#Germany #SP500 We love some recent headlines, revealing which newspapers are effectively retyping government press releases without question. The new campaign;’. “‘Widespread abuse’ of number plates jeopardises road safety“ is a cracker as we’ve all experienced the rear number plate of the car in front jumping off and doing its best to vandalise cars. Except the truth is an attempt to source another “fine/tax” revenue source, perhaps indicative of how close to the bottom of the barrel ‘Rachel from Accounts’ has been getting! She’s effectively declaring war on cling film, it seems, the defender against Ulez and speed camera’s… Though personally, by qualifying for a Blue Badge due to the effects from a type of leukaemia, driving into Ulez areas in a very inappropriate car encapsulates a degree of smug by beating a system which hates me.
However, on a more cheerful note, back in October (image below) we gave a target of 4384 dollars for Gold. The product bubbled upward to around 2 dollars shy of our target before experiencing some reversals, making the first half of our drop scenario come true. The lacklustre behaviour of Gold since it slightly failed to reach our upper target is “interesting”, though we’re hesitant to imply the miss by 2 dollars is important, given it was only 0.045% away from target. But if we treat the miss as a miss, we need look for potential weakness ahead.
But before we get into this, our first Christmas Cracker of a joke appeared, a text message warning against donating to charity called Tempura House. Apparently, it is a fake hostel for Lightly Battered women. Wicked non PC jokes which can still provoke a smile hours later are a personal favourite.
On the negative side of life for Gold, as indicated by the 0.045% miss from target which is supposed to suggest weakness, now below 4045 dollars risks triggering reversals to an initial 3788 with our “longer term” secondary, if broken, down at an eventual bottom at 3590 dollars. But very recent movements, doubtless provoked by fairly useless interest rate changed, suggest the markets may choose to remain defensive, thus allowing Gold to dig itself even higher, starting to explore the irrational levels experienced by crypto pretend currencies.
Apparently, now above $4260 should trigger gains to an initial 4373 dollars with our longer term secondary, if bettered, an all time high of $4556 and residency at the edge of irrational Bitcoin territory. We suspect Gold intends dig itself uipward.
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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 |
| 11:12:04PM | GOLD | 4229.26 | |||||||||
| 11:14:55PM | FTSE | 9674.1 | |||||||||
| 11:17:48PM | STOX50 | 5729.8 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 11:20:23PM | GERMANY | 24178.2 | 23997 | 23913 | 23809 | 24085 | 24225 | 24238 | 24319 | 24173 | ‘cess |
| 11:24:13PM | US500 | 6875.7 | 6836 | 6810 | 6780 | 6853 | 6900 | 6911 | 6940 | 6870 | |
| 11:27:46PM | DOW | 48103.3 | Success | ||||||||
| 11:33:05PM | NASDAQ | 25703.5 | Shambles | ||||||||
| 11:39:26PM | JAPAN | 50749 | Success |
10/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9655 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,510,310,269 a change of 17.31%
9/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9642 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,402,100,858 a change of 23.04%
8/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,203,421,137 a change of 3.99%
5/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9667 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,003,675,648 a change of -20.4%
4/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9710 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,205,585 a change of -7.45%
3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%
2/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,504,463,806 a change of 24.89% 
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
Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AFC AFC Energy** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:RKH Rockhopper** **LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc** **LSE:STAR Star Energy** **
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Updated charts published on : AFC Energy, Capita, Diageo, ECO (Atlantic) O & G, Intertek, Rockhopper, SAGA Plc, Star Energy,
LSE:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 11.12 Percentage Change: + 7.13% Day High: 11.2 Day Low: 10.2
In the event of AFC Energy enjoying further trades beyond 11.2, the share ……..
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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 385 Percentage Change: + 4.76% Day High: 385 Day Low: 367.5
Target met. Further movement against Capita ABOVE 385 should improve acce ……..
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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1602 Percentage Change: -0.03% Day High: 1611.5 Day Low: 1587
Target met. In the event Diageo experiences weakness below 1587 it calcul ……..
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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G Close Mid-Price: 19.5 Percentage Change: -3.47% Day High: 25.5 Day Low: 19.62
Target met. Further movement against ECO (Atlantic) O & G ABOVE 25.5 shou ……..
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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 4434 Percentage Change: -0.27% Day High: 4468 Day Low: 4404
Target met. Weakness on Intertek below 4404 will invariably lead to 4337p ……..
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LSE:RKH Rockhopper Close Mid-Price: 81.2 Percentage Change: -7.09% Day High: 93.2 Day Low: 75
Further movement against Rockhopper ABOVE 93.2 should improve acceleratio ……..
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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 330 Percentage Change: + 1.38% Day High: 336 Day Low: 319
All SAGA Plc needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 336 to improve acceleration ……..
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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 9 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 9.26 Day Low: 9
Target met. Continued trades against STAR with a mid-price ABOVE 9.26 sho ……..
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