#Brent #S&P500 It was a funny old weekend. The Japanese Grand Prix was good – in places. Otherwise, a comment from driver Alonso proved quite salient, describing around 1/2 of the passes now taking place on track as NOT actual passes, instead being moves of drivers to avoid hitting the car in front. The problem comes from the current need to harvest electricity from the car by slowing down, creating a situation where a car doing 190mph can suddenly face a car which has slowed to 160mph. Quite a spectacular accident was caused by this scenario and Alonso’s explanation also covered by most overtakes are reversed within minutes as the slow car returns to normal speed. My wife opted to ignore everything going on in Formula1 world, instead resuming her battle with a toilet flush!
Things came to a head last week, when she broke a fingernail reaching behind the toilet lid to press the flush button. The idea behind the placement of the flush is it forces the toilet lid to be closed to allow the loo to cycle. With her purchase of a “soft close” toilet seat and lid assembly, the slow closure saw her poke a finger into the gap, breaking a nail in the process. So she opted to ‘Make An Invention’ to solve the process, gluing a a bit of plastic onto the flush button. This meant the toilet could now be flushed by simply pushing the lid. It was a genius idea but a few bugs became apparent. Firstly, it was important to pull the toilet lid away from the push button or water would keep running. And by the time the clocks changed on Sunday, her bit of plastic fell off, whatever adhesive she used proving not up to the task. While watching my recording of the early morning race from Japan, my hands were kept occupied by shaping a 3cm thick circle of foam, designed to be glued onto the rear of the toilet lid. By using thick foam, it would compress to push the flush, yet return to its original shape, springing the lid back into place and ensuring water didn’t keep running. My wife took the honours of fitting the small disk in place and now, we’ve a loo which flushes when you push the toilet lid.
Unfortunately, such a quirky idea is par for the course in our house here in Argyll. It’s almost like the foul Scottish weather keeps us indoors. On Sunday, any plans for a relaxed dog walk vanished, the temperature seriously cold (feels like -9c), the wind seriously strong, and the rain was just serious.
This whimsical trip into the world of toilets takes us neatly to Natwest, their share price recently providing the first hint it may flush itself away. The Red uptrend, since 2023, was broken last Monday but exquisite care was also taken to ensure the share price DID NOT close below the Red line. As the chart inset highlights, the market tended confirm our usual paranoia about Closing Prices is actually justified. It’s certainly now the case where share price closure below 519p should broadcast a strong signal telling traders “Natwest is not Cheap!”. Instead, our expectation shall be of grim times ahead as the price risks being flushed…
In fact, even trades below 517 carry the threat of triggering reversal to an initial 465p with our secondary, if broken, at 447p. Unfortunately, this isn’t the end of the nightmare as we can calculate movement below 447 threatening an eventual bottom, hopefully, at 386p.
However, we’re inclined to take hope the movement on March 23rd was simply a warning of what could happen, rather than a promise for what’s ahead. But there’s no doubt this Red uptrend is important to the markets. Should this prove correct, above 546p is supposed to sprinkle fairy dust on the share price, triggering gains to an initial 582p with our longer term secondary, if exceeded, working out at 658p and some visual hesitation. We’ve a degree of hesitant optimism here, due to the care the market has taken to avoid breaking the trend.
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| Time Issued | Market | Price At Issue | Short Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop | Long Entry | Fast Exit | Slow Exit | Stop |
| 11:02:58PM | BRENT | 10638 | 9701 | 9275 | 8770 | 10122 | 10926 | 11788 | 11263 | 10362 |
| 11:07:22PM | GOLD | 4506.89 | ||||||||
| 11:09:51PM | FTSE | 9865 | ||||||||
| 11:13:17PM | STOX50 | 5424.6 | ||||||||
| 11:38:27PM | GERMANY | 22036.1 | ||||||||
| 11:40:51PM | US500 | 6327 | 6317 | 6292 | 6052 | 6393 | 6446 | 6482 | 6536 | 6356 |
| 11:42:49PM | DOW | 44900 | ||||||||
| 11:44:53PM | NASDAQ | 22932.7 | ||||||||
| 11:47:15PM | JAPAN | 50864 |
27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 a change of -12.17%
26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of -1.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 15.71%
25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%
24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%
23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%
20/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9918 points. Change of -1.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 19,578,284,329 a change of 84.81%
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% 
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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