply not good enough. But, to quote Jeremy Clarkson, “in the years when Ferrari have rotten F1 cars, their road cars are always pretty good!”. Should this be the case, it’s probably safe to stop procrastinating about a sports car and rush out and buy a Ferrari before Christmas…

Here in Scotland, there has been an ongoing battle with the weather as our mechanical roof is due a service with winter grease and lubricants, hideously expensive liquids from the car maker. It has become clear the dog transport car should be regarded as a mobile mechanical steel and glass roof, this “transformer” aspect being more important than the car below it. For a few hours on Monday, the rain stopped, the sun shone, and the temperature exceeded 12c outside, meaning we had the right conditions to lubricate the roof. It grudgingly wheezed open and exposed all the bits needing greased, then finished the job and transformed the vehicle into a sports open top car. Compressed air was quickly blown through the drainage channels, then the magic button was pressed to return it to a closed position. And as usual, a small group of passing pedestrians paused to watch the process of various layers of metal sliding back into place and return the vehicle into being a bland two door coupe, the EOS.

The news Costain have received further contracts related to the UK’s chaotic nuclear program gives considerable hope, assuming the UK regulators are serious in their efforts to change the level of Red Tape inhibiting nuclear development in this country. Apparently, the UK has the worst, toughest, and most impossible set of regulations in the G20 which were established to demonise the nuclear industry. Now, the realisation nuclear is the safest, cheapest, and most effective source of green energy, has shaken things within the “green fanatic sect”, giving hope there shall be a real change coming. Which will not hurt Costain in the slightest due to their relationships within the sector.

Currently, something quite curious – from our perspective – is happening with Costain share price. It is reacting to a trend line which doesn’t exist. If it were bobbing along the current Blue downtrend, the share price would be at around .157p but instead, it’s a country mile away. This situation has been ongoing since October and it’s a scenario we quite like. Historically, where a share price is reacting to a “trend from afar”, it’s proven to be a fairly reliable signal an irrational jump upward is coming. In the case of Costain, above 157 should trigger movement to an initial 161p with our secondary, if beaten, at 175p.

When we introduce a Big Picture scenario, movement such as this should prove very significant, launching the share into a zone where it shall be seen as being attracted to a long term 317p, a price level not seen since the fake & contrived  Covid19 drops of 2020.

Should the market decide to move in a contrary direction, below 140 would be needed to introduce trouble, giving the potential of reversals down to an initial 112p with our secondary, if broken, an equally unlikely bottom at 71p!

For now, we suspect Costain are somewhere close to introducing a surprise lift in price.

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:33:29PM GOLD 4234.29
10:44:47PM BRENT 6328.8 6269 6232 6183 6328 6380 6425 6472 6301 ‘cess
10:48:40PM FTSE 9690.9
10:51:19PM STOX50 5662 ‘cess
10:54:03PM GERMANY 23559.5 Success
10:59:29PM US500 6815.4 6810 6787 6765 6844 6843 6865 6890 6818 ‘cess
11:02:06PM DOW 47267.8
11:04:54PM NASDAQ 25344
11:07:01PM JAPAN 49441

 

1/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9702 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,008,942,669 a change of 26.85%
28/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9720 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,737,137,664 a change of -21.39%
27/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9693 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,026,345,245 a change of -20.1%
26/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9691 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,542,003,610 a change of 18.39%
25/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9609 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,370,501,929 a change of -51.58%
24/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9534 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,156,523,796 a change of 87.85%
21/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9539 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,003,826,108 a change of 23.05%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

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UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

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Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) Trading around 96.14 at time of writing. Happy times ahead?

#Brent #SP500 The weather here in Argyll was pretty vile over the weekend, the weather gods deciding we deserved a greater share of rainfall before November ends. Tasked with fitting external Christmas lights to our highland cottage, the concept of messing around with electricity in the rain wasn’t terribly attractive. And years of marriage has taught to NEVER get involved in Christmas decorations unless my wife specifically asks. While I was making our traditional Sunday morning bacon rolls and coffees, my other half went into a very audible meltdown. I’d assembled our 8 foot tall Christmas tree on the Saturday and she’d embedded the inevitable LED lights in the branches.

The lights stopped working, shortly after she tested them, when the job was nearly finished and she was inventing very unfestive swear words on the spot. My rule of thumb, when LED’s have issues, is to check the heat of the plug voltage adaptor. If it’s hot, don’t waste time as the thing is probably burnt out and irreparable. The plug adaptor was absurdly hot! She unwound the lights from the tree and with an alarming oops, managed to snap the top 1/3rd of the tree off when she almost fell off a stool. It was hard not to laugh but with my wife, her annual Christmas tree project is quite a big deal. If I didn’t do something quickly, I was going to find myself heading into the forest with chainsaw to hunt down an acceptable tree.

Examining the broken tree and deciding it was the immediate problem, it was clear I could make a steel sleeve which would slot into the main body, allowing the broken upper 1/3rd to attach. Couldn’t be easier as historically I’m one of those dreadful hoarders who keeps bits and pieces as they could be useful one day. Some chrome steel tubing (from a clothes rail) volunteered for the job, so it was time for the angle grinder in the garden shed to modify a 20cm length with a pair of 5cm slots at each end. Job done, leaving the shed I glanced down our driveway, nodding at a bunch of churchgoers walking past the house. At this point, the realisation my clothing was a dressing gown and (waterproof) slippers hit home. Back in the lounge at the massacred tree, my quick repair job was hammered into place, the top 1/3rd of the tree also slotting into place once a few layers of duct tape were wound around it. Aside from the chrome core, along with the detail the tree had just grown 10cm, things were perfect and my bacon roll wasn’t even cold. My wife, delighted, wound some green tinsel around the chrome sleeve and discovered a roll of my external lights looked ideal to fit the tree. She did have some sharp criticism of the fact I’d been working outside in just a dressing gown, naively thinking no-one would have seen me… I’m fairly sure one of our fairly close neighbours will ask what the heck I was doing with power tools, so early on a Sunday morning. By 5pm, we had a very classic looking tree, tastefully decorated, and doubtless able to impress our grandchildren (who will not notice).

A fairly normal weekend, here in wet and cold Argyll. And the garden lights remain unfitted…

As illustrated above, during December, the markets mind may be on other (less important) things and strange this can happen. With the FTSE or even the Retail Bank shares, there is a strong underlying force pointing upward

When we reviewed Lloyds three weeks ago, we proposed a scenario where above 92.25p should promote the concept of some decent upward travel, if we trust a 16 year old down trend. So far, things feel like they are going well.  Above 98p should bring movement to an initial 104p and some hesitation. If bettered, our secondary for the longer term (or between Christmas and New Year) works out at 113.5p. This festive season target level works on the basis the market is fascinated by some nutcase grinding steel on a Sunday morning, wearing just a dressing gown and safety glasses. But to be honest, Rachel from Accounts shall doubtless prove capable of provoking better entertainment for the UK.

Should the market decide a slowdown is in order, below 85p would now prove troubling, giving an initial ambition down at 77 with our secondary, if broken, calculating at a troubling 66p. The reason this would prove a worry is it gives the share price the potential of closing a session below 74p, effectively trashing all our upward potentials. But only if the market closes below 74p.

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
10:49:04PM BRENT 6229.4 6210 6186 6136 6278 6337 6392 6491 6252
11:22:46PM GOLD 4217.79
12:41:19AM FTSE 9711.3
12:43:05AM STOX50 5672.2
12:49:54AM GERMANY 23837.4
1:37:45AM US500 6845.2 6808 6792 6772 6822 6854 6903 7035 6821
1:43:55AM DOW 47702
1:50:18AM NASDAQ 25427.7

 

28/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9720 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,737,137,664 a change of -21.39%
27/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9693 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,026,345,245 a change of -20.1%
26/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9691 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,542,003,610 a change of 18.39%
25/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9609 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,370,501,929 a change of -51.58%
24/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9534 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,156,523,796 a change of 87.85%
21/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9539 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,003,826,108 a change of 23.05%
20/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9527 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,692,009,331 a change of -8.32%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 0.35 Percentage Change: -22.22% Day High: 0.4 Day Low: 0.35

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Our world famouse FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX), trading around 9693 at time of writing.

#FTSE #GOLD Thanksgiving Thursday went exactly as expected, the FTSE almost managing to close 2 whole points above Wednesdays close. Over the years, we’ve learned the best thing to do on US Thanksgiving is anything which doesn’t involved the markets. We spent the day gazing out at the sea, a weather warning suggesting 75 mph winds were pointed directly at us. The wheelie bins were tied down, paving slabs placed on the lids of garden storage, and some rocks added to the floor of the plastic garden shed, because we simply do not trust it.

Outside, at the emergency moorings, two ferries have tied up, meaning only another 2 of the four ferries are operating the route to the mainland. Which is a journey we really cannot recommend in choppy weather. We once had a vehicle with air suspension, making the 20 minute journey extremely unpleasant as the car exaggerated every single ferry movement, provoking a terrible case of sea sickness. But of course, Thanksgiving 27th November wasn’t exactly scary, the Met Office attempt at Clickbait headlines fizzling out as the strongest wind (so far) has been a gust of just 42mph with quite unpleasant rain. In other words, Thursday turned into a normal Tuesday, a dog walk in the forest being an easy decision in the race to beat darkness encroaching.

Chatting to my brother on the phone during the dog walk, he’s a couple of hundred miles further north with 5 inches of snow, by 4pm he was in complete darkness while we’d sufficient daylight to make our way back to the car. It’s amazing the variation in available light the stupid change of the clocks to “winter misery time” makes.

But to remain on the US Thanksgiving theme, the notion of a national turkey holiday grows more attractive annually as there’s a hole in the UK Stock Exchange winter holiday calendar and adopting this ridiculously hyped festival from the USA wouldn’t do any harm, synchronising the reality of the US & UK markets doing sod all on Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, having never taking the time to discover what the turkey massacre is about, the idea of a forced “sit down” with friends and family doesn’t sound the worst idea.

But to return to Friday and the hope the markets shall rebound from their enforced slumber on Thursday, above 9700 points should now provoke movement to an initial 9760 points Our secondary, if bettered, calculates at a silly sounding 9941 points and some hesitation. While our secondary makes a lot of numeric sense, the jump seems rather large by UK standards and very liable to take until Christmas. Or so we think. But, from our perspective, there are several arguments proposing further “proper” gains on the FTSE.

Should things intend go turkey shaped, below 9658 risks promoting reversal to an initial 9623 with our secondary, if broken, at 9590 points. Our suspicion is the market intends head up, any long position needing a stop around 9658 points.

Have a good weekend. Pity the penultimate GP of the season is Qatar as it will probably be a procession of cars, giving a boring race on a circuit where overtaking is difficult. A bit like Monaco on steroids, a race which only happens due to the money involved.

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:42:56PM BRENT 6290.2 6150 6027 6218 6298 6379 6211
10:58:56PM GOLD 4156.89 4137 4131 4163 4174 4181 4148
11:18:45PM FTSE 9704.6 9656 9628 9684 9707 9718 9681
11:23:01PM STOX50 5652.1 5585 5565 5625 5665 5693 5639
11:25:10PM GERMANY 23777.1 23693 23639 23765 23840 23938 23692
11:35:32PM US500 6821.7 6772 6756 6796 6832 6890 6807
11:37:57PM DOW 48477.7 47386 47314 47450 47575 47619 47444
11:40:51PM NASDAQ 25260 25051 25000 25167 25305 25322 25215
11:42:41PM JAPAN 50068 49919 49756 50072 49914 50430 49972 ‘cess

 

27/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9693 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,026,345,245 a change of -20.1%
26/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9691 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,542,003,610 a change of 18.39%
25/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9609 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,370,501,929 a change of -51.58%
24/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9534 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,156,523,796 a change of 87.85%
21/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9539 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,003,826,108 a change of 23.05%
20/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9527 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,692,009,331 a change of -8.32%
19/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9507 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,208,622,594 a change of -9.04%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 96.6 Percentage Change: + 2.99% Day High: 96.32 Day Low: 93.42

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Diversified Energy Plc (LSE:DEC) Trading around 1126 at time of writing. And a smile

#Stoxx #Germany One of our guilty pleasures is watching a telly program called Landman, a well produced drama about oil extraction in the USA and starring Billy Bob Thornton and now, Demi Moore. I patiently explained to my wife during the first episode I’d no idea who the actress was but her speech to the collected oilmen was powerful. After giving me “the look”, she questioned how I was unable to recognise the character – again. Throughout our married life, she’s never understood why I’ll remember the role an actress played but pay absolutely no attention to her looks. Thus, Deadpool’s enduring love interest managed to star in “Sheriff Country”, awaiting my wife triumphantly announcing I’d no idea who she was.

To be fair, our daughter was recently interviewed on TV and I also didn’t recognise her. Which was a bit weird, perhaps her posh Edinburgh accent throwing me. (She’s an accent leech, one of those folk who can spend a day in Liverpool, sounding like a native immediately thereafter. Thankfully, she’s never spent time in Norfolk…)

Anyway, Landman is about the oil industry, touching on current methods to maximise oil wells which have declined in production, a scenario which is close to the practices of LSE:DEC.

Currently, we would suggest paying close attention if Diversified share price exceeds 1200p as movement to an initial 1259 looks extremely probably with our longer term secondary, if exceeded, coming along at 1420p and almost certain hesitation. While we often say a share is worth watching, this one is definitely in such a category.

Our converse scenario, should things decide to go wrong, allows for weakness below 1044 to point at an initial 919 with our secondary, if broken, down at 814p and a very possible rebound.

This one, we suspect shall really prove worth watching, similar to Landman…

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:47:54PM BRENT 6241.8 ‘cess
10:06:42PM GOLD 4163.4
10:15:29PM FTSE 9687.8 ‘cess
11:01:17PM STOX50 5652.5 5586 5562 5529 5623 5662 5693 5767 5597 Success
11:05:26PM GERMANY 23748.8 23444 23370 23238 23588 23765 23821 24128 23624 ‘cess
11:09:20PM US500 8616.1 ‘cess
11:12:16PM DOW 47454.7 ‘cess
11:18:14PM NASDAQ 25265
11:22:04PM JAPAN 50093 Success

 

26/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9691 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,542,003,610 a change of 18.39%
25/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9609 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,370,501,929 a change of -51.58%
24/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9534 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,156,523,796 a change of 87.85%
21/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9539 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,003,826,108 a change of 23.05%
20/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9527 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,692,009,331 a change of -8.32%
19/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9507 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,208,622,594 a change of -9.04%
18/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9552 points. Change of -1.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,826,015,429 a change of 18.51%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 93.8 Percentage Change: + 3.44% Day High: 95.3 Day Low: 89.82

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