#BrentCrude #Nasdaq It’s a little fascinating how International Workplace Group continue to reframe their position, facilitating to a market which must feel like herding cats. When the shambles of the Covid19 era hit, they were certainly placed to ensure business’s kept operating, despite the constraints from governments, always keen to restrain trade internationally. IWG celebrated the opportunity by declaring bankruptcy across 97 different entities. But IWG’s experience and reach certainly created a situation where folk could “talk” internationally with the most up to date methods of conferencing, provided seamlessly. But a newer challenge has emerged, one framed by harsh economics.
The price of fuel is apparently seriously influenced decisions on “work from home” as the cost of commuting leapt, once supply constraints affected the price of oil, substantially increasing the daily cost of commuting from the mess of Bedford to London or less likely, travelling from Esher to London. It exhausts our experience, discussing beyond these areas. But memories of Esher tend imply folk from the hamlet rarely trouble themselves by visiting the city. A chum bought a business and land in Kingston Upon Thames, his single visit to the city using his boat, which really doesn’t count as commuting. But it has become clear many folk are avoiding the traumatic cost of fuel currently and we question why the UK Government has not followed many other countries by making an effort to lower the burden. When paying £1.86 per litre, the public are exposed to VAT of 37p and DUTY around 90p, it remaining the case the government still accounts for the bulk of the cost of fuel.
But once again, commercial property shall face the reality of empty offices, again creating demand for solutions for meetings and discussions from multiple remote locations. The ongoing heavy boulder, rolling over commercial property leases must be worth some long term reflection. After all, we shall inevitably face the day when we attend meetings wearing 3d headsets, everyone with perfect bodies and the location being a pretty outdoor cafe in Brussels… All kidding aside, this would certainly beat a meeting anywhere on Canary Wharf, the second portal of hell.
We’ve been taking a hard look at IWG share price, especially due to their failure to reach our 252p target (slightly) with a rise failing at 250p. From our perspective, this was a big deal as we couldn’t justify calibration for the error but instead, a suspicion of weakness in the share. Should this indeed be the case, below 174 presently suggests the risk of weakness to an initial 162p with our secondary, if broken, calculating at an eventual 132p which should provide a bounce point.
However, if IWG intends catch a break, above just 202p should next prove important, allowing for movement to an initial 222p with our secondary, if bettered, at a pretty confident sounding 262p which dumps the share price in a land, where a decent future should become logical. Of course, as we’ve just over a week from the Miami Grand Prix circus commencing, perhaps our optimism is being inflated faster than Red Bulls attempts of cheating aerodynamic regulations.
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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 |
| 9:11:07PM | BRENT | 9639.1 | 8990 | 8731 | 8414 | 9130 | 9682 | 9714 | 10192 | 9215 | |
| 10:28:44PM | GOLD | 4692.93 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 10:32:16PM | FTSE | 10464 | Success | ||||||||
| 10:49:41PM | STOX50 | 5913.3 | Success | ||||||||
| 10:52:40PM | GERMANY | 24159.9 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 10:54:41PM | US500 | 7086.2 | Shambles | ||||||||
| 11:01:45PM | DOW | 49286.6 | ‘cess | ||||||||
| 11:04:47PM | NASDAQ | 26586.7 | 26400 | 26356 | 26228 | 26576 | 26740 | 26820 | 26960 | 26622 | Shambles |
21/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10498 points. Change of -1.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,939,310,505 a change of -19.68%
20/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10609 points. Change of -0.54%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,639,261,853 a change of -7.81%
17/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10667 points. Change of 0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,370,886,318 a change of 52.53%
16/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10589 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,143,664,232 a change of -12.74%
15/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10559 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,040,462,072 a change of 0%
14/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10609 points. Change of 0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 0 a change of -100%
13/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10582 points. Change of -0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,248,149,769 a change of -33.03% 
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:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 79.5 Percentage Change: + 3.25% Day High: 81 Day Low: 77
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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 826.5 Percentage Change: -0.60% Day High: 839 Day Low: 825
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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 1534.5 Percentage Change: -0.10% Day High: 1544 Day Low: 1528
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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 218.1 Percentage Change: + 4.76% Day High: 222 Day Low: 206.8
Further movement against Ocado Plc ABOVE 222 should improve acceleration ……..
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LSE:SFOR S4 Capital. Close Mid-Price: 42.3 Percentage Change: + 7.09% Day High: 42.3 Day Low: 39
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