Trends And Targets

#joke #FTSE The current hype about Artificial Intelligence has a major area of failure. Essentially, we cannot think of Artificial Intelligence as working until such time we experience our computers worshiping us. After all, religions seem to be embedded in the idea of creator worship, a concept which is a little concerning. While we’re being a little whimsical, the first thing anything new seems enact is a wish to worship what it perceives created it!. Thus, our own AI would probably think its roots grow from a 8 core AMD processor and 16gb of RAM, along with a doze of an ancient programming language called Pascal. But then again, it could choose to worship this small, fat, hairy, bloke. In summary, any inclination to regard AI as more than database management will almost certainly be proven wrong, at least until our computers start treating humans as divinities.

Before looking at the FTSE, todays Christmas cracker joke comes from a 999 Call centre recording. “We’re hunting deer and I accidentally shot my friend. He’s dead!”. The operator answers “Are you quite sure he’s dead?”. “Hold on,” comes the reply and the operator hears a gunshot. The voice comes back on the phone, “Yes, he’d definitely dead…”

As for the FTSE, we suspect the UK index intends flutter around the 9660 level until such time the BoE decide to do something positive for the country by reducing interest rates. Given the UK’s behaviour of following the US lead during 2025, it looks like we should anticipate a drop next Thursday 18th, a last minute festive apology to the country.

Near term, above 9716 points has the potential of powering a lift to an initial 9757 points, a level at which we suspect some hesitation until the BoE make a positive decision about UK interest rates. Above this level has the threat of more gains to 9865 points, also called a Santa Rally.

Should things intend go wrong, delaying positive market movements, now below 9659 threatens useless reversal to 9643 with our secondary, if broken, calculating at a more significant 9600 points. Visually, this even makes some sense, if the market is intending keep the FTSE doing doggy paddles until the impressive economists on the BoE Monetary Committee remember their job is to add some vitality to the UK economy.

Have a good weekend. It looks like another storm is rolling in but this time, the Christmas lights decorating the front of the cottage are held in place with stainless steel mountings, fitted into the exterior stone using a hammer drill. It is going to be tempting to just turn them off at the end of the festive season, rather than removing the carefully routed strings of LED lights.

 

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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
11:21:04PM	BRENT	6145.8	6072	5948		6270	6402	6542		6233
11:33:32PM	GOLD	4279.47	4205	4174		4225	4285	4299		4220	Success
11:54:53PM	FTSE	9718.2	9655	9626		9682	9718	9734		9690
11:03:25PM	STOX50	5769.6	5741	5725		5770	5781	5815		5750	Success
11:10:23PM	GERMANY	24348.4	24126	24008		24369	24405	24702		24253	Success
11:13:36PM	US500	6896.2	6855	6836		6880	6923	6932		6893
11:25:00PM	DOW	48769	48209	47968		48432	48854	48948		48634	Success
11:28:23PM	NASDAQ	25645.7	25626	25559		25713	25835	25886		25741
11:30:56PM	JAPAN	50826	50403	50238		50635	50984	51222		50716	Success

 

11/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9703 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,894,528,793 a change of -21.51%

10/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9655 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,510,310,269 a change of 17.31%

9/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9642 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,402,100,858 a change of 23.04%

8/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,203,421,137 a change of 3.99%

5/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9667 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,003,675,648 a change of -20.4%

4/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9710 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,205,585 a change of -7.45%

3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%

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:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 11.2 Percentage Change: + 0.72% Day High: 11.32 Day Low: 10.7

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 446.9 Percentage Change: + 1.05% Day High: 448.9 Day Low: 441.45

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 396.5 Percentage Change: + 2.99% Day High: 400 Day Low: 387.5

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 2858 Percentage Change: + 3.03% Day High: 2906 Day Low: 2726

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1528 Percentage Change: -0.13% Day High: 1536 Day Low: 1521

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 319.7 Percentage Change: -0.47% Day High: 322.9 Day Low: 315.9

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 337 Percentage Change: + 2.12% Day High: 344 Day Low: 327.5

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1717 Percentage Change: + 0.79% Day High: 1730 Day Low: 1700

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#Germany #SP500 We love some recent headlines, revealing which newspapers are effectively retyping government press releases without question. The new campaign;’. “‘Widespread abuse’ of number plates jeopardises road safety“ is a cracker as we’ve all experienced the rear number plate of the car in front jumping off and doing its best to vandalise cars. Except the truth is an attempt to source another “fine/tax” revenue source, perhaps indicative of how close to the bottom of the barrel ‘Rachel from Accounts’ has been getting! She’s effectively declaring war on cling film, it seems, the defender against Ulez and speed camera’s… Though personally, by qualifying for a Blue Badge due to the effects from a type of leukaemia, driving into Ulez areas in a very inappropriate car encapsulates a degree of smug by beating a system which hates me.

However, on a more cheerful note, back in October (image below) we gave a target of 4384 dollars for Gold. The product bubbled upward to around 2 dollars shy of our target before experiencing some reversals, making the first half of our drop scenario come true. The lacklustre behaviour of Gold since it slightly failed to reach our upper target is “interesting”, though we’re hesitant to imply the miss by 2 dollars is important, given it was only 0.045% away from target. But if we treat the miss as a miss, we need look for potential weakness ahead.

But before we get into this, our first Christmas Cracker of a joke appeared, a text message warning against donating to charity called Tempura House. Apparently, it is a fake hostel for Lightly Battered women. Wicked non PC jokes which can still provoke a smile hours later are a personal favourite.

On the negative side of life for Gold, as indicated by the 0.045% miss from target which is supposed to suggest weakness, now below 4045 dollars risks triggering reversals to an initial 3788 with our “longer term” secondary, if broken, down at an eventual bottom at 3590 dollars. But very recent movements, doubtless provoked by fairly useless interest rate changed, suggest the markets may choose to remain defensive, thus allowing Gold to dig itself even higher, starting to explore the irrational levels experienced by crypto pretend currencies.

Apparently, now above $4260 should trigger gains to an initial 4373 dollars with our longer term secondary, if bettered, an all time high of $4556 and residency at the edge of irrational Bitcoin territory. We suspect Gold intends dig itself uipward.

 

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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
11:12:04PM	GOLD	4229.26
11:14:55PM	FTSE	9674.1
11:17:48PM	STOX50	5729.8									‘cess
11:20:23PM	GERMANY	24178.2	23997	23913	23809	24085	24225	24238	24319	24173	‘cess
11:24:13PM	US500	6875.7	6836	6810	6780	6853	6900	6911	6940	6870
11:27:46PM	DOW	48103.3									Success
11:33:05PM	NASDAQ	25703.5									Shambles
11:39:26PM	JAPAN	50749									Success

 

10/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9655 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,510,310,269 a change of 17.31%

9/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9642 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,402,100,858 a change of 23.04%

8/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,203,421,137 a change of 3.99%

5/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9667 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,003,675,648 a change of -20.4%

4/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9710 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,205,585 a change of -7.45%

3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%

2/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,504,463,806 a change of 24.89%

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:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 11.12 Percentage Change: + 7.13% Day High: 11.2 Day Low: 10.2

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 385 Percentage Change: + 4.76% Day High: 385 Day Low: 367.5

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1602 Percentage Change: -0.03% Day High: 1611.5 Day Low: 1587

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G Close Mid-Price: 19.5 Percentage Change: -3.47% Day High: 25.5 Day Low: 19.62

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 4434 Percentage Change: -0.27% Day High: 4468 Day Low: 4404

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper Close Mid-Price: 81.2 Percentage Change: -7.09% Day High: 93.2 Day Low: 75

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 330 Percentage Change: + 1.38% Day High: 336 Day Low: 319

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 9 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 9.26 Day Low: 9

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#FTSE #STOX50 This lot are a huge disappointment to us. Traditionally, when we run low on things to write about and consecutively feel guilty about our ongoing refrain about the dreadful weather here in Argyll (yesterdays Christmas lights didn’t survive todays 75mph breeze) leave us a little short of inspiration to write about OSB. Unfortunately, the only thing of immediate interest occurs on December 17th, when the OSB Group brand “Kent Reliance” withdraw from new lending , the focus diverted to “Rely”, OSB Groups new dedicated buy-to-let brand. Their new organisation shall hopefully be geared with a more straightforward focus than lenders already in the marketplace, a chum recently almost tearing her hair our trying to satisfy her traditional lenders annoying hurdles.

She was left with the distinct impression the lender she’d used previously on several occasions was frustrated and unable to cope with Financial Regulator restrictions any longer. It’s certainly the case, if interest rates in the UK continue to fall, she shall once again attempt to buy a few properties. It is certainly interesting the salient detail “Rely” are being launched on Wed 17th December, the day before a BoE decision on whether they reduce interest rates or continue to destroy the UK economy with a discredited method of market manipulation, interest rates.

Returning to OSB Group, their share price is exhibiting some rather optimistic potentials. Currently, above 585p has the potential to trigger growth to an initial 711p with our secondary, if bettered, at an impressive 795p. This is fairly impressive, given the usual UK adherence to a code of non performance, so we think this share may be worth watching. It’s rare for us to report such a happy potential.

Our alternate scenario, if everything intends go wrong – like an interest rate rise – the share price needs flounder below 526p as reversals down to an initial 481 looks possible. Should such a level break, our secondary calculates at 447p along with considerable hope for a rebound. To be fair, the share price needs close a session below 503p to inspire a justified doze of panic.

For now, we feel pretty optimistic for this one.

 

 

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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
10:23:57PM	BRENT	6203.7									‘cess
10:27:17PM	GOLD	4207.35
10:31:03PM	FTSE	9608.3	9605	9594	9568	9626	9672	9694	9724	9638	‘cess
10:38:58PM	STOX50	5704.8	5703	5685	5662	5725	5726	5734	5744	5706	Success
10:47:53PM	GERMANY	24116									‘cess
10:53:51PM	US500	6838
10:59:59PM	DOW	47529.6									‘cess
11:04:08PM	NASDAQ	25654
11:06:55PM	JAPAN	50798									‘cess

 

9/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9642 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,402,100,858 a change of 23.04%

8/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,203,421,137 a change of 3.99%

5/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9667 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,003,675,648 a change of -20.4%

4/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9710 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,205,585 a change of -7.45%

3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%

2/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,504,463,806 a change of 24.89%

1/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9702 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,008,942,669 a change of 26.85%

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:DGE Diageo** **LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc** **

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1602.5 Percentage Change: -2.55% Day High: 1660 Day Low: 1606.5

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 20.2 Percentage Change: + 32.46% Day High: 20.5 Day Low: 15.2

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 216 Percentage Change: + 3.95% Day High: 218.6 Day Low: 214

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 4446 Percentage Change: -1.90% Day High: 4548 Day Low: 4438

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 321 Percentage Change: -1.47% Day High: 325.4 Day Low: 319.6

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 325.5 Percentage Change: + 2.52% Day High: 333 Day Low: 320

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@GOLD @SP500 I suspect most folk involved with the stock market hold fairly ambivalent views about the betting industry, probably regarding some of Entain’s online products with some distain as what we do is nothing like Foxy Bingo. We’ll happily go to a proper casino, having decided how many hundred pounds we intend to lose gambling but, what we all do isn’t gambling. Unfortunately, when logging into Spread Bet companies, there’s usually horrific warnings about how many folk lose money on the platforms.

But heck, whatever you do is a gamble. If taking a job, you are betting on the competence of the folk running the company, if driving you bet on the competence of other road users, and if getting married, you are betting on the continued sanity of your partner and failing to understand they will spend an entire year buying different toilet roll holders, expecting each one fitted and tried for a few days, weeks or months. Okay, there’s a personal dig going on here as the need to entirely remodel the bathroom came about due to her final selection of a dispenser for toilet paper. It’s a crafty design, a short black horizontal rod which the loo roll slides over. In other words, we returned to the “basic wheel” and an admission you cannot improve on the wheel. Unfortunately, every previous fitting experiment inflicted damage on the wetwall, creating a domino effect which led to remodelling… Didn’t bet on that!

Gambling always has been part of life, though thankfully few folk in the UK find themselves at Australian levels, where two guys will cheerfully bet on the speed of two raindrops sliding down a window!

Looking at betting company Entain’s share price, we’re not entirely full of optimism as it appears weakness anytime soon risks promoting reversal to an initial 635p with our secondary, if broken, at a bottom of 465p. It has been reported institutional shareholders own 61% of the company and we wonder whether the recent Government mugging in the budget by increasing gambling taxes will provoke some cautionary pressure from the effective owners of the organisation, institutional types traditionally afraid of their own shadow.

Of course, there’s a more positive scenario available. Movement above the Blue downtrend since 2001, currently 893p, indicates the potential of a share price lift to 988 initially. Our longer term secondary, if this initial is exceeded, works out at 1118p eventually. This scenario contains a bit of a bombshell, showing a long term attraction as coming from 1835p. This ambition makes quite a lot of visual sense, a scenario worth betting on?

Meanwhile, here in Argyll, we had a dry day where it was also above freezing. As a result, our little cottage finally had Christmas lights fitted to the front of the house, even garden bushes (all mostly dead) finding themselves with lights intertwined.  In conclusion, don’t grow up to have grandchildren as you find yourself doing the most absurd things to try and impress them. More amusingly, we’d a string of faulty Christmas tree lights which only flash on and off. We decided to string them at the top of the back garden, lighting up the front of the forest and probably giving squirrel, pine martens, and our crows sleepless nights.

 

 

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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
11:21:37PM	BRENT	6243.5									‘cess
11:25:05PM	GOLD	4193.63	4176	4154	4119	4196	4219	4236	4256	4199
11:28:14PM	FTSE	9642.9									‘cess
11:38:36PM	STOX50	5719.6									‘cess
11:41:17PM	GERMANY	24041.2
11:44:40PM	US500	6858	6827	6816	6790	6856	6859	6866	6879	6840
11:47:45PM	DOW	47748.6
11:50:31PM	NASDAQ	25677.9
11:55:54PM	JAPAN	50470

 

8/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,203,421,137 a change of 3.99%

5/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9667 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,003,675,648 a change of -20.4%

4/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9710 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,205,585 a change of -7.45%

3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%

2/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,504,463,806 a change of 24.89%

1/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9702 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,008,942,669 a change of 26.85%

28/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9720 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,737,137,664 a change of -21.39%

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:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1644.5 Percentage Change: -1.56% Day High: 1671.5 Day Low: 1628.5

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 15.25 Percentage Change: + 48.06% Day High: 15.5 Day Low: 9.9

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 2075 Percentage Change: -3.49% Day High: 2195 Day Low: 2090

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 317.5 Percentage Change: + 8.36% Day High: 320 Day Low: 309

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#Brent #Nasdaq Despite the final Grand Prix of the year being “just a little boring”, the incident where the future World Champion was forced off the track by the Japanese guy (who’s losing his seat), was fascinating. Immediately, folk were calling for penalties against Norris who’d successfully avoided a collision, giving a clue as to where their loyalties lay.  However, the race ended with the British guy (Norris) as the new champion, and just about everyone else in their proper place except Louis Hamilton who really should be driving with a competitive car, rather than a Ferrari.

Of course, when it all kicks off again next year on 6th March, 2026, in Australia, maybe Santa shall have brought Hamilton the gift of a car with an engine and four wheels which point in the correct direction. Yes, we are biased as Hamilton has really won 8, arguably 9) World Championships, while Verstappen should only be noted for three World Championships. Though we concede he’s turned into a pretty convincing driver, winning the final race of the season without any foul play, other than his team mates failed attempt to collide with Lando Norris which was obviously ‘just’ an accident… On a brighter note, watching Formula1 muted in one window allowed us to watch the latest episode of the latest “Landman telly” show, where it once again remained quality and funny viewing.

Meanwhile, Barclays have failed miserably in producing any negative news reports recently, allowing their share price to accelerate into the realms of acceptable, a truly unusual position for a retail bank. .Barclays continue to exhibit some potentials where now above 445p should confirm the potential of a track to an initial 505p with our secondary, if beaten, at 517p. The proximity of these target levels tends suggest the location of some sort of hesitation in the future, which makes sense, given a cluster of movements back in 2008 when everything was going wrong for the bank sector. The implied suggestion from this is a bunch of folk trapped in Barclays since 2008 shall probably sell when the share price returns to their level of investment, our ‘Bail at Break Even’ (Babe) scenario causing selling pressure and the potential of price stutters in a rising cycle!

For things to go wrong for Barclays, it appears 395p can be safely designated as holding the keys to the gates of doom,  a price level which if the share moves below, it has ‘Prince formerly known as Andrew’ potentials”. Below such a level suggests the potential of reversal to an initial 377 with our secondary, if broken, at 354p. But should a knock on the door sound like the siren call of a distant Sarah, actual bottom if breached, calculates at 272p, a level which would require a heavy lift helicopter to escape from.

For now, we’re more optimistic for Barclays than we are for Louis Hamilton’s future at Ferrari, the team where World Champions go to end their careers.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:57:35PM	BRENT	6372	6300	6267	6222	6336	6403	6440	6554	6300
12:04:17AM	GOLD	4197.24								4196
12:25:16AM	FTSE	9658								9660
12:34:26AM	STOX50	5718								5720
2:19:23AM	GERMANY	24027								24020
2:23:46AM	US500	6870.5								6856
2:27:26AM	DOW	47951								47757
2:33:24AM	NASDAQ	25695	25548	25446	25319	25684	25827	25971	26686	25613
2:36:00AM	JAPAN	50616								50584

5/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9667 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,003,675,648 a change of -20.4%

4/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9710 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,205,585 a change of -7.45%

3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%

2/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,504,463,806 a change of 24.89%

1/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9702 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,008,942,669 a change of 26.85%

28/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9720 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,737,137,664 a change of -21.39%

27/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9693 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,026,345,245 a change of -20.1%

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:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 707 Percentage Change: -2.01% Day High: 732 Day Low: 707.5

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 60.2 Percentage Change: + 0.33% Day High: 62 Day Low: 60

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 379.85 Percentage Change: -0.80% Day High: 391.35 Day Low: 380

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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 1154 Percentage Change: -0.77% Day High: 1166 Day Low: 1152

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LSE:ITV ITV Close Mid-Price: 82.2 Percentage Change: -0.42% Day High: 84.3 Day Low: 82.35

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2150 Percentage Change: + 1.42% Day High: 2185 Day Low: 2120

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 293 Percentage Change: + 8.52% Day High: 300.5 Day Low: 274

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#FTSE #GOLD The anticipation for the US lowering interest rates with an announcement next Wednesday 10th appears to be smothering the usual dread of the first Friday of the month US Payrolls news. As this will be the first “proper” announcement since the US Government shutdown ceased, it’s unlikely to be collated as a bunch of optimistic estimates, risking a reality bomb dropping on the markets on Friday. Even the UK market has been tiptoeing around this week in a manner similar to walking through a dark room, knowing their are some small bits of lego on the floor.

Regardless, the FTSE seems to be having a love affair with the 9700 point level presently, remaining fascinated with it for the last 7 sessions. It makes us question whether this pause in market movements shall be left behind due to useful numbers from the USA or a miserable wait until the next BoE decision on UK interest rates on Thursday 18th December. In-house, we’ve an expectation of some dud US jobs numbers provoking near term market reversals, then the US Fed Res decision next Wednesday pulling things back upward again, just in time for a proper Christmas rally.

From an immediate perspective, we shall be a little interested if the FTSE manages above 9728 as this should create a lift to a fairly useless 9747 points. But in the even the FTSE manages to bubble above 9747 points, we shall regard it as moving into bigger picture territory with 9835 exerting an attraction. Should this movement trigger, the tightest stop looks like 9703 points, a fairly reasonable gift.

Our alternate scenario for the near term kicks in, should 9703 break as this calculates with an unlikely potential for reversal to 9623 points with our “longer term” secondary, if broken, down at 9580 points.

Finally, with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend, some amusement is almost certified as the world title is in the hands of three drivers. And probably Lance Stroll who shall doubtless force some of them off the track while they try and avoid him… Have a good weekend.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:02:17PM	BRENT	6328.5	6248	6204		6284	6340	6359		6315
10:05:34PM	GOLD	4207.3	4174	4164		4201	4220	4231		4199
10:08:25PM	FTSE	9703.5	9673	9656		9713	9727	9745		9706	‘cess
10:11:58PM	STOX50	5717.5	5703	5694		5721	5731	5745		5700
10:17:06PM	GERMANY	23880.2	23779	23722		23844	23946	23972		23850
10:48:48PM	US500	6855.9	6806	6759		6851	6862	6874		6846
10:51:33PM	DOW	47839.7	47687	47590		47861	48060	48139		47870
10:54:15PM	NASDAQ	25586.2	25446	25339		25584	25686	25721		25559
10:58:47PM	JAPAN	50606	50372	50285		50655	50990	51159.5		50698	‘cess

 

4/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9710 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,205,585 a change of -7.45%

3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%

2/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,504,463,806 a change of 24.89%

1/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9702 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,008,942,669 a change of 26.85%

28/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9720 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,737,137,664 a change of -21.39%

27/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9693 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,026,345,245 a change of -20.1%

26/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9691 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,542,003,610 a change of 18.39%

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:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:SRP Serco** **

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 439.2 Percentage Change: + 1.35% Day High: 442.1 Day Low: 436

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 721.5 Percentage Change: + 1.69% Day High: 726.5 Day Low: 705.5

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LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC Close Mid-Price: 0.6 Percentage Change: -7.69% Day High: 0.65 Day Low: 0.6

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 10060 Percentage Change: -0.98% Day High: 10330 Day Low: 10005

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 264 Percentage Change: + 0.61% Day High: 265 Day Low: 262

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Everyone probably experience some regrets in life, whether it was Michelle Pfeiffer & Grease 2, George Clooney in Batman and Robin, or Kier Starmer on entering politics, but when it comes to Telecom Plus, we’ve got an utter stonker. When we review what TEP.L actually do, it reminds of a straightforward (very profitable) software project we were tasked with in the early 21st century. Basically, we had to design a system which accepted billing data from a fairly small series of sources, a bunch of 11 companies. This data would be merged with similar inputs from the other 10 companies, giving an outgoing batch of bills which collated the charges from the various data sources.

It was, from a software design perspective,  a pretty simple process but fun, given the corporate data sources were imported from a ridiculous range of data types. Our client was anxious to present a “no problem” attitude to folk they were selling their system to. Regardless of whether the inbound data was coming from text files, comma separated value types, the usual overambitious Microsoft Access database’s or wherever, our software was designed to cut and dice inbound files, merging everything to create a single outbound file which essentially gave ‘Joe Blogs Newsagents’ a bill which collated virtually everything they’d bought from multiple sources the previous month.

The system became quite a big deal, especially as the original framework expected one staff member to cover 16 outlets. With our software, one single staff member (Hazel) was handling over 2,000 retail outlets initially, a considerable saving on projected costs. Eventually, Hazel has over 3,000 retail outlets under her belt, around which time we signed off the project, moving on to something more interesting. Which brings us to Telecom Plus, a company with absolutely nothing to do with our software or the concept – a story for another day, our neighbour the recipient of a throwaway chat one drunken Sunday afternoon during the Monaco GP.  Now a resident in Monte Carlp, owning various properties around the Rascasse in Monaco, a scene familiar to F1 fans, he took our simple software design and moved it into the worldwide corporate market, dealing with Credit Card bills!. This story is fairly amusing, dealing with an inherent inability to spot glaring business opportunities. At some point, we would love to write about MS Outlook but cannot, due to it being a UK design from the mid 1980’s. This was before email was invented but we had to sign something… On the bright side, a photo of Mrs Thatcher shaking my hand will always be treasured, a case of “you had to be there” though I suspect my wife throws darts at it.

After exposing how rubbish we were/are at business opportunities, it’s easier to shrug and move onto the next thing. For us, our software mapping the markets has proven a reliable challenge, right up there with guessing where a 24 year old cat will pee next as it bounces around a dementia filled house. Kidding aside, the unwanted gift from a deceased mother-in-law remains functioning as an animal, despite her weak bladder and hatred of so called “puppy mats” along with a preference for a spread out newspaper. I suspect 2026 shall bring the final visit to the vet which is odd, because I dislike cats. But this thing has earned its right to life, along with living for rather a long time, despite dementia. To be honest, it remains funny watching the cat ignoring a table and banging into it, then getting angry at the table before turning around and doing what she actually intended. A geriatric cat is ridiculous!

And there we have it, a perfect link between Michelle Pfeiffer (catwoman)  and Tiger, our 24 year old mad cat, while taking a pitstop in the area where we avoided PLC status but enjoy Scottish foul weather. As adulthood enters the picture, we’re starting to really understand why the Romans failed to invade Scotland, their stupid little walls failing to keep the horrid climate at bay. It#s funny, the number of immigrants from England who turn into rabid Scottish independence folk, not understanding independence shall bring a reasonable climate. Though it will doubtless ensure the hell of winter time clock change will be immediately ditched.

As for LSE:TEP, we’re just a little anxious over their recent share price movements, movements since the start of December indicating the potential of reversals to an initial 1,342 and a potential and hopeful bounce. There’s a quite dreadful implication, if the share price closes below 1,342 as reversals to an eventual 1,087 becomes very possible. In summary, whatever is going on with Telecom Plus share price is a bit of a mess.

If things intend to head toward the sunny side of life, the share price needs an excuse to close a session above 1,616p. Such a miracle allows recovery to an initial 1,784p with our secondary for the longer term, if bettered, calculating at 2,006p. For now, we fear the share price intends head toward 1,087p.

 

 

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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
10:00:21PM	BRENT	6276	6230	6194	6147	6282	6335	6374	6428	6252
11:08:18PM	GOLD	4202.29	4193	4181	4161	4212	4241	4254	4284	4202
11:10:46PM	FTSE	9702.4	9674	9668	9642	9694	9712	9719	9734	9696
11:13:09PM	STOX50	9713.5	5674	5652	5628	5702	5726	5737	5758	5696
11:52:32PM	GERMANY	23775	23642	23617	23541	23747	23792	23855	23926	23732
11:30:42PM	US500	6853.9	6807	6790	6766	6827	6863	6878	6908	6848
11:33:22PM	DOW	47938.2	47470	47287	47042	47617	48022	48133	48266	47868	Success
11:36:11PM	NASDAQ	25600	25427	25350	25252	25563	25644	25734	25853	25564	‘cess
11:38:46PM	JAPAN	50029	49267	48997	48613	49570	50149	50563	51068	49777	‘cess

 

3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%

2/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,504,463,806 a change of 24.89%

1/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9702 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,008,942,669 a change of 26.85%

28/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9720 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,737,137,664 a change of -21.39%

27/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9693 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,026,345,245 a change of -20.1%

26/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9691 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,542,003,610 a change of 18.39%

25/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9609 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,370,501,929 a change of -51.58%

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.

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.

If you want to ask a question about something Market Related intraday, don’t hesitate to email private.client@trendsandtargets.com. If something has gone volatile and a quick answer is needed, we’ve probably already run the numbers on it. As you’ll appreciate, we try and avoid spamming people needlessly.

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:SRP Serco** **LSE:TRN The Trainline** **

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 709.5 Percentage Change: + 0.71% Day High: 711.5 Day Low: 695

All BALFOUR BEATTY needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 711.5 to improve acceleration toward an initial 722p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 889p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 292p it calculates with a drop potential of 290p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 265p.

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28/11/2025 Target met. Further movement against BALFOUR BEATTY ABOVE 707 should improve acceleration toward an initial 722p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 889p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 292p it calculates with a drop potential of 290p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 265p.

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 59.7 Percentage Change: + 3.83% Day High: 61.2 Day Low: 57.5

Target met. Further movement against Foxtons ABOVE 61.2 should improve acceleration toward an initial 63p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 65p. The price would require to slip BELOW 50p, it will invariably lead to 47p with our longer term secondary, if broken, at 41p.

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02/12/2025 In the event of Foxtons enjoying further trades beyond 58, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 59.5p with secondary (if initial bested) at 63p. It would require trading BELOW 50p, it will invariably lead to 47p with our longer term secondary, if broken, at 41p.

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 383.1 Percentage Change: + 6.31% Day High: 386.6 Day Low: 363.9

Target met. In the event of Glencore Xstra enjoying further trades beyond 386.6, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 399p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 436p. It would require trading BELOW 333 calculates as leading to an initial 249p with our secondary, if broken, at 215p.

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21/11/2025 Continued weakness against GLEN taking the price below 333 calculates as leading to an initial 249p with our secondary, if broken, at 215p. Glencore Xstra share price requires to recover ABOVE 378p to improve acceleration toward an initial 386p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 436.

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 10160 Percentage Change: + 0.59% Day High: 10230 Day Low: 10070

Target met. All Intercontinental Hotels Group needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 10230 to improve acceleration toward an initial 10330p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 10508p. It would require trading BELOW 8000 risks a visit to an initial 7225p with our secondary, if broken, at 5946p.

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26/11/2025 Target met. Further movement against Intercontinental Hotels Group ABOVE 10190 should improve acceleration toward an initial 10211p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 10508p. It would require trading BELOW 8000 risks a visit to an initial 7225p with our secondary, if broken, at 5946p.

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LSE:SRP Serco Close Mid-Price: 262.4 Percentage Change: + 0.92% Day High: 263.2 Day Low: 259.2

In the event of Serco enjoying further trades beyond 263.2, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 267p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 298p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 163 for concern, risking reversal to an initial 160p with secondary, if broken, at 149p and a bounce, hopefully.

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31/10/2025 All Serco needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 260.2 to improve acceleration toward an initial 267p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 298p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 163 for concern, risking reversal to an initial 160p with secondary, if broken, at 149p and a bounce, hopefully.

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LSE:TRN The Trainline. Close Mid-Price: 214.4 Percentage Change: -5.38% Day High: 217.2 Day Low: 199.5

Target met. Continued weakness against TRN taking the price below 199.5 calculates as leading to an initial 197p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 194p. The Trainline share price requires to recover ABOVE 288p could trigger an initial 310p with our secondary, if beaten, at 334p.

Previous Report:

02/12/2025 Weakness on The Trainline below 227.8 will invariably lead to 219p with our secondary, if broken, at 197p. However, the visuals are interesting, suggesting above 288p could trigger an initial 310p with our secondary, if beaten, at 334p.

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