#FTSE4Friday At times, the lack of critical thinking from the folk at the top in the UK deserves an award. For instance, while announcing a 50% tariff on raw steel from China, the UK Government tossed 500 million toward creating a port to accept a surge in cheap Asian car imports. Vehicles which are made of processed steel and thus, exempt from new tariffs. will complete the destruction of the UK vehicle industry. Similarly, at a time when finances are getting extremely tight in the UK, the Bank of England decide to ignore pressure to reduce interest rates, ensuring the stifle any attempts for things to get better.
Folk making these decisions are all paid by the taxpayer, yet somehow feel it’s their duty to reduce the number of taxpayers within our country. The new tariff on Chinese steel, while providing headline opportunities along with photo ops for politicians, shall doubtless prove too little, too late. But not to worry, the politicians making the decision will be retired by the time everything goes wrong.
On the basis “The Market Always Knows”, the FTSE has experienced a severe kicking, needing above 10,460 points, ideally closing above this level, to greatly reduce its drop potentials. While above 10,095 will doubtless induce a fake form of recovery on Friday, we’re not convinced happy times are ahead. We can calculate above 10,095 should trigger recovery to an initial 10,138 points with our secondary, if bettered, at 10,275 points. This could prove quite important, theoretically placing the share price in a zone where a future “safe” 10,480 calculates as providing an attraction. But we’ve become used to a severe drop day such as Thursday entertained us with, providing a miracle recovery on the following day. While our secondary target at 10,275 reads as attractive, it fails to move the index into safe recovery territory.
Unfortunately, we anticipate things risk going wrong as below 10,000 points now threatens reversal to an initial 9,860 points (matching the start of this year) with our secondary, if broken, at 9,680 points. All things considered, we suspect 9,860 shall find itself assigned as a “bottom” level for the FTSE. It can be assumed we’re not confident for the near term as it feels like the UK Govt are in control of market movements!
On the bright side, the weather has suddenly improved, the grass starting to grow, and the mechanical roof of our VW successfully unwinds itself into the boot. And the birds are singing. The only big problem comes from Frogs as we’ve not yet seen the annual migration occur. This implies the Frogs “think” streams and pools shall be full of water for longer this year, signalling a wet summer is ahead. Who knows, maybe Frogs know a thing or two…
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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 |
| 10:53:33PM | BRENT | 10486 | 10121 | 9789 | 10514 | 11017 | 11231 | 10721 | ‘cess | ||
| 11:14:49PM | GOLD | 4645.17 | 4502 | 4336 | 4674 | 4680 | 4711 | 4620 | Success | ||
| 11:29:36PM | FTSE | 10071.1 | 9996 | 9928 | 10090 | 10149 | 10212 | 10070 | Success | ||
| 11:36:12PM | STOX50 | 5653.4 | 5576 | 5562 | 5644 | 5688 | 5732 | 5635 | Shambles | ||
| 11:51:52PM | GERMANY | 23026 | 22734 | 22519 | 23000 | 23200 | 23334 | 22935 | Success | ||
| 11:54:17PM | US500 | 6626.7 | 6592 | 6552 | 6632 | 6642 | 6671 | 6605 | |||
| 11:56:39PM | DOW | 46113.6 | 46021 | 45821 | 46250 | 46309 | 46488 | 46021 | ‘cess | ||
| 11:43:10PM | NASDAQ | 24373 | 24106 | 23994 | 24356 | 24472 | 24556 | 24331 | ‘cess | ||
| 11:45:49PM | JAPAN | 53251 | 51924 | 51413 | 52650 | 53480 | 53859 | 53104 | ‘cess |
19/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10063 points. Change of -2.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,593,978,868 a change of 34.88%
18/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,854,191,076 a change of -1.67%
17/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10403 points. Change of 0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,987,381,967 a change of 9.97%
16/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10317 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,262,925,875 a change of -9.77%
13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%
12/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,832,637,892 a change of -14.1%
11/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10353 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,282,615,552 a change of -7.67% 
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:AML Aston Martin** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone** **LSE:IGG IG Group** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:PMG Parkmead** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **LSE:STAR Star Energy** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **
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Updated charts published on : Aston Martin, BP PLC, Carclo, Capita, Diageo, EasyJet, Fresnillo, Gulf Keystone, IG Group, Intertek, Parkmead, Rolls Royce, Speedyhire, Star Energy, Taylor Wimpey,
LSE:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 38.22 Percentage Change: -3.19% Day High: 39.24 Day Low: 37.74
If Aston Martin experiences continued weakness below 37.74, it will invar ……..
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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 583.2 Percentage Change: + 4.93% Day High: 583.5 Day Low: 559.1
Target met. Continued trades against BP. with a mid-price ABOVE 583.5 sho ……..
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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 45.3 Percentage Change: -1.52% Day High: 46.8 Day Low: 44
If Carclo experiences continued weakness below 44p, it will invariably le ……..
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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 246 Percentage Change: -0.40% Day High: 256 Day Low: 239.5
Target met. Continued weakness against CPI taking the price below 239.5 c ……..
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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1402 Percentage Change: -1.75% Day High: 1413.5 Day Low: 1393.5
If Diageo experiences continued weakness below 1393.5, it will invariably ……..
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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 350 Percentage Change: -4.68% Day High: 356.6 Day Low: 350
In the event EasyJet experiences weakness below 350 it calculates with a ……..
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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 3076 Percentage Change: -7.41% Day High: 3200 Day Low: 3002
Target met. If Fresnillo experiences continued weakness below 3002, it wi ……..
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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone. Close Mid-Price: 232 Percentage Change: + 8.41% Day High: 230.5 Day Low: 218
All Gulf Keystone needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 230.5 to improve accel ……..
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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1445 Percentage Change: + 6.25% Day High: 1477 Day Low: 1410
Further movement against IG Group ABOVE 1477 should improve acceleration ……..
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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 3582 Percentage Change: -2.40% Day High: 3630 Day Low: 3554
Target met. Weakness on Intertek below 3554 will invariably lead to 3513p ……..
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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 26.3 Percentage Change: + 3.95% Day High: 26.5 Day Low: 25.5
Target met. In the event of Parkmead enjoying further trades beyond 26.5, ……..
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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 1190 Percentage Change: -5.22% Day High: 1232.5 Day Low: 1173
Target met. Continued weakness against RR. taking the price below 1173 ca ……..
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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 20.8 Percentage Change: -3.26% Day High: 22.45 Day Low: 20.5
Target met. Weakness on Speedyhire below 20.5 will invariably lead to 18p ……..
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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 15.25 Percentage Change: + 3.39% Day High: 15.5 Day Low: 14.75
Continued trades against STAR with a mid-price ABOVE 15.5 should improve ……..
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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 89.68 Percentage Change: -4.11% Day High: 93.28 Day Low: 89.42
Target met. If Taylor Wimpey experiences continued weakness below 89.42, ……..
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