#Gold #SP500 Our Golden Retriever finally managed to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. A career as a sheepdog awaits. This epiphany came about when a dozen sheep escaped their enclosure, stampeding through the field and finding themselves facing a single obstacle at the start of the lane which leads to the main road. It was my elderly dog, her age making her completely unable to make a run for it. Instead, she stoically faced the gang of sheep, all of whom came to a skidding halt, a serious stare-off developing. My girl, her legs doubtless sore from standing still, decided to sit down while maintaining eye contact. This proved too much for some of the pack, the sheep fragmenting back into the field where the shepherd was inventing profanities while shouting at the flock. She’d been using her dog to tackle another couple of the fluffy nightmares which were dangerously close to the river.
My dog decided to lie down, watching the shepherd (and her sheepdog) guide the enter pack of sheep into another enclosure, and was clearly pleased she’d successfully stood her ground against a mob of brainless runaways. When the shepherd awarded her with a “Good Girl” headrub, my golden girl had a distinct swagger as we walked to our parked car. Who knows, maybe it wasn’t all an accident but I did discover what my dog wants to be.
The subject of a few emails, Bunzl is a little bit harder to define, using some exquisite concoctions of language to conceal their pretty boring core business. The extract below from their “About Us” section of the website explains things clearly but only if you work for Bunzl and know what they actually do.
They sell janitorial equipment, cardboard boxes, and other stuff…And with some disappointing results from North America, are credited with being afraid of “Trump Tariffs” affecting their bottom line in the US.
At present, this is not a happy share price, a strong suggestion of movement below 2,000p provoking reversal down to an initial 1,641 and perhaps a bounce. Or perhaps not as our secondary, if the initial breaks, works out at 1,407p and the risk of a price being trapped in purgatory until such time there’s a material change with the company fortunes.
If happier times are ahead, above 2,112 has the potential to trigger gains in the direction of 2,206 with our secondary, if beaten, at 2,278p. This would emplace the share in an apparent cycle to an eventual 2,454p and a period of potential hesitation. We are not optimistic for their future.
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| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Prior |
| 11:39:23PM | BRENT | 6609.6 | |||||||||
| 11:44:32PM | GOLD | 4745.57 | 4405 | 4376 | 3968 | 4690 | 4811 | 4953 | 5137 | 4660 | |
| 11:50:01PM | FTSE | 10344 | Success | ||||||||
| 11:31:16PM | STOX50 | 6028.5 | Success | ||||||||
| 11:33:26PM | GERMANY | 24876 | Success | ||||||||
| 11:36:34PM | US500 | 6989.6 | 6888 | 6839 | 6786 | 6920 | 6999 | 7029 | 7092 | 6949 | ‘cess |
| 11:42:03PM | DOW | 49418 | Success | ||||||||
| 11:46:04PM | NASDAQ | 25855.8 |
2/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10341 points. Change of 1.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,149,750,720 a change of 23.3%
30/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10223 points. Change of 0.51%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,420,952,174 a change of -6.19%
29/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10171 points. Change of 0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,910,853,503 a change of 7.47%
28/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10154 points. Change of -0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,361,268,388 a change of 11.9%
27/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10207 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,578,616,321 a change of 11.32%
26/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10148 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,909,471,540 a change of -3.4%
23/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10143 points. Change of -0.07%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,117,563,035 a change of -17.66% 
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
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Updated charts published on : Barclays, Fresnillo, HSBC, Lloyds Grp., National Glib, Natwest, SAGA Plc, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, Standard Chartered, Vodafone,
LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 499.55 Percentage Change: + 2.75% Day High: 498.7 Day Low: 479.8
Further movement against Barclays ABOVE 498.7 should improve acceleration ……..
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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 3668 Percentage Change: -0.92% Day High: 3760 Day Low: 3344
Target met. Weakness on Fresnillo below 3344 will invariably lead to 3267 ……..
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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1305 Percentage Change: + 1.52% Day High: 1303 Day Low: 1259.8
Target met. All HSBC needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 1303 to improve acc ……..
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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 111.45 Percentage Change: + 2.29% Day High: 111.2 Day Low: 106.7
Target met. All Lloyds Grp. needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 111.2 to imp ……..
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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1240.5 Percentage Change: + 0.49% Day High: 1255.5 Day Low: 1237
Target met. In the event of National Glib enjoying further trades beyond ……..
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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 684 Percentage Change: + 2.83% Day High: 682.2 Day Low: 656.2
Continued trades against NWG with a mid-price ABOVE 682.2 should improve ……..
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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 550 Percentage Change: + 5.77% Day High: 549 Day Low: 512
Target met. Continued trades against SAGA with a mid-price ABOVE 549 shou ……..
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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1267 Percentage Change: + 0.92% Day High: 1276 Day Low: 1228.5
Target met. In the event of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust enjoying f ……..
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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1906 Percentage Change: + 2.36% Day High: 1901 Day Low: 1829
Target met. In the event of Standard Chartered enjoying further trades be ……..
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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 109.25 Percentage Change: + 1.72% Day High: 109.2 Day Low: 107.85
All Vodafone needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 109.2 to improve accelerati ……..
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