#Stoxx #Nikkei Every now and then, I’m left wondering if one of my jokes dropped me in trouble. Tuesday brought a visit to a slightly chaotic hospital department, one of the nurses popping into the waiting room to say “Sorry, we’re Short Staffed today and running late!” It was an open goal, so I said; “Can I reschedule for a day when you’ve got Tall Staff working?”
The nurse (June – under 5 foot tall) gave a deadpan glare, made a show of stomping out. There was no laughter, only sufficient silence to make me question my choice of words. It was a masterclass performance as, knowing this particular nurse for 12 years, I was perfectly aware she was now be next door in the treatment room and giggling as she retold the joke and successfully left me hanging. But for me personally, the visit on Tuesday was supposed to be a big deal, the sort of thing where some patients are allowed to ring a bell as they leave.
As an incurable yet non fatal Leukaemia patient, dinging the bell will never happen but, getting to the point when chemo has finished to give another 5 years remission is quite a big deal. Alas, and nothing to do with my brilliant joke, the staff decided my freedom would be another 84 days away due to protocols changing. It seems my personal springtime can only be achieved once a CT scan is taken, my DNA compared, and a new benchmark created before entering life without chemotherapy. Glaring at that bell (hopefully) was now a further 3 months away…
The improvement in method brought to mind Oxford Nanopere, a company a few folk have enquired about, who develop and sell a portable DNA sequencer charmingly called MinIon. It’s probably worth remembering this isn’t a speculative venture, their Minions already successfully working in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. It appears to be the sort of product which shall eventually prove popular with local councils, keen to discover exactly who dropped which McDonalds wrapper at the side of the road…
From our perspective, the share needs CLOSE a session above 158.8p to move into a cycle where we can dare promote price recovery. According to our calculations, such a feat should trigger travel in the direction of an initial 174p with our secondary, if bettered, at 202p.
Movement such as this should prove very significant, taking the share price into a zone where a longer term 227p dangles, and the potential promise of “proper” price movement in the longer term, early signals of a change in mood as a price cycle capable of challenging the dreamland 2021 levels becomes possible. We’re obviously fairly cynical but it certainly does appear the market has been taking notice. Should it ever manage the 227p level, it’d be silly not to pay attention. After all, the price isn’t far away from glaring at its own particular bell at the 158.8 level and the potential of entering a new phase.
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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 |
| 10:48:33PM | BRENT | 6524.3 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 10:51:35PM | GOLD | 4595.26 | |||||||||
| 10:56:06PM | FTSE | 10144.5 | |||||||||
| 11:01:04PM | STOX50 | 6019.8 | 6008 | 5997 | 5982 | 6032 | 6042 | 6049 | 6063 | 6024 | |
| 11:04:30PM | GERMANY | 25377.5 | |||||||||
| 11:07:35PM | US500 | 6960.4 | |||||||||
| 11:11:47PM | DOW | 49150 | |||||||||
| 11:14:40PM | NASDAQ | 25752.9 | |||||||||
| 11:18:24PM | JAPAN | 54082 | 53398 | 53118 | 52760 | 53667 | 54194 | 54857 | 57144 | 53730 | ‘cess |
13/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10137 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,717,140,321 a change of 16.41%
12/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10140 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,770,093,543 a change of -6.73%
9/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10124 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,186,252,560 a change of -4.13%
8/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10044 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,452,774,443 a change of -6.4%
7/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10048 points. Change of -0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,893,889,555 a change of 3.63%
6/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10122 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,652,466,467 a change of 0%
5/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10004 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,250,989,253 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.
We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…
Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares
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Updated charts published on : AFC Energy, MAN, Glencore Xstra, Oxford Instruments, SAGA Plc, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust,
LSE:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 12.72 Percentage Change: + 6.71% Day High: 13.18 Day Low: 12.1
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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 257.2 Percentage Change: + 0.47% Day High: 258.2 Day Low: 255
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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 470.2 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 470.95 Day Low: 461.8
Further movement against Glencore Xstra ABOVE 470.95 should improve accel ……..
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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2200 Percentage Change: + 2.33% Day High: 2220 Day Low: 2140
In the event of Oxford Instruments enjoying further trades beyond 2220, t ……..
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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc Close Mid-Price: 428.5 Percentage Change: -2.06% Day High: 449 Day Low: 425
Target met. All SAGA Plc needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 449 to improve ……..
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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Close Mid-Price: 1212 Percentage Change: -0.25% Day High: 1219 Day Low: 1206.5
All Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 1 ……..
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