#FTSE #Nasdaq The pub industry is a puzzle to us. Here in Argyll, the number of licensed premises has been decimated over the years. When we considered moving into our current home 10 years ago, we’d sampled the village pub, delighted with the service and food. The place was just a few hundred yards away, ticking the final box in our decision to buy. Of course, by the time we actually moved house, the village pub was shut and sporting a For Sale sign. It remained unsold for an age, eventually finding a buyer who decided to develop the property to include flats for AirBnB rental. Perhaps inevitably, once the windows had been removed, the floors torn out, the money also ran out and the place has been empty since. It’s now the case four pubs have closed on the 8 mile stretch between our house and the local town.
But the other side of the coin is curious, two family members deciding to sell their own pubs in the country to corporate chains, both becoming millionaires in the process! One even accepted a job with the corporate, managing the pub he’d been running for years…
But the licensed trade, certainly here in Argyll, appears to be tough though we note Wetherspoons continue to complain about government damage to their industry, most recently adding plans to charge business rates by size of premises. However, it’s hard to take their complaints terribly seriously, when they announce their intention to open 6 new Wetherspoons branches in 2025, taking their outlet count to around 857…
Recent price movements with Wetherspoon are looking a little ambiguous as traffic below 750p threatens reversal down to an initial 730p and hopefully a bounce. The danger comes, if the share price closes below 730p, a box is ticked which allows longer term reversal to 662p. Our suspicion is any reversal to 730 shall be more an attempt to slow the price down, rather than a real reflection of price movements.
Alternately, it’s now the case where above 794 should trigger growth to an initial 825p with our secondary, if beaten, at a longer term 928p.
Our inclination is to lean toward optimism here.
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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 |
| 11:17:01PM | BRENT | 6829 | |||||||||
| 11:19:22PM | GOLD | 3326.52 | Success | ||||||||
| 11:21:56PM | FTSE | 8935.7 | 8933 | 8918 | 8877 | 8957 | 9009 | 9039 | 9075 | 8977 | |
| 11:23:59PM | STOX50 | 5340.5 | |||||||||
| 11:26:02PM | GERMANY | 24004 | |||||||||
| 11:37:34PM | US500 | 6231.3 | Shambles | ||||||||
| 11:46:14PM | DOW | 43922 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 11:48:27PM | NASDAQ | 22817.6 | 22800 | 22720 | 22612 | 22888 | 22946 | 22998 | 23064 | 22876 | Success |
| 11:50:53PM | JAPAN | 39600 | ‘cess |
15/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8938 points. Change of -0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,311,247,266 a change of 37.8%
14/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8998 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,854,245,348 a change of -14.23%
11/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8941 points. Change of -0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,493,815,888 a change of -13.23%
10/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8975 points. Change of 1.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,178,779,712 a change of 11.73%
9/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8867 points. Change of 0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,635,239,933 a change of -8.59%
8/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8854 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,070,905,643 a change of 38.98%
7/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8806 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,648,651,423 a change of 20.16% 
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 : Asos, Aviva, Barclays, B & M, Capita, Experian, British Airways, International Personal Finance, Rockhopper, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, Standard Chartered, Tesco,
LSE:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 322.5 Percentage Change: -0.15% Day High: 333.5 Day Low: 314
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LSE:AV. Aviva Close Mid-Price: 631.2 Percentage Change: -0.63% Day High: 637 Day Low: 633
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LSE:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 343.35 Percentage Change: -0.19% Day High: 346.75 Day Low: 341.05
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LSE:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 234.3 Percentage Change: -9.08% Day High: 244.2 Day Low: 221
Target met. Continued weakness against BME taking the price below 221 cal ……..
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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 344.5 Percentage Change: -0.43% Day High: 358.5 Day Low: 344
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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 4018 Percentage Change: + 4.28% Day High: 4058 Day Low: 3976
Target met. Continued trades against EXPN with a mid-price ABOVE 4058 sho ……..
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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 377.2 Percentage Change: + 0.11% Day High: 380.2 Day Low: 375.2
Continued trades against IAG with a mid-price ABOVE 380.2 should improve ……..
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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 176.2 Percentage Change: + 0.69% Day High: 177 Day Low: 175
Continued trades against IPF with a mid-price ABOVE 177 should improve th ……..
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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 62 Percentage Change: + 0.65% Day High: 63.4 Day Low: 60.2
Further movement against Rockhopper ABOVE 63.4 should improve acceleratio ……..
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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1053 Percentage Change: + 0.33% Day High: 1058.5 Day Low: 1052.5
In the event of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust enjoying further trade ……..
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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1315 Percentage Change: + 0.77% Day High: 1331.5 Day Low: 1310
Continued trades against STAN with a mid-price ABOVE 1331.5 should improv ……..
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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 407.8 Percentage Change: -0.49% Day High: 410.4 Day Low: 406.4
In the event of Tesco enjoying further trades beyond 410.4, the share sho ……..
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