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#Gold #SP500 The schoolboy humour within always wonders if Wizz Air give out free Tena Lady or Tena Men to their clients, just in case anyone misconstrues the company name. Back in olden days, taking an internal Aeroflot flight in the Soviet Union often came with a passenger cabin smelling like the worst sort of public bar, the scent of cheap booze mixed in with the odour of their toilets which probably couldn’t be emptied, because the airline had been awaiting a replacement valve or seal for weeks. A quite spirited flight into Togliatti to visit the Lada factory once provided my one and only experience with communist era aviation, the return to Moscow thankfully accomplished by driving a luxurious and glacial smooth Lada Niva, fresh from the production line… This was still in the days, when the British Airways flight back to Gatwick would announce the aircraft leaving Soviet airspace, a ripple of applause heard around the cabin.

 

One of our favourite recent headlines is below;

While we’re less than confident about their proposed “fully qualified in 3 years” ambition, the underlying astounding suggestion being of a massive expansion in the airlines operations which they expect to be able to fund by 2028. Unless, perhaps, they really intend a game show type of training process, where a prospective pilot who lands on the M25 rather than Heathrow is immediately disqualified and bumped from the program. And hopefully, applicants who employ a plurality of pronouns are equally discarded, rather than being given some sort of career advantage such as currently occurs with media, charities, and local councils in the UK.

 

Due to their potential hiring ambition (okay, we all know it is utter nonsense, given out as a press release to distract attention from something else), if we examine near term potentials, above 1,220p should be capable of triggering movement to an initial 1,337p. This initial hope challenges the downtrend since 2022 and shall doubtless provoke some hesitation. However, with closure above this Blue downtrend, we’re calculating a longer term 1,701p as a viable aspiration for some point in the future, almost certainly providing stutters while the share price level challenges the prior highs of 2025.

If things intend go wrong, below 1,000p risks catastrophe as it calculates with the risk of reversal to an initial 788p with  our secondary, if broken, at 543p and ideally a bottom level which shall provide sufficient reason for a bounce.

However, we do enjoy a suspicion the market holds a cunning plan for the share price. When we see a price following a trend line from afar, such as occurring right now with Wizz, it’s often the case any upward movement proves sudden and quite sharp, so this shall perhaps prove worth keeping an eye on.

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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
10:05:13PM	BRENT	6077.5
10:08:52PM	GOLD	4364	4336	4328	4310	4355	4382	4426	4506	4336	‘cess
10:45:55PM	FTSE	9432.3									‘cess
10:51:05PM	STOX50	5694.4									Success
10:54:03PM	GERMANY	24335.9									Success
10:57:17PM	US500	6740	6657	6639	6604	6710	6745	6773	6853	6722	Success
11:02:18PM	DOW	46738.3									‘cess
11:06:33PM	NASDAQ	25163.4
11:10:00PM	JAPAN	49620									Success

 

20/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9403 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,879,963,453 a change of -30.6%

17/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9354 points. Change of -0.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,031,145,247 a change of 41.83%

16/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9436 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,957,299,333 a change of -9.18%

15/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9424 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,458,430,377 a change of -17.04%

14/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9452 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,579,322,985 a change of -18.86%

13/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9442 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,108,848,236 a change of 21.17%

10/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9427 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,691,897,297 a change of 2.92%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:SRP Serco** **

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LSE:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 167.7 Percentage Change: -22.75% Day High: 191.05 Day Low: 162.05

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 73 Percentage Change: + 12.31% Day High: 73 Day Low: 68

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G Close Mid-Price: 7.1 Percentage Change: -2.74% Day High: 7.25 Day Low: 7.05

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 202.8 Percentage Change: + 1.45% Day High: 202.4 Day Low: 197.9

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1132 Percentage Change: + 0.18% Day High: 1136.5 Day Low: 1125.5

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 244.2 Percentage Change: + 0.16% Day High: 248.2 Day Low: 242.8

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#Gold #DAX Sorry our Friday report was cancelled.

An unasked question, what would happen if a potentially fatal allergen was injected finally was answered on Thursday, a few hours after this years flu vaccine was administered. There has never been a personal need for an ‘epipen’ due to my egg allergy causing immediate burns to the skin, making it literally impossible to accidentally eat something like a Milky Way or whatever. But when my lips decided they wanted to “do a Mick Jagger” while my eye lids swelled up, the penny dropped and it was time to read the leaflet which was given after the nurse had provided her ritual stabbing. The news this years vaccine was incubated in egg, risking egg protein making it into the recipe, provoked a panic run into the bathroom to immediately take three “One A Day” antihistamine pills. It was easy to forget another detail, the fact my 10th(?) Covid-19 booster has been provided at the same time, so blaming what unpleasant side effect could be attributed to which vaccine became a game.

Long story short, Thursday night was personally truly interesting, forcing the decision to ‘throw a sickie’ for the first time ever! As the bloke who creates the header article, along with providing market futures calculations, it was decided wandering around carrying a blue emergency bucket was probably safer than sitting down and trying to apply logic for Friday! Worse, not a single idea germinated as the subject for the header article, aside from fury at forgetting to ask “the egg question” while the nurse and I were chatting about our Golden Retrievers and favourite local dog walks. It is a genuinely small community here in our bit of Argyll, creating a mindset where it’s easy to forget the glaringly obvious. There was absolutely no way the nurse would have been aware of my funny allergy. By afternoon on Friday, there was a degree of guilt as all symptoms vanished, the only thing remaining to catch up on sleep and by Sunday, the idea of eating resurfaced…

On a happier note, did try and sing “Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones, and didn’t sound anything like Mick Jagger!

 

As for Lloyds, we reviewed them three weeks ago, the share price doing very little of interest in the period since. Thus far, it has failed to reach our initial 88p target, the rise stalling at 86.8 and now looking like some weakness risks making itself known. Currently, below 81.5 risks triggering reversal down to an initial 79.1 with our secondary, if broken, a probable bottom around 75.7p, once which shall hopefully provoke a rebound. From our perspective, Lloyds Bank now needs close a session below 73.4 to inspire a similar level of panic to the discovery of Egg in a Flu vaccine.

 

However, we remain with the suspicion the market is just messing around until BoE decide to assist the UK economy and reduce inflation rates by bringing our exorbitant interest rates down, a failed economic experiment which has been discredited in the majority of G9 nations, aside from the USA and UK.  Should the UK opt to be kind to interest rates on Nov 6th, it is now the case where above 86.8p should bring share price recovery to an initial confident 91.5p with our longer term secondary, if bettered, at 110p. We suspect, quite firmly, Lloyds share price intends head upward.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
5:34:28PM	BRENT	6118	6075	5975	5321	6294	6380	6532	6710	6172
5:43:35PM	GOLD
7:32:11PM	FTSE
7:53:43PM	STOX50
8:01:34PM	GERMANY	23970.9	23676	23610	23484	23821	23992	24090	24228	23872
8:04:29PM	US500
9:06:42PM	DOW
9:11:08PM	NASDAQ
9:15:56PM	JAPAN

 

17/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9354 points. Change of -0.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,031,145,247 a change of 41.83%

16/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9436 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,957,299,333 a change of -9.18%

15/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9424 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,458,430,377 a change of -17.04%

14/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9452 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,579,322,985 a change of -18.86%

13/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9442 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,108,848,236 a change of 21.17%

10/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9427 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,691,897,297 a change of 2.92%

9/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9509 points. Change of -0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,502,012,274 a change of 0.62%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:SBRY Sainsbury** **LSE:SRP Serco** **LSE:TRN The Trainline** **

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G Close Mid-Price: 7.3 Percentage Change: -0.68% Day High: 7.35 Day Low: 7.16

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 199.9 Percentage Change: + 6.39% Day High: 201.2 Day Low: 184.3

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1130 Percentage Change: + 0.67% Day High: 1132 Day Low: 1115

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 338 Percentage Change: + 0.12% Day High: 339 Day Low: 335.2

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 243.8 Percentage Change: + 0.99% Day High: 246.2 Day Low: 239.2

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 254.8 Percentage Change: -1.24% Day High: 264.6 Day Low: 248.8

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

Sorry about the lack of a report today.

Had my Flu and Covid jags on Thursday, experiencing a bit of a negative reaction to the Flu one. By the time it hit hard, it was too late to get anyone else to write the header section and run futures.

 

On the bright side, did see what I would look like with Mick Jaggers lips. It was NOT a pretty picture…. This years Flu vaccine is incubated in Egg and some Egg protein got through. For most people, not an issue but for someone with a major Egg allergy, quite a horrible experience.

Alistair

 

A fascinating little detail about the worlds largest Advertising Agency, WPP Plc, comes from their humble roots, when their full name decorated a shed in Northampton. The company was founded as Wire & Plastic Products Plc and manufactured wire shopping baskets for supermarkets. After about 10 years of irritating shoppers with terrible handle design, the company decided to grow by acquisition of other companies and at the start of 1987, when they bought Scotlands largest Advertising Agency, their path was established into the media market. They now employ over 100,000 folk internationally.

Quite a lot is being made of their tie up with Google to use AI, aiming to accelerate the use of targeted advertising, doubtless slowing down the load speed of internet pages further…

We hold a major source of concern for WPP, especially due to the class action by shareholders due to the companies announcements between February and July of this year which allegedly cost investors a share value trip from the 8 quid level down to 4 pounds. This sort of thing tends challenge investors sense of humour, especially as they allege the company made inaccurate media releases. From our coldly logical perspective, this legal action and the danger it inflicts on the company share price value is a seriously big deal. Sometimes we discuss a thing called “ultimate bottoms” and the danger they represent.

Essentially, an ultimate bottom is a level below which we cannot calculate without prefacing targets with impossible minus signs and when a share price stars flirting with such a concept, recovery can become seriously difficult, often needing a game changing announcement by the company to sharply propel themselves upward. Maybe it’s the case where WPP already have a goose laying golden eggs tucked away somewhere, news of which would bring extremely fast and positive change. But for now, the share price is both fascinating and dangerous!

 

Our “ultimate bottom” for WPP Plc calculates at 310p and the recent dip to 330p and share price movement since tends suggest the market has also realised the company is trading in a dodgy area. We’ve shown an inset on the chart of closing prices, a picture when tends suggest the market has also noticed and reacted against the trouble which would be caused, if it shrinks lower than they are currently trading at. To emphasise, below 310p risks triggering a plunge to oblivion.

It is now the case where we need the share price to exceed the immediate Blue downtrend of 370p to hopefully signal a panic recovery for a zone where the price is teetering on the edge of oblivion. Our calculations reveal above 370p should prove capable of a lift to an initial 477p with our secondary, if beaten, at 537p which would undo the consequences of the Red trend break back in July. Should this occur – and we suspect it’s likely – it would suggest WPP has made an impressive return above an uptrend, something which usually has positive long term consequences. We’re not even teasing with our level three calculations as we’d feel more comfortable analysing the path taken for recovery, once it actually occurs. From our viewpoint, providing such just now would simply be clickbait, rather than a formula born consequence.

We think WPP shall be worth watching.

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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
11:12:20PM	BRENT	6229.1	6160	6114	6024	6214	6243	6298	6318	6216
11:16:01PM	GOLD	4207.66	4090	4049	3993	4150	4215	4230	4250	4176	Success
11:18:10PM	FTSE	9416.3	9375	9339	9288	9422	9445	9463	9492	9404
11:39:07PM	STOX50	5599	5557	5525	5487	5590	5639	5664	5690	5592	‘cess
11:42:14PM	GERMANY	24156.6	24101	24018	23903	24149	24174	24212	24281	24116	Success
11:45:07PM	US500	6678.9	6610	6584	6537	6657	6687	6712	6746	6653	Shambles
11:32:49PM	DOW	46329.7	46016	45945	45694	46340	46433	46565	46748	46229	‘cess
11:35:52PM	NASDAQ	24773.8	24492	24312	24104	24682	24818	24934	25083	24737	‘cess
11:39:06PM	JAPAN	48002	47554	47477	47228	47825	48056	48214	48431	47871	Success

 

15/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9424 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,458,430,377 a change of -17.04%

14/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9452 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,579,322,985 a change of -18.86%

13/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9442 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,108,848,236 a change of 21.17%

10/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9427 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,691,897,297 a change of 2.92%

9/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9509 points. Change of -0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,502,012,274 a change of 0.62%

8/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9548 points. Change of 0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,461,813,888 a change of 28.82%

7/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9483 points. Change of 10436.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,016,195,038 a change of -1.86%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:SRP Serco** **LSE:TRN The Trainline** **

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 662 Percentage Change: -0.90% Day High: 670.5 Day Low: 663

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LSE:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 170.1 Percentage Change: -1.68% Day High: 173.85 Day Low: 170.25

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 191.8 Percentage Change: + 0.42% Day High: 195 Day Low: 191

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 2616 Percentage Change: + 0.46% Day High: 2642 Day Low: 2564

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 5.41 Percentage Change: -8.92% Day High: 6 Day Low: 5.41

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 241.6 Percentage Change: + 0.17% Day High: 242.8 Day Low: 240

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 259.4 Percentage Change: -1.07% Day High: 264.4 Day Low: 255

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#GOLD #Stoxx50 It looks like our commentary about Mitie back in April of this year has proven correct. With the company announcing they were buying back some of their issued shares, the implication is obviously of their petty cash box brimming over. Our comment; “The company, amongst many other things hold the accolade of being the largest provider of immigration centres in the UK, and we can speculate the market assume this contract as being a growth area due to the government seemingly throwing money at the issue” certainly appears prescient, the share price achieving our target levels earlier this year and is now deserving a new analysis, not least due to a happy 14.1% UP day.

There are a couple of important details about the flamboyant gain.

The share price exceeded and closed above the Blue downtrend since 2017. This “may” prove important but importantly, it neither closed higher than the movements back in June this year, nor did intraday movements exceed the highs of June. While we may be accused of being fussy in our demands for clear signals, we’re certainly a little nervous as to the share prices immediate ambitions as we really need it above 160p before we shall dare setting off a pound shop party popper.

However, from a Big Picture perspective, considerable hope is now justified, share price closure next above 160p calculating as capable of triggering movement to 206p next with our secondary, if bettered, an impressive but logical looking future 266p. Overall, should the price ever close above 200p, we shall view a far distant 367 as being a target price exerting an influence.

 

Should things intend go wrong, the share price needs slither below 135p to cause trouble, risking provoking travel downhill to an initial 113p and hopefully a bounce. In the event such a level breaks, our longer term secondary calculates at 67p.

But on the bright side, the coming Grand Prix from Austin, TX, is generally quite entertaining. Why don’t they open the event with an Austin A40 with bets on whether the horrible little British car could complete a single lap of the circuit without breaking down. Being able to learn to drive in “the compound” of my family motor trade business, the 1970’s meant being spoiled for choice of the range of derelicts which ran. Some had more than one gear, some had working breaks, and for this 7 year old, it was nirvana. But deciding a Ford Anglia (with no brakes) was better to drive than an Austin A40 (where everything worked ) spoke volumes about Austin, even though the Ford Anglia was also to become the first car I wrote off, running into the heavy compound gates which promptly fell backwards onto the car. Needless to say, my exploits with the junk cars were severely curtailed thereafter, unless someone was pretending to supervise my efforts at teaching myself to drive. Many years later, a friend bought an Austin A40 with the intention of restoring it. He was horrified, perhaps insulted, by my utter distaste for the awful vehicle. He eventually sold it, virtually untouched, as a “project” car.

 

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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
10:50:38PM	BRENT	6212.6
10:56:48PM	GOLD	4141.74	4090	4069	4032	4137	4155	4172	4199	4125	Success
11:02:07PM	FTSE	9468.8
11:04:56PM	STOX50	5600	5542	5515	5484	5574	5608	5639	5690	5570	Success
11:08:19PM	GERMANY	24307.8									‘cess
11:13:06PM	US500	6653.2									Success
11:15:41PM	DOW	46300.7									Success
11:20:31PM	NASDAQ	24591.1									Success
11:24:00PM	JAPAN	46962

 

14/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9452 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,579,322,985 a change of -18.86%

13/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9442 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,108,848,236 a change of 21.17%

10/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9427 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,691,897,297 a change of 2.92%

9/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9509 points. Change of -0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,502,012,274 a change of 0.62%

8/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9548 points. Change of 0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,461,813,888 a change of 28.82%

7/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9483 points. Change of 10436.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,016,195,038 a change of -1.86%

6/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 90 points. Change of -99.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,111,279,215 a change of -21.54%

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.

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

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AFC AFC Energy** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:SPT Spirent Comms** **

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LSE:AFC AFC Energy Close Mid-Price: 8.91 Percentage Change: -1.55% Day High: 9.24 Day Low: 8.77

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LSE:BP. BP PLC Close Mid-Price: 416.35 Percentage Change: -1.34% Day High: 418.15 Day Low: 410.5

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 2604 Percentage Change: + 0.46% Day High: 2626 Day Low: 2524

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 5.94 Percentage Change: -8.47% Day High: 6.5 Day Low: 5.84

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LSE:SPT Spirent Comms. Close Mid-Price: 198.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 199 Day Low: 198.6

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In the run up to a UK budget, the media like spraying potential media all over their front pages as they “test market” potential public responses to any forthcoming attempts from the UK Government to further damage our country. It’s fairly funny, noting most economic ‘analysis’ are written by political correspondents, folk in receipt of a leak from “Rachel in Accounts” as she tests reaction to her next stupid scheme to raise money to be wasted by the government.  One which is causing smiles is the threat of inflicting Road Tax on Classic Cars, vehicles more than 40 years old which rarely do more than a 1,000 miles a year, driving to and from Classic Car social events when they can all bore each other silly by talking about their vehicles.

A personal horror story became reality, attending a Classic Car Hill Climb event, something which looked like a lot of fun and my own absurd TVR 2.9 2+2 allowing me to take part. The lady with me had already ordered a Morgan and was delighted at the collection of seemingly magnetic Morgans, all the cliche green painted cars drawn together in their own little puddle of terribleness. Like a moth to a flame, she vanished to the Morgan gathering, returning after around 30 minutes and quite apologetic. My sarcasm about Morgan owners had turned out to be reality, she being literally shocked at how strong their views were on the type of polish was best used on a Morgan, the correct type of wheel cleaner to use, and whether Scottish Blend tea leaves were actually superior to foul tasting products from Tetley or whoever. (They are, Scottish water is pure)  She literally cancelled her order for a Morgan, bought a ‘sort of’ sporty Mazda 323 and promptly wrote it off. Her replacement 323 was also written off while parked. And her third 323 was written off but the story of what happened has never been revealed. But few folk could boast of writing off three Mazda 323’s in just 10 months.

She bought a proper Landrover short wheel base and 35 years later, still drives it, preferring to be thought of as an eccentric psychiatrist rather than actually paranoid about her choice of vehicle. But it allowed her the reason to buy a farmhouse in Surrey, utterly justifying her horrible vehicle to commute to her hospital office. Personally, having owned a Landrover SWD Air Drop (designed to be tossed out the back of a Hercules plane or from a Helicopter), when I decided to sell the thing, the Landrover Owners Club got in touch, asked permission to reprint the sarcastic and truthful advert for a vehicle I utterly despised. A Boeing 747 had a tighter turning circle and probably better fuel consumption. And a Citroen 2CV would win a drag race. But to help with stopping smoking, the fact 12 gallons of petrol were stored under the drivers seat, sloshing below a leaky fuel cap, gave some encouragement.

While skiing in France, bumped into a bloke and we got talking about my long gone Landrover. The secret was to replace the Front and Rear differentials with those from a Series 1 Range Rover, turning the awful machine into something seriously useful. Apparently, this was the first thing the military did, when they got hold of one! And sometimes, the V8 Range Rover engine also ended up under the bonnet. But no one would admit the core Air Drop machine was hideous to own, to drive, to park. But it did look great.

 

Taylor Wimpey, similar to our Landrover, has been expressed with a screamed whisper, similar to someone from our biased BBC complementing Mr Trump on his success with Gaza. But if we opt to decide Freedom of Speech is possible, we mentioned LSE:TW. threatened reversal to 90p. However, with a surprisingly silent curse words, the lowest Taylor Wimpey achieved was just 91.5p, slightly above our drop target and perhaps whispering the share price includes some hidden strength, never a bad thing. Perhaps we should now be looking for movements of strength against LSE:TW.. (They are one of the few FTSE 100 shares which suffer a full stop after the two character epic, thus giving the pretence of a 3rd character to fool cheap software which was designed to only accept 3 digit FTSE company codes. It has been a never ending surprise the original coders were not approached to ask them to widen the share code parameters as, in Pascal, it would only require EPIC>S3 to change to EPIC>S1. But instead, we are stuck with a series of daft full stops after 2 digit epic codes. Even New York makes NYSE:V look deserved, the code for VISA. Of course, whether they release a six digit  NYSE:BIGYIN for Trump Media is yet to be seen…

Should Taylor Wimpey intend move with some integrity, above just 104p should trigger near term recovery to an initial 108 with our secondary, if beaten, at an eventual 112p. Despite neither target level being impressive, this sort of movement would launch the builder into quite strong territory, giving a strong Big Picture perspective of a future 130p, maybe even a longer term 152p. Visually it all makes perfect sense for Taylore Wimpey, perhaps as much as my old friend writing off 3 Mazda 323’s. (Mazda refused to sell the model to her)

If things intend go pear shaped, below 99p risks triggering reversal to an initial 92 with our secondary, if broken, at 86p.

Thankfully there may be many psychiatrists called Alice reading this, thus having no chance of being identified. <grin and everyone knows her Mum killed the #3 Mazda in an Asda car park. It was even reported in the local paper,.under a “Stranger Than Fiction” headline!>

FUTURES

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:43:48PM	BRENT	6322	6199	6000	5360	6650	6382	6460	6546	6312
10:48:11PM	GOLD	4109.81	4023	3991	3949	4062	4118	4136	4165	4101
10:56:03PM	FTSE	9442.9	9409	9396	9375	9448	9458	9493	9536	9425
10:58:26PM	STOX50	5571	5538	5528	5507	5568	5590	5614	5653	5538	Success
11:01:36PM	GERMANY	24417.4	24252	24084	23854	24404	24450	24527	24652	24344
11:33:47PM	US500	6651.2	6615	6601	6578	6659	6668	6677	6736	6628	Success
11:35:54PM	DOW	46110	45782	45674	45513	46050	46154	46310	46474	45958
11:38:26PM	NASDAQ	24740	24547	24451	24341	24701	24781	24888	25017	24684	Shambles
11:40:21PM	JAPAN	47015	46283	46059	45731	46699	47075	47441	48211	46670

 

13/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9442 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,108,848,236 a change of 21.17%

10/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9427 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,691,897,297 a change of 2.92%

9/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9509 points. Change of -0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,502,012,274 a change of 0.62%

8/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9548 points. Change of 0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,461,813,888 a change of 28.82%

7/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9483 points. Change of 10436.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,016,195,038 a change of -1.86%

6/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 90 points. Change of -99.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,111,279,215 a change of -21.54%

3/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9491 points. Change of 0.68%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,514,116,921 a change of 8.6%

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.

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.

If you want to ask a question about something Market Related intraday, don’t hesitate to email private.client@trendsandtargets.com. If something has gone volatile and a quick answer is needed, we’ve probably already run the numbers on it. As you’ll appreciate, we try and avoid spamming people needlessly.

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One of the things about living in an area where people go to die (aka retirement central) can be utterly ridiculous projects. One of the West Coasts best top secret salmon rivers is on our dog walking route and when the Victorian cast iron fisherman’s bridge  managed to be washed away in floods a couple of years ago, the angling community were not going to be denied the chance of reaching the other side of the often ankle deep river. And so, they decided to KNIT a new bridge out of rope as shown below. To be fair, it is a serious masterpiece, only lacking Indiana Jones and a bunch of Nazi’s fighting each other. And it has given pause to consider our current hobby of making wines, while not as mad as knitting a bridge, it’s perhaps an indicator of the soporific lifestyle here in Argyll.

One funny thing about this Argyll river. In 15 years of walking the banks with the dogs almost daily, I’ve not once come across someone who’s actually caught a fish. However, in a remarkably similar period, the UK’s retail banks look like doing something useful, perhaps giving another meaning to the term “walking the banks!”

 

We’ve long been cynical about the banking sector but for now, some very real hope is almost available. Last time we reviewed Lloyds, we gave 551p as an initial target, an ambition achieved on three occasions in the last few sessions. However, there is a problem as the share price failed to CLOSE a session at or above 551p, the best achieved at the end of a day being 550.2p last Wednesday. Despite during the day reaching a high of 553.6p, it conspicuously failed to close above 551p which is a bit of a concern, hinting the market may have decided “now” is not the time for some rabid acceleration. Our Gold Standard for movement remains a price actually closing a trading session above one of our trading targets. ‘Mixed feelings’  best describes our thoughts at present, this share price achieving our initial target yet, from our perspective, still failing to impress us. About the best we dare suggest in the implication if the share price exceeds the most recent high of 553.6p, it should go up to an initial useless  target of 556.7p. Such an ambition would exceed a downtrend since 2007, giving substantial hope things should be changing gear.

We now can concede our secondary target above 556.7p has a secondary target of 575p. From our perspective, this would propel the share price into a zone we call “The Big Picture”, where some real movement becomes very possible. From a Big Picture perspective, share price closure above 575p now calculates with an ambition of a future 625 with our secondary, if bettered, working out at a long term secondary of 784p.

This Big Picture secondary ambition is a seriously Big Deal, taking the share price above the market high just before the Financial Crash of 2009, a share price value of 718p. With closure above such a point, the square mile in London shall be flooded with drunken idiots setting off party poppers and sipping cheap champagne, finally believing the UK is back of track to become the financial capital of the world. Our suspicion is those folk shall prove as successful as the multitudes of folk wearing waders, standing in the middle of our local river and hoping for the impossible.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:41:25PM	BRENT	6204	6199	5991	5344	6655	6655	6792	6989	6380
10:43:41PM	GOLD	4017.23
10:47:55PM	FTSE	9379.5
10:49:40PM	STOX50	5501.7
10:52:56PM	GERMANY	24173.4
10:56:16PM	US500	6511.8	6499	6488	6396	6590	6592	6623	6664	6547
11:55:47PM	DOW	45253.7
11:57:48PM	NASDAQ	24533.9
11:48:10PM	JAPAN	46322

 

10/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9427 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,691,897,297 a change of 2.92%

9/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9509 points. Change of -0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,502,012,274 a change of 0.62%

8/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9548 points. Change of 0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,461,813,888 a change of 28.82%

7/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9483 points. Change of 10436.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,016,195,038 a change of -1.86%

6/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 90 points. Change of -99.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,111,279,215 a change of -21.54%

3/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9491 points. Change of 0.68%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,514,116,921 a change of 8.6%

2/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9427 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,998,175,981 a change of -12.05%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:TRN The Trainline** **

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 655.5 Percentage Change: + 0.08% Day High: 669 Day Low: 649

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 350.5 Percentage Change: + 8.35% Day High: 363.5 Day Low: 323.5

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 6.51 Percentage Change: -4.26% Day High: 6.8 Day Low: 6.5

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1105.5 Percentage Change: + 0.64% Day High: 1105.5 Day Low: 1098.5

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 261.4 Percentage Change: -4.18% Day High: 273.4 Day Low: 260.6

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