#Brent #Dax As pet owners, we’re fairly used to being manipulated mercilessly by animals who insist the world runs to their rules, rather than ours. For instance, the cats would always patrol their 3/4 full dried food dishes at 8pm, insisting they would die of starvation unless the bowls were immediately filled. Equally, the ongoing fun of dogs barking to get out, then immediately barking to get back in, can be infuriating when the penny drops all the animals really want is to ensure you are paying attention.
Matters came to a new low on Saturday.
Penny, our grown up Golden Retriever was sleeping on the patio, completely ignoring Russel (a crow) who was goose-stepping on the lawn trying to get her attention. Eventually, Russel flew off, quickly returning with our other garden crow, Cheryl. Each positioned themselves on the roof of the log shelter and making crow noises to awaken the snoozing dog. Once the animal started barking, the two crows continued to torment her with low passes above her head to drive her slightly insane. Eventually, the barking became too much for me, so the dog was ordered indoors. To appease the two crows, a couple of slices of bread were tossed onto the lawn, each snatched immediately and both birds vanishing to their secret lair above the waterfall. Once again, silence reigned supreme in the garden and I could relax, watching events from the Austrian Grand Prix qualifying session.
And then common sense reared its head.
The pair of crows had deliberately engineered a situation, where they’d inevitably be thrown some food. They NEVER behave like this unless a dog is sleeping outside. And thus, we now face a future where the cats, dogs, and even the crows manipulate us to get their own way. Crows are officially sneaky!
We’ve also realised the only thing a red squirrel hates is another red squirrel. We’ve 7 of the little monsters, regularly rioting in the leafs above as they get ready to compete for the annual harvest from our hazelnut tree. Thankfully, it’s impossible to consider any method by which these colourful and noisy animals could influence our behaviour.
However, the retail banks share a lot with crows in attempting to influence human behaviour! By most standards, Natwest share price should be heading upward quite firmly, now looking capable of movement above 525 bringing a visit to an initial 553 with our secondary, if bettered, a longer term 572p. Unfortunately, similar to our crows behaviour, it feels more likely the market shall opt to slow things down with movement below 500p now looking capable of driving reversal down to an initial 480 with our longer term secondary, if broken, at a bottom of 432p and an “almost certain” bounce.
What’s frustrating is visually the 480p level should be capable of arresting reversals, this target ambition matching the point of trend break from the blue downtrend since 2007. But we’re not the only folk with a blue crayon, instead suspecting the market shall endeavour to create an entirely new trend by breaking below such an obvious historical precedent.
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| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop |
| 11:05:44PM | BRENT | 6633.8 | 6586 | 5973 | 5317 | 6795 | 6772 | 6809 | 6876 | 6690 |
| 11:07:56PM | GOLD | 3272.96 | ||||||||
| 11:09:59PM | FTSE | 8788.2 | ||||||||
| 11:11:38PM | STOX50 | 5334.6 | ||||||||
| 11:14:14PM | GERMANY | 24111.5 | 23784 | 23662 | 23508 | 23890 | 24125 | 24248 | 24659 | 23993 |
| 11:27:43PM | US500 | 6178 | ||||||||
| 11:29:48PM | DOW | 44001.2 | ||||||||
| 11:31:45PM | NASDAQ | 22590.3 | ||||||||
| 11:41:10PM | JAPAN | 40648 |
27/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8798 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,950,185,062 a change of -11.23%
26/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8735 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,649,993 a change of -3.11%
25/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8718 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,755,869,829 a change of -23.33%
24/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,507,244,124 a change of 60.9%
23/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,665,666,044 a change of -66.2%
20/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,804,431,161 a change of 245.4%
19/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8791 points. Change of -0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,996,665,836 a change of -22.28% 
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
Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:CCL Carnival** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:IPF International Personal Finance** **LSE:MRO Melrose** **LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:SRP Serco** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **LSE:TSCO Tesco** **
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Updated charts published on : Barclays, BALFOUR BEATTY, Carnival, Capita, Diageo, Firstgroup, Foxtons, International Personal Finance, Melrose, OPG Power Ventures, Rolls Royce, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, Serco, Standard Chartered, Tesco,
LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 338.55 Percentage Change: + 2.22% Day High: 340.3 Day Low: 334.15
Target met. Continued trades against BARC with a mid-price ABOVE 340.3 sh ……..
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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 523.5 Percentage Change: + 2.05% Day High: 524.5 Day Low: 512
Target met. Further movement against BALFOUR BEATTY ABOVE 524.5 should im ……..
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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1782 Percentage Change: + 3.91% Day High: 1782 Day Low: 1734.5
All Carnival needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 1782 to improve acceleratio ……..
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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 335.5 Percentage Change: + 5.01% Day High: 336 Day Low: 316.5
Continued trades against CPI with a mid-price ABOVE 336 should improve th ……..
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LSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 1834.5 Percentage Change: + 0.27% Day High: 1855 Day Low: 1821
If Diageo experiences continued weakness below 1821, it will invariably l ……..
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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 231.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 238 Day Low: 229.2
Target met. Further movement against Firstgroup ABOVE 238 should improve ……..
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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 66.7 Percentage Change: + 4.55% Day High: 67 Day Low: 64.1
All Foxtons needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 67 to improve acceleration t ……..
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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 167.4 Percentage Change: + 2.32% Day High: 167.8 Day Low: 163.8
Continued trades against IPF with a mid-price ABOVE 167.8 should improve ……..
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LSE:MRO Melrose. Close Mid-Price: 536 Percentage Change: + 3.59% Day High: 536.4 Day Low: 510
Target met. Further movement against Melrose ABOVE 536.4 should improve a ……..
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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 7.5 Percentage Change: + 11.94% Day High: 7.4 Day Low: 7
Continued trades against OPG with a mid-price ABOVE 7.4 should improve th ……..
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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 954.2 Percentage Change: + 2.18% Day High: 951.8 Day Low: 925.4
Target met. Further movement against Rolls Royce ABOVE 951.8 should impro ……..
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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1036.5 Percentage Change: + 1.32% Day High: 1039 Day Low: 1024
Target met. Further movement against Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust A ……..
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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 204 Percentage Change: + 2.51% Day High: 206 Day Low: 199.4
Target met. In the event of Serco enjoying further trades beyond 206, the ……..
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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1219 Percentage Change: + 2.78% Day High: 1220 Day Low: 1189.5
Target met. In the event of Standard Chartered enjoying further trades be ……..
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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 400.9 Percentage Change: -0.50% Day High: 407.9 Day Low: 400.9
Target met. All Tesco needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 407.9 to improve a ……..
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