#Brent #Nasdaq Despite a pretty impressive rise since our mumblings on 8th December, Barclays has failed attain our target levels though, with a recent high of 493p, it definitely qualifies for a “close but no banana” award. The movement above our trigger level at 445p has certainly been steady but also, providing a worry world events shall somehow conspire to short circuit the strong rise potentials as while Israel has dropped off the ‘panic’ screens, Venezuela and Iran have conspired to jump into place. Along with Greenland, of course.
The media certainly demand excuses to allow frightening headlines, one of the more amusing recently being “FTSE now above 10,000. Time TO EXPECT A Crash?”. Aside from generating clicks, there’s nothing to justify this sort of headline appearing in Google News, itself a growing victim of farming headlines from sources which consistently prove to be wrong.
Immediately, our expectation for Barclays remains of movement above 493 bringing a visit to an initial 505p with our secondary, if bettered, at 517p. The very close proximity of these target levels broadcasts an expectation some sort of glass ceiling awaits in the 505-517 range sometime soon, this despite the Big Picture now claiming a future 600p is exerting a distance influence.
For everything to go wrong, the price needs collapse below 390p to make us panic faster than a politician being asked about his encrypted emails.
It’s certainly entering into a Monday without moaning about the weather here in Argyll. We’re saving the complaints up as the rainfall levels over the weekend were more ferocious than previously seen. We expected 12 inches of snow, instead it feels like we were given 12 inches of rain.
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| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop |
| 10:39:50PM | BRENT | 6376 | 6275 | 6245 | 6199 | 6358 | 6402 | 6434 | 6626 | 6170 |
| 10:42:12PM | GOLD | 4535.23 | 4481 | |||||||
| 10:44:27PM | FTSE | 10133.4 | 10112 | |||||||
| 10:47:16PM | STOX50 | 5995.4 | 5954 | |||||||
| 10:49:15PM | GERMANY | 25268.2 | 25200 | |||||||
| 10:51:16PM | US500 | 6961.3 | 6953 | |||||||
| 10:58:43PM | DOW | 49443.9 | 49415 | |||||||
| 11:00:57PM | NASDAQ | 25731.9 | 25543 | 25441 | 25317 | 25763 | 25785 | 25797 | 25930 | 25703 |
| 11:03:37PM | JAPAN | 53733 | 53377 | 53170 | 52878 | 53648 | 54046 | 54088 | 54189 | 53482 |
9/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10124 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,186,252,560 a change of -4.13%
8/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10044 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,452,774,443 a change of -6.4%
7/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10048 points. Change of -0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,893,889,555 a change of 3.63%
6/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10122 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,652,466,467 a change of 0%
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
Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AFC AFC Energy** **LSE:AZN Astrazeneca** **LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SCLP Scancell** **
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Updated charts published on : AFC Energy, Astrazeneca, B & M, Centrica, Glencore Xstra, Rolls Royce, Scancell,
LSE:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 11.48 Percentage Change: + 6.30% Day High: 11.66 Day Low: 10.86
Target met. Further movement against AFC Energy ABOVE 11.66 should improv ……..
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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 14216 Percentage Change: + 0.28% Day High: 14330 Day Low: 13974
Continued trades against AZN with a mid-price ABOVE 14330 should improve ……..
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LSE:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 173.2 Percentage Change: + 1.58% Day High: 176.3 Day Low: 169.1
Continued weakness against BME taking the price below 154 calculates as le ……..
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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 180.95 Percentage Change: + 2.38% Day High: 181.75 Day Low: 176.7
Further movement against Centrica ABOVE 181.75 should improve acceleratio ……..
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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 452.65 Percentage Change: + 9.60% Day High: 459 Day Low: 437.9
Target met. Continued trades against GLEN with a mid-price ABOVE 459 shou ……..
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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1293.5 Percentage Change: + 1.65% Day High: 1296.5 Day Low: 1274
Further movement against Rolls Royce ABOVE 1296.5 should improve accelera ……..
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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 11.25 Percentage Change: + 4.65% Day High: 11.25 Day Low: 10.7
In the event of Scancell enjoying further trades beyond 11.25, the share ……..
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