Author: T&T Staff

#Brent #Nasdaq Our enthusiasm for Formula1 has been diminishing somewhat this year. Until the UK’s weather produced a superb weekend at Silverstone, a race which demanded drivers display skill and experience and created a situation where the rookie drivers collectively failed to finish. It transpires the reason for such a great race was rain pouncing on the circuit for a while, and when the deluge stopped, it was to take an age before the track dried. Pirouetting cars became the order of the day, one team (HAAS) even producing a spin off with both their cars perfectly synchronised as  they headed to the barriers. The commentators even mentioned the team deserved a bonus point for such a tidy disaster between two team mates.

Of course, this has created a gullible situation, where we’re now looking forward for the Belgium race in 3 weeks. This race can also be pretty chaotic, so perhaps some resumption of enthusiasm for F1 shall continue. But Silverstone also created slight guilt as, here in Argyll we constantly moan about the rain, forgetting it’s often the missing ingredient for a good Formula1 race. Or in the case of Silverstone this year, an excellent race, even though Hamilton failed to secure a podium position and looked like he was taking it easy to give the guy ahead, his friend Nico Hulkenburg, his first podium finish in 15 years of racing.

 

If only we could gather as much enthusiasm for Lloyds share price, the value proving quite spiteful in its behaviour. Three weeks ago when we reviewed Lloyds, we presented 79p as being a trigger level for some real growth. During the intervening period, the highest achieved has been just 77.6p, then the share price slithered back under its miserable rock of tranquillity. At times it feels like Lloyds are battling an invisible entity, one which is determined to inhibit any real increase in value.

However, similar to Formula1, we now have hope for the future. But unfortunately, the trigger level of 79p remains pristine and valid. It is now the case, movement above 79p should trigger a share price gain to a confident looking (but pathetic sounding) 81.5p. While we suspect some hesitation to occur at the 81.5p level, our longer term secondary calculates at a more useful 87.3p, a share price level where the invisible entity shall doubtless introduce reasons to slow things down, perhaps due to the share value equalling the highs of ten years ago in 2015.

Things are clearly becoming a little silly and frustrating, when we’re reduced to blaming things on “invisible entities!” There’s already a suspicion such a being is assaulting this writer in his private life, stealing hair and creating a great deal of frustration. A receding hairline had always been thought to be something which occurred over a period of years. Instead, just 5 months this year and folk are starting to comment…

Returning to Lloyds, should the share price eventually close above 87.3p, a wild ride into the future is expected.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
4:07:39PM	BRENT	6828.5	6600	6000	5360	6900	6858	6892	6939	6814
4:17:28PM	GOLD	3336.79								3330
11:09:37PM	FTSE	8817								8790
11:11:42PM	STOX50	5291.7								5278
11:15:11PM	GERMANY	23851								23787
11:16:39PM	US500	6259.3								6248
11:18:02PM	DOW	44720.5								44664
11:23:57PM	NASDAQ	22811	22751	21698	21320	22830	22833	22870	22931	22752
11:25:47PM	JAPAN	39865								39818

 

4/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8822 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,036,552,845 a change of -37.43%

3/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8823 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,853,262,556 a change of -31.49%

2/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,084,402,553 a change of 23.76%

1/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8785 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,724,160,773 a change of 7.93%

30/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8760 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,303,542,637 a change of 7.14%

27/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8798 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,950,185,062 a change of -11.23%

26/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8735 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,649,993 a change of -3.11%

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:GENL Genel Close Mid-Price: 65.9 Percentage Change: -2.08% Day High: 68.3 Day Low: 64.4

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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 94 Percentage Change: + 3.75% Day High: 95.3 Day Low: 87.3

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 7.55 Percentage Change: + 1.34% Day High: 7.55 Day Low: 7.45

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 58.4 Percentage Change: + 10.19% Day High: 58.4 Day Low: 52.8

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 81.62 Percentage Change: + 3.00% Day High: 82.3 Day Low: 79.64

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#FTSE #WallSt  Worldwide, fireworks are used to celebrate getting ride of the Westminster Government or, in the case of Guy Fawkes, even an attempt to get rid of the UK’s celebration of greed and incompetence. The US markets, closed for 4th July, traditionally exert a calming effect by their closure, ensuring Europe doesn’t end the day by doing anything interesting. And of course, Friday night in America will culminate with massive displays of fireworks, generally to the annoyance of the major cities who deem them dangerous.

Historically, we’re never shocked at seeing the FTSE behave as if it has slipped its leash, running around on 4th July as if it were doing something important. But unfortunately, the UK market also slouches back toward the starting level for the day, dashing any illusions of hope (or gloom) which the session falsely implied. But on the bright side, it’s the UK Grand Prix this weekend, where we shall doubtless see Louis Hamilton finish fairly high in the points, along with the jingoistic potential of Russell George reversing into position as the race winner… It will be nice, if Formula 1 decided to reintroduce racing to the sport as things still feel very contrived. Watching a rookie driver slicing through a pack of cars to torpedo Max Verstappen at the Austrian race was a breath of fresh air, effectively dismantling a race where the result had been a forgone conclusion.

Who knows, maybe this weekend at Silverstone shall provide some surprises, other than the fireworks at the chequered flag when George Russell wins! Cynical? Us?

 

With regard the FTSE, the UK index is regarded as being in an upward cycle, thought of as just messing around since the start of June while awaiting the correct set of circumstances to head up properly. Personally, we suspect this shall prove to be interest rate manipulation by the Bank of England, an organisation which appears to believe its function is to stop the country from prospering, adhering to an economic model which is increasingly ridiculed…  The concept of increasing Interest Rates, to push up prices, to combat inflation, still makes a sentence which fails to make any sense.

From a near term perspective, it appears movements above 8838 should next trigger gains to a useless 8849 points with our secondary, if bettered, an ambitious 8892 points. If triggered, our suggested stop level is at 8800  But we suspect it will be worth remembering the US is closed with the result any movement above 8849 risks fizzling out like a Pound Shop firework, the market doubtless intending to finish the day flat.

If trouble is expected, below 8800 risks kicking off reversal to an initial 8771 with our secondary, if broken, calculating at 8744. Our thoughts on the secondary target are doubtful, given an expectation the market shall end the day flat.

 

Have a good weekend, hopefully drier than forecast for here in Argyll.

 

 

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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
10:35:48PM	BRENT	6863	6814	6798		6856	6904	6940		6860
10:38:22PM	GOLD	3325.82	3311	3292		3335	3365	3386		3340	‘cess
10:41:54PM	FTSE	8814.6	8787	8767		8805	8840	8851		8805	Success
10:44:08PM	STOX50	5334	5300	5283		5318	5340	5347		5328	‘cess
11:38:10PM	GERMANY	23921.9	23758	23709		23895	23951	24004		23898	‘cess
11:41:51PM	US500	6274.5	6221	6195		6236	6285	6452		6161	Success
11:46:22PM	DOW	44788	44344	44229		44541	44881	44971		44455	‘cess
11:48:48PM	NASDAQ	22856	22616	22515		22692	22890	22940		22787	Success
11:51:03PM	JAPAN	40014	39655	39526		39868	40137	40336		39980

 

3/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8823 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,853,262,556 a change of 0%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1986 Percentage Change: + 1.51% Day High: 1999.5 Day Low: 1940.5

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LSE:GENL Genel. Close Mid-Price: 67.3 Percentage Change: + 2.75% Day High: 67.9 Day Low: 65.4

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 174.8 Percentage Change: + 2.22% Day High: 174.8 Day Low: 171.6

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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 90.6 Percentage Change: + 8.50% Day High: 91.2 Day Low: 83.4

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4832 Percentage Change: + 0.62% Day High: 4852 Day Low: 4808

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 7.45 Percentage Change: + 1.22% Day High: 7.45 Day Low: 7.4

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1039.5 Percentage Change: + 0.68% Day High: 1040.5 Day Low: 1024.5

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#Stoxx #Dax  We’ve long had a problem with the company, formerly known as Research Machines, the company championing their outdated and useless computers in the early 1980’s, technology which was really only capable of teaching pupils where the On/Off switch was, along with some vague keyboard skills. The problem was they boasted of owning a 40% share in school computers, this against a backdrop of the IBM PC taking the rest of the world by storm. It was the equivalent of teaching pupils Scottish Gaelic to ensure they’d be proficient in foreign languages, before releasing them into a world where everyone speaks English.

From a personal perspective, already coding at home while Research Machines successfully sold the idea “a computer is a computer” to an educational establishment ignorant of the industry, was frustrating, even some teachers perfectly aware of the divorce from reality being inflicted in schools. In fairness, this was early days with lots of false starts but when the first IBM PC’s appeared in late 1980, it became clear within weeks of the direction the industry was taking. The only problem, you already had to be on the road to know the correct direction. In a brilliant example of how folk fail to learn, 15 years later we had British Telecom convincing themselves the Internet was a fad which wouldn’t last and the concept called Broadband really would never experience any real demand.

 

With the mid-1990’s, Research Machines renamed themselves as RM, continuing to produce products for schools, eventually producing something which was designed to “protect” pupils and staff from inappropriate online content. Amusingly, a few years later, a nephew explained how he’d by-passed this hindrance at his school, and was warned not to get caught. He revealed his method was in use with the entire staff – with the exception of the schools IT department.

 

As for RM’s share price, it has been experiencing a pretty tough time since 2020, reaching a low of around 18p and now, trading around 82p, actually exhibits some hope for the future. If we adorn ourselves with a Captain Sensible Hat, above 134p could be regarded as a sane recovery trigger, movement above such a level suggesting an initial target of 193 with secondary, if bettered, at 261p. Obviously, these massive gains sound a little outlandish but the funny thing is, the current price cycle introduces the concept of recovery above 92p as ticking the first box in a cycle to 134p, the all important trigger level for big moves.

Conversely, we’d comment share price closure below 75p risks promoting traffic downhill in the direction of an initial 54p with our secondary, if broken, calculating at 28p and hopefully a bouncy bottom.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:37:38PM	BRENT	6896.4									Success
10:40:47PM	GOLD	3357.16									Shambles
10:44:09PM	FTSE	8791.7									Success
10:48:44PM	STOX50	5325	5283	5268	5248	5304	5327	5337	5361	5310
10:51:38PM	GERMANY	23809.8
10:53:38PM	US500	6227.4									‘cess
11:28:41PM	DOW	44493.7	44420	44321	44211	44514	44651	44710	46225	44056
11:30:57PM	NASDAQ	22624.4
11:33:03PM	JAPAN	39711

 

2/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,084,402,553 a change of 23.76%

1/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8785 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,724,160,773 a change of 7.93%

30/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8760 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,303,542,637 a change of 7.14%

27/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8798 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,950,185,062 a change of -11.23%

26/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8735 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,649,993 a change of -3.11%

25/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8718 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,755,869,829 a change of -23.33%

24/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,507,244,124 a change of 60.9%

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

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

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

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

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

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BT.A British Telecom** **LSE:CCL Carnival** **LSE:GRG Greggs** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:ITM ITM Power** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures** **

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom Close Mid-Price: 192.85 Percentage Change: -1.83% Day High: 197.2 Day Low: 191.35

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1956.5 Percentage Change: + 3.85% Day High: 1966 Day Low: 1893.5

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LSE:GRG Greggs Close Mid-Price: 1675 Percentage Change: -15.19% Day High: 1762 Day Low: 1646

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 344.4 Percentage Change: + 0.38% Day High: 348 Day Low: 342.8

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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 83.5 Percentage Change: + 4.51% Day High: 85.3 Day Low: 77

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 338.3 Percentage Change: -5.05% Day High: 357.1 Day Low: 337.3

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LSE:NWG Natwest Close Mid-Price: 473.8 Percentage Change: -5.50% Day High: 510.6 Day Low: 471.1

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures Close Mid-Price: 7.36 Percentage Change: -1.87% Day High: 7.43 Day Low: 7.34

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#FTSE #Nasdaq  We’ve now reached that dangerous time of the year, when some idiot will write “only 176 more days until Christmas” or something equally depressing, such as “the nights are getting longer”… In our case, it’s a reflection of how boring the markets have been for the last couple of months, trying to find something more interesting to write about! From a personal perspective, experiencing an utter failure of my brilliant idea of wearing a model dragonfly on each hat deserves some comment! The creatures called “Clegs” here in Argyll (horsefly everywhere else) come out during July and August. Boasting painful and swollen bites on my right hand, along with another on my left elbow – biting through a heavy country shirt, I can confirm the Cleg season has started, meaning my dog walks will now take place on the sea shore rather than alongside freshwater rivers.  The things avoid salt water, unfortunately meaning we now must tolerate tourists on visits to the beaches.

When we last analysed Glencore share price, we finished our article with a paragraph which read as below;

In real life, Glencore share price dribbled down to a bottom of 205p on April 7th, closing the day at a less painful 230p, once again a victim of our final paragraph. This paragraph is where we relax and cover ourselves by pointing out the threats if everything goes wrong. Glencore joined a not very select group of shares who suffered from the curse of our throwaway comment.

We are understandably concerned at the share price moving below our 211 target and hitting 205 during the trading session on April 7th. However, some hope is being taken by the price closing in relatively safe territory, meaning we should look at “surprise” recovery prospects. But before we delve into this theory which projects gains, a glance at the immediate situation is suggested.

Below 205p now calculates with the potential of reversal down to an initial 182p with our secondary, if broken, at eventual bottom of 117p. It becomes very difficult to calculate below 117p at present, due to many target levels coming out with minus signs ahead of them.

 

However, there are some signals we generally associate with a bottom being attained already, so we’re more inclined to look for suggestions for share price gains.

Currently trading around 291p, Glencore needs to trade above 298p to hopefully trigger movements to an initial 324p with our longer term secondary, if beaten, at 363p and a challenge against the Red uptrend since 2020. In reality, we need closure above a future 355p to suggest impending movement of strength for the longer term. Essentially, closure above 355p should trigger a future argument which anticipates the potenial of a distant 509p as exerting an attraction. Surprisingly, the chart visuals strongly concur with such an optimistic hope.

 

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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
10:36:19PM	BRENT	6704.5
10:38:39PM	GOLD	3338.09									Success
10:41:05PM	FTSE	8790.3	8726	8701	8662	8750	8807	8817	8830	8780	‘cess
10:45:08PM	STOX50	5288.7									Success
10:56:42PM	GERMANY	23700
10:58:53PM	US500	6198
11:31:04PM	DOW	44513.7									Success
11:33:33PM	NASDAQ	22486.7	22385	22233	22072	22507	22718	22854	23011	22627
11:35:34PM	JAPAN	39581									Success

 

1/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8785 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,724,160,773 a change of 7.93%

30/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8760 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,303,542,637 a change of 7.14%

27/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8798 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,950,185,062 a change of -11.23%

26/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8735 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,649,993 a change of -3.11%

25/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8718 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,755,869,829 a change of -23.33%

24/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,507,244,124 a change of 60.9%

23/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,665,666,044 a change of -66.2%

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

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

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

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

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

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BT.A British Telecom** **LSE:CCL Carnival** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:IPF International Personal Finance** **LSE:VOD Vodafone** **

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 196.45 Percentage Change: + 1.39% Day High: 196.65 Day Low: 194.15

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1884 Percentage Change: + 3.01% Day High: 1906 Day Low: 1837

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 332.5 Percentage Change: -0.30% Day High: 349 Day Low: 322.5

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 79.68 Percentage Change: + 2.44% Day High: 79.92 Day Low: 78.24

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#Gold #SP500   We’d a bit of a giggle with the insurance company who provide cover for the dogs car.  Our “spare” car is used entirely for the animals and by myself to visit the hospital on the mainland. Traditionally, it’s a car we expect to run into the ground, one where the MoT people finally say it’s not worth fixing. At this point, we tend list it on eBay for spares/repairs, giving it a starting price of 100 quid. It can be correctly assumed the dogs car doesn’t get lavished with care. When we renewed the insurance last week, the accepted quote was just £182 and everyone was happy (Living in Argyll is not a high risk postcode for cars!)

A couple of days after renewal, the insurance company sent an email asking for confirmation of the annual mileage. The policy had been issued on the basis the car only did 2 thousand miles a year but when we checked the MoT’s, it transpires the spare car was doing just of 2,500 miles per year. When we informed the insurers, they demanded a further £139 per year or else they’d cancel the policy. We had a few days to think about it… My wife took over the phone call, perfectly aware I can be a touch acidic about corporate stupidity but this time, she also ran into a wall of sorts. A couple of days later she called them back, saying we’d no choice but to cancel the policy as the increase was absurd. We received a full refund immediately, less £6 due to the period already insured. She kept the call centre person on the line, while she did something clever.

“I’ve just taken out a new policy with your firm, at the original price, this time using 3,000 miles a year as the estimated mileage. And I’ve paid for it in full. Are there any questions?” She quoted the person the policy number, hearing laughter from the other end. There were no questions but the representative taking the call surely had a funny story to tell. It’s now been five days and they have not cancelled, so a battle with an insurance company was easily won, giving everyone a good giggle at the expense of software which didn’t allow human intervention.

Our hardliner attitude to insurance companies dates back to last year and our battle to get an insurance company to even acknowledge our garden shed disaster. In that instance, incompetence made us decide to play hardball, an attitude which still resonates when renewing the dogs car policy. (We are serious about this; the private registration number even ends in WUF (Golden Retriever dogs are extremely messy, costing a small fortune to have vehicles as diverse as TVR’s and Range Rovers professionally cleaned internally. Our favourite disaster came from the dog who stole a Vienneta from a cool bag while we were buying some wine, pushing it against the car glass as she forced her muzzle into the packaging, squirting chocolate and ice-cream onto the windows etc. This was a factory special TVR 290ti 2+2 with light brown leather upholstery, a model which never officially existed…  And the animal was the only dog we ever gave a middle name to; “Chaos”)

 

The “battle” with our car insurance company, an easy win, leads us to view Beazley with rather gentle eyes, rather than automatically launch into savage mode. Oddly, when we reviewed the company a year ago. Unsurprisingly, we’ve given criteria for gains to 755p, a potential ultimate level which held between July and November last year. However,. somehow or other, the share price managed to propel itself beyond our target level, almost a “no brainer” as this share had closed repeatedly above 755p.

 

With the company recently indulging in share Buy-Backs, reducing the number of shares on offer and ideally increasing the desirability of the share, moves next above 956 point in the direction of movement to an initial 992 with our secondary, if bettered, at 1007. The proximity of these targets, despite the exciting breathlessness of new all time highs, isn’t that great in terms of monetary leap. Our longer term attraction from 1038p isn’t that impressive but we’d warn, if the market finds an excuse to start “gapping” this price up, goodness knows how high it could go!

If things intend go wrong, below 911 risks promoting reversal to an initial 890 suggests a quote of 858 may be coming, our secondary if broken working out at 762 and a hopeful bottom.

 

 

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:37:54PM	BRENT	6651.8
11:37:09PM	GOLD	3302.39	3273	3261	3245	3290	3310	3321	3346	3293
11:41:49PM	FTSE	8762.9
11:44:41PM	STOX50	5301.9
11:48:28PM	GERMANY	23921
11:50:31PM	US500	6195.9	6173	6161	6143	6188	6215	6222	6229	6192
11:53:19PM	DOW	44039.7									‘cess
11:55:42PM	NASDAQ	22651									Success
11:58:05PM	JAPAN	40258

 

30/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8760 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,303,542,637 a change of 7.14%

27/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8798 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,950,185,062 a change of -11.23%

26/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8735 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,649,993 a change of -3.11%

25/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8718 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,755,869,829 a change of -23.33%

24/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,507,244,124 a change of 60.9%

23/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,665,666,044 a change of -66.2%

20/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,804,431,161 a change of 245.4%

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:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1829 Percentage Change: + 2.64% Day High: 1838.5 Day Low: 1795

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 333.5 Percentage Change: -0.60% Day High: 343 Day Low: 334

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1828 Percentage Change: -0.35% Day High: 1843.5 Day Low: 1820.5

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LSE:MRO Melrose Close Mid-Price: 530.8 Percentage Change: -0.97% Day High: 544.2 Day Low: 531

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 967.6 Percentage Change: + 1.40% Day High: 983.2 Day Low: 959.2

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 1207 Percentage Change: -0.98% Day High: 1230.5 Day Low: 1195

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#Brent #Dax   As pet owners, we’re fairly used to being manipulated mercilessly by animals who insist the world runs to their rules, rather than ours. For instance, the cats would always patrol their 3/4 full dried food dishes at 8pm, insisting they would die of starvation unless the bowls were immediately filled. Equally, the ongoing fun of dogs barking to get out, then immediately barking to get back in, can be infuriating when the penny drops all the animals really want is to ensure you are paying attention.

Matters came to a new low on Saturday.

Penny, our grown up Golden Retriever was sleeping on the patio, completely ignoring Russel (a crow) who was goose-stepping on the lawn trying to get her attention. Eventually, Russel flew off, quickly returning with our other garden crow, Cheryl. Each positioned themselves on the roof of the log shelter and making crow noises to awaken the snoozing dog. Once the animal started barking, the two crows continued to torment her with low passes above her head to drive her slightly insane. Eventually, the barking became too much for me, so the dog was ordered indoors. To appease the two crows, a couple of slices of bread were tossed onto the lawn, each snatched immediately and both birds vanishing to their secret lair above the waterfall. Once again, silence reigned supreme in the garden and I could relax, watching events from the Austrian Grand Prix qualifying session.

And then common sense reared its head.

The pair of crows had deliberately engineered a situation, where they’d inevitably be thrown some food. They NEVER behave like this unless a dog is sleeping outside. And thus, we now face a future where the cats, dogs, and even the crows manipulate us to get their own way. Crows are officially sneaky!

We’ve also realised the only thing a red squirrel hates is another red squirrel. We’ve 7 of the little monsters, regularly rioting in the leafs above as they get ready to compete for the annual harvest from our hazelnut tree. Thankfully, it’s impossible to consider any method by which these colourful and noisy animals could influence our behaviour.

 

However, the retail banks share a lot with crows in attempting to influence human behaviour! By most standards, Natwest share price should be heading upward quite firmly, now looking capable of movement above 525 bringing a visit to an initial 553 with our secondary, if bettered, a longer term 572p. Unfortunately, similar to our crows behaviour, it feels more likely the market shall opt to slow things down with movement below 500p now looking capable of driving reversal down to an initial 480 with our longer term secondary, if broken, at a bottom of 432p and an “almost certain” bounce.

What’s frustrating is visually the 480p level should be capable of arresting reversals, this target ambition matching the point of trend break from the blue downtrend since 2007. But we’re not the only folk with a blue crayon, instead suspecting the market shall endeavour to create an entirely new trend by breaking below such an obvious historical precedent.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:05:44PM	BRENT	6633.8	6586	5973	5317	6795	6772	6809	6876	6690
11:07:56PM	GOLD	3272.96
11:09:59PM	FTSE	8788.2
11:11:38PM	STOX50	5334.6
11:14:14PM	GERMANY	24111.5	23784	23662	23508	23890	24125	24248	24659	23993
11:27:43PM	US500	6178
11:29:48PM	DOW	44001.2
11:31:45PM	NASDAQ	22590.3
11:41:10PM	JAPAN	40648

 

27/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8798 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,950,185,062 a change of -11.23%

26/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8735 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,649,993 a change of -3.11%

25/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8718 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,755,869,829 a change of -23.33%

24/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,507,244,124 a change of 60.9%

23/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,665,666,044 a change of -66.2%

20/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,804,431,161 a change of 245.4%

19/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8791 points. Change of -0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,996,665,836 a change of -22.28%

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:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 66.7 Percentage Change: + 4.55% Day High: 67 Day Low: 64.1

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 167.4 Percentage Change: + 2.32% Day High: 167.8 Day Low: 163.8

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LSE:MRO Melrose. Close Mid-Price: 536 Percentage Change: + 3.59% Day High: 536.4 Day Low: 510

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 7.5 Percentage Change: + 11.94% Day High: 7.4 Day Low: 7

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 954.2 Percentage Change: + 2.18% Day High: 951.8 Day Low: 925.4

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1036.5 Percentage Change: + 1.32% Day High: 1039 Day Low: 1024

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 204 Percentage Change: + 2.51% Day High: 206 Day Low: 199.4

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1219 Percentage Change: + 2.78% Day High: 1220 Day Low: 1189.5

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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 400.9 Percentage Change: -0.50% Day High: 407.9 Day Low: 400.9

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There was something almost poetic about Thursday. Refusing to update the main office computer, just to allow it to host Windows 11, there has been considerable irritation at the supposed need to throw out a 10 Core processor and motherboard, just to match Microsofts vision on the future. Historically, we’ve upgraded computers to facilitate the latest game, to improve software compilation times, or simply because waiting for them to start up had become infuriating. We once had a server which would grind into life, while the person who’d turned it on left the building, went to the local cafe, returning with a few large coffees after the usual morning gossip, sat down and still had to wait to press the three magic keys to login. However, the recent realisation my wifes gaming PC had updated to Windows 11 quite some time ago with no drama’s, it became easy to decide to change my main PC. To be fair, none of the hardware ordered represents any form of upgrade, the biggest change when the job is complete being a lack of dust on components.

It was time perhaps to concede our hardware was older than 10 years and thus, an order was placed for bunch of new toys.

Within a couple of hours, Microsoft were kind enough to announce their cut-off date for Windows 10 support was being moved from October this year to October next year, maybe even until 2029 as they intend to keep Windows 10 security updated! A vague suspicion has settled into place this particular computer probably will not be touched until some time over the Festive season, when there’s plenty of time to muck around with hardware.

 

The big question is whether the FTSE shall improve? After all, with around 680 million computer users NOT spending the time and money to change to Windows 11, there’s surely lots of money sloshing around which can be spent on shares! In addition, the NATO contribution increase to 5% of GDP is being viewed positively by governments. Apparently, whether it’s a bridge across to Sicily or a new runway at Heathrow, governments are delighted at the excuse to spend money on major infrastructure projects if they can suggest the project improves their national defences. Personally, here in Argyll,  it would be a delight to welcome a tunnel across to the mainland, giving faster access to the largest nuclear weapon stores in Europe, while making trips for shopping, hospital, or visiting family easier. And remove the hated PA23 Postcode parcel surcharges. Just this week, ordering a M10 Allen socket which cost just 5.75 suffered an attempt to levy a £24 carriage charge, due to our postcode. Thankfully, the seller decided it was as easy to send it by Royal Mail, meaning Friday shall be spent replacing a CV joint, always a fun job…

 

Returning to the FTSE, we remain with an expectation the UK market should enjoy gains.

At time of writing (3am Friday), FTSE Futures are blundering around the 8755 level and we’ll start paying close attention, if the FTSE itself exceeds 8776 points once the market opens in a few hours. In such a scenario, our initial target calculates at 8819 points, a quite reasonable gain. Our secondary, should such a target level be exceeded, works out at 8892 points and some probable hesitation, due to the market colliding with previous levels from Mid-June. If triggered, the tightest stop looks like 8740 points.

If things intend go wrong, below 8700 risks triggering reversal down to an initial 8615 points with our secondary, if broken, calculating at 8524 points.

 

Have a good weekend. It’s the Austrian Grand Prix, often pretty boring. It’s funny, the original Nurburgring is deemed too dangerous for a modern race but wouldn’t it be a cracking replacement for the awful Monaco GP. But instead of a race, drivers would record timed laps, a bit like Monaco qualifying on steroids. It would be fascinating viewing.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:55:52PM	BRENT	6636	6617	6394		6747	6878	6966		6732
10:00:08PM	GOLD	3332.33	3311	3305		3329	3337	3346		3311
10:12:12PM	FTSE	8704.3	8700	8684		8722	8764	8791		8743	Success
10:56:37PM	STOX50	5253.3	5243	5218		5272	5283	5298		5250	Success
11:05:53PM	GERMANY	23496	23461	23418		23560	23575	23606		23500
11:08:30PM	US500	6094.8	6048	6032		6078	6108	6114		6061
11:11:43PM	DOW	42987.7	42774	42673		42946	43140	43366		43030
11:14:18PM	NASDAQ	22254.5	23165	22108		22240	22326	22402		22165
11:17:01PM	JAPAN	39000	38713	38557		39015	39165	39275		38906

 

26/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8735 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,649,993 a change of -3.11%

25/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8718 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,755,869,829 a change of -23.33%

24/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,507,244,124 a change of 60.9%

23/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,665,666,044 a change of -66.2%

20/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,804,431,161 a change of 245.4%

19/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8791 points. Change of -0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,996,665,836 a change of -22.28%

18/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8843 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,142,450,151 a change of -29%

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

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

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

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

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LSE:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 331.2 Percentage Change: -0.20% Day High: 335.7 Day Low: 330.8

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 192.55 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 194.35 Day Low: 191.15

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 319.5 Percentage Change: + 6.68% Day High: 319.5 Day Low: 300

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LSE:DLG Direct Line Group. Close Mid-Price: 306.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 310 Day Low: 306.4

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 1496 Percentage Change: + 3.96% Day High: 1499 Day Low: 1455

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 6.7 Percentage Change: + 3.08% Day High: 7.25 Day Low: 6.48

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 933.8 Percentage Change: + 1.85% Day High: 933.2 Day Low: 910

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1023 Percentage Change: + 0.05% Day High: 1022 Day Low: 1011

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 7.51 Percentage Change: + 3.44% Day High: 8 Day Low: 7

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