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Our amazing FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX) around 8185 at time of writing

#FTSE #Broccoli  A lot can happen in a week. Unless it’s to do with the FTSE as, last week, we discussed the ridiculous Sine Wave which the market has been describing since June of this year.  The FTSE managed to ignore last weekend Grand Prix being interesting yet again, and the USA finding itself with a President who claims he will be unfit to run the country for the next 4 years, yet can work reliably until the November election. Of course, there was the unmissable grilling of the head of the US Secret Service by an angry senate (watch the Forbes channel on YouTube) which made anything dished out by our UK politicians to a corrupt Post Office management sound akin to a 6 year old telling off a 5 year old. Needless to say, the head of the US SS eventually resigned.

Until Thursday, the FTSE doddled along like a Just Stop Oil protestor (used) to do. If these people would start a campaign to ‘Just Stop Broccoli and Asparagus’, the nation might get behind them. But everything may have changed on Thursday as the FTSE broken the sin of the Sine cycle. Unfortunately it was with movement within the opening 90 minutes of trade, so we really distrust the drop as it all felt very manufactured and artificial, just like Lando Norris’ team mate victory last weekend in Hungary.

 

Essentially, we suspect the plunge at the open on Thursday shall prove to be a “fake”, a movement designed to commit traders to short positions as there was no doubt the market had broken trend. However, by Thursday afternoon, the market change direction, climbing remorselessly from 8057 points to close the day at 8185 points, a very unusual 128 point gain.

Should this positive flow of energy continue, we shall not be surprised if movement above the Green 8200 point median of the imaginary Sine Wave triggers recovery. We can calculate an initial 8224 points with our secondary, if bettered working out at 8280 points. If triggered, the tightest stop is fairly wide at 8120 points though we suspect 8150 shall probably suffice.

As always, there’s a fly in the ointment and it comes from how Futures are currently trading. Despite the FTSE closing the session at 8185 points, Futures are sprinkling pixy dust everywhere, running at 8222 at time of writing. In the very likely event the market is spiked upward to our initial target level of 8224, we would expect some relaxation toward the 8200 level within the first hour before a surprise climb sets in. Or so we hope. Of course, beware if the FTSE is actually “gapped” up to our target level at the open as this will make reversal less likely.

 

So many numbers, so little time…

 

As usual, we can present a converse scenario and it kicks in, should the index make it below 8150 points. Movement such as this risks promoting reversal to an initial 8121 with our secondary, if broken, at 8084 points.

Have a good weekend. Hopefully the Belgian Grand Prix supplies its usual quota of trouble on track! And that will be it for a month as they all go to Butlins.

 

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:24:58PM BRENT 8137.8 8039 7902 8158 8156 8185 8103
11:27:24PM GOLD 2364.05 2353 2328 2383 2383 2395 2365 Success
11:30:09PM FTSE 8203.7 8056 8019 8119 8222 8233 8196 Success
11:34:37PM STOX50 4811.8 4801 4766 4835 4843 4867 4817 Success
11:37:30PM GERMANY 18294 18095 18006 18180 18372 18458 18280 Success
11:39:43PM US500 5410.8 5391 5352 5435 5454 5476 5422 ‘cess
12:28:08AM DOW 40025.5 39811 39534 39994 40355 40417 40054 Success
12:31:44AM NASDAQ 18865 18725 18530 18893 19084 19196 18949 Shambles
12:34:14AM JAPAN 37793 37342 36964 37647 38144 38310 37854

 

25/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8186 points. Change of 0.4%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,356,362,048 a change of 4.45%
24/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8153 points. Change of -0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,128,130,189 a change of -2.6%
23/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8167 points. Change of -0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,265,250,514 a change of 15.55%
22/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8198 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,556,598,316 a change of 4.43%
19/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8155 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,363,233,367 a change of 1.99%
18/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8204 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,278,080,573 a change of -5.62%
17/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8187 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,532,847,996 a change of 7.45%

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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LSE:IDS International Distribution Close Mid-Price: 343.8 Percentage Change: -0.06% Day High: 344.4 Day Low: 341

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 901.5 Percentage Change: + 6.69% Day High: 897 Day Low: 823.5

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LSE:JET Just Eat Close Mid-Price: 913 Percentage Change: -0.22% Day High: 919 Day Low: 890

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 60.64 Percentage Change: + 1.64% Day High: 60.8 Day Low: 57

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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 14.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 14.85 Day Low: 13.75

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Optibiotix Health Plc (LSE:OPTI) around 31 at time of writing. 

#Gold #Dax  As a long time fan of “probiotic” products, unfortunately for all the wrong reasons, it came as a surprise to discover we were being asked to review a company whi actually make and market these products. A personal favourite, Actimel, is something my wife strongly approves of, believing a consume it for health reasons. The truth is rather different, due to Strawberry Actimel tasting just like the end sips of a McDonalds strawberry milkshake, if you’ve ever been lucky enough to catch an outlet with a working milkshake machine! The silly little Actimel cartons tick a box which wasn’t an issue, when weight also wasn’t an issue.

 

There was one other single surprise with Optibiotix, due to their corporate website refusing to load on the Opera browser. It worked fine with Chrome and Edge, but simply refused to admit its own existence within an Opera environment. Due to the built in VPN with Opera, it’s a browser we actually like due to it seamlessly moving past UK censorship attempts, avoiding the dreaded “Content is NOT available in your region” from various US and Canadian and even Irish  publications. Oddly, this is a problem which rarely appears from European news sources, aside from an occasional hissy fit from some of the Spanish media.

 

Optibiotix brand themselves as a Life Sciences company, operating at the cutting edge of ‘biotechnological’ research, currently working in areas which include obesity, cholesterol, heart health, and diabetes and producing a quite bewildering range of products which are doubtless popular among the healthy eating fraternity. Personally, it can be admitted there’s a real attraction in trying the meal replacement shakes, just to see if reality lives up to the hype.

As for their share price, something interesting appears to be happening as the value has successfully moved through the downtrend(s) since 2018. By this, we mean it has exceeded the closing price trend, along with the more commonly used high of the day trend. As a result, some hope is certainly possible.

The immediate situation suggests movement exceeding 34.5p has the potential to provoke a lift to an initial 42.7p with our longer term secondary, if bettered, calculating at a future 55p and the possibility of some hesitation, due to previous price behaviour. Visually, there is also the “risk” closure above 55p shall prove game changing for the longer term, dropping the share price into a region which shows an astounding 128p as exerting a Big Picture attraction. We’d not suggest holding our breath for this but it’s certainly unusual to present a scenario which neatly meets the share price’s historic high.

 

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:57:35PM BRENT 8056.3
11:01:46PM GOLD 2397.38 2397 2388 2373 2412 2433 2437 2454 2414 Success
12:06:28AM FTSE 8138.8 Shambles
12:09:08AM STOX50 4840 Success
12:13:06AM GERMANY 18369 18320 18286 18164 18406 18460 18489 18545 18355 ‘cess
12:14:51AM US500 5443 Success
12:28:02AM DOW 39959 Success
12:31:47AM NASDAQ 19113 Shambles

 

24/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8153 points. Change of -0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,128,130,189 a change of -2.6%
23/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8167 points. Change of -0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,265,250,514 a change of 15.55%
22/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8198 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,556,598,316 a change of 4.43%
19/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8155 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,363,233,367 a change of 1.99%
18/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8204 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,278,080,573 a change of -5.62%
17/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8187 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,532,847,996 a change of 7.45%
16/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8164 points. Change of -0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,218,485,938 a change of -1.45%

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…

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 416.2 Percentage Change: -0.95% Day High: 427.2 Day Low: 416.4

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 29.4 Percentage Change: + 9.70% Day High: 30 Day Low: 26

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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 845 Percentage Change: -1.69% Day High: 870 Day Low: 851

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 59.66 Percentage Change: + 0.24% Day High: 59.94 Day Low: 58.96

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 325.7 Percentage Change: + 0.03% Day High: 327.2 Day Low: 322.7

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GSTechnologies Ltd (LSE:GST) around 1.01 at time of writing.

#FTSE #WallSt  For some reason, we’ve always associated this company with cordless vacuum cleaners and of course, nothing could be further from the truth. Oddly, a single experience with a Gtech ‘pet’ vacuum ended badly, the thing unable to reliably clean the detritus of two Golden Retrievers. Dog hair is always the ultimate leveller in this particular market and nowadays, we’ve settled for a brand called “Shark”.

The reason for dipping into our bottomless tub of peeves comes from a few emails, asking our opinion on GSTechnologies price movements. After dipping into their website and discovering they are not in the business of hoovering up pet hair, instead we discover they are in buzzword heaven, probably hoovering up investors dreams of good times ahead. Okay, we admit a certain bias but as soon as we come across references to “Blockchain” and “Crypto”, a sinking feeling establishes itself as Fintech company share prices tend follow a distinct trajectory which is a shame, because the sector is bound to produce some stars. But despite this Australian company (Listed in London) producing a 26% share price rise, we remain sceptical, possibly for a very silly reason!

 

It is all to do with the lack of 1/100th of a penny. When we map the closing price trend of GSTechnologies, on a day when the share price closed at 1.01p, there was a problem. The closing price trend demanded the share price CLOSE above 1.012p to generate a flurry of hope as this would indicate the downtrend had been breached. While we’re being quite pedantic, especially as the last trade was shown at 1.02p but with a mid-price of 1.01, only a tiny nudge was needed to drop the share into the land of hope. Instead, the market ensured the closing price trend was not broken, a movement which felt a little unfair given the flamboyant day. This has created a situation, where our calculations demand movement next above 1.12p to give serious hope, ideally capable of generating a lift to an initial 1.42p with our secondary, if bettered, working out at 1.71p.

Importantly for the longer term, share price closure above 1.71p justifies a future ambition up at a visually pleasing 2.8p and the need for us to revisit the numbers. In theory, price movements next above a mid-price of 1.02p could kick things off but we’re being extremely cynical, due to the care taken to ensure the closing price trend was respected, if only by 1/100th of a penny.

Good luck with this. Maybe they are only awaiting a positive news report for the market to give the share price permission to move properly.

 

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
12:06:56AM BRENT 8058.6 ‘cess
12:10:14AM GOLD 2408.42 Success
12:13:08AM FTSE 8151.2 8124 8119 8082 8152 8230 8268 8316 8202 ‘cess
12:16:11AM STOX50 4889.5
12:19:27AM GERMANY 18502 Success
12:23:59AM US500 5534
12:27:53AM DOW 40264.5 40223 40157 40036 40386 40527 40601 40738 40311 ‘cess
12:31:02AM NASDAQ 19636 Shambles
12:34:51AM JAPAN 39324 Success

 

23/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8167 points. Change of -0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,265,250,514 a change of 15.55%
22/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8198 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,556,598,316 a change of 4.43%
19/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8155 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,363,233,367 a change of 1.99%
18/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8204 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,278,080,573 a change of -5.62%
17/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8187 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,532,847,996 a change of 7.45%
16/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8164 points. Change of -0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,218,485,938 a change of -1.45%
15/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8182 points. Change of -0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,280,715,319 a change of 2.74%

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…

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1360 Percentage Change: + 3.62% Day High: 1376 Day Low: 1295.5

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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 859.5 Percentage Change: -0.23% Day High: 866 Day Low: 855.5

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 325.6 Percentage Change: + 1.75% Day High: 324.7 Day Low: 315.8

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 340 Percentage Change: + 0.41% Day High: 340.6 Day Low: 336.8

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 430.8 Percentage Change: + 1.58% Day High: 434.8 Day Low: 419.4

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 188.5 Percentage Change: + 0.27% Day High: 194 Day Low: 186.6

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Melrose Industries Plc LSE:MRO around 551 at time of writing. Optimism!

#Gold #FTSE  Launched on the AIM market in 2003 with a market capitalisation of £10 million, aerospace company Melrose Industries can be presented as the dream share from the AIM. Adjusting for multiple share price splits over the years, it one enjoyed a low equivalent to 14p in todays money, not bad for a share price which achieved an adjusted high toward 8 quid back in 2020. It’s the sort of story which keeps AIM devotees awake at night while they review their devotion to the likes of Gulf Keystone.

A glance at the company Wikipedia page is certainly recommended, if wanting to be impressed. The company website, not so much, as there are a few dodgy comments. For instance, a commitment to spending a massive 80% of their R&D budget on Climate Related matters per year, to contribute to the decarbonisation of aerospace, raises an eyebrow. It’s a bit like a car manufacturer doing similar, eventually coming to the conclusion it will be better just not to make cars. We’d prefer an aerospace company devoted resources to keeping aircraft in the air!

Perhaps, it’s just one of these dream Green ambitions which a corporate committee thought looked good on the website.

 

Visually, above 590p would make an excellent stop loss level, if chasing a reversal position on this share price. Basically, price movements above such a level utter foul up all our calculations.

Currently, below 540p works out with the potential of reversals down to an initial 507 with our secondary, if broken, an eventual longer term 418p. As the chart below shows, this secondary ambition makes some visual sense, thus presenting a scenario where a rebound can be hoped should it ever appear However, we have some doubts, if only due to the number of share prices attempting their pre-pandemic highs. While Airbus, a leading client, have reported some hesitant numbers this year, there also appears to be a campaign highlighting orders from Airbus from a few national airlines, almost inevitable due to the Farnborough Air Show and corporate schmoozing party taking place this week.

If we choose to take 590p as being a potential trigger level for upward recovery, above this level apparently should trigger movement to an initial 728 with our secondary, if bettered, at 757p. These numbers are interesting, meeting the share price downtrend since 2017 and carrying the suggestion closure above 728p should dump the share in a long term region, where an attraction of 858 makes itself known.

 

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:20:37PM BRENT 8178.9
10:17:04PM GOLD 2398.34 2384 2374 2356 2402 2412 2420 2432 2399 ‘cess
10:21:51PM FTSE 8210.4 8163 8132 8095 8197 8228 8258 8277 8195 Success
10:43:16PM STOX50 4914.9 ‘cess
10:46:19PM GERMANY 18476.8
10:49:15PM US500 5562.6
1:23:30AM DOW 40410
1:27:05AM NASDAQ 19778 Shambles
1:31:45AM JAPAN 39902

 

22/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8198 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,556,598,316 a change of 4.43%
19/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8155 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,363,233,367 a change of 1.99%
18/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8204 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,278,080,573 a change of -5.62%
17/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8187 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,532,847,996 a change of 7.45%
16/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8164 points. Change of -0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,218,485,938 a change of -1.45%
15/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8182 points. Change of -0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,280,715,319 a change of 2.74%
12/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8252 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,166,551,953 a change of -13.98%

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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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 861.5 Percentage Change: + 1.23% Day High: 863 Day Low: 827.5

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LSE:ITV ITV. Close Mid-Price: 84.1 Percentage Change: + 0.12% Day High: 89 Day Low: 84.35

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 932 Percentage Change: + 1.86% Day High: 943 Day Low: 908

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 320 Percentage Change: + 0.06% Day High: 323.9 Day Low: 318.4

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 338.6 Percentage Change: + 0.92% Day High: 338.8 Day Low: 335.3

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 424.1 Percentage Change: + 12.17% Day High: 422 Day Low: 396.4

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 273.4 Percentage Change: + 0.22% Day High: 276 Day Low: 272.6

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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 14 Percentage Change: + 7.69% Day High: 14.25 Day Low: 13

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 326.2 Percentage Change: + 0.06% Day High: 327.8 Day Low: 325

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Barclays Bank LSE:BARC around 228 at time of writing

#BrentFutures #Germany  Weekends are becoming fun. We had the UK racing team McLaren deliver a masterclass in how to win a race, yet still lose in Hungary. And Mr Trump delivered a heartfelt salutation to retiring President Biden, describing him as the worst US President ever. The US situation certainly begs the question why Biden feels he can last 4 more months as President yet will be unable to function for 4 more years. McLaren were equally perplexing, ordering their race winning driver to let his team mate pass, entirely for mysterious political reason. It provided a confusing end to a race which once again denied viewers the chance to go for a nap during the normally boring middle section.

 

It certainly was one heck of an ending to the week for the markets. We’ve our usual data feed which has proven very reliable over the years. However, we’re not entirely gullible, also sourcing data from a source in the USA and just in case this goes wrong, a limited backup is available from France. By around 8.30am, we’d come to the conclusion everything was a waste of time, nothing working reliably as while connections were possible, what was being received was garbage. Amusingly, my wife phoned in utter frustration at 9am, asking if something was wrong with the internet? Her offices had 30 computers, 27 of which had decided they couldn’t talk to the outside world and the IT department had recommended rebooting each system. Which of course failed to do anything other than allow the IT guys to escape from each phone call. When I told her the issue was worldwide, she checked with their offices in Cape Town and the Philippines, in the process discovering the entire company was engaged in uselessly rebooting PC’s constantly. Eventually, their IT folk discovered a workaround which let their main server accept connections, just one hour before my wife left for the day. From our perspective, it took until Sunday afternoon until our usual data feeds proved completely accessible.

 

Things seem to be improving for Barclays since our update 3 weeks ago. The current situation suggests movement above 235p shall endeavour to reach 254p next with our secondary, if beaten, now at a longer term 291p. Should things intend go wrong for this share price, below 200 looks like it has the potential of triggering reversal to 184p with secondary, if broken, at 167p.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
11:01:41PM BRENT 8199.9 8167 7929 7645 8323 8535 8616 8755 8300
11:08:59PM GOLD 2403.51 2440
11:11:28PM FTSE 8170.2 8154
1:56:27AM STOX50 4828.8 4865
1:59:30AM GERMANY 18219 18176 18140 17926 18276 18386 18467 18574 18290
2:01:49AM US500 5525.7 5523
2:04:49AM DOW 40359 40597
2:06:51AM NASDAQ 19627.3 19679
2:09:13AM JAPAN 39695 39700

 

19/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8155 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,363,233,367 a change of 1.99%
18/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8204 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,278,080,573 a change of -5.62%
17/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8187 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,532,847,996 a change of 7.45%
16/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8164 points. Change of -0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,218,485,938 a change of -1.45%
15/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8182 points. Change of -0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,280,715,319 a change of 2.74%
12/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8252 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,166,551,953 a change of -13.98%
11/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8223 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,843,565,860 a change of 2.51%

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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LSE:JET Just Eat Close Mid-Price: 915 Percentage Change: -4.59% Day High: 940 Day Low: 920

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 272.8 Percentage Change: + 0.66% Day High: 274 Day Low: 269.4

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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 13 Percentage Change: + 8.33% Day High: 13.4 Day Low: 12.15

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 326 Percentage Change: + 0.34% Day High: 325.7 Day Low: 322.5

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Our Famed FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX)

#FTSE #WallSt  As the world dangerously sneaks up on the awful August break from Formula1 with only the usually chaotic Belgian GP to follow Hungary this weekend, then a hiatus for four boring weeks. Usually, we dread August for another reason as it’s generally clear the markets are really on holiday with interns manning the controls. Unfortunately, this has felt to be the case since the start of June this year but there’s been a couple of notable differences.

For instance, on Thursday, we advised clients the FTSE expected gains but the USA looked quite dodgy. This is quite unusual as the FTSE will generally exploit whatever has given the US a doze of collywobbles, ensuring a terrible session. Instead, as expected, the FTSE ended the day in positive territory while North American markets were clearly being guarded by the countries Secret Service, all ending the session in the Red. And oddly, that sentence was not a carefully contrived joke! Anyway, in more important news, it’s possible Scotland has exported some wet weather to Hungary, so perhaps this Grand Prix shall also be worth watching.

 

As for the FTSE, market behaviour since the start of June has been truly awful. The chart below shows in minute-by-minute mode, how pathetic the market has been. We’d initially assumed this was something to do with the UK General Election but such a notion looks erroneous. Are we to experience an even worse August or did everyone decide to take 3 months off this year? We want to make fun of the movement pattern, calling it a Sine Wave but a Sine Wave should be measurable in Wavelength, the distance between two peaks, and the FTSE clearly dodges such an accusation. However, it does come close in terms of Amplitude, the distance between the median and the highs. About the only conclusion which can be drawn is of time not mattering to the markets, only the variance above and below a roughly 8200 points pivot level.

What’s the point of knowing this?

When it happens, a trader can enjoy a (usually brief) period when switching from short to long positions. Our rule of thumb is to allow for 3 peaks, then distrust everything. But in this instance, the FTSE has been playing ball through an amazing 5 peaks so far. And if our suspicion of August being pretty rubbish, this state of affairs could easily continue, after a doubtless short period when the market will throw all the toys out before reverting to placid behaviour again.

 

FTSE for FRIDAY.  If we’re right with the voodoo science above, it will actually make a fair bit of sense if the FTSE opens Friday around 8195 points, then experiences a surprising bounce to around 8223 points. If bettered, our secondary works out at 8244 points and a price level where the market could stutter a bit. While visually this makes zero sense, it is certainly a theory and one which allows a super tight stop loss at 8187 points. Our reasoning behind this outlandish idea is due to the market having a history since June of reverting to the median level of 8200, then bouncing before a proper reversal.

 

Of course, we’ve a converse scenario we can present and it kicks into life, if the FTSE (do remember, we are talking about the actual market, not before or after hours futures) manages below 8187 points, it risks triggering reversal to an initial 8147 with our secondary, if broken, at 8105 points.

 

Hopefully it’s a good weekend for everyone, hopefully its a good Grand Prix and Louis Hamilton wins again, and hopefully we don’t end up covered in egg due to the scenario above!

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:25:58PM BRENT 8422 8375 8343 8512 8532 8565 8411
11:29:20PM GOLD 2444.24 2440 2432 2453 2484 2489 2456 ‘cess
11:32:12PM FTSE 8173.9 8158 8148 8190 8205 8224 8183 Success
11:35:04PM STOX50 4870 4869 4854 4887 4894 4905 4866
11:39:39PM GERMANY 18333.4 18290 18280 18381 18381 18423 18336
11:48:17PM DOW 40704 40590 40486 40760 40949 41093 40794
11:45:26PM US500 5555.2 5542 5526 5567 5568 5580 5542 Success
12:01:44AM NASDAQ 19778.5 19735 19587 19833 19973 20140 19832 ‘cess
12:06:00AM JAPAN 40127 39863 39770 40164 40421 40586 40187 ‘cess
18/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8204 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,278,080,573 a change of -5.62%
17/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8187 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,532,847,996 a change of 7.45%
16/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8164 points. Change of -0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,218,485,938 a change of -1.45%
15/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8182 points. Change of -0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,280,715,319 a change of 2.74%
12/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8252 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,166,551,953 a change of -13.98%
11/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8223 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,843,565,860 a change of 2.51%
10/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8193 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,725,141,160 a change of -14.23%

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…

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LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC Close Mid-Price: 0.92 Percentage Change: -7.50% Day High: 1 Day Low: 0.92

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LSE:CEY Centamin Close Mid-Price: 132.9 Percentage Change: -0.23% Day High: 134.1 Day Low: 131.8

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LSE:IDS International Distribution. Close Mid-Price: 342 Percentage Change: + 1.79% Day High: 342.8 Day Low: 335

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LSE:ITV ITV. Close Mid-Price: 84.5 Percentage Change: + 1.38% Day High: 85.5 Day Low: 83.3

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 336.3 Percentage Change: + 2.41% Day High: 337.2 Day Low: 330.6

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 271 Percentage Change: + 1.80% Day High: 270.8 Day Low: 266.6

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 324.9 Percentage Change: + 1.03% Day High: 324.3 Day Low: 321.2

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Argo Blockchain (LSE:ARB) around 12p at time of writing

#Gold #Japan Historically, we’ve maintained a pretty foul opinion of anything to do with crypto, especially when the buzzword “Blockchain” is woven into the narrative. The methodology which keeps pirate download sites alive, torrent streaming, bears more than a passing nod to being rebranded as Blockchain. It may even come as a surprise to many to discover Pirate Bay remains functioning, currently hosted in Ukraine or Vietnam…

We often liken torrent streaming sites as being akin to the ant colony which flourishes on our patio, every year. We use the miracle white powder to bomb the entrances and within hours, no ants can be seen. But a few days later, streams of the things can be found heading to new entrances like morning traffic approaching the Blackwall Tunnel. This game of “Whack a Mole” generally continues for the entire summer until suddenly, a week goes by with the realisation there has been no need to continue the fight against the ants. The war is therefore over for another year though, at some stage, we should lift the paving slabs and emplace a new membrane to keep the termites at bay.

 

It has been a couple of years since we reviewed Argo Blockchain and despite the miserable expectations of our last report, the company continues to do its thing, even boosting its way up to 35p at the start of this year in what looks like a successful promotion campaign via internet chatrooms. Surprisingly, the share value feels like it may be twitching once again with hope for some recovery. Our hope comes from the Red line on the chart below, along with the fact the market opted to gap the share price up on the 17th, closing the day up 20% and crucially, regaining the trend.

Generally behaviour such as this implies some optimism may be allowed as the immediate implication is of movement above 12p ideally triggering gains to an initial 14.2p. Our “longer term” secondary, if this level is bettered, works out at 16.25p.

 

Finally, nothing to do with ants or Blockchain but the press releases below were predictable. Wonder how the markets shall react, if Biden withdraws as it seems a lame attempt to “one up” a shooting.

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:29:54PM BRENT 8468.6 Success
12:11:50AM GOLD 2458.38 2451 2445 2432 2465 2484 2515 2548 2452 ‘cess
12:14:33AM FTSE 8210.1 ‘cess
12:18:48AM STOX50 4889.6 Success
12:22:04AM GERMANY 18472.5 ‘cess
12:24:52AM US500 5599.2 Success
12:28:00AM DOW 41252
1:38:07AM NASDAQ 19865.2 Success
1:40:54AM JAPAN 40191 40068 40006 39314 40323 41429 41745 42304 41252 Success
17/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8187 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,532,847,996 a change of 7.45%
16/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8164 points. Change of -0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,218,485,938 a change of -1.45%
15/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8182 points. Change of -0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,280,715,319 a change of 2.74%
12/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8252 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,166,551,953 a change of -13.98%
11/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8223 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,843,565,860 a change of 2.51%
10/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8193 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,725,141,160 a change of -14.23%
9/07/2024 FTSE Closed at 8139 points. Change of -0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,509,291,048 a change of 31.2%

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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LSE:CEY Centamin. Close Mid-Price: 133.2 Percentage Change: + 1.29% Day High: 133.7 Day Low: 128.9

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 321.6 Percentage Change: + 0.85% Day High: 320.9 Day Low: 316.4

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