#FTSE #GOLD It would be true to admit Thursday was spent, subconsciously thinking of which excuses to use tonight, in an attempt to explain why the FTSE has spent the day doing sod all. After all, the first few hours of the day saw the UK market flutter around by just 20 points, while we all awaited confirmation interest rates had been again reduced. The official announcement “should” have provoked some positive energy for the market and the fact the converse happened feels more like an August symptom – a month where an attempts to keep the market flat always occur. It’s a bit like being on a motorway, where the traffic is restricted to 70mph but, in an undeclared battle, motorists find reasons to exceed the out-dated limit, invariably leading to situations when things go wrong and panic slowdowns created a domino effect, forcing all traffic to suddenly slow down in response to an artificial ripple in speed.
For the UK, we often feel the solution is to declare the outside lane on a motorway as “the fast lane”, the middle lane as “the overtaking lane” and the inside lane as “the travel lane”. Unfortunately, this utopia is impossible, due to vehicles above 7.5 tons being restricted to 56mph, creating an artificial moving barricade in “the travel lane”. This situation already sows the seeds of many traffic incidents, an absurd situation where different speed limits are artificially imposed on different types of vehicle, yet all of them expected to share the same highway. This chaos starts to sound more and more like the stock markets!
Our suspicion August has been designated as a “slow month” will prove interesting, if the market wanders below 9066 points. According to our software, this should present a trigger possibility for market reversals as below such a point creates a scenario where an initial 8982 points calculates as possible with our secondary, if broken, at 8869 points and a probable bounce. Should this scenario trigger within the next few days, the tightest stop loss works out at roughly 9117.438 points, this being the level of the Red trend currently. The FTSE, at 9100 points, has already broken the uptrend since April this year and we feel the level of trend break needs exceeded to cancel current reversal prospects..
However, as it’s August, things could theoretically go the other way, though we strongly suspect the UK shall avoid the path to 9700 points until everyone is back from their Disney holidays! But should the FTSE now exceed 9176 points, it is liable to trigger near term growth to an initial 9205 points with our secondary, if bettered, at 9262 points.
Have a good weekend.
FUTURES
FUTURES
| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Prior |
| 10:39:53PM | BRENT | 6609.2 | 6607 | 6485 | 6906 | 6747 | 6799 | 6651 | |||
| 10:42:08PM | GOLD | 3396.42 | 3384 | 3380 | 3394 | 3401 | 3407 | 3386 | |||
| 10:54:51PM | FTSE | 9090.3 | 9075 | 9045 | 9105 | 9149 | 9173 | 9115 | Success | ||
| 11:14:25PM | STOX50 | 5338.3 | 5265 | 5236 | 5295 | 5355 | 5393 | 5314 | Success | ||
| 11:18:53PM | GERMANY | 24230.7 | 23906 | 23715 | 24099 | 24393 | 24473 | 24214 | ‘cess | ||
| 11:24:18PM | US500 | 6355.8 | 6333 | 6309 | 6353 | 6402 | 6420 | 6372 | ‘cess | ||
| 11:27:11PM | DOW | 44069.2 | 43798 | 43730 | 43980 | 44075 | 44136 | 43985 | Shambles | ||
| 11:31:17PM | NASDAQ | 23459.1 | 23224 | 23121 | 23393 | 23468 | 23509 | 23339 | Success | ||
| 11:34:45PM | JAPAN | 41180 | 40943 | 40779 | 41085 | 41340 | 41393 | 41190 | Success |
7/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9100 points. Change of -0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,252,889,741 a change of -8.09%
6/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9164 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,802,933,143 a change of 19.42%
5/08/2025 FTSE Closed at 9142 points. Change of 0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,696,529,731 a change of -2.04%
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% 
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…
Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares
Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:MRO Melrose** **LSE:SRP Serco** **LSE:TLW Tullow** **
********
Updated charts published on : Aviva, Fresnillo, Hikma, Marks and Spencer, Melrose, Serco, Tullow,
LSE:AV. Aviva Close Mid-Price: 650.6 Percentage Change: -0.52% Day High: 657 Day Low: 647.2
All Aviva needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 657 to improve acceleration to ……..
</p
View Previous Aviva & Big Picture ***
LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 1673 Percentage Change: + 1.09% Day High: 1738 Day Low: 1661
Target met. All Fresnillo needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 1738 to improv ……..
</p
View Previous Fresnillo & Big Picture ***
LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1750 Percentage Change: -7.11% Day High: 1804 Day Low: 1695
Target met. In the event Hikma experiences weakness below 1695 it calcula ……..
</p
View Previous Hikma & Big Picture ***
LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 328.7 Percentage Change: -1.88% Day High: 333.9 Day Low: 325
Continued weakness against MKS taking the price below 325 calculates as l ……..
</p
View Previous Marks and Spencer & Big Picture ***
LSE:MRO Melrose. Close Mid-Price: 581 Percentage Change: + 0.03% Day High: 589.2 Day Low: 578.2
Target met. All Melrose needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 589.2 to improve ……..
</p
View Previous Melrose & Big Picture ***
LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 216 Percentage Change: + 3.15% Day High: 228.6 Day Low: 215
Target met. Continued trades against SRP with a mid-price ABOVE 228.6 sho ……..
</p
View Previous Serco & Big Picture ***
LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 11.18 Percentage Change: -3.62% Day High: 11.66 Day Low: 11.06
In the event Tullow experiences weakness below 11.06 it calculates with a ……..
</p
View Previous Tullow & Big Picture ***