#DOWJONES #GOLD Sunday brought a lot to be miserable about. For instance, at 9.30am, the temperature outside was 20c and every box was being ticked for a seriously nice day. But our useless Scottish politicians had probably diverted the money away from the weather gods and into their own pockets. By 4pm, the heating was on and the local temperature here in Argyll was just 5c. Mustn’t grumble, at least we enjoyed a mornings worth of summer and it’s now chucking it down with rain. Unfortunately, the good morning had inspired a job which kept being dodged, creating a Fermentation Station to indulge a hobby of making wine. Rather a few of our dog walking acquaintances have been asking what types of wine we’ve been making this winter, perhaps a reflection on the number of bottles given away last year.
Making wine, while outrageously simple, does introduce a few fussy elements. There’s the need for everything to be sanitised clean, there’s the need for stable temperatures, there’s the need for a lot of patience with periods of frenetic activity. And strong muscles don’t hurt either when working with 30 litre vessels. An idea had formed, creating a table with a fitted mixing & fermentation drum, a fitted settling/maturing drum, along with sensible methods of cleaning & sterilisation, along with bottling the finished products. In an ideal world, this streamlined kit would reside all year round in one of the garden sheds as it would be easy to introduce sensors to control the temperature of liquids under fermentation. As it was a nice Sunday morning, the project kicked off sharply, aided only by a large latte.
The first issue was a water supply. There wasn’t one. So I needed route pipework (aka a garden hose) from the outside tap to the shed. This thankfully proved straightforward, it being easy to fit an exterior hose attachment to the building with a short hose inside the shed which terminated with a garden spray nozzle. Of course, when water pressure was applied, everything leaked (except the hose) as winter had not been kind to all the garden attachments. A ‘must buy’ list was started, then the build of the Fermentation Station commenced. Two 30 litre stainless drums, side by side, gave an easy footprint, except the product would to be pumped from one to the other, rather than resorting to the traditional method of siphoning wine and spilling copious amounts. Due to purchasing a couple of modest pumps (for tropical fish tanks), it only needed the stainless steel lids of the big casks drilled for pipework which could be routed through airtight grommets. And there was an additional complication, the garden hose would be delivering a lot of water – cleaning, disinfecting, and fermenting – but no provision has been made for the waste water to escape into the garden stream.
More items were added to the list.
And despite a tool box with literally 100’s of drill bits, not one would make an impression on the stainless steel lids. After spending an hour or so watching video’s on how to sharpen drill bits, it was decided to added another couple of drills to the list.
What You Tubers described as “The Best” way to sharpen a drill also looks like “The Fastest” way to lose a finger as our Angle Grinder is scary. The idea of clamping it in a vice, locking the ON switch, and poking a drill bit in its direction was just a little insane.
Finally, moving onto the temperature sensors for the fermentation vessel, this would be defrayed until the new drill bits arrived. But I could at least wind the blue heating element around the fermentation drum. At this point, my wife arrived home, looked at the two stainless casks sitting on their table, and said “Looks like you’re nearly finished”. I was to ashamed to admit the job hadn’t actually started, aside from yellow garden hose being plugged onto the shed, the water turned firmly off…
Thankfully, the temperature dropped, rain started, and the important business of enjoying a “Lazy Sunday Afternoon” commenced. An understanding as to why Oil Refineries are a bit complicated was starting to prove enlightening. One final area of irritation awaiting. The software industry worked hard a few years ago to move away from Java, claiming it was insecure etc. Deciding to install something called an Android Emulator which would allow Google TV to run on a laptop, it was a real surprise to discover Google’s ‘Android Studio’, recommended as the best emulator, relied entirely upon Java for its construction. Needless to say, Microsoft Windows threw a fit, conspiring to ensure the installation failed. And so, I read a book called “The Great Economists, How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today”, highly recommended if trying to fall asleep fast.
As for Barclays Plc, their share price has been enjoying a Sunday since March, nothing really working out in the shares favour. Our conventional approach and thinking currently presents a scenario, where we are supposed to patiently explain Barclays is a “sure thing”, only needing closure above 455p to trigger solid movement to an initial 550p with our secondary, if beaten, calculating at a longer term 613p. We distrust this, feeling world events are proving capable of sticking a drone through the spokes of optimism.
However, even from a near term perspective, there is reason to hope for early signals.
At present, above just 453p calculates as being capable of triggering gains to an initial 484p with our secondary, if beaten, at a future 500p. This alone should enjoy the potential of committing to a longer term domino effect. Or so our software claims.
Our alternate scenario requires the price to relax below 419 to cause trouble, giving an initial visit to an initial 398 with our secondary, if broken, at 373p and perhaps a proper bounce.
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| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop |
| 11:01:12PM | DOW | 49642.8 | 49455 | 49362 | 49198 | 49651 | 49705 | 49801 | 50102 | 49660 |
| 11:18:49PM | BRENT | 10161.5 | ||||||||
| 11:21:01PM | GOLD | 4682.78 | 4660 | 4635 | 4592 | 4702 | 4748 | 4774 | 4785 | 4713 |
| 11:23:34PM | FTSE | 10229.7 | ||||||||
| 11:25:09PM | GERMANY | 24301 | ||||||||
| 11:27:23PM | US500 | 7373.4 | ||||||||
| 11:37:35PM | NASDAQ | 29152.8 | ||||||||
| 11:40:24PM | JAPAN | 63459 |
8/05/2026 FTSE Closed at 10233 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,924,881,359 a change of -35.21%
7/05/2026 FTSE Closed at 10276 points. Change of -1.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,144,654,793 a change of 3.71%
6/05/2026 FTSE Closed at 10438 points. Change of 2.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,817,587,393 a change of -17.34%
5/05/2026 FTSE Closed at 10219 points. Change of -1.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,667,648,398 a change of 92.81%
1/05/2026 FTSE Closed at 10363 points. Change of -0.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,532,832,097 a change of -40.75%
30/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10378 points. Change of 1.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,338,364,506 a change of 26.56%
29/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10213 points. Change of -1.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,378,449,952 a change of 12.28% 
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, British Telecom, Capita, MAN, Scancell, S4 Capital,
LSE:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 82.5 Percentage Change: + 1.85% Day High: 84.5 Day Low: 78
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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 236.2 Percentage Change: + 6.59% Day High: 236.2 Day Low: 222.7
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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 310.5 Percentage Change: + 2.14% Day High: 322.5 Day Low: 298.5
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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 270.2 Percentage Change: + 3.21% Day High: 270.2 Day Low: 259.8
Target met. In the event of MAN enjoying further trades beyond 270.2, the ……..
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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 17 Percentage Change: + 3.03% Day High: 17 Day Low: 16.5
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LSE:SFOR S4 Capital. Close Mid-Price: 45.6 Percentage Change: + 9.09% Day High: 47.4 Day Low: 42.55
Target met. In the event of S4 Capital enjoying further trades beyond 47. ……..
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