#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.
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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 |
| 10:29:48PM | 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…
Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares
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