The much vaunted Corriedale episode had everything, almost. Guilt tripped into watching it, tolerating 46 minutes of contrived chaos proved amusing, despite lacking the tongue in cheek violence of a John Wicks movie. It had almost everything, a mad woman locked in a bathroom,  a gun, a fire, a body count to make an American TV writer salivate, car crashes, more bleeding foreheads than an Australian TV shaving tutorial, a taxi sitting with the meter running while everything unfolded, a pregnant lady’s water breaking, and even a free bar. As the breathtaking drama ground to an end, sharp eyed viewers may even have noticed a test tube loaded with the next strain of Covid slowly rolling under a 10 Ton road roller driven by the ‘abhorrent Tommy Robinson’ or maybe it was ‘mad Katy Hopkins’ at the car crash site.. They certainly worked hard to go over the top and dive to the bottom of the barrel, a box ticking exercise the (now unemployed) Dr Who writers would have been proud of.

For this viewer, accidentally watching ‘Kung Fu Panda’ earlier in the day (while repairing a fiddly Epson R265 printer paper feed) was more entertaining!

A New Year commitment to spend at least an hour per week watching UK TV with my wife was almost fulfilled! Hopefully Jeremy Clarkson’s latest “Millionaire” gig will enable the promise to be kept. A personal line has been drawn at Eastenders, a program with the personal  appeal of The Sun, The Mirror, The Daily Mail, BBC “news you can trust”, or picking a copy of the Guardian / Telegraph out of life’s gutter.

A few emails drifted in, asking us to take a look at Vistry as apparently their share price is starting to become interesting.

At first glance, visually this is indeed the case and our diatribe against the UK media mindset may prove rather prescient in this instance. We’ve been conditioned to believe everything is always bad in the UK but – aside from the weather – this isn’t the case. It’s just a case of sloppy, unimaginative, journalists repeated the mantra that “Bad News Sells”, generating a never ending stream of clickbait nonsense. An easy instance was Rolls Royce and their modular nuclear reactors, capable of being parked alongside a river near you, and curing any energy crisis. Rolls Royce share price grew from 67p in 2022 to 1,244p currently. But the media adhered to their “Nuclear Bad” stance, reminding everyone of this nuclear disaster in Japan which yielded just one nuclear powered death, rather inconveniently for those revelling in the Tsunami disaster. Neither newspapers nor the broadcast media dared admit the reality of the nuclear situation, their attempts to insinuate the end of the world was coming fading away when compared with actual reality.

This, obviously, has absolutely nothing to do with Vistry Group, other than to celebrate it’s perhaps not worth believing any headlines as they are always wrong (unless for our own articles!).

When Bovis Homes bought Galliford Try in early 2020, with exquisite timing they chose an expansion just as everything hit the Covid fan. It would be difficult to describe a messier business decision, other than the time Butlins opened a bunch of holiday camps in Germany in early 1939 (ED: Didn’t happen).  Vistry Group, quickly born from the buyout, appears to be a fairly successful attempt to leave the negative coverage of their previous names behind. Better still, from our perspective, there is a fairly positive take on what the future holds.

The immediate Blue downtrend dates back to 2024 and while the share has behaved quite dreadfully, there are definite signals promising a reasonable future may lie ahead.

With the share price presently trading at 658p, we can suggest CLOSURE above 678p is necessary to produce Big Picture movement to an initial 707p with our secondary, if bettered, a pretty confident 729p. The obvious proximity of these target levels suggests a degree of hesitation may be waiting in the future but for now, it visually doesn’t stink.  This brings us to the “Game Changer” potential for the longer term as it’s clear the share price needs close a session above 700p to justify a mad dash down to the local shop to buy a Party Popper. From our perspective, this shall prove quite a big deal, calculating with long term ambitions echoing down from a future 900p, perhaps even 933p.

Hopefully Vistry don’t find a bunch of mature, ancient, trees to cut down and once again chainsaw off their potentials!

 

 

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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
10:09:20PM	BRENT	6001.8	5993	5949	5915	6022	6121	6177	6238	6057
10:13:22PM	GOLD	4479.02									‘cess
10:17:49PM	FTSE	10108									Success
10:20:01PM	STOX50	5939.6
10:37:10PM	GERMANY	24964.7	24834	24777	24708	24924	24984	25050	25362	24864
10:42:50PM	US500	6947.3									‘cess
10:49:13PM	DOW	49495.5									‘cess
10:52:39PM	NASDAQ	25649.1									‘cess
11:57:14PM	JAPAN	52335

6/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10122 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,652,466,467 a change of 0%

5/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10004 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,250,989,253 a change of 0%

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:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 488.4 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 492.95 Day Low: 485.15

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 254.8 Percentage Change: + 9.36% Day High: 252.6 Day Low: 235.6

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 3678 Percentage Change: + 5.21% Day High: 3628 Day Low: 3442

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 427.95 Percentage Change: + 2.06% Day High: 428.75 Day Low: 421.25

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1217.4 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 1227 Day Low: 1212

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 437 Percentage Change: + 2.80% Day High: 436.5 Day Low: 425.5

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1342 Percentage Change: + 0.98% Day High: 1349 Day Low: 1329

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 100.3 Percentage Change: + 0.34% Day High: 101.7 Day Low: 100.05

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1172 Percentage Change: + 1.91% Day High: 1185 Day Low: 1141.5

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LSE:NWG Natwest Close Mid-Price: 660.6 Percentage Change: -0.75% Day High: 674.2 Day Low: 660.4

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LSE:PHP Primary Health Close Mid-Price: 97.7 Percentage Change: -0.31% Day High: 98.5 Day Low: 97.4

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1244.5 Percentage Change: + 1.06% Day High: 1269.5 Day Low: 1235

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 408 Percentage Change: + 6.39% Day High: 413.5 Day Low: 382

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1208 Percentage Change: + 0.67% Day High: 1218 Day Low: 1195

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 100.5 Percentage Change: + 0.70% Day High: 101.9 Day Low: 100.15

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#Gold #WallSt Happy New Year and thanks for letting us enjoy a real break.  At this time of year, folk – ourselves included – show extraordinary tolerance to confectionary, food, booze and late nights. However, we’d a bit of an epiphany with the discovery there’s a really good reason for Christmas being celebrated over just 12 days. Any more festive time and tolerance for family (and friends) starts to substantially diminish, quick dog walks starting to take upward of 2 hours and the need for a nap after dinner becoming almost frantic!

But one thing became apparent during the hiatus after Christmas. Here in Argyll, we’ve managed to dodge bad weather, utterly spoiled by blue sky days with brilliant sunshine. The only tiny problem has been seriously freezing temperatures but a wood burning stove tends manage such an issue with very little cost, our firewood being harvested from the back garden forest. Surprisingly, our two garden crows (Russell and Cheryl) revealed a side of their nature we were utterly unaware existed. The concept of “birds feeding birds” wasn’t new, previously watching Sally & Walter, the two wood pigeons’, tossing nuts to the crows waiting on the ground as they were too large to fit on the feeders.

This time around, tossing out 4 slices of bread for the crows brought surprise behaviour. Cheryl Crow utterly shredded one slice of bread, created a storm of Hovis on the grass. Suddenly, robins and finches were present, filling up on the small fragments of the loaf. Meanwhile, Russell Crow broke a slice into four, taking the bits to the top right of the garden where blackbird is often found rummaging in leaves. And then, the two crows vanished with the final slices of bread, doubtless enjoying a secret feast in their private hideout. This experiment was repeated a couple of times, once again being able to witness birds feeding birds.

Who knows, maybe the crows are fattening them up for a feast as we’d always assumed crows had a similar predatory moral compass to the UK’s retail banks. Which brings us to Natwest Bank.

Presently trading around 665p, the bank has a share price which needs CLOSE a session above just 711p for us to dare to believe the damage from the “Crash of 2009” is being eroded. It is worth remembering the true value of a Natwest share is 1/10th of the current artificial price, due to a 1:10 share consolidation under RBS branding quite a few years ago. However, for those who’ve been playing with the share since its low of 9.7p in March 2009, in any language the current price is a lot healthier, and perhaps poised for even happier times ahead.

The current situation for Natwest suggests movement next above 670p should now target an initial 686p with our secondary, if bettered, at 701p. This should certainly bring the share price within sniffing distance of our “closure above 711p demand”, this being the theoretical trigger which should promote a Big Picture potential travel in the direction of an eventual 1159p and the sound of drunk investors everywhere.

For things to go Retail Bank shaped, the share price needs close below 550p and currently, this looks unlikely.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:00:30PM	BRENT	6174.1								6149
11:04:41PM	GOLD	4448.63	4302	4237	4164	4353	4456	4466	4529	4432
11:06:35PM	FTSE	10025.2								10004
11:10:12PM	STOX50	5919.7								5877
11:14:56PM	GERMANY	24865.3								24661
11:17:21PM	US500	6903.9								6898
11:19:57PM	DOW	48981.7	48970	48944	48854	49072	49199	49226	49686	49031
11:23:45PM	NASDAQ	25402.4								25364
11:37:35PM	JAPAN	52184								51879

 

5/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10004 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,250,989,253 a change of 0%

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: 486.65 Percentage Change: + 1.49% Day High: 488.95 Day Low: 480.65

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 720 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 735.5 Day Low: 700

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LSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 1634 Percentage Change: + 1.65% Day High: 1647 Day Low: 1583

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 33.5 Percentage Change: + 1.52% Day High: 34.75 Day Low: 30.5

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 233 Percentage Change: + 0.87% Day High: 234.8 Day Low: 229

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 3496 Percentage Change: + 4.30% Day High: 3568 Day Low: 3438

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 419.3 Percentage Change: + 2.57% Day High: 422.55 Day Low: 415.45

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1207.2 Percentage Change: + 1.29% Day High: 1209.6 Day Low: 1193.8

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1329 Percentage Change: + 1.76% Day High: 1334 Day Low: 1300

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 235 Percentage Change: + 0.43% Day High: 235.5 Day Low: 234

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 99.96 Percentage Change: + 0.73% Day High: 100.05 Day Low: 97.9

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 665.6 Percentage Change: + 1.22% Day High: 668.6 Day Low: 654.8

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1231.5 Percentage Change: + 2.88% Day High: 1240 Day Low: 1199

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1200 Percentage Change: + 1.52% Day High: 1201.5 Day Low: 1188.5

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1855.5 Percentage Change: + 0.62% Day High: 1875.5 Day Low: 1847

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 99.8 Percentage Change: + 0.56% Day High: 100.95 Day Low: 98.02

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Firstly, Happy Christmas. Today is a short one on the markets, made worse by nothing of consequence usually happening until 12.20 or so, then all the planned movements happening in the final 10 minutes of play. It used to drive us crazy but after last nights events, it become clear a rather relaxed attitude is possible. Perhaps even essential.

The problem was a Murder!

My wife had bought a ridiculously complex Murder Mystery role playing game and insisted, just this once, I participate with our grand-daughters, after dinner. This is the point when an escape to the office was usually desired but “ho hum”, it was only a game. 2 and 1/2 hours later, the lead detective (the 14 year old) successfully presented her case against the killer and the game was over. Then, of course, it was time for Charades. And of course, this provoked a desert of self propelled Karaoke, those who could play an instrument required to provide the music for each tune.

Our impromptu party was a success, neither one of the children being glued to their smartphones as until the end, when they tried to find how “Money Money Money” could be played on guitar or mandolin. Suddenly, it was 2am and a choice awaited, go to the office and do some work or head to bed. This was not a difficult decision, knowing how painful Christmas Eve could be for the market place.

Thus, todays subject is fairly straightforward. It’s the UK Aim and the visuals very strongly imply, if the UK’s junior market manages to close a session above Green at just 800 points, we should anticipate recovery to an initial 845 with secondary, if bettered, at 907 points. Until such time the UK index actually closes above 907 points, we shall be cautious about pointing to happy days ahead with a future 1181 calculating as viable.

And thus, until closure above 907 points is achieved, it will probably be more satisfying spending time with your family or frients.

Best wishes.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:47:11PM	BRENT	6191.4	6128	6096	6060	6180	6206	6221	6252	6170
11:16:38PM	GOLD	4504.68	4430	4411	4377	4480	4510	4526	4558	4474
11:21:31PM	FTSE	6191.4	9871	9861	9847	9887	9903	9925	9957	9870
11:28:25PM	STOX50	5746.3	5742	5738	5733	5751	5755	5765	5778	5740
11:31:26PM	GERMANY	24318	24253	24225	24179	24329	24356	24368	24424	24326
11:55:30PM	US500	6905.7	6860	6841	6818	6882	6910	6934	7006	6862
11:59:18PM	DOW	48420.8	48208	48120	47984	48355	48440	48762	49084	48268

 

23/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9889 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,498,839,426 a change of -17.8%

22/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9865 points. Change of -0.32%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,472,807,622 a change of -68.77%

19/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9897 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 17,521,574,490 a change of 151.82%

18/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9837 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,957,992,172 a change of -2.38%

17/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9774 points. Change of 0.93%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,127,448,786 a change of 18.41%

16/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9684 points. Change of -0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,019,317,961 a change of 4.57%

15/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9751 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,756,132,548 a change of -4.78%

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: 471.6 Percentage Change: + 0.78% Day High: 473.1 Day Low: 465.85

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LSE:CCL Carnival Close Mid-Price: 2343 Percentage Change: -0.64% Day High: 2426 Day Low: 2338

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 226.2 Percentage Change: + 0.71% Day High: 227.2 Day Low: 222.2

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 3246 Percentage Change: -0.43% Day High: 3288 Day Low: 3208

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 97.52 Percentage Change: + 0.45% Day High: 97.92 Day Low: 96.36

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures Close Mid-Price: 5.4 Percentage Change: -0.74% Day High: 5.9 Day Low: 5.3

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 397 Percentage Change: + 2.72% Day High: 396 Day Low: 384.5

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1187 Percentage Change: + 0.59% Day High: 1189.5 Day Low: 1178.5

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1806.5 Percentage Change: + 0.67% Day High: 1811.5 Day Low: 1790

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#Gold #Nasdaq For years, the stock market penguin has been exploring the pleasures of taxidermy, essentially royally stuffed but after a 10 year hiatus, is showing the potential of a surprise Lazarus effect! Back in January of this year (or sometime last week as this has been a fast 12 months). The share price has managed to close above our 84p on 7 occasions, giving considerable hope for the future and allowing us to delve into the realms of fantasy for what the future may hold!

Don’t get us wrong, we expect to be right with our calculations but ALWAYS suffer an extreme version of the collywobbles as timeframes are never a strong point. But Rockhopper has closed above our target level an even more impressive 12 times, so we absolutely must mix the tea leaves and attempt to figure out a future.

Unfortunately, for Rockhopper, things are now a bit weird. We’ve not checked the current news stream for Rockhopper as previous experience  Anyone remembering Desire Petroleum) has taught to deal with Falklands oilers with a degree of caution, relying on the numbers and avoiding market hype which can be rather inflammatory.  Or not, due to Desire mistakenly identifying water as oil, an easy mistake…

However, for Rockhopper, the immediate situation demands CLOSURE above 86p to justify some considerable hope, apparently opening the doors to a medium term ambition at 119p with our secondary, if beater, at 158p and the need to re-run the numbers, should the market sneak above such a level. Presently at 76p, it is one heck of an ambition.#

From a close near term perspective, there are some potentials.

Allegedly, above just 77p should bring a boost to an initial 80.3p with our secondary, if bettered, at 87.5p. This should give the market the opportunity to decide whether to close above 86p and kick open the door to a Big Picture perspective. Who knows, perhaps this shall prove to be a “Santa Thing” for 2025.

 

 

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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
11:07:48PM	BRENT	6152.9									Success
11:15:45PM	GOLD	4463.64	4406	4380	4351	4430	4467	4619	4861	4406	Success
11:19:42PM	FTSE	9863.9									‘cess
11:22:52PM	STOX50	5748.3									Success
11:20:21PM	GERMANY	24319.7									‘cess
11:23:26PM	US500	6880.2									Success
11:28:19PM	DOW	48364.2									‘cess
11:31:46PM	NASDAQ	25492.2	25397	25370	25308	25495	25558	25688	25837	25400
11:34:19PM	JAPAN	50436

22/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9865 points. Change of -0.32%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,472,807,622 a change of -68.77%

19/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9897 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 17,521,574,490 a change of 151.82%

18/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9837 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,957,992,172 a change of -2.38%

17/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9774 points. Change of 0.93%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,127,448,786 a change of 18.41%

16/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9684 points. Change of -0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,019,317,961 a change of 4.57%

15/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9751 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,756,132,548 a change of -4.78%

12/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9649 points. Change of -0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,045,049,250 a change of 2.55%

SUCCESS above means both FAST & SLOW targets were met. ‘CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.

Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today’s updated comments. If our commentary remains valid, the share can be found in the bottom section which has a RED heading. Hopefully, this will mean you no longer need to flip back through previous reports. HYPERLINKS DISABLED IN THIS VERSION

Please remember, all prices are mid-price (halfway between the Buy and Sell). When we refer to a price CLOSING above a specific level, we are viewing the point where we can regard a trend as changing. Otherwise, we are simply speculating on near term trading targets. Our website is www.trendsandtargets.com.

UPDATE. We often give an initial and a secondary price. If the initial is exceeded, we still expect it to fall back but the next time the initial is bettered, the price should continue to the secondary. The converse it true with price drops.

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 389.95 Percentage Change: + 0.10% Day High: 398.8 Day Low: 388.35

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1167.2 Percentage Change: + 0.02% Day High: 1171.8 Day Low: 1159.2

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 10570 Percentage Change: -0.14% Day High: 10685 Day Low: 10445

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 386.5 Percentage Change: + 1.44% Day High: 389 Day Low: 375

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire. Close Mid-Price: 25.25 Percentage Change: + 2.23% Day High: 25.1 Day Low: 22.9

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 278.6 Percentage Change: + 0.22% Day High: 280 Day Low: 276

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#BrentCrude #GermanyDax It seems, since the start of November this year, quite a lot has been happening for Lloyds share price.  Firstly, it has closed above the Green line on the chart, a “horizontal trend” around 89p, which dates confidently back to November 26th 2009. This was when the bank did their magical “placing”, giving existing share holders the chance to buy additional shares at a discount. Unlike with a Rights Issue, this was a decision taken by each shareholder and while the share value changed the next day, it couldn’t be an “across the board” thing as many shareholders chose not to take advantage of the opportunity, seeing the market gapped down to 56p the next morning without the dubious benefit of the enter historical value being changed, because it wasn’t. Folk who’d bought before the market placing could still proudly proclaim they’d bought at 89p plus, despite the market gapping everything down to 56p.

It was a complex scenario, one which denied Lloyds the opportunity of a vertical line on their chart highlighting the event and adjusting the historic share price, along with a drastic logical change in the shares worth. Instead, Lloyds were forced to “enjoy” a gap down from 87 to 56p, a value which reflected both the discounted shares on sale, along with the percentage of share holders who were sufficiently gullible to trap their hard earned shareholding below the purchase price for the next 15 years. However, on November 25th this year, the share price was gapped up above this green Horizontal Trend and finally looks like the share price may be recovering!

Now, we can move onto the immediate picture for Lloyds share price, especially as it just achieved another “higher high” since piercing our Green Horizontal Line since 2009.

The immediate situation suggests movement above 97.74 should promote gains in the direction of a confident sounding 99.5 with our secondary, if bettered, now at 101.7p and some hesitation. While “betting on the banking sector” is a bit like betting on the timing of temporary traffic lights, movement to our eventual 104 level looks comfortable. Here in our bit of Argyll with effectively no traffic lights, every time workmen chuck up a set of temporary lights, it becomes a game and after a couple of days, locals learn to treat them as advisory if the sensors don’t work as they should. It’s rare there’s ever an accident, especially as local police cars usually participate in the “been Red for too long” game. Thankfully, with winter, we also have the advantage of oncoming headlights to warn if a dreadful mistake has been made.

There is another detail, worthy of mention, and it’s akin to playing with temporary traffic lights in Argyll… Once Lloyds share price manages to actually close a session above our 104p level, long term recovery to around 201p shall be seen as commencing. Hopefully, should this be the case, we don’t see the lights on an oncoming idiot getting ready to spoil the transit upward.

And finally, remaining on the subject of oncoming headlights, the issue is becoming serious due to folk with LED lamps legally lighting up the road before them. The issue stems back to outdated UK regulations, where Dip headlights had to be 45w and main beam 55w. Makers of car headlamps were thus able to use this as a rule of thumb, giving electric vehicles and 8 watt dip and a 10 watt main beam, remaining fully within regulations while the rest of us are blinded by oncoming traffic. Locally, the safest idea has been to slow down before triggering our own Tungsten directional headlights from a near standstill. It’s a bit of an “Empire Fights Back” thing which doubtless has a few electric vehicle victims scurrying to their garage to ask for their headlights to be aligned safely, in addition to legally. Our ridiculously cheap VW EOS, designed to be top of the VW range and a firm favourite for our dogs, continues to surprise with the features fitted as standard. Aside from the unpleasant detail it needs a new automatic gearbox, the thing is great…

The table below gives the equivalent Halogen Light Wattage, along with potential equivalents fitted by manufacturers awaiting UK Law clarification. Those very few of us with Tungsten lamps will probably be ignored, bulb replacement being more than the value of the vehicle!

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
3:25:20AM	BRENT	6034.7	5858	5817	5556	6058	6048	6079	6102	6003
3:33:14AM	GOLD	4338.43
10:59:20PM	FTSE	9871.8
11:02:47PM	STOX50	5753.3
11:05:01PM	GERMANY	24313	24124	24016	23908	24193	24340	24356	24407	24255
11:09:20PM	US500	6850.1
11:12:15PM	DOW	48210.3
11:15:06PM	NASDAQ	25399.2
11:17:40PM	JAPAN	50328

 

19/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9897 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 17,521,574,490 a change of 151.82%

18/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9837 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,957,992,172 a change of -2.38%

17/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9774 points. Change of 0.93%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,127,448,786 a change of 18.41%

16/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9684 points. Change of -0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,019,317,961 a change of 4.57%

15/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9751 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,756,132,548 a change of -4.78%

12/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9649 points. Change of -0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,045,049,250 a change of 2.55%

11/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9703 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,894,528,793 a change of -21.51%

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:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 2313 Percentage Change: + 16.64% Day High: 2326 Day Low: 1886

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 223.2 Percentage Change: + 0.09% Day High: 226.2 Day Low: 220.8

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 3170 Percentage Change: + 2.86% Day High: 3154 Day Low: 3036

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 389.55 Percentage Change: + 0.71% Day High: 393 Day Low: 384.55

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1167 Percentage Change: + 1.44% Day High: 1166.6 Day Low: 1147

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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 1302 Percentage Change: -0.53% Day High: 1315 Day Low: 1297

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 10585 Percentage Change: + 1.24% Day High: 10635 Day Low: 10440

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 644.8 Percentage Change: + 0.62% Day High: 648.6 Day Low: 638

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 381 Percentage Change: + 3.11% Day High: 385 Day Low: 368.5

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1177 Percentage Change: + 0.47% Day High: 1187.5 Day Low: 1167

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 278 Percentage Change: + 1.24% Day High: 276.8 Day Low: 272

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1788.5 Percentage Change: + 0.85% Day High: 1808.5 Day Low: 1779

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 9.26 Percentage Change: + 2.89% Day High: 9.5 Day Low: 9

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#FTSE #SANTA Christmas has a dreadful way of sneaking up, spending months approaching slowly and suddenly, like a predator switching from “stalking mode” to “attack”, it’s here. And as usual, a degree of panic ensues. As one of the lucky folk with only 4 people to buy for (wife, daughter, grand-daughters), the realisation only one present has been purchased is causing some flutters. Friday shall be spent on the mainland, raiding a row of boutique shops which seem to be flourishing due to a change in road layout. My sole justification comes from my wife slowing down every time we drive the route, glancing at every shop window. While such behaviour is usually due to a bloke checking out his cars reflection, my wife is capable of taking inventory of window contents and discussing shoes / woollens / craft jewellery while we’re on the ferry.

Heading to the mainland goes against the grain, when buying Christmas presents. But locally in our part of Argyll, it feels like the shops have conspired to avoid carrying any seasonal stock. Deciding to keep quiet on my conclusion as I knew my wife would ridicule me, she came to exactly the same conclusion when doing her usual “stocking fillers” run, giving me a list of stocking filler ‘junk’ to buy. Being told to use my initiative, when buying socks, may prove to be dangerous.

Of course, while toiling away 5 miles across the sea at the shops, there’s a chance I shall miss an event which – if life were a Hollywood movie – is almost certain. The UK index is within sniffing distance of extending itself to join the elite ranks of stock markets with 5 figure index numbers. All kidding aside, once index’ get into the 5 figure zone, stop loss levels become very difficult, often to the point of becoming absurd. This tends make large surges upward an expensive bet to make, demanding strict logic to remain safe when chasing a trade.

Currently, the UK market suggests movement above just 9860 points should trigger a little journey to an initial 9976 points. Visually, there is a suggestion of hesitation at such a level, the fact the target is above the markets previous all time high injects some hope an effort shall be made to achieve our secondary which calculates at 10,060 points. This would certainly justify a party popper or two, especially as a massive number of traders will open short positions expecting sharp reversals from their perceived “top” at the 10 thousand level. Such a series of open goals for the Spread Bet industry should be possible, because we can provide a third level target providing a long term attraction from 10,230 points, sufficiently above any logical Stop Loss positions to ensure any profit generated by the rise is returned to the industry which is never generous.

Or so our theory goes. If triggered, our tightest stop is massive at 9750 points.

If real trouble is planned, below 9640 has the potential of triggering reversals down to an initial 9531 points with our secondary, if broken, working out at 9424 points.

For now, it looks like Santa has arrived and we suspect a visit to 10,060 should be expected before the end of the year.

 

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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
11:16:53PM	BRENT	5953.7	5930	5909		5993	6017	6045		5977
11:20:17PM	GOLD	4334.87	4308	4296		4329	4374	4383		4322	Success
11:22:47PM	FTSE	9802.8	9745	9704		9807	9853	9889		9796
11:25:54PM	STOX50	5717.6	5718	5710		5729	5749	5755		5713	Success
11:34:12PM	GERMANY	24125.4	24052	23992		24142	24227	24282		24124	Success
11:40:08PM	US500	6769.1	6747	6720		6795	6817	6844		6770	Success
11:42:40PM	DOW	47886	47849	47736		48102	48374	48624		48040	Success
11:45:39PM	NASDAQ	24985	24831	24708		25101	25166	25304		24981	Success
11:48:19PM	JAPAN	49361	49114	48981		49266	49542	49980		49260

 

18/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9837 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,957,992,172 a change of -2.38%

17/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9774 points. Change of 0.93%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,127,448,786 a change of 18.41%

16/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9684 points. Change of -0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,019,317,961 a change of 4.57%

15/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9751 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,756,132,548 a change of -4.78%

12/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9649 points. Change of -0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,045,049,250 a change of 2.55%

11/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9703 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,894,528,793 a change of -21.51%

10/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9655 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,510,310,269 a change of 17.31%

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:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 10455 Percentage Change: -0.48% Day High: 10550 Day Low: 10440

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 96.48 Percentage Change: + 0.86% Day High: 97.04 Day Low: 95.48

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