Author: T&T Staff

#FTSE #DJI   It has been a difficult week for the markets. Between the Popes death, US trade tariffs, and it being a “short week” due to too much chocolate consumption last weekend, things have been a tad confusing. Personally, the chocolate thing has probably been the worst offender as despite my best efforts, our local petrol station was still stocking Easter Eggs on Wednesday. Of course, rather than discount them, the crafty sods pushed the price up, using a sign to remind customers limited stocks remained to buy Easter Eggs to replace ones eaten before being given. On Thursday, they’d none left.

This contrary move was strangely reminiscent of the stock market. Imagine a company ending a Financial Quarter and revealing an issue with unsold stock. Traders would logically assume a decline in the company share price was coming but, choosing Tesla as a case in point, despite a pretty foul set of headlines, their share price accelerated 5%. Perhaps the company anticipate future customers paying a premium for Tesla models, and eating them. More likely, it was a common sense approach, believing the USA does not intend cut itself off from the rest of the world as there’s no point in rebuilding a manufacturing industry, if there’s nowhere for products to go.

Tesla, with factories already in China, are doubtless better placed than Boeing who’re seeing cancelled ordered due to Chinese retaliatory import tariffs. It’s unlikely the US Government shall let such a state of affairs continue to harm one of their largest companies, especially as Boeing – for a while – seemed hell bent on destroying their own reputation.

 

As for the FTSE, between chocolate, a holiday weekend, tariffs, and a Pope dying, things have been complicated. The market has shown early signs of strength during the preceding three days of this week, now only needing move above  8468 points to hopefully trigger a strong surge to an initial 8700 points! While this sounds like a really big deal, the potential was planted on Wednesday morning with the forceful index price spike at the market open. We take this as a signal “they” have a cunning plan unfolding, one which might be fruitful to watch. If triggered, our stop loss is a bit hideous at 8360 points but on any Risk/Reward scenario, this is worthwhile as our secondary calculates at an absurd sounding 8887 points!

Of course, if it all goes wrong, you cannot head out and buy a chocolate Easter Egg for consolation, thanks to our local garage selling them all.

 

To dwell on a more miserable plain of existence, what happens if the FTSE crumbles below 8360 points?

In such a game, our initial target works out at 8197 with our secondary, if broken, at 8080 points and maybe even a solid bounce. It’s complicated buy visually, we shall not be aghast to witness some near term reversals, perhaps to bounce above 8197 points, before surprise recovery toward our upward target levels.

We are in “Interesting Times”. Have a good weekend, the last before the following weekend.

 

 

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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
10:57:27PM	BRENT	6556.8	6490	6388		6584	6631	6734		6517
11:00:12PM	GOLD	3348.65	3307	3290		3332	3367	3390		3320	‘cess
11:02:32PM	FTSE	8438.9	8360	8331	8285	8394	8456	8477	8516	8430
11:04:42PM	STOX50	5134.8	5042	4995		5084	5160	5174		5120
11:06:47PM	GERMANY	22147.1	21722	21540		21921	22200	22253		22077	‘cess
11:09:22PM	US500	5495.3	5327	5248		5376	5509	5518		5461	‘cess
11:12:15PM	DOW	40065	39778	39639	39443	39930	40229	40597	40994	40037
11:14:56PM	NASDAQ	19257	18620	18337		18766	19318	19463		19105	‘cess
11:16:55PM	JAPAN	35563	34997	34773		35160	35639	35727		35345

 

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%

14/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8134 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,029,707 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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:PHP Primary Health** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 27.6 Percentage Change: + 14.52% Day High: 28 Day Low: 23.6

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 153.6 Percentage Change: + 0.07% Day High: 154.75 Day Low: 152.8

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LSE:IAG British Airways Close Mid-Price: 261.5 Percentage Change: -1.06% Day High: 265 Day Low: 257

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 100 Percentage Change: + 0.05% Day High: 100.9 Day Low: 97.2

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 19.04 Percentage Change: -3.35% Day High: 19.62 Day Low: 18.34

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#FTSE #NK225   Being of the generation for whom food for working late involved a Pot Noodle and a kettle,  it was to take a significant change of mindset to consider ordering pizza during late evenings while we struggled to issue a software update for a client. Of course, the arrival of food also brought the game Grand Theft Auto onto our screens as we battled over the company network. Getting deliveries from Pizza Hut was about as exotic as we got, the lunchtime alternative being phoning in an order to a Chinese, then one of us would go pay and fetch it, often returning with a bottle of Mateus Rose wine too!

A recent amusing side effect of those old eating habits came from a recent attempt to make Chinese chicken noodle soup. A firm believer that recipes are not needed when making soups, something quite palatable was produced, it being impossible to just have a single bowl. While on her second bowl, my daughter pointed out I’d made Pot Noodle soup, a throwback to the days when “fine dining in the office” involved the green pot noodle containers…

Needless to say, once we moved to Argyll in Scotland, the concept of food delivery was absent, though a positive side effect of the Covid years has been virtually every food outlet “locally” now offers delivery services . We’ve got to put the word locally in parenthesis, our idea of local tending to differ massively from folk used to living in the proximity of a city. For instance, the “local” dog groomer is located 15 miles away and needs booked. And when our “local” Morrisons store sends out a delivery, it’s a 16 mile round trip.

 

Many folk will remember the Deliveroo IPO on the stock exchange, an event which was a bit of a disaster. By the end of 2021, the writing was on the wall with the share price enacting a tragic death plunge thereafter. It’s now tickled the first vague promise proper recovery may commence.

Closing the session of 23rd April at 136p, something quite significant took place. When we map the rate of descent, the trend line was at 135.954p and by 46 thousands of a penny, it had closed a session above the trend. While it is easy to mock this sort of thing, experience teaches the market rarely makes mistakes when in proximity of a trend. Unless, of course, the sods decide to gap the share down below the trend, anytime soon.

The current situation suggests movement next above 137p should trigger the potential of movement to an initial 142p with our secondary, if bettered, at 158p and probable hesitation. We shall view future closure ABOVE 158p as significant, entering a big picture phase with a long distance attraction from 235p.

 

If things intend go wrong, below Red at 116p risks promoting real trouble, the first step of a reversal cycle to an eventual 80p.

 

 

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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
9:31:41PM	BRENT	6519
9:33:38PM	GOLD	3288.23									Success
9:35:23PM	FTSE	8418.8	8270	8182	8087	8380	8468	8487	8804	8377
10:02:23PM	STOX50	5098.8									‘cess
10:32:04PM	GERMANY	21954									Success
10:34:24PM	US500	5383									‘cess
10:54:57PM	DOW	39605									‘cess
10:56:58PM	NASDAQ	18734									‘cess
10:59:46PM	JAPAN	35393	34681	34395	34038	34974	35489	35837	36223	35204

 

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 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,136,208,877 a change of 24.24%

14/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8134 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,029,707 a change of 0%

11/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7964 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,453,071,639 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:AAL Anglo American** **LSE:AVCT Avacta** **LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:ITV ITV** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **LSE:STAR Star Energy** **

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LSE:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 2099 Percentage Change: + 3.20% Day High: 2190 Day Low: 2080.5

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LSE:AVCT Avacta Close Mid-Price: 33 Percentage Change: -4.35% Day High: 34 Day Low: 31

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LSE:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 331.8 Percentage Change: + 1.75% Day High: 335.8 Day Low: 328.8

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 8.92 Percentage Change: -3.36% Day High: 9.64 Day Low: 8.98

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LSE:ITV ITV. Close Mid-Price: 79.9 Percentage Change: + 1.40% Day High: 79.9 Day Low: 77.5

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 1068 Percentage Change: -2.29% Day High: 1103 Day Low: 1057

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1087.5 Percentage Change: + 6.36% Day High: 1102 Day Low: 1055.5

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 6.99 Percentage Change: + 9.73% Day High: 7.32 Day Low: 6.54

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#Gold #Germany  Mitie Group (pronounced “Mighty”)  has a share price which appears to be taking an interest in life, having slumbered for 2024. 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. Specialising in outsourced services, it certainly looks like #Mitie may be in the right place at the right time, presumably also operating a revolving door between the corporate and the trustworthy folks involved in public sector decision making…

 

From a relatively near term perspective, there’s a firm argument suggesting movement next above 138 should make an attempt at an initial 142 with our secondary, if bettered, at 149p. This is fairly important from a Big Picture perspective, suggesting an imminent attempt to match the 2020 high before the pandemic manipulation to create an artificial low of 57p. What happened next proved inevitable, thanks to market hysterics during the Covid era and the share price was destined to discover an eventual bottom at just 27p.

What we find useful about the current dance steps we can assign to Mitie comes from a Big Picture argument, one which demands we see the share price close above the 2020 high to point at “proper” recovery cycle, one which potentially shall move into a growth phase. In the case of Mitie, closure above 149 shall be treated as significant, creating a scenario where a long term 169p is expected with a secondary, if bettered, a future 204p. For now, it seems crossing fingers will become a legitimate part of trading strategy but due to the potential of 149p making an appearance, there will be a stronger argument favouring treating the share as a “file and forget” while the price makes its way to a level not seen since 2018.

 

Of course, if things intend go wrong, the price needs fail below 109p as this risks triggering a visit down to an eventual 75p!

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:05:29PM	BRENT	6682.1
11:08:53PM	GOLD	3336.75	3318	3303	3253	3403	3451	3489	3547	3408
11:14:55PM	FTSE	8432.2
11:18:53PM	STOX50	5051.5
11:23:06PM	GERMANY	21738.2	21325	21113	20890	21500	21778	21883	22055	21427
11:26:08PM	US500	5383.4
11:30:55PM	DOW	39776
11:35:30PM	NASDAQ	18626.1
11:38:58PM	JAPAN	35180

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 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,136,208,877 a change of 24.24%

14/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8134 points. Change of 2.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,029,707 a change of -33.73%

11/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7964 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,453,071,639 a change of 0%

10/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7913 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,763,429,654 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:AAL Anglo American** **LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:STAR Star Energy** **LSE:TERN Tern Plc** **

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LSE:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 2034 Percentage Change: + 0.47% Day High: 2058 Day Low: 1996

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LSE:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 326.1 Percentage Change: + 1.02% Day High: 329.1 Day Low: 323

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1093 Percentage Change: + 1.30% Day High: 1096.5 Day Low: 1074

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LSE:STAR Star Energy Close Mid-Price: 6.37 Percentage Change: -5.49% Day High: 6.02 Day Low: 6

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 1.12 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1.12 Day Low: 1.07

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#Gold #Nasdaq  From a personal perspective, a visit to one of my wifes favourite stores is always quite relaxing, opting to stay in the car and have a nap while she peruses a bunch of junk she probably saw online months previously c/o Temu, usually at a lower price. However, I’d be the first to concede B&M has one major advantage, allowing prospective buyers to see the real life size of products, feel the real life quality of products,  and pause to consider whether “real life” even needs the product! The last year has seen my wife engage in a battle against the tupperware cupboard in our kitchen, one of these eye level jenga traps when you only discover how badly everything has been put away by opening the door, fending off a cascade of empty containers.

Suddenly, all our tupperware type containers were replaced with round collapsible containers, devices which took a lot less space than tupperware types but unfortunately also enjoying a couple of issues. Firstly, they can only take a certain number of dish washer cycles, secondly they appear to dislike time spent in freezers, and finally, the lids can be an absolute sod to remove. Long story short, we’re returning to time tested and proven kitchen containers. my wife strongly suggesting I design a sensible way of storing the things which doesn’t involve a plastic tsunami. The obvious problem, easily forgotten, came from the sheer size and range of tupperware plastic. By opting to only keep three different sizes of containers, storage becomes considerably easier.

Long story short, this chocolate weekend (Easter) involves a trip across to the mainland, visiting B&M for traditional storage containers, Aldi for steaks. And of course, the real reason, friends we have not seen since last Xmas who’ve been moving into a 300 year old “new” house, a relic from an age before the fragrant nobility of Scotland sold their own country for a pittance, sparking civil revolt among the population who’d been denied any vote.

 

However, what really inspired about this weekend trip was the realisation it’s been an age since we took a Big Picture review of B&M, there being a risk my wifes forthcoming raid on their stock of plastic containers shall be reflected in any future financial results!

Since 2022, the share price has been erratic, celebrating the start of 2025 by breaking below the Red uptrend in a very deliberate fashion. This brought a bottom of 254p and created a situation where movement below such a level threatens discounts to an initial 186p with our secondary, if broken, a silly sounding ultimate bottom of just 37p.

But our converse scenario is more hopeful, demanding the share price close above just 325p to trigger a vivid change of potentials for the longer term. Any share price increase such as this would strongly indicate the potential of a lift to an initial 385p with our secondary, if bettered, at 420p. Or perhaps even 476p, in the event the market decides to repay some of the circled trading gaps.

Have a good Easter break and hopefully, a finally enjoyable Grand Prix weekend. We shall return on Tuesday morning next week, starting with our popular Live Market futures.

 

 

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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
10:41:43PM	BRENT	6555.5	6316	6230		6378	6602	6774		6475
10:43:48PM	GOLD	3352.37	3297	3284		3320	3359	3368		3334	Success
10:46:14PM	FTSE	8195.7	8167	8134		8210	8284	8306		8239
10:48:13PM	STOX50	4895.9	4877	4837		4917	4972	4987		4935
10:50:35PM	GERMANY	21116	21016	20933		21143	21274	21286.5		21213
10:55:46PM	US500	5280.4	5221	5146		5288	5392	5426		5345	Success
10:59:23PM	DOW	39701	39410	39357		39785	39842	40005		39630	Success
11:02:16PM	NASDAQ	18292	18062	18042		18316	18724	18865		18514	Success
11:04:50PM	JAPAN	33843	33596	33295		33906	34332	34469		34022	Success

 

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 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,136,208,877 a change of 24.24%

14/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8134 points. Change of 2.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,029,707 a change of -33.73%

11/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7964 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,453,071,639 a change of -14.95%

10/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7913 points. Change of 3.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,763,429,654 a change of 13.24%

9/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7679 points. Change of -2.92%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,739,110,542 a change of -9.6%

8/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7910 points. Change of 2.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,561,122,839 a change of -22.29%

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:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:ITV ITV** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 1081 Percentage Change: + 2.17% Day High: 1093 Day Low: 1061

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LSE:ITV ITV. Close Mid-Price: 76.55 Percentage Change: + 4.29% Day High: 77.55 Day Low: 72.6

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 403 Percentage Change: -0.27% Day High: 405.7 Day Low: 398.6

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1076.5 Percentage Change: + 2.09% Day High: 1075 Day Low: 1063

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#Gold #Nasdaq  There’s quite a lot to be impressed with in Spirent Communications. Selected by the Japan space agency (JAXA) to supply lunar positioning, navigation, and timing solutions, they’re effectively becoming the goto supplier for GPS on the moon, utterly essential for self driving moon buggies and fast food deliveries for future lunar explorers. They’ve also managed to enact something we’d previously thought impossible, the company share price managing to trade significantly BELOW the share price valuation of a potential takeover offer.

Things have certainly been quite odd. Most times when a company takeover is proposed, a share price pretty much looses interest in life but instead, Spirent has remained fairly buoyant over the last year. The proposal for a takeover, awaiting approval from various authorities, has now been cleared by the UK regulator, so perhaps the share price shall straighten itself out.

We’re big fans of our Gap Down / Gap Up (GaGa)arguments, the one such as shown on the chart below generally being associated with significant price recovery. In the case of Spirent, we’d generally anticipate price movement to an initial 238 with our secondary, if beaten, an almost confident looking 290p. Perhaps it shall be the case, as all the ducks which are regulator approvals line up in place, the company share price shall improve to match the level of the takeover offer.

As always, we can introduce an alternate scenario, one where weakness below 164p risks triggering reversal to an initial 134p with our secondary, if broken, a bottom of 113p. But our inclination is to rely on our GaGa argument and anticipate recovery in the weeks ahead.

 

 

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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	6452
11:11:43PM	GOLD	3232.54	3203	3165	3134	3220	3236	3266	3302	3210
11:15:48PM	FTSE	8205.6
11:20:39PM	STOX50	4917.8
11:04:01PM	GERMANY	21151.8
11:06:09PM	US500	5357.9
11:09:07PM	DOW	40213
11:11:33PM	NASDAQ	18604	18547	18408	18172	18815	19003	19214	19686	18901
11:13:51PM	JAPAN	34208

 

15/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,136,208,877 a change of 24.24%

14/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8134 points. Change of 2.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,029,707 a change of -33.73%

11/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7964 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,453,071,639 a change of -14.95%

10/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7913 points. Change of 3.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,763,429,654 a change of 13.24%

9/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7679 points. Change of -2.92%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,739,110,542 a change of -9.6%

8/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7910 points. Change of 2.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,561,122,839 a change of -22.29%

7/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7702 points. Change of -4.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,016,495,599 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:ITV ITV. Close Mid-Price: 73.4 Percentage Change: + 2.87% Day High: 73.6 Day Low: 71.25

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 13.75 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 13.75 Day Low: 13.75

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It’s said famed musician Jeff Beck utterly detested his most famous tune, a ditty called “Hi, Ho, Silver Lining’. Despite, from a royalty perspective it being a nice little pension plan, he held it in similar respect to the way Noddy Holder of Slade hears “Merry Xmas Everybody”. The funny thing, with the Easter school holidays week, it’s become easy to agree with Mr Beck over his famous tune. I’d promised to teach grand-daughters how to play it (the 11 year old being a proper singer) and in the course of a single day, the tune has turned into audio hell.

Both children are at the stage of believing everything they do must be perfect, both girls still to learn real musicians rarely perform the same song identically as they always try and improve or change the original, usually in ways imperceptible to the listeners. Mark Knoffler openly admits he cannot remember how to play the original version of “Money For Nothing”, the bloke being sufficiently comfortable with a guitar and utterly trashing his original, simple, effort involving just three fingers, three strings, and three beginner level chords.

Returning to “Hi Ho, Silver Lining”, the girls spent the entire day focussing on being perfect for the 1st verse and chorus, time and time again. Despite encouraging them to muck around with the tune, their 11 and 13 year old brains insisted on faithfully copying the nuances of Jeff Becks original performance, an attitude which personally, utterly sucked the fun out of the day. The pair are trying to build a repertoire of tunes which will allow them to spontaneously intimidate any audience at school. Children are weird but now, they’ve got 4 Non Blondes, Girls Aloud, and a couple of Taylor Swift numbers, all ready to blow their school chums away. And of course, “Hi Ho Silver Lining” intends return to school after the Easter break despite a personal realisation my guitar tuition has created a pair of monsters.

Obviously, this brings us to Wood Group!

 

 

The market has been following some sort of script in moving Woods share price. While usually we’d ridicule such a notion as an active conspiracy in a naive brain, there are a couple of features since 2023 which should be open to very real consideration.

On the chart below, we’ve shown a GaGa movement during 2023 in Green, a set of circumstances which normally would calculate with the potential of a bottom  around 20p. Generally speaking, these GaGa things tend be quite accurate when trying to divine the UK markets cunning planst. The recent series of bottoms just above our drop target imply a degree of hope, a principal only tempered by US & UK the stock markets choosing to utterly ignore our thoughts and instead, doing their own thing.

In the case of Wood Group, the green circled GaGa “should” have provoked a path down to our drop target but a year later in August 2025, the share failed to follow the markets suggested path. And so, at the start of August, the markets opted to “gap” LSE:WG. down, essentially delivering a kick in the arse to the share price. A month later, another helpful push was delivered at the start of November and in February this year, a final stomp downward was delivered, one which brought the share price sufficiently close to our drop target and keeping us happy. However, it looks like the market wasn’t happy with this initial touch to the target level, recently gapping it down once again toward a bottom of 21p, again pretty close to our target level and perhaps, by failing to pierce the 20p level, carrying an implication of hidden strength.

There’s an exquisitely defined Blue downtrend since August 2024, one which a great degree of care is being taken to keep the price below. The suggestion now is of movement above 32p holding the capability to trigger recovery to an initial 42p with our secondary, if beaten, a longer term 68p. This shall be especially worth watching, if the market opts to gap the share price up above the Blue downtrend at the open of trade any time soon. We’d be impressed with such a dance step as it comes close to making price recovery a certainty!

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:38:55PM	BRENT	6434.2	6196	6030	5837	6405	6600	6842	7178	6440
11:06:18PM	GOLD	3225.24	3187	3173	3149	3221	3245	3265	3368	3219
11:09:48PM	FTSE	8115.9	7923	7864	7769	8003	8170	8284	8447	8044
11:11:37PM	STOX50	4910.6	4833	4797	4758	4863	4916	4990	5078	4866
11:13:48PM	GERMANY	20842	20173	19901	19579	20370	20867	20896	21159	20658
11:15:41PM	US500	5402	5306	5257	5197	5346	5438	5504	5634	5352
11:18:50PM	DOW	40353	39848	39779	39529	39928	40509	41007	41876	40179
11:23:24PM	NASDAQ	18897	17786	17568	17009	18206	19245	19552	20611	18864
11:25:49PM	JAPAN	34032	32830	32357	31706	33175	35206	36884	39047	34704

 

14/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8134 points. Change of 2.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,939,029,707 a change of -33.73%

11/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7964 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,453,071,639 a change of -14.95%

10/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7913 points. Change of 3.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,763,429,654 a change of 13.24%

9/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7679 points. Change of -2.92%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,739,110,542 a change of -9.6%

8/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7910 points. Change of 2.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,561,122,839 a change of -22.29%

7/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7702 points. Change of -4.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,016,495,599 a change of 0%

4/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8055 points. Change of -4.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 0 a change of -100%

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:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 9.53 Percentage Change: + 4.96% Day High: 9.85 Day Low: 9.33

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 393.3 Percentage Change: + 4.13% Day High: 394.4 Day Low: 377.5

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 6.79 Percentage Change: + 3.82% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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#Brent #WallSt The issue with US tariffs appears to be diminishing, especially as it’s becoming clear a preponderance of countries were charging the USA tariffs which were not reciprocal. Historically, the excuse has been of minnows trying to protect their own economy but with the USA suddenly awakening to the reality of their vastly diminished manufacturing base, some common sense has reared its ugly head. In a slightly similar deal, the UK managed to discover it was on the verge of losing its steel industry, quite literally within hours of things shutting down. It’s a real surprise the UK Government has finally realised selling entire industries to foreign entities is not an ideal scenario, unfortunately once the country has been decimated with the rail industry controlled offshore. The ferry industry isn’t in a comfortable position, even the water industry is a bit of a joke. And power is also controlled by other countries! But on the bright side, we’ve the most expensive trains in Europe, the most expensive electricity, ferry fares being utterly absurd (especially here in Argyll). Quite how economists never figured out the primary aims in controlling an industry are to remove profit from the source. And thus, profits from transport vanished abroad to countries like Sweden, Norway, and Germany. A similar situation exists in multiple sectors and of course, if a foreign body was following guidance from their communist leaders, closing the UK steel industry would bode well to guarantee exports of steel from China…

 

Basically,  it appears the UK has been at war with other countries, cheerfully loosing thanks to our politicians failing to put their own country first. But many of them picked up prestigious international jobs once they left office. This includes George Robertson, former UK Defence minister and now Chairman of Western Ferries, running the most expensive ferry route in Europe and astoundingly profitable, ultimate ownership of the company no longer in the UK. Their control of the route to Argyll has created a situation where shipping prices to Argyll can be absurd, FedX recently quoting £28 to deliver a piece of stove glass just 8 inches by 14 inches. Obviously, this is a pet hobbyhorse but it illustrates why Argyll has “cheap” property prices compared to the rest of the UK, anything coming by ferry immediately facing a “tariff” imposed by an outside entity.

 

As for Lloyds, their share price has recently been exhibiting another example of one of our favourite things, the importance of a share price actually closing above the level of a trend break.. In the case of Lloyds, the Blue downtrend since 2009 still remains a big deal. Visually, the share price needs closure below 62p to foul up our calculations which now claim the share is trading in a zone where an initial 71p looks possible with our secondary, if bettered, at a game changing 81p.

Our converse argument, if Lloyds intends shoot itself in the foot, demands the share close below 62p to enter a cycle where reversal to an initial 59p looks possible with our secondary, if broken, at 52p.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:38:55PM	BRENT	6434.2	6196	6030	5837	6405	6600	6842	7178	6440
11:06:18PM	GOLD	3225.24
11:09:48PM	FTSE	8115.9
11:11:37PM	STOX50	4910.6
11:13:48PM	GERMANY	20842
11:15:41PM	US500	5402
11:18:50PM	DOW	40353	39848	39779	39529	39928	40509	41007	41876	40179
11:23:24PM	NASDAQ	18897
11:25:49PM	JAPAN	34032

 

 

11/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7964 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,453,071,639 a change of -14.95%

10/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7913 points. Change of 3.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,763,429,654 a change of 13.24%

9/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7679 points. Change of -2.92%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,739,110,542 a change of -9.6%

8/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7910 points. Change of 2.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,561,122,839 a change of -22.29%

7/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 7702 points. Change of -4.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,016,495,599 a change of 0%

4/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8055 points. Change of -4.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 0 a change of -100%

3/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8474 points. Change of -1.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,189,785,390 a change of 71.42%

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:EMG MAN Close Mid-Price: 156.5 Percentage Change: -2.67% Day High: 162.7 Day Low: 155.9

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 991 Percentage Change: + 7.37% Day High: 992 Day Low: 946.5

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