Author: T&T Staff

#Brent #Germany The weekend only brought one surprise. The Grand Prix from Baku ran just about as expected, a truly entertaining qualifying session followed by a race which was pretty indifferent, lacking any excuse for chaos. But the surprise came from my decision in invent “whisky wine”, almost providing my non-drinker wife with an excuse to sample anything I try to ferment. In theory (in my head) I had a really good idea, to make Finnish Sugar Wine (Kilju) with a twist. The sneaky addition of a couple of mugs of porridge oats and some barley, a few drops of vanilla, a few drops of toffee flavouring, and tossing in some oak shavings to give that authentic “whisky barrel” flavour. 25 litres of the stuff was left to ferment for a week, then decanted into a sterilised container where it was allowed to clarify in a dark, cool, place for a few weeks. Following fermentation, it was giving an alcohol reading of around 20º, so I’d high hopes for the final product, intending a low alcohol whisky flavoured drink!

On Sunday afternoon, during the boredom of the Grand Prix, with three weeks since the fermentation process started, it was judged my Kilju variant could be safely tried. On the first sip, it was “okay but unusual”, second sip confirmed absolutely zero whisky flavour, third sip provoked “this is a bit strange” and by the fourth sip, it was time to put the wine glass down and go make a coffee. Nothing was happening on the race track anyway and within a few minutes, I’d a perfect coffee from my wonderful “bean to cup” machine. It’s always nice to have a nibble, when enjoying a coffee, and human nature made me reach for the wine glass! The penny dropped, somehow or other I’d managed to produce “Cookie Flavoured Wine”, an utterly abhorrent concept. Aside from the salient detail my wife actually likes cookie flavoured things, like Ben & Gerri’s Ice Cream. She tried the dreadful wine, suggested around 5 bottles are produced, and the rest poured into the garden stream. By the time the Baku Grand Prix ended, 5 bottles labelled “Cookie Wine” were laid down in the garden shed wine rack, the rest poured into the stream. I’m pretty certain my wife shall take a single glass at Xmas, then whisper I should pour the rest away…

Hopefully this infusion of alcohol into the stream shall coax out the mystery ginger/golden animal spotted last week. We now suspect it may be a Mink, perhaps auditioning to be the precursor of a local fur coat industry here in Argyll! Surely no-one would complain as they’re an invasive species and we’ve some excellent local restaurants too!

 

Natwest delivered a gift wrapped surprise on September 15th, the market choosing to open the share at 534p, a penny above our previous initial target level at 533p. We were quite chuffed, treating this as an indication “they” were following a similar set of rules to ourselves, perhaps even opting to round the target level up, rather than employ our habit of playing safe. Of course, what happened since has been messy, though not quite as murderous as it could be. The price of Natwest needs CLOSE below 480p before we shall indulge in panic, giving the potential of weakness to an initial 463 with our secondary, if broken, an eventual sticky bottom of 410p. In other words, we’d not be terribly comfortable predicting a bounce from such a level. Instead, we suspect the current trajectory shall probably bounce around 488p, keeping the share price fluttering around in a zone where some considerable hope is possible.

There’s a funny thing about Natwest, a “secret” long term target level we’re almost afraid to admit exists.

For the long term, we’re calculating the ruling influence as coming from a ridiculously attractive sounding 1055p!

Should things intend turn positive for Natwest, above 534 now looks capable of triggering movement to an initial 551p with our secondary, if exceeded, at an eventual 577p. Such a target would be a really big deal for the future, creating a proper official “higher high” and making a third level ambition at 686p. And at such a level, our silly sounding distant 1055p doesn’t sound quite as daft.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
2:30:07AM	BRENT	6632.8	6688	6606	6524	6670	6722	6746	6790	6681
2:33:29AM	GOLD	3684.7
9:21:42PM	FTSE	9222.5
11:05:41PM	STOX50	5458.5
11:08:15PM	GERMANY	23633.6	23597	23524	23436	23707	23788	23889	24091	23650
11:11:43PM	US500	6656.8
11:15:30PM	DOW	46237
11:18:55PM	NASDAQ	24600
11:21:40PM	JAPAN	45291

 

19/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9216 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 14,406,950,391 a change of 163.35%

18/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9228 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,470,749,356 a change of 5.44%

17/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9208 points. Change of 0.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,188,517,809 a change of -11.11%

16/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9195 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,836,701,503 a change of 13.9%

15/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9277 points. Change of -0.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,124,504,308 a change of 3.82%

12/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9283 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,936,038,879 a change of -3.79%

11/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9297 points. Change of 0.78%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,130,576,096 a change of -11.59%

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:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 381.65 Percentage Change: -0.75% Day High: 388.65 Day Low: 377.8

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 629.5 Percentage Change: -1.25% Day High: 643.5 Day Low: 624

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1027.8 Percentage Change: + 0.88% Day High: 1030.6 Day Low: 1014.2

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1141 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1148 Day Low: 1139

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#FTSE #Gold To suggest Thursday was a disappointment would be an understatement. We often moan about the Bank of England doing their utmost to dampen business and consumer confidence in the UK, keeping the country trapped under what feels like a never ending grey sky. In the USA, Mr Trump has railed against the US Federal Reserve for their timidity in reducing Interest Rates but in the UK, we seem to lack leadership which actually cares about injecting any optimism to the national mood, happy to ignore the damage high interest rates inflict.

It proved quite irksome, giving our World Market Futures projections, once the BoE had slithered again under its own rock, the FTSE standing out against the others with a weak outlook. We’re again forced to wait a further 6 weeks before the UK Central bank again has an opportunity to allow some business confidence, along with reducing inflationary pressure on prices. Hopefully, the start of November shall bring some sanity to the Monetary Policy Committee, along with a broader realisation their fight against inflation by raising prices doesn’t actually work.

To be fair, this is a personal hobbyhorse, right up there with irritation at the UK Governments Tax on Employment, called the Employers National Insurance Contribution. The most recent increase of the tax on jobs, unsurprisingly is attributed with causing “blips” in UK jobless numbers, politicians shy of discussing such data and “journalists” avoiding any subject which might embarrass the current government. Quite why the powers-that-be failed to understand the only way to improve is to actually Make Money, rather than Take Money, probably reflects the vast majority of politicians boasting a background as Local Councillors, where they perceived their only major source of income was coming from Rates, both business and domestic.

We suspect events in London last weekend, where the BBC initially reported several hundred <sic> Far Right fanatics were protesting, were a symptom of this frustration at our central government who don’t seem to know how to actually run a country.

 

But on the bright side, we’ve a new animal in our garden and we’ve absolutely no idea what it is. Russell and Cheryl, our two crows, were ripping apart a couple of bread rolls on the lawn when we noticed something Ginger coloured, porpoising through the long grass around them. It was about the size of a squirrel but lacked the bushy tail and the crows were keeping a close eye on it, while moving their haul of bread closer to themselves. We decided it wasn’t a Pine Marten as it was too small, didn’t move like any rat – and lacked a tail. But the crows were wary of it, neither choosing to attack. We wonder if it was a young otter, perfectly capable of leaving the sea and coming up the garden stream, but despite being in Scotland, Ginger isn’t usually part of the approved colour scheme for otters. Hopefully Friday shall provide a dry spell, where either a camera shall be used or, if its a rat, a rifle, when some more bread rolls are laid out.

 

As for the FTSE for the immediate future, we’re about as perplexed as we were with the strange animal in the garden. The UK index has experienced a neatly choreographed drop this week, one which looks like it shall have trouble escaping the BoE’s effect. Instead, weakness next below 9203 points has the potential of provoking a visit to 9162 points and a very possible bounce. But should 9162 points break, the UK index could easily falter down to an eventual 9107 points and a return to the lows seen at the start of September this year. If this scenario triggers, a reasonable Stop Loss looks like 9245 points.

Of course, there’s always the awful risk of going into a weekend with an open position, one which might bite due to whatever world event occurs.

If the FTSE is to make any real attempt to redeem itself, above 9263 could allegedly trigger recovery to an initial 9290 points with our secondary, if exceeded, calculating as an extremely unlikely 9379 points.

 

Have a good weekend. Hopefully the Grand Prix from Azerbaijan gives an interesting qualifying session. Unfortunately, the race can sometimes be quite processional, though nothing like the abhorrent Monaco money pit.

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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
10:38:34PM	BRENT	6719.8	6690	6662		6737	6745	6818		6711
10:43:58PM	GOLD	3641.74	3627	3619		3647	3646	3649		3643	‘cess
10:46:44PM	FTSE	9241.1	9207	9200		9230	9242	9249		9228
10:52:57PM	STOX50	5463.2	5430	5415		5446	5466	5471		5441	Success
10:55:41PM	GERMANY	23724.3	23568	23507		23642	23726	23891		23644	Success
10:58:10PM	US500	6645.2	6610	6602		6640	6658	6670		6638	Success
11:03:42PM	DOW	46246.5	45944	45813		46172	46288	46473		46130	‘cess
11:16:36PM	NASDAQ	24490	24310	24239		24420	24560	24623		24467	Success
11:20:46PM	JAPAN	45866	45283	45023		45550	45935	46081		45630

 

18/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9228 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,470,749,356 a change of 5.44%

17/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9208 points. Change of 0.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,188,517,809 a change of -11.11%

16/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9195 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,836,701,503 a change of 13.9%

15/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9277 points. Change of -0.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,124,504,308 a change of 3.82%

12/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9283 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,936,038,879 a change of -3.79%

11/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9297 points. Change of 0.78%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,130,576,096 a change of -11.59%

10/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9225 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,802,988,432 a change of 11.05%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 637.5 Percentage Change: + 1.43% Day High: 641.5 Day Low: 629

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G Close Mid-Price: 7.3 Percentage Change: -2.67% Day High: 7.5 Day Low: 7.25

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1018.8 Percentage Change: + 0.39% Day High: 1023.2 Day Low: 1011

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1141 Percentage Change: + 2.65% Day High: 1140.5 Day Low: 1120

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#Gold #S&P500There’s a chart signal which is generally more reliable than a Weather Forecast or a BBC News report and currently, M&S are displaying it quite explicitly. In fact, we could even say; “This isn’t just a Chart Signal, it’s a Marks & Spencer Chart Signal” with a reasonable hope our projected outcome shall prove to be correct. Of course, there’s always a fly and always some ointment but visually, this one looks pretty amazing.

 

A few pundits have been advocating M&S as a Strong Buy, thus provoking a few emails in our direction for an opinion. Surprisingly, we ALMOST agree with them but the set of squiggles which comprise the chart confirm something we often bang on about. The level of a Trend Break is almost always really important.

In the case of M&S, the chart extract below shows a nice little Green line, representing the price level above which we require the share to close, potentially presenting a scenario where some real price growth can be anticipated.

Essentially, in a textbook example of our thoughts, share price closure above 360p should make movement to an initial 375p almost certain. Our secondary, if exceeded, calculates at a future 393p. This sort of near 10% price recovery would emplace the share price on a path to a long term 428p.

But of course, there’s an issue. This is the Stock Market and it’s rare for something as “drop dead obvious” as this to appear. Thus, we should suspect a trap for traders is looming, aside from the absurd (but real) detail of “that’s what they’d want us to think!”

To be blunt, we do anticipate M&S enjoying an upward surge and given share price movements since July, it looks pretty confident. Their share price needs close below 330p before the need to buy; “these are not just any running shoes, these are Marks & Spencer running shoes…”

 

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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
10:27:36PM	BRENT	6766
10:31:37PM	GOLD	3959.29	3645	3639	3616	3672	3708	3718	3742	3780	‘cess
10:37:44PM	FTSE	9203.5
11:12:59PM	STOX50	5376.1									‘cess
11:15:58PM	GERMANY	23401									‘cess
11:19:58PM	US500	6609.3	6550	6539	6507	6595	6625	6631	6656	6600	Success
11:23:44PM	DOW	46058.5									Success
11:27:22PM	NASDAQ	24273.7									Success
11:29:51PM	JAPAN	44903

 

17/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9208 points. Change of 0.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,188,517,809 a change of -11.11%

16/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9195 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,836,701,503 a change of 13.9%

15/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9277 points. Change of -0.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,124,504,308 a change of 3.82%

12/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9283 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,936,038,879 a change of -3.79%

11/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9297 points. Change of 0.78%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,130,576,096 a change of -11.59%

10/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9225 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,802,988,432 a change of 11.05%

9/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9242 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,225,634,176 a change of 25.23%

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:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 628.5 Percentage Change: + 1.05% Day High: 637 Day Low: 622

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 169.2 Percentage Change: + 3.58% Day High: 170.2 Day Low: 166.25

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1014.8 Percentage Change: + 1.32% Day High: 1018 Day Low: 1003.8

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 323.8 Percentage Change: + 0.31% Day High: 333.6 Day Low: 323.4

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#FTSE #Nasdaq   Every now and then, it appears sanity re-enters the world and absently opening a bottle of Lime juice provided great pause for thought. There was no longer a ridiculous plastic tie, attaching the lid to the base! Extracting a bottle of cola from the cupboard, once again the hated plastic tie was no longer in evidence. Hopefully this initiative shall extend beyond the particular manufacturer and once again free the soft drink industry to continue polluting the worlds oceans with absolutely nothing new!

It’s funny, our personal hobby of making wine has taught several lessons. Firstly, bottle the stuff is a pain, fitting corks is an expensive nuisance, and shrink wrapping the top and bottle neck a time consuming exercise in proving how impatient the holder of a hairdryer can be. To be completely honest, the vast majority of our wine production is given away to friends, especially as we’ve “cracked” Rioja and Chardonnay. Obviously, these chums give back the empty bottles, these things being placed on an outdoors “wine rack” behind the shed, where we expect the weather to remove the sticker from the bottle. After it’s cleaned by nature, it only needs sterilised before re-use (aka dumped in a 25 litre tub for 20 mns) then filled again. All things considered, the process of meeting expectations has become tiresome.

We tried using 2 litre plastic soft drink bottles but actually had complaints from our friends, saying it cheapened the product and made them feel they could consume an entire bottle in a single evening, forgetting it was real alcohol until a sharp reminder when they awoke late the following morning (or afternoon) . Apparently bottles provide a further method for society to moderate their greed. We’re about to toss a problem at them all.

It turns out we can buy “wine bags”, the containers used within Wine Boxes, and they are not expensive. The current run of Merlot is going to be bagged in 3 litre containers which will give a long life to the wine. There’s no need for the juice to be consumed within days of it being opened, the bag not needing to suck in air to allow wine to be poured. Instead, the bag deflates, keeping the fresh wine quaffable. Always assuming the stuff is deemed okay, when it’s tasted in a few days, we’re going for a “bottling” of 7 wine bags and just 5 bottles being labelled and sealed.

However, it must be admitted, few things are nicer than standing in front of a big wine rack, pondering the correct choice for that evenings dinner and knowing the quality of each bottle can be assured. Aside from that 2024 Shiraz which remains dodgy, even after 11 months…

 

So, if a sign of a return to sanity can be attributed to how bottle tops are fitted, what the heck are we to think of the Middle East? We happily wrote about an oil extraction company in Scotland who it turns out are owned by an Israeli based company, Delek. As a result, we became curious as to how the Israel markets themselves are doing, despite Israel joining Russia on the worlds naughty step. It was actually fairly difficult to find data relating to Israel, many of the big providers opting to dodge listing Tel Aviv. It transpired TradingView, a company we often rely on for data, were the only “biggie” giving reliable data and their chart is below.

We’ve an interest in the Middle East shambles, one which obviously risks bias in our commentary, as a family member was raising her 6 children in Tel Aviv. For some reason, she’s got some strong views on what’s happened to her part of the world! For safety sake, the family has now opted to move to Jerusalem but her views on the conflict remain strong, a resolution that no matter what, Israel shall remain. Padding her family story out a bit, after the events of 2023, they opted to move from Manhattan, NY, to Israel to express solidarity rather than feel they were refugees from the country. The question must be asked, how many people would return to defend the UK, if people in Wales decided to attack the rest of the country?

 

The Tel Aviv index has experienced a pretty steady expression of confidence since the start of 2024, moving from around 1600 points to a current 3054 points, nearly double their starting point. Comparing this to the UK for the same period, we’re looking at movement from 7700 points to a current 9200 points, a pretty useless movement, basically reflecting inflation along with the country currency strength against the US dollar. The real lack of UK economic growth has been given by the UK Office of National Statistics, confirming a lack of confidence in the country. While Israel, despite a constant war footing and terrorism acts, has managed to enjoy a stock market and economy which has virtually doubled.

As for Tel Aviv, it now looks like some reversals are coming, the index needing to rise above just 3065 to cancel the immediate prospect of trouble. Instead, it’s now the case below 3024 points risks reversals to an initial 2854 points with our secondary, if broken, at 2804 points and hopefully a bounce.

However… we’ve a suspicion the current slight reversal shall prove to be a fake as above 3065 points should allow Tel Aviv to move to an initial 3,266 points with our secondary, if bettered, at 3,459 points. Visually, the implication of gains looks fairly straightforward and worth keeping an eye on. However, due to most data and trading organisations pretending Israel and Russia don’t exist, it’s likely few people will be able to follow such a path.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:13:49PM	BRENT	6829.9									‘cess
11:18:15PM	GOLD	3694.78									‘cess
11:20:16PM	FTSE	9195.2	9189	9169	9112	9235	9262	9283	9314	9232	Success
11:22:18PM	STOX50	5387									Shambles
11:25:38PM	GERMANY	23399									Success
11:28:30PM	US500	6611.9
11:07:25PM	DOW	45790									‘cess
11:12:33PM	NASDAQ	24294	24225	24184	24116	24309	24310	24343	24764	24260	‘cess
11:15:20PM	JAPAN	44665

 

16/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9195 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,836,701,503 a change of 13.9%

15/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9277 points. Change of -0.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,124,504,308 a change of 3.82%

12/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9283 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,936,038,879 a change of -3.79%

11/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9297 points. Change of 0.78%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,130,576,096 a change of -11.59%

10/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9225 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,802,988,432 a change of 11.05%

9/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9242 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,225,634,176 a change of 25.23%

8/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9221 points. Change of 0.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,172,667,369 a change of -14.19%

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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#Gold #Stoxx50  Named after a fabulous little island off Greece, owned by Dr Who’s arch enemy (Daleks – okay Delek), and extracting oil in Scotlands North Sea, Ithaca enjoy a share price which is starting to exhibit some interesting potentials. An obvious little fly in the ointment is the owner of Ithaca, Delek, is an Israeli company and thus potentially the subject of political hysteria at the drop of the wrong spanner. However, some hope is visually possible, thanks to the Blue downtrend since 2022. This particular facet is also supported by the immediate Red uptrend since 2024.

With their recently announced dividend at nearly 7.5p per share, due to be paid on September 26th, we suspect the share price shall be “forced” to endure some gains to ensure it steers clear of 180p post dividend, a price level below which it really cannot be permitted to close. If our speculation is correct, near term above 191p should prove capable of triggering a lift to an initial 195p with our secondary, if bettered, at 204p. Above such a level, we shall be forced to revisit the numbers as the threat of a longer term 274p feels unlikely in anything approaching a single bound.

Below 177p (or closure below 180p) looks fairly problematic, capable of triggering a reversal cycle to an initial 165p and hopefully a bounce. But if broken, our secondary calculates down at an eventual ridiculous looking 117p. Or it would be ridiculous, if this were not the share price level which started this year!

 

Our presumption for the moment is to anticipate some gains for Ithaca as the market shall probably not wish the forthcoming share price dividend reduction to allow the price below 180p.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:22:26PM	BRENT	6727
11:28:43PM	GOLD	3677.29	3626	3611	3586	3646	3686	3691	3717	3674	Success
11:31:17PM	FTSE	9275.7
11:34:25PM	STOX50	5434.4	5383	5356	5326	5410	5445	5496	5566	5415	Success
11:36:56PM	GERMANY	23722
11:42:11PM	US500	6611
11:45:02PM	DOW	45853.4
11:48:23PM	NASDAQ	24274.6									‘cess
11:51:25PM	JAPAN	44889

 

15/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9277 points. Change of -0.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,124,504,308 a change of 3.82%

12/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9283 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,936,038,879 a change of -3.79%

11/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9297 points. Change of 0.78%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,130,576,096 a change of -11.59%

10/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9225 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,802,988,432 a change of 11.05%

9/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9242 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,225,634,176 a change of 25.23%

8/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9221 points. Change of 0.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,172,667,369 a change of -14.19%

5/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9208 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,862,590,557 a change of 7.19%

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:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1013.2 Percentage Change: + 0.62% Day High: 1015.8 Day Low: 1008.4

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 317.8 Percentage Change: + 3.45% Day High: 326.6 Day Low: 313.6

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#Brent #WallSt   It still feels strange projecting a positive outlook at UK retail banks but it’s hard to ignore their share prices, collectively started recovery from the point at which the UK central bank, The Bank of England, decided to lessen harm to the country be reducing interest rates. We’ve often argued it has been too little, too late, especially as the UK now suffers with an interest rate twice that of Europe. However, with a further grudging cut expected this Thursday, it looks like the retail banks are prepping themselves for another lurch upward, despite the harmful UK economic news from Friday showing zero growth.

Maybe the surge of somewhere between 100 thousand and 2 million far right, rabid capitalists (initial police reports, based on inbound traffic volumes to London, speculated on nearly 3 million people. This was reduced to a more politically acceptable numbers as Saturday commenced…  Perhaps the protests on the streets of London shall be regarded as an excuse promote market reversals but, we’re hopeful for a converse stance, especially as the media exposed themselves as actively avoiding accuracy in reporting. We suspect the UK government shall now panic to a degree, demanding the central bank take action to make life more tolerable for business, along with all the far right activists who have mortgages!

 

There are a couple of important numbers which should prove relevant to Barclays. Firstly, above 382p should next trigger movement to 389p and some potential hesitation. However, should such a target be exceeded, we anticipate 401p now making an appearance in coming weeks. We certainly anticipate some dramatics at the 401p level, especially as closure above such a point exposes the share price to a long term attraction from a theoretical 506p. To be fair, we suspect the 4 quid level shall become a barrier in the weeks ahead.

If things intend go wrong, this share price needs close below Red on the chart, currently 365p. This would be a bit dodgy, allowing weakness down to an initial 348 with our secondary, if broken, at 338p. The proximity of these target levels tends suggest an imminent excuse for a bounce of some sort, essentially part of an effort to slow down the share price rise.

 

To finish, we’ve decided to acknowledge another method which provides sensible expectation of the weather ahead, here in our bit of Argyll. We’ve a pier outside the house, used by the ferry company to overnight a ferry while it’s refuelled and the bilge pumps given a chance to stretch their legs. But some nights, like tonight, there are two ferries tied up alongside each other. We’re inclined to take this as a sign the weather is expected to deteriorate out in the estuary, the ferry company not wanting their little ships swept away. And additional alarm was provided by the twinkling lights of a 3rd ferry now moored across in the local marina. In other words, it looks like we’ve a windy week ahead, probably with further levels of insane rain.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
9:55:21PM	BRENT	6674.6	6474	6339	6136	6767	6948	7138	7358	6715
9:58:44PM	GOLD	3642.39
10:02:25PM	FTSE	9264.3
10:04:06PM	STOX50	5395
11:14:01PM	GERMANY	23715
11:16:53PM	US500	6584.7
11:19:40PM	DOW	45842.4	45473	45298	45019	45794	45982	46146	46550	45807
11:21:36PM	NASDAQ	24103.9
11:23:56PM	JAPAN	44672

 

12/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9283 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,936,038,879 a change of -3.79%

11/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9297 points. Change of 0.78%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,130,576,096 a change of -11.59%

10/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9225 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,802,988,432 a change of 11.05%

9/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9242 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,225,634,176 a change of 25.23%

8/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9221 points. Change of 0.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,172,667,369 a change of -14.19%

5/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9208 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,862,590,557 a change of 7.19%

4/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9216 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,536,344,047 a change of -21.07%

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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#FreeFutures!  The price of crude oil has been frustrating us this year. We always harp on about the important detail it’s impossible to apply timeframes to the marketplace but this is getting frustrating, every time weakness looking like it is settling into place, the world discovering an excuse to derail any fall. Surely this must become more difficult as it’s unlikely the Greta Thunberg flotilla shall offer sufficient excuse to affect oil price movements, regardless of how many artificial stories they sell to the media.

This may turn around to bite us but we’re now showing a potential 55 dollars as a bottom, the product needing an excuse to move above 75 dollars to escape the path and destroy our scribbled notes on a napkin… More likely, it feels like below 65 dollars should next trigger weakness to an initial $64 with our secondary, if (when) broken at 61.8 and a probably short lived bounce. But overall, should 61.8 eventually break, a visit to 55 dollars looks probable.

 

With our FTSE for FRIDAY, it’s the same as above, only different! We’ve a strong argument favouring movement above 9.800 points, the only fly in the ointment being the FTSE has resolutely refused to co-operate with our calculations. This week there has been some early signs of proper steps in the correct direction but realistically, we demand above 9358 points to make things inevitable.

From a near term perspective, there is now some real hope as above 9298 points has the potential of triggering further FTSE movement toward an initial 9342 points. Our secondary, considerably less likely in the near term, calculates at 9494 points. While we’re a little dubious about this as an immediate target, such an influence however perhaps capable of moving things above our 9358 point trigger for the longer term where our future 9873 point target awaits, gleefully rubbing its hands.

But similar to Brents failure to head down, the FTSE has thus far failed to move up solidly but we’re not giving up hope.

If things intend go wrong, below 9150 points looks like a sensible point capable of triggering reversal to an initial 9027 points with our secondary, if broken, an unlikely looking 8919 points.

Have a good weekend, despite the lack of a Grand Prix for entertainment. Here in Argyll, it looks like it’s time to start building an Ark but then again, it’s maybe just winter.

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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
10:37:21PM	BRENT	6618	6604	6566		6648	6649	6664		6621
10:40:14PM	GOLD	3633.74	3612	3601		3625	3643	3648		3630
10:43:19PM	FTSE	9314.1	9218	9204		9254	9318	9325		9304	‘cess
10:46:02PM	STOX50	5397.8	5363	5348		5390	5401	5408		5389	‘cess
10:48:19PM	GERMANY	23749.7	23637	23601		23730	23792	23878		23702
10:51:05PM	US500	6585.1	6530	6503		6556	6594	6616		6575	‘cess
10:54:07PM	DOW	46102	45380	45302		45608	46137	46331		46039	Success
10:56:00PM	NASDAQ	23979.1	23828	23767		23893	24018	24077		23965
10:58:06PM	JAPAN	44767	44004	43730		44393	44823	44933		44670	Success

 

11/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9297 points. Change of 0.78%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,130,576,096 a change of -11.59%

10/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9225 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,802,988,432 a change of 11.05%

9/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9242 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,225,634,176 a change of 25.23%

8/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9221 points. Change of 0.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,172,667,369 a change of -14.19%

5/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9208 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,862,590,557 a change of 7.19%

4/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9216 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,536,344,047 a change of -21.07%

3/09/2025 FTSE Closed at 9177 points. Change of 0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,747,395,783 a change of -1.83%

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:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 7.4 Percentage Change: -2.63% Day High: 7.72 Day Low: 7.37

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Close Mid-Price: 1115 Percentage Change: -0.45% Day High: 1121.5 Day Low: 1110.5

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