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#Gold #WallSt Surprisingly, #Boohoo share price hasn’t fared particularly well during the lockdown period. In a time when online shopping was “it”, we’ve been expecting this retailer to flourish, something which clearly has failed to occur.

 

There always seems to be some sort of reason giving pause for thought, whether it’s how workers in the company supply chain are treated or, the current hot potato, their habitual sham sales and promotions in the USA.

Quite why such a practice is deemed “shocking”, especially in North America, defeats us. While in the UK, there are a couple of furniture retailers famous for their phoney promotional sales, the USA created the entire concept of “Closing Down Sale, now celebrating its 10th Year!”.

 

Cynicism aside, a suspicion about the online experience deteriorating led to a fascinating BBQ conversation. Due to “normal” allegedly returning in a week, the round table question was simple; “would people still buy online, when the attraction of all shops being open AND SAFE to visit returns?” It transpired we were hosting a collection of converts to the online experience, several of the ladies present admitting to ordering multiple items from various retailers, secure in the knowledge they intended send most of them back for a full refund. Free postage for “returns” made the option of buying varied choices, deciding which fitted or looked best, then going online to start the return process was easy. Apparently a big part of shopping is trying stuff on, the attraction of traveling, carrying bags, parking now cheerfully left in the past.

It all begs the question, why is Boohoo share price not flying upward?

 

The answer perhaps lies in the past. Boohoo, even prior to Lockdown, were a successful online presence. Immediately following the Covid-19 drop in 2020, their share price soared to 430p, nearly 10% higher than we could calculate. Essentially, the price had already did all the hard work, spending the last 15 months fluttering around between the 2 quid level and 4 pounds. Certainly, a seriously useful trading range and one which only requires the share to actually CLOSE a session above 400p to signal a change in emphasis with some true growth anticipated. In such an instance, we’re already projecting the potential of 544p, maybe even a secondary at 592p!

Unfortunately, for now we need examine the threat of near term trouble.

 

By closing 12th July at 289p, the share price kicked open the threat of “Lower Lows”. As a result, the immediate scenario suggests weakness below 286p risks reversal toward 265p initially with our longer term secondary, if broken, calculating at 246p. Making matters slightly worse, should 246p break, we can present 198p as a potential “bottom”, a level at which the share almost must bounce.

Glancing at the chart, this scenario giving 198p as a potential bottom makes a lot of visual sense. We’d suggest keeping an eye open in case such a level appears as it gives an ideal entry level, if playing both the short term or long term games. In the short term, there’s a reasonable chance of grabbing a quick bounce. For the longer term, who knows where a bounce will lead as patience may deserve quite a strong reward in the future.

A big thanks to the folk who found interesting adverts on this page on Monday. Tuesday and we’re getting a croissant!

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:56:13PM	BRENT	74.98
9:57:47PM	GOLD	1806.53	1791	1785	1774	1805	1808	1812	1819	1798	‘cess
10:03:02PM	FTSE	7123.3
10:05:14PM	FRANCE	6563.9
10:13:40PM	GERMANY	15789									‘cess
10:16:27PM	US500	4383									‘cess
10:18:19PM	DOW	35004.5	34654	34553	34399	34780	35015	35035	35162	34912
10:20:20PM	NASDAQ	14887									‘cess
10:22:14PM	JAPAN	28671									‘cess

 

12/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7125 points. Change of 0.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,120,988,724 a change of -9.74%

9/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7121 points. Change of 1.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,565,910,390 a change of -14.66%

8/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7030 points. Change of -1.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,350,338,695 a change of -5.7%

7/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7151 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,673,997,934 a change of 23.9%

6/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7100 points. Change of -0.89%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,579,399,515 a change of 38.26%

5/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7164 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,312,078,677 a change of -20.84%

2/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7123 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,184,057,082 a change of -10.65%

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:AVCT Avacta Close Mid-Price: 126.5 Percentage Change: -12.76% Day High: 145.5 Day Low: 125

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 45.9 Percentage Change: -5.07% Day High: 48.5 Day Low: 43.6

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 35.21 Percentage Change: -5.20% Day High: 38 Day Low: 35.26

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 194.95 Percentage Change: + 1.19% Day High: 195.65 Day Low: 192.95

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 2984 Percentage Change: + 1.57% Day High: 2988 Day Low: 2939

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 2616 Percentage Change: -0.27% Day High: 2632 Day Low: 2614

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 412.85 Percentage Change: -0.30% Day High: 413.85 Day Low: 405.45

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 5632 Percentage Change: + 0.54% Day High: 5658 Day Low: 5578

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LSE:ODX Omega Diags Close Mid-Price: 47.5 Percentage Change: -7.77% Day High: 51 Day Low: 47.5

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 2440 Percentage Change: -0.81% Day High: 2520 Day Low: 2435

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 161.1 Percentage Change: + 1.77% Day High: 161.5 Day Low: 158.9

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LSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 14110 Percentage Change: + 0.71% Day High: 14195 Day Low: 13885

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LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 52.48 Percentage Change: -3.46% Day High: 54.22 Day Low: 51.78

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LSE:VEC Vectura Close Mid-Price: 154.4 Percentage Change: -0.13% Day High: 155 Day Low: 153.8

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#BrentFutures #Dax We wonder if the Banking Sector is about to hit a perfect “Buy on the Rumour, Sell on the News” period. There’s been a lot of speculation the cap on bank dividend levels shall be removed this week, coming just ahead of the sectors ‘earnings season’ at the end of July. If the UK lifts its restriction on bank dividends this week, it’s anticipated Europe shall follow suit next week. This gives the media a few weeks in which to speculate on profit levels, especially as banks are reporting lower than expected losses on loans.

Add this to the vaunted “Freedom Day” of July 19th, when the UK Govt has decreed life shall return to normal and the nasty Covid-19 germ will be forbidden from harming folk, there’s certainly a fair number of reasons to anticipate a bout of optimism breaking out.

 

When we previously reviewed Barclays, we gave criteria for some reversals, along with doubt as to whether it could happen. To our surprise, the criteria triggered but so far, the bank share price has only reached 165p, marginally above our initial drop target. This situation now calculates as weakness below 165p presenting 161p with a reasonable chance of a bounce but unfortunately, our secondary “bottom” number works out at 149p.

The alternate scenario now signals above just 180p should supply a trigger level for surprise gains. Essentially, Barclays share price exceeding this level should supply early warning of some strength and as a result, we can promote 213p as a viable target initially. Our longer term secondary calculates at 225p. Visually, the concept of 213p matches the share price highs of 3 years ago, appealing to our inner nerd and suggesting this shall make a great level for some hesitation.

We’ve a fairly big however, thanks to the dodgy price movements through March and April as shown on the inset on the chart. If you’re one of these sane people who demands a share price achieves “higher highs” before risking a Long position, waiting until the share exceeds 190p remains a sensible concept.

 

After all, the market clearly indicated there was something going on at the 190p level, a number which was defended more strongly than the gates of Wembley earlier today. Perhaps when fans of Barclays storm the 190p level, a surge shall prove spectacular.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
5:50:23PM	BRENT	75.29	73.49	72.965	72.12	74.6	75.73	76.09	77.5	74	Success
5:52:39PM	GOLD	1808.42									‘cess
5:54:47PM	FTSE	7117.16									Success
6:57:10PM	FRANCE	6533.1									Success
7:16:56PM	GERMANY	15681.09	15459	15419	15326	15612	15699	15750	15858	15515	Success
7:33:36PM	US500	4369.22									‘cess
7:36:06PM	DOW	34872									Success
7:37:36PM	NASDAQ	14822
7:41:03PM	JAPAN	28484									Success

 

9/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7121 points. Change of 1.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,565,910,390 a change of -14.66%

8/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7030 points. Change of -1.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,350,338,695 a change of -5.7%

7/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7151 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,673,997,934 a change of 23.9%

6/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7100 points. Change of -0.89%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,579,399,515 a change of 38.26%

5/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7164 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,312,078,677 a change of -20.84%

2/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7123 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,184,057,082 a change of -10.65%

1/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7125 points. Change of 1.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,682,685,719 a change of -14.48%

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.

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

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LSE:AVCT Avacta Close Mid-Price: 145 Percentage Change: -5.84% Day High: 151.5 Day Low: 142.5

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 312.6 Percentage Change: + 0.64% Day High: 315 Day Low: 304.4

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 48.35 Percentage Change: -3.30% Day High: 50.6 Day Low: 48

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LSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 3434 Percentage Change: + 0.01% Day High: 3455 Day Low: 3416.5

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 192.65 Percentage Change: + 2.66% Day High: 193.8 Day Low: 187.65

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 2938 Percentage Change: + 0.65% Day High: 2958 Day Low: 2923

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 2623 Percentage Change: + 2.18% Day High: 2625 Day Low: 2569

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LSE:NG. National Glug. Close Mid-Price: 939.6 Percentage Change: + 0.43% Day High: 940.3 Day Low: 933.3

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LSE:VEC Vectura. Close Mid-Price: 154.6 Percentage Change: + 14.01% Day High: 154.4 Day Low: 152.2

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#FreeFutures #FTSE Digging through her great-grandmothers old sewing box, my wife unearthed a spool of lead, the heavy metal roughly the same thickness as a metal clothes hanger. She explained, patiently, the long deceased relative probably planned to use the lead to add weight to a garments hem. And asked, “could I use the spool for anything?”

The answer, obviously, was YES and the little treasure was immediately spirited away and stored in the odds&ends drawer in the shed, vanishing among the collection of spare screws, fittings, and miscellaneous leftovers from self assembly furniture. Over dinner, my wife asked just what I intended use the lead for?

“No idea, but it could be really handy.”

“You know that sowing box was around 70 years old, the lead stored in a belief it would be ‘really handy’ one day?”

This moment of pause for thought actually relates to the FTSE. For quite a few weeks, I’ve been patiently adhering to the idea the UK market shall recover. This belief, stored in a little area of my brain probably shaped like a shed, has tended drive my opinions, despite the market failing to actually do anything particularly useful. But similar to this spool of lead, the belief in recovery has been protected despite the FTSE failing to do anything useful since April.

 

From a chart perspective, it’s fairly easy to lose faith, were it not for a series of ghostly trend lines on the FTSE chart. Since October last year, five trend lines established themselves and despite the FTSE breaking each uptrend, the market has recovered and in doing so, maintained the FTSE’s place as one of the slowest moving markets in the G7! We’re now at the stage where Red Trend Line #6 has broken (Important: Our criteria for a trend break demands a price close a session below the trend) and, if only due to frustration, our upbeat tone on the FTSE should perhaps end as we embrace a complete lack of optimism. Maybe we’re confusing optimism with utter boredom, due to flat market conditions?

Watching the CEO of a banking concern on TV, the interviewer was attempting to get the guy to admit Thursdays behaviour on USA markets was obviously the beginning of the end for the current stock market bubble. The response was clearly not the one desired, when instead the interviewee simply said; “markets go up and down. At present, the markets are producing all time highs and a blip on a bad day is just that, a blip.”

Hopefully he’s proven correct, the DOW needing exceed 35,000 points to completely assure us Thursday was just a blip.

 

To return to the FTSE, it closed Thursday at 7030 points. The UK index needs below 6980 to provoke some near term concerns, risking reversal toward an initial 6905 points with secondary, if broken, calculating at 6811 points. The secondary target level is a major nuisance, thanks to closure around this level placing the market at severe risk of a dive down to the 6500 level. In such an instance, the spool of lead could be repurposed into making a balloon…

 

Our alternate, optimists scenario, actually feels more likely. Should the FTSE manage to clamber above just 7038 points, we calculate the potential of a climb to 7067 points. If bettered, our secondary works out at 7139 points and returns the FTSE to a point where it risks challenging the Blue downtrend. Embedded amongst these boring numbers is a little detail worthy of mention. Should the FTSE reach 7067 points, the market exceeds the point of Thursdays trend break, suggesting the trend was wrong and conceding the little Red line should join its 5 previous incarnations in being coloured a forgetful grey.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:42:29PM	BRENT	74.15	72.7	72.085	subscribe	73.5	74.18	74.315	subscribe	72.4	‘cess
10:44:30PM	GOLD	1803.14	1793	1785		1804	1806	1810		1793	Success
10:47:18PM	FTSE	7036.38	7012	6988.5		7058	7059	7087		7008	Success
10:51:25PM	FRANCE	6399.9	6345	6306		6415	6432	6451.5		6385	Success
10:53:56PM	GERMANY	15405.65	15376	15314.5		15518	15528	15545.5		15380	Success
10:56:23PM	US500	4318.47	4302	4288		4335	4338	4352		4304	Success
10:58:35PM	DOW	34397	34104	33999		34299	34604	34675.5		34424	Success
11:00:45PM	NASDAQ	14728	14550	14497.5		14677	14804	14874		14730	Success
11:02:59PM	JAPAN	27726	27687	27603		27856	27858	27936		27693

8/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7030 points. Change of -1.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,350,338,695 a change of -5.7%

7/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7151 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,673,997,934 a change of 23.9%

6/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7100 points. Change of -0.89%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,579,399,515 a change of 38.26%

5/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7164 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,312,078,677 a change of -20.84%

2/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7123 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,184,057,082 a change of -10.65%

1/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7125 points. Change of 1.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,682,685,719 a change of -14.48%

30/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7037 points. Change of -0.71%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,475,559,287 a change of 23.7%

 

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…

Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares

Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BDEV Barrett Devs** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:EME Empyrean** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:POG Petrop etc** **LSE:RMG Royal Mail** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **LSE:TSCO Tesco** **LSE:VOD Vodafone** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva Close Mid-Price: 397.8 Percentage Change: -3.35% Day High: 408.9 Day Low: 395.6

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LSE:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 167.64 Percentage Change: -2.82% Day High: 170.88 Day Low: 165.22

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LSE:BDEV Barrett Devs Close Mid-Price: 688.8 Percentage Change: -3.64% Day High: 711.2 Day Low: 681.4

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 307.7 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 309.35 Day Low: 301.2

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LSE:EME Empyrean. Close Mid-Price: 8.5 Percentage Change: + 3.66% Day High: 8.9 Day Low: 8.15

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 57.7 Percentage Change: -2.37% Day High: 58.7 Day Low: 55.8

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 410.6 Percentage Change: -1.76% Day High: 413.7 Day Low: 406.7

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 4734 Percentage Change: -2.55% Day High: 4839 Day Low: 4667

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 45.62 Percentage Change: -2.51% Day High: 46.38 Day Low: 44.95

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LSE:POG Petrop etc Close Mid-Price: 22.92 Percentage Change: -2.30% Day High: 23.54 Day Low: 22.84

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LSE:RMG Royal Mail Close Mid-Price: 568.6 Percentage Change: -0.94% Day High: 571.4 Day Low: 560.4

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 446 Percentage Change: -1.20% Day High: 450.9 Day Low: 442.7

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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 234.25 Percentage Change: -1.35% Day High: 240.85 Day Low: 233.8

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LSE:VOD Vodafone Close Mid-Price: 117.86 Percentage Change: -1.02% Day High: 119.1 Day Low: 116.66

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#BrentCrude #SP500 Excited news headlines of a company striking Silver in Cornwall certainly provided a bit of a ‘duh?’ moment. Despite being utterly unfamiliar with the geological strata of the area, a surprising research source had already informed me Silver from Cornwall was hardly something new. Quite the opposite, if the dodgy research source could be trusted! Being one of these folk who’ll read anything, trapped in a hospital room with nothing but romance novelist Catherine Cookson to read, her book (the title escapes me) dealt with the nitty gritty of mining in Cornwall, thankfully about as distant from her presumed ‘bodice ripping’ style of writing as it gets. To my horror, the book proved enjoyable and informative. It remains the only Catherine Cookson novel I’ve read, just in case I get sucked down a rabbit hole!

Already armed with knowledge of Cornwalls 18th century past and the hunt for tin and copper in the area, the newspaper article on Cornish Metals Inc was approached with some scepticism, expecting an attempt to drive expectations, along with the share price, unrealistically high. Thankfully, Cornish Metals own website pays suitable homage to the areas history, the company providing a reasonable history of the industry.

Our utter distrust for anything to do with Silver is fairly straightforward, regarding the price of the metal as dangerously manipulated, thanks to market events ten years ago in April 2011. We remain puzzled why there was never a financial investigation into the price movement and, to this day, our distrust remains to such an extent we never cover Silver futures. Presently trading around 28USD, the big picture advises we shouldn’t be surprised if the market finds a reason to dump the price back to the 14 dollar level, probably making the extraction process unprofitable. However, it appears Cornish Metals are about more than Silver from Cornwall, their website even making mention of Lithium. As a result, some further investigation is justified.

 

From our numbers standpoint, share price movements next exceeding 15.2p calculate with an initial potential of 16.4p. With the share trading at 14.98p at time of writing, this hardly represents the most emphatic price jump. However, should 16.4p be exceeded, we can calculate a longer term secondary at 19p. Above this level, we shall need stir the tea leaves again as currently we cannot calculate higher.

 

To promote alarm bells, the share price will need slip below 13p. Such reversal risks the clutches of reversal down to 9.75p with secondary, if broken, a bottom at 6.5p.

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:45:31PM	BRENT	73.19	72.37	72.025	70.15	73.95	75.76	76.33	77.65	73.9	Success
10:47:36PM	GOLD	1803.84
10:49:54PM	FTSE	7151.19									Success
10:52:36PM	FRANCE	6534.6									Success
10:54:37PM	GERMANY	15712									Success
11:07:19PM	US500	4358.97	4329	4324	4311	4346	4362	4366	4377	4350	Shambles
11:09:45PM	DOW	34698									‘cess
11:12:18PM	NASDAQ	14819									Success
11:12:39PM	JAPAN	28347	Nothing	making	sense

 

7/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7151 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,673,997,934 a change of 23.9%

6/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7100 points. Change of -0.89%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,579,399,515 a change of 38.26%

5/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7164 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,312,078,677 a change of -20.84%

2/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7123 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,184,057,082 a change of -10.65%

1/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7125 points. Change of 1.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,682,685,719 a change of -14.48%

30/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7037 points. Change of -0.71%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,475,559,287 a change of 23.7%

29/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7087 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,426,489,456 a change of -5.63%

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:BP. BP PLC Close Mid-Price: 307.7 Percentage Change: -1.00% Day High: 317.65 Day Low: 305.95

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LSE:EME Empyrean. Close Mid-Price: 8.2 Percentage Change: + 3.80% Day High: 8.3 Day Low: 7.9

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 2943 Percentage Change: + 2.33% Day High: 2949 Day Low: 2881

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2470 Percentage Change: + 1.65% Day High: 2505 Day Low: 2420

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 160.8 Percentage Change: + 0.88% Day High: 160.8 Day Low: 159.1

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LSE:RBD Reabold Resources PLC Close Mid-Price: 0.42 Percentage Change: -4.55% Day High: 0.44 Day Low: 0.39

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 285.4 Percentage Change: + 2.00% Day High: 286 Day Low: 280.5

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LSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 14075 Percentage Change: + 1.96% Day High: 14095 Day Low: 13805

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 451.4 Percentage Change: + 0.11% Day High: 454.8 Day Low: 447.2

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 237.45 Percentage Change: + 1.37% Day High: 238.9 Day Low: 232.95

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LSE:VOD Vodafone Close Mid-Price: 119.08 Percentage Change: -0.17% Day High: 120.26 Day Low: 118.58

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LSE:ZOL Zoldav. Close Mid-Price: 46.5 Percentage Change: + 6.90% Day High: 48 Day Low: 43.5

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#FTSE #CAC40  “Wrong colour toilet paper purchased for the New York Stock Exchange provokes reversals when the markets opened!” Just once, it’d be nice if the financial press conceded they were clueless as to the reason for a market movement. Trawling through the headlines, the cause may be the Federal Reserve, it may be investors taking profit, perhaps it’s something to do with the US President, or then again, China is enacting a crackdown on US listed firms.

The harsh reality was, the market went down with none of the usual suspects (Bloomberg, Reuters & co) able to identify the cause. It was a bit of a surprise seeing the word ‘Covid’ absent from the usual hysterical reasons, so perhaps we are indeed approaching the brave new post pandemic world. Two pretty major details proved absent from the headlines. Firstly, the S&P 500 achieved another new all time high of 4356.46 points, despite closing Tuesday very slightly down. The Nasdaq did better, achieving both another all-time-high and also closing at a all-time-high end of day price. (14786 if interested).

 

All this flamboyance actually relates, rather obliquely, to Enquest Plc. Conventional wisdom expects oil company share price movements to reflect movements in the price of crude oil. Given the company operate six fields in the North Sea, the fact Brent Crude is now trading at levels not seen since 2018 appears to have had little effect on the share price. This brings us to something quite curious, a proper surprise from our software.

In the event Enquest share price manages above 23.5p, apparently we should anticipate a return to the 25p – a detail which is painfully obvious. While this fails to provide a useful trading opportunity, we shall be extremely curious should Enquest manage above 25.2p as this will provide a “higher high” since the trend break and hopeful fuel sufficient force for the price to continue upward to 34p. This target level is mildly fascinating, returning the share price to a level not seen since the end of 2018 when the price of Brent Crude was exactly at the current level.

Regular readers may remember a further detail regarding Brent Crude. We’d anticipated some hesitation at the 75 dollar level and the market has obliged for the last few weeks. However, Brent Crude has now made a few lunges slightly above this level, creating a situation where we can expect further increases in the crude oil markets.

Long story short, at present, the balance of small signs point toward optimism for Enquest. We can even calculate an eventual 53p as providing some future hesitation, should the market feel a recovery cycle justified. Given the share is presently trading around 21p, such a price increase would represent a laudable ambition.

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:41:18PM	BRENT	74.65									Success
10:43:24PM	GOLD	1797.38									Success
10:45:54PM	FTSE	7099.65	7087	7072	7039	7116	7114	7121	7136	7087
10:48:19PM	FRANCE	6503	6480	6458	6416	6513	6512	6522	6536	6486	‘cess
10:50:37PM	GERMANY	15494									Success
10:53:01PM	US500	4337.37									Success
10:55:07PM	DOW	34505.8									Success
10:57:13PM	NASDAQ	14776
10:59:36PM	JAPAN	28349									Success

6/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7100 points. Change of -0.89%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,579,399,515 a change of 38.26%

5/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7164 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,312,078,677 a change of -20.84%

2/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7123 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,184,057,082 a change of -10.65%

1/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7125 points. Change of 1.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,682,685,719 a change of -14.48%

30/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7037 points. Change of -0.71%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,475,559,287 a change of 23.7%

29/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7087 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,426,489,456 a change of -5.63%

28/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7072 points. Change of -0.9%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,690,740,791 a change of -4.03%

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:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 2876 Percentage Change: + 1.09% Day High: 2874 Day Low: 2830

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2430 Percentage Change: + 2.10% Day High: 2435 Day Low: 2335

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LSE:RMG Royal Mail Close Mid-Price: 574 Percentage Change: -0.69% Day High: 584 Day Low: 572

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 279.8 Percentage Change: + 0.58% Day High: 281.2 Day Low: 277.6

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LSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 13805 Percentage Change: + 0.58% Day High: 13840 Day Low: 13675

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 450.9 Percentage Change: -1.85% Day High: 462 Day Low: 450.4

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 234.25 Percentage Change: + 1.19% Day High: 236.45 Day Low: 231

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LSE:VOD Vodafone Close Mid-Price: 119.28 Percentage Change: -2.36% Day High: 122.06 Day Low: 119.02

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LSE:ZOL Zoldav. Close Mid-Price: 43.5 Percentage Change: + 14.47% Day High: 43.5 Day Low: 38

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#GoldFutures #SP500 As we approach “normal”, the inevitable debate about whether to continue to wear masks has erupted. Personally, I’ve always been a little envious about Asian countries, where wearing masks in congested areas has been socially acceptable for years. The virtual eradication of Flu in the UK, during the recent winter, tends testify as to the effectiveness of a little thought in ones daily routine. Even with the legal requirement to wear a mask lifted, this writer intends wearing one in busy public zones for the foreseeable future.

Of course, it’s also true most sane folk avoiding flying, buses, taxis, and trains, vastly reducing the chances of passing any virus along.

 

Another little puzzle comes from the headlines given to “The Delta Variant” of Covid-19. In the early months of the virus, many specialists interviewed were looking forward to the day when Covid-19 started to mutate, their thinking being mutated variations will always be less dangerous to people. One guy, quite eloquently, described a virus quite brutally. If it kills a large percentage of those with whom it comes in contact, this tends minimise the life cycle for a virus. As a result, nasty bugs will always tend mutate to weaker versions of the original as their stronger edition effectively kills itself off.

 

The big question, obviously, is whether people shall once again congregate in public transport. And in the case of the Trainline, will the British public once again cheerfully pay exorbitant prices for a service which fails to compare favourably with trains and transport costs in Europe? In the marketplace, it feels like there’s a quiet expectation for airline industry and related holiday stocks showing some recovery. As a result, it’s perhaps worth glancing at Trainline share price, trading around 320p at time of writing.

Near term, share price movement exceeding 323p should prove capable of triggering some price recovery toward a confident sounding 364p. If bettered, our longer term secondary works out at 408p, visually providing a bit of a question mark. Since the pandemic drop in March of 2020, this share price has presented some really surprising movements, enjoying a trading range of around 3 quid yet neither going up nor down beyond previous levels. Currently, we have a significant problem in calculating anything above 408p in the future, suspecting we shall need revisit the share price if such a level is ever achieved.

The price requires below 285p to provoke trouble, signalling the potential for reversal to 237p. Below such a point presents a severe problem, allowing express travel down to 76p as our ultimate bottom.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:47:50PM	BRENT	76.97									Success
10:49:46PM	GOLD	1792.32	1782	1778.5	1773	1791	1795	1798	1814	1784
10:51:59PM	FTSE	7159.07
10:53:55PM	FRANCE	6570.2
10:56:11PM	GERMANY	15662.6									‘cess
10:57:48PM	US500	4349.3	4341	4336.5	4330	4348	4355	4357.5	4363	4347
10:59:40PM	DOW	34799
11:00:08PM	NASDAQ	Nothing	to	say
11:02:09PM	JAPAN	28624									Success

 

5/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7164 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,312,078,677 a change of -20.84%

2/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7123 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,184,057,082 a change of -10.65%

1/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7125 points. Change of 1.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,682,685,719 a change of -14.48%

30/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7037 points. Change of -0.71%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,475,559,287 a change of 23.7%

29/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7087 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,426,489,456 a change of -5.63%

28/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7072 points. Change of -0.9%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,690,740,791 a change of -4.03%

25/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7136 points. Change of 0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,887,856,351 a change of -13.99%

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:EXPN Experian Close Mid-Price: 2845 Percentage Change: -0.56% Day High: 2870 Day Low: 2836

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LSE:HUR Hurrican Energy. Close Mid-Price: 4.09 Percentage Change: + 16.19% Day High: 4.4 Day Low: 3.7

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LSE:MRW Morrisons. Close Mid-Price: 267.5 Percentage Change: + 11.55% Day High: 269 Day Low: 265.2

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 55 Percentage Change: + 7.84% Day High: 58.2 Day Low: 51

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 278.2 Percentage Change: + 2.28% Day High: 279.8 Day Low: 273.6

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire. Close Mid-Price: 74 Percentage Change: + 3.06% Day High: 75 Day Low: 73.4

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Lloyds Bank (LSE:LLOY) Of all the trite sayings attributed to the stock market, “The Trend’s Your Friend” is probably the most annoying. Just what is a sodding trend? Is it a line on a chart, if so, what line. Or is it something to do with the share price, in relation to whatever it used to be. Perhaps it’s something to do with the media and their unfortunate habit of assigning “Strong Buy” or “Strong Sell” against a share price!

It’s all important, it’s all nonsense, and it’s all hitting us every day.

Currently, Lloyds Bank presents a perfect ‘case in point’.

 

The big chart from 2012 (below) suggests utter panic, should Lloyds find sufficient excuse to slither below the 24p level, represented by a big Red line. From our perspective, this makes some sense as it produces a picture where Lloyds risks bottoming at 6p or so. In an easy summary, the share price needs half before panic ensues but, to be fair, the way the market works it wouldn’t exactly surprise us if the share dipped below 24p in an opening second movement, triggering a load of stop loss levels and then, produced a miracle bounce anyway. Always remember, the market is in business to make money.

Then, there’s another trend line, one since the lows of 2020. Presently, this adornment lurks at roughly 42p with the bank share price safely above.

Perhaps we should talk about the 2021 trend, starting from a low of 33p. Currently this ad hoc line lurks at 46p, dangerously close to the current price level of 47p!

“Which sodding trend should be watched?”

From our perspective, focused on numbers, the answer is pretty simple. None of them…

The bank share price needs slink below 44p to force raised eyebrows, this suggesting some weakness has entered calculations with the share trading at lower levels, since the market opted to “gap” the price up in April. Initially we’d be looking for a phoney bounce at 42p before the share found a bottom level at around 39.5p. Absent from this tier of calculations is any form of trend line. Prices go up and down with movement since the pandemic hit tending suggest painting a line on a chart will provide little clue. Instead, it’s worth reviewing historical movements in relation to these calculated target levels, just to see if they make any sort of visual sense. In the case of 39.5p as a potential bounce point, price shuffles in 2021 and again, at the end of 2020, tend suggest it worth paying attention to, if it even appears. Please remember, we are describing a movement scenario, attempting to wrap it up in writing what makes sense! At the very minimum, there is a gap (circled) at 42p, one which the gullible will be inclined to believe another trite market saying;

“Gaps are always covered”

They are not. And if they are, the movement is rarely exact.

We write about Lloyds share price every three weeks, generally expressing considerable frustration at the lack of movement. For the present, we’re supposed to be interested in a trading range of just of 2p since last time we put pen to paper. This isn’t an encouraging state of affairs but to return again to the circled area on the chart at 42p at the end of April, there’s little doubt the market opted to manipulate the share price higher, above the immediate Blue downtrend. In a normal world, this should provide a pretty solid indication of coming growth, a substantial clue being the market opting to remove the share price from a downtrend.

At this stage, we’d ordinarily be persuading folk to look for “higher highs” but thanks to the gap, the price is already substantially above all the highs before the trend break. As a result, we’re inclined to invent a price level the share absolutely must exceed, if the price intends to break free of its lethargic 18 months. In the case of Lloyds, only above 51.5p shall convince us some solid movement is upon us, calculating with an initial ambition of 56.5p. If exceeded, our longer term secondary comes along at 66p and visually matches the share price highs, pre-Covid. Once this milestone is attained, it shall be worth paying close attention to the point at which the share price actually closes a session. In the event of closure above just 67p, the value enters the land of “Higher Highs” again, providing an astounding 92p as a viable longer term hope.

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
1:58:53PM	BRENT	76.02	75.15	74.565	73.86	76.08	76.35	76.455	76.89	75.65
2:01:27PM	GOLD	1787.88									‘cess
2:27:20PM	FTSE	7128.6									Shambles
2:34:50PM	FRANCE	6554.3
2:41:14PM	GERMANY	15649	15597	15565.5	15518	15688	15708	15731	15814	15611
2:57:08PM	US500	4352.57									Success
2:59:38PM	DOW	34798.4									Success
3:04:48PM	NASDAQ	14723.85									Success
3:09:50PM	JAPAN	28729

 

 

2/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7123 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,184,057,082 a change of -10.65%

1/07/2021 FTSE Closed at 7125 points. Change of 1.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,682,685,719 a change of -14.48%

30/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7037 points. Change of -0.71%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,475,559,287 a change of 23.7%

29/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7087 points. Change of 0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,426,489,456 a change of -5.63%

28/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7072 points. Change of -0.9%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,690,740,791 a change of -4.03%

25/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7136 points. Change of 0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,887,856,351 a change of -13.99%

24/06/2021 FTSE Closed at 7109 points. Change of 0.49%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,682,704,264 a change of 17.41%

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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