#FTSE #Stoxx When Doc Martin was on telly, it became compulsory viewing in our household, one of the very few programs my wife and I enjoyed, Recently, in America, they’ve tried to rebuild the show with a series called “Best Medicine”, the attempt being ‘fairly’ successful but by episode 9, the arrival of the stars parents finally added a touch of brilliance. Martin Clunes, playing the town doctors father, made a solid step in turning the show into another bout of obligatory television. But thus far. it doesn’t compare with the UK version.
Strangely, running comparisons also seemed a good idea, when trying to figure out what the markets are up to. The FTSE 100 can be misleading, behaving absurdly due to incompetent UK political behaviour and also throwing a fit when anything bad happens internationally. Obviously, this is due to the multinational makeup of FTSE components, whereas the AIM and the FTSE 250 mainly reflect UK trauma. Overall, should this be the case, the FTSE 250 and the AIM are not reacting well to what’s happening ‘locally’, the market placing each index in quite a difficult situation, where further reversals appear probable.
Currently, the AIM risks some pain as movement below 693 points looks capable of triggering reversal down to an initial 684 with our secondary, if broken, working out at a probable bottom at 633 points. This would indicate the potential of the AIM matching the lows of Covid19 back in 2020, a very possible scenario and one which paints an unhappy picture for many AIM components.
The FTSE 250, as shown below, is in a very similar situation to the AIM, there being a strong suggestion any weakness below 20,810 points risks triggering a fun Easter Egg roll, one which will doubtless target an initial 20,086 points with our secondary, if broken, working out at a potential bottom of 18,878 points. In an identical manner to the AIM, this risks challenging a trend which commenced with the 2020 Covid19 lows for the FTSE 250. In other words, more pain for the stock market until the UK manages to figure itself out and give the markets some hope.
Conversely, there’s the FTSE 100 itself, a market which has (currently) escaped the downward pressures facing the other two, instead offering a surprising amount of optimism. Above 10,246 points should next trigger recovery to 10,306 points with our secondary, if bettered, an extremely significant 10,523 points. As the chart shows, achieving such a secondary would exceed the previous level of trend break at 10,400 points and traditionally, this is one of the market movements where setting off a party popper is usually justified as it would bode extremely well for the future. But unfortunately, there’s the puzzle of the AIM and the FTSE 250, neither looking poised for anything positive.
If the AIM is to generate some smiles, it needs above 730 points to ideally trigger recovery to an initial 743 with our secondary, if beaten, calculating at 759 points. While visually this secondary is almost certain to provide a level where the market shall pause, market closure above the 759 level should prove capable of generating a future 826 points, returning the index to the land of happiness and good weather. We fear, despite the AIM’s fascination with the immediate Blue downtrend, it is fated to make a visit to 633 points eventually.
As for the FTSE 250, it needs climb above 21,520 to hopefully trigger an initial 21,731 with our secondary, if bettered, at 22,097 points and in an identical fashion to the AIM above, some almost certain hesitation. Theoretically, closure above 22,097 should open the door for a return to the land of milk and honey, giving a long term suggestion 23,792 points could be “a thing” sometime in the future.
It’s going to be interesting as the suggestion is of international events helping the FTSE 100, while local influences in the UK continue their damage to the other two ‘junior’ markets.
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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 |
| 9:59:31PM | BRENT | 10231.3 | |||||||||
| 10:49:02PM | GOLD | 4682.14 | |||||||||
| 10:52:13PM | FTSE | 10272 | 10078 | 10000 | 9905 | 10241 | 10286 | 10324 | 10543 | 10166 | ‘cess |
| 10:56:54PM | STOX50 | 5650.1 | 5545 | 5506 | 5452 | 5607 | 5660 | 5679 | 5769 | 5618 | Success |
| 10:59:00PM | GERMANY | 23022.4 | Success | ||||||||
| 11:01:19PM | US500 | 6529.2 | Success | ||||||||
| 11:50:49PM | DOW | 46293 | Success | ||||||||
| 11:52:58PM | NASDAQ | 23817 | Success | ||||||||
| 11:55:15PM | JAPAN | 53032 | ‘cess |
31/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10176 points. Change of 0.48%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,345,809,311 a change of 18.6%
30/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10127 points. Change of 1.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,880,014,253 a change of 15.35%
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% 
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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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 565.5 Percentage Change: + 2.17% Day High: 571.2 Day Low: 550.5
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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 180.05 Percentage Change: -0.99% Day High: 181.6 Day Low: 175.85
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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1132 Percentage Change: + 2.30% Day High: 1135.5 Day Low: 1079
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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 0.85 Percentage Change: + 13.33% Day High: 0.85 Day Low: 0.74
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