Trends And Targets

#Brent #Nasduck In Formula One, the cars start racing when the 5 Red Lights go out. This gives viewers the time to reach for a coffee, wine, or whatever. But instead, the Grand Prix season kicked off with all the Red Lights illuminated for just 0.02 of a second, marginally less than the time usually taken to disprove a UK Government statement. But not as fast as it took Brent Crude to be “gapped” above our theoretical $97 top from our analysis last week.

When we see this sort of thing, we’re generally a little bit chuffed as it “proves” we’ve been mapping the correct trend, due to the market opting to manipulate the price above our probable top. However, it also effectively kicks things a little out of kilter, forcing us to rely on price movements since the gap up, as we attempt to extrapolate and figure out what the future may hold. We must congratulate our local petrol station, the guys reacting immediately to the market gap by boosting the price of their diesel from 130.9/Litre up to 141.9/Litre on Sunday. As someone who has not yet bought his 20 Litre/Month load of fuel for the frugal, now MoT’d, dog walk VW. Okay, we will concede our annual mileage is extremely low, rarely troubling 3,000 miles. It’s quite a shock, viewing such a number, as before moving to Argyll, we’d typically do around 20k miles in a car, along with 14k miles on a motorcycle. And would even cram in 250 engine hours in our boat which was most emphatically not economical, a 6.5 Litre diesel engine consuming more than a politician at a free buffet.

With the UK not being involved in the Middle East, while sending its Navy into the area and hosting the US bomber fleet in England, there’s really no reason for Crude Oil prices to surge but of course, they have. The immediate situation for Brent Crude implies movement above $117 threatens a visit to $122 next with our secondary, if bettered, a potential CEILING at $131. Visually, such a ceiling makes a lot of sense, matching the conflated level achieved after Russia decided to visit Ukraine four years ago, achieving a high almost identical to our $131.

We suspect the current rising cycle for Brent is ‘fake’, invented by the markets to profit the markets, hurt by the electric revolution. Hopefully, reversal to the 60/50 dollar range shall prove fairly swift.

Natwest, successfully achieving both targets from our previous analysis, has inevitably fallen victim to the depression currently being caused by activities in the Gulf. It is genuinely annoying, where shares whose value should not be infected, are instead forced to retreat, thanks to imaginary forces from a conflict which often feels equally imaginary. We watched, on YouTube, a report of a missile attack which nearly hit the Dome on the Mound in Jerusalem. Not only common sense suggested the report was fake, a niece (an archaeologist who stays in the city) emailed a link to the false YouTube report, her LoL subject line pointing out it was something historical from Tel Aviv being shown. Who knows, perhaps President Trump shall appoint the once peace envoy, Tony Blair, to smooth things over, after his spectacularly unsuccessful role in such a position from 2008 until 2015. To be fair, his position in such a role was simply as a ‘nice little earner’ rather than being expected to actually achieve anything.

For Natwest, above 591p risks proving useful, calculating with the potential of a lift to an initial 606p with our secondary, if bettered, at 620p and probable hesitation. While the big picture paints a future 634p as exerting an attraction, visually there is a strong argument to anticipate some reversals at such a level.

However, below 567 looks problematic, giving the potential of reversal to an initial 553p with our secondary, if broken, at 526p and a very, very, probable bottom. Should such a level break, the Big Picture signals a visit to 510p as possible, breaking the immediate uptrend along with – more dangerously – the Long Term Blue downtrend.

We think NWG shall be scheduled to bounce, somewhere between 553 and 526 pence. Why? Who knows…

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
1:53:05AM	BRENT	9232	8604	8281	7908	8968	9265	9348	10523	9110
2:04:40AM	GOLD	5171.3								5147
2:41:19AM	FTSE	10320								10408
2:49:13AM	STOX50	5725.2								5779
2:54:53AM	GERMANY	23641.4								23900
2:58:30AM	US500	6734.2								6813
3:04:33AM	DOW	10320								10320
3:14:16AM	NASDAQ	24632.9	24582	24538	24316	24825	24950	25086	25256	24752
3:18:32AM	JAPAN	54012								55315

 

6/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10284 points. Change of -1.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,624,236,280 a change of -0.81%

5/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10413 points. Change of -1.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,694,948,171 a change of 1.74%

4/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10567 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,546,557,826 a change of -22.7%

3/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10484 points. Change of -2.75%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,057,042,576 a change of 13.19%

2/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10780 points. Change of -1.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,768,828,981 a change of -37.65%

27/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10910 points. Change of 0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 15,667,378,118 a change of 96.88%

26/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10846 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,957,799,956 a change of -7.62%

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: 67.5 Percentage Change: -4.93% Day High: 70.5 Day Low: 67.5

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 709 Percentage Change: -1.87% Day High: 725.5 Day Low: 700.5

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 408.9 Percentage Change: -0.75% Day High: 422.2 Day Low: 403.6

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1209 Percentage Change: -0.08% Day High: 1234 Day Low: 1205

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 309.8 Percentage Change: + 1.24% Day High: 313 Day Low: 304.4

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 14.25 Percentage Change: + 7.55% Day High: 14.75 Day Low: 13.25

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 98.44 Percentage Change: -2.10% Day High: 102 Day Low: 98.06

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LSE:WG. Wood Group. Close Mid-Price: 29.1 Percentage Change: + 0.34% Day High: 29.5 Day Low: 28.8

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#FTSE #GOLD With the Grand Prix weekend upon us, it was something of a surprise to realise “Free Practice” had been scheduled to kick off at 1.30am UK time. The meant our #3 monitor was otherwise engaged, displaying the sometimes ridiculous attempts at drivers getting around the track, coverage being spoiled by commercial breaks… On initial viewing, it looks like the race may prove quite boring, drivers needing to “coast” to recharge their battery’s in cars which are 50% petrol and 50% electric. At some stage, we suspect it may prove similar to skateboards with the drivers needing to occasionally stick a leg out of the vehicle to give it an additional push!

Maybe Sunday morning shall reveal a better reality, Australia usually being a bit chaotic and entertaining but similar to the FTSE, we lack a confident idea of what’s coming next.

A couple of things about recent FTSE movements are noteworthy.

On Tuesday March 3rd, the FTSE achieved a low of 10406. On Thursday March 5th, it achieved a low of 10402. Thus, a lower low was created, a concept solidified by the FTSE closing at 10414 points, solidly below the immediate uptrend. To us, the implication is to anticipate further reversals in the days ahead.

If the FTSE intends improve upon its immediate negative suggestions, above 10515 points feels like the safest signal, calculating with the potential of a lift to an initial 10535 with our longer term secondary (or minutes later!) working out at a more impressive 10653 points. If triggered, our tightest stop for this scenario looks attractive at 10475 points.

Have a good weekend, enjoy the Grand Prix, and if enjoying weather similar to Argyll, buy a boat.

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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
11:09:13PM	BRENT	8364	8115	8032		8440	8585	8665	8762	8365
11:24:53PM	GOLD	5085.22	5052	5032		5205	5194	5223	5280	5137
11:29:53PM	FTSE	10395.2	10344	10332		10408	10522	10596	10680	10447	‘cess
11:32:03PM	STOX50	5785.7	5733	5708		5763	5809	5832	5865	5771
11:34:58PM	GERMANY	23842.7	23677	23332		23815	23939	24003	24113	23748	Success
11:37:55PM	US500	6828.9	6776	6763		6802	6840	6867	6899	6804
11:41:43PM	DOW	47991.2	47576	47422		47825	48052	48175	48378	47866	‘cess
11:44:12PM	NASDAQ	25031.8	24743	24619		25061	25088	25143	25276	24950
11:47:18PM	JAPAN	54735	53972	53388		54434	54848	55081	55455	54410

 

5/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10413 points. Change of -1.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,694,948,171 a change of 1.74%

4/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10567 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,546,557,826 a change of -22.7%

3/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10484 points. Change of -2.75%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,057,042,576 a change of 13.19%

2/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10780 points. Change of -1.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,768,828,981 a change of -37.65%

27/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10910 points. Change of 0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 15,667,378,118 a change of 96.88%

26/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10846 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,957,799,956 a change of -7.62%

25/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10806 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,613,928,989 a change of 413.26%

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:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 412 Percentage Change: -5.00% Day High: 429.5 Day Low: 412.9

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup Close Mid-Price: 177.2 Percentage Change: -0.62% Day High: 182 Day Low: 174.7

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 48 Percentage Change: + 4.01% Day High: 47.8 Day Low: 45.25

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1210 Percentage Change: -3.12% Day High: 1255 Day Low: 1214

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 306 Percentage Change: + 0.79% Day High: 311.6 Day Low: 290.8

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 100.55 Percentage Change: -1.32% Day High: 106.1 Day Low: 100.2

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#Brent #DOW A dislike of Experian and the entire credit scoring industry has its roots in a drunken conversation with a chum. He was a manager with BoS, a successful career, and was awaiting being made redundant.  The problem, he strongly felt, was the UK’s adoption of the American Credit Scoring system, where his opinion of a client  didn’t matter, clearing the way for a future where “the computer says No” would become a reality, allowing the entire Retail Banking industry to fall into chaos where decisions would be made which didn’t reflect reality.

This was well before the Financial Crash of 2007-2009 and by then, he didn’t care, early retirement paving the way for him to successfully pursue a new career as a session musician, one of the hidden band whose job it is to make folk like Taylor Swift, Adele, or the Rolling Stones, sound good. Apparently his 2nd career has been more financially rewarding than his time working for a bank but our conversation about Credit Scoring certainly left a mark.

Currently, Experian only needs movement above 2822p to probably trigger a lift to an initial 2848 with our secondary, if bettered, at 3245p. This scenario makes some visual sense, even challenging the Light Blue downtrend. Unfortunately, it feels more likely the share price shall wither below 2650 and trigger reversal to an initial 2087p with our secondary, if broken, an eventual bottom at 1715p.

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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
11:14:01PM	BRENT	8304.7	8008	7894	7716	8162	8424	8561	8746	8253	‘cess
11:16:40PM	GOLD	5177.76
11:21:19PM	FTSE	10584.7									‘cess
11:24:14PM	STOX50	5870.2
11:57:42PM	GERMANY	24152.7
11:28:19PM	US500	6846.7
11:31:30PM	DOW	48555.7	48214	48043	47770	48427	48862	48925	49026	48695
11:34:08PM	NASDAQ	25003.8									‘cess

 

4/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10567 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,546,557,826 a change of -22.7%

3/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10484 points. Change of -2.75%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,057,042,576 a change of 13.19%

2/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10780 points. Change of -1.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,768,828,981 a change of -37.65%

27/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10910 points. Change of 0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 15,667,378,118 a change of 96.88%

26/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10846 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,957,799,956 a change of -7.62%

25/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10806 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,613,928,989 a change of 413.26%

24/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10680 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 1,678,265,417 a change of -75.91%

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:AML Aston Martin. Close Mid-Price: 44.2 Percentage Change: + 9.73% Day High: 44.12 Day Low: 38.02

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1520 Percentage Change: -2.88% Day High: 1597 Day Low: 1509.5

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 433.7 Percentage Change: + 0.51% Day High: 439.6 Day Low: 424.2

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 46.15 Percentage Change: -0.75% Day High: 46.55 Day Low: 45.6

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2675 Percentage Change: + 3.68% Day High: 2720 Day Low: 2590

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 101.9 Percentage Change: -2.63% Day High: 104.95 Day Low: 101.45

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#FTSE #Stoxx As an exercise in cynicism, we opted to run the price of Crude oil through a similar movement pattern to that experienced, when the Russia/Ukraine thing kicked off. Back then, we regarded the price inflation of Brent Crude as very contrived, an artificial construct which almost felt it was simply to satisfy media expectations. The actual increase in the price of Brent realistically happened well before Russia started to battle with the door locks of their UAZ 452 trucks, probably the best lightweight 4WD’s ever built, even though their door lock mechanism dated back to a UK supplier in the early 1960’s. But a UAZ 452 van will happily trundle across a field of tree stumps, a task where a Landrover panics and a Landcruiser would find itself impaled. It was a little disconcerting, discovering early UK imports had, by default, a gun mount on the roof.

When we throw the Russia/Ukraine model at Brent currently, there appears to be the possibility of movement above 82.5 dollars bringing a further lift to an initial $87.3 with our longer term (or later that day) secondary calculating at 97 dollars. This secondary target is an issue, representing a logical “top” when we apply the growth model from 2022. What is extremely frustrating is, until mid February, Brent had been residing in a zone where the threat of reversal to an eventual 50 dollars made a lot of sense. The preceding 8 months had seen the market try every trick to avoid triggering a sharp drop.

But, long story short, we suspect Brent shall be intended to top out at 97 dollars. And it’s worth going on to YouTube as Americans have discovered the UAZ 452 as an import.

 

As for Central Asia Metals Plc, the share price is currently paying the price for a company news report of a fairly major “Ooops”, declaring the life potential of its mine in Macedonia should be reduced by 5 years until 2034. Probably a bad idea to declare your corporate Golden Goose is approaching a Best Before date!

There is something fascinating about the reversal inflicted on the share as it suggests weakness below 173 could bring a drop to 158p and visually, a strong suggestion of a bounce. Our reasoning for this relates to the Blue downtrend since 2023 and our official breakout above Blue happening at 157p. This tends strongly indicate a probable level for a rebound anytime soon. However, should 158p break, our secondary calculates at a future 131p, a price level which we would find difficult to justify given the historical picture.

Our alternate scenario suggests above 239p would be needed to signal the drop cycle has been a terrible mistake. In such a position, we would anticipate ongoing movement to an initial 268 with our longer term secondary, if bettered, working out at a future 327 and some hesitation.

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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
10:22:09PM	BRENT	8164.9
10:25:40PM	GOLD	5087.33									Success
10:28:35PM	FTSE	10516.7	10404	10378	10258	10530	10578	10624	10697	10503
10:32:20PM	STOX50	5813.3	5736	5705	5540	5854	5854	5879	5927	5811	Success
10:36:21PM	GERMANY	23985.5									Success
10:44:07PM	US500	6805.1									Success
10:54:29PM	DOW	48431.2									Success
10:59:13PM	NASDAQ	24673.1									‘cess
11:02:55PM	JAPAN	55191									Success

 

3/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10484 points. Change of -2.75%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,057,042,576 a change of 13.19%

2/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10780 points. Change of -1.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,768,828,981 a change of -37.65%

27/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10910 points. Change of 0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 15,667,378,118 a change of 96.88%

26/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10846 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,957,799,956 a change of -7.62%

25/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10806 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,613,928,989 a change of 413.26%

24/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10680 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 1,678,265,417 a change of -75.91%

23/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10684 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,967,110,577 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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AML Aston Martin** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:TLW Tullow** **LSE:TRN The Trainline** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **LSE:WG. Wood Group** **

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LSE:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 40.28 Percentage Change: -7.15% Day High: 44.74 Day Low: 40.34

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1565 Percentage Change: -2.73% Day High: 1590 Day Low: 1544.5

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 431.5 Percentage Change: -4.11% Day High: 445 Day Low: 425.9

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup Close Mid-Price: 179.6 Percentage Change: -2.50% Day High: 184.7 Day Low: 177.2

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 46.5 Percentage Change: -5.10% Day High: 48.2 Day Low: 46.8

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1247 Percentage Change: -0.16% Day High: 1273 Day Low: 1233

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 26 Percentage Change: + 1.56% Day High: 29.5 Day Low: 22

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 3882 Percentage Change: -18.14% Day High: 4410 Day Low: 3882

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 13.88 Percentage Change: + 8.61% Day High: 14.04 Day Low: 12.78

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 185.5 Percentage Change: -0.05% Day High: 189.3 Day Low: 181.6

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 104.65 Percentage Change: -5.04% Day High: 109.55 Day Low: 103.3

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LSE:WG. Wood Group. Close Mid-Price: 28.96 Percentage Change: + 11.81% Day High: 29.1 Day Low: 27.82

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#Gold #SP500 In recent weeks, a few “analysts” have been pushing British Airways owner IAG as a “buy” with what they claim to be significant upside. However, thanks to the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East, it now longer looks like any sort of sure thing, quite the converse in fact. With airspace closed due to Iran attacks, an important profit centre faces loss of income until things are sorted out, a sharp balance against their recent record financial results.

The harsh reality of the Iran war has dumped the share price below the immediate uptrend (circled) with some dangerous (or perhaps interesting) potential for further reversals. There are a couple of numbers worth keeping in mind as they’re going to assume some importance in the days/weeks ahead;

If the drop is going to give the first indication of it being a “fake”, above 426p shall be regarded as a fairly important signal to anticipate a cycle of gains.

Alternately, 344p – the Blue breakout level – should highlight the potential for further weakness in the share price, this appearing to be the immediate excuse for some concern.

Should the share price wander below 370p, reversal down to an initial 339p calculates as possible with our secondary, if broken, at a hopeful “bottom” by 304p. Visually, such a price level would establish an excellent point for a bounce, despite the Big Picture suggesting an eventual 271p could present itself as exerting an attraction. This scenario is obviously important, risking reversals below the critical 344p breakout level!

However, the share price ‘only’ needs above 426p to introduce a chance of happy days ahead, giving the potential to trigger a visit to 475p with our secondary, if exceeded, at 499p, the Big Picture claiming the value to be in the thrall of a distant 602p.

It is all a little bit confusing but we suspect IAG intends a bottom briefly at 339p. Hopefully, once the USA starts to flex its control of oil prices, thanks to recently acquiring control of Venezuela oil, we can only smile at the discomfort of a famous Venezuelan football (Carlos Sanz) who had to flee Iran at the outbreak of hostile behaviour. Perhaps he should pursue a career in the arms industry as a consultant, or maybe seek a position playing for Greenland…

 

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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
11:17:46PM	BRENT	7789.9									Success
11:21:41PM	GOLD	5354.08	5261	5227	5164	5321	5416	5465	5533	5341
11:24:13PM	FTSE	10781.1									Success
11:26:14PM	STOX50	5984.2									Success
11:29:53PM	GERMANY	24618.7
11:32:56PM	US500	6860.2	6854	6846	6805	6885	6901	6933	6991	6848	Success
11:35:43PM	DOW	48776.7									‘cess
11:50:22PM	NASDAQ	24891.5
11:52:23PM	JAPAN	57353									‘cess

 

2/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10780 points. Change of -1.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,768,828,981 a change of -37.65%

27/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10910 points. Change of 0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 15,667,378,118 a change of 96.88%

26/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10846 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,957,799,956 a change of -7.62%

25/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10806 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,613,928,989 a change of 413.26%

24/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10680 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 1,678,265,417 a change of -75.91%

23/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10684 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,967,110,577 a change of -9.04%

20/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,659,209,162 a change of -16.29%

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:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 189.84 Percentage Change: -0.61% Day High: 197 Day Low: 184

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 487.85 Percentage Change: + 2.14% Day High: 508.2 Day Low: 482.85

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LSE:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 196.7 Percentage Change: -1.23% Day High: 202.1 Day Low: 194.75

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 45.8 Percentage Change: + 2.69% Day High: 48.7 Day Low: 44.9

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 450 Percentage Change: -3.02% Day High: 451.9 Day Low: 430.3

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 534.4 Percentage Change: + 0.07% Day High: 546.4 Day Low: 529.2

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1249 Percentage Change: -4.95% Day High: 1289 Day Low: 1236

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1335 Percentage Change: + 2.61% Day High: 1334 Day Low: 1261

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 25.6 Percentage Change: + 34.74% Day High: 26.5 Day Low: 16.86

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1400 Percentage Change: + 0.65% Day High: 1428.5 Day Low: 1382

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LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech Close Mid-Price: 114.7 Percentage Change: -13.82% Day High: 131.2 Day Low: 106

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2645 Percentage Change: + 0.19% Day High: 2695 Day Low: 2575

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 22.5 Percentage Change: + 7.14% Day High: 22.5 Day Low: 21.5

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 12.78 Percentage Change: + 19.89% Day High: 13.86 Day Low: 11.52

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 185.6 Percentage Change: -4.97% Day High: 196.9 Day Low: 184.7

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 110.2 Percentage Change: -2.52% Day High: 112.15 Day Low: 109.8

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#Brent #SP500 After a weekend of what often feels like “contrived” reporting, it appears clear the markets are determined to use the newest conflict to power a confusion of activity. Gold and Oil prices shall probably head upward while more fragile equities head down. If our guess about the artificial nature of reports proves correct, it will doubtless prove a viable opportunity to invest in “cheap” shares, when the media attention once again returns to internal USA turmoil where a serious war is being played out against the President Trump regime by the US media.

The crazy thing about current movements came from our headline comment below against the FTSE last Friday;

With the FTSE reaching a level above which we couldn’t comfortably calculate, we cannot express any surprise at the sudden turbulence from the Middle East as it very conveniently matches the need of the FTSE to bounce around for a while while designating some sort of new trend. This sort of banana shaped logic happens far too often for us to ignore and we really don’t understand why. On the US markets, when a ceiling approaches, it’s often the case the market discovers an excuse to “gap” the index up above a level we’ve perceived as problematic. With the UK market, some sort of artificial tantrum tends be the norm.

As for Lloyds, when we reviewed them three weeks ago, we speculated on the risk present, if the share price managed to stumble below 105.7p. This has occurred, the share price reaching our initial target of 99p before enacting one of the weakest bounces possible. Additionally, the drop stumbled below our 99p target, appearing to “bottom” at 98.2p yet only giving a 5p bounce. We’re not optimistic about the immediate future, suspecting near term weakness below 101 shall now make an attempt at 96 with our secondary, if broken, at a bottom of 90p. Or perhaps even 84p, if the market gets serious about reversals!

Our alternate scenario allows for above 107 to trigger recovery to an initial 110p with our secondary, if beaten, a more interesting 125p.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
9:40:49PM	BRENT	7311.3	7037	6910	6763	7162	7328	7377	7880	6921
9:42:34PM	GOLD	5278.72
9:45:05PM	FTSE	10877.1
9:46:47PM	STOX50	6106.2
9:48:59PM	GERMANY	25164.4
9:51:08PM	US500	6864.9	6831	6821	6772	6878	6905	6930	6963	6873
10:47:25PM	DOW	48879.3
11:30:11PM	NASDAQ	24909.3
11:33:12PM	JAPAN	57906

 

27/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10910 points. Change of 0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 15,667,378,118 a change of 96.88%

26/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10846 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,957,799,956 a change of -7.62%

25/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10806 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,613,928,989 a change of 413.26%

24/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10680 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 1,678,265,417 a change of -75.91%

23/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10684 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,967,110,577 a change of -9.04%

20/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,659,209,162 a change of -16.29%

19/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10627 points. Change of -0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,149,830,600 a change of 23.38%

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:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 216.8 Percentage Change: + 4.28% Day High: 217.2 Day Low: 206

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 534 Percentage Change: + 1.62% Day High: 539.7 Day Low: 529.6

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1314 Percentage Change: -4.30% Day High: 1374 Day Low: 1321

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 1393.6 Percentage Change: -0.31% Day High: 1410.4 Day Low: 1377.8

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LSE:IAG British Airways Close Mid-Price: 423.7 Percentage Change: -7.35% Day High: 464.1 Day Low: 422.5

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1391 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 1407.5 Day Low: 1377.5

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 21 Percentage Change: + 2.44% Day High: 21 Day Low: 20.5

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#FTSE #Gold In the rusty climate which is Argyll, as a matter of course we replace the “lock nuts” on alloy wheels with standard nuts for the vehicle. It makes a lot of sense, due to the hassle involved when secure lock nuts seize up, along with the reality alloy wheels are no longer routinely stolen from cars, at least in Argyll. It’s almost funny an entire industry has spawned, producing tools to remove seized locking wheel nuts. But the motor industry as a whole continues to behave as if it’s 1985 with covetous desire for alloy wheels rather than 2026. The market for stolen alloy wheels has gone, vanishing with a similar faded attraction as the numbers we’ve been expressing as targets for the FTSE.

There’s a reason behind this particular comment, one of the lock nuts utterly seized on a VW which had a set of replacement, unfitted, nuts in the glove compartment. The car was driven to a local tyre shop who used a powered hammer device to remove the offending nut. And then, the dashboard lit up with errors, traction control, stability control, ABS, and tyre pressure sensors all showing as failed. The job had shattered a wheel bearing, giving a batch of errors the day before it was due to be MoT’d.

We’ve been continuously reworking our FTSE numbers and can now speculate an absolute maximum of 10,899 points as a target for the UK market. We cannot presently calculate anything above such a level, unless the UK market starts “gapping” the index upward at the market open. From most perspectives, the high of Thursday at 10,860 points was probably sufficiently close to our target, forcing us to speculate on potential drop potentials. About the only positive near term potential we can dare mention is the “threat” of gains above 10,860 points travelling to 10,888 points with our secondary, if bettered, at 10,899 points.

We cannot calculate above such a level presently, a fascinating reality for the FTSE. The next few days should be quite interesting from a nerds perspective as some turbulence feels possible.

If things intend go wrong, below 10,740 risks a visit down to an initial 10,.655 with our secondary, if broken, working out at 10,505.

Have a good weekend.

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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
11:25:03PM	BRENT	7074.3	6915	6990	6846	7044	7233	7293	7419	7075	Success
11:27:25PM	GOLD	5173.78	5095	5068	5007	5203	5252	5472	5828	5122
11:36:47PM	FTSE	10846.3	10788	10747	10706	10811	10872	10889	10893	10832	‘cess
11:33:03PM	STOX50	6155.2	6142	6137	6116	6162	6182	6216	6243	6152
11:35:38PM	GERMANY	25259	25089	25042	24939	25178	25351	25477	25676	25243
11:38:08PM	US500	6880.9	6859	6845	6804	6898	6913	6935	6960	6882	Success
11:42:09PM	DOW	49211.3	49189	48955	48666	49369	49830	49880	50260	49366	Shambles
11:44:59PM	NASDAQ	24956.3	24814	24724	24486	25047	25082	25278	25501	24934	Success
11:48:46PM	JAPAN	58294	58208	57972	57282	58701	59204	59638	60110	58674

 

26/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10846 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,957,799,956 a change of -7.62%

25/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10806 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,613,928,989 a change of 413.26%

24/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10680 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 1,678,265,417 a change of -75.91%

23/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10684 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,967,110,577 a change of -9.04%

20/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,659,209,162 a change of -16.29%

19/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10627 points. Change of -0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,149,830,600 a change of 23.38%

18/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 1.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,416,218,337 a change of 13.36%

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:BT.A British Telecom Close Mid-Price: 207.9 Percentage Change: -2.49% Day High: 214.6 Day Low: 207.5

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 46 Percentage Change: + 6.48% Day High: 46.5 Day Low: 41.6

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1373 Percentage Change: -16.89% Day High: 1527 Day Low: 1353

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1398 Percentage Change: + 0.29% Day High: 1393.4 Day Low: 1364

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 457.3 Percentage Change: + 2.51% Day High: 457.5 Day Low: 443.8

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 20 Percentage Change: + 24.84% Day High: 21.75 Day Low: 17

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1352.5 Percentage Change: + 3.24% Day High: 1420 Day Low: 1359.5

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