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BP Plc (LSE:BP.) Trading around 431 at time of writing.

#Gold #FTSE This is a vanilla article, given we’ve run out of printable BP anecdotes and need go straight to the numbers! As many folk will know, when you’ve worked with a major corporate, you eventually reach a point at which the penny drops, along with the realisation the organisation doesn’t give a sod about you. As a result, it’s easy to become spiteful until there is an enlightened moment, when the discovery you can use the monster to eat itself becomes the easiest way to survive and flourish. There’s a particular story we’d love to tell in detail, how we’d re-route some fuel deliveries once a week, the delivery folk not caring as the bill was paid by the time a tanker left the refinery. Paperwork issues were avoided by the simple expedient of having cheeseburgers & coffee ready for the drivers who loved delivering to the busy petrol station with a perfect drop-off point at 2am. The retail arm never asked how we’d managed to ensure two outlets enjoyed equal sales every month, never once considering their own policy of wanting to close down sites which dropped below a particular threshold. Burgers and bacon rolls easily defeated BP corporate.

Since the start of July, any assumption BP’s share price has been tracking the price of Crude Oil would be quite erroneous. Brent Crude has been dripping downhill, while BP Plc has been slogging uphill, a genuine break for BP share price norms, perhaps even a strong indicator for happier days ahead. From our perspective, things kicked off just before the end of June this year, when their share price managed to close slightly above the level of a previous major trend break circled on the chart below.

We always regard this sort of signal as a pretty big deal, the next major firework being fully ignited when a share price regains this previous trend. This happened at the start of July and now, we’re fairly interested in what’s coming next, especially as BP has also now broken through the immediate Blue downtrend since April of last year…

Currently, above just 437p risks becoming interesting, theoretically triggering gains to an initial 469p with our secondary target, if bettered, at a reasonable looking 541p and almost certain hesitation.

Should things decide to go BP shaped, the price needs dwindle below Blue, presently 419p, to risk triggering reversals down to an initial 365 with our secondary, if broken, at an eventual bottom of a frightening 279p.

 

For now, it appears BP Plc share price intends further gains.

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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
11:03:29PM BRENT 6564.4
11:05:25PM GOLD 3985.41 3940 3921 3898 3962 3988 3994 4012 3960
11:08:04PM FTSE 9489.2 9459 9439 9416 9479 9507 9521 9556 9483
11:10:43PM STOX50 5606.9
11:13:19PM GERMANY 24382
11:16:56PM US500 6720.7 Success
11:21:27PM DOW 46626.6
11:36:09PM NASDAQ 24865.6 Shambles
11:41:04PM JAPAN 47911

 

7/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9483 points. Change of 10436.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,016,195,038 a change of -1.86%
6/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 90 points. Change of -99.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,111,279,215 a change of -21.54%
3/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9491 points. Change of 0.68%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,514,116,921 a change of 8.6%
2/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9427 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,998,175,981 a change of -12.05%
1/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9446 points. Change of 1.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,819,950,477 a change of -0.05%
30/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9350 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,823,355,297 a change of 26.57%
29/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9299 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,390,872,598 a change of -5.48%

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:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 236.2 Percentage Change: -7.81% Day High: 245.2 Day Low: 200.2

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LSE:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 170.05 Percentage Change: -0.29% Day High: 173.3 Day Low: 170.3

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 356.6 Percentage Change: + 0.82% Day High: 358.7 Day Low: 351.85

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 6.86 Percentage Change: -4.32% Day High: 7.17 Day Low: 6.8

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 280 Percentage Change: + 2.75% Day High: 284 Day Low: 268

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 275.2 Percentage Change: -0.43% Day High: 279.8 Day Low: 275.6

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 11.5 Percentage Change: -6.12% Day High: 12.25 Day Low: 11.5

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Saga Plc (LSE:SAGA) Trading around 383.35 at time of writing

#Gold #SP500 Unusually, todays snapshot has a direct relationship to the subject under discussion, Saga Plc. One day last year, opening the bedroom curtains revealed this cruise ship parked outside, it being pretty unusual for large ships to visit the Holy Loch here in Argyll. While the deepwater anchorage should be attractive, the local tourism folk do literally nothing to attract maritime traffic. This results in a situation where visitors disembark their launches at the local marina petrol station, picking their way through the usual detritus which clutters up a working marina, on their way toward a luxury coach waiting to take them somewhere else.

In the case of the boat below, this was a SAGA cruise and it disgorged a stream of “older people”, some heading to Benmore Botanic Gardens, others choosing Inverarey Castle. Hopefully none of them chose the local town, Dunoon, as it’s a perfect example of a seaside town being left to die, simply due to Scottish politicians who don’t find the small electorate useful. The area is actually NOT an island, vaguely served by a road which needs big LED signs scattered throughout the area, letting drivers know if the road is open or not, big landslides being a major problem. But the area is amazing, a massive coastline and pretty mountains, a potential tourism honeytrap proving difficult to reach and served by an obscenely expensive ferry service, owned by a Swedish company.

But the arrival of a SAGA ship managed to get the local council excited for a couple of days, encouraging stories placed with the local newspaper, and ultimately nothing changed. Once upon a time, the area was served quite differently, there being large piers capable of handling ships placed every two miles on the North side of the Holy Loch. From the 19th to the mid 20th Century, there was vibrant cruise tourism to the area, greatly diminished once air travel opened, allowing scruffy Scots to visit Spain, a country where the sun apparently shines…

 

As the chart shows, SAGA share price has been enjoying a prolonged afternoon nap since the Covid-19 fall of 2020 but it has recently been showing signs of waking up. We’re now looking for movement above 299p as this should trigger recovery to an initial 316p. If exceeded, our longer term secondary target works out at 384p. While the visuals indicate a strong potential for hesitation at 384p, achievement of such a target should prove useful from a Big Picture perspective as closure above such a level takes the value into a zone where a cycle to 560p should become valid.

 

If things intend go wrong for SAGA, the share price needs below 227p to foul things up totally but for now, we’re fairly impressed with its potentials and shall be keeping an eye on them.

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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
11:30:10PM BRENT 6544.3 Success
11:40:48PM GOLD 3970.63 3926 3910 3888 3950 3978 3983 3996 3945 Success
11:43:03PM FTSE 9467.7 ‘cess
11:45:32PM STOX50 5632.2
11:48:27PM GERMANY 24427.7
11:33:25PM US500 6729.3 6718 6711 6699 6738 6745 6752 6763 6725
11:35:49PM DOW 46628.1
11:40:11PM NASDAQ 24927.7 ‘cess
11:45:09PM JAPAN 48278

 

6/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 90 points. Change of -99.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,111,279,215 a change of -21.54%
3/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9491 points. Change of 0.68%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,514,116,921 a change of 8.6%
2/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9427 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,998,175,981 a change of -12.05%
1/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9446 points. Change of 1.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,819,950,477 a change of -0.05%
30/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9350 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,823,355,297 a change of 26.57%
29/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9299 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,390,872,598 a change of -5.48%
26/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9284 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,703,129,904 a change of 4.79%

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:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 12726 Percentage Change: + 0.60% Day High: 12866 Day Low: 12687

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 353.7 Percentage Change: + 1.73% Day High: 355.55 Day Low: 347.2

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 9166 Percentage Change: + 0.28% Day High: 9224 Day Low: 9088

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4984 Percentage Change: + 0.73% Day High: 5010 Day Low: 4926

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 334.6 Percentage Change: -0.12% Day High: 337.2 Day Low: 333.6

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Barclays Plc (LSE:BARC) Trading around 383.35 at time of writing. And James Bond plus Aston Martin…

#Brent #SP500 Fans of James Bond nonsense will doubtless howl with impotence at the photograph below. This scruffy tractor, owned by a local sheep farmer here in our bit of Argyll, was used to haul a grass cutting deck, prepping the field for his very spoiled rare breed flock of fluffy sheep shaped clouds with horns. When he finished cutting the grass at the end of July, the main steering arm fell off and it has been sitting, quietly rusting, in the months since. For a few folk, the reason for the James Bond link is in big capital letters on the side of the engine covers. It is a David Brown tractor, this being the name of the heavy engineering company famed for taking over Aston Martin in 1947 and the reason the DB moniker still prefaces every single Aston Martin model code until this day, despite David Brown Engineering no longer being involved.

Amusingly, while our own little red tractor has a different lineage, our steering is also a pure sod, due to running into a tree stump, bending the same steering arm which is hanging down on this David Brown one. The sight of this rusting machine provides a daily reminder on my dog walks, that I really should do something about my own bent steering arm before it disconnects. At the bottom of our sloped grass, there’s a dramatic 3 foot drop onto concrete which requires an extremely sharp turn of the steering wheel to avoid. As my brakes are (once again) not working, losing steering at the bottom of a cut could become quite messy as old tractors also lack roll cages or seat belts. Of course, if I crashed the tractor, I’d immediately be under suspicion, due to really wanting to buy one of these remote controlled tank-tracked petrol powered lawnmowers from China. Maybe my wife is planning a cunning Xmas (just 80 days!) present.

This, obviously, brings us to Barclays as their share price fast approaching a point where it risks falling steeply onto the concrete… Except it probably isn’t.

To be fair, Barclays share price needs close a session below 305p before we’d dare feel it had fallen off a cliff. Instead, price movements are proving “fairly” positive, though more tentative than a Golden Retriever stalking a bit of cheese on the carpet!

Barclays share price, from our perspective, needed to close above 385p to justify setting off a party popper and raising an eyebrow. During September, it closed above this trigger level just once and now, the share has celebrated October by slithering above 385p to again move into the “triggered” area. If our suspicion proves correct – which visually it shall be – the next time Barclays closes solidly above 385p we should anticipate share price movement to an initial 401p and some very possible hesitation. It appears closure above 401p shall once again give a significant trigger level, allowing theoretical movement to an initial third level of 442p.

However, from a Big Picture perspective, there is a bigger deal rolling around in the mud as there’s a seriously strong chance where closure again above 385p (or 389p, the high closing price in September) should enter an amazing long term cycle to a future 540p with our Big Picture secondary, if bettered, an astounding 700p. To be blunt, we’d though folk trapped since 2007 existed in an zone, where they were doing the equivalent of waiting until a Government promise came true. For Barclays, the share price is right on the edge of allowing proper optimism, a truly strange opinion for the retail banking sector. Hopefully Barclays don’t find themselves in a scandal for supporting Palestine, Israel, BBC Children in Need, or the apparently abhorrent RNLI migrant taxi service. (Due to Maritime Agreements, once the rubber boats are in deeper than 1 metre of water in France, they are deemed as being as “at sea” and the RNLI feel justified in “saving” them, ferrying or towing the occupants to the UK. Perhaps not the best use of a funded charity service, due to creating the risk of real emergencies in UK waters without Lifeboat coverage as the crews are in France. Quite what the French rescue services are doing is questionable, as all they need is a knitting needle to stop the rubber boats placing themselves in danger.)

 

Obviously, things could go “a little bit bad” as the share price is certainly flirting with the concept of recovery. Currently, it needs wither below 373p to risk triggering reversals to an initial 359 with our secondary, if broken, at a bottom of 331p and a probable point of bounce by 331p.

This, safely above our danger level of 305p, essentially confirms our suspicion of a period of messing around until such time market confidence allows the retail banks to be fired from a clown canon.

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
1:50:01AM BRENT 6431.9 6403 6309 6084 6670 6481 6504 6530 6457
1:54:47AM GOLD 3886.71
3:46:53AM FTSE 9483.2
10:51:09PM DOW 46833.1
11:22:53PM GERMANY 24403
11:12:56PM STOX50 5652.7
10:48:41PM US500 6725.2 6705 6696 6677 6732 6728 6758 6821 6705
10:53:38PM NASDAQ 24842.1
10:55:49PM JAPAN 48041

 

3/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9491 points. Change of 0.68%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,514,116,921 a change of 8.6%
2/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9427 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,998,175,981 a change of -12.05%
1/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9446 points. Change of 1.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,819,950,477 a change of -0.05%
30/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9350 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,823,355,297 a change of 26.57%
29/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9299 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,390,872,598 a change of -5.48%
26/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9284 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,703,129,904 a change of 4.79%
25/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9213 points. Change of -0.4%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,442,375,561 a change of -9.6%

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:MRO Melrose. Close Mid-Price: 643.4 Percentage Change: + 2.26% Day High: 649.8 Day Low: 630.4

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Close Mid-Price: 1144.5 Percentage Change: -0.56% Day High: 1159 Day Low: 1147

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Our world famous FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX) Trading around 9427 at time of writing.

#FTSE #GOLD We were quite chuffed with our FTSE prediction last Friday, the index achieving our 9351 points in the opening seconds of Monday. This solid 84 point gain was quite impressive, only overshadowed by a reason for dread, thanks to our grand-daughters visiting with friends. Habitually, I keep out of the way aside if they want to spend time on the shooting range. Sunday afternoon found me supervising the girls enjoying a competition with our 25 point targets placed at 50 yards. These targets were empty 2 litre cola bottles, giving a satisfying “thunk” when hit but challenging, due to them moving in the breeze while they rotated at the end of string.

Needless to say, conventional targets were ignored as the bottles were shot to bits, one of the visiting girls taking top honours with 525 points, missing a perfect score by only three shots. Her previous experience was just from using her Dads Ball Bearing (BB) gun in their garage at home.  It appears my efforts as a host failed as while the girls were travelling back to Edinburgh, a text arrived asking if they could bring guitars next time, so I can teach them some proper music. It seems the grumpy grandfather act has failed completely, especially as the girls know my weak spot is music. Inevitably, they are going to learn “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes, one of their Mums favourite tunes when she was growing up. [Clue: it only needs three chords!]

 

As for the markets for Friday, things could get pretty messy. The US Government is currently shut down with only a few folk working in their statistics department. The “First Friday of the Month” payroll figures hopefully will not be announced as the alternative is someone’s best guess which will be wrong, causing mayhem in the weeks ahead when the correct figures come out. As American job statistic invariably effect other markets, things risk being messy. Hopefully, the unexpected holiday shall gag any announcement, thanks to historical instances when estimates are used causing chaos. Then again, it’d be funny if the Mr Trump administration announced Full Employment, just to see what happens?

 

Near term for the FTSE, above 9476 points has the potential for a lift to an initial 9504 points, a number which appears graven in stone due to three quite different formula pointing at such an ambition. Our secondary, if bettered, is a bit more vague at 9560 points. If triggered, the tightest stop looks like 9435 points but overall, such a cycle risks finding itself attracted to 9608 points and an almost certain ceiling.

Our converse scenario is a worry, due to it being a little obvious visually. Apparently below 9400 points should promote reversals to an initial 9329 points. Our secondary, with closure below such a point, works out at a profitable 9171 points and a visually perfect level for a bounce.

 

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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
11:32:48PM BRENT 6426.9 6395 6342 6503 6533 6556 6458
11:35:25PM GOLD 3855.22 3819 3809 3850 3860 3876 3840 Success
11:41:49PM FTSE 9422.9 9416 9405 9436 9462 9473 9430
11:45:39PM STOX50 5654.7 5613 5589 5641 5673 5680 5639
11:48:51PM GERMANY 24468 24385 24335 24477 24502 24530 24446 ‘cess
11:51:10PM US500 6719.6 6692 6673 6716 6732 6755 6692 ‘cess
11:53:14PM DOW 46539.4 46270 46235 46455 46592 46670 46496
11:55:25PM NASDAQ 24909.1 24778 24699 24880 24964 25053 24868 ‘cess
11:57:22PM JAPAN 45033 44864 44754 45042 45162 45295 44868 Success

 

2/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9427 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,998,175,981 a change of -12.05%
1/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9446 points. Change of 1.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,819,950,477 a change of -0.05%
30/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9350 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,823,355,297 a change of 26.57%
29/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9299 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,390,872,598 a change of -5.48%
26/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9284 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,703,129,904 a change of 4.79%
25/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9213 points. Change of -0.4%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,442,375,561 a change of -9.6%
24/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9250 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,020,048,725 a change of -2.61%

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:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 1043.6 Percentage Change: -0.69% Day High: 1059.8 Day Low: 1044

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 83.76 Percentage Change: + 0.41% Day High: 84.92 Day Low: 83.6

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1151 Percentage Change: + 1.10% Day High: 1150.5 Day Low: 1139.5

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 1442.5 Percentage Change: -1.67% Day High: 1479.5 Day Low: 1440

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 0.51 Percentage Change: + 7.37% Day High: 0.48 Day Low: 0.45

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 452.4 Percentage Change: + 5.28% Day High: 450.8 Day Low: 428.2

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The UK Treasury T68 Bond (LSE:T68) Trading around 44.145 at time of writing.

#Brent #Stoxx We know very little about trading bonds, other than understanding the conventional wisdom is of Government Bonds being regarded as very low risk, generally safer than Corporate Bonds. As a result, the interest rate paid will be lower in comparison but now we’ve looked hard at the T68 UK Treasury Bond, data since 2020 looks very like a vote on the integrity of successive UK Governments, the value dropping from around 340 quid down to a low of just 40 pounds. Visually, it’s like the hysteria of Liz Truss never actually went away and with government competence looking rather questionable, we suspect if Truss returned, the markets would flourish strongly!

We had to grin, the start of October proving quite a strong day for the FTSE, the reason given being Astrazeneca Plc had decided (for now) to remain with their main listing on the FTSE and headquarters in London, rather than escape the country and head for the financially healthier climate of New York and Wall Street. Their share price being up 11.2% was reminiscent of the Scottish Football Team declaring any game a resounding success, if they failed to concede (too many) goals. Astrazeneca’s day was emphatically not a win for the FTSE, just not another loss. We can admit LSE:AZN now look like £13,181 is possible on the current price cycle.

 

While we’re far from comfortable we understand Treasury Bonds, the idea of spending money to back the UK Government being an anathema, we do understand the data behind what’s being happening since the Gilt (to use the hip term) surged upward to the 340 level before following the path of the Lemming, behaving in a fashion visually reminiscent of a dodgy AIM penny share.

At least Gilts are free from Capital Gains tax, though the profitability of the T68 Bond seems to be questionable. The rate of 1/8th% works out at a payment of around £1.25 every six months for each bond owned, suggesting opening the letter which announces a payment would be about as exciting as reviewing a share dividend from Costain! However, it is perhaps possible bonds with the UK treasury would be safer than a commitment to our least exciting shareholding, bought as an unusual birthday present for my wife many, many, years ago. That particular initiative actually was a resounding success, her holding in Edinburgh Oil & Gas experiencing a crazy rise with a corporate takeover, one which she quickly translated into a Mazda MX5 sportscar with all the trimmings. But I think if I now opted to gift her some Treasury Bonds, she’d probably get creative with a pillow over my face one night while I sleep…

There are signs T68 is shuffling its feet, perhaps readying itself to change direction.

Above 45 pounds should now prove interesting, hopefully triggering movement to an initial 53 quid with our secondary, if exceeded, working out at a more useful 63 pounds and a desperate need for us to revisit the tea leaves and attempt to divine the future. As this particular bond expires in 2068, we guess positive movements shall not prove the most vivid, once it starts to move properly.

Should things intend go pear shaped, below £43 risks promoting reversal to an initial £40 with our secondary, if broken, an eventual £37 and “perhaps” a bottom. There will certainly be a need for “fingers crossed” becoming a valid part of any trading strategy, should this Gilt discover an excuse to wander below 40 pounds.

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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
11:33:50PM BRENT 6537.5 6502 6338 6123 6601 6654 6706 6774 6560 ‘cess
11:36:47PM GOLD 3860.14 ‘cess
11:42:54PM FTSE 9451 Success
11:47:04PM STOX50 5605.7 5573 5558 5538 5603 5618 5673 5729 5568 Success
11:38:21PM GERMANY 24230 Success
11:42:45PM US500 6710.4 Shambles
11:45:22PM DOW 46415 ‘cess
11:48:37PM NASDAQ 24796.7 Success
11:51:59PM JAPAN 44778 ‘cess

 

1/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9446 points. Change of 1.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,819,950,477 a change of -0.05%
30/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9350 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,823,355,297 a change of 26.57%
29/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9299 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,390,872,598 a change of -5.48%
26/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9284 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,703,129,904 a change of 4.79%
25/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9213 points. Change of -0.4%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,442,375,561 a change of -9.6%
24/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9250 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,020,048,725 a change of -2.61%
23/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9223 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,181,494,945 a change of 35.23%

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:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 61.5 Percentage Change: + 3.36% Day High: 64.5 Day Low: 59.5

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 12436 Percentage Change: + 11.21% Day High: 12462 Day Low: 11476

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LSE:MRO Melrose. Close Mid-Price: 630.8 Percentage Change: + 3.61% Day High: 627.6 Day Low: 603.2

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Another HARD look at a soft metal, GOLD… (PM:XAUUSD) Trading around 3,858 at time of writing.

#GOLD #US500 When Scotlands single producing Gold Mine at Tyndrum, here in Argyll, managed to cease trading in 2023, it typified something Scots excel at, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The company (LSE:SGZ) were actually successfully extracting gold (8,500 ounces) at a time when the price of Gold had “soared” to over $2,000 per ounce. They hadn’t been flagrant in buying machinery, instead trawling South Africa for 2nd hand equipment, even managing to maximise an income stream from gullible investors who believed great times were ahead. The tourism business in Scotland can often be regarded as a case study in “how not to do it”, where even here locally, we’ve had some hysterical run-ins with business’s by asking for the obvious. For instance, Loch Lomond is famed worldwide for astounding scenery but real perfection exists on the east side of the loch where a hotel exists which only caters for tourists who arrive on buses.

We moored in their harbour, headed up to the hotel bar/restaurant and attempted to order lunch. It was 12.30pm on a Saturday and we’d friends from America and New Zealand waiting to be impressed. From the picture window of the bar, we could see crowds of folk down on the pier but the bar/restaurant was empty. The barmaid said the best she could offer was some crisps as the kitchen staff hadn’t turned up! Apparently, they’d probably not be in until after 3pm when the tour bus usually arrived. Another disaster locally came from a potentially brilliant restaurant, the place located in a prime location for views of boat movements, looking out to sea. My wife and I dropped in for lunch, ordering a couple of Lattes, the owner taking the time to explain he did not supply “breakfast coffee” at lunchtime. While such may still be true in a few areas of Italy, it’s emphatically not true in the UK. So we explained we didn’t supply lunchtime custom for such a pretentious policy and promptly left. Just 50 yards away, we ordered our Lattes in another cafe, one with unrestricted views of the ferry terminal with just a glimpse of the soon to shut down defender of Italian “breakfast coffee” rules.

We don’t know why it all went wrong for ScotGold but suspect the primary cause was believing their own BS, adored by the media and government for doing actual gold mining in an incredibly pretty area, well served by transport and boasting two railway stations. While their listing on the AIM stock market perhaps was intended to add a cachet of respectability, when they diluted their issued shares, for us the writing was on the wall as it’s a tactic we abhor across the UK markets.

There’s a “however” with ScotGold, the ashes of the company recently sold to a South African company who plan to bring Tyndrum back into production. With the price of Gold almost double its level when ScotGold fell off a cliff, it should surely be an attractive process. Hopefully they look at the other Gold Mine in Tyndrum, the (excellent) “Real Food Cafe” and decide to use the level of tourism to enhance their income. After all, who wouldn’t enjoy a tour of a Gold Mine?

 

Of course, this rant has been an attempt to conceal our confusion about the price of Gold. It has “almost” gone higher than arithmetically possible, at least from our perspective.

 

When we reviewed the metal back in July, we showed 3,713 dollars at the top of the chart, a difficult ambition to justify as the metal was around $3,387 when we produced our report. With it currently around 3,860 dollars, we’ve been looking hard at movements since it managed to exceed our 3,713 target, this always being a horrible scenario as we hate using such a short term influence to predict the future. To be blunt, it’s like emulating a BBC weather report, usually generated by someone looking out of the window, then glancing at a newspaper prediction which was probably generated by a previous BBC weather report.

Currently, above 3,864 for GOLD looks like it holds the potential for movement now to an initial 3,878 dollars with our longer term secondary, if exceeded, at a rather less confident sounding $3,945. At this point, we’d be inclined to suspicion, expecting market gremlins to miraculously propel the price to the $4,000 level and thus, create an impression 4,000 dollars has been anointed as the highest level GOLD shall achieve. Should this prove to be the case, it would tend imply some market manipulation was taking place and it’d be sensible for a bunch of folk to open Short positions, anticipating $4,000 being a level which shall prove as impermeable as a politicians brain. And once sufficient number of traders open short positions at the 4,000 level, it’d be a wizard wheeze for the metal to bubble higher yet again, tripping a bunch of very profitable stop-loss positions.

We tend be quite cynical about this sort of thing, the same playbook followed on many occasions with many different instruments. Should the scenario run true to form, once the price spends a little time above the $4,000 level, at such a point sharp reversals can be anticipated. Life for Gold is certainly looking interesting.

 

Nearer term, if things intend go wrong for GOLD, below the immediate Red trend at 3,756 could be a problem, calculating with the potential of triggering reversals to an initial 3,619 with our secondary, if broken, at 3,407 and an almost certain rebound, judging by the visuals.

 

FUTURES

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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
10:29:08PM BRENT 6604.1
10:31:51PM GOLD 3858.73 3793 3771 3737 3823 3872 3883 3913 3831 Success
10:33:53PM FTSE 9361.4 Success
10:36:27PM STOX50 5532.1 Success
10:39:35PM GERMANY 23899.5 Success
11:11:06PM US500 6672.3 6641 6626 6604 6670 6692 6701 6721 6668 ‘cess
11:13:16PM DOW 46350
11:15:52PM NASDAQ 24638.1 ‘cess
11:28:40PM JAPAN 44853 Success

 

30/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9350 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,823,355,297 a change of 26.57%
29/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9299 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,390,872,598 a change of -5.48%
26/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9284 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,703,129,904 a change of 4.79%
25/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9213 points. Change of -0.4%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,442,375,561 a change of -9.6%
24/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9250 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,020,048,725 a change of -2.61%
23/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9223 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,181,494,945 a change of 35.23%
22/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9226 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,570,964,348 a change of -68.27%

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:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 236.8 Percentage Change: + 0.68% Day High: 238.4 Day Low: 234.6

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Dr Martens Plc (LSE:DOCS), trading around 95.55 at time of writing.

#Gold #WallSt One of the nicest things about living in the Scottish Countryside here in Argyll is the peace and quiet, the area almost having a volume control you can turn on and off anytime. We’re referring to what can easily be branded as loneliness as, for instance, Lockdown in 2020 pretty much affected no-one locally as it didn’t really change peoples lifestyles. Folk would be alone at home, only risking social interaction if they took their dog for a walk, creating an often amusing circumstance where we’d be gathering in an ever increasing (socially distanced) circle on a beach or in a field, the regular gang of dog walkers ensuring their therapeutic daily natter remained part of the day. In fact, it would be true to say “Lockdown” ensured many new friendships were formed, surprising when considering we were all supposed to ignore each other.

And of course, no-ones dogs respected the concept of social distancing, quite the opposite while 6 or 7 dog owners gossiped in a field or on the beach opposite the secret nuclear submarine base… By the time Covid-19 became a memory, all of us survived, even knowing each others names rather than just their dogs moniker. Out of this situation came a classic faux pas, thanks to a personal habit of giving dog walkers nicknames, sometimes cruel, sometimes funny, but it was easier than trying to remember both the dog and the owners name.

My wife dropped me in it one day, out with our Golden Retrievers and bumping into a lady and her instantly recognisable little dog. During her chat, she blurted out; “So you’re the Dead Woman?”

She was unfortunately talking to a lady who worked for our local funeral directors, her job making my nickname inevitable. Thankfully, we all remain friends but for a while, random dog walkers would ask “what do you call me?” as I’d been busted. This dog walk thing has quite a lot to do with Doc Martens!

Absolutely no-one locally wears them when walking their dogs. Instead, proper walking boots, wellies, or sacrificial cheap walking shoes are the choice but Doc Martens don’t exist among the country community. The quick reason is probably due to the Laces, the length of time needed to put Doc Martens on probably causing any self respecting dog to explode with frustration. It’s a big thing for a dog, knowing it will be going for a walk within minutes of the owner pulling on their boots. The concept of a dog watching patiently while the owner fusses with Doc Martens laces is laughable. But it is slightly interesting to note 80% of sales for the original Doc Martens ( Martens & Funck in Germany) were to women over the age of 40 in the 1950’s, following the second world war. Nowadays, with Doc Martens a fashion accessory, it’s probably the case their sales still depend on female purchasers, though in quite a different age group.

 

From a glance at their share price chart, it appears Doc Martens (LSE:DOCS) share price is about to lace itself higher. Movement above 96p now looks capable of confidently bringing a rise to an initial 110p with our secondary for the longer term, if exceeded, calculating at a longer term 138p.

If the share price intends cause trouble, it needs break Red on the chart, currently 85p, as this threatens reversal to an initial 79p with our secondary very close at 75p, strongly suggesting a zone from which a rebound can be anticipated. However, from movements during September, the visual implication is for a share price which intends growth, so it’s fingers crossed time.

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:09:27PM BRENT 6671.8
11:29:39PM GOLD 3830.6 3801 3790 3775 3820 3834 3842 3858 3822 Success
11:33:28PM FTSE 9289.7 ‘cess
11:36:04PM STOX50 5505.8 ‘cess
11:38:28PM GERMANY 23748
11:41:11PM US500 6656.9 ‘cess
11:44:05PM DOW 46298 46144 46036 45885 46248 46489 46692 46996 46300 ‘cess
11:47:41PM NASDAQ 24595.5 ‘cess
11:49:54PM JAPAN 45088

 

29/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9299 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,390,872,598 a change of -5.48%
26/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9284 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,703,129,904 a change of 4.79%
25/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9213 points. Change of -0.4%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,442,375,561 a change of -9.6%
24/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9250 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,020,048,725 a change of -2.61%
23/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9223 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,181,494,945 a change of 35.23%
22/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9226 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,570,964,348 a change of -68.27%
19/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9216 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 14,406,950,391 a change of 163.35%

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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Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares

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Updated charts published on : Anglo American, BALFOUR BEATTY, HSBC, Ocado Plc, Serco, Tern Plc,

LSE:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 2755 Percentage Change: + 2.23% Day High: 2770 Day Low: 2695

Further movement against Anglo American ABOVE 2770 should improve acceler ……..

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 643.5 Percentage Change: + 1.18% Day High: 644.5 Day Low: 635.5

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1040 Percentage Change: + 0.12% Day High: 1049.4 Day Low: 1040.4

All HSBC needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 1049.4 to improve acceleration ……..

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 223.5 Percentage Change: -3.41% Day High: 234.6 Day Low: 216.8

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 235.2 Percentage Change: + 1.20% Day High: 235.4 Day Low: 225.8

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 0.5 Percentage Change: -20.00% Day High: 0.55 Day Low: 0.48

Weakness on Tern Plc below 0.48 will invariably lead to 0.43p with second ……..

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