#Stoxx #Dax We’ve long had a problem with the company, formerly known as Research Machines, the company championing their outdated and useless computers in the early 1980’s, technology which was really only capable of teaching pupils where the On/Off switch was, along with some vague keyboard skills. The problem was they boasted of owning a 40% share in school computers, this against a backdrop of the IBM PC taking the rest of the world by storm. It was the equivalent of teaching pupils Scottish Gaelic to ensure they’d be proficient in foreign languages, before releasing them into a world where everyone speaks English.
From a personal perspective, already coding at home while Research Machines successfully sold the idea “a computer is a computer” to an educational establishment ignorant of the industry, was frustrating, even some teachers perfectly aware of the divorce from reality being inflicted in schools. In fairness, this was early days with lots of false starts but when the first IBM PC’s appeared in late 1980, it became clear within weeks of the direction the industry was taking. The only problem, you already had to be on the road to know the correct direction. In a brilliant example of how folk fail to learn, 15 years later we had British Telecom convincing themselves the Internet was a fad which wouldn’t last and the concept called Broadband really would never experience any real demand.
With the mid-1990’s, Research Machines renamed themselves as RM, continuing to produce products for schools, eventually producing something which was designed to “protect” pupils and staff from inappropriate online content. Amusingly, a few years later, a nephew explained how he’d by-passed this hindrance at his school, and was warned not to get caught. He revealed his method was in use with the entire staff – with the exception of the schools IT department.
As for RM’s share price, it has been experiencing a pretty tough time since 2020, reaching a low of around 18p and now, trading around 82p, actually exhibits some hope for the future. If we adorn ourselves with a Captain Sensible Hat, above 134p could be regarded as a sane recovery trigger, movement above such a level suggesting an initial target of 193 with secondary, if bettered, at 261p. Obviously, these massive gains sound a little outlandish but the funny thing is, the current price cycle introduces the concept of recovery above 92p as ticking the first box in a cycle to 134p, the all important trigger level for big moves.
Conversely, we’d comment share price closure below 75p risks promoting traffic downhill in the direction of an initial 54p with our secondary, if broken, calculating at 28p and hopefully a bouncy bottom.
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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 |
| 10:37:38PM | BRENT | 6896.4 | Success | ||||||||
| 10:40:47PM | GOLD | 3357.16 | Shambles | ||||||||
| 10:44:09PM | FTSE | 8791.7 | Success | ||||||||
| 10:48:44PM | STOX50 | 5325 | 5283 | 5268 | 5248 | 5304 | 5327 | 5337 | 5361 | 5310 | |
| 10:51:38PM | GERMANY | 23809.8 | |||||||||
| 10:53:38PM | US500 | 6227.4 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 11:28:41PM | DOW | 44493.7 | 44420 | 44321 | 44211 | 44514 | 44651 | 44710 | 46225 | 44056 | |
| 11:30:57PM | NASDAQ | 22624.4 | |||||||||
| 11:33:03PM | JAPAN | 39711 |
2/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,084,402,553 a change of 23.76%
1/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8785 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,724,160,773 a change of 7.93%
30/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8760 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,303,542,637 a change of 7.14%
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% 
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 : British Telecom, Carnival, Greggs, British Airways, ITM Power, Marks and Spencer, Natwest, OPG Power Ventures,
LSE:BT.A British Telecom Close Mid-Price: 192.85 Percentage Change: -1.83% Day High: 197.2 Day Low: 191.35
Target met. Continued trades against BT.A with a mid-price ABOVE 197.2 sh ……..
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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1956.5 Percentage Change: + 3.85% Day High: 1966 Day Low: 1893.5
Target met. In the event of Carnival enjoying further trades beyond 1966, ……..
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LSE:GRG Greggs Close Mid-Price: 1675 Percentage Change: -15.19% Day High: 1762 Day Low: 1646
Target met. Weakness on Greggs below 1646 will invariably lead to 1625p w ……..
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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 344.4 Percentage Change: + 0.38% Day High: 348 Day Low: 342.8
Target met. Further movement against British Airways ABOVE 348 should im ……..
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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 83.5 Percentage Change: + 4.51% Day High: 85.3 Day Low: 77
In the event of ITM Power enjoying further trades beyond 85.3, the share ……..
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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 338.3 Percentage Change: -5.05% Day High: 357.1 Day Low: 337.3
Continued weakness against MKS taking the price below 337.3 calculates as ……..
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LSE:NWG Natwest Close Mid-Price: 473.8 Percentage Change: -5.50% Day High: 510.6 Day Low: 471.1
Target met. Continued weakness against NWG taking the price below 471.1 c ……..
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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures Close Mid-Price: 7.36 Percentage Change: -1.87% Day High: 7.43 Day Low: 7.34
Further movement against OPG Power Ventures ABOVE 7.43 should improve acc ……..
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