#Brent #SP500 In our last report on Natwest back toward the end of January, we speculated on the potential of 702p making an appearance, something which happily occurred. In the period since, the market has opted to “celebrate” Natwest pocketing a significant 25% rise in annual profits by enacting a bit of reversal on the share price. We’re more than a little cynical about the profit rise, suspecting it’s mainly unearned income, due to artificial interest rates levels. Nonetheless, the bank has unveiled share buybacks, huge pay bomus’ for senior management, and a boost in annual dividends.
It’s all very jolly, aside from the near 20% drop in share price value over the last few days!
From our perspective, there is a problem at the 549p level, a point the share price cannot afford to close below. This issue dates back to 2007 and the Blue downtrend line the share is paying attention to. Closure below 549p, the point of breakout, will effectively take all our growth targets off the table and require a new session looking hard at tea leaves.
This risks being an issue, due to recent price movements as below 580p points at coming reversal to an initial 545p with our secondary, if broken, at 517p. Either target affords the share the chance of closing below our breakout level, forcing us back to the drawing board. However, we’re not entirely convinced by the recent reversals, they felt quite contrived and make us suspect Natwest may still have some strength waiting to be shown.
At present, we shall be inclined to view above 592p as holding the potential to trigger a nudge in the direction of 606p with our secondary, if bettered, at 620p. Better still, share price closure above 620p now calculates as holding a long term attraction from a distant sounding 873p.
Natwest shall be interesting in the weeks ahead.
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| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop |
| 6:12:00PM | BRENT | 6733.4 | 6659 | 6611 | 6466 | 6752 | 6776 | 6810 | 6861 | 6700 |
| 6:35:34PM | GOLD | 5041.74 | 5043 | |||||||
| 6:41:11PM | FTSE | 10449.3 | 10420 | |||||||
| 9:48:10PM | STOX50 | 5984 | 5987 | |||||||
| 9:50:09PM | GERMANY | 24905.4 | 24883 | |||||||
| 9:52:08PM | US500 | 6829.6 | 6793 | 6747 | 6665 | 6847 | 6883 | 6910 | 6949 | 6843 |
| 10:59:10PM | DOW | 49453 | 49564 | |||||||
| 11:00:56PM | NASDAQ | 24701.5 | 24773 | |||||||
| 11:04:03PM | JAPAN | 57499 | 57412 |
13/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10446 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,736,069,118 a change of 25.25%
12/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10402 points. Change of -0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,571,766,423 a change of 6.33%
11/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10472 points. Change of 1.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,061,814,273 a change of -0.89%
10/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10353 points. Change of -0.32%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,133,860,971 a change of 2.3%
9/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10386 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,950,643,906 a change of 17.72%
6/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10369 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,754,046,507 a change of -27.29%
5/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10309 points. Change of -0.89%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,288,693,358 a change of 0.23% 
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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