#Gold #DAX Back in 2020, the “joy” of spending a week in hospital sharply suggested I take a nasty and biased look at the company who supplied prepared meals for patients. The food quality was awful and when the nurse took away the untouched pretence at nutrition, she left me with various takeaway menu’s, along with instructions on how to get everything past the lockdown efforts taking place. It transpired, the local Chinese takeaways had everything running seamlessly and an ambition to do a hatchet job on the supplier was forgotten in the excitement of escaping incarceration in our local germ factory, a hospital.
We’ve had a few emails asking our opinion on Compass Group, apparently the ultimate owner of the NHS slop masquerading as food in 2020. Time, thankfully, gives the opportunity to take a gentler attitude to their share price but unfortunately, from our perspective, the company appear poised to experience some potentially damaging reversals. Given the emails we received were asking about whether we regarded the share as “cheap” at current levels, the answer is a resounding “nope”. Instead, the share price is going to need enact some quick talking to escape from its current adherence to the school of “lower lows” and visually, we lack confidence.
Some effort has gone into creating a visual sense of 2,000p being “bottom” for the share price, probably an entirely fake notion intended to tempt folk into the mindset of deciding “this is cheap”. We’re not convinced, strongly expected movement below 2,000p shall suffice to trigger reversals to an initial 1,932p with our secondary, if broken, at a potential bottom of 1,765p. These target levels, while 1,765p almost makes a bounce certain, do bother us. The Big Picture suggests, should 1,785 break, the share price shall find an attraction from an ultimate bottom at just 1,032p.
And thus, from our perspective, we’re not inclined to regard Compass Group as “cheap”. It needs above 2,470p to escape this shambolic situation and we’re not inclined to hold our breath waiting.
Finally, the photo below was taken here in Argyll at 8am on Monday. In the distance, the misty mountains are snow covered, the sea was glass calm, the temperature -1c, and the quartz arch in the front garden was graced with a rainbow illuminating the ivy. Needless to say, by 3pm, it was raining again!
FUTURES
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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 |
| 10:49:19PM | BRENT | 6827.9 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 10:51:47PM | GOLD | 4992.66 | 4966 | 4942 | 4907 | 4997 | 5047 | 5062 | 5094 | 5000 | |
| 10:56:27PM | FTSE | 10463.3 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 10:58:26PM | STOX50 | 5986.3 | |||||||||
| 11:02:18PM | GERMANY | 24823 | 24789 | 24743 | 24651 | 24839 | 25019 | 25057 | 25161 | 24917 | |
| 11:04:13PM | US500 | 6838.2 | |||||||||
| 11:09:51PM | DOW | 49561.7 | |||||||||
| 11:11:49PM | NASDAQ | 24698.5 | |||||||||
| 11:13:44PM | JAPAN | 56653 |
16/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10473 points. Change of 0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,005,351,962 a change of -53.38%
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% 
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.
We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…
Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares
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Updated charts published on : Astrazeneca, BALFOUR BEATTY, International Personal Finance, Melrose, National Glib, The Trainline,
LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 15160 Percentage Change: + 0.28% Day High: 15188 Day Low: 14944
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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 774.5 Percentage Change: + 1.04% Day High: 777 Day Low: 766.5
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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 236.5 Percentage Change: -0.21% Day High: 239 Day Low: 236.5
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LSE:MRO Melrose. Close Mid-Price: 667 Percentage Change: + 3.89% Day High: 676.8 Day Low: 640.2
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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1373 Percentage Change: + 0.51% Day High: 1374 Day Low: 1344
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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 193.3 Percentage Change: -1.18% Day High: 198.3 Day Low: 193.4
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