#FTSE #GOLD Thanksgiving Thursday went exactly as expected, the FTSE almost managing to close 2 whole points above Wednesdays close. Over the years, we’ve learned the best thing to do on US Thanksgiving is anything which doesn’t involved the markets. We spent the day gazing out at the sea, a weather warning suggesting 75 mph winds were pointed directly at us. The wheelie bins were tied down, paving slabs placed on the lids of garden storage, and some rocks added to the floor of the plastic garden shed, because we simply do not trust it.
Outside, at the emergency moorings, two ferries have tied up, meaning only another 2 of the four ferries are operating the route to the mainland. Which is a journey we really cannot recommend in choppy weather. We once had a vehicle with air suspension, making the 20 minute journey extremely unpleasant as the car exaggerated every single ferry movement, provoking a terrible case of sea sickness. But of course, Thanksgiving 27th November wasn’t exactly scary, the Met Office attempt at Clickbait headlines fizzling out as the strongest wind (so far) has been a gust of just 42mph with quite unpleasant rain. In other words, Thursday turned into a normal Tuesday, a dog walk in the forest being an easy decision in the race to beat darkness encroaching.
Chatting to my brother on the phone during the dog walk, he’s a couple of hundred miles further north with 5 inches of snow, by 4pm he was in complete darkness while we’d sufficient daylight to make our way back to the car. It’s amazing the variation in available light the stupid change of the clocks to “winter misery time” makes.
But to remain on the US Thanksgiving theme, the notion of a national turkey holiday grows more attractive annually as there’s a hole in the UK Stock Exchange winter holiday calendar and adopting this ridiculously hyped festival from the USA wouldn’t do any harm, synchronising the reality of the US & UK markets doing sod all on Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, having never taking the time to discover what the turkey massacre is about, the idea of a forced “sit down” with friends and family doesn’t sound the worst idea.
But to return to Friday and the hope the markets shall rebound from their enforced slumber on Thursday, above 9700 points should now provoke movement to an initial 9760 points Our secondary, if bettered, calculates at a silly sounding 9941 points and some hesitation. While our secondary makes a lot of numeric sense, the jump seems rather large by UK standards and very liable to take until Christmas. Or so we think. But, from our perspective, there are several arguments proposing further “proper” gains on the FTSE.
Should things intend go turkey shaped, below 9658 risks promoting reversal to an initial 9623 with our secondary, if broken, at 9590 points. Our suspicion is the market intends head up, any long position needing a stop around 9658 points.
Have a good weekend. Pity the penultimate GP of the season is Qatar as it will probably be a procession of cars, giving a boring race on a circuit where overtaking is difficult. A bit like Monaco on steroids, a race which only happens due to the money involved.
FUTURES
FUTURES
| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Prior |
| 10:42:56PM | BRENT | 6290.2 | 6150 | 6027 | 6218 | 6298 | 6379 | 6211 | |||
| 10:58:56PM | GOLD | 4156.89 | 4137 | 4131 | 4163 | 4174 | 4181 | 4148 | |||
| 11:18:45PM | FTSE | 9704.6 | 9656 | 9628 | 9684 | 9707 | 9718 | 9681 | |||
| 11:23:01PM | STOX50 | 5652.1 | 5585 | 5565 | 5625 | 5665 | 5693 | 5639 | |||
| 11:25:10PM | GERMANY | 23777.1 | 23693 | 23639 | 23765 | 23840 | 23938 | 23692 | |||
| 11:35:32PM | US500 | 6821.7 | 6772 | 6756 | 6796 | 6832 | 6890 | 6807 | |||
| 11:37:57PM | DOW | 48477.7 | 47386 | 47314 | 47450 | 47575 | 47619 | 47444 | |||
| 11:40:51PM | NASDAQ | 25260 | 25051 | 25000 | 25167 | 25305 | 25322 | 25215 | |||
| 11:42:41PM | JAPAN | 50068 | 49919 | 49756 | 50072 | 49914 | 50430 | 49972 | ‘cess |
27/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9693 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,026,345,245 a change of -20.1%
26/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9691 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,542,003,610 a change of 18.39%
25/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9609 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,370,501,929 a change of -51.58%
24/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9534 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,156,523,796 a change of 87.85%
21/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9539 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,003,826,108 a change of 23.05%
20/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9527 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,692,009,331 a change of -8.32%
19/11/2025 FTSE Closed at 9507 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,208,622,594 a change of -9.04% 
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: 429.95 Percentage Change: + 1.66% Day High: 430.9 Day Low: 421.45
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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 700 Percentage Change: + 2.12% Day High: 699 Day Low: 687.5
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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 96.6 Percentage Change: + 2.99% Day High: 96.32 Day Low: 93.42
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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 632.4 Percentage Change: + 2.26% Day High: 633.8 Day Low: 618.8
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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1666 Percentage Change: + 1.28% Day High: 1666 Day Low: 1632
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