#Gold #SP500 It took a while for the penny to drop about the UK markets enjoying a proper holiday over the Easter Weekend. We’d been focussed on the plethora of chocolate, due to grandchildren, but ignored the salient detail we are facing more than a Holiday Monday but also getting the Friday off work. So, due to the market being closed on Friday, we’re providing a near term analysis for the FTSE on Thursday.
At first glance, things do not look good for the FTSE as during the night, Futures markets moved down by 50 points at 2sm. The reason seems to be straightforward, the US President promising to send Iran a free gift of live munitions, delivered from the air. World markets are not impressed with the Presidents expression of his position, Crude Oil shooting up in price and national indices being gapped down in value. It creates a pretty firm indication we’re about to go into the Easter Weekend with the markets in a pretty foul position.
Below 10,250 has the potential to trigger reversal to an initial 10,190 with our secondary, if broken, at 10,108 points. If triggered, the tightest stop is absurdly attractive at 10,284 points! We distrust this free gift from the markets, the Risk/Reward situation being more attractive than the unopened chocolate Easter Eggs currently piled on top of our kitchen fridge. Visually, there is a strong indication the 10,108 point level should prove valid, matching the level of the current upward trend break through Blue on the chart and creating a logical bounce point.. But should 10,108 break, the Big Picture calculates trouble which could eventually (hopefully) end at 9,384 points.
The funny thing, the FTSE has been in a cycle where conventional thinking has been indicating the market intends above 10,400 points to now make an attempt at 10,567 points with our secondary, if exceeded, now calculating at 10,934 points. Were it not for overnight futures gapping down the markets, we’d be cheerfully assuming the FTSE intends remain within its current gain cycle. Instead, it feels like we’re about to witness the FTSE winding back toward the 10,100 level.
Have a good weekend. Alas with no Formula1 until the start of May, we’re all going to have another form of entertainment!
FUTURES
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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 |
| 10:48:48PM | BRENT | 9847.1 | Success | ||||||||
| 1:42:54AM | GOLD | 4787.2 | 4649 | 4613 | 4550 | 4714 | 4790 | 4814 | 5052 | 4727 | ‘cess |
| 1:46:59AM | FTSE | 10286.2 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 1:49:10AM | STOX50 | 5622.1 | |||||||||
| 1:53:33AM | GERMANY | 22866.5 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 1:57:37AM | US500 | 6494.5 | 6493 | 6479 | 6436 | 6552 | 6590 | 6614 | 6715 | 6560 | |
| 2:00:32AM | DOW | 46078.3 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 2:04:24AM | NASDAQ | 23643.6 | |||||||||
| 2:07:22AM | JAPAN | 52582 | Success |
1/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10364 points. Change of 1.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,245,214,633 a change of 9.62%
31/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10176 points. Change of 0.48%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,345,809,311 a change of 18.6%
30/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10127 points. Change of 1.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,880,014,253 a change of 15.35%
27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 a change of -12.17%
26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of -1.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 15.71%
25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%
24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54% 
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 : Centrica, Glencore Xstra, Marks and Spencer, S4 Capital,
LSE:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 212 Percentage Change: -0.24% Day High: 215.6 Day Low: 209.9
Target met. All Centrica needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 215.6 to improv ……..
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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 562.5 Percentage Change: -0.53% Day High: 576.8 Day Low: 558.9
Target met. Further movement against Glencore Xstra ABOVE 576.8 should im ……..
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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 349.5 Percentage Change: + 3.04% Day High: 352 Day Low: 344.3
Potentially a little interesting, above 355 should next trigger movement t ……..
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LSE:SFOR S4 Capital. Close Mid-Price: 29.7 Percentage Change: + 6.83% Day High: 29.8 Day Low: 27.7
This is interesting. Above 30 should now target 32.5 next with our seconda ……..
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