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Our famed FTSE for FRIDAY (already!) (FTSE:UKX)

One of our pet “things” is to monitor the levels of trend breaks as, essentially, when a price exceeds any trend break level, there’s a good chance the trend break was an error and there’s a reasonable chance things shall proceed in the direction of the preceding trend. In the case of the FTSE, the index has exhibited an almost perfect enactment of our theory, as shown on the chart extract. In other words, as the index has failed to exceed 8177 points, we’d recommend holding off on the party poppers as things could still go very wrong!

Market movements in the last week have been of such magnitude we’re struggling with the mental leap, where we’ve been conditioned to expect minimal index movements on a daily basis, whereas the last week has seen the FTSE wander around in a 600 point bandwidth. There’s no clear point where we can accuse the FTSE of having a pivot point, a fairly common creation where a volatile market will invent an imaginary point the price oscillates above and below. By looking at minute by minute movements over the last 4 days, if the market “knew” what it was doing, we’d expect to see repeat visits to the 7850 mid-point level. This has not been happening, so we’re not convinced the stormy weather is over.

From a near term perspective, trigger levels for real movements appear fairly distant, due to the index range in the last week. Apparently, below 7864 points risks promoting reversal to an initial 7816 with our secondary,. if broke, at 7691 points. Neither target level is particularly interesting, given the games of the last week, but does afford a fairly tight stop loss level at 7914  points.

 

Our alternate scenario, if things intend turn positive, calculates with a wide trigger at 8060 points as this works out with an ambition at 8280 points with secondary, if beaten, at 8381 points.

To dwell briefly on what should be the bright side of life, there’s another Grand Prix this weekend from Bahrain. Generally it is good for a 2 hour nap, so maybe this time it will prove interesting. Have a good weekend.

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
10:01:08PM BRENT 6330.5 6183 5997 6463 6590 6867 6432
10:05:14PM GOLD 3175 3105 3087 3137 3178 3190 3140
10:09:26PM FTSE 7947.5 7800 7714 7962 8202 8305 8058
10:13:12PM STOX50 4836.8 4725 4705 4861 5067 5128 4965
11:17:44PM GERMANY 20723 20174 19799 20633 21568 21934 21206
11:20:26PM US500 5280.3 5113 5051 5280 5495 5674 5405
11:22:50PM DOW 39650 38457 38117 39120 40904 41021 40392
11:25:03PM NASDAQ 18388 17789 17585 18180 18865 19246 18570
11:27:24PM JAPAN 33354 32439 31798 33001 33943 34553 33563

 

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%
2/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8608 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,777,697,374 a change of -10.48%

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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Brent Crude update (CCOM:OILBRENT) , mid day update… 

With a truly fascinating display of incompetence, we managed to write a fascinating headline article about Brent Crude, then became distracted during the night by watching what was going on with the US Futures markets. This sort of thing usually sees us running a load of simulations, a usually reliable method to divine the underlying trend in a marketplace. Similar to Formula1, it’s only interesting for some folk whereas for the majority, it can be brain chilling, almost as poorly as last weekends Japanese Grand Prix.  It’s very rare for a race to take place which makes Monaco look exciting but Japan, with its single overtake, managed this task.

We’re certainly the first to concede our approach to the markets can be boring to watch, requiring time and patience while a balance of probabilities resolves itself. Unfortunately, Wednesday evening looks like it also bored ourselves, shutting down the systems around 5am and completely forgetting to his “Publish” for our work on Brent. It was a major “Doh” moment as by this point of a session, the headline article has our Futures outlook attached, along with a bunch of updates against shares. This created the situation where absolutely nothing was published!

And so, we’re doing a mid-day update against Brent, trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Our previous outlook back in February indicated the potential of a market “bottom” at the 60 dollar level, something rather neatly achieved despite the price of the black stuff breaking the 60 dollar level during the session for 6 hours. By doing so, we’re forced to be cautious in giving recovery potentials.

 

Now below $60 risks triggering reversals to an initial 56 dollars with our secondary, if broken, a potential bottom level at 50 dollars. This secondary represents a level where a bounce becomes almost mandatory… Of course, this is the market and there are no rules, other than “Thou Shalt Not Get Caught”.

Our alternate position, visually less likely at present, indicates movement above $65.2 should make an attempt at an initial 67 dollars with our secondary, if bettered, a longer term 69.6, a position which should change the rules for future gains.

At time of writing, Brent Futures are messing around at 63.4 dollars, down 3% on the day and doing little to express any real direction.

 

FUTURES – as at midnight 9th April. May be out of date now.

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:24:48PM BRENT 6587.4 5823 5530 5511 6466 6595 6756 7067 6450 Success
11:41:32PM GOLD 3083.61 3037 3016 2988 3053 3098 3103 3124 3072 ‘cess
11:45:23PM FTSE 8108.4 8039 8006 7944 8142 8192 8303 8560 8042 ‘cess
11:48:41PM GERMANY 21268.9 21000 20848 20617 21378 21547 21904 22928 21046 Success
11:52:44PM US500 5458.9 5315 5254 5184 5418 5484 5500 5732 5330 ‘cess
11:59:48PM DOW 40750 39751 39312 38784 40176 40904 40986 42465 40537 Success
11:04:04PM NASDAQ 19009 18564 18335 18034 18995 19222 19470 20516 19020 Success
11:07:30PM JAPAN 34374 34107 33674 33198 34457 35076 35366 37028 34720 Shambles

 

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%
2/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8608 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,777,697,374 a change of -10.48%
1/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8634 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,337,298,132 a change of -21.51%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G Close Mid-Price: 7.65 Percentage Change: -5.56% Day High: 7.75 Day Low: 7.35

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LSE:SPT Spirent Comms Close Mid-Price: 173.8 Percentage Change: -2.03% Day High: 179 Day Low: 166

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LSE:VOD Vodafone Close Mid-Price: 63.92 Percentage Change: -2.38% Day High: 64.54 Day Low: 62.4

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LSE:WG. Wood Group Close Mid-Price: 23.82 Percentage Change: -4.18% Day High: 25.38 Day Low: 23.5

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Rolls Royce (LSE:RR.) flying higher?

#Gold #FTSE  When it comes to self humiliation, Tuesday had all the ingredients lined up, smirking. As always, avoiding trying to start the engines of garden machinery has become an annual habit as despite servicing everything, the machines usually fight the idea of bursting into like following their winter hibernation. Matters came to a head, when my wife announced she was going to pressure wash the patio, completely unaware the engine of the pressure washer is my nemesis, doubtless due to infrequent use. But the 59cc garden strimmer engine is a close second, easiest to service but utterly hates changes to UK petrol. And of course, there’s the little red tractor with its new battery and starter motor, gleefully lurking and doubtless planning something bad.

First out of the pits was the pressure washer, my wife lurking close while I fuelled and primed it, only going away when told it would need to run for 5 minutes before use. To my utter amazement, the thing started at the first pull, only to splutter to a halt when the trigger was pulled on the water nozzle thing. But it restarted and after a few more minutes, the jet wash nozzle was triggered, spraying high pressure water without fuss. With one down and two to go, it was the turn of the strimmer next, gloomy with an expectation I’d have the carburettor stripped and on my desk within the next 15 minutes.  Like the pressure washer, it also started, quickly shut down as the noise of two engines was a bit extreme. All that remained was the red tractor. Or I could could for a dog walk before challenging it? The dog walk won, the tractor challenge delayed until Wednesday. But Tuesday still had a cunning plan…

Around 20 years ago, a very grudging decision to sometimes wear reading glasses, allowed a local petrol station to sell me a few pairs of entry level spectacles. A few pairs were purchased, all rated at the beginner level and now, just one pair remain and are worn when working at a computer. This pair of glasses, long on the edge of falling apart, recently managed to lose one of the nose cushions (there must be a better term) and the sharp edge of the metal frame was irritating. In a moment of genius, it was obvious a small bit of compressed foam could be glued to the frames, so it was time for the magic E6000 glue to do its thing. Within minutes, once again the glasses were comfortable until the lid of my office bin decided to open itself without any warning. The bin, a frequent source of false alarms, needs a hand vaguely waved above a movement sensor to save the user the difficult task of opening a bin lid…

Hearing the bin behind my chair creak while it opened its lid, I spun around in an attempt to see what triggered it. My reading glasses moved slightly and reaching to move them back into position, I made the discovery they were now glued to my nose, the magical E6000 adhesive having melted the foam cushion, deciding to strongly adhere to the next absorbent material, my nose. This E6000 stuff is the real deal when it comes to adhesives, able to re-attach a rear view mirror or simply to glue a broken roof tile back together. It found gluing a pair of 20 year old specs to my nose an easy task! And so, once I finish this article about Rolls Royce share price, I’m going to spend time in front of the bathroom mirror with a cotton bud and isopropyl alcohol in an attempt to dissolve the glue.

And that’s been Tuesday.

 

As for Rolls Royce, we reviewed their share price publicly in January, giving an upper target of 732p and warning we anticipated some volatility at such a level. Events proved us right and on February 27th, it achieved target, closing the day at 731.6p, impressively alongside our expected level. Unfortunately, there was a massive fly, even bigger than a nasal organ with a pair of glasses firmly attached, in the ointment.

The share price had been gapped up to our target level, doubtless due to whatever PR release the company had released. This impressive and successful attainment of our target level

The problem with the price movement came from the fact the market opted to “gap” the share up to our target level. An unspoken implication with such a massive step was a strong argument against any volatility above the target level, this proving to be the case as the share powered onward toward an eventual 818 before becoming entrenched in the overall intransigent behaviour of the wider market. Of course, when President Trump decided American people where going to pay more for quality imports from the UK. This was deemed to potentially affect Rolls Royce share price, doubtless due to folk thinking the design of aircraft would be altered to suit inferior engines to those supplied by the British engine maker. Equally inconvenient, the nations fleet of B52 bombers being upgraded to use Rolls Royce units would probably be scrapped, due to Rolls Royce F130 engine units proving too expensive going up in price.

A far as Rolls Royce are concerned, we suspect the engine maker shall find itself able to ignore the tariff olympics. Let’s face it, no-one ever bought anything from Rolls Royce due to price concerns, even when they made cars. We suspect the market has come to a similar conclusion, the company share price conspicuously failing to close below the Red uptrend on the chart below. As a result, it now seems movement above just 690p should enter a cycle to an initial 780 with our secondary, if bettered, at 856p and a somewhat grudging all time high.

If things intend go wrong, below 566 risks a cycle down to the 500p level.

 

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:35:54PM BRENT 6144.7
10:41:04PM GOLD 2984.23 2974 2942 2867 3004 3056 3080 3121 3014 Success
11:29:52PM FTSE 7681.7 7540 7467 7284 7792 7985 8055 8227 7775
11:33:13PM STOX50 4569.7
11:36:24PM GERMANY 19378
11:40:56PM US500 4900.4
11:47:42PM DOW 37163
11:54:19PM NASDAQ 16812
11:56:39PM JAPAN 32112

 

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%
2/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8608 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,777,697,374 a change of -10.48%
1/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8634 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,337,298,132 a change of -21.51%
31/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8582 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,799,696,301 a change of 28.06%

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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Natwest (LSE:NWG) and another rainy day…

#Brent #US500  Before our review of Natwest, It’s probably worth looking hard at these numbers, 7,000 points and 2,200 points. These are the number of points lost on the DOW and the FTSE respectively, after President Biden took office in 2020. It was a drop which exceeded 33% and in light of current dramatics, should not be forgotten! Of course, the other disaster which befell at the same time was Covid-19 but as things progress, it’s likely the market shall develop its own version of Alzheimer’s in calculating any reversals. Which is, of course, a cruel joke given the mental state of the former US President, clearly suffering from the most poisonous illness visited on his family. From a personal experience, it was difficult spending years mourning the death of a parent who was still physically alive…

 

As for Natwest, “Oh dear”.

When we reviewed the share three weeks ago, we warned of the dangers of a dip below 428p as it risked making our silly GaGa scenario into reality. Unfortunately, this has proven to be the case, their share price hitting 403p which is sufficiently close to our 400 level to be deemed a success. Our next target, should 400 be pierced (as it almost certainly will be) remains at 368p and the very strong potential of some sort of bounce. Our secondary in this instance is at 363p, essentially the same price level and effectively doubling the bounce potentials.

The problem comes if the market decides Trump Tariffs are as bad as Covid-19, arithmetically giving it permission to eventually target a bottom around 262p for Natwest. Currently, absolutely nothing is giving such a signal but we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention it.

 

So far, with the market games of clutching pearls, things are not as bad as headline writers would have folk believe, Natwest not even CLOSING below the uptrend since the start of 2024. Unfortunately, we do suspect this will end in tears and a visit to the 368p level is on the cards. Only if below 363p will we justify rushing out to buy a pair of running shoes.

Only if above 440 shall we take any rise seriously as movement to an initial 455 is expected with secondary, if bettered, at 501p. To be blunt, this is not a scenario we expect.

 

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
11:35:11PM BRENT 6333.8 6284 5930 5616 6478 6975 7072.5 7339 6433
11:40:36PM GOLD 2984.95
3:35:28AM FTSE 7880
3:42:05AM GERMANY 19867
3:46:06AM US500 4897.8 4802 4643 4195 5224 5074 5204 5338 5039
3:53:30AM DOW 37176
3:56:25AM JAPAN 31438

 

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%
2/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8608 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,777,697,374 a change of -10.48%
1/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8634 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,337,298,132 a change of -21.51%
31/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8582 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,799,696,301 a change of 28.06%
28/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,813,922 a change of 6.75%
27/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8666 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,974,129,293 a change of -6.31%

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

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

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

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

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

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Our Fabulous FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX)

#FTSE  #LiberationDay With the USA celebrating ‘Liberation Day’, the media comfortably settled into a groove where they could broadcast the fact ‘Trump Tariffs’ being imposed were simply wrong.. With a complete distrust of media headlines, we took the approach of thinking “what if Trump is right” and therefore considering the impacts from a USA perspective. It is almost a cliché but it’s worth visiting Detroit, if only on Google Streetview. The harm done to a once dominant US car industry utterly wrecked the entire city as manufacturing capacity moved away. If searching for an impressive house needing some renovation, Detroit should be the first place reviewed with a horror of empty neighbourhoods and shuttered business’ just awaiting someone spending money.

The Detroit story has been repeated throughout America and it’s a bit of a giggle to use Streetview to look at the various Springfield cities in the country, many devastated when their primary employer left the town. It’s a story repeated worldwide, it being easy to identify areas of the UK which were also destroyed when a major business moved for economic reasons. From a somewhat parochial viewpoint, a pop duo called The Proclaimer’s wrote a song called “Letter From America” which lamented the loss of entire towns due to the primary employer deciding workers were cheaper elsewhere. The chorus  “Bathgate no more, Linwood no more, Methil no more, Irvine no more” rings quite hollow for those who’ve seen the heart of these towns trashed but in truth, The Proclaimers could have extended the lyrics dramatically by extending their viewpoint beyond the central belt of Scotland. Worldwide, nation states repeatedly failed to protect their own people, preferring a bias toward free international trade as critical headlines about the death of a town tend vanish within a few weeks as the news cycle moves on. What happened in Scotland with de-industrialisation was repeated nationwide, the UK Government (along with an international mindset) failed to protect their population. Even from a recent mindset, the company “Dyson” cheerfully binned their manufacturing capability in the UK in preference for cheap labour in Asia. Amusingly,  many “Civic Amenity Sites” (aka The Dump) now have areas specifically for Dyson products, the quality of the cheaply made machinery now being extremely questionable. But on the bright side, Dyson saved  money on wages, buildings, and tax.

 

This plotline has been repeated throughout Europe and the USA, almost a frightening regime of countries failing to do anything to protect their people. It seems President Trump may be taking a first step in trying to undo the damage this mindset has caused but personally, we’re uncertain whether tariffs against trade shall prove to be the correct movement. It’s certainly an easy reaction in an attempt to bring manufacturing, mining, processing, back to home but it fails to address the core problem, where a corporate entity decided their wage bill could be reduced by moving offshore. The traditional excuse was “to remain competitive” but the reality was “to maximise corporate profits”, creating a situation where national governments should have considered protective action. For instance, would Dyson or abhorrent bra maker Ultimo have moved production offshore, if they’d be banned from selling in from their home country thereafter? It would be a simple approach, though goodness knows how the USA would handle action against Ford, General Motors, or whoever as they’d need to ban entire ranges of vehicles from each manufacturer.

Essentially, it’s probable President Trump is right but the concept of tariffs may be to simply get the attention of corporate entities as the longer term result may prove dangerous, creating inflation in the USA and an environment where companies shall be cautious of investing, due to enhanced costs. The situation becomes a “who will blink first” scenario but a corporate entity, when the Board of Directors are forced to decide if they want future meetings to take place in Somalia or Georgia, will doubtless had a strong incentive to blink first.

 

 

What has this to do with our FTSE for FRIDAY?

The markets are behaving as if the USA has declared war, despite a tariff regime which shall make “things” more expensive for their own populace. Creating a regime, where BMW, Mercedes, Range Rover are suddenly 25% more expensive than competing vehicles with certainly ruffle feathers. But will Americans decide a Ford or GM badge has the same cachet as a Range Rover? (it would certainly be more reliable.) While historically USA protectionism has produced extremely messy results, we’re now in different times when the results of such a change of stance will happen quite a bit faster.

For the FTSE, we lack any degree of enthusiasm for the near term. Currently, we can calculate movement below 8450 should trigger further reversals to an initial 8400 with our secondary, if broken, coming in at an eventual 8230 points and hopefully a bounce.

Otherwise, to pretend confidence,  near term gains above 8470 should trigger recovery to an initial 8553 with our secondary, if beaten, at 8596 points. To be honest, the only thing we’ve confidence in is the Japanese Grand Prix race being entertaining this weekend as it feels unlikely the FTSE shall deliver anything to smile about.

Have a good 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
10:13:54PM BRENT 6970.1 6944 6931.5 6728 7035 7035 7074 7119 6968 Success
10:20:17PM GOLD 3114.09 3054 3033 2988 3101 3136 3168 3206 3106 Success
10:23:11PM FTSE 8457.5 8432 8399 8285 8501 8538 8564 8608 8487 ‘cess
10:39:56PM STOX50 5082.9 5084 5023 4841 5150 5228 5282 5351 5167 Shambles
10:42:32PM GERMANY 21605 21580 21492 21273 21788 22149 22383 22652 21880 ‘cess
10:46:30PM US500 5382.2 5369 5340 5070 5467 5484 5514 5562 5415 ‘cess
11:06:04PM DOW 40434.5 40352 39630 38568 40680 41144 41255 41550 40864 ‘cess
11:16:39PM NASDAQ 18481.2 18437 17909 16458 19000 19008 19253 19524 18844
11:21:03PM JAPAN 33739 33565 32369 29604 34246 34861 35426 36102 34403

 

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%
2/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8608 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,777,697,374 a change of -10.48%
1/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8634 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,337,298,132 a change of -21.51%
31/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8582 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,799,696,301 a change of 28.06%
28/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,813,922 a change of 6.75%
27/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8666 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,974,129,293 a change of -6.31%
26/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8689 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,245,116 a change of -37.66%

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

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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:BP. BP PLC Close Mid-Price: 400.45 Percentage Change: -7.54% Day High: 424.75 Day Low: 397.3

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 173.45 Percentage Change: + 4.14% Day High: 172.85 Day Low: 165

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LSE:CASP Caspian Close Mid-Price: 2.65 Percentage Change: -5.36% Day High: 2.65 Day Low: 2.65

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 12.98 Percentage Change: -2.41% Day High: 13.08 Day Low: 12.2

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LSE:EMG MAN Close Mid-Price: 186.4 Percentage Change: -4.70% Day High: 193.6 Day Low: 185.6

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 441 Percentage Change: -2.11% Day High: 449.2 Day Low: 438.3

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 56.6 Percentage Change: -2.41% Day High: 57.8 Day Low: 54.1

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 260.8 Percentage Change: -7.83% Day High: 279.7 Day Low: 261.75

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 7904 Percentage Change: -6.04% Day High: 8144 Day Low: 7862

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1053 Percentage Change: + 4.46% Day High: 1064 Day Low: 1017.5

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 1664 Percentage Change: -5.02% Day High: 1726 Day Low: 1652

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LSE:SPX Spirax Close Mid-Price: 5935 Percentage Change: -3.81% Day High: 6110 Day Low: 5920

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Sealand Capital Galaxy (LSE:SCGL) sprouting potentials!

#Gold #SP500  A flurry of emails asking for our opinion on Sealand justified taking the time to run the numbers on a company we’ve previously chosen to dodge. Back in 2020, the share price experienced a short sharp upward movement, a cycle which suggested it was the focus of an over-enthusiastic internet chatroom frenzy. This is something we intensely dislike, due to the number of victims who believed “sages” in discussion forums an 8 year old can subscribe to. At times, you can stumble across solid, reliable, information in chatrooms but  when folk justify the potential of a price movement from 1p to 30p, simply because the share had once traded at the higher number, this is the time to invest in Adidas running shoes! (other brands are available, some of which you can run in…)

 

Sealand themselves inspire a degree of terror, due to a personal hatred of corporate word salads. The front page of their website boasts the following clear and open description of their activities, making us wonder why they cannot describe what they actually do?

 

The company share price spike to the 13p level earlier this year through January, sagging painfully into February, it bore none of the typical hallmarks of an internet chat room frenzy. Instead, we can speculate there was an expectation of an important piece of news, something optimistic which faded away when it failed to materialise.  The growth curve turned out to be virtually identical to the retreat curve and price movements since tend suggest a degree of patience exists.

Now, it’s the case where we can speculate movement above 1.3p should prove capable of provoking a lift to an initial 1.67p with our secondary, if beaten, at 2.21p or maybe even 3p, thanks to movements in the last couple of days. Okay, we’re not promising a return to 30p but from our immediate perspective, speculating on the potential of growth for 2x the current price level is almost dangerously flamboyant.

Finally, our software really does not like the potentials if the share price somehow discovers an excuse to close a session below 0.67p. This would allegedly being a seriously bad thing, introducing the potential of an ultimate bottom at an impossible -7p drop target.

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:43:41PM BRENT 7320.6 Success
11:44:55PM GOLD 3159.47 3119 3102 3082 3135 3162 Clueless Clueless
11:48:22PM FTSE 8473.6 ‘cess
11:52:12PM STOX50 5122.4 Success
11:34:47PM GERMANY 21685 Shambles
11:38:13PM US500 5468.8 5440 5409 5302 5506 5507 5528 5558 5466 Success
11:41:10PM DOW 41220 Success
11:43:54PM NASDAQ 18728 Success
11:47:37PM JAPAN 34135 Success

 

2/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8608 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,777,697,374 a change of -10.48%
1/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8634 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,337,298,132 a change of -21.51%
31/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8582 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,799,696,301 a change of 28.06%
28/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,813,922 a change of 6.75%
27/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8666 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,974,129,293 a change of -6.31%
26/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8689 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,245,116 a change of -37.66%
25/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8663 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,516,934,652 a change of 81.47%

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:AML Aston Martin. Close Mid-Price: 71 Percentage Change: + 1.87% Day High: 72.7 Day Low: 67

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LSE:ASC Asos. Close Mid-Price: 293.5 Percentage Change: + 3.71% Day High: 294 Day Low: 270.5

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 195.6 Percentage Change: + 0.41% Day High: 196.2 Day Low: 193

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 58 Percentage Change: -2.19% Day High: 60 Day Low: 57.5

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 1008 Percentage Change: -0.44% Day High: 1017.5 Day Low: 1005.5

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper Close Mid-Price: 50.8 Percentage Change: -0.78% Day High: 52 Day Low: 49.5

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 18.56 Percentage Change: -3.73% Day High: 20.45 Day Low: 18.3

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LSE:SPX Spirax Close Mid-Price: 6170 Percentage Change: -1.12% Day High: 6210 Day Low: 6060

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 106.2 Percentage Change: -1.94% Day High: 108.2 Day Low: 104.25

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BITCOIN (COIN:BTCUSD), dripping down like poison.

#FTSE #DOW  The President Trump initiative of imposing import tariffs, generally in retaliation for tariffs imposed against American products, seems to be provoking some amusing side effects. Apparently, Tariffs will cause crypto currency to soar, if we believe some analysts. Equally, other analysts predict crypto shall collapse, due to the Tariff wars… Similar nonsense was broadcast over the price of Gold, a commodity which is currently trading very slightly higher than we can calculate! Conventional logic suggests Gold should experience some collywobbles at current levels but, if the market is emphatic in assigning an ambition against Gold prices, goodness knows how high it could go.

It is certainly the case Bitcoin isn’t exactly showing many great ambitions at present. While it was spiked to 85,271 dollars, this was enacted thanks to a manipulation gap at the open of trade. Visually, this surge is something we feel cannot be trusted, due to the obvious Blue downtrend since the start of this year. Despite the opportunity, the market failed to push the value of Bitcoin above the downtrend and this makes us cautious for the future. It was certainly an easy and straightforward goal to better but, with an impressive degree of control, the market has avoided piercing the Blue downtrend.

In a loss scenario where the market is now currently messing around, below 84,500 looks like it has the potential of dribbling downhill as movement to an initial 79,339 looks possible with our secondary, if broken, at an eventual bottom and rebound (maybe) at 76,045 dollars.

However, Bitcoin does not require a great deal of work to display the potential for surprise recovery. Above just 86,000 theoretically should trigger recovery to an initial 87,750 with our secondary, if bettered, at 90,000 dollars, kicking open the door for some further impressive gains.

For now, we are far from confident Bitcoin shall exhibit recovery.

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:08:10PM BRENT 7439.1
11:10:30PM GOLD 3112.61 Success
11:17:15PM FTSE 8609.7 8575 8544 8501 8618 8645 8662 8706 8610 ‘cess
11:20:16PM STOX50 5309.8 ‘cess
11:24:18PM GERMANY 22529 ‘cess
11:27:25PM US500 5642.3
11:37:57PM DOW 42053.7 41507 41386 41132 41806 42155 42246 42490 41920 Shambles
11:40:37PM NASDAQ 19485.5 ‘cess
11:44:06PM JAPAN 35819 ‘cess

 

1/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8634 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,337,298,132 a change of -21.51%
31/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8582 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,799,696,301 a change of 28.06%
28/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,813,922 a change of 6.75%
27/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8666 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,974,129,293 a change of -6.31%
26/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8689 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,245,116 a change of -37.66%
25/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8663 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,516,934,652 a change of 81.47%
24/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8638 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,693,303,680 a change of -72.9%

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: 167.1 Percentage Change: + 0.75% Day High: 168.25 Day Low: 166.2

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LSE:EMG MAN Close Mid-Price: 194.8 Percentage Change: -1.67% Day High: 200.2 Day Low: 194.3

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 1780 Percentage Change: + 2.42% Day High: 1793 Day Low: 1729

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 51.2 Percentage Change: + 5.35% Day High: 51.4 Day Low: 48

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 230.6 Percentage Change: -1.96% Day High: 235.8 Day Low: 226

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