Trends And Targets

#FTSE #Falklands It’s 169 days until Christmas, 10 days until the UK finds itself with another useless Prime Minister. and 9 days until the World Cup final,. The ongoing production line of leaders who shouldn’t have advanced beyond being local ton councillors continues and we suspect folk who live in the Falklands or Gibraltar should be worried. It’s unlikely they view leadership from “the mother country” and believe their future is safe. In a similar fashion, we’re a bit twitchy about the prospects for the FTSE and how Sterling shall hold up. Everything feels like a countdown!

From our (sometimes a bit cynical) perspective, we shall ring alarm bells if the FTSE wanders below 10,410 points as this threatens to trigger reversal down to an initial 10,341 with our secondary, if broken, at 10,210 points. This secondary is liable to be a problem, dumping the value of the FTSE into a region with the potential of ongoing drama down to 9.632 points. Visually, this sort of thing would be worse than appearing on BBC Question Time, moving the FTSE into territory where further drops in 1,000 point increments become very possible.

This is why we’re very nervous about the next Prime Minister. The stock market feels poised to render judgement.

Unfortunately, the FTSE needs above 10,680 to start providing evidence of real movement, dark threats of recovery to an initial 10,950, maybe even a future 11.230 points. This particular secondary would certainly be a brave new world, one where we could dream of successful FTSE 100 components along with a FTSE hanging its coat on a distant hook just above 12,000 points.

Unfortunately, for now, we suspect the FTSE 100 shares Louis Hamilton’s chances of winning a Drivers Championship this year. Worse still, we’ve another 7 days to wait before the next Formula1 fiasco, ideally a race in which Hamilton wins and none of the other drivers make it to the end of the day. Perhaps a bit like Mr Farage’s forthcoming election.

Have a good weekend. The Met Office say most of us shall be using sun creams.

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:51:53PM	BRENT	7612.7	7558	7387		7678	7928	8054		7743
9:59:28PM	GOLD	4123.34	4053	4029		4093	4138	4180		4106	Success
10:03:17PM	FTSE	10464.5	10394	10298		10474	10562	10592		10483	‘cess
10:31:59PM	STOX50	6274.2	6226	6208		6265	6292	6303		6235
10:50:24PM	GERMANY	25107.7	24835	24519		25038	25147	25224		25086
10:58:09PM	US500	7537.8	7476	7456		7509	7545	7559		7488	Success
11:11:29PM	DOW	52427	52227	52007		52401	52582	52683		52430	‘cess
11:15:48PM	NASDAQ	29720.8	29347	29181		29523	29772	29851		29559	Success
11:22:17PM	JAPAN	68855	67366	66760		67868	69007	69829		68540	Success

 

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: 13354 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 221 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:GENL Genel. Close Mid-Price: 56.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 93.1 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 11.75 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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#Gold #Japan Vistry promote themselves as “The Affordable Housing Specialist”, obviously placing themselves firmly in the target of the Bank of England, an organisation keen to ensure few people can afford houses by artificially keeping interest rates high. The failed economic experiment of keeping interest rates to tackle inflation simply hasn’t worked, central banks somehow failing to grasp the basic concept of forcing prices up with interest rates only increases inflation. And now, with a massive house builder issuing a Profits Warning, maybe the message shall get through to the so called economists advising the BoE their policies are actively hurting the economy of the UK.

To be fair, once you read beyond the headlines, Vistry still remain in profit and despite their falling order book, remain in the business of building and selling the occasional property.  Unfortunately, they also remain with a share price which currently emulates the Pfizer New York tower with support beams looking like they are made of toffee.

When we previously reviewed Vistry Group, we projected 281p as our secondary target, anticipating it would be a bottom for the share price. This, unfortunately, turns out to be as concise as anything the current Prime Minister says, 281p fading away faster than candidates willing to challenge Nigel Farage in a by-election!

When we review share price movements since May of this year, it’s pretty obvious our 281p level meant something special to the market, considerable effort now being made to ensure the share value remains below such a level. Things are now looking just a little dodgy with weakness below 221 now  threatening reversal to 190p with our secondary, if broken, at a future bottom of 160p.

If the 281 level is as valid as the chart extract suggests, movement next above such a level should prove convincing, giving an initial target of 343p with our longer term secondary, if bettered, at a future 520p. Normally we’d ridicule such an ambition but visually, it starts to make rather a lot of sense.

Long story short, we suspect Vistry may be approaching a bottom. Maybe the bounce shall prove useful.

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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
11:11:08PM	BRENT	7954.7									Success
11:14:17PM	GOLD	4077.9	4022	4005	3976	4054	4088	4097	4122	4068	‘cess
11:16:54PM	FTSE	10487.3									Success
11:20:00PM	STOX50	6239.5									Success
11:23:45PM	GERMANY	24996.8									Success
11:27:55PM	US500	7470.3									Success
11:12:37PM	DOW	52290									Success
11:15:40PM	NASDAQ	29215
11:18:20PM	JAPAN	67725	65304	Nothing	sane	showing	67750	67986	68880	67255

 

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: 36.32 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 54.6 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 2570 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 1632 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:QED Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 1.015 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 11 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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#FTSE #GOLD We’ve always thought Fresnillo company name sounded like they may produce ice-lolly’s or perhaps something based in milk. Unsurprisingly, their focus is completely different, the worlds largest Silver producer and also holding the accolade of being one of Mexico’s largest Gold miners. In addition to their Mexican operations, they also dig holes in Canada, Chile, and Peru. Despite the visual similarities between the charts for LSE:FRES and PM:XAUUSD (Gold), the rate of pull back from highs earlier this year differs.

Gold has pulled back from its highs by around 26%, whereas Fresnillo have retreated faster than a Mexican with a goal opportunity, down 38% from their January highs. Regardless, it feels like there’s a broad expectation for Gold itself to enter a meltdown cycle to an initial 3,600 dollars, maybe even a bottom and hopeful bound just above the $3,042 level. The price of Gold needs exceed $4,300 to force us to revisit these numbers, surprise gains suddenly looking possible.

For Fresnillo, below 2,670p risks triggering ongoing reversals down to an initial 2,267p with our secondary, if broken, ideally calculating at 1,459p and hopefully a solid bounce. In fact, we’d hope for a bounce before such a calculation makes itself known. From our perspective, the share price needs above 3,300p to nullify the downward potentials.

In the event the share price finds an excuse to exceed 3,300p, we’re able to calculate an initial ambition at 3,662 with our secondary, if bettered, a longer term 4,019p. This secondary is liable to be a really big deal, dropping the share value in a zone where a future 4,910 calculates as a reasonable hope, along with a new all time high for the share price.

Unfortunately, we’re fairly comfortable with the idea Fresnillo shall continue to head in the opposite direction from many FTSE 100 constituents, suspecting an eventual visit to the Blue downtrend on the chart, a line which dates back to 2011.

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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
11:05:43PM	BRENT	7600.8									Success
11:08:38PM	GOLD	4103.33
11:11:58PM	FTSE	10653.7	10640	10606	10559	10670	10700	10719	10743	10678
11:15:42PM	STOX50	6315.4	6305	6277	6226	6344	6373	6396	6426	6351	Success
11:19:45PM	GERMANY	25438.2									‘cess
11:27:52PM	US500	7502.1
11:30:38PM	DOW	52870.5									Shambles
11:33:45PM	NASDAQ	29166.2									Success
11:36:45PM	JAPAN	67492									Success

 

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:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 516.1 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 851.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 1661 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 113.85 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 677.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:QED Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 1.37 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 337.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 2126 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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#Gold #SP500 “This is how it ends, not with a bang but a whimper.”  This slightly mangled T.S. Eliot quote rather neatly describes the tepid end to Silverstone on Sunday, a fitting end to a similarly languid “race”. The artificial excitement of watching electricity fuelled overtakes has started to decline substantially, the race organisers choosing to end the circus by parading all the cars for an extra lap behind the “safety car”, depriving the watching audience of the spectacle of a lap with real racing and fully charged batteries. We also expected Louis Hamilton to regain 2nd place, had the “safety” obstacle finished when they said it would. Instead, we witnessed another episode of “Stop Louis Hamilton winning his 9th Grand Prix”. This shambles is the reason why the 8 minute Formula1 race summary on YouTube is often more fascinating than the actual “race” being broadcast. We obviously feel it unfair international football teams field folk who know how to play against our Scottish team. The Scotland national football team should only play against opposing Under 11’s or the Ladies Side from other countries…

Scotland, despite being regarded as the home of football, continues to confirm it has lost its ball, especially on the world stage.

We’re often asked if we can make sense of a particularly stupid looking trend (aka anything similar to current F1 management) and Investec Plc currently supply how to seek a clear answer.  To be blunt, the Blue downtrend since 2007 looks like Forumal1 nonsense, making no sense. Instead, we need scribble a new line, the Light Blue trend and things suddenly make a lot of sense. Previously, we’d given a target of 642p and for just two sessions, the share price managed to stumble above our ambitious level.

But a new ball game has commenced, one which suggests movement next above 650p shall exceed the Light Blue line on the chart extract, suggesting the potential for movement to an impressive future long term 792p with our secondary, if exceeded, calculating at a distant 874p. Our logic, for this series of calculations, comes from the visual confirmation the share price has been reacting to Light Blue, always a problem as the particular indicator rarely jumps out from a chart.

If things intend go the shape of Formula1, below 603 would be an issue, calculating with the potential of coming reversals to an initial 580p with our secondary, if broken, a future 544p and potential bounce.

Long story short, share price closure above 642p shall make this more interesting than another incompetent UK Prime Minister…Is it the sixth in 4 years or the 4th in six tears, Regardless, we are not inclined to hold our breath.

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:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:QED Quadrise** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 675.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 529.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 310.6 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 610 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone. Close Mid-Price: 169 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1465.6 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 384 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:QED Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 1.55 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1504 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 2150 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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#Brent #SP500  When we reviewed Lloyds three weeks ago, we were optimistic about our scenario for a rise toward something we described as “a confident looking 116.7p”. It’s nearly there, sufficiently close we’re just about lost interest in such a target level, better ambitions now making themselves known for the longer term.  From a near term perspective, it appears movement above just 115.4p should still attempt a visit to 116.7p but, due to the strength of recent price changes, we suspect a new game in underway.

Obviously, world events risk intruding (as is always the case) but from our perspective, we regard Lloyds share price as successfully moving into Big Picture territory with the result, now above 115.4p calculates with the potential of a lift to an initial 123p with our longer term secondary, if beaten, at a future 154p. There was be pretty big steps on a path which works out a distant attraction is now comes from a stonking 310p. Perhaps ditching their Halifax brand shall become a real turning point for the future. My wife, a long term Halifax customer, recently received a new Debit Card and instead of the expected Lloyds branding, she discovered she’s now a loyal Bank of Scotland customer, making us suspect Lloyds intend remain with a negligible footprint in Scotland.

All things considered, with Lloyds share price looking like substantial growth is possible, when this is combined with the level of Dividend on offer from the company, it’s starting to look like Lloyds may provide a long term investment.

If things intend go wrong, share price closure below 109p would ring immediate alarm bells, opening the gates for reversal to an initial 88p with our secondary, if broken, at 79p and a fairly strong argument for a bounce. While being optimistic for a UK retail bank goes against our instincts, we’ve now little choice but to apply a positive spin for Lloyds. Hopefully the Black Horse is finally starting to run.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:06:33PM	BRENT	7201.6	7021	6862	6810	7130	7256	7441	7664	7199
11:13:51PM	GOLD	4183.71								4154
10:48:11PM	FTSE	10649.4								10617
10:50:56PM	STOX50	6414.6								6370
10:53:42PM	GERMANY	25838.9								25600
10:58:34PM	US500	7514	7477	7463	7444	7492	7504	7543	7582	7479
11:01:52PM	DOW	52867.6								52850
11:10:14PM	NASDAQ	29720.9								29655
11:18:16PM	JAPAN	69746								69506

 

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:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 668.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 522.3 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 899 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 51 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 682.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1504.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 2122 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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#FTSE #Robot There are indications something positive wants to happen with the FTSE. The extraordinary day experienced on Thursday has almost galvanised the UK market and now, above 10,723 points should kick open the door of a brave new world for the index. At time of writing, FTSE futures look quite convincing at 10,695 points, 43 points above the level at which the market closed Thursday, an impressive 1.67% upward. This are not getting quite interesting from a near term perspective but we’d prefer sprinkle some sanity on our outpouring of hope.

After all, this is the FTSE we’re talking about, not our Garden Robot which is proving pretty reliable in patrolling the lawn and has displaced a little red tractor! We even took a video: The Robot Mower. (video (13 seconds)) opens in a new window.

From a near term perspective, above 10.723 points is supposed to trigger gains toward an utterly useless 10,740 points. If triggered, the tightest stop loss point looks like 10,660 points. There’s another reason why this is worth mentioning as our secondary target, if this useless initial 10,740 points is bettered, calculates at a slightly more useful 10,882 points. Rather more importantly though, this would take the index into a zone where a longer term 11,319 points calculates as a viable longer term ambition.

Of course, we’re approaching a Silverstone Formula1 weekend, a race which home champion Louis Hamilton is supposed to win. After all, with a prior 9 wins at the circuit, they should just award him the place without the annoying hindrance of an actual race spoiling what looks like a fairly good weekend.

Unfortunately, the FTSE, like Mr Hamilton, doesn’t need do much to foul things up. Below 10,470 points would be troubling, risking triggering reversals down to an initial 10,376 points with our less likely secondary, if broken, calculating down at 10,265 points.

We do suspect, if an effort is made to keep the UK marching in place, 10.376 will provide a reasonable rebound level…

Have a good weekend and enjoy the race. Hopefully it rains on the circuit, giving drivers the chance to display their competence.

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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
11:23:57PM	BRENT	7163.6	7070	7017		7130	7176	7211		7147	‘cess
11:48:57PM	GOLD	4135.86	4024	3976		4081	4142	4171		4102
10:54:55PM	FTSE	10669.7	10517	10450		10580	10698	10744		10620	Success
11:00:47PM	STOX50	6353.8	6259	6212		6304	6366	6375		6325
11:10:19PM	GERMANY	25622.5	24953	24648		25165	25664	25777		25430
11:13:21PM	US500	7482.7	7427	7414		7474	7494	7506		7464	‘cess
11:19:06PM	DOW	52962.3	52013	51841		52402	52998	53331		52422
11:22:34PM	NASDAQ	29310.3	29080	28825		29420	29575	29664		29280
11:25:52PM	JAPAN	68110	67439	66862		67951	68615	68818		68107	‘cess

 

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:AV. Aviva** **LSE:AZN Astrazeneca** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SBRY Sainsbury** **

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 14538 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 522.1 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 464.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 49.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 1554 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1445.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 114.65 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 386.1 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 678.6 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1475.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 337.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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#Gold #JAPAN Here in Argyll. we generally anticipate monsoon conditions during the first week of August. This year, it appears July is spicing things up, strong winds and torrential non stop rain suggesting the annual monsoon has arrived a month early. All things considered, it’s perhaps not such a bad thing as the weeks following the monsoon generally enjoy pretty mild weather, almost as if we’ve been given our ration of rain for the autumn months and can relish doing battle with lawns which just will not stop growing.

Therefore, if you are considering a break in Argyll or Scotlands Wets coast, August and September now look perfectly safe, ideal times to plan a vacation weekend without bringing clothing for all four seasons.

And if you believe that, you’ll believe anything, even headlines about “Cheap” shares!

One of our favourite occasions for gritting teeth came when a client emailed asking about CMC Markets, telling us a popular online resource is referring to them – at 650p – as “So Cheap”. This is a term we instantly dislike, two words which should warn the reader the person who created “the analysis” has approached their task with an in-built bias. This sort of thing usually leaves investors walking funny… There’s no such thing as a “cheap” share and neither is there an “expensive” share. The only thing which is real is the share price!

And so, by which standards dare we judge FTSE 250 Trading and Investing platform CMC Markets current share price as “dirt cheap” and “tremendous value”, according to one commentator?  We could quickly jump back to our report on 20th May which proposed a target of 495p, suggesting above such a level would require us to revisit things.  On this subject, they’ve just forced our hand, gapping the share UP from 458p to 540p, neatly decapitating our upper level.

We’ve an immediate problem here, while despising clickbait headlines, it appears the share price may indeed be in positive territory. Currently, above just 651p looks capable of triggering gains to an initial 764p. Our longer term secondary calculates at a future 927p, a truly impressive rise from present price levels. The share needs break Red on the chart, currently around 442p.

In the event the price actually falls below an unlikely 442p, a visit down to an initial 245 calculates as possible with our secondary, if broken, at just 80p. Absolutely nothing – from a chart perspective – suggests this reversal scenario is probable. For now, it looks like the folk “ramping” the share might actually have a point, a pleasant change.

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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
11:04:17PM	BRENT	7113.4									Success
11:27:13PM	GOLD	4041.93	3959	3902	3831	3989	4115	4164	4238	4064	Success
11:33:29PM	FTSE	10472.5									‘cess
11:38:17PM	STOX50	6278.1									‘cess
11:53:13PM	GERMANY	25045
11:56:05PM	US500	7477.9									‘cess
11:58:15PM	DOW	52255.3
11:03:07PM	NASDAQ	29773
11:09:35PM	JAPAN	68920	68785	68044	66746	69676	70233	70485	71050	69553

 

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:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SBRY Sainsbury** **

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 34.3 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 1483.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 2794 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 679.6 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 330.6 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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