#Gold #SP500 A prominent member of the cancer industry, Avacta share price has been describing some interesting patterns since 2021, manoeuvres which allow us to produce a “back to school” article. We describe their place as a pharmaceutical company as being part of an industry, it being worth remembering they are all in it to make money. Personally, being given permission by our consultant to fall off the chemotherapy bandwagon, after being treated with daily chemo for the last 24 months. Come February, freedom beckons, along with 4 or 5 years probably until my leukaemia returns and needs another kicking, doubtless with the newest successful drug which will probably have boosted a manufacturer like Avacta.
To cut to the chase, Avacta is perfectly conforming to our frequent comments regarding the importance of closing prices, when mapping share price movements.
Figure #1 below shows our least favourite mess of a trend line break, where a share price breaks a drop dead obvious trend, retreats below it, then recovers above the trend again. This essentially tosses a bunch of logic into a mincing machine!
Figure #2 below, conversely, shows what happens when closing prices are used. Quite a different picture emerges. To employ common sense, along with some wishful thinking, the share price broke the trend, enjoyed a minor surge, then the price reversed to “test” the level of trend break, a ridiculous expectation but unfortunately one which often seems to happen.
Our conclusion, in these instances, is to make an assumption the market is mapping the share with closing prices, using this for our projections for the future.
Unsurprisingly, once such a determination is made, the prospect for accurate price calculations rises to quite an encouraging level, allowing us to us employ the word “confident” in our predictions. In the case of Avacta, it creates a situation where above 74 should now make its way to an initial 83.2p with our secondary, if beaten, a confident looking longer term 103p.
Should things intend go wrong, below 62p looks dodgy, capable of promoting reversal to an initial 52p with our secondary, if broken, at a completely silly 28p. Unfortunately, our “completely silly” moniker has a problem as it matches share price movements from just a few weeks ago!
For now, we’re pretty optimistic on this one.
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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 |
| 9:42:56PM | BRENT | 6499 | |||||||||
| 9:47:07PM | GOLD | 3981.07 | 3968 | 3944 | 3873 | 4014 | 4100 | 4136 | 4191 | 4044 | |
| 9:50:15PM | FTSE | 9673.4 | |||||||||
| 9:54:38PM | STOX50 | 5710.5 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 10:36:45PM | GERMANY | 24315.9 | Success | ||||||||
| 10:42:22PM | US500 | 6879.5 | 6833 | 6813 | 6790 | 6858 | 6882 | 6944 | 7008 | 6834 | |
| 10:49:10PM | DOW | 47557.8 | |||||||||
| 10:53:55PM | NASDAQ | 25849.2 | |||||||||
| 10:57:19PM | JAPAN | 50474 |
27/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9653 points. Change of 0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,304,536,727 a change of 2.03%
24/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,198,860,657 a change of 1.36%
23/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9578 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,128,914,273 a change of -30.05%
22/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9515 points. Change of 0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,332,238,538 a change of 33.6%
21/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9426 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,488,291,268 a change of 12.47%
20/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9403 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,879,963,453 a change of -30.6%
17/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9354 points. Change of -0.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,031,145,247 a change of 41.83% 
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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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 395.7 Percentage Change: + 1.91% Day High: 397.3 Day Low: 391
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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 677.5 Percentage Change: + 0.15% Day High: 681 Day Low: 671.5
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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 75.7 Percentage Change: + 6.62% Day High: 76 Day Low: 72
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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 208.2 Percentage Change: + 0.29% Day High: 211.4 Day Low: 206
Target met. Continued trades against EMG with a mid-price ABOVE 211.4 sho ……..
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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 9362 Percentage Change: + 0.15% Day High: 9466 Day Low: 9336
Target met. All Intercontinental Hotels Group needs are mid-price trades ……..
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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 5085 Percentage Change: + 0.10% Day High: 5110 Day Low: 5065
Target met. All Intertek needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 5110 to improve ……..
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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 87.84 Percentage Change: + 2.31% Day High: 87.82 Day Low: 85.44
Target met. In the event of Lloyds Grp. enjoying further trades beyond 87 ……..
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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 1149 Percentage Change: -0.17% Day High: 1156 Day Low: 1143
All National Glib needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 1156 to improve accele ……..
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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 583.2 Percentage Change: + 1.89% Day High: 585.6 Day Low: 572.2
All Natwest needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 585.6 to improve acceleratio ……..
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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 346.6 Percentage Change: + 0.76% Day High: 347.4 Day Low: 342.8
Continued trades against SBRY with a mid-price ABOVE 347.4 should improve ……..
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LSE:SDY Speedyhire. Close Mid-Price: 27.3 Percentage Change: + 2.06% Day High: 26.75 Day Low: 26
Below 23 now has the potential to be dangerous as it would indicate weakne ……..
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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 458.8 Percentage Change: + 0.75% Day High: 459.5 Day Low: 454.3
Target met. All Tesco needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 459.5 to improve a ……..
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