Trends And Targets

#FTSE #Nasdaq Rather than do anything crude, such as trying to weave the simultaneously addictive and ridiculous John Wicks movie franchise into a report on Wickes DIY group, we decided a group of bullet holes on a chart would suffice!  But Wickes Group share price has exceeded our expectations from our previous analysis 6 months ago, giving some considerable potentials for the future. Perhaps the market shall also realise the spell of good weather has enabled gullible and ambitious DIY projects, all of which will feel like they are going on forever.

 

Wickes Group share price is slightly fascinating. When we previously reviewed them, we’d commented on the potential of movement to just above the 200p level. It transpires the number we were talking about was just 203p, the share value being gapped and accelerated above this level just at the start of this week. This has created an interesting potential from a Big Picture viewpoint.

It is now the case where price growth above 218p calculates as capable of recovery to an initial 236p with our secondary, if bettered, at 248p. Overall, it feels like closure above 236p shall emplace the share in a zone where a long term ambition at 292p works out as possible.

Something fairly strange has certainly happened, optimism suggesting a return to the highs of 2021. However, if everything intends go horribly wrong, below 181p will suggest real panic, almost like buying something with a “Black & Decker” brand name from B&Q, products which rarely last the length of a project.

 

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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
11:04:27PM	BRENT	6561
11:07:23PM	GOLD	3181.9									Success
11:10:09PM	FTSE	8552.2	8552	8515	8476	8580	8618	8636	8664	8588
11:13:28PM	STOX50	5388.7
11:37:29PM	GERMANY	23446.2
11:42:29PM	US500	5873.8
11:46:19PM	DOW	41840.2									‘cess
11:49:55PM	NASDAQ	21284	21155	21080	20994	21234	21339	21513	21678	21115	‘cess
11:53:30PM	JAPAN	37692	37573	37111	36563	37805	38470	38820	39192	38146

 

14/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8585 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,007,730,039 a change of 12.14%

13/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8602 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,357,315,867 a change of -14.15%

12/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8604 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,240,262,967 a change of 23.36%

9/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8554 points. Change of 0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,058,383,075 a change of -23.7%

8/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8531 points. Change of -0.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,629,623,125 a change of 7.19%

7/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8559 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,184,880,879 a change of -26.44%

6/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8597 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,408,484,363 a change of 0%

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:AAL Anglo American** **LSE:CCL Carnival** **LSE:DLG Direct Line Group** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **

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LSE:AAL Anglo American Close Mid-Price: 2200.5 Percentage Change: -1.65% Day High: 2247.5 Day Low: 2185

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1575.5 Percentage Change: + 2.84% Day High: 1579 Day Low: 1528

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LSE:DLG Direct Line Group Close Mid-Price: 287.4 Percentage Change: -0.55% Day High: 291.8 Day Low: 285

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LSE:IAG British Airways Close Mid-Price: 316.3 Percentage Change: -1.98% Day High: 325.8 Day Low: 314

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 74.94 Percentage Change: + 2.10% Day High: 74.8 Day Low: 73.52

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#FTSE #Stoxx  We were intending to be enthusiastic about Easyjet but the horror story of their “Eurovision” theme flight to Basel, carrying a bunch of what were described as Eurovision Superfans, to view the contest. The resultant PR photographs featured a bunch of strangely dressed men, all smiling with a hint of vacant insanity, making any viewer question just how they made it through passport control, leaving a trail of glitter behind them. Perhaps Easyjet could perform a public service for the UK, opting to leave them in Switzerland regardless of the contest results. And we hope the group Remember Monday don’t foul up as they’re not bad!

 

Easyjet, due to release some financial results on the 22nd of this month, currently feature a share price which features the start of an insane grin to match their Eurovision passengers. There has been a downtrend since this time in 2021 which the share price has now broken through, presumably the market showing signs of happy days ahead. As the close up from the chart below exhibits, the share price has moved into potentially happy territory and we suspect the share may be facing a flurry of positive movements, anticipating some optimistic numbers being released.

The immediate situation gives some hope as movement above 544p should trigger a lift to an initial 564 with our secondary, if bettered, a more encouraging 608p as this would represent a “higher high”, an encouraging place for a share price to find itself prior to some Financials being released. In such a scenario, we shall be forced to regard a longer term 656p as presenting the ruling attraction.

 

Should the share price intend head toward the usual British “Null Points” destination, the share price needs descend below 495p to give the first inclination of things going terribly wrong. But it must always be remembered the UK Jury awarded Abba “Null Points” back in the day, so the UK stock market may opt to play a little game with the share price prior to any upward breakout continuing…

 

 

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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
11:20:00PM	BRENT	6634.9
11:22:14PM	GOLD	3253.67
11:24:02PM	FTSE	8589.1	8554	8525	8492	8592	8624	8641	8670	8597
11:26:34PM	STOX50	5401.4	5361	5345	5319	5385	5423	5440	5466	5400
11:29:39PM	GERMANY	23595.6
11:32:23PM	US500	5884.5
11:34:55PM	DOW	42167
11:38:17PM	NASDAQ	21191.6									‘cess
11:40:58PM	JAPAN	38308

 

13/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8602 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,357,315,867 a change of -14.15%

12/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8604 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,240,262,967 a change of 23.36%

9/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8554 points. Change of 0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,058,383,075 a change of -23.7%

8/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8531 points. Change of -0.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,629,623,125 a change of 7.19%

7/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8559 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,184,880,879 a change of -26.44%

6/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8597 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,408,484,363 a change of 30.09%

2/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8596 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,463,449,781 a change of 0%

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:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 2237.5 Percentage Change: + 3.49% Day High: 2242 Day Low: 2155.5

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1532 Percentage Change: + 1.46% Day High: 1535 Day Low: 1499

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 3982 Percentage Change: + 2.15% Day High: 3992 Day Low: 3875

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 184 Percentage Change: + 0.16% Day High: 192.4 Day Low: 183.1

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 322.7 Percentage Change: + 3.53% Day High: 322.5 Day Low: 313.5

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 55.2 Percentage Change: + 2.60% Day High: 56 Day Low: 53.6

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 1155.5 Percentage Change: -1.24% Day High: 1174 Day Low: 1152

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#Gold #WallSt  With the Eurovision Song Contest coming on this Saturday, our annual drinking game with friends is being cheerfully anticipated. For years, the four of us gather, eat Chinese takeaway, drink absurd quantities of wine, and ridicule the acts. This year, there’s a problem specifically with the UK entry. The group Remember Monday, comprising three girls, have been paying their dues in the entertainment industry for years and it was a real surprise to hear the UK had chosen actual talent to represent the country. Ages ago, they covered the Queen track, “Fat Bottomed Girls”, producing a standout version of the tune. Apparently even Queens Brian May complemented them on their effort, the version on YouTube gaining over 5 million views. It’s going to be the first time watching Eurovision, where a guilty secret will be to hope the UK’s Remember Monday actually does quite well!

It certainly won’t deter from our ridicule of the rest of the show, this year fuelled by my own home made Rioja wine, a brew which has matured into an amazing success.

 

Carnival Plc already have started their 2025 schedule, visiting our local cruise ship terminal, a few miles across the sea estuary at a port called Greenock. It’s extremely difficult to express any enthusiasm or attraction for cruise ships visiting Greenock, the town being a bit of a dump. It’s a bit like trying to promote Milton Keynes as a summer holiday destination and by any standard, Milton Keynes outshines Greenock. Regardless, the big white cruise liners appear every week, disgorging passengers who immediately jump on a train to Glasgow, ignoring the place their ship docked. It’s almost funny, the town called Greenock being treated as an inconvenient blob by cruise passengers as it echoes our own sentiment, the 20 minute delay created by Greenock as we head to our own ferry terminal to return to Argyll. But this year, it certainly looks like Carnival are ramping up their schedule of visits to the port of Greenock.

From a near term perspective, a share price above 1527p looks like triggering a confident visit to 1695p with our “longer term” secondary calculating at a future 1899p. along with a challenge of the downtrend since 2017. For things to go horribly wrong, the share price needs drop below 1100p as this threatens the Red uptrend, risking dire results by entering a zone capable of producing a reversal cycle to 313p.

Critically, it appears closure above 1899 shall be important for the longer term, placing the share in a zone with a long term attraction coming from 4257p, a destination substantially more attractive than Greenock…

 

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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
11:16:59PM	BRENT	6483.2									‘cess
11:20:57PM	GOLD	3235.24	3208	3175	3146	3250	3292	3314	3350	3260	‘cess
11:26:20PM	FTSE	8623									Success
11:28:46PM	STOX50	5407.4									‘cess
11:34:11PM	GERMANY	23637									‘cess
11:37:17PM	US500	5841.2									Shambles
11:43:14PM	DOW	42392	41672	41313	40926	41837	42474	42661	44391	42113	Success
11:46:32PM	NASDAQ	20838									Success
11:50:21PM	JAPAN	38683

 

12/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8604 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,240,262,967 a change of 23.36%

9/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8554 points. Change of 0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,058,383,075 a change of -23.7%

8/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8531 points. Change of -0.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,629,623,125 a change of 7.19%

7/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8559 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,184,880,879 a change of -26.44%

6/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8597 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,408,484,363 a change of 30.09%

2/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8596 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,463,449,781 a change of 59.81%

1/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,044,371,616 a change of 0%

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:AAL Anglo American** **LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CCL Carnival** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:IGG IG Group** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:RKH Rockhopper** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **

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LSE:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 2162 Percentage Change: + 5.54% Day High: 2212.5 Day Low: 2132

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LSE:AV. Aviva Close Mid-Price: 576.4 Percentage Change: -1.20% Day High: 592.6 Day Low: 568.2

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 313.3 Percentage Change: + 2.05% Day High: 320.4 Day Low: 310.9

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 39 Percentage Change: + 5.41% Day High: 39 Day Low: 37

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1510 Percentage Change: + 9.38% Day High: 1527 Day Low: 1399.5

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 311.7 Percentage Change: + 4.88% Day High: 316 Day Low: 302.1

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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 1071 Percentage Change: -1.65% Day High: 1112 Day Low: 1066

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 9.17 Percentage Change: -2.13% Day High: 9.73 Day Low: 8.92

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 346.1 Percentage Change: -3.32% Day High: 359.6 Day Low: 342.8

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 53.8 Percentage Change: + 3.86% Day High: 55 Day Low: 52.6

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1170 Percentage Change: + 9.60% Day High: 1160.5 Day Low: 1087.5

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#Brent #SP500  Somehow or other, we’ve managed to duck reporting on Barclays for 5 weeks. In the intervening period, the bank has essentially done nothing aside from a dramatic drop down to the 223p level. This share price reversal to (and below) our projected 256p was certainly brief and dramatic and now, the market appears to be trying to convince everyone a closing price 241p was a real bottom. There’s certainly something exceedingly strange going on with Barclays share price, as can be seen from the two charts below, one showing candles which express the range of each days movements, the other showing closing prices.

At a glance, it appears the market has declared a closing price of 223p on this, something which is completely invisible when just viewing candles in an attempt to understand price movements. This is why we often bang on about how important it can be to review the point at which a share price closed a session and in the case of Barclays, it makes incredible visual sense. Of equal importance are the daily highs within the period, confirming quite brutally there’s a tend line (Blue) which the market is carefully avoiding. :Logically, we feel it safe to assume any closure above Blue (ideally 309p) shall present an image where we can dare assume Barclays share price is heading upward properly.

If choosing to play safe and embrace sanity, above the previous High which defined the Blue downtrend will be intraday movement above 316p which, by our standards, defines a Higher High and makes a Long Position a viable option. Obviously, this is still playing a little dangerous as we’re suggesting a scenario which allows for safer intraday trading. In the case of Barclays, above 316p now calculates with an initial target of 366p with our secondary, if beaten, working out at a more useful 408p. Essentially, closure above 309p should enter a cycle where a longer term 500p becomes the ruling attraction for the share.

Obviously, for a retail bank, such an ambition is quite an attractive proposition!

If things intend go wrong, below 284p risks becoming troublesome, introducing a scenario which gives the potential of reversals to an initial 268p with our secondary, if broken, at 244p and hopefully a rebound. Surprisingly, in this instance, we can present a third level drop target if 244p breaks at 206p and a potential bottom. Amazingly, this rather neatly matches the lows of mid-2024, presenting a perfect point for a bounce in the future. At present, absolutely nothing suggests this reversal cycle as it’s only a potential…

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
9:54:56PM	BRENT	6382	6076	5930	5768	6202	6423	6547	6780	6303
11:40:28PM	GOLD	3276.49								3322
11:10:28PM	FTSE	8569								8550
11:13:36PM	STOX50	5351.5								5315
11:22:50PM	GERMANY	23715.4								23483
11:25:24PM	US500	5728.7	5644	5601	5552	5676	5750	5880	6241	5640
11:27:11PM	DOW	41687.4								41487
11:29:24PM	NASDAQ	20410.5								20163
11:31:55PM	JAPAN	37809								37221

 

9/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8554 points. Change of 0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,058,383,075 a change of -23.7%

8/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8531 points. Change of -0.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,629,623,125 a change of 7.19%

7/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8559 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,184,880,879 a change of -26.44%

6/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8597 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,408,484,363 a change of 30.09%

2/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8596 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,463,449,781 a change of 59.81%

1/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,044,371,616 a change of -59.2%

30/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8494 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,912,933,347 a change of 92.29%

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.

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:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CCL Carnival** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:RKH Rockhopper** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 583.4 Percentage Change: + 0.69% Day High: 586.2 Day Low: 578.2

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 37 Percentage Change: + 2.64% Day High: 36.9 Day Low: 36.9

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LSE:CCL Carnival Close Mid-Price: 1380.5 Percentage Change: -0.75% Day High: 1404.5 Day Low: 1365

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 297.2 Percentage Change: + 2.38% Day High: 300.2 Day Low: 284.9

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 51.8 Percentage Change: + 1.97% Day High: 53.4 Day Low: 50.2

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#FTSE #Gold Thursday was something of a disappointment, the market expected to show some growth following a ‘surprise’ interest rate cut. Unfortunately, the reality seems to be a case we experienced one of these ‘buy on the rumour, sell on the news’ sessions which are always a bit irritating. We were privately hoping for an interest rate cut in excess of that given, due to our “bottom” target for interest rates being 3.75% and a suspicion the BoE may accelerate travel to our target level, especially as the UK economy continues to suffer from the failed notion interest rates control inflation and aid the country.

The stock market has behaved recently in a fashion reminiscent of someone having pressed the pause button, quite a few fits and starts stifled before anything interesting comes to fruition. Maybe the election of a new Pope shall be given as the driving force for market changes. Out of curiosity, we looked at what happens to the markets on election of a new Pope, the answer appearing to be traders are not particularly religious, there being no movements which suggest one event was linked with any other. In other words, we’re not anticipated the market reacting to the new American Pope who apparently does not speak English despite being the Cardinal from Chicago, famously the home of ‘toast & cheese’ which was marketed as pizza!

 

It can be safely assumed we regard the election as a new Pontiff with equal awe to that deserved by a new mayor of Preston…

 

As for the FTSE, it is actually in an interesting position from a near term perspective as above 8576 points looks capable of triggering movement to an initial 8632 points. If bettered, our secondary calculates at 8694 points, quite a big deal as it opens the door for strong market movement in the medium term, almost to the 8900 point level. We harbour a suspicion “they” are trying to dampen down such a potential as it should all happen quite fast, if we rely on our usual logic.

If things intend go wrong, below 8500 now looks dangerous as it opens the door toward an initial 8426 points with our secondary, if broken, calculating down at 8300 points and a reasonable chance of a rebound.

 

It is a Formula One devoid weekend, so enjoy cutting the grass as the weather looks good. Perhaps visit a farm shop but at all costs, avoid chain store Garden Centres as they sell junk, not designed for local areas but instead, simply trying to export any local profit to a corporate body! A recent visit to a local B&Q almost had us buying tomato plants designed not to grow in a Scottish climate where the sun is a stranger! Sometimes Google can be a friend.

 

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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
11:05:50PM	BRENT	6303	6080	6021		6165	6330	6356		6268
11:08:45PM	GOLD	3310.96	3289	3276		3329	3416	3468		3364	Success
11:31:34PM	FTSE	8556.7	8511	8474		8574	8622	8648		8586
11:35:46PM	STOX50	5282	5257	5235		5282	5319	5330		5295	‘cess
11:38:42PM	GERMANY	23381.8	23219	23186		23268	23452	23487		23380	‘cess
11:41:57PM	US500	5665	5633	5602		5674	5721	5742		5691	‘cess
11:45:05PM	DOW	41365	41163	40946		41392	41780	42384		41337	Success
11:48:39PM	NASDAQ	20080.9	19900	19775		20053	20252	20290		20146	Success
11:51:24PM	JAPAN	37329	36624	36378		36903	37566	37599		37259	Success

 

8/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8531 points. Change of -0.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,629,623,125 a change of 7.19%

7/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8559 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,184,880,879 a change of -26.44%

6/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8597 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,408,484,363 a change of 30.09%

2/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8596 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,463,449,781 a change of 59.81%

1/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,044,371,616 a change of -59.2%

30/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8494 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,912,933,347 a change of 92.29%

29/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8463 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,155,137,835 a change of 0%

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:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 486.4 Percentage Change: + 2.10% Day High: 502.5 Day Low: 480

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 290.3 Percentage Change: + 2.11% Day High: 289.5 Day Low: 283.4

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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 1100 Percentage Change: -0.09% Day High: 1111 Day Low: 1096

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#Gold #WallSt There’s always the temptation to pad out an article with a snapshot of whatever ridiculousness is going on in Argyll. Wednesday and the last seagoing paddleship in the world looking like it was floating aimlessly beside our local nuclear submarine base, saw a couple of Royal Marine fast boats intercept the ship. After a few minutes, the fast movers moved off and the paddle steamer came to life again. We can only speculate we’d witnessed some sort of exercise but worse, enjoying the scene from the comfort of the passenger lounge on a ferry made it easy to forget to take a snapshot! So, we’ll look at Playtech Plc instead as their share price is looking quite encouraging.

The company, headquartered on the Isle of Man and traded on the FTSE 250, has become the world’s largest designer, developer, and license keeper for web & mobile software to the gaming industry. It’s a seriously impressive set of credentials, if their Wiki page is to be believed. The company certainly can boast an impressive CV in the years since their launch, though we tend detest a business model which essentially works on the same basis as these “Shove Penny” machines. Punters are blissfully unaware of the two concealed “house” slots on lane 1 and lane 4 of the machines, gobbling up any overflow. Discovering this detail, when building a machine for grandchildren, was a real shock, destroying a gullible lifetime of believing this was a true game of chance. Enacting such machinations within software would obviously be quite easy.

 

Cutting to basics, Playtech Plc share price needs close below 650p to spoil our illusions for coming upward movement.

 

Movement next above 814p should ideally trigger a price surge to an initial 874 with our longer term secondary, if bettered, at 984p. Overall, we can calculate an eventual 1011p is apparently exerting an influence on the share price, rather nastily matching the highs of 2017 and visually providing a great excuse for hesitation. Essentially, folk whose funds have been on an extended holiday for the last 8 years would be expected to bail at break even, providing selling pressure on the share price and thus, creating a stutter in any rise.

For now, we’re fairly optimistic and strongly suspect it shall be worth betting on 984p making an appearance.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:41:03PM	BRENT	6093.3
10:53:59PM	GOLD	3364.05	3351	3343	3324	3388	3400	3414	3432	3375
10:57:06PM	FTSE	8574.6
10:59:24PM	STOX50	5245.7
11:32:42PM	GERMANY	5245.7
11:35:30PM	US500	5627.6
11:37:55PM	DOW	41080	40824	40641	40428	41057	41281	41455	41715	41004
11:40:28PM	NASDAQ	19870.6
11:48:01PM	JAPAN	36907

 

7/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8559 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,184,880,879 a change of -26.44%

6/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8597 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,408,484,363 a change of 30.09%

2/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8596 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,463,449,781 a change of 59.81%

1/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,044,371,616 a change of -59.2%

30/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8494 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,912,933,347 a change of 92.29%

29/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8463 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,155,137,835 a change of 24.39%

28/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8417 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,144,462,369 a change of 0%

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:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 284.3 Percentage Change: + 0.96% Day High: 288.6 Day Low: 281.6

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#Gold #SP500.  A few miles up the road from us is a place called Kilmartin Glen. In a stretch of around 6 miles, there exists a huge collection of standing stones and weird rock piles called cairns. The structures are older than Stonehenge and with some of the stones being 3 metres tall, they’re quite impressive too. But with a typical Scottish lack of self promotion, no-one has heard of the very accessible collection of ancient monuments, almost as if “they” don’t want to challenge Stonehenge as the leading Neolithic monument in the UK. To be fair, Stonehenge is individually more impressive, but where quantity challenged quality, Kilmartin Glen wins hands down. And being Scotland, it’s blessed with pretty scenery too.

In other words, guess what we did on our Holiday Monday? A drive of a few miles, lots of Kodak moments, a river for the dog to swim, and a day when rain was absent, due mainly to summer on the West Coast taking place during May and June. The complete lack of tourists rubbernecking, taking selfies, driving incompetently was a surprise, especially as we’ve avoided visiting the place due to an expectation of it being crowded.

This, obviously, brings us to Lloyds. Similar to Scotlands pile of Neolithic rocks, their share price has been painfully unspectacular for years but thankfully, it now starts to appear something has changed in a positive direction.

 

 

Lloyds share price has exceeded the downtrend (Blue) since the fun times of the financial crash. When we previously reviewed the share, our logic gave an initial target of 71p, a number comfortably achieved and exceeded in recent days. The situation now is fairly interesting as above 74p should now trigger movement to an initial 77p with our secondary, if beaten, at a probable 84p and some very possible hesitation.

The share price needs now slither below 52p to cancel our optimistic arguments in favour of Lloyds, arguments which now favour a future 111p as exerting an attraction in a distant future.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:58:30PM	BRENT	6196.3
11:01:50PM	GOLD	3386.6	3350	3319	3280	3388	3434	3464	3552	3348
11:04:51PM	FTSE	8593.6
11:06:33PM	STOX50	5270.6
11:08:33PM	GERMANY	23303
11:10:50PM	US500	5643.5	5584	5567	5522	5614	5669	5685	5718	5604
11:13:31PM	DOW	41077.5
11:17:59PM	NASDAQ	19954
11:20:21PM	JAPAN	37077

 

6/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8597 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,408,484,363 a change of 30.09%

2/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8596 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,463,449,781 a change of 59.81%

1/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,044,371,616 a change of -59.2%

30/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8494 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,912,933,347 a change of 92.29%

29/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8463 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,155,137,835 a change of 24.39%

28/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8417 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,144,462,369 a change of -33.55%

25/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8415 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,237,226,855 a change of 0%

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:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 36.8 Percentage Change: + 5.90% Day High: 36.2 Day Low: 35.5

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LSE:EXPN Experian Close Mid-Price: 3809 Percentage Change: -1.17% Day High: 3886 Day Low: 3775

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 281.6 Percentage Change: + 0.93% Day High: 283.6 Day Low: 275.3

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