Month: August 2025

#Bitcoin #FTSE  It has been a strange week, Formula1’s media clickbait staff clearly still on holiday as the press are not slavishly repeating nonsense stories about drivers. This has become one of these “careful what you wish for” moments, surprised at the temptation to click on a headline which suggests Louis Hamilton has employed a media trainer for his dog… The animal was even credited on the closing titles of the Formula1 movie, having made a ‘walk on’ appearance.

Similarly, the FTSE appears to be avoiding amateur dramatics as August winds its way to a close, aside from our expectation the UK market shall discover an excuse to rewind to the level around which it started the month. Visually, the suggestion is for the need for things to rewind to around 9128.3 points, a drop ambition which feels almost impossible. As Friday is the last trading day of what has been a lacklustre month, it was a surprise to notice the value of the FTSE has managed to enter a potential disaster zone.

Below just 9207 points currently holds the threat of triggering reversal to 9184 points initially with our secondary, if broken, an amazing 9126 points, sufficiently close to the level (9128) at which the month started to justify a drum-role. If this scenario triggers, the tightest stop looks like 9237 points, the trendbreak level providing an amazing stop loss potential for quite a reasonable risk/reward scenario. Even though it’s visually a bit of a free gift and thus dangerous to trust.

 

Our alternate game plan becomes useful, if the index makes it ABOVE 9237 as this threatens to trigger a gain in the direction of an initial 9263 with our secondary, if bettered, at 9315 points. The attraction with this scenario is it would emplace the index virtually matching the highs of August, while also parking the FTSE value in a zone where a distant 9873 continues to exert an influence further down the line.

It’s absurd, both our Short & Long scenario making their own brand of logic appear sensible, with only a day of the month remaining to satisfy our warped arguments. Unsurprisingly, at time of writing, FTSE Futures are messing around at 9231 points, failing to show a bias in any direction. It is going to be an interesting day.

 

As for Bitcoin, it is proving as trustworthy as a weather reporter mingling with politicians. There may be a lot of noise but it’s clear none of them are telling the truth!

At present, the value is looking a little dodgy, below 110,250 risking triggering reversal to an initial 106,600 dollars. Our secondary, should such a level break, works out around 100,850 dollars and a return to price levels not seen for 10 weeks. Which isn’t even partially impressive.

We were quite chuffed Bitcoin managed to attain our 120,000 target level, suggested back in June when the value was at 106,000 dollars. The impression given visually is  not to be surprised if the value again tries to head up to the 120,000 level with movement above 112,670 but similar to the FTSE attitude given above, we shall not be aghast if this heads back to its prior level around $100k. Any miracle above 120k now calculates with a longer term “risk” of a visit to an astounding $138k.

 

Have a good weekend, enjoy the chaotic Grand Prix, and remember to tie your wheelie bins down as a breeze is being forecast. But we really distrust weather reporters….

 

FUTURES

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:59:47PM	BRENT	6763.1	6678	6637	6581	6726	6780	6818	6878	6748	‘cess
10:03:37PM	GOLD	3416.33	3367	3345	3319	3393	3423	3429	3444	3403	Success
10:34:02PM	FTSE	9222.8	9206	9181	9121	9237	9273	9295	9325	9238	‘cess
10:36:03PM	STOX50	5397.4	5373	5344	5289	5406	5429	5454	5484	5387	‘cess
10:39:29PM	GERMANY	24040.5	23970	23947	23750	24084	24204	24243	24284	24022	‘cess
10:41:49PM	US500	6502.2	6466	6451	6432	6494	6508	6524	6584	6466	‘cess
10:47:29PM	DOW	45596.4	45435	45341	45227	45560	45686	45797	46027	45545	‘cess
10:50:14PM	NASDAQ	23699.4	23513	23446	23347	23624	23708	23748	23872	23516	‘cess
10:53:13PM	JAPAN	42900	42712	42620	42483	42846	43028	43146	43484	42856	Success

 

28/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9216 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,470,443,849 a change of -4.77%

27/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9255 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,694,536,884 a change of -52.24%

26/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9265 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,830,321,527 a change of 125.64%

22/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9321 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,356,702,954 a change of 17.66%

21/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9309 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,702,661,970 a change of -40.14%

20/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9288 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,185,994,315 a change of -5.2%

19/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9189 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,525,328,498 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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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 2185 Percentage Change: + 0.60% Day High: 2206 Day Low: 2173

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 1753 Percentage Change: -0.23% Day High: 1779 Day Low: 1739

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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 1138 Percentage Change: -1.13% Day High: 1158 Day Low: 1132

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 97.3 Percentage Change: -1.40% Day High: 99.24 Day Low: 97.16

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#Gold #Nasdaq It’s funny how we always mentally take note of some aspects of life. On Wednesday evening, returning from collecting takeaway food, the temperature was turned up in the car and the fan turned on. While not one of the most profound experience, it was also difficult to remember when the heating had last been turned on in the car. It’s been a decent summer in Argyll, the usual August monsoon vanishing after a few days with other outbreaks of rain quickly becoming a distant memory, volumes rarely sufficient to provoke the garden waterfall for more than a few hours.

What made the need for heat surprise notable was it came early this year. Usually, the local town hosting the final Highland Games of Scotlands competition circuit, signals a change in weather. Traditionally, once the games finish and the tourists vanish, the temperature drops like a stone, winds become intrusive, and it rains. It’s also not unknown to experience frosts by the end of September. This year, it feels unusual insofar as the weather has cooled dramatically a few weeks earlier than usual. As far as our local Highland Games is concerned, we’ll continue with our own tradition of avoiding them like the plague aside from enjoying the fireworks show at 9pm dusk on Saturday evening. Highland Games can be a lot of fun, especially smaller events hosted by villages which are NOT part of the competition circuit which takes itself seriously. It’s always amusing how fast an amateur can move a crowd, when he discovers the concept of throwing a caber (a small telephone poll) in a particular direction and trajectory, is quite a lot harder than TV makes it appear.

Aside from this melancholy about a change in temperature, there’s always the hope the markets shall heat up in the weeks ahead.

 

As for Taylor Maritime, their share price is potentially at the end of a miserable cycle, giving hope the recent visit to 53p defined a proper “bottom” for the price, one which should theoretically generate a proper bounce. Unfortunately, it’s worth remembering movement now below 53p risks an eventual bottom at 44.5p introducing itself!

For now however, our inclination is to suggest watching for near term gains as movement above 64 should now provoke movement to an initial 69.6p and a probable challenge of the downtrend since 2022. This become interesting in the event the share price closes above 69.6 as a cycle to an attractive 86 could commence.

If the emails received asking for this update are to be believed, this should prove worth watching.

 

 

FUTURES

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:29:48PM	BRENT	6718.1
10:31:54PM	GOLD	3396.93	3367	3357	3343	3380	3400	3403	3413	3390	‘cess
10:33:51PM	FTSE	9246.9
11:13:03PM	STOX50	5387.7
11:16:21PM	GERMANY	24012.8
11:20:38PM	US500	6462.3									‘cess
11:23:04PM	DOW	45544.9
11:25:57PM	NASDAQ	23445.3	23377	23341	23246	23478	23566	23649	23764	23492
11:28:42PM	JAPAN	42437.7

 

27/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9255 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,694,536,884 a change of -52.24%

26/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9265 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,830,321,527 a change of 125.64%

22/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9321 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,356,702,954 a change of 17.66%

21/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9309 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,702,661,970 a change of -40.14%

20/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9288 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,185,994,315 a change of -5.2%

19/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9189 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,525,328,498 a change of 36.03%

18/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9157 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,796,925,972 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.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 98.68 Percentage Change: -0.24% Day High: 99.92 Day Low: 98.34

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 89.34 Percentage Change: + 1.27% Day High: 89.64 Day Low: 88.54

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#Brent #WallSt There were more than a few echoes of Michael Schumacher in “Formula1, The Movie”, perhaps not in a good way. Attaching the title “Legend” to Schumacher has always been a bit generous, his motivation being to win regardless whether it involved arguable cheating or driving skills. The character played by Brad Pitt in “Formula1” quickly becomes notorious due to perceived mistakes, driving errors, collisions, but the underlying aim was always for the team to do well. Such a facet always escaped Schumacher, the only person benefiting from his antics being himself. Perhaps the credited producer, Louis Hamilton, was enjoying a little private dig at MS but overall, it was a good movie, especially the final 30 minutes or so and a race which somehow captured the spirit of a Murray Walker commentary when he experienced an audible meltdown while commenting on a hung-over and slightly drunk James Hunt doing his magic on the track.

Long story short, if you enjoy Formula1 or Brad Pitt, the film was pretty good but with an inevitable Hollywood ending where the right man won the race! Obviously, our decision to watch the movie was entirely due to withdrawal symptoms with Grand Prix taking an August holiday. Thankfully, everything kicks off this coming weekend with a usually messy Belgian race, hopefully not terribly wet and hopefully not dry either.

 

Barclays managed to spend August in the pit lane of share prices, essentially doing absolutely nothing of interest while creating a pretence of movement. It occurs this stance is similar to that adopted by the UK Government, though rather than a month, they’re doing it for years at a time…

 

The immediate situation for Barclays now suggests movements above 378.5 should now bring a share price rise to an initial 385p with our “longer term” secondary, if bettered, at a more useful 397p. This secondary value is quite significant, representing a price level where we suspect some volatility shall prove almost essential.

Should things intend go pear shaped for Barclays, below 364 risks proving troublesome, capable of triggering share price reversals to an initial 343p with our secondary, if broken, at 330p and hopefully a bottom.

Our inclination is to assume Barclays intends a Hollywood event, allowing the share price to extend upward to just below the 4 quid level. And then reversing!

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:02:05PM	BRENT	6668.3	6615	6446	6167	6699	6821	6867	6937	6733
11:04:57PM	GOLD	3391.42
11:06:43PM	FTSE	9295.4
11:10:07PM	STOX50	5399.5
11:12:23PM	GERMANY	24220.1
11:14:22PM	US500	6472.6
11:51:01PM	DOW	45447.9	45109	44929	44651	45333	45678	45890	46150	45260
11:52:45PM	NASDAQ	23550.5
11:54:48PM	JAPAN	42520

 

26/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9265 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,830,321,527 a change of 125.64%

22/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9321 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,356,702,954 a change of 17.66%

21/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9309 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,702,661,970 a change of -40.14%

20/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9288 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,185,994,315 a change of -5.2%

19/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9189 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,525,328,498 a change of 36.03%

18/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9157 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,796,925,972 a change of -21.07%

15/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,077,567,012 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.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 2129 Percentage Change: + 1.43% Day High: 2139 Day Low: 2093

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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 1152 Percentage Change: -0.09% Day High: 1156 Day Low: 1140

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 432 Percentage Change: + 1.34% Day High: 432.9 Day Low: 424.6

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#FTSE #GOLD With some despair, we now get to enjoy the last Bank Holiday weekend until Christmas, reflecting on just how fast this year has been moving. Suddenly, we’re at the point where it is only 125 days until Christmas 2025, the FTSE having experienced a gain of 13% since the start of this year, and wondering just where all this largesse vanished. After all, the UK is apparently a financial mess despite the best efforts of the chancellor, “Rachel from Accounts”. There is broad agreement the government is working hard to smother adverse comment, reaching levels which North American politicians find reprehensible. And planned for Autumn are a series of strikes from The Tube, from bus services, even GP’s joining the fun while junior doctors in the NHS are planning a walkout, presumably to join with nurses who’ve rejected a derisory pay offer. Meanwhile, Birmingham remains an active rubbish dump.

To cap all the misery, the follow up to Sex and The City has been cancelled, “Just Like That” retiring and the show title once again returning to the clutches of Paul Daniels(/) legacy. It’s probably unfair to say this but the bloke was once booked for a corporate thing, doing his act after a sumptuous dinner. He wasn’t very good, perhaps more suited to a career of telly where they could redo things. My favourite entertainer at a corporate shindig was Jack Douglas, famed for his “Carry On” performances. The guy was dangerously funny, yet could command every second of the audiences attention!  My own father probably holds some kind of record for success at motor industry corporate shindigs, managing to meet Sean Connery and Eric Morecambe at different events, playing golf with them in the days following and ensuring, as children, we were dragged to Majorca for holidays where he golfed with his chums.

 

As for the FTSE, last week we speculated on 9298 points, the FTSE achieving it on Wednesday and even closing Thursday at 9309 points. Our suspicion is this shall become a flutter level until September kicks off, 9298 becoming a fictitious point which the market shall flutter above and below until the grown ups return from their holidays. However, in a cowardly admission, it’s now the case where above 9310 risks propelling the UK to 9350 next, almost certainly a problem level as our secondary is now 9728 points. This would be once heck of a jump from our 9350 level, perhaps attainable if “Rachel from Accounts” vanishes and someone competent is given the position. Or maybe she will invent a wizard idea, something like charging each illegal migrant £1 million points, their labour indentured until the debt is paid off. That way, she could invent a viable slave economy, a step below the minimum wage concept, along with creating an entirely fictitious debt to balance the books. Simple but a little distasteful. Heck, most people don’t have chimneys they could send children up to clean.

 

If things decide to go pear shaped before September brings the chill wind of winter, below 9260 risks promoting reversal to an initial 9206 with our secondary, if broken, at 9171 points and a return to the price levels at the very start of the holiday season. This would be a complete surprise, again.

Have a good weekend, only another few days until the Grand Prix season kicks off.

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:56:03PM	BRENT	6703.1	6626	6583		6682	6714	6734		6627	‘cess
10:57:59PM	GOLD	3339.54	3325	3316		3342	3348	3359		3335
10:59:56PM	FTSE	9319.5	9256	9229		9282	9324	9337		9295
11:02:28PM	STOX50	5464.4	5437	5424		5454	5466	5474		5456	Shambles
11:15:02PM	GERMANY	24297.5	24230	24208		24277	24307	24353		24267
11:18:04PM	US500	6378.8	6352	6346		6374	6400	6412		6380
11:20:13PM	DOW	44841.4	44571	44380		44775	44951	45099		44846	Shambles
11:23:09PM	NASDAQ	23174.3	23044	22996		23135	23290	23377		23207
11:25:46PM	JAPAN	42705	42505	42163		42683	42754	42868		42623

 

21/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9309 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,702,661,970 a change of -40.14%

20/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9288 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,185,994,315 a change of -5.2%

19/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9189 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,525,328,498 a change of 36.03%

18/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9157 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,796,925,972 a change of -21.07%

15/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,077,567,012 a change of 24.32%

14/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9177 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,888,645,281 a change of -12.34%

13/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9165 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,963,719 a change of 12.35%

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.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 583 Percentage Change: + 1.57% Day High: 584 Day Low: 573.5

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 562.8 Percentage Change: + 1.63% Day High: 563.4 Day Low: 553.8

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LSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 7250 Percentage Change: + 0.42% Day High: 7270 Day Low: 7195

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#Gold #SP500   We often take some pains to illustrate it’s not the trend which is important but rather, how a share price or index reacts to the trend, once it’s been broken. This logic applies, regardless whether it’s a Blue downtrend or Red uptrend and the key is always the price level at which a trend has been broken. In the case of a Blue downtrend, should the trend be broken at 6 for instance, if the price closes below 6 thereafter, it’s a pretty good sign the trend wasn’t important and can probably be ignored. Instead, we always anticipate some further price reductions.

Similarly, with a Red uptrend, if the price breaks the trend again at 6 and closes above 6 shortly afterwards, the trend break is generally a fake and further gains can usually be planned on. For the sake of safety and sanity, we always prefer demanding a price actually closes Below or Above which type of trend line you are playing with. Of course, the difficult bit can be defining just where to draw a trend but, in the case of A G Barr below, it’s fairly easy for the Blue downtrend.

 

A G Barr, famed manufacturers of funny Irn Bru commercials, has a well defined Blue downtrend which dates back to 2011, this trend being broken at 673p in April of this year. As the chart extracts show, despite some flamboyant movements during the day, the share price has failed to close below the 673p level. It’s a bit irritating to admit, thanks to various movement gaps, this number “could” be 651p but as the extracts show, it seems the market is happy to rely on a painted line, rather than a fussy calculation. Our inclination, as “the market always knows”, is to accept 673p risks becoming a trigger level for reversals.

Currently, closure below 673 calculates with the potential of reversals to an initial 620p with our secondary, if broken, at a future 550p. Perhaps, in this scenario, it shall experience a bounce.

 

More likely, it feels like movement above 711p should generate price recovery to an initial 768 with our secondary, if beaten, an eventual 891p and an urgent need to revisit the share price.

For the present, we’re fairly optimistic about their share price. If only they’d produce a whisky flavoured Irn Bru… And as can be noticed, absolutely no conventional chart indicators were harmed in production of this scenario.

 

 

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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
9:55:17PM	BRENT	6651.6									Success
9:57:58PM	GOLD	3347.56	3320	3308	3294	3330	3350	3358	3373	3338
10:20:29PM	FTSE	9305.8									Success
10:23:24PM	STOX50	5474.8
10:25:47PM	GERMANY	24293.8
10:28:04PM	US500	6395.8	6345	6319	6263	6394	6411	6438	6469	6390	Success
11:45:48PM	DOW	44893.2
11:48:57PM	NASDAQ	23237									Success
11:51:09PM	JAPAN	42850									Success

 

20/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9288 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,185,994,315 a change of -5.2%

19/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9189 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,525,328,498 a change of 36.03%

18/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9157 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,796,925,972 a change of -21.07%

15/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,077,567,012 a change of 24.32%

14/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9177 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,888,645,281 a change of -12.34%

13/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9165 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,963,719 a change of 12.35%

12/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9147 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,963,866,673 a change of 14.87%

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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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 0.68 Percentage Change: -18.18% Day High: 0.82 Day Low: 0.68

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 88.42 Percentage Change: + 1.42% Day High: 88.78 Day Low: 86.74

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#FTSE #Nasdaq   “Shenzhenshidongruihanjieshebeigufenyouxiangongsi ” will be covered in paragraph two below! The most recent initiative to get folk back into the office, escaping the pyjama world of home working, has been to allow folk to return to the office, with their dogs. The constant efforts to make corporate office working attractive again are a bit amusing, effectively an admission the historical environment wasn’t conducive to a good place to work. Perhaps this sort of thinking contributes to the harsh fact International Workplace profits dropped in the first six months of this year, only US$12 as opposed to a previous US$32. Their share price got a solid write up from the markets.

 

As for “shenzhenshidongruihanjieshebeigufenyouxiangongsi“, this was the hilarious first line of the address from an eBay seller which only appeared AFTER the purchase. Generally we’re careful to buy from UK based companies and suppliers, a portable TIG welding plant from a supplier in Manchester was attractively priced, promising delivery by Thursday of this week. To explain, deciding to build a wine fermentation “shed” which would accommodate my latest hobby, made me realise there was quite a bit to consider. I’ve been used to lifting 30 litre containers to a certain height, pumping the content (without the grotty stuff at the bottom) into another sanitised container, and again letting things settle for a while, then decanting it again. It’s all a bit fussy, especially if you’ve stabilised the temperature of the initial fermentation between 26c and 29c for 7+ days.

Essentially, I designed something which looks like a mini oil refinery as it also includes my secret weapon, creating distilled water for the fermentation mix. My existing welding plant could perhaps be described as a little energetic, unable to handle welding pipework or smaller tight jobs. In other words, it burns holes through thin metal. After finding the exact welding plant I wanted on eBay, an order was placed and due to the product coming from Manchester, the Post Office tracking information was forwarded. It transpires I’d bought from a Chinese company in Guangdong in China, who it appears have shipped a pile of stock to Manchester and thus convince folk they are buying via a UK company. Oops. Hopefully the product is genuine, despite the company name looking like a Welsh nightmare!

There is an end game to this wine fascination, an intention of producing something red of the quality of Chateauneuf du Pape. In the meantime, it’s wonderful to browse a wine rack the weekends, deciding whether to try a Rioja, a Merlot, a Shiraz, or whatever.  Or “just” choose our astounding Pinot Gris which is somehow  improving with age. Neither this white wine nor our Rioja are given away to friends… It can be assumed we’re developing considerable suspicion about these “Wine Club” companies who flog cases of wine, since discovering wine concentrate can be purchased for home fermentation, making it relatively easy to produce product which, with a little care, is considerably better quality than anything bought in a supermarket. Personally, a dislike of adding anything which ends in either ” ‘ate or ‘ite’ ” after initial fermentation, led to the decision to use purified distilled water when making wine. Our Pinot Gris, excellent from Day One of bottling, continues to improve and a clarity is almost dodgy, challenging spring water in a glass. Except it is super, without any added chemicals.

 

As for International Workspace Group share price, it certainly has the potential for some real trouble, considerably worse than the market reaction to their financial results. We previously reviewed this share back in March 2025 and the price triggered and successfully achieved our primary and secondary targets. It even exceeded our secondary level, repeatedly closing above the 220p point and looking pretty well set for a future we hadn’t yet mapped. But with this set of financial results, things have become a little skewed as the price now needs exceed 220p to hopefully trigger recovery to an initial 230p with our secondary, if bettered, a longer term 252p and taken into a zone where a Big Picture 283p is exerting a gravitic influence. Visually, it even makes some sense.

However,  the immediate situation is a little dodgy as the share price – from our perspective – cannot afford to close below 188p. This would be a bad thing, allowing future traffic downward to an initial 176p with our secondary of 156p, keeping the share price trapped in a zone from which it shall be difficult to escape. Our suspicion is this is about to head upward, once some dramatics are concluded. After all, any company which approves of dogs will always get our vote.

 

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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
11:24:10PM	BRENT	6550.6
11:26:56PM	GOLD	3315.94									‘cess
11:33:19PM	FTSE	9178.5	9154	9148	9138	9182	9198	9220	9252	9158
11:35:19PM	STOX50	5464.7									‘cess
11:38:45PM	GERMANY	24339									Success
11:43:02PM	US500	6413.6									Success
11:45:57PM	DOW	44935.1									Success
11:48:22PM	NASDAQ	23382	23344	23300	23077	23435	23509	23571	23646	23364	Success
11:50:47PM	JAPAN	43412

 

19/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9189 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,525,328,498 a change of 36.03%

18/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9157 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,796,925,972 a change of -21.07%

15/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,077,567,012 a change of 24.32%

14/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9177 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,888,645,281 a change of -12.34%

13/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9165 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,963,719 a change of 12.35%

12/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9147 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,963,866,673 a change of 14.87%

11/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9129 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,321,122,132 a change of -15.66%

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.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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#Gold #Germany   The term “Fear of Missing Out” can often drive traders into utterly idiotic situations. Goodness knows how many folks made ill advised investments in Electric Vehicle Companies, Blockchain initiatives, Artificial Intelligence hype, and of course the ongoing fantasy which is crypto currency. But the funny thing about the markets currently is probably a fear of getting involved, due to various world issues being capable of forcing a market retreat.

The largest independent UK Oil Company, when we reviewed them back in 2023, managed to reverse and smack both our drop targets. But something interesting has now happened and we’ve circled it on the chart below. We’ve previously commented on Harbour Energy’s share price ability to perform in ignorance of the oil market. But the market opted to “gap” (circled) Harbour Energy up above the five year downtrend since 2020, suggesting a cycle of gains should be anticipated. The market decided a 28p rise was justified, along with dumping the share price into a new region above the trend. It was a pretty clear signal the market is planning some changes for the share price.

Currently, above 246p should trigger gains to an initial 282p with our longer term secondary, if beaten, at a future 340p. It’s quite a big deal, potentially launching the share price into a scenario where a future 518p shall be viewed as extending a magnetic attraction.

For Harbour share price to lose its way, the price needs sink below 201p.

 

 

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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
10:16:36PM	BRENT	6602.6									‘cess
10:20:03PM	GOLD	3332.2	3332	3322	3310	3340	3358	3369	3382	3341
10:22:41PM	FTSE	9173.1
10:25:59PM	STOX50	5439									Success
10:29:03PM	GERMANY	24346	24298	24223	24118	24367	24365	24392	24442	24300	‘cess
10:31:50PM	US500	6446.3
10:51:02PM	DOW	44903.5									‘cess
10:55:27PM	NASDAQ	23701.5

 

18/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9157 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,796,925,972 a change of -21.07%

15/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,077,567,012 a change of 24.32%

14/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9177 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,888,645,281 a change of -12.34%

13/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9165 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,963,719 a change of 12.35%

12/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9147 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,963,866,673 a change of 14.87%

11/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9129 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,321,122,132 a change of -15.66%

8/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9095 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,123,576,118 a change of -18.06%

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.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 99.02 Percentage Change: -0.92% Day High: 100.8 Day Low: 98.56

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