#FTSE #GOLD We were quite chuffed with our FTSE prediction last Friday, the index achieving our 9351 points in the opening seconds of Monday. This solid 84 point gain was quite impressive, only overshadowed by a reason for dread, thanks to our grand-daughters visiting with friends. Habitually, I keep out of the way aside if they want to spend time on the shooting range. Sunday afternoon found me supervising the girls enjoying a competition with our 25 point targets placed at 50 yards. These targets were empty 2 litre cola bottles, giving a satisfying “thunk” when hit but challenging, due to them moving in the breeze while they rotated at the end of string.
Needless to say, conventional targets were ignored as the bottles were shot to bits, one of the visiting girls taking top honours with 525 points, missing a perfect score by only three shots. Her previous experience was just from using her Dads Ball Bearing (BB) gun in their garage at home. It appears my efforts as a host failed as while the girls were travelling back to Edinburgh, a text arrived asking if they could bring guitars next time, so I can teach them some proper music. It seems the grumpy grandfather act has failed completely, especially as the girls know my weak spot is music. Inevitably, they are going to learn “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes, one of their Mums favourite tunes when she was growing up. [Clue: it only needs three chords!]
As for the markets for Friday, things could get pretty messy. The US Government is currently shut down with only a few folk working in their statistics department. The “First Friday of the Month” payroll figures hopefully will not be announced as the alternative is someone’s best guess which will be wrong, causing mayhem in the weeks ahead when the correct figures come out. As American job statistic invariably effect other markets, things risk being messy. Hopefully, the unexpected holiday shall gag any announcement, thanks to historical instances when estimates are used causing chaos. Then again, it’d be funny if the Mr Trump administration announced Full Employment, just to see what happens?
Near term for the FTSE, above 9476 points has the potential for a lift to an initial 9504 points, a number which appears graven in stone due to three quite different formula pointing at such an ambition. Our secondary, if bettered, is a bit more vague at 9560 points. If triggered, the tightest stop looks like 9435 points but overall, such a cycle risks finding itself attracted to 9608 points and an almost certain ceiling.
Our converse scenario is a worry, due to it being a little obvious visually. Apparently below 9400 points should promote reversals to an initial 9329 points. Our secondary, with closure below such a point, works out at a profitable 9171 points and a visually perfect level for a bounce.
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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 |
| 11:32:48PM | BRENT | 6426.9 | 6395 | 6342 | 6503 | 6533 | 6556 | 6458 | |||
| 11:35:25PM | GOLD | 3855.22 | 3819 | 3809 | 3850 | 3860 | 3876 | 3840 | Success | ||
| 11:41:49PM | FTSE | 9422.9 | 9416 | 9405 | 9436 | 9462 | 9473 | 9430 | |||
| 11:45:39PM | STOX50 | 5654.7 | 5613 | 5589 | 5641 | 5673 | 5680 | 5639 | |||
| 11:48:51PM | GERMANY | 24468 | 24385 | 24335 | 24477 | 24502 | 24530 | 24446 | ‘cess | ||
| 11:51:10PM | US500 | 6719.6 | 6692 | 6673 | 6716 | 6732 | 6755 | 6692 | ‘cess | ||
| 11:53:14PM | DOW | 46539.4 | 46270 | 46235 | 46455 | 46592 | 46670 | 46496 | |||
| 11:55:25PM | NASDAQ | 24909.1 | 24778 | 24699 | 24880 | 24964 | 25053 | 24868 | ‘cess | ||
| 11:57:22PM | JAPAN | 45033 | 44864 | 44754 | 45042 | 45162 | 45295 | 44868 | Success |
2/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9427 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,998,175,981 a change of -12.05%
1/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9446 points. Change of 1.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,819,950,477 a change of -0.05%
30/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9350 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,823,355,297 a change of 26.57%
29/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9299 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,390,872,598 a change of -5.48%
26/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9284 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,703,129,904 a change of 4.79%
25/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9213 points. Change of -0.4%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,442,375,561 a change of -9.6%
24/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9250 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,020,048,725 a change of -2.61% 
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 : Anglo American, Astrazeneca, Centrica, Experian, HSBC, Lloyds Grp., Melrose, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, Standard Chartered, Tern Plc, Tesco,
LSE:AAL Anglo American Close Mid-Price: 2765 Percentage Change: -0.29% Day High: 2827 Day Low: 2758
Continued trades against AAL with a mid-price ABOVE 2827 should improve t ……..
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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 12454 Percentage Change: + 0.14% Day High: 12750 Day Low: 12356
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LSE:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 168.95 Percentage Change: -1.08% Day High: 170.6 Day Low: 167.35
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LSE:EXPN Experian Close Mid-Price: 3520 Percentage Change: -4.22% Day High: 3562 Day Low: 3364
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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 1043.6 Percentage Change: -0.69% Day High: 1059.8 Day Low: 1044
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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 83.76 Percentage Change: + 0.41% Day High: 84.92 Day Low: 83.6
Continued trades against LLOY with a mid-price ABOVE 84.92 should improve ……..
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LSE:MRO Melrose Close Mid-Price: 629.2 Percentage Change: -0.25% Day High: 638.2 Day Low: 625
Target met. Further movement against Melrose ABOVE 638.2 should improve a ……..
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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1151 Percentage Change: + 1.10% Day High: 1150.5 Day Low: 1139.5
All Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 1 ……..
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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 1442.5 Percentage Change: -1.67% Day High: 1479.5 Day Low: 1440
In the event of Standard Chartered enjoying further trades beyond 1479.5, ……..
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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 0.51 Percentage Change: + 7.37% Day High: 0.48 Day Low: 0.45
In the event Tern Plc experiences weakness below 0.45 it calculates with ……..
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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 452.4 Percentage Change: + 5.28% Day High: 450.8 Day Low: 428.2
Further movement against Tesco ABOVE 450.8 should improve acceleration to ……..
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