#Brent #US500 Our world news feed, biased toward important events, has been punctuated on Sunday evening with irritating snippets about ‘The Oscars’. Is anyone really going to care about a Norwegian film winning Best International Movie? We’re keeping a weather eye open for news about China, the Middle East, US economic or political events, the drip feed of ridiculous news from an inflated talent show giving information we’d prefer avoid.
To be honest, news of awards has never been sufficient to get us into a cinema, instead preferring to read about recommendations from folk who are trusted. The last film we bothered going to the local cinema to view was “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”, a complete surprise to watch and emphatically not a waste of a few hours. Previously, we’d gone to view the 3rd episode of Guardians of the Galaxy, a film which cured any desire to watch any further movie from Marvel. Few things are worse than when a film franchise starts to take itself seriously, completely forgetting folk go to the cinema to escape life for a while. A storyline where Superman struggles with dandruff, designed to make his character relatable, would probably kill the Man of Steel utterly in the box office.
Brent Crude continues to confuse, probably deserving an Oscar for the tight price control currently exerted.
Apparently, above $102.70 should next trigger movement to an initial 108 dollars with our secondary, if beaten, at 117.34 dollars. If triggered, the tightest stop loss looks fairly attractive at $100. This sort of thing would produce a Double Top visually, implying an excellent price level where a share correct can make itself known, powering the price down to an initial $79 with secondary, when broken, at $67 and a lot of questions about “what was all that about?”. Despite the very real military things going on, we strongly suspect a boost to the price of oil is the driving imperative in the Middle East.
On a slightly amusing note, my sister-in-law decided to visit her archaeologist daughter for a quick holiday, her daughter working in Jerusalem. Her flight home was understandably cancelled when the conflict kicked off. Currently, she’s told a flight to Scotland cannot be expected until the 27th of March! My brother, always the opportunist, has opted to relocate to their big static caravan in the garden of a house they are renovating. Importantly, it is close to Inverness and takeaway food can be delivered. Their main house (85 miles from the nearest Tesco) has absolutely zero takeaway opportunities and now, he can tell his wife he’s struggling with flooring or drainage issues. while chilling in the big caravan with a wood burning stove.
It will be interesting, if hostilities ease just before 27th March, in accordance with the airline schedule.
The Chinese Grand Prix was a surprise, actually quite enjoyable with the constant changing places of drivers making it tempting, very tempting, to fast forward the recording to discover who actually won. The amalgam of electric motors and F1 engines has injected a decent level of chaos, where aside from Mercedes and whatever cheat they are employing, drivers are working hard to come to terms with their new cars.
Barclays share price has been enjoying quite an interesting level of surprising movements. Firstly, it started March by being gapped down below the Red uptrend since April 2025. Additionally – and surprisingly – the share price appears to be making an effort to respect the Blue downtrend since 2007, currently at 379p. When this sort of thing occurs, it generally signals some strength in a share price with surprise recovery often taking place.
If we dwell on our negative scenario, below 379p has the potential for trouble, giving an initial target of 353 with our secondary, if broken, at 280p and hopefully a bounce.
Our more positive scenario demands the share price exceed 402p as a lift to 414 looks possible with our ‘longer term’ secondary, if bettered, calculating at 430p and the need for us to take a long hard look at the future for their share value.. We suspect Barclays share price is about to enact a surprise recovery.
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| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop |
| 11:12:59PM | BRENT | 10342.8 | 9627 | 9372 | 9000 | 10192 | 10490 | 10806 | 11732 | 9627 |
| 11:14:50PM | GOLD | 5006.56 | ||||||||
| 11:19:22PM | FTSE | 10264.1 | ||||||||
| 11:21:36PM | STOX50 | 5712.5 | ||||||||
| 11:33:42PM | GERMANY | 23412.6 | ||||||||
| 11:36:11PM | US500 | 6640.2 | 6654 | 6558 | 6462 | 6680 | 6734 | 6770 | 6824 | 6670 |
| 11:38:09PM | DOW | 46598.5 | ||||||||
| 11:41:00PM | NASDAQ | 24400 | ||||||||
| 11:50:55PM | JAPAN | 53576 |
13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%
12/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,832,637,892 a change of -14.1%
11/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10353 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,282,615,552 a change of -7.67%
10/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10412 points. Change of 1.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,136,252,085 a change of 18.42%
9/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10249 points. Change of -0.34%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,404,375,895 a change of 9.05%
6/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10284 points. Change of -1.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,624,236,280 a change of -0.81%
5/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10413 points. Change of -1.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,694,948,171 a change of 1.74% 
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 : Avacta, BP PLC, Centrica, EasyJet, Intertek, Rolls Royce, Taylor Wimpey,
LSE:AVCT Avacta Close Mid-Price: 71 Percentage Change: -1.39% Day High: 73.5 Day Low: 69.5
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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 534.3 Percentage Change: + 0.96% Day High: 539.4 Day Low: 528
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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 207.2 Percentage Change: + 0.19% Day High: 209.9 Day Low: 206.2
Continued trades against CNA with a mid-price ABOVE 209.9 should improve ……..
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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 369.4 Percentage Change: -2.99% Day High: 377.8 Day Low: 370
Continued weakness against EZJ taking the price below 370 calculates as l ……..
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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 3734 Percentage Change: -3.86% Day High: 3822 Day Low: 3724
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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 1215.5 Percentage Change: -5.30% Day High: 1277.5 Day Low: 1214
Weakness on Rolls Royce below 1214 will invariably lead to 1198 with seco ……..
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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey. Close Mid-Price: 94.68 Percentage Change: + 1.13% Day High: 95.5 Day Low: 92.58
Continued weakness against TW. taking the price below 92.58 calculates as ……..
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