#Gold #SP500 Unusually, we’re able to directly blame the Tate family (of Tate & Lyle fame) for the roaring noise in our back garden tonight. The land and forest directly beyond our back garden was once landscaped as a massive ornamental area by one of the Tate family, some amazing waterways and ornamental streams, along with substantial growing areas for specimen plants. Every now and then, when exploring the forest area, it’s possible to do a double take at a little waterfall and pool, then realise it’s not natural and shortly afterward, discover the remnants of a path which will lead to something else long neglected. We’ve often wondered just who created a substantial dam across the stream which leads to our roaring waterfall, the novelty of which wore off, after the first heavy rainfall filled the stream…
Of course, with spectacular stupidity, we decided in addition to a view of the sea and mountains at the front of the house, it would be nice to view the waterfall from the back garden. As a result, we cleared away vegetation, removing bushes and a couple of trees which had muted the roar of a 7 metre garden waterfall. According to our title deeds, the land owned by the Tate people commenced quite literally just above the top of our garden cliff.
Nowadays, with the onset of T2 Diabetes, it’s safe to say I’m not part of Tate & Lyles target audience. Though I did add 5.5 kilos of their product to 22 litres of distilled water the other day as my latest experiment in growing wine commenced.
The value of Tate & Lyle share price is a concern, movements earlier this year showing (circled) the share price was gapped below an uptrend since the market lows of 2009. It’s becoming vanishingly rare for uptrends since the Financial Crisis to be justified as concerning but in this instance, in February the market clearly decided to pay homage to a 16 year old trend line, forcing the price down below the Red trend. It is now the case Tate & Lyle needs close above 613p to indicate a miracle recovery is commencing. Instead we fear the worst as it looks like the sugar giant share price faces a bit of a meltdown.
At time of writing, the share needs drop below 502p, thus bringing the risk of a trigger down to an initial 375p. Should such a level break, our secondary works out at a longer term 203p, virtually mirroring the low of 2009. While the concept seems ridiculous, the numbers insist on telling their own story. Personally, some guilt is felt, due to discovering Stevia as a sweetener, though it is useless as part of the wine fermentation process.
Should Tate & Lyle decide to enact a surprise recovery, above 613 should be taken very seriously as movement to an initial 675 looks probable with our secondary, if bettered, at a future 861p.
For now, our suspicion is this share faces some downward pain.
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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 |
| 9:36:37PM | BRENT | 6848.9 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 10:47:59PM | GOLD | 3374.63 | 3267 | 3237 | 3188 | 3301 | 3385 | 3398 | 3416 | 3345 | ‘cess |
| 10:50:47PM | FTSE | 9153 | |||||||||
| 10:53:54PM | STOX50 | 5252.5 | |||||||||
| 10:57:51PM | GERMANY | 23839 | |||||||||
| 11:00:40PM | US500 | 6342.5 | 6252 | 6214 | 6170 | 6288 | 6343 | 6394 | 6455 | 6301 | ‘cess |
| 11:05:41PM | DOW | 44254.3 | |||||||||
| 11:08:14PM | NASDAQ | 23225 | |||||||||
| 11:11:22PM | JAPAN | 40624 | Success |
4/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9128 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,815,366,472 a change of 5.59%
1/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9068 points. Change of -0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,507,518,764 a change of -29.16%
31/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9132 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,774,577,039 a change of 48.3%
30/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9136 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,242,351,161 a change of -7.33%
29/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9136 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,656,845,157 a change of 28.68%
28/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9081 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,395,992,123 a change of -22.42%
25/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9120 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,666,736,165 a change of 2.7% 
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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