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#Gold #SP500

Judging by the media, the world is going to hell, due to a US bank failing. Markets across Europe appear to be taking Daily Mail headlines as “gospel” whereas in the US, where Silicon Valley Bank hails from, the markets appeared fairly relaxed and enjoyed a pretty typical Monday. HSBC even took the time to buy SVB Europe for a whole pound!

The burning question now, did we just see the first warning for severe turbulence ahead on the markets?

 

We’re not sure, is the inevitable answer, but suspect the response should be No.

On Monday, Wall St needed close below 31,760 points to enter a cycle which calculates with the potential of a further 1,000 point drop, perhaps even 2,000 points. Instead, some fancy manoeuvres in the closing stages of the day saw the index close the session at 31,819 points, still a resident of what passes for safety on the market and down by -0.28%. Around 7.30pm UK time, it was almost like a grown up had noticed what we about to happen and yanked a metaphorical handbrake. This behaviour makes us suspect Armageddon may not yet be waiting, especially as the FTSE managed reversal of -2.6% on the day.

 

And then, there is the S&P 500.

Similar to the DOW, the market for the S&P didn’t close Monday in dreadful territory, finishing the day ‘only’ down by 0.15%. It didn’t even achieve the accolade of a lower low, yet the German Dax successfully trashed itself by 3% for Monday. If we remain expectant of the worst yet to come, it is certainly the case should the S&P 500 wander below 3,855 points, reversal to an initial 3,746 is probable with secondary, if broken, at a dangerous 3,585 points. The use of the word dangerous is allowed, due to the index breaking below the uptrend since the 2020 pandemic low, finding itself exploring a zone where 2,686 calculates as providing an eventual bottom potential.

For a chance of surprise gains, the S&P needs resurrect itself above 3,967 points, hopefully capable of triggering movement to 4,060 with secondary, if beaten, at 4,228 points. This secondary is quite a big deal, restoring the index to Big Picture territory and a probable cycle uphill to 4,725 eventually.

And finally, there is the Bitcoin.

Monday was strange for the crypto, price movements proving a little ridiculous as we were being forced to regard the currency as ‘defensive’, irrational surges upward in a similar manner to that which happens with Gold, when the index’ are enjoying a grotty day. Quite how anyone could regard the value of Bitcoin or Gold as defensive, when share prices are going a little mad, should call into question the sanity of who’s making the statement. Around the world, there are still plenty of people ‘walking funny’ due to Bitcoin variations, making us question what will happen with Bitcoin if it is decided the 2nd largest banking collapse in US history is a little blot on the landscape, just capitalism doing its thing, to paraphrase the US president.

Certainly, if Bitcoin manages to stumble below 22,450 USD, it could now very easily tumble down to 17,498 with secondary, if broken, at 15,000 USD and hopefully a bounce.

We’re failing to yield to the temptation of optimism from Mondays movements as the phony currency needed close the session above 24,600 to achieve a realistic ‘higher high’. In such a scenario, we’d be forced to concede an initial target of 27,080 with secondary, if bettered, at 28,030 points. These numbers could prove transformative for the crypto, ticking the first of a series of boxes which allow an eventual visit to 46,900 USD and some hesitation.

 

For now, it feels like the world shall come to terms with the SVB collapse and we’d warn Bitcoin may face a bit of a thumping, due to this.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:25:16PM	BRENT	80.51								80.45	Success
9:29:04PM	GOLD	1914.07	1866	1849	1827	1889	1915	1933	1936	1881	Success
9:31:19PM	FTSE	7548.6									Success
9:34:16PM	STOX50	4096.9									Success
9:36:53PM	GERMANY	14967									Success
9:39:07PM	US500	3862.1	3807	3795	3747	3857	3906	3939	3983	3853	‘cess
10:02:46PM	DOW	31898									‘cess
10:05:45PM	NASDAQ	11941.07									‘cess
10:08:05PM	JAPAN	27458									Success

 

13/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7548 points. Change of -2.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,798,482,438 a change of 25.79%

10/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7748 points. Change of -1.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,994,694,563 a change of 6.35%

9/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7879 points. Change of -0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,576,891,587 a change of 1.82%

8/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7929 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,459,565,037 a change of 19.23%

7/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7919 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,417,813,576 a change of -3.92%

6/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7929 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,638,585,361 a change of -4.78%

3/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7947 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,921,700,262 a change of -13.69%

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: 822.5 Percentage Change: -0.96% Day High: 850 Day Low: 793

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LSE:AV. Aviva Close Mid-Price: 424.3 Percentage Change: -5.65% Day High: 451.1 Day Low: 425.5

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LSE:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 147.48 Percentage Change: -6.31% Day High: 157.54 Day Low: 146.06

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LSE:CCL Carnival Close Mid-Price: 687.2 Percentage Change: -7.68% Day High: 743.6 Day Low: 677.8

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LSE:GENL Genel Close Mid-Price: 121.8 Percentage Change: -1.93% Day High: 124.6 Day Low: 120

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 182.6 Percentage Change: -4.70% Day High: 192 Day Low: 181.8

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 458.7 Percentage Change: -3.02% Day High: 478.25 Day Low: 450.9

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LSE:IAG British Airways Close Mid-Price: 142.62 Percentage Change: -3.80% Day High: 148.72 Day Low: 139.94

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 26.05 Percentage Change: -6.46% Day High: 27.95 Day Low: 25.75

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 4026 Percentage Change: -2.52% Day High: 4138 Day Low: 4044

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LSE:NWG Natwest Close Mid-Price: 272.2 Percentage Change: -4.83% Day High: 288.1 Day Low: 269.6

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 423.8 Percentage Change: -6.05% Day High: 463.5 Day Low: 420.5

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LSE:RBD Reabold Resources PLC Close Mid-Price: 0.19 Percentage Change: -6.10% Day High: 0.2 Day Low: 0.19

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper Close Mid-Price: 11.43 Percentage Change: -3.18% Day High: 13.1 Day Low: 11.6

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Close Mid-Price: 674.6 Percentage Change: -0.53% Day High: 683.6 Day Low: 658

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*** End of “Updated Today” comments on shares.

#Brent #Dax

We have reason to believe one of “our” local wildlife pets is a murderer. The suspect is Hagrid, a snowy owl and the victim (we think) was Sally, a wood pigeon. The only evidence, a crime scene of feathers in the rough outline of a pigeon, looking like an “easy to assemble” product from Ikea. Meanwhile, in the USA, a bank has collapsed!

The demise Silicon Valley Bank, the 2nd largest bank collapse in US history, is a bit of a worry. As 2008 taught everyone, when a bank goes down, there’s a great risk of contagion both within the sector and also, amongst companies who dealt with the suddenly deceased bank. Thankfully the bank was able to issue bonus payments to its employees in the hours before the collapse was announced… Inevitably, there’s liable to be rumbles through the market place as the depth of the damage becomes known. Perhaps it shall be the case where following events of 2008, central banks insisted banks strengthen their ability to survive disaster and hopefully, each dreadful and inevitable headline in the coming week shall only provoke short term market reversals until the true story is told.

But our inclination, overall, is to anticipate some turbulence in the week ahead, this event almost overshadowing the death of a pigeon.

 

In the case of Natwest, despite the breaking news on Friday, their share price proved fairly resilient and our inclination is to start worrying should it manage below 272p. Such a movement risks triggering near term reversal to around 262p with our secondary, if broken, at 238p. Visually, there is some hope for a bounce at the 262p level, unfortunately the manipulation gap on Friday causing some confusion as to where we’d normally hope for a bounce. Any bounce capable of allowing the price to close a session above Blue, presently 274p, ticks the first box in a series suggesting “panic is over”.

However, should 262p break, there’s a strong visual probability of a trip to 238p, capable of challenging the uptrend since 2020.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
5:03:25PM	BRENT	82.53	80.5	79.535	78.43	81.56	82.85	83.11	83.98	81.87
5:05:30PM	GOLD	1870.02								1852
5:08:01PM	FTSE	7682								7725
5:10:11PM	STOX50	4180.7								4211
5:11:49PM	GERMANY	15293	15269	15216	15122	15344	15498	15522	15606	15365
5:14:18PM	US500	3876								3862
5:16:18PM	DOW	32009								31921
5:18:20PM	NASDAQ	11872								11958
5:20:03PM	JAPAN	27776								28056

 

10/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7748 points. Change of -1.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,994,694,563 a change of 6.35%

9/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7879 points. Change of -0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,576,891,587 a change of 1.82%

8/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7929 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,459,565,037 a change of 19.23%

7/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7919 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,417,813,576 a change of -3.92%

6/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7929 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,638,585,361 a change of -4.78%

3/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7947 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,921,700,262 a change of -13.69%

2/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7944 points. Change of 34.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,861,176,489 a change of -1.62%

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:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 157.42 Percentage Change: -3.67% Day High: 159 Day Low: 151.28

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LSE:CCL Carnival Close Mid-Price: 744.4 Percentage Change: -3.82% Day High: 753.2 Day Low: 709

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 473 Percentage Change: -0.08% Day High: 475.35 Day Low: 455.5

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LSE:IAG British Airways Close Mid-Price: 148.26 Percentage Change: -3.33% Day High: 150.2 Day Low: 147.04

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 27.85 Percentage Change: -3.97% Day High: 29.8 Day Low: 26.1

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 4130 Percentage Change: -1.71% Day High: 4202 Day Low: 4108

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 451.1 Percentage Change: -6.53% Day High: 471 Day Low: 448.7

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 11.8 Percentage Change: + 7.27% Day High: 12 Day Low: 10.6

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Close Mid-Price: 678.2 Percentage Change: -3.31% Day High: 692.8 Day Low: 668.4

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 6.25 Percentage Change: -7.41% Day High: 7 Day Low: 6.25

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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 259.6 Percentage Change: -1.22% Day High: 264 Day Low: 257.8

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#FTSE #Gold

There’s a need for a word to describe a new social phenomena. It used to be the case, when you bump into someone you’d smile and exchange the usual greetings. Nowadays, there’s a different greeting, the “ear tap” as folk frantically try to mute whatever is playing in their earpiece before they speak. Since falling victim to cordless ear buds at Xmas, it eventually dawned most people struggle at shutting the things down, the desperation for silence increasingly provoking an awkward ear dance as folk completely forget the ear piece can simply be removed.

There’s a degree of similarity with Brent crude currently, two lines converging on a chart with the market looking unable to decide what to do!

 

On the chart below, there’s the Red line since the gory days of 2020. The price of Brent has been struggling with this uptrend since last December, frantically trying not to break it and thus giving the markets a clue as to direction. And then there is the Blue line since a year ago, the artificial high blamed on Moscow but in reality, it was a trend which commenced a year earlier when the price of crude oil managed to exceed the cost of Brent crude, pre-pandemic. While the Russia thing undoubtedly caused a spike, the uptrend was absolutely nothing to do with hostilities in Ukraine. The visuals below tell their own story.

There’s a tiny little circled area on the chart, a point where intraday traffic pierced the Red line during two sessions but extreme case was taken to ensure the value of Brent crude closed above Red on the 8th and 9th December last year. This may be taken as early warning for future trouble, the market conceding the uptrend can be broken during a session but also extremely careful to ensure the uptrend remained in place. The implication, should we take this as a signal for danger, is a suggestion where weakness now below just $80.7 should trigger oil to drip down to 76.5 next with secondary, if broken, at 70 dollars. We’d be inclined to anticipate a bounce at the 70 dollar level, given such a drop ambition matches the high before the pandemic happened. There’s absolutely no logic we can suggest where this would make any sense, it’s just how things sometimes work.

Our alternate scenario for a gain is simply based on arithmetic.

Should Brent manage to somehow drip upwards, it now needs above $88 to suggest coming travel to $93 with secondary, if bettered, at $100.

Finally, there’s something else we need to mention. The chart visuals imply Brent crude should be forced to make a defining movement anytime in the next week or so, due to the convergence of the two trend lines. There’s absolutely no rule which demands this shall happen and sometimes, commonly with AIM shares which are awaiting important news, a share price will boringly drift through the trend lines and continue bumbling along which doing nothing useful. But in the case of Brent, should it stumble below 80.7 dollars, a short looks logical, one with a pretty tight stop.

 

FTSE for FRIDAY Given the FTSE has been effectively becalmed for the last few weeks,  it’s increasingly uncomfortable trying to get a feel of market direction but, as usual, we’ll give it a stab! At time of writing, the index (always remember, we’re talking the FTSE 100, not after hours futures) is at 7879 points, needing below 7859 points to risk triggering reversal to an initial 7793 points with secondary, if broken, down at 7742 points and visually a rebound. We fairly relaxed at these relaxation potentials as the index needs below 7600 points (Blue) before justifying panic. If triggered, the tightest stop loss level looks like 7900 points.

Our alternate scenario for a market gain seems pretty straightforward as above 7920 looks capable of triggering movement to an initial modest 7969 points with secondary, if bettered, a more useful 8005 points.

 

Have a good weekend.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:17:29PM	BRENT	81.34	81.2	80.81		82.3	83.78	84.32		82.6
10:20:09PM	GOLD	1830.82	1812	1806		1821	1837	1842		1827	‘cess
10:22:50PM	FTSE	7821.35	7806	7791		7850	7898	7933		7860	Success
10:25:08PM	STOX50	4238.5	4227	4218		4247	4268	4275		4244	‘cess
10:48:15PM	GERMANY	15499.54	15474	15403		15563	15667	15735		15570
10:51:33PM	US500	3915.42	3907	3888		3933	3965	3970		3936	‘cess
10:59:38PM	DOW	32230.6	32146	31995		32352	32560	32668		32315	Success
11:02:18PM	NASDAQ	11981	11964	11904		12112	12144	12190		12044	Success
11:05:06PM	JAPAN	29032	28206	28081		28417	28729	28779		28458

 

9/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7879 points. Change of -0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,576,891,587 a change of 1.82%

8/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7929 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,459,565,037 a change of 19.23%

7/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7919 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,417,813,576 a change of -3.92%

6/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7929 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,638,585,361 a change of -4.78%

3/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7947 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,921,700,262 a change of -13.69%

2/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7944 points. Change of 34.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,861,176,489 a change of -1.62%

1/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 5914 points. Change of -24.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,974,404,128 a change of -21.96%

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:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 163.42 Percentage Change: -3.23% Day High: 167.72 Day Low: 162.36

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 192.4 Percentage Change: -4.99% Day High: 201 Day Low: 186.6

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 473.4 Percentage Change: -2.76% Day High: 486.45 Day Low: 471.25

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 9.8 Percentage Change: + 8.89% Day High: 9.8 Day Low: 9.4

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 11 Percentage Change: + 5.26% Day High: 11.4 Day Low: 10.5

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 158.04 Percentage Change: + 0.75% Day High: 160 Day Low: 155.18

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 32.74 Percentage Change: + 3.94% Day High: 33.26 Day Low: 30.2

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 262.8 Percentage Change: + 0.88% Day High: 262.7 Day Low: 259.8

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#gold #Nasdaq

A plaintive email reminded us we’d reviewed Yellow Cake Plc last year and in the time since, the share price successfully achieved both our targets. We’d recommend a visit to the “About” section of the company website for clear and straightforward information about the company business model. But do investors really want exposed to uranium?

 

With ever increasing positive attitude toward the nuclear power industry, it’s easy to suspect it’s a product whose time is coming, so once again we shall focus on the positive potentials, especially as the Red uptrend since 2020 appears to be providing a rather solid line, making it clear the company needs close a session below 365p currently to give an early clue for coming problems. Certainly, today here in Argyll, the freezing temperatures coupled with the exorbitant cost of heating oil reminded cheap green energy should be available, only lacking a political will.

To be honest, the focus on energy  was also driven by a personal ToDo list, felling four Holly trees. A funny thing about Holly trees is the leaf. Those closer to the ground are the typical spikey things which hurt, the trees natural defence against wild deer grazing. However, at the higher extremes of the tree, leaves are non jaggy, just normal tree leaves and unlikely to draw blood. Another nice thing about the Holly is the hard and heavy wood doesn’t really need seasoned, capable of being burnt immediately (but definitely better after 6 months drying). And from the perspective of someone who can’t be bothered chopping logs, catch a Holly tree when it’s about 10 metres high and the trunk is just the right thickness to be sliced by a chainsaw without challenging a wood burner’s door.

All things considered, we rather dislike the current high energy price regime!

 

For Yellow Cake Plc, their share price need only exceed Blue on the chart, currently 425p, to ideally enter a cycle to 441p next with secondary, if exceeded, at 457p and the potential of a major change in the long term prospects for the share price.

Above 457p currently looks capable of powering the share price toward a future 537p and a new all time high. Hopefully the company avoid any pitfalls.

 

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:13:01PM	BRENT	82.33
9:15:29PM	GOLD	1813.17	1809	1799	1785	1818	1825	1830	1837	1815
9:18:44PM	FTSE	7933.24									‘cess
9:37:35PM	STOX50	4298.3
9:39:47PM	GERMANY	15657.86
9:41:32PM	US500	3995.57
9:45:20PM	DOW	32812									‘cess
9:47:21PM	NASDAQ	12223	12097	12003	11846	12205	12243	12259	12313	12195
9:50:14PM	JAPAN	28617									Success

 

8/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7929 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,459,565,037 a change of 19.23%

7/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7919 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,417,813,576 a change of -3.92%

6/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7929 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,638,585,361 a change of -4.78%

3/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7947 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,921,700,262 a change of -13.69%

2/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7944 points. Change of 34.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,861,176,489 a change of -1.62%

1/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 5914 points. Change of -24.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,974,404,128 a change of -21.96%

28/02/2023 FTSE Closed at 7876 points. Change of -0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,937,075,687 a change of 69.5%

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:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 713.6 Percentage Change: + 0.73% Day High: 724.2 Day Low: 701.2

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 504.4 Percentage Change: -0.12% Day High: 507.6 Day Low: 485.2

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 9 Percentage Change: + 5.88% Day High: 9.75 Day Low: 8.65

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper Close Mid-Price: 10.45 Percentage Change: -1.42% Day High: 10.9 Day Low: 10

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 156.86 Percentage Change: + 2.40% Day High: 158.8 Day Low: 154.28

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LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 31.5 Percentage Change: -8.06% Day High: 35.36 Day Low: 31.16

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#FTSE #DOW

There have been some quite strange price movements with Wood over recent sessions, sufficient to provoke a few emails and a quick look at the news. It appears the oilfield services and engineering company are enjoying the buyout intentions of a private-equity firm, Apollo Global, apparently the 4th approach they’ve made to the company.

As the chart inset shows, it appears clear the market has little idea on how to handle the changing value being allocated to the share price, two major upward gaps in the last couple of weeks giving plenty of visual evidence. However, with the share price being gapped above the ruling downtrend since 2018, some hope exists the company believes it’s worth more than the current offer of 237p per share.

 

Above 228p should prove interesting, calculating as entering a cycle to an initial 308p with secondary, if bettered, at 376p. Both these ambitions are pretty important, nudging the share price above the glass ceiling which exists  around the 255p level and visually, creating a new ball game.  This share price has not yet even attained the high of 2020, prior to the Covid-19 drop, and only when share prices return to such a level, the artificial damage inflicted on many shares is liable to be undone. Until such a point, there’s a very real risk of share prices being regarded as “cheap” by those predators with shopping bags full of cash.

We should probably also mention, share price closure above this glass ceiling level of 255p changes our calculations from a Big Picture perspective as a distant 620p shall be regarded as presenting a long term attraction. Visually, it doesn’t look daft.

Finally, one important detail which was almost easy to overlook.

Once the market opted to gap this share above the downtrend, it removed it from a frightening region, one where we had been able to calculate an ultimate bottom of a ridiculous 38p!

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:34:00PM	BRENT	82.79									Success
10:35:49PM	GOLD	1814.09									Success
10:38:14PM	FTSE	7903.26	7895	7883	7856	7925	7936	7945	7964	7909	Shambles
10:40:11PM	STOX50	4275.7									Success
10:42:54PM	GERMANY	15536.24									Shambles
10:53:58PM	US500	3987.97									Success
10:56:48PM	DOW	32861	32830	32722	32463	32975	32980	33134	33238	32850	Success
10:59:12PM	NASDAQ	12161.24									‘cess
11:01:09PM	JAPAN	28194									Success

 

7/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7919 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,417,813,576 a change of -3.92%

6/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7929 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,638,585,361 a change of -4.78%

3/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7947 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,921,700,262 a change of -13.69%

2/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7944 points. Change of 34.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,861,176,489 a change of -1.62%

1/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 5914 points. Change of -24.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,974,404,128 a change of -21.96%

28/02/2023 FTSE Closed at 7876 points. Change of -0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,937,075,687 a change of 69.5%

27/02/2023 FTSE Closed at 7935 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,272,651,300 a change of -17.32%

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:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 520.8 Percentage Change: + 0.89% Day High: 527 Day Low: 512

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 42.1 Percentage Change: + 2.18% Day High: 43.45 Day Low: 41

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 505 Percentage Change: -4.68% Day High: 532.8 Day Low: 502.8

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 10.6 Percentage Change: + 5.79% Day High: 10.7 Day Low: 10.1

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LSE:SPT Spirent Comms Close Mid-Price: 180.5 Percentage Change: -14.45% Day High: 193 Day Low: 175.5

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#Gold #SP500

Once a company with a vibrant, exciting, share price, Hurricane Energy now finds itself pretty becalmed. It’s all a bit strange and appears to have been infected at the start of November last year, when the market opted to “gap” (manipulate) the share price up above the downtrend since 2019. And in the period since, sod all has effectively been happening!

Visually, it’s all a little strange. Generally, when the market opts to gap a share out of an immediate trend, it can be taken as a pretty sure sign the markets strongly expect something is coming yet, in the months since, Hurricane has struggled to achieve more than a one penny trading range. Of course, perhaps this means whatever expectation the market has, it may not be for something positive. The immediate situation certainly isn’t the most vibrant, at best giving a suggestion share price movement above 8.4p could challenge an initial 9.3p with secondary, if beaten, a marginally better 10.3p. It is all quite frustrating as we can even supply a 3rd level target of 11.9p.

Unfortunately, the share price needs close above 11.9p to suggest happy days are here again as true recovery becomes possible, the share price successfully making the transit from market plaything to something with very real potentials for the longer term.

 

Our converse scenario suggests weakness below 7p risks promoting reversal to 5.5p with secondary, if broken, a hopeful bottom of 3.22p.

For now, like the Ferrari F1 team, it’s a share with potential but visually inhibited by a series of bad choices.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:08:33PM	BRENT	86.14									‘cess
11:10:26PM	GOLD	1846.51	1844	1840	1834	1854	1858	1862	1881	1847
11:13:00PM	FTSE	7936.47									‘cess
11:15:03PM	STOX50	4309.5
11:17:09PM	GERMANY	15643.46
11:19:17PM	US500	4051.77	4039	4026	4008	4059	4070	4083	4137	4040	Success
11:23:02PM	DOW	33444									‘cess
11:25:42PM	NASDAQ	12310.75									Success
11:27:35PM	JAPAN	28212

 

6/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7929 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,638,585,361 a change of -4.78%

3/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7947 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,921,700,262 a change of -13.69%

2/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7944 points. Change of 34.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,861,176,489 a change of -1.62%

1/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 5914 points. Change of -24.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,974,404,128 a change of -21.96%

28/02/2023 FTSE Closed at 7876 points. Change of -0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,937,075,687 a change of 69.5%

27/02/2023 FTSE Closed at 7935 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,272,651,300 a change of -17.32%

24/02/2023 FTSE Closed at 7878 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,377,185,346 a change of 16.01%

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:AZN Astrazeneca Close Mid-Price: 10742 Percentage Change: -0.39% Day High: 10818 Day Low: 10688

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 148.75 Percentage Change: + 2.69% Day High: 149.55 Day Low: 145

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 13.78 Percentage Change: + 2.23% Day High: 14.5 Day Low: 13.95

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 42.64 Percentage Change: + 9.00% Day High: 43.16 Day Low: 38.66

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 41.2 Percentage Change: + 3.00% Day High: 42.1 Day Low: 40.95

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LSE:IDS International Distribution Close Mid-Price: 244.6 Percentage Change: -0.81% Day High: 249.2 Day Low: 240.1

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 152.78 Percentage Change: + 2.10% Day High: 154.94 Day Low: 149.8

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 259.9 Percentage Change: + 1.40% Day High: 260.9 Day Low: 257.4

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#Brent #Dax

An attempt at rationing all 8 episodes of the excellent Clarkson’s Farm season 2 to avoid binging worked out, until Episode 7. His battle with the local council demanded the 8th and final episode was also consumed, the behaviour of a particular calf reminding me quite sharply we’d to run an analysis on Lloyds.

The similarity between the calf and Lloyds wasn’t difficult to miss. When the 4 legged monster decided it was going to wander away from the herd and ascend a low mound, virtually all of Clarkston’s staff eventually congregated at the top of the mound, trying to get the animal to come down. Among the hilarity was a clear simile between bovine behaviour and the British banking industry. The banks should be heading in a particular direction, instead choosing to wander off and do their own thing, to heck with everything else.

After all, we should have anticipated, with the FTSE at all time record levels,  the big three retail banks each enjoying a share price which appears to have absolved itself of any need to make useful movements which will impress investors. Currently, we would like to see Barclays discover sufficient excuse to wake up one morning and “gap” the share price above 181p. Equally, if Natwest “gapped” itself above 314p, we’d be aghast and Lloyds only need leap above 54p. A group of movements such as this would (probably) prove quite special for the retail banks, firmly and finally giving a strong signal something positive is happening.

Alternately, maybe Mr Clarkson’s girlfriend could get behind the shares, armed with her springy cane which she used to motivate the cow to grudgingly wander in the correct direction, her method of making herself as wide as possible being one which really works. But for local Highland cows here in Argyll, wandering along a lane, it’s generally easy to redirect them before they hit the main road.

 

In the event some dreams come true, what should we now anticipate if Lloyds share price somehow is gapped above 54p?

Initially, we expect movement to an initial 63p and possible hesitation. Our secondary, if such a level is bettered, works out at a quite useful 76p, hopefully a significant number. As the chart below shows, there’s a historical glass ceiling around the 73p level and closure above this green line shall be important for the longer term, punting the share into a zone where we shall now see a longer term attraction as coming from 123p.

For now, we lack any real confidence due to recent movements but genuinely suspect “the tell” will be the markets discovering a reason to gap bank shares up at the open one day.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
6:14:26PM	BRENT	85.91	83.6	82.89	81.88	85	85.92	86.035	87.3	84.86
6:17:12PM	GOLD	1855.43								1841
6:19:30PM	FTSE	7956.81								7936
6:21:08PM	STOX50	4317								4286
6:23:18PM	GERMANY	15627	15439	15377	15291	15537	15636	15648	15694	15573
6:25:12PM	US500	4043.32								4009
6:28:04PM	DOW	33348								33085
6:32:03PM	NASDAQ	12286								12108
6:34:02PM	JAPAN	28200								28040

 

3/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7947 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,921,700,262 a change of -13.69%

2/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7944 points. Change of 34.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,861,176,489 a change of -1.62%

1/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 5914 points. Change of -24.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,974,404,128 a change of -21.96%

28/02/2023 FTSE Closed at 7876 points. Change of -0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,937,075,687 a change of 69.5%

27/02/2023 FTSE Closed at 7935 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,272,651,300 a change of -17.32%

24/02/2023 FTSE Closed at 7878 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,377,185,346 a change of 16.01%

23/02/2023 FTSE Closed at 7907 points. Change of -0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,497,114,036 a change of -4.82%

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:AML Aston Martin. Close Mid-Price: 240 Percentage Change: + 9.84% Day High: 249.7 Day Low: 212.1

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 144.85 Percentage Change: + 2.37% Day High: 145.75 Day Low: 142.5

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 39.12 Percentage Change: + 12.22% Day High: 39.7 Day Low: 34.72

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LSE:EMG MAN Close Mid-Price: 283.7 Percentage Change: -1.08% Day High: 292.2 Day Low: 282.8

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LSE:IDS International Distribution. Close Mid-Price: 246.6 Percentage Change: + 5.07% Day High: 247.6 Day Low: 233

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 114 Percentage Change: + 1.79% Day High: 116 Day Low: 111.4

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 2565 Percentage Change: -2.29% Day High: 2650 Day Low: 2580

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 149.64 Percentage Change: + 1.00% Day High: 150 Day Low: 148.02

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