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Our Famous FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX) Trading around 10,603 at time of writing.

#FTSE #Gold Rather a few journalists have described current events on the FTSE as “a market correction”, “a steep drop”, “a reversal of fortunes”, and even “part of a global sell off”. The chart below, from our perspective, is utterly fascinating, showing all the various dance steps since 2001 with proper reversals displayed in detail. The FTSE recently falling to levels not seen since a few months ago doesn’t really comprise circumstances of disaster, despite what the folk creating clickbait headlines would have you believe.

There is something potentially really important – again from our perspective. It’s the thick Green line at 10,574 points, utterly unexpected as a point at which the FTSE should be worth paying attention to. This number is quite absurd, calculating from movements generated since 2001, a quite silly 25 years ago. To cut a 25 year old story short, the highest the FTSE should have been able to achieve was 10,574 points and normally, we would anticipate some turbulence at such a ridiculous level. What’s crazy is this logic appears to have worked out, the market solidly closing above 10,574, retreating below the target level, even doing a dinky little backtest of the target (circled on chart extract) and in the last couple of sessions, once again closing above 10,574 points. In addition, the level of the FTSE has managed above the level of the historic trend break around 10,375 in March, ticking a fairly important box for us now to anticipate even more FTSE gains.

Perhaps it shall be the case, where the UK Prime Minister indeed launches a fleet of rowing boats to chaperone vessels through the Straits of Hormuz, probably boasting green credentials by re-using craft which had previously carried illegal folks from France,an unsafe country according to refugee logic, for faux safety which is the UK. It’s all utterly insane.

We keep moaning about Clickbait Headlines and last weekends storm once again provided the Met Office with a chance to exaggerate things. Here on Scotlands wet West Coast, we were promised 90mph winds, Eskimo levels of snow, Biblical rainfall, and leaflets from the local LibDems. The only thing which actually happened was the LibDems stuffed their rubbish in our letter box which is conveniently located beside our two wheelie bins at the bottom of the drive. If we’d paid for “Storm Dave”, we’d want our money back! Whereas today, we’d epic rainfall, strong winds, then a storm which turned everything white and cold for a while. And then the sun came out and the growing grass made an unpleasant appearance again. None of this had been mentioned by the Met Office, their icon showing Cloudy Rain as an Argyll forecast.

Anyway, our contribution to Clickbait is to suggest the FTSE is probably heading over 11,000 points next. Even from an immediate viewpoint, above 10,688 points calculates with the potential of a lift to an initial 10,783 points with our secondary, if bettered, at 11,155 points. While we’d ordinarily prefer avoid proposing 500 point days for the FTSE, it’s quite difficult to ignore immediate market forces. If triggered, the tightest stop loss level works out at 10,550 points.

If things intend follow the mood of Formula1 fans, hating a month  without races (watching a Iranian drone chasing an F1 car would be interesting), below 10,090 points risks triggering reversals down to an initial 9,725 points with our secondary, if broken, at a less believable 9,331 points. We’re not sold on the concept of reversals, quite the opposite. But unfortunately, the market has plenty of wiggle room in which it can pretend something useful is happening.

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:38:11PM BRENT 9310.7 8754 8627 9310 9642 10253 9329 ‘cess
11:41:07PM GOLD 4762.38 4696 4632 4738 4804 4899 4758
11:43:19PM FTSE 10597 10549 10507 10594 10641 10664 10611
11:50:39PM STOX50 5902.8 5869 5844 5898 5929 5956 5896
10:56:03PM GERMANY 23868.2 23663 23440 23851 23965 24056 23824 ‘cess
10:58:56PM US500 6815 6739 6712 6777 6835 6849 6805 ‘cess
11:03:04PM DOW 48148 47542 47353 47774 48316 48499 47778 Success
11:08:56PM NASDAQ 25030.6 24785 24576 24887 25100 25190 24960
11:11:09PM JAPAN 56533 55758 55030 55970 57040 57606 56520

 

9/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10603 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,549,262,704 a change of -39.09%
8/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10608 points. Change of 2.51%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,752,106,847 a change of 44.19%
7/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10348 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,456,687,194 a change of 2.69%
2/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10436 points. Change of 0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,261,693,815 a change of -29.12%
1/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10364 points. Change of 1.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,245,214,633 a change of 9.62%
31/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10176 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,345,809,311 a change of 0%
30/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10127 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,880,014,253 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:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 69 Percentage Change: + 7.14% Day High: 75.05 Day Low: 68

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LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech Close Mid-Price: 104.5 Percentage Change: -8.73% Day High: 115.9 Day Low: 104

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LSE:SFOR S4 Capital. Close Mid-Price: 36.9 Percentage Change: + 5.58% Day High: 37.25 Day Low: 34.5

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Rolls Royce (LSE:RR.) Trading around 1,278 at time of writing.

#Brent #DaxThe area in which share prices makes sense varies. If you imagine a room with two doors, some days you can enter that room and find the other door is pretty far away. Other days you could enter that room and find the other door is just a step away. The two doors represent the opportunity for rises or the opportunity for reversals and the room contains a bunch of folk wandering around, trying to figure out which door to go through. Presently, the uncertain situation in the Middle East has (from our perspective) created a very big room with little certainty as to the true market direction. When the FTSE experiences a 3%+ day of trading and some components of the FTSE 100 enjoying what sounded like substantial gains. Unfortunately, from our jaundiced stance, despite the likes of Rolls Royce experiencing a near 12% rise, our logic demands we regard the share price as simply messing around, rather than broadcasting any real signs. (Spoiler Alert: We think RR now intends another rising cycle.)

It’s a dangerous situation, where opting for a LONG position could leave traders walking like John Wayne in an instant. Or a SHORT position has the potential to provoke a trader to walk like The Prince formerly known as Andrew, when he sees a reporter with a camera.

One of our Big Deal indicators relates to what occurs, after a share price exceeds the level of a trend break. In the case of Rolls, they broke the RED trend at 1,232p and were obviously doomed thereafter. However, the share price “only” fell to 1079p and has since recovered a bit. More importantly, the market opted to gap the price up, once again into the realms of the Red uptrend and giving substantial hope. Our conventional arithmetic now suggests above 1283p should target near term share price growth to an initial 1344p with our secondary, if bettered, at 1431p. This secondary is all important, giving the share price the opportunity to close above the previous all time high of 1420p back in February and thus, create a further rising cycle.

But the visuals indicate we should expect some sort of hesitation at our 1431 ambition, doubtless due the perceived appearance of a Glass Ceiling on charts, a supposition which will ignore a surprising longer term influence at  1,650p and a pretty nice headline.

Should things intend go wrong for Rolls Royce, below 1,198p risks triggering reversals down to an initial 1,099p with our secondary, if broken, at 992p.

But perhaps rumours of the UK Government choosing to sell some Rolls Royce powered Harrier jets to Iran, collecting tolls on Hormuz and interdict those skipping commercial piracy. It’s almost similar to Ulez charges in the UK, where traffic is charged to enter an area, where there is absolutely no improvement in the flow of such traffic. Usually, quite the opposite.

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:39:12PM BRENT 9402.6 8748 8598 7580 9426 9448 9604 9887 9101 Success
11:45:55PM GOLD 4713.35 Success
11:48:46PM FTSE 10637.3 Success
12:05:03AM STOX50 5893.5 Success
12:10:17AM GERMANY 23896 23959 23751 23571 24050 24246 24370 25200 23925 Success
12:12:23AM US500 6770 ‘cess
12:19:21AM DOW 47849 ‘cess
12:22:11AM JAPAN 55836 Success

 

8/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10608 points. Change of 2.51%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,752,106,847 a change of 44.19%
7/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10348 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,456,687,194 a change of 2.69%
2/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10436 points. Change of 0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,261,693,815 a change of -29.12%
1/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10364 points. Change of 1.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,245,214,633 a change of 9.62%
31/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10176 points. Change of 0.48%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,345,809,311 a change of 18.6%
30/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10127 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,880,014,253 a change of 0%
27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 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:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:SFOR S4 Capital** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 824.5 Percentage Change: + 5.37% Day High: 831 Day Low: 806.5

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 364.05 Percentage Change: + 6.54% Day High: 370.1 Day Low: 359.05

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LSE:SFOR S4 Capital. Close Mid-Price: 34.95 Percentage Change: + 10.08% Day High: 35.5 Day Low: 33.4

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1372.5 Percentage Change: + 6.77% Day High: 1399.5 Day Low: 1356

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Ceres Power Holdings (LSE:CWR) Trading around 322.40 at time of writing.

#Gold #DowJones Once again, a share price moved in a fashion which really, really, bothers us. Back in 2021, we gave criteria which provided a scenario for a drop target of 453p against this share, one which should have provided a level from where a bounce should be anticipated. However, circled on the chart is a little “oops” which took place in September 2022, the share price being “gapped” below our target level, almost as if the market was aware of the rebound potentials and opting to create a new situation, one where all bets were off as a brand new trend commenced.

In a fairly blunt rule of thumb, if a price is gapped above one of our target levels, happy days are generally ahead. Whereas, if gapped below a target level, you’d probably be safer buying shares in a new luxury yacht marina in the Straits of Hormuz. With Ceres moving from 453 down to an eventual bottom at 46p, their share price has been a horror story!

Curiously, we’ve had a bunch of emails asking our opinion for the future for Ceres, perhaps inspired by the mess in the Middle East along with a suspicion it’s finally the time for Hydrogen Cells to take centre stage as sensible and sane energy sources but unfortunately, it’s liable not to be something which happens overnight. Doubtless, Ceres Power are already perfectly aware of this and will already have moved far beyond naive expectations of their market place expanding rapidly overnight. While immediate oil and gas supply may be compromised, with the current dogma led UK government starting to publicly question its Net Zero nonsense, acknowledging new oil production from Scotland may be quite a good idea, even though the Middle East may be resolved, many governments are experiencing a sharp reminder of how silly and dangerous their policies actually are.

There’s a crazy story locally, one which is almost certainly true. The UK apparently enjoys the largest oil deposits yet offshore around Argyll and the Clyde Estuary. Unfortunately, oil companies are forbidden from further exploration due to the need for navigation to the secret Nuclear Submarine bases just along the road from us. Almost gleefully, we look forward to the day when a Labour government has to choose between Nuclear subs and Oil reserves. Such a decision would be as difficult as choosing between a decent Dark Rum or a local island Malt Whisky…

If we wander into the realms of cautious optimism, currently it seems this share need only trade above 352p to hopefully trigger a gain to an initial 393p with our secondary, if bettered, at a significant future 438p and the potential of a looming higher high. This price level risks being very important as closure above such a level dumps the share price in a position to explode toward a future 575p. We do suspect it shall be worth watching for the market choosing to “gap” this share price up at the open, any time now. This is liable to be cheerfully suggesting happy times ahead.

Should things intend go pear shaped, we’d feel justified raising an eyebrow if the share price makes it below 285p as this risks triggering another unpleasant cycle of reversals, giving an initial target of 186p with our secondary, if broken, at 104p, a number we wish didn’t make visual sense.

Finally, as someone always happy to feel sorry for myself due to non-fatal-but-incurable leukaemia, Tuesday brought a bit of a surprise. After an armful of blood was extracted last week, I managed to almost forget a meeting scheduled three months ago with my consultant at the mainland hospital. At some point, taking time to figure out how to properly automate Google Reminders for this sort of thing would be a good idea, an alarm 90 minutes before the appointment being a little unhelpful. However, turning up an hour late is always forgiven as the consultant grew up locally and knows how problematic the ferries can be, along with moronic patients. Long story short, after 114 weeks of chemotherapy, I can now stop and hopefully regain some stamina and strength in the next few years before everything needs start again. Really good news, only spoiled by checkups every 90 days which are a pain in the arm. Now, I only need remember how to commence an exercise regime!

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:41:09PM BRENT 10040.3 Success
10:47:28PM GOLD 4776.35 4606 4558 4484 4670 4781 4803 4838 4715 ‘cess
10:51:02PM FTSE 10520 ‘cess
10:54:42PM STOX50 5806.5 ‘cess
10:58:08PM GERMANY 23680 Success
11:07:59PM US500 6753.7 Success
11:11:07PM DOW 47468.9 46204 45639 45069 46654 47560 47667 48717.5 46961
11:13:28PM NASDAQ 24767.2 Success
11:16:15PM JAPAN 55919

 

7/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10348 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,456,687,194 a change of 2.69%
2/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10436 points. Change of 0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,261,693,815 a change of -29.12%
1/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10364 points. Change of 1.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,245,214,633 a change of 9.62%
31/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10176 points. Change of 0.48%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,345,809,311 a change of 18.6%
30/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10127 points. Change of 1.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,880,014,253 a change of 15.35%
27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 a change of 0%
26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 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:ASC Asos** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:SFOR S4 Capital** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:STAR Star Energy** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **

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LSE:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 206.5 Percentage Change: -4.84% Day High: 218.5 Day Low: 206.5

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 218.7 Percentage Change: + 0.09% Day High: 220.2 Day Low: 217.2

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LSE:SFOR S4 Capital. Close Mid-Price: 31.75 Percentage Change: + 4.44% Day High: 33.45 Day Low: 30

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1285.5 Percentage Change: + 1.38% Day High: 1312.5 Day Low: 1281.5

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 16.25 Percentage Change: + 6.56% Day High: 16.25 Day Low: 15.25

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 82.94 Percentage Change: -1.92% Day High: 85.62 Day Low: 82.58

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Our FTSE for FRIDAY (on Thursday… FTSE:UKX) Trading around 10,274 at time of writing.

#Gold #SP500 It took a while for the penny to drop about the UK markets enjoying a proper holiday over the Easter Weekend. We’d been focussed on the plethora of chocolate, due to grandchildren, but ignored the salient detail we are facing more than a Holiday Monday but also getting the Friday off work. So, due to the market being closed on Friday, we’re providing a near term analysis for the FTSE on Thursday.

At first glance, things do not look good for the FTSE as during the night, Futures markets moved down by 50 points at 2sm. The reason seems to be straightforward, the US President promising to send Iran a free gift of live munitions, delivered from the air. World markets are not impressed with the Presidents expression of his position, Crude Oil shooting up in price and national indices being gapped down in value. It creates a pretty firm indication we’re about to go into the Easter Weekend with the markets in a pretty foul position.

Below 10,250 has the potential to trigger reversal to an initial 10,190 with our secondary, if broken, at 10,108 points. If triggered, the tightest stop is absurdly attractive at 10,284 points! We distrust this free gift from the markets, the Risk/Reward situation being more attractive than the unopened chocolate Easter Eggs currently piled on top of our kitchen fridge. Visually, there is a strong indication the 10,108 point level should prove valid, matching the level of the current upward trend break through Blue on the chart and creating a logical bounce point.. But should 10,108 break, the Big Picture calculates trouble which could eventually (hopefully) end at 9,384 points.

The funny thing, the FTSE has been in a cycle where conventional thinking has been indicating the market intends above 10,400 points to now make an attempt at 10,567 points with our secondary, if exceeded, now calculating at 10,934 points. Were it not for overnight futures gapping down the markets, we’d be cheerfully assuming the FTSE intends remain within its current gain cycle. Instead, it feels like we’re about to witness the FTSE winding back toward the 10,100 level.

Have a good weekend. Alas with no Formula1 until the start of May, we’re all going to have another form of entertainment!

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:48:48PM BRENT 9847.1 Success
1:42:54AM GOLD 4787.2 4649 4613 4550 4714 4790 4814 5052 4727 ‘cess
1:46:59AM FTSE 10286.2 ‘cess
1:49:10AM STOX50 5622.1
1:53:33AM GERMANY 22866.5 ‘cess
1:57:37AM US500 6494.5 6493 6479 6436 6552 6590 6614 6715 6560
2:00:32AM DOW 46078.3 ‘cess
2:04:24AM NASDAQ 23643.6
2:07:22AM JAPAN 52582 Success

 

1/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10364 points. Change of 1.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,245,214,633 a change of 9.62%
31/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10176 points. Change of 0.48%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,345,809,311 a change of 18.6%
30/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10127 points. Change of 1.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,880,014,253 a change of 15.35%
27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 a change of -12.17%
26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of -1.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 15.71%
25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%
24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%

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:CNA Centrica** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:SFOR S4 Capital** **

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LSE:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 212 Percentage Change: -0.24% Day High: 215.6 Day Low: 209.9

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 562.5 Percentage Change: -0.53% Day High: 576.8 Day Low: 558.9

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 349.5 Percentage Change: + 3.04% Day High: 352 Day Low: 344.3

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LSE:SFOR S4 Capital. Close Mid-Price: 29.7 Percentage Change: + 6.83% Day High: 29.8 Day Low: 27.7

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Hell awaits with the FTSE 250, the AIM, and The FTSE (FTSE:MCX, FTSE:AXX, FTSE UKX) Trading around 21,203, 717, & 10,176 respectively.

#FTSE #Stoxx When Doc Martin was on telly, it became compulsory viewing in our household, one of the very few programs my wife and I enjoyed, Recently, in America, they’ve tried to rebuild the show with a series called “Best Medicine”, the attempt being ‘fairly’ successful but by episode 9, the arrival of the stars parents finally added a touch of brilliance. Martin Clunes, playing the town doctors father, made a solid step in turning the show into another bout of obligatory television. But thus far. it doesn’t compare with the UK version.

Strangely, running comparisons also seemed a good idea, when trying to figure out what the markets are up to. The FTSE 100 can be misleading, behaving absurdly due to incompetent UK political behaviour and also throwing a fit when anything bad happens internationally. Obviously, this is due to the multinational makeup of FTSE components, whereas the AIM and the FTSE 250 mainly reflect UK trauma. Overall, should this be the case, the FTSE 250 and the AIM are not reacting well to what’s happening ‘locally’, the market placing each index in quite a difficult situation, where further reversals appear probable.

Currently, the AIM risks some pain as movement below 693 points looks capable of triggering reversal down to an initial 684 with our secondary, if broken, working out at a probable bottom at 633 points. This would indicate the potential of the AIM matching the lows of Covid19 back in 2020, a very possible scenario and one which paints an unhappy picture for many AIM components.

The FTSE 250, as shown below, is in a very similar situation to the AIM, there being a strong suggestion any weakness below 20,810 points risks triggering a fun Easter Egg roll, one which will doubtless target an initial 20,086 points with our secondary, if broken, working out at a potential bottom of 18,878 points. In an identical manner to the AIM, this risks challenging a trend which commenced with the 2020 Covid19 lows for the FTSE 250. In other words, more pain for the stock market until the UK manages to figure itself out and give the markets some hope.

Conversely, there’s the FTSE 100 itself, a market which has (currently) escaped the downward pressures facing the other two, instead offering a surprising amount of optimism. Above 10,246 points should next trigger recovery to 10,306 points with our secondary, if bettered, an extremely significant 10,523 points. As the chart shows, achieving such a secondary would exceed the previous level of trend break at 10,400 points and traditionally, this is one of the market movements where setting off a party popper is usually justified as it would bode extremely well for the future. But unfortunately, there’s the puzzle of the AIM and the FTSE 250, neither looking poised for anything positive.

If the AIM is to generate some smiles, it needs above 730 points to ideally trigger recovery to an initial 743 with our secondary, if beaten, calculating at 759 points. While visually this secondary is almost certain to provide a level where the market shall pause, market closure above the 759 level should prove capable of generating a future 826 points, returning the index to the land of happiness and good weather. We fear, despite the AIM’s fascination with the immediate Blue downtrend, it is fated to make a visit to 633 points eventually.

As for the FTSE 250, it needs climb above 21,520 to hopefully trigger an initial 21,731 with our secondary, if bettered, at 22,097 points and in an identical fashion to the AIM above, some almost certain hesitation. Theoretically, closure above 22,097 should open the door for a return to the land of milk and honey, giving a long term suggestion 23,792 points could be “a thing” sometime in the future.

It’s going to be interesting as the suggestion is of international events helping the FTSE 100, while local influences in the UK continue their damage to the other two ‘junior’ markets.

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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
9:59:31PM BRENT 10231.3
10:49:02PM GOLD 4682.14
10:52:13PM FTSE 10272 10078 10000 9905 10241 10286 10324 10543 10166 ‘cess
10:56:54PM STOX50 5650.1 5545 5506 5452 5607 5660 5679 5769 5618 Success
10:59:00PM GERMANY 23022.4 Success
11:01:19PM US500 6529.2 Success
11:50:49PM DOW 46293 Success
11:52:58PM NASDAQ 23817 Success
11:55:15PM JAPAN 53032 ‘cess
31/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10176 points. Change of 0.48%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,345,809,311 a change of 18.6%
30/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10127 points. Change of 1.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,880,014,253 a change of 15.35%
27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 a change of -12.17%
26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of -1.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 15.71%
25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%
24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%
23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%

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:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 565.5 Percentage Change: + 2.17% Day High: 571.2 Day Low: 550.5

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 180.05 Percentage Change: -0.99% Day High: 181.6 Day Low: 175.85

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1132 Percentage Change: + 2.30% Day High: 1135.5 Day Low: 1079

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 0.85 Percentage Change: + 13.33% Day High: 0.85 Day Low: 0.74

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Diversified Energy Company Plc (LSE:DEC) Trading around 1,400p at time of writing. Worth drilling?

#Gold #Germany .#Grok why do we do hashtags?

The largest owner of oil/gas wells in the United States reportedly has a strange business model, reducing the book cost of the liability for future plugging of expired wells. This has created a situation, where the company has made more from accounting gains than its cumulative reported profits on oil and gas extraction. It always provokes a smile, when the most profitable part of a business is the accountancy department as “paper profit” is something we’ve learned to distrust. Once long ago, as part of a family business, my own division was the parts department, exposing me to early efforts to “computerise” part of the company. Being a little pig headed, the paper system of inventory was retained for 6 months but the operation proved a resounding success. At any time, a director could walk in and ask how many of a particular widget we had in stock and the parts bin could be presented, showing the exact number displayed on the green computer screen.

A further aspect to this computer nonsense came from the fact we also collated the real cost price of products, along with the retail value of sales. To be plain, we knew (to the penny) how profitable the parts department was, revealing a surprise number from our “trade” sales to other garages throughout the UK. The official parts distributor had managed to become a major customer, due to a personal fascination with sourcing where spare parts for cars actually came from. This entailed cutting out Vauxhall, Lada, TVR (yes really), and Chrysler from our company supply chain as it was always cheaper to go directly to the manufacturer of oil filters, brake equipment, electrical bits, steering components etc. This created a situation where we generally had in-demand components in stock, our busy workshops giving an immediate clue as to what was failing across various makes of cars. As can be guessed, with TVR’s, it was always exhaust systems but this success with the Parts Department provoked serious problems with the accountancy department. In a management meeting, they decided to allocate around 50% of the costs for the entire building against my department, ensuring the profit table was topped by car sales (who allocated vehicles to the accountants), by the workshop (who serviced all the company cars) and my Parts Department who refused to provide expensive “top of the range” sound systems for any company vehicles, along with any tuning changes or special wheels and tyres.

Needless to say, a corporate war broke out, as our in-house accountants were playing with the numbers, expecting my Parts Department would roll over and accept their analysis. The company CEO was on an extended holiday and efforts by the Sales Dept, the Service Dept, to launch an embargo against the Parts Dept failed hilariously, when they discovered nothing could be ordered without the correct order codes from our software. It didn’t help that I was part of the family who owned the company, allocated no real authority except over my own department. When the CEO returned, the Service Department was folded into the Parts Department, my software eating the outdated workshops system and the entire left hand side of the company building being my sudden responsibility. The two accountants left, the workshop manager left, the unpleasant service reception manager jumped off a popular suicide bridge, Sharon in accounts (the book-keeper) turning into an unexpected ally. She was promoted to head up the accounts department and work with our external auditors. What followed was quite unpleasant, a discovery Car Sales were running at a loss, the workshops had overspent on equipment with top heavy management wages, and my little Parts Department had been carrying the entire company. This revelation, while being personally 20 years old, engendered a lifelong distrust of “accountants” who create imaginary profit in companies. Sometimes it can go badly wrong, very quickly, and I ended up managing the retail petrol stations in a mistaken effort to stop getting my hands dirty.

However, by an impressive 7p, LSE:DEC has managed to create an official “higher high”, giving optimism for the future.

Currently, above 1406p should trigger movement to an initial 1,456p with our secondary, if bettered, at 1,527p and some very probable hesitation. This is an important number, due to closure above 1,527p calculating with a Long Term visit to 1,943p and almost confident stutters, the price running into share behaviour in 2023. Visually, despite their accountancy gymnastics, it looks like Diversified should be worthy of some attention. A Higher High above a trend is not something we generally ignore.

If things intend go wrong, below 1060p should justify a raised eyebrow or ten, giving the risk of reversals to an initial 931p with our secondary, if broken, at a comfy bottom of 766p and a very, very, possible rebound. They are, after all, the company who own the most oil wells in America!

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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
10:58:38PM BRENT 10780.4
11:06:37PM GOLD 4510.69 4307 4179 4038 4476 4825 5030 5342 4488
11:09:10PM FTSE 10074.3
11:24:09PM STOX50 5501.5
11:28:32PM GERMANY 22446.6 22325 22211 22072 22463 22623 22669 22775 22451 ‘cess
11:31:42PM US500 6344.4
11:44:10PM DOW 45246.4
11:47:16PM NASDAQ 22927.8
11:49:46PM JAPAN 51184

 

30/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10127 points. Change of 1.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,880,014,253 a change of 15.35%
27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 a change of -12.17%
26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of -1.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 15.71%
25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%
24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%
23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%
20/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9918 points. Change of -1.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 19,578,284,329 a change of 84.81%

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:GENL Genel. Close Mid-Price: 53 Percentage Change: + 0.38% Day High: 53.6 Day Low: 52

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 553.5 Percentage Change: + 2.80% Day High: 559.6 Day Low: 538.5

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 1510 Percentage Change: + 2.03% Day High: 1510 Day Low: 1475

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 181.85 Percentage Change: -2.13% Day High: 185.8 Day Low: 178.05

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LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech Close Mid-Price: 106.6 Percentage Change: -6.16% Day High: 113.9 Day Low: 105.6

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Flushed Natwest Group (LSE:NWG) Trading around 539.80 at time of writing.

#Brent #S&P500 It was a funny old weekend. The Japanese Grand Prix was good – in places. Otherwise, a comment from driver Alonso proved quite salient, describing around 1/2 of the passes now taking place on track as NOT actual passes, instead being moves of drivers to avoid hitting the car in front. The problem comes from the current need to harvest electricity from the car by slowing down, creating a situation where a car doing 190mph can suddenly face a car which has slowed to 160mph. Quite a spectacular accident was caused by this scenario and Alonso’s explanation also covered by most overtakes are reversed within minutes as the slow car returns to normal speed. My wife opted to ignore everything going on in Formula1 world, instead resuming her battle with a toilet flush!

Things came to a head last week, when she broke a fingernail reaching behind the toilet lid to press the flush button. The idea behind the placement of the flush is it forces the toilet lid to be closed to allow the loo to cycle. With her purchase of a “soft close” toilet seat and lid assembly, the slow closure saw her poke a finger into the gap, breaking a nail in the process. So she opted to ‘Make An Invention’ to solve the process, gluing a a bit of plastic onto the flush button. This meant the toilet could now be flushed by simply pushing the lid. It was a genius idea but a few bugs became apparent. Firstly, it was important to pull the toilet lid away from the push button or water would keep running. And by the time the clocks changed on Sunday, her bit of plastic fell off, whatever adhesive she used proving not up to the task.  While watching my recording of the early morning race from Japan, my hands were kept occupied by shaping a 3cm thick circle of foam, designed to be glued onto the rear of the toilet lid. By using thick foam, it would compress to push the flush, yet return to its original shape, springing the lid back into place and ensuring water didn’t keep running. My wife took the honours of fitting the small disk in place and now, we’ve a loo which flushes when you push the toilet lid.

Unfortunately, such a quirky idea is par for the course in our house here in Argyll. It’s almost like the foul Scottish weather keeps us indoors. On Sunday, any plans for a relaxed dog walk vanished, the temperature seriously cold (feels like -9c), the wind seriously strong, and the rain was just serious.

This whimsical trip into the world of toilets takes us neatly to Natwest, their share price recently providing the first hint it may flush itself away. The Red uptrend, since 2023, was broken last Monday but exquisite care was also taken to ensure the share price DID NOT close below the Red line. As the chart inset highlights, the market tended confirm our usual paranoia about Closing Prices is actually justified. It’s certainly now the case where share price closure below 519p should broadcast a strong signal telling traders “Natwest is not Cheap!”. Instead, our expectation shall be of grim times ahead as the price risks being flushed…

In fact, even trades below 517 carry the threat of triggering reversal to an initial 465p with our secondary, if broken, at 447p. Unfortunately, this isn’t the end of the nightmare as we can calculate movement below 447 threatening an eventual bottom, hopefully, at 386p.

However, we’re inclined to take hope the movement on March 23rd was simply a warning of what could happen, rather than a promise for what’s ahead. But there’s no doubt this Red uptrend is important to the markets. Should this prove correct, above 546p is supposed to sprinkle fairy dust on the share price, triggering gains to an initial 582p with our longer term secondary, if exceeded, working out at 658p and some visual hesitation. We’ve a degree of hesitant optimism here, due to the care the market has taken to avoid breaking the trend.

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Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
11:02:58PM BRENT 10638 9701 9275 8770 10122 10926 11788 11263 10362
11:07:22PM GOLD 4506.89
11:09:51PM FTSE 9865
11:13:17PM STOX50 5424.6
11:38:27PM GERMANY 22036.1
11:40:51PM US500 6327 6317 6292 6052 6393 6446 6482 6536 6356
11:42:49PM DOW 44900
11:44:53PM NASDAQ 22932.7
11:47:15PM JAPAN 50864

 

27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 a change of -12.17%
26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of -1.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 15.71%
25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%
24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%
23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%
20/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9918 points. Change of -1.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 19,578,284,329 a change of 84.81%
19/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10063 points. Change of -2.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,593,978,868 a change of 34.88%

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: 42.7 Percentage Change: -2.95% Day High: 43.6 Day Low: 42.7

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LSE:GENL Genel Close Mid-Price: 52.8 Percentage Change: -4.00% Day High: 55 Day Low: 52.5

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LSE:GRG Greggs Close Mid-Price: 1480 Percentage Change: -2.70% Day High: 1522 Day Low: 1478

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 185.8 Percentage Change: -1.17% Day High: 189.5 Day Low: 181.6

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