Natwest (LSE:NWG) Trading around 665 at time of writing and looking good!

#Gold #WallSt Happy New Year and thanks for letting us enjoy a real break. At this time of year, folk – ourselves included – show extraordinary tolerance to confectionary, food, booze and late nights. However, we’d a bit of an epiphany with the discovery there’s a really good reason for Christmas being celebrated over just 12 days. Any more festive time and tolerance for family (and friends) starts to substantially diminish, quick dog walks starting to take upward of 2 hours and the need for a nap after dinner becoming almost frantic!

But one thing became apparent during the hiatus after Christmas. Here in Argyll, we’ve managed to dodge bad weather, utterly spoiled by blue sky days with brilliant sunshine. The only tiny problem has been seriously freezing temperatures but a wood burning stove tends manage such an issue with very little cost, our firewood being harvested from the back garden forest. Surprisingly, our two garden crows (Russell and Cheryl) revealed a side of their nature we were utterly unaware existed. The concept of “birds feeding birds” wasn’t new, previously watching Sally & Walter, the two wood pigeons’, tossing nuts to the crows waiting on the ground as they were too large to fit on the feeders.

This time around, tossing out 4 slices of bread for the crows brought surprise behaviour. Cheryl Crow utterly shredded one slice of bread, created a storm of Hovis on the grass. Suddenly, robins and finches were present, filling up on the small fragments of the loaf. Meanwhile, Russell Crow broke a slice into four, taking the bits to the top right of the garden where blackbird is often found rummaging in leaves. And then, the two crows vanished with the final slices of bread, doubtless enjoying a secret feast in their private hideout. This experiment was repeated a couple of times, once again being able to witness birds feeding birds.

Who knows, maybe the crows are fattening them up for a feast as we’d always assumed crows had a similar predatory moral compass to the UK’s retail banks. Which brings us to Natwest Bank.

Presently trading around 665p, the bank has a share price which needs CLOSE a session above just 711p for us to dare to believe the damage from the “Crash of 2009” is being eroded. It is worth remembering the true value of a Natwest share is 1/10th of the current artificial price, due to a 1:10 share consolidation under RBS branding quite a few years ago. However, for those who’ve been playing with the share since its low of 9.7p in March 2009, in any language the current price is a lot healthier, and perhaps poised for even happier times ahead.

The current situation for Natwest suggests movement next above 670p should now target an initial 686p with our secondary, if bettered, at 701p. This should certainly bring the share price within sniffing distance of our “closure above 711p demand”, this being the theoretical trigger which should promote a Big Picture potential travel in the direction of an eventual 1159p and the sound of drunk investors everywhere.

For things to go Retail Bank shaped, the share price needs close below 550p and currently, this looks unlikely.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:00:30PM	BRENT	6174.1								6149
11:04:41PM	GOLD	4448.63	4302	4237	4164	4353	4456	4466	4529	4432
11:06:35PM	FTSE	10025.2								10004
11:10:12PM	STOX50	5919.7								5877
11:14:56PM	GERMANY	24865.3								24661
11:17:21PM	US500	6903.9								6898
11:19:57PM	DOW	48981.7	48970	48944	48854	49072	49199	49226	49686	49031
11:23:45PM	NASDAQ	25402.4								25364
11:37:35PM	JAPAN	52184								51879

5/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10004 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,250,989,253 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.

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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, Barclays, BALFOUR BEATTY, Diageo, ECO (Atlantic) O & G, MAN, Fresnillo, Glencore Xstra, HSBC, IG Group, International Personal Finance, Lloyds Grp., Natwest, Rolls Royce, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, Standard Chartered, Vodafone,

LSE:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 3142 Percentage Change: + 3.36% Day High: 3157 Day Low: 3094

Target met. Further movement against Anglo American ABOVE 3157 should imp ……..

5/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10004 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,250,989,253 a change of 0%

Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares

LSE:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 3142 Percentage Change: + 3.36% Day High: 3157 Day Low: 3094

LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 486.65 Percentage Change: + 1.49% Day High: 488.95 Day Low: 480.65

LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 720 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 735.5 Day Low: 700

LSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 1634 Percentage Change: + 1.65% Day High: 1647 Day Low: 1583

LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 33.5 Percentage Change: + 1.52% Day High: 34.75 Day Low: 30.5

LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 233 Percentage Change: + 0.87% Day High: 234.8 Day Low: 229

LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 3496 Percentage Change: + 4.30% Day High: 3568 Day Low: 3438

LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 419.3 Percentage Change: + 2.57% Day High: 422.55 Day Low: 415.45

LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1207.2 Percentage Change: + 1.29% Day High: 1209.6 Day Low: 1193.8

LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1329 Percentage Change: + 1.76% Day High: 1334 Day Low: 1300

LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 235 Percentage Change: + 0.43% Day High: 235.5 Day Low: 234

LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 99.96 Percentage Change: + 0.73% Day High: 100.05 Day Low: 97.9

LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 665.6 Percentage Change: + 1.22% Day High: 668.6 Day Low: 654.8

LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1231.5 Percentage Change: + 2.88% Day High: 1240 Day Low: 1199

LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1200 Percentage Change: + 1.52% Day High: 1201.5 Day Low: 1188.5

LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1855.5 Percentage Change: + 0.62% Day High: 1875.5 Day Low: 1847

LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 99.8 Percentage Change: + 0.56% Day High: 100.95 Day Low: 98.02

*** End of “Updated Today” comments on shares

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