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#Gold #WallSt There’s always the temptation to pad out an article with a snapshot of whatever ridiculousness is going on in Argyll. Wednesday and the last seagoing paddleship in the world looking like it was floating aimlessly beside our local nuclear submarine base, saw a couple of Royal Marine fast boats intercept the ship. After a few minutes, the fast movers moved off and the paddle steamer came to life again. We can only speculate we’d witnessed some sort of exercise but worse, enjoying the scene from the comfort of the passenger lounge on a ferry made it easy to forget to take a snapshot! So, we’ll look at Playtech Plc instead as their share price is looking quite encouraging.

The company, headquartered on the Isle of Man and traded on the FTSE 250, has become the world’s largest designer, developer, and license keeper for web & mobile software to the gaming industry. It’s a seriously impressive set of credentials, if their Wiki page is to be believed. The company certainly can boast an impressive CV in the years since their launch, though we tend detest a business model which essentially works on the same basis as these “Shove Penny” machines. Punters are blissfully unaware of the two concealed “house” slots on lane 1 and lane 4 of the machines, gobbling up any overflow. Discovering this detail, when building a machine for grandchildren, was a real shock, destroying a gullible lifetime of believing this was a true game of chance. Enacting such machinations within software would obviously be quite easy.

 

Cutting to basics, Playtech Plc share price needs close below 650p to spoil our illusions for coming upward movement.

 

Movement next above 814p should ideally trigger a price surge to an initial 874 with our longer term secondary, if bettered, at 984p. Overall, we can calculate an eventual 1011p is apparently exerting an influence on the share price, rather nastily matching the highs of 2017 and visually providing a great excuse for hesitation. Essentially, folk whose funds have been on an extended holiday for the last 8 years would be expected to bail at break even, providing selling pressure on the share price and thus, creating a stutter in any rise.

For now, we’re fairly optimistic and strongly suspect it shall be worth betting on 984p making an appearance.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:41:03PM	BRENT	6093.3
10:53:59PM	GOLD	3364.05	3351	3343	3324	3388	3400	3414	3432	3375
10:57:06PM	FTSE	8574.6
10:59:24PM	STOX50	5245.7
11:32:42PM	GERMANY	5245.7
11:35:30PM	US500	5627.6
11:37:55PM	DOW	41080	40824	40641	40428	41057	41281	41455	41715	41004
11:40:28PM	NASDAQ	19870.6
11:48:01PM	JAPAN	36907

 

7/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8559 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,184,880,879 a change of -26.44%

6/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8597 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,408,484,363 a change of 30.09%

2/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8596 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,463,449,781 a change of 59.81%

1/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,044,371,616 a change of -59.2%

30/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8494 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,912,933,347 a change of 92.29%

29/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8463 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,155,137,835 a change of 24.39%

28/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8417 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,144,462,369 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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 581.6 Percentage Change: + 0.69% Day High: 582.8 Day Low: 575

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LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC. Close Mid-Price: 1.05 Percentage Change: + 5.00% Day High: 1.05 Day Low: 0.95

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 185 Percentage Change: + 0.11% Day High: 191 Day Low: 178.8

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 284.3 Percentage Change: + 0.96% Day High: 288.6 Day Low: 281.6

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#Gold #SP500.  A few miles up the road from us is a place called Kilmartin Glen. In a stretch of around 6 miles, there exists a huge collection of standing stones and weird rock piles called cairns. The structures are older than Stonehenge and with some of the stones being 3 metres tall, they’re quite impressive too. But with a typical Scottish lack of self promotion, no-one has heard of the very accessible collection of ancient monuments, almost as if “they” don’t want to challenge Stonehenge as the leading Neolithic monument in the UK. To be fair, Stonehenge is individually more impressive, but where quantity challenged quality, Kilmartin Glen wins hands down. And being Scotland, it’s blessed with pretty scenery too.

In other words, guess what we did on our Holiday Monday? A drive of a few miles, lots of Kodak moments, a river for the dog to swim, and a day when rain was absent, due mainly to summer on the West Coast taking place during May and June. The complete lack of tourists rubbernecking, taking selfies, driving incompetently was a surprise, especially as we’ve avoided visiting the place due to an expectation of it being crowded.

This, obviously, brings us to Lloyds. Similar to Scotlands pile of Neolithic rocks, their share price has been painfully unspectacular for years but thankfully, it now starts to appear something has changed in a positive direction.

 

 

Lloyds share price has exceeded the downtrend (Blue) since the fun times of the financial crash. When we previously reviewed the share, our logic gave an initial target of 71p, a number comfortably achieved and exceeded in recent days. The situation now is fairly interesting as above 74p should now trigger movement to an initial 77p with our secondary, if beaten, at a probable 84p and some very possible hesitation.

The share price needs now slither below 52p to cancel our optimistic arguments in favour of Lloyds, arguments which now favour a future 111p as exerting an attraction in a distant future.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:58:30PM	BRENT	6196.3
11:01:50PM	GOLD	3386.6	3350	3319	3280	3388	3434	3464	3552	3348
11:04:51PM	FTSE	8593.6
11:06:33PM	STOX50	5270.6
11:08:33PM	GERMANY	23303
11:10:50PM	US500	5643.5	5584	5567	5522	5614	5669	5685	5718	5604
11:13:31PM	DOW	41077.5
11:17:59PM	NASDAQ	19954
11:20:21PM	JAPAN	37077

 

6/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8597 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,408,484,363 a change of 30.09%

2/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8596 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,463,449,781 a change of 59.81%

1/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,044,371,616 a change of -59.2%

30/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8494 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,912,933,347 a change of 92.29%

29/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8463 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,155,137,835 a change of 24.39%

28/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8417 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,144,462,369 a change of -33.55%

25/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8415 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,237,226,855 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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 577.6 Percentage Change: + 1.73% Day High: 577.8 Day Low: 569.8

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LSE:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 339.3 Percentage Change: -0.79% Day High: 348.2 Day Low: 336.2

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 36.8 Percentage Change: + 5.90% Day High: 36.2 Day Low: 35.5

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LSE:EXPN Experian Close Mid-Price: 3809 Percentage Change: -1.17% Day High: 3886 Day Low: 3775

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 281.6 Percentage Change: + 0.93% Day High: 283.6 Day Low: 275.3

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#FTSE #Aim_Market  Few folk will have missed the FTSE has been boring the pants off everyone, essentially making a Monaco Grand Prix look interesting! Every days seems to bring a series of false starts and stops across the market and it’s growing tedious as our lawn grass is moving faster than the UK main market.  But the AIM has managed to tick the first box in an optimistic argument for the future, suggesting the potential of movement to an initial 780 points, perhaps even a longer term 840 points which will hint at a happier future for the AIM. Of course, there is always the risk the AIM is gathering trader attention, because the FTSE is pretty lame at present? It’s certainly something worthy of consideration as the AIM has previously exhibited such behaviour while the FTSE mucks around. If the AIM intends cause concern, it needs slither below 635 points, a fairly comfortable distance away from its current 700 points..

 

As for the FTSE, perhaps some hope may be possible as it just broke through the downtrend since the start of March, giving some slight hope market growth may be on the cards. Allegedly, the movements on 1st May indicate the potential of a less than spectacular drift toward 8570 points. We shall regard 8570 being exceeded as important from a Big Picture perspective, moving the index into a zone where folk can dream of a long term cycle to a 5 figure index is commencing.

 

From a near term perspective, above 8507 points should apparently trigger movement to an initial very confident 8533 points. The tightest stop for such a movement is at 8483 points but realistically, we suspect such a relatively small jump could happen in the space of a single economic announcement. What is extremely strange about this target level is we’ve 4 indicators suggesting the FTSE shall head to such a point, essentially so obvious it’s making us nervous. In our world, two indicators suffice to allow “confident” narrative but four allows for worry, perhaps suggesting the market is planning a big “Gotcha” move. Or then again, maybe the market knows something the rest of us don’t, perhaps a series of Interest Rate changes by BoE designed to boost the economy… Our secondary, above 8533 points calculates at 8555 points, perhaps an early starting signal for a real growth cycle…

If things intend go pear shaped, our converse scenario suggests below 8465 as holding the potential for trouble, indicating an initial wimpiest 8450 with our secondary, if broken, at 8433 and hopefully a rebound.

 

Have a good weekend. The weather looks dry, so we’ll probably be cutting the grass rather than watch the Miami Grand Prix live. Watching “highlights” shows become the most sensible method of dealing with processional car convoys.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:40:25PM	BRENT	6186.5	5930	5833	5521	6114	6232	6280	6331	6094	‘cess
11:23:51PM	GOLD	3238.19	3203	3187	3168	3223	3240	3254	3271	3220
11:26:49PM	FTSE	8470.1	8449	8436	8411	8491	8505	8519	8542	8468
11:29:20PM	STOX50	5190.5	5104	5092	5056	5149	5200	5212	5248	5168	Success
11:42:32PM	GERMANY	22668.4	22629	22559	22488	22728	22800	22843	22914	22697
11:49:45PM	US500	5587.9	5579	5552	5516	5624	5646	5663	5691	5609	‘cess
11:53:44PM	DOW	40720	40615	40485	40278	40886	41102	41222.25	41434	40813	‘cess
11:56:33PM	NASDAQ	19690.5	19657	19583	19435	19841	19947	20035	20161	19809	‘cess
11:59:47PM	JAPAN	36772	36645	36464	36269	36840	37049	37113	37257	36807	Success

 

1/05/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,044,371,616 a change of -59.2%

30/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8494 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,912,933,347 a change of 92.29%

29/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8463 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,155,137,835 a change of 24.39%

28/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8417 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,144,462,369 a change of -33.55%

25/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8415 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,237,226,855 a change of 5.62%

24/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8407 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,905,217,134 a change of -25.57%

23/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8403 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,934,111,998 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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:PHP Primary Health** **LSE:SRP Serco** **

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LSE:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 343.2 Percentage Change: + 2.02% Day High: 343.9 Day Low: 336.5

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 3781 Percentage Change: + 1.78% Day High: 3788 Day Low: 3698

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 265.7 Percentage Change: + 2.19% Day High: 269.9 Day Low: 263

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 103.2 Percentage Change: + 0.78% Day High: 104.3 Day Low: 101.7

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 176.6 Percentage Change: + 2.85% Day High: 175.9 Day Low: 170

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A funny battle has commenced this year for vegetables, namely carrots and potatoes. When one of our garden sheds blew away, the revealed 12 x 8 foot base presented itself as a patch of soil suitable for planting “stuff”. We thought the south facing area might be ideal for grapes but the reality of Argyll weather demands traditional crops, so our wine making hobby remains reliant on buying grape concentrate from France and increasingly, Spain. The Spanish connection was a surprise, a test batch of 25 bottles of Rioja created and immediately condemned as being foul. However, once it aged by 4 months, our home made Rioja became dangerous as it was difficult to open a bottle without finishing it quickly. Needless to say, 50 litres are currently aging in the wine cellar, better known as the dark and cool boiler room… The biggest success of the hobby has been a batch of Cabernet Sauvignon, the victim of an experiment by dumping some dried oak chips into the brew at the start of fermentation. The result has been quite special, a red wine of superior quality and depth, along with a decision to stop giving bottles to friends. This one is being kept for domestic consumption. The hobby hasn’t been completely straightforward, a 22 litre batch of Merlot being quite foul and a 5 litre batch of Chardonnay which was charitably described as a good breakfast wine.

So, with our little patch of soil at the top of the garden now allocated for vegetables, we’re doing battle with deer, animals which think it’s okay to chomp down on the carrot leafs while ignoring the potato greenery. An initial effort to dissuade the deer by placing wire netting above the potential crop failed, thanks to the deer deciding to stomp the area flat and then, eat the carrot leaves. The current cunning plan uses a movement detector, a light and a buzzer they really dislike. The real fix would be an 8 foot high deer fence, something quite absurd to consider surrounding such a small area. It’s going to be a long summer but friends may become fed up with gifts of carrots and wine when we meet. These “peculiar” hobbies kicked into play in a petty revenge effort to avoid exorbitant supermarket pricing. Plus, the battle to make decent wine is fun. (a secret is temperature control during fermentation)

 

Sainsbury and Tesco are predicting a supermarket price war, the next phase in their desperate attempts to regain custom lost due to the price gouging which has occurred in the post Covid years. It would be amusing, were it not for the important reality that if they’d continued to play fair with pricing,  they’d probably be in a stronger position today. On a brighter note, Sainsbury appears to be on the edge of becoming useful.

Currently, above 270p should apparently trigger a surge in the direction of an initial 286p with our secondary, if bettered, at 296p. From our perspective, the share would be attracted from a long term 330p, once again matching a series of all time highs since 2017.

If things intend go wrong, below 246 would now prove troubling, entering a cycle to an eventual “bottom” at 198p

 

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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
10:17:58PM	BRENT	6106.5	6073	5942	5670	6188	6285	6309	6388	6192	‘cess
10:40:58PM	GOLD	3288.01	3267	3236	3197	3293	3321	3333	3355	3301	Success
11:28:05PM	FTSE	8517.1	8467	8441	8409	8504	8527	8537	8572	8462	‘cess
11:30:10PM	STOX50	5190.5	5150	5131	5108	5170	5200	5210	5245	5169	Success
11:33:03PM	GERMANY	22702.9	22232	21999	21750	22447	22746	23116	24556	22452	Shambles
11:35:27PM	US500	5606.1	5509	5463	5412	5559	5616	5642	5672	5544	Success
11:37:18PM	DOW	40774	40268	40008	39730	40614	40841	41012	41435	40498	Shambles
11:40:18PM	NASDAQ	19800	19237	19094	18846	19518	19841	19965	20101	19539	Success
11:42:31PM	JAPAN	36228	36001	35863	35704	36174	36342	36378	36635	36025	Success

 

30/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8494 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,912,933,347 a change of 92.29%

29/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8463 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,155,137,835 a change of 24.39%

28/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8417 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,144,462,369 a change of -33.55%

25/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8415 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,237,226,855 a change of 5.62%

24/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8407 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,905,217,134 a change of -25.57%

23/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8403 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,934,111,998 a change of 0%

22/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8328 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,148,209,130 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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:BT.A British Telecom** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:IDS International Distribution** **LSE:PHP Primary Health** **LSE:SRP Serco** **

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LSE:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 296.8 Percentage Change: -0.40% Day High: 310 Day Low: 288

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LSE:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 336.4 Percentage Change: + 0.42% Day High: 337.4 Day Low: 330.5

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 173.8 Percentage Change: + 1.16% Day High: 174.3 Day Low: 172.6

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 34.45 Percentage Change: + 13.14% Day High: 35 Day Low: 32.5

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 160.15 Percentage Change: + 0.41% Day High: 161.4 Day Low: 159.15

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 3715 Percentage Change: + 2.29% Day High: 3696 Day Low: 3643

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LSE:IDS International Distribution. Close Mid-Price: 366.8 Percentage Change: + 0.16% Day High: 367 Day Low: 365

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 102.4 Percentage Change: + 1.89% Day High: 101.3 Day Low: 99.95

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 171.7 Percentage Change: + 0.59% Day High: 172.3 Day Low: 169.8

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#FTSE #Nasdaq  Zephyr Energy, focussed on carbon-neutral operations in the politically correct Rockies in North America, aim to fulfil President Trumps “dig dig dig” .initiative while being able to also use the right buzz words to describe their operations. Realistically, this may prove important as while a presidential term is only a few years, their investment strategy needs to tick the correct boxes for long term operations. Given they are a real company, involved in actual production, perhaps they may be slated for some real share price recovery, the share price messing around within a range of just a few pence over the last few years.

We’ve obviously received a few emails, prompting for an update on future potentials as the price, with exquisite accuracy, hit our previous secondary target of 7.3p . then it fell off a cliff to the 3p level. The last couple of years has seen the share messing around with fits and starts. Perhaps it is now the time for some positive movement, capable of breaking the downtrend since 2022.

 

Presently trading around 4.2p, the share price needs only exceed 4.65p to hopefully kick things into life. At present, movement above such a level has the potential of creating a surge to 5.2p, breaking above the downtrend since 2022 and if such an early ambition is exceeded, we can speculate on a future 6.6p making an appearance. This is quite a big deal, opening the doors for a longer term hope of 8.5p which will challenge the previous all time high, forcing us to revisit the numbers, taking a long hard look at what’s next.

Visually, for things to go horribly wrong, the share needs below 3p to create panic, giving the potential of a visit to 2.2p with our secondary, if broken, an ultimate bottom of 1.5p.

 

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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
10:31:57PM	BRENT	6297.3									Success
10:36:48PM	GOLD	3318.11
11:11:18PM	FTSE	8481.2	8403	8377	8335	8452	8504	8524	8547	8467	Success
11:13:20PM	STOX50	5160.9
11:17:11PM	GERMANY	22470
11:41:12PM	US500	5548									‘cess
11:44:11PM	DOW	40525									Success
11:47:23PM	NASDAQ	19468.2	19286	19224	19102	19440	19590	19713	20265	19449	‘cess
11:50:37PM	JAPAN	35973									‘cess

 

29/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8463 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,155,137,835 a change of 24.39%

28/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8417 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,144,462,369 a change of -33.55%

25/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8415 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,237,226,855 a change of 5.62%

24/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8407 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,905,217,134 a change of -25.57%

23/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8403 points. Change of 0.9%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,934,111,998 a change of 10.99%

22/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8328 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,148,209,130 a change of 0%

17/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8275 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,870,003 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:BT.A British Telecom Close Mid-Price: 171.8 Percentage Change: -0.09% Day High: 173.5 Day Low: 170.25

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 159.5 Percentage Change: + 0.50% Day High: 160.45 Day Low: 158.1

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 185 Percentage Change: -3.19% Day High: 192.6 Day Low: 180.02

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 484.7 Percentage Change: + 1.59% Day High: 488.5 Day Low: 477.2

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1096 Percentage Change: + 2.43% Day High: 1104.5 Day Low: 1079.5

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#Gold #SP500   Due to release their Q1 results before the market opens today, BP is certainly poised for some fairly useful positive share price movements. Unfortunately, the key word is “poised” as the market hasn’t been dropping early warning signals for surprise movement. Perhaps this means we should focus on the negative potentials, fearing the worst as for now, BP share price feels “cheap”. Regular readers will know we abhor such a term, due to it being usually dusted down to reel in the gullible before a price drop.

Thankfully, in this instance, our inclination is to firstly glance at the positives, especially as BP generally make a decent effort with Dividend levels!

If gains are expected, the first clear signal looks like movement recovering above Red on the chart, presently just 382p. Breaking above this level has the potential to trigger share price moves coming to an initial 472p with our secondary, if 509p. We can count above this secondary target but amazing to note, this share price will calculate with the possibility of future 612p lurking in the distance and creating the possibility of a BMW share price becoming interesting.

Should things decide to go wrong, we’re inclined to pencil in 344p as a potential trigger, giving the possibility of movement to an initial 328p. everything sh9ould become plain during the local 281p level and perhaps a rebound.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:40:31PM	BRENT	6466
10:44:01PM	GOLD	3328.37	3287	3263	3233	3304	3354	3364	3397	3334
10:50:55PM	FTSE	8430.1
10:55:34PM	STOX50	5167
10:58:09PM	GERMANY	22313.8
11:01:15PM	US500	5534.1	5466	5448	5413	5506	5540	5558	5592	5490
11:05:58PM	DOW	40246.5
11:08:11PM	NASDAQ	19458.6
11:15:40PM	JAPAN	35919

 

28/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8417 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,144,462,369 a change of -33.55%

25/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8415 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,237,226,855 a change of 5.62%

24/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8407 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,905,217,134 a change of -25.57%

23/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8403 points. Change of 0.9%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,934,111,998 a change of 10.99%

22/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8328 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,148,209,130 a change of 44.7%

17/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8275 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,870,003 a change of 0%

16/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8275 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,886,488,566 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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:IDS International Distribution** **LSE:ITV ITV** **

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LSE:EXPN Experian Close Mid-Price: 3615 Percentage Change: -0.30% Day High: 3646 Day Low: 3598

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LSE:IDS International Distribution Close Mid-Price: 366 Percentage Change: -0.05% Day High: 366.4 Day Low: 366

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LSE:ITV ITV Close Mid-Price: 77.3 Percentage Change: -4.33% Day High: 83.25 Day Low: 76.95

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#NWG #BrentCrude  It all kicks off this week for Natwest, due to their Q1 2025 Results being issued on Friday 2nd May. With Barclays and Lloyds spilling their beans in the preceding couple of days, we should have a pretty firm clue as to the direction Natwest shall take but our inclination is now toward some optimism. In our last report three weeks ago, we’d given 455p as a fairly major target, and ambition which has been achieved with the share price spending the most recent 7 sessions closing slightly above our target. According to our in-house rules, this should permit a happy dance for all those involved!

The situation now is interesting, suggesting movement above 485p, the high of this year, should trigger a visit to 506p next with our “longer term” secondary coming in at 548p. Such a price level should (according to our software) promote some hesitation but it’s easy to disagree with such a conclusion, due to the visual impression from the chart, the share achieving trading levels not seen since 2007 when the financial crisis hit harder than Covid-19. Without doubt, this would imply the share moving firmly into “Big Picture” territory, where we can now speculate at the chances of a future 781p forming a long term attraction.

The really big deal comes at 548p as this shall finally indicate the financial sector is breaking from of the damage enacted by the Financial Sector crash of 2009. It will certainly be a newsworthy incident, providing absolute confirmation the Natwest share price has finally broken free from its bad habit of oscillating above and below the 300p level for the last 13 years. It used to be said playing the Stock Market was a 7 year game but, from our perspective, the market overall is finally recovering from the Tech Market crash of 2003. If our sums are correct, the next time the FTSE closes above 8695 should herald a period where taking a long position, ten waiting. shall provably prove a good idea.

 

As always, there’s the threat of converse movement as share price closure below 439p appears to have the potential of triggering reversal to an initial 368 with our secondary, if broken, at 330p and hopefully a bottom.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
9:54:52PM	BRENT	6587	6465	6395	6320	6529	6627	6835	7170	6516
9:56:56PM	GOLD	3319.04								3333
9:59:31PM	FTSE	8447.3								8410
10:09:00PM	STOX50	5184.4								5125
10:10:43PM	GERMANY	22351.5	22079	22009	21891	22217	22360	22881	24232	22112
10:14:25PM	US500	5525.8								5460
10:16:47PM	DOW	40126								40016
10:35:51PM	NASDAQ	19444								19257
10:38:17PM	JAPAN	36010								35700

 

25/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8415 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,237,226,855 a change of 5.62%

24/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8407 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,905,217,134 a change of -25.57%

23/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8403 points. Change of 0.9%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,934,111,998 a change of 10.99%

22/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8328 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,148,209,130 a change of 44.7%

17/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8275 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,870,003 a change of -16.08%

16/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8275 points. Change of 0.32%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,886,488,566 a change of -4.07%

15/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,136,208,877 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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:ASC Asos** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:ITV ITV** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 28.45 Percentage Change: + 3.08% Day High: 34 Day Low: 27.9

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 157.35 Percentage Change: + 2.44% Day High: 156.55 Day Low: 153.85

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LSE:ITV ITV. Close Mid-Price: 80.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 81.55 Day Low: 78.6

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 18.8 Percentage Change: -1.26% Day High: 19.5 Day Low: 18

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