SigmaRoc Plc, trading around 114p at time of writing.
From a surprising perspective, “Lime & Minerals” company SigmaRoc caught our attention. Essentially, they produce the bricks from which houses are built, a subject about which I know absolutely nothing. But there was a surprising detail of my own life I’d totally ignored. As a kid, growing up in a solidly middle class area, we’d free run of an abandoned quarry close by. This place was amazing, its own rail system, derelict steam engines and cranes, an inevitable pond reputed to be full of pike, and a flavouring of danger from bottomless sinkholes which sometimes appeared. There were no fences, no gates, no locks, not even warning signs and exploring (hanging out) at the quarry during the summer created some great memories. There was even a plentiful supply of abandoned Honda 50 motorcycles, easily repaired and used to race along numerous tracks, always with the echo of my mother saying “home before it gets dark”, blissfully unaware of where we were going.
It was perhaps 40 years later I discovered this playground had been known as “Giffnock Quarries”, the place which supplied sandstone to build rather a lot of Glasgow, Paisely, and Edinburgh, the product even exported to Europe. When the sandstone ran out, they just walked away and let nature (and children) take over. It was a real shock to discover this child’s playground, from 6 years old onwards, had such a fabulous history in the building industry. Discovering what SigmaRoc do for a living created a degree of empathy for the organisation, though hopefully they don’t litter the landscape with fantastic disaster zone playgrounds, when the product runs out.
Currently, share price movements for SigmaRoc are fairly interesting, quite a bit of potential but cursed with a lack of solid immediate movement. At present, the share needs exceed 130p to signal a change of pace, calculating with the hope of a build up to an initial 154p, along with very probable hesitation while it matches the previous high. Our longer term secondary, if such a level is bettered, works out at a future 171p. Achieving this sort of result would demand we visit again as strong building blocks for the long term will have been laid.
If trouble is ahead, due to weak foundations, below 110p looks like providing the first signal of danger, allowing for reversal to an initial 102p, a fake rebound, then future traffic down to 90p. In this scenario, we’d be extremely nervous as the long term calculates with an eventual bottom around a ridiculous 59p.
For now, if only due to a fantastic childhood in a quarry, we’re fairly optimistic for this lots future.
FUTURES
FUTURES
| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Prior |
| 10:09:51PM | BRENT | 10478 | 10230 | 10084 | 9912 | 10338 | 10604 | 10849 | 11332 | 10354 | ‘cess |
| 10:25:37PM | GOLD | 4715 | 4636 | 4588 | 4526 | 4682 | 4735 | 4774 | 4819 | 4693 | ‘cess |
| 10:29:42PM | FTSE | 10277.8 | 10169 | 10145 | 10096 | 10221 | 10294 | 10358 | 10428 | 10253 | ‘cess |
| 10:43:37PM | STOX50 | 5838.2 | 5800 | 5774 | 5677 | 5861 | 5867 | 5893 | 5924 | 5829 | ‘cess |
| 10:47:05PM | GERMANY | 24025.7 | 23924 | 23863 | 23430 | 24142 | 24220 | 24320 | 24450 | 24070 | Success |
| 10:52:46PM | US500 | 7396.9 | 7340 | 7310 | 7270 | 7374 | 7410 | 7424 | 7452 | 7380 | Success |
| 11:00:41PM | DOW | 49769.9 | 49302 | 49012 | 48644 | 49520 | 49826 | 49944 | 50158 | 49625 | ‘cess |
| 11:04:24PM | NASDAQ | 29037.8 | 28638 | 28423 | 28106 | 28900 | 29180 | 29326 | 29554 | 28984 | ‘cess |
| 11:14:53PM | JAPAN | 62657 | 61755 | 61271 | 60787 | 62085 | 62844 | 63207 | 63691 | 62503 | ‘cess |
12/05/2026 FTSE Closed at 10265 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,032,772,326 a change of 0.78%
11/05/2026 FTSE Closed at 10269 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,970,638,665 a change of 34.53%
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 -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,532,832,097 a change of 0% 
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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