#Gold #SP500 One of the irritating trite sayings in Scotland is; “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes!” But in other fields of life, you can wear all the right ski gear but it will not make you sufficiently competent to ski Glencoe. Equally, the best set of racing leathers will not make a biker competent on the Ring. And wearing the best fishing gear carries absolutely no promise of landing a salmon. In fact, some of the more idiotic car drivers wear driving gloves in the vague hope it makes them better. Personally, I wear a NATO flight suit when working in the garden, clothing with lots and lots of pockets and dirt/mud doesn’t show up. Perhaps not the right clothing but ideal when digging holes for carrots and potatoes.
We’ve become cynical about “the right” foods needed for various sports. With skiing and motorcycling, the most important way of starting the day is generally by consuming the best hangover cure. But as we drift into the future beyond Covid19, it becomes inevitable we shall again experience ‘Health Kick’ thinking with the result recreation clothing shall again be of interest, along with the right type of food to guzzle while wearing the right type of clothing. We’ve long been aware the correct sartorial taste in sports clothing has absolutely no effect on performance and equally, we suspect changing a diet shall actually improve performance. Except, of course a sporty person who survives on junk food is unlikely to break any records. But the British Formula1 driver, James Hunt, typically consumed a load of plain water to reduce his hangover, before racing. We’re pretty confident World Champion Hunt never experienced a boring Monaco Formula1 race while entirely sober…
Since JD Sports ditched their 9% holdings in Applied Nutrition, we’ve received a few emails asking our thoughts on the company future. The first thing which springs to mind is obvious, if JD Sports viewed Applied Nutrition as a “sure thing” for the future, why the heck did they work with the company to produce a Rights Issue as a clever method of dumping their shareholding. After all, had they opted to drip feed their holding onto the market over a year or so, selling pressure would enter the conversation, ensuring the share price was more depressed than a UK Prime Minister.
Unfortunately, the situation now exists where weakness below 210p risks triggering reversal to an initial 163p with our secondary, if broken, a visually pleasing 123p and potential level for a rebound!
But perhaps JD Sports have missed out on a sure thing? Should this prove to be the case, we require above 236p to justify a raised eyebrow, calculating with the potential of a lift to an initial future 251p with our secondary, if beaten, at a new all time high of 296p. Historically it has not been the most flamboyant of shares, perhaps evading any accusations of holding “multi-bagger” qualities but in this instance, we do suspect some gains may be on the cards for the future. After all, the gullibility of those who indulge in everything related to a sport or hobby is typically boundless, along with being useless.
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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 |
| 10:47:17PM | BRENT | 10138 | |||||||||
| 10:54:23PM | GOLD | 4686.37 | 4664 | 4647 | 4616 | 4690 | 4712 | 4728 | 4748 | 4698 | |
| 10:58:52PM | FTSE | 10324.8 | |||||||||
| 11:01:41PM | STOX50 | 5877.1 | |||||||||
| 11:05:57PM | GERMANY | 24127.2 | |||||||||
| 11:10:27PM | US500 | 7185.9 | 7140 | 7126 | 7105 | 7166 | 7187 | 7191 | 7206 | 7167 | ‘cess |
| 11:56:09PM | DOW | 49239.4 | Shambles | ||||||||
| 11:51:00PM | NASDAQ | 27352 |
27/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10321 points. Change of -0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,514,052,310 a change of 11.19%
24/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10379 points. Change of -0.75%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,757,896,465 a change of -3.26%
23/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10457 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,985,316,582 a change of -3.94%
22/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10476 points. Change of -0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,271,923,237 a change of 4.79%
21/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10498 points. Change of -1.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,939,310,505 a change of -19.68%
20/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10609 points. Change of -0.54%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,639,261,853 a change of -7.81%
17/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10667 points. Change of 0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,370,886,318 a change of 52.53% 
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 : Carclo, Experian, IQE, Marks and Spencer,
LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 38.2 Percentage Change: -6.14% Day High: 40 Day Low: 36.5
Target met. In the event Carclo experiences weakness below 36.5 it calcul ……..
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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 2743.5 Percentage Change: + 0.05% Day High: 2778 Day Low: 2723
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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 49.4 Percentage Change: + 3.78% Day High: 57.8 Day Low: 47.6
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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 330.35 Percentage Change: -4.80% Day High: 346.4 Day Low: 324.2
Weakness on Marks and Spencer below 324.2 will invariably lead to 294p wi ……..
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