#Brent #Germany One thing we didn’t anticipate in August was previously unheard of behaviour for a retail bank, triggering a gain and hitting both our initial and secondary targets! Puncturing our balloon just a little bit, we’d only been speculating on a 4p rise but given the traditional lethargy of August, we didn’t expect it to happen. Instead, our expectation had been for forced reversals, giving plenty of time for the share price to tread water until Formula1 resumes and the markets start getting a little serious again.
It’s probably worth mentioning a phenomena we’ve noticed growing over the years, something we call Holiday Creep. It used to be the case August simply died a death but this year, August appeared to start around the third week of July and we expect it shall end around the start of the second week of September. In other words, August has become a six week month, joining the “12 Days of Christmas” which now last from around 21st December until 14th January. And don’t even get us started on Easter, a variable date holiday which lasts one heck of a lot longer than a 4 day weekend! Despite today being 18th of the month, we suspect we shall need cope with another 3 weeks of lethargy before the markets start to feel awake again.
Then again, the US President seems to operate in accordance with his own rules, his visit to Scotland (and the UK) followed up by a visit to Scotland from his Vice President, staying very close to ourselves but we didn’t see him on Sunday, when we did a dog walk at Troon beach. While Scotland is undoubtedly a nice country, it’s questionable why the two chiefs of the USA decided to visit consecutively. Our suspicion, aside from Ukraine & Gaza, there’s something else going on in the world, hinting at a possible effect on the markets. Or maybe the 26c sunshine has simply fried my brain.
For Lloyds, now above 84.25p looks capable of triggering movement to an initial 89.2p with our longer term secondary, if bettered, an astounding 110p. To be completely honest, closure above 89.2p shall be treated as extremely significant for the long term, an initial indication of the potential to visit share price levels not seen since 2008.
To utterly cancel our optimism, Lloyds share price needs close below 52p. But for now, we’re fairly happy, an unusual situation with a retail bank.
If things intend go into slowdown mode, below 73p allows for reversal to an initial 66p with our secondary, if broken, an eventual 61p and hopefully a rebound.
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| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop |
| 10:36:46PM | BRENT | 6581.9 | 6541 | 6509 | 6456 | 6578 | 6630 | 6654 | 6692 | 6570 |
| 10:39:15PM | GOLD | 3335.63 | ||||||||
| 10:41:03PM | FTSE | 9145.6 | ||||||||
| 10:49:55PM | STOX50 | 5453.6 | ||||||||
| 10:52:24PM | GERMANY | 24376.4 | 24327 | 24252 | 24156 | 24392 | 24540 | 24601 | 24692 | 24426 |
| 10:54:32PM | US500 | 6446.2 | ||||||||
| 10:59:14PM | DOW | 44927 | ||||||||
| 11:05:11PM | NASDAQ | 23706.3 | ||||||||
| 11:07:59PM | JAPAN | 43451 |
15/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,077,567,012 a change of 24.32%
14/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9177 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,888,645,281 a change of -12.34%
13/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9165 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,963,719 a change of 12.35%
12/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9147 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,963,866,673 a change of 14.87%
11/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9129 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,321,122,132 a change of -15.66%
8/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9095 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,123,576,118 a change of -18.06%
7/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9100 points. Change of -0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,252,889,741 a change of -8.09% 
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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Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares
Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:IGG IG Group** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:TERN Tern Plc** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **
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Updated charts published on : Capita, IG Group, IQE, Lloyds Grp., Natwest, Tern Plc, Taylor Wimpey,
LSE:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 371.15 Percentage Change: -1.00% Day High: 377.9 Day Low: 368.95
Continued trades against BARC with a mid-price ABOVE 377.9 should improve ……..
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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 230.5 Percentage Change: -2.33% Day High: 238.5 Day Low: 231
Target met. In the event Capita experiences weakness below 231 it calcula ……..
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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 1138 Percentage Change: -0.96% Day High: 1153 Day Low: 1139
Further movement against IG Group ABOVE 1153 should improve acceleration ……..
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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 8.8 Percentage Change: -3.61% Day High: 9.16 Day Low: 8.35
Weakness on IQE below 8.35 will invariably lead to 6.5 with our secondary ……..
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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 82.78 Percentage Change: -0.96% Day High: 84.16 Day Low: 82.78
Target met. In the event of Lloyds Grp. enjoying further trades beyond 84 ……..
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LSE:NWG Natwest Close Mid-Price: 544 Percentage Change: -1.70% Day High: 558.2 Day Low: 542.4
Target met. All Natwest needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 558.2 to improve ……..
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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 0.88 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0.88 Day Low: 0.82
In the event Tern Plc experiences weakness below 0.82 it calculates with ……..
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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 99.94 Percentage Change: -0.85% Day High: 102.1 Day Low: 99.84
Continued weakness against TW. taking the price below 99.84 calculates as ……..
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