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#Gold #FTSE Reviewing Astrazeneca 6 months ago, we provided a fairly optimistic final paragraph, most of which has come to fruition and an update is needed. Now the recipient of 8 booster shots for Covid-19, recently was able to tick off 6 of the 7 symptoms for catching the illness. Quite literally, everything cleared up within around 12 hours, substantially faster than the previous 3 days of discomfort and suggesting the virus makers have managed to accelerate the speed at which their “stuff” kicks in.

While lots of people now eschew the vaccine for various reasons, personally I don’t really have a choice due to a seriously compromised immune system. In an almost funny state of affairs, a recent visit to “The Unit” drained an armful of blood for a complete lab analysis. Apparently, I am now normal, bloodwork saying no leukaemia is present, my immune system is working, my heart is tickety-boo, my blood pressure is perfect and there’s no sign of my T2 Diabetes. It was all good news, only slightly diluted by the reality of taking 17 different pills a day to treat my little range of issues. Thankfully the current daily chemo hasn’t caused any new side effects, the horrible range of medications necessary due to a particular brand of chemo provoking just about everything on the makers list of potential whoopsies.

Unfortunately, the consultant warned of the glaringly obvious. Just because I test as “normal”, one needs remember it’s due to the range of drugs. As a result, it would be frowned upon if I did something “not normal” like go skiing, go out for a run, take up cycling, return to swimming, or wander into the forest with my chainsaw to hunt trees. Being “normal” can be a little boring,  to be honest, though I sometimes wonder if I’m a victim of Big Pharma, a cancer drug causing a series of nuisance problems but don’t worry, we’ve a drug for that! A repeat prescription form which is reminiscent of “Good Old Yellow Pages” isn’t something to be proud of. But on the bright side, recently attending a function with many friends and family was nice, constantly complimented for looking great.

 

To be clear, Astrazeneca were NOT the supplier of the chemotherapy which consigned me to “normal”, nor do they seem to be the supplier of choice (here in Argyll) for Covid-19 boosters. Only the first injection back in 2000 was sourced from this UK company, all others since coming from Pfizer.

 

Astrazeneca Plc are one of the more impressive penny shares, current trading at around 11,158 pennies  at time of writing. Or more recognisably, £111 quid per share, thanks to strong Earnings in the second quarter of this year. Their share price behaviour has been assigned to successful cancer drugs and from a personal perspective, the last 15 years has seen astounding improvements in effectiveness, despite a residual hatred of a particular chemo which assigned me to live a “normal” life. While this may sound ungrateful from someone who happily spends hours at a desk, playing with software ideas and monitoring the markets, it took an age until the discovery of how (relatively) easy it could be to make successful wine. Alternately, there is always our shooting range and most recently, a vegetable garden plot is producing carrots, potatoes, peas, and questionable onions.

The immediate situation is interesting, suggesting share price movement above 11,225 should trigger a rise to an initial 12,001 and some very probable hesitation. Our secondary, should the 120 quid level be exceeded, calculates at an eventual 13,181 pence. Goodness knows how long such a movement may take as this secondary challenges the highs of 2024.

The share price needs dip below the 10,000p level to indicate trouble, giving a hint of coming weakness to an initial 9,187 with our secondary, if broken, at a less likely 8,132p.

 

 

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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
10:30:04PM	BRENT	7176.1									Success
10:50:16PM	GOLD	3326.02	3307	3295	3282	3322	3334	3340	3351	3323
10:52:38PM	FTSE	9140.4	9078	9051	9014	9101	9157	9169	9182	9122
10:54:37PM	STOX50	5376									‘cess
10:57:46PM	GERMANY	24209.3									‘cess
11:04:10PM	US500	6373									‘cess
11:07:10PM	DOW	44631									Success
11:09:13PM	NASDAQ	23329.3									Success
11:11:43PM	JAPAN	40669

 

29/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9136 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,656,845,157 a change of 28.68%

28/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9081 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,395,992,123 a change of -22.42%

25/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9120 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,666,736,165 a change of 2.7%

24/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,517,760,836 a change of 0.27%

23/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9061 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,503,107,449 a change of 15.9%

22/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9023 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,748,177,940 a change of -18.75%

21/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9013 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,844,177,797 a change of 22.54%

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:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 54.5 Percentage Change: + 14.74% Day High: 54.5 Day Low: 44.5

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 371.2 Percentage Change: + 2.77% Day High: 372.7 Day Low: 355.2

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LSE:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 226.9 Percentage Change: -0.04% Day High: 229 Day Low: 218.3

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LSE:GRG Greggs Close Mid-Price: 1567 Percentage Change: -4.74% Day High: 1640 Day Low: 1499

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 970 Percentage Change: + 1.06% Day High: 975.8 Day Low: 959.2

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 58.2 Percentage Change: -11.01% Day High: 65.4 Day Low: 57.1

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 73.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 76.4 Day Low: 72.6

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1365.5 Percentage Change: + 2.32% Day High: 1366 Day Low: 1342

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#Gold #WallSt  We previously reviewed this back in April 2023, giving a couple of targets which the share price has finally achieved, needing only 27 months to enact a shuffle from 207p to our secondary at 252p. This is the sort of thing we dread from the company which grew out of Prudential, a characteristic of the sector “Assurance” sector being an assurance things will take an age to happen. Of course, from our perspective, there’s now an issue…

 

As the chart below shows, the share price has stalled at the 252 – 261p level since the middle of June. A peculiar facet of this sort of stutter is worth considering as we’ve an interesting take on it.

Firstly, the share price has stalled marginally above its prior highs in 2021, choosing to flutter around for a few weeks, perhaps while the share price gathers sufficient strength for another upward surge. Such a notion, while daft, remains something fairly common in price movements, when a rising cycle is planned. The reality of a price dithering around in a tight range for 3 to 12 weeks isn’t a surprise but what should come next generally will raise an eyebrow. If playing safe, above 261 should next trigger movement to an initial 280p with our secondary, if bettered, a longer term 306p. But cutting to the chase, we already suspect such a rise is on the cards, due to the current share price stutter, resulting in a situation where entering a trade anytime soon should pay dividends. Normally this situation shall experience a sharp rise, over a day or two, to our initial target, once the market has discovered a sufficient narrative to drive the rise.

If the share price decides to experiment with self flagellation, it needs move below 235p to potentially trigger trouble, calculating with an initial 216p with our secondary, if broken, at a hopeful bottom of 182p and a bounce!

Our biggest fear with this comes from the salient detail this potential future rise looks like a free gift. The UK market isn’t famed for giving away such levels of optimism.

 

 

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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
9:57:32PM	BRENT	6955
10:03:29PM	GOLD	3314.6	3300	3281	3228	3319	3345	3363	3384	3326	‘cess
10:09:45PM	FTSE	9084.2									Shambles
11:16:35PM	STOX50	5339									Success
11:21:55PM	GERMANY	23989.7									Success
11:26:27PM	US500	6394.7
11:29:53PM	DOW	44869.1	44783	44748	44682	44864	44953	45043	45145	44843	Success
11:33:49PM	NASDAQ	23384.3									‘cess
11:36:21PM	JAPAN	40814									‘cess

 

28/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9081 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,395,992,123 a change of -22.42%

25/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9120 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,666,736,165 a change of 2.7%

24/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,517,760,836 a change of 0.27%

23/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9061 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,503,107,449 a change of 15.9%

22/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9023 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,748,177,940 a change of -18.75%

21/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9013 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,844,177,797 a change of 22.54%

18/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8992 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,769,021,038 a change of 5.9%

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:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 47.5 Percentage Change: + 0.21% Day High: 52.75 Day Low: 46.5

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 361.2 Percentage Change: + 0.19% Day High: 365.55 Day Low: 359.75

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 73.8 Percentage Change: + 14.24% Day High: 74.6 Day Low: 64.6

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 302.6 Percentage Change: -1.11% Day High: 308.2 Day Low: 301

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1083 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1091.5 Day Low: 1082

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#Brent #Dax The most recent three weeks has seen Lloyds provide more entertainment than the Belgian Spa Grand Prix. The powers of Formula1 decided the motor race could not be run, due to rain, with the result the start was delayed and some work taken to sweep water off the track. Thus, viewers lost the entertainment of a “wet” race, the only saving grace when things eventually started being Louis Hamilton delivering a masterclass in how to overtake. But don’t get us wrong, Lloyds share price movements have been as boring as heck!

 

However, Friday ticked an early box promising movement as the situation remains of movement above 80p still targeting an initial 81.5p. It’s now the case where things shall become interesting with share price closure above 81.5p as while we can calculate 84p as possible, though far from impressive.  The Big Picture presents the scenario of movement to 93p in the fullness of time with an eventual 104p working out as possible sometime in the future, all being needed is the crucial closure above 81.5p.  It looks fairly obvious with our 81.5 and 84p targets, there’s certainly a chance of the share price pottering around for a while in such a zone. But overall, we already suspect a visit to 104p has already commenced.

Of course, there’s always the scenario of examining what may occur, if things go wrong for Lloyds.

Visually, we’d regard movement below 59p as risking triggering reversals, such a movement calculating with the potential of reversal to 45 with our secondary, if broken, at 42p. From glancing at the chart, there is certainly a strong suggestion of a bounce, should such a level make an appearance.

Risking being gullible, with Lloyds (as with Natwest and Barclays), we’re pretty optimistic for the future. And of course, next weekends race should be genuinely entertaining, a race I always miss-hear as the HungerGames Grand Prix.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
9:06:17PM	BRENT	6755.7	6716	6571	6389	6906	7117	7192	7351	6816
9:08:51PM	GOLD	3337.17
9:10:43PM	FTSE	9143
9:14:05PM	STOX50	5371.7
9:16:24PM	GERMANY	24304	24063	23938	23729	24220	24320	24408	24523	24230
9:41:03PM	US500	6393.5
9:44:57PM	DOW	44891.6
9:48:02PM	NASDAQ	23300.3
9:50:07PM	JAPAN	41366

25/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9120 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,666,736,165 a change of 2.7%

24/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,517,760,836 a change of 0.27%

23/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9061 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,503,107,449 a change of 15.9%

22/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9023 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,748,177,940 a change of -18.75%

21/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9013 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,844,177,797 a change of 22.54%

18/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8992 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,769,021,038 a change of 5.9%

17/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8972 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,503,178,257 a change of -5.51%

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.

We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through…

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LSE:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 47.4 Percentage Change: + 17.04% Day High: 47.75 Day Low: 41

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 360.5 Percentage Change: + 0.59% Day High: 362.05 Day Low: 354.9

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 222.7 Percentage Change: + 1.14% Day High: 223.6 Day Low: 217.7

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 182 Percentage Change: -0.55% Day High: 184 Day Low: 181

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4912 Percentage Change: + 0.24% Day High: 5005 Day Low: 4880

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 79.04 Percentage Change: + 1.28% Day High: 80 Day Low: 77.08

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 9.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 9.2 Day Low: 8.95

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 306 Percentage Change: + 0.33% Day High: 305.6 Day Low: 302

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1083 Percentage Change: + 1.07% Day High: 1085.5 Day Low: 1069.5

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#FTSE #Gold  Our insanely popular FTSE for FRIDAY encapsulates something so obvious, we often forget to mention it! While we throw around trigger levels and targets, we should really emphasise they’re not just for Friday. Assuming folks know we’re not Time Lords and nor do we drive DeLoreans, an inability to time travel shouldn’t be a difficult concept but when the FTSE hit our trigger level (from LAST Friday), the movement to 9075 still caught some users with surprise!

The bankable 79 points, while successful, still managed to take 3 days to achieve our upper target, largely thanks to the FTSE’s parsimonious daily movements until Wednesday of this week. Come Thursday, things appear to have changed as the UK index has now wandered into a zone where fairly strong upward travel has now become possible, perhaps even probable as long as our politicians and central bankers all go to Butlins for August, thus becoming unable to foul up the countries economy. We’re working on the basis “August” shall kick off this week, due to July running out of steam on Thursday.

 

Should this be the case, it’s now the case above 9179 points looks like the next major trigger for the relatively near term. In this scenario, above such a trigger level calculates with the potential of a lift to an initial 9282 points. Our longer term secondary works out at an astounding 9865 points, though our software warns of a hesitation potential at 9717 points.

But if we discuss the chart, there is a fly in the ointment.

Drawing a boring Red line from April of this year, the market has spent July slithering up a trend, carefully ensuring an uptrend hasn’t been broken. Should this engender optimism or should it warm of caution?  The blunt answer is we don’t know, there being no “warning shots” of dips below the trend line. Instead, market gains, while miserly, spent July paying homage to a trend line which makes absolutely no sense. If we treat the FTSE as a share, the lack of any dips below the trend imply a “gotcha” drop may not be ahead. Instead, substantial gains should be anticipated.

However,  below 9041 points could prove alarming, risking triggering reversal toward an initial 8816 points and a probable rebound. Our less likely secondary, should such a level break, works out at 8721 points.

 

Finally, it’s one of the better Grand Prix this weekend, often blessed with wet weather and always blessed with chaotic race rule interpretation.  But more importantly, our Sunday Grand Prix lunch cannot be influenced by the hosting country as Belgium isn’t famous for cuisine, aside from being the nation which probably invented what became known as French Fries. While personally, a Sunday lunch of Latte & Chips would be ideal, my wife tends have a different opinion and will doubtless conspire to serve Brussels Sprouts with Chips during the race…

 

 

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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
10:01:02PM	BRENT	6849.1	6848	6716		6911	7112	7182		6821	‘cess
10:33:56PM	GOLD	3368.17	3351	3329		3376	3392	3407		3372	‘cess
11:42:28PM	FTSE	9134	9096	9074		9120	9158	9168		9128	‘cess
11:47:05PM	STOX50	5351.7	5326	5288		5362	5372	5381		5354
11:50:56PM	GERMANY	24278	24233	24119		24330	24425	24588		24240
11:53:22PM	US500	6376.2	6355	6349		6368	6382	6530		6274	‘cess
11:56:34PM	DOW	44776.1	44665	44530		44811	45046	45105		44818	Shambles
11:58:35PM	NASDAQ	23257	23043	22981		23170	23273	23287		23215

 

24/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,517,760,836 a change of 0.27%

23/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9061 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,503,107,449 a change of 15.9%

22/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9023 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,748,177,940 a change of -18.75%

21/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9013 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,844,177,797 a change of 22.54%

18/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8992 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,769,021,038 a change of 5.9%

17/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8972 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,503,178,257 a change of -5.51%

16/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8926 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,765,608,248 a change of -10.27%

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:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 637.8 Percentage Change: + 0.31% Day High: 643 Day Low: 636.2

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 358.4 Percentage Change: + 1.86% Day High: 360.9 Day Low: 351.15

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 220.2 Percentage Change: + 10.43% Day High: 221.2 Day Low: 199.4

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 960.9 Percentage Change: + 1.34% Day High: 968.6 Day Low: 954.5

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 183 Percentage Change: + 0.99% Day High: 183 Day Low: 181.2

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LSE:ITV ITV. Close Mid-Price: 87.8 Percentage Change: + 13.29% Day High: 88.25 Day Low: 80.35

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 305 Percentage Change: + 1.53% Day High: 304.8 Day Low: 298.6

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1345.5 Percentage Change: + 1.39% Day High: 1361 Day Low: 1339

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 428 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 431.6 Day Low: 426.4

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 86.02 Percentage Change: + 3.44% Day High: 87.48 Day Low: 82.58

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#Brent #SP500 A few months ago, we published an optimistic outlook for Spirent, absolutely none of which has come to fruition! Instead, the share price has bumbled along, doing very little of actual interest. The really strange threat of takeover of the company is being clouded, due to some interesting news reports in recent weeks.

Companies such as UBS, Societe Generale, JPMorgan, and Barclays has been buying into Spirent in sufficient quantities which demand a public report, an RNS, is released. While we’d love to suggest such a collection of luminaries could be relied upon  to provide a reliable indication as to share price direction, historically they’ve all be guilty of some fairly large “oops” moments when trading shares, therefore reducing our confidence in their interest. Plus, there’s always the risk these predators will off-load their shareholdings in small increments, taking advantage of price movements due to buying frenzies from folks who think they’re getting in at the bottom of something good.

Should this be the corporate strategy, there are early signs they’ve made a mistake. Spirent share price is finally giving off some signs it’s about to move!

 

From a relatively near term perspective, it looks like movement above 201p should trigger a share price surge to an initial 205p with our secondary, if bettered, a more profitable 215p. Such a movement is liable to prove significant, creating a situation where recovery to an eventual 289p shall be regarded as a viable ambition. In such a scenario, there’s a reasonable probability 238p shall provide some hesitation is a longer term growth map, the share price stalling at a level previously achieved back in 2023.

To cancel such a potential, the share needs wither below 187p.

Share price movement below 187p looks a bit troubling, calculating with the potential of reversal to an initial 180p with our secondary, if broken, at 172p and a price level where some sort of bounce is expected.

For now, we’re inclined to favour market movements which indicate optimism, rather than questionable corporate manoeuvres. We’re fascinated at some of Spirent’s activities and a bit puzzled at the lack of real movement in their share price. But overall, we’re still interested, especially due to recent price movements.

 

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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
10:59:12PM	BRENT	6793.1	6723	6670	6543	6775	6828	6864	6911	6762
11:01:30PM	GOLD	3386.23
11:04:05PM	FTSE	9111.4									Success
11:08:36PM	STOX50	5418.2									Success
11:11:06PM	GERMANY	24515.6
11:14:08PM	US500	6367.4	6316	6295	6270	6340	6371	6376	6386	6355
11:17:38PM	DOW	44897.6									Success
11:21:05PM	NASDAQ	23244									Success
11:23:41PM	JAPAN	41659									Success

 

23/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9061 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,503,107,449 a change of 15.9%

22/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9023 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,748,177,940 a change of -18.75%

21/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9013 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,844,177,797 a change of 22.54%

18/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8992 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,769,021,038 a change of 5.9%

17/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8972 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,503,178,257 a change of -5.51%

16/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8926 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,765,608,248 a change of -10.27%

15/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8938 points. Change of -0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,311,247,266 a change of 37.8%

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:ASC Asos. Close Mid-Price: 360 Percentage Change: + 8.11% Day High: 373.5 Day Low: 331

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 2066 Percentage Change: + 2.84% Day High: 2078 Day Low: 2033

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 181.2 Percentage Change: + 0.55% Day High: 181.8 Day Low: 180

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 9.15 Percentage Change: + 2.81% Day High: 9.15 Day Low: 8.9

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 16.5 Percentage Change: + 6.45% Day High: 16.5 Day Low: 15.5

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 300.4 Percentage Change: -0.33% Day High: 303 Day Low: 298.8

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 428 Percentage Change: + 0.45% Day High: 429.8 Day Low: 423.3

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#Germany #SP500  The very first thing we look at, when prowling through brokers platforms, is the chart package employed by the broker. Broadly speaking, the worst offerings are generally those where the company offers their in-house chart package whereas, from our perspective, if a brokerage has chosen to outsource their charts, the favourite thing to discover is an embedded TradingView chart package.

To explain, we’ve a few bias’ relating to chart systems and the core issue often surprises folk. We demand Candles to show the width of intraday movement and also, the ability to change to Line drawing, simply giving the closing prices for each session. What we dislike is a chart package which comes pre-loaded with all the garbage a company assumes users will like. Regular readers will know we eschew distractions such as MacD, Simple Moving Average, even Volumes, always preferring to present a chart which shows price movements and trend lines.

Our rather blunt assessment fairly basic, insofar as since 2004 when the Singapore  market turned on its computer, the last marketplace in the world which involved proper trader pits vanished. As a result, indicators which mapped Human Behaviour were no longer required and in theory, an entire motherload of pretty chart patterns which were based on Moving Averages became redundant. Instead, the Chart Guru market doubled down, further “new” miracle indicators being hyped, most of which only became correct after the fact of a movement. For a while, we did believe Keltner Bands (when tuned properly against an individual share) maybe gave reason to be used but, in the fullness of time, we last called up this indicator before 2020 as it’s both a nuisance to tune properly and unreliable anyway.

 

Curiosity demanded we throw a Keltner Band at CMC’s chart, just to see what was revealed. During 2025, the share price appears to be adhering to a 16 session period for major movements. If this (Moving Average based) trend is correct, there are indications the share price has commenced a downtrend in recent weeks. However, it is worth considering this downtrend was visibly kicked off by share price manipulation (circled),  the price being gapped down by the market to 239p on June 5th. This creates a suspicion the movement downward may prove to be contrived, creating a situation where our downward projection may prove inaccurate. The current situation suggests weakness next below 234p risks triggering reversals to an initial 156p with our secondary, if broken, an eventual bottom at 122p. Glancing at the chart, despite the addition on a pretty colour, these drop targets make little sense and thus, we’re not comfortable with them!

However, it feels more likely this downward trend shall prove “fake” and we should probably be keeping a weather eye on the potential of the share price nudging above 260p as a surprise recovery cycle shall almost certainly ignite. Exceeding such a trigger level calculates with the potential of a lift to an initial 334p with our secondary, if bettered, at 417p. Interestingly, these targets make some visual sense.

 

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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
10:54:12PM	BRENT	6788.1
10:57:38PM	GOLD	3430.86									Success
11:01:13PM	FTSE	9041.8									Success
11:04:36PM	STOX50	5295.9									Success
11:12:30PM	GERMANY	24077.9	23913	23873	23660	24046	24110	24141	24217	24056	Success
11:39:28PM	US500	6309.8	6282	6261	6236	6302	6322	6330	6346	6305	‘cess
11:43:05PM	DOW	44601.6									‘cess
11:46:31PM	NASDAQ	23088.8									‘cess
11:49:31PM	JAPAN	40317									Success

 

22/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9023 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,748,177,940 a change of -18.75%

21/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9013 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,844,177,797 a change of 22.54%

18/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8992 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,769,021,038 a change of 5.9%

17/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8972 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,503,178,257 a change of -5.51%

16/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8926 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,765,608,248 a change of -10.27%

15/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8938 points. Change of -0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,311,247,266 a change of 37.8%

14/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8998 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,854,245,348 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.

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 200.7 Percentage Change: + 0.40% Day High: 201.1 Day Low: 199.45

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 301.4 Percentage Change: + 1.28% Day High: 302.2 Day Low: 296.4

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 426.1 Percentage Change: + 0.38% Day High: 428.1 Day Low: 423.2

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 83.94 Percentage Change: + 1.04% Day High: 84.2 Day Low: 83.16

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#Gold #WallSt  A strange phone call from my sister provided the best laugh of the year so far. She had recently moved house and had taken the family cat to a new Vet to get it registered, along with a checkup for the decrepit ancient black ball of temper. In starting the registration process, the Vet asked a difficult question!

“What’s the name of your cat?”

She didn’t have a clue, and calls to her children had the same answer. It appears, for nearly 20 years, the family always called the cat; “Cat”. Eventually deciding I’d probably know, she called and of course, my best effort was “the Cat”. She swallowed her pride, deciding to call her original Vet practice and discovered the thing was registered as “Kat”. The receptionist admitted it was a strange choice for a male cat. It seems, the animal has gone through its life without a name. But it knew the signal to walk away was when anyone used the word “Cat”. Her husbands contribution was to think it was called “Bob” or “Tom” originally but no-one liked his suggestions.

 

Similar to that feline, we’re struggling to find an appropriate word to describe the way Gold prices are behaving. In our rather cynical report 6 weeks ago, we commented ;

In a spiteful attempt to prove us wrong, the price of Gold managed to close at 3,433 and 3,401 on the 13th and 16th June, then falling back as if aghast at its temerity. Our inclination is to regard this as a display from the market which proved our trigger level can indeed be exceeded. If the story intends unfold in accordance with usual behaviour, either the 2nd or 3rd closing price forage above this trigger should be the one which provokes some “proper” upward travel. This being the case, our suspicion is either for intraday movement next above 3,447 or (if playing safe) market closure above 3,412 as being reasonable trigger levels to anticipate movement now to an initial 3,535 with our secondary, if bettered, at $3,676. To expand on this outlook, we already suspect 3,676 and above is scheduled for Gold, the only problem remaining being one of timeframes.

 

Being clear, if you want accurate timeframes, we’d need adopt the characteristics of Dr Who and until then, we’re just human and computer. Until such a point our “big picture” scenario is triggered, movement to our upper levels does not become safe from our perspective. And even then, Dr Who still gets things wrong, the recent series cancellation being a complete surprise to everyone – except anyone who’d been trying to watch the dreadful show over the reign of the most recent two Doctors.

Perhaps the next effort could be more successful, if they employed Lee Mack as the Doctor and his “Not Going Out ” wife, Sally Bretton wife, as his assistant! Such whimsical casting would doubtless retrieve an audience presumed lost to the ravages of dreadful script writing and dreadful casting, reminding the audience Dr Who is supposed to be an escape from reality rather than a lecture about a screen writers woke version of the world..

Aside from such criticism, it would be true to admit we now rarely watch UK TV shows, my wife only a devotee of Coronation St and myself enjoying “Not Going Out” if it’s on. Or the “1% Club” which has become a firm favourite with our grand-daughters. The clock is certainly ticking away for the BBC TV license as it’s noteworthy neither of the shows which are forever tied to the “Record” button on our satellite feed, are BBC productions. Somehow or other, the entire BBC output has become as “essential viewing”, as a Party Political Broadcast. Perhaps the untrustworthy presentation of BBC News has been to blame.

 

Aside from a rant about how to save Dr Who… we’re still reasonably optimistic about Golds prospects for the future. From a charty perspective, things are certainly optimistic, the metal needing below 3,320 before facing a potential melt-down to an initial 3,227 with our secondary, if broken, at a very possible bounce point at 3,147 dollars.

For now, we’re optimistic and suspect President Trump would need introduce a tariff on folk with either a West country or Welsh accent visiting the USA before we’d have concerns. We’re being a little bit cruel but notice folk blessed with such accents are perfectly capable of moderating them, when poised at the Black floor line of passport control in an American airport… Whereas Scots, believing we don’t have an accent, know to look with pity on the gun toting official in her little glass box, as she tries to educate her ears toward any perfectly clear answer which was given.

 

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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
11:05:52PM	BRENT	6836.4									‘cess
11:08:20PM	GOLD	3398.57	3362	3346	3328	3386	3401	3416	3431	3385	Success
11:19:36PM	FTSE	8986.8
11:21:53PM	STOX50	5323.9
11:25:01PM	GERMANY	24247
11:27:43PM	US500	6311.8									Success
11:30:38PM	DOW	44393.1	44316	44223	44097	44437	44600	44718	44852	44482	Success
11:36:20PM	NASDAQ	23189.1									Success
11:40:05PM	JAPAN	39805

 

21/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9013 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,844,177,797 a change of 22.54%

18/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8992 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,769,021,038 a change of 5.9%

17/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8972 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,503,178,257 a change of -5.51%

16/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8926 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,765,608,248 a change of -10.27%

15/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8938 points. Change of -0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,311,247,266 a change of 37.8%

14/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8998 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,854,245,348 a change of -14.23%

11/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8941 points. Change of -0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,493,815,888 a change of -13.23%

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.

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 638.8 Percentage Change: + 0.22% Day High: 640 Day Low: 632.4

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 532.5 Percentage Change: -0.56% Day High: 539.5 Day Low: 531.5

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 199.9 Percentage Change: + 0.99% Day High: 200.5 Day Low: 197.35

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 2045 Percentage Change: + 2.25% Day High: 2050 Day Low: 2008

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 179.8 Percentage Change: + 0.56% Day High: 180.6 Day Low: 177.8

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 1000 Percentage Change: -0.50% Day High: 1011 Day Low: 993.2

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 0.98 Percentage Change: -2.50% Day High: 1 Day Low: 0.95

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 424.5 Percentage Change: + 1.99% Day High: 425.4 Day Low: 415.6

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 83.08 Percentage Change: + 1.22% Day High: 83.3 Day Low: 82.18

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