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#Brent #Germany We’ve waited years to enter a positive frame of mind regarding the UK retail banks. Now, movement which has actually started places us in the position of being ultra cynical, bank share prices being as trustworthy as a Ukrainian president! There seems a wilful motive in European media, deciding to ignore the Ukraine President was asked to Washington to sign an agreement in front of the world press, then he decided to change the rules in the hope of placing the US administration in a difficult public position.

However, he chose the wrong folk to play such a game with, ending with egg on his face but outside the USA, the media seem to be pretending they were not in attendance to take snapshots of the usual PR show of signing something which has already been agreed behind closed doors. To be fair, it was quite funny and the convoluted attempt by the UK PM to say he didn’t and wouldn’t watch what actually happened was questionable, reminiscent of his “didn’t come across my desk” excuse when he served as head of public prosecutions yet somehow didn’t know of three major high profile cases which were ducked. Apparently, Cyril Smith, Jimmy Saville and Grooming Gangs glided below his  desk and notice, similar to the Ukraine Presidents faux pas in Washington. It makes the concept of “learning from mistakes” questionable but we’re trying to be exceedingly cynical in promoting any optimism against a retail bank such as Lloyds. Every time we’ve expressed hope, retail banks rush to follow Lemmings.

 

But now, it’s getting increasingly difficult to be an ultra-cynic about the UK banking sector for several reasons.  Firstly, there’s the downtrend since 2009 which we think important. No matter which trend line we throw at the share, Lloyds has undoubtedly broken trend and can be assumed as recovering? We’ve opted to set a fairly attainable trigger level for Lloyds, suggesting the share price needs close above 73.5p before we dare take the next phase of growth seriously. It is actually quite a big deal as the price is about to move firmly into a Big Picture scenario. Additionally, with the share price closing above the pre-pandemic high, this is generally taken as a big deal for future progression.

Closure above 73.5p should now trigger a cycle to an initial 92p with our secondary, if bettered, at a longer term 114p or better.

For everything to go wrong for Lloyds, closure below 62p would be troubling, allowing reversal to 55p with our secondary, if broken, at a bottom of 52p. For amusement, we’re showing the chart for Lloyds since 2005, effectively showing Lloyds share price is flatlining and price rises shall really only become important once the price exceeds 123p!

For this reason, Lloyds is really worth watching, finally.

 

 

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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
8:24:52PM	BRENT	7300.9	7191	6990	6822	7376	7314	7341	7357	7266
8:46:30PM	GOLD	2856.97								2852
11:19:53PM	FTSE	8863.7								8832
11:24:25PM	STOX50	5482								5445
11:26:59PM	GERMANY	22640.9	22222	22048	21841	22320	22668	22695	22826	22478
11:28:42PM	US500	5968								5926
11:31:12PM	DOW	43871.5								43550
11:34:04PM	NASDAQ	20940								20743
11:37:35PM	JAPAN	37720								37540

28/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8809 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 14,426,533,627 a change of 91.89%

27/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8756 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,518,268,288 a change of 21.01%

26/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8731 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,212,854,759 a change of -4.11%

25/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8668 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,478,870,440 a change of 6.36%

24/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,091,356,449 a change of 2.58%

21/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8659 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,938,081,458 a change of 0.78%

20/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8662 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,892,381,883 a change of 10.17%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 82.9 Percentage Change: -2.47% Day High: 85.75 Day Low: 79.15

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 13.06 Percentage Change: -2.10% Day High: 13.52 Day Low: 13.08

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 319.15 Percentage Change: + 0.73% Day High: 321.05 Day Low: 309.15

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 933.6 Percentage Change: + 2.33% Day High: 927.9 Day Low: 909.2

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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 29 Percentage Change: + 1.05% Day High: 29.56 Day Low: 27

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 72.98 Percentage Change: + 1.76% Day High: 72.74 Day Low: 71.14

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 478.8 Percentage Change: + 1.68% Day High: 480 Day Low: 466.9

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 259.8 Percentage Change: -4.84% Day High: 274.1 Day Low: 253.9

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 1916 Percentage Change: + 0.31% Day High: 1926 Day Low: 1852

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1269 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 1272.5 Day Low: 1252

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 1.15 Percentage Change: -4.17% Day High: 1.2 Day Low: 1.15

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LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 15.15 Percentage Change: -6.71% Day High: 16.38 Day Low: 15.28

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Sometimes, glaring at market movements in an attempt to elicit potential movements just doesn’t work. Currently, the FTSE is in such a humourless situation, our software tending to prefer giving giving “safe” predictions which frankly, are useless. When this sort of thing starts to occur, we zoom out and look at the big picture, trying to figure out if the index is suffering from some sort of historical effect.

It turns out this is probably the case as, when we look back in time to the “fun” year which was 2020, a situation was created which suggested the potential of some market stutters around the 8765 level. This, very oddly, appears to be happening though it is hard to comprehend why the absurd market drop literally 5 years ago, should be contributing to our current confusion. With shares, it is understandable as folk who invested while trying to pick bottom, generally are delighted to get their money back, once an investment finally turns to real profit. From a Big Picture perspective, we count this as a halfway point and for the FTSE, this works out roughly halfway to an overall target of 10156 points.

Visually, it appears we may be correct, the recovery from a market low of 4900 creating such a punctuation mark in the FTSE at 8765 and there’s no doubt the index is currently bouncing a bit above and a bit below the target level, like trying to nail exactly 30mph when a police car is behind you!

If we’re right and adhere strictly to our software rules, it’s apparently the case where above 8765 should now power market movement to 8849 next with our secondary, if bettered, at 8928 points. These numbers are quite serious, though bare no immediate resemblance to the state of market futures, while writing this. The FTSE closed Thursday at 8756 points, pleasantly close to our trigger level, but currently (4am Friday) market futures are sitting at just 8697 points. Something, perhaps the UK Prime Ministers visit to the White House, is causing quite severe FTSE Future reversals. Maybe the UK Prime Minister was photographed on his knees, apologising for his behaviour and promising to be a better person in future. It was all a sharp contrast to the French President Macron, who Mr Trump didn’t even bother meeting when his motorcade arrived.

Regardless, FTSE Futures have lost 60 points overnight which does not bode well for Friday.

Presently, it feels like FTSE movement below 8680 should now trigger reversals to an initial 8579 with our secondary, if broken, a less likely 8336 points.

 

Have a good week and cheer up. It’s only 3 weeks until Formula 1 is back on telly.

 

 

 

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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
9:54:31PM	BRENT	7327	7314	7301	7276	7348	7374	7690	7450	7340	Success
9:58:20PM	GOLD	2876.85	2876	2866	2836	2888	2898	2904	2916	2882
10:12:54PM	FTSE	8731.5	8700	8674	8644	8745	8785	8810	8839	8722	‘cess
10:43:22PM	STOX50	5432	5428	5408	5366	5458	5480	5497	5520	5450	‘cess
10:51:53PM	GERMANY	22402.7	22378	22215	22008	22500	22580	22636	22724	22460
10:57:16PM	US500	5867.9	5860	5831	5726	5906	5965	5995	6040	5927
11:01:03PM	DOW	43257	43224	43072	42798	43390	43772	43913	44142	43550	Shambles
11:07:41PM	NASDAQ	20613	20535	20248	19581	20786	21110	21233	21466	20902	Success
11:11:19PM	JAPAN	37701	37556	37459	37111	37793	38129	38366	38637	37960	‘cess

 

27/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8756 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,518,268,288 a change of 21.01%

26/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8731 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,212,854,759 a change of -4.11%

25/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8668 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,478,870,440 a change of 6.36%

24/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,091,356,449 a change of 2.58%

21/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8659 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,938,081,458 a change of 0.78%

20/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8662 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,892,381,883 a change of 10.17%

19/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8712 points. Change of -0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,348,624,853 a change of 11.87%

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:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 546.8 Percentage Change: + 4.19% Day High: 548.2 Day Low: 524.6

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 912.3 Percentage Change: + 0.07% Day High: 917.7 Day Low: 906.9

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 28.7 Percentage Change: -1.98% Day High: 29.6 Day Low: 28.56

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 470.9 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 471.2 Day Low: 464

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 273 Percentage Change: -18.07% Day High: 341.6 Day Low: 268.9

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 731.6 Percentage Change: + 15.94% Day High: 760.8 Day Low: 710.2

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1264.5 Percentage Change: + 1.28% Day High: 1262 Day Low: 1236.5

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#Gold #DOW  We’d very mixed feelings in 2023, when a political “Leave Russia” project kicked off, campaigning against companies such as Convatec who remained active in Russia despite events in Ukraine. When a company who lists among their activities in being a market leader in Advanced Wound Care, a political campaign to remove them didn’t sit well. From a personal perspective with a parent who’d been active in the International Red Cross, politically driven complaints about medical activity during conflicts didn’t sit well.

Member of the FTSE 100, Convatec share price made a sufficient twitch to elicit a bunch of emails asking our opinion on what’s coming next?

 

We’re a bit suspicious, due to the dangers of peace breaking out in various areas of the world which shall obviously risk the profitability of Convatec! However, the stock market opted to “gap” the share price up above the Blue downtrend from a year ago, giving considerable hope some good times can be anticipated in the near future. Should we choose to be a little cynical, we’ll not be surprised if the share price experiences near term movement above 270p, triggering a jump upward to 280, quite possibly a little higher.

Should the market follow the usual plotline, a lunge to even 290p can be expected but invariably the price shall experience some relaxation, despite intraday flamboyance actually closing the session below our initial target of 280. But closure above 280p has the potential to trigger a power movement to 311p in the future. This could prove significant, especially as we’re two quite different arguments favouring a future attraction as coming from a confident 356p.

 

If things intend go wrong, the price needs wander below 236 to make trouble, allowing us to project the danger of a drop down to a confident looking 296p as a hopeful bottom. If broken, our less likely secondary works out at 174p.

This is one where we suspect a convoluted upward cycle is expected.

 

 

 

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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
9:46:06PM	BRENT	7225.8
9:49:07PM	GOLD	2916.94	2891	2878	2860	2910	2931	2940	2957	2915	‘cess
11:26:13PM	FTSE	8709.5
11:28:05PM	STOX50	5480.8									Success
11:30:40PM	GERMANY	22636.1									Success
11:45:26PM	US500	5959.2
11:29:02PM	DOW	43381.2	43267	43106	42852	43501	43868	44093	44369	43678	Shambles
11:31:22PM	NASDAQ	21150.8									‘cess
11:33:26PM	JAPAN	38252

 

26/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8731 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,212,854,759 a change of -4.11%

25/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8668 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,478,870,440 a change of 6.36%

24/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,091,356,449 a change of 2.58%

21/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8659 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,938,081,458 a change of 0.78%

20/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8662 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,892,381,883 a change of 10.17%

19/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8712 points. Change of -0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,348,624,853 a change of 11.87%

18/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8766 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,781,200,025 a change of -0.7%

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…

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 524.8 Percentage Change: + 3.27% Day High: 527.2 Day Low: 508.4

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 911.7 Percentage Change: + 1.36% Day High: 910.8 Day Low: 894.8

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 29.28 Percentage Change: -2.01% Day High: 30.32 Day Low: 29.48

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 71.76 Percentage Change: + 4.58% Day High: 71.98 Day Low: 69.6

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 467 Percentage Change: + 3.02% Day High: 469.5 Day Low: 457.8

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1248.5 Percentage Change: + 3.96% Day High: 1256 Day Low: 1211.5

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#FTSE #JAPAN  We last reviewed IAG last August and in the period since, their share price has reached our Primary, Secondary, and even Third level targets. Better still, it even exceeded our third level target, perhaps giving some considerable hope for the future. It is perhaps worth pondering a few truisms from the stock market first, especially as IAG is managing to make two contradictory statements true at once with a third thrown in for good measure & confusion.

The first issue occurs when we review the immediate picture on the chart. IAG has enjoyed a nice uptrend since November last year but earlier this month, it broke the uptrend and is now experiencing “lower low” movements, creating a situation where weakness continuing below 321p is liable to promote reversals to an initial 299p with our secondary, if broken, at a bottom ideally just above 276p. This would certainly provide an ideal level for a bounce, though there is always the risk of the share simply exhibiting further weakness. After all, in the market place, few things are as dangerous as trying to catch a “safe” bottom when loss of confidence in a share price makes it very easy for sentiment influencing folks decision making with the result a downhill path can become a bad habit. Visually, in the case of IAG, we’d hope to see our initial target level of 299p to provide a “bottom” due to previous behaviour indicating this price level means something to the market. This scenario is certainly one for the brave, though it does afford employing a tight stop loss.

 

However, there’s another movement earlier in February worth weaving into our thoughts. The share price somehow managed to define a downtrend since the pre-pandemic high of 2020, creating a situation where any movement now above the Blue downtrend (currently 361p) is liable to prove quite useful. It introduces the potential of a rise to an initial 457p with our longer term secondary, if bettered, calculating at a distant but viable looking 579p, should the share price manage above our initial target. This scenario is made more fascinating, due to the market belatedly noticing the completely artificial green line on the chart. For some reason, when the price surged to 368p in February, the market eventually noticed the prior high of 361p achieved in 2020, deciding this would make a perfect “glass ceiling” level and forcing a stall in the share price increase.

We are certainly fascinated at the coincidence of both the Green and Blue lines creating what passes for a safe trigger level. As a result, we suspect this shall deserve some attention in the weeks/days ahead, just in case the airline decides to ascend to a new flight level. Much as we detest flying, it certainly starts to appear IAG (British Airways) shall be worth keeping an eye on.

 

 

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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
10:18:34PM	BRENT	7266.5									‘cess
10:22:35PM	GOLD	2914.14									Success
10:26:42PM	FTSE	8699.9	8648	8623	8593	8681	8714	8757	8806	8672	Success
10:29:57PM	STOX50	5466.8
10:32:38PM	GERMANY	22536.3									‘cess
11:14:00PM	US500	5963.8									‘cess
11:16:14PM	DOW	43690.1
11:30:29PM	NASDAQ	21158.8									‘cess
11:36:34PM	JAPAN	38030	37881	37728	37475	38066	38416	38655	38976	38117	‘cess

 

25/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8668 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,478,870,440 a change of 6.36%

24/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,091,356,449 a change of 2.58%

21/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8659 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,938,081,458 a change of 0.78%

20/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8662 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,892,381,883 a change of 10.17%

19/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8712 points. Change of -0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,348,624,853 a change of 11.87%

18/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8766 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,781,200,025 a change of -0.7%

17/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8768 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,815,003,376 a change of -19.37%

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:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 9606 Percentage Change: -0.93% Day High: 9778 Day Low: 9558

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 29.88 Percentage Change: -3.61% Day High: 31.44 Day Low: 29.84

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 68.62 Percentage Change: + 1.93% Day High: 69.22 Day Low: 66.88

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 453.3 Percentage Change: + 2.16% Day High: 457.9 Day Low: 442.8

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LSE:SCLP Scancell Close Mid-Price: 8.3 Percentage Change: -4.05% Day High: 8.65 Day Low: 8.3

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1201 Percentage Change: + 2.08% Day High: 1211 Day Low: 1176

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 11.55 Percentage Change: -17.79% Day High: 14 Day Low: 11.62

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#Gold #SP500  While it is relatively straightforward picking trigger levels on a share price which is heading up, proposing a trigger ( bounce) level  is fraught with danger. A very real truism in the marketplace is the warning “Never Catch A Falling Knife”. Our issue is quite simple, Glencore share price is falling and we’re about to propose a level by which we’d hope for a rebound. About the only nice thing with this strategy is the ability to propose a fairly tight stop level, this being a point where our upward calculations fall apart!

To clarify, we suspect Glencore share price intends a bounce from around 304p, a price level it’s extremely close to. According to our calculations, price closure below 304p will be troubling as it would effectively destroy all arguments favouring a sharp upward movement. In summary, the visuals give considerable hope for a movement which should hopefully exceed 375p, essentially destroying the gloom generated by the current surge below the Red line on the chart. Movements such as this should prove capable of generating a nod in the direction of 406p with our longer term secondary, if bettered, at a future 473p.

Our problem comes if the price closes below 304p, essentially giving the share price the opportunity to slide to a ridiculous looking 211p. But on the brighter side, if our rebound hypothesis comes to fruition, we’re able to calculate a distant future 558p as providing an attraction, allowing the price to match its high from 2023.

This should be worth watching in the days ahead.

 

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:47:28PM	BRENT	7443.4
10:50:00PM	GOLD	2948.76	2922	2911	2896	2934	2956	2965	2976	2945
11:05:13PM	FTSE	8639.2
11:07:41PM	STOX50	5427.8									‘cess
11:12:57PM	GERMANY	22324.2									‘cess
11:16:40PM	US500	5992.7	5978	5941	5872	6020	6052	6080	6114	6018	‘cess
11:26:10PM	DOW	43534									Success
11:28:56PM	NASDAQ	21347
11:31:05PM	JAPAN	38420

 

24/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,091,356,449 a change of 2.58%

21/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8659 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,938,081,458 a change of 0.78%

20/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8662 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,892,381,883 a change of 10.17%

19/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8712 points. Change of -0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,348,624,853 a change of 11.87%

18/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8766 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,781,200,025 a change of -0.7%

17/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8768 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,815,003,376 a change of -19.37%

14/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8732 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,971,374,028 a change of -3.83%

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:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 186.8 Percentage Change: -4.01% Day High: 197.7 Day Low: 184.3

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 317.95 Percentage Change: -1.82% Day High: 326.4 Day Low: 316.4

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 9696 Percentage Change: -2.06% Day High: 9804 Day Low: 9602

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 31 Percentage Change: -1.52% Day High: 32.5 Day Low: 30.5

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 14.05 Percentage Change: -14.85% Day High: 16.5 Day Low: 14.12

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#Brent #Germany  When we reviewed Natwest three weeks ago, we provided a recovery target of 451p, a number which has finally made itself known and, perhaps more importantly, the share price closing slightly above out target. Hopefully this shall make more sense than the photo below? To explain, our bit of Argyll is devoid of most things except rain. And on Sunday, it rained a lot, giving the garden waterfall an excuse to become truly obnoxious.  When my wife texted, asking that I send her a snapshot of the torrent to show her work colleagues, a disaster unfolded (slipped on rocks, soaked, bruising everywhere, mobile phone broken…) but once the painkillers kicked in, another attempt with a decent camera ensued, this time using the zoom lens rather than risking my life to get close.

Something quite strange awaited and it’s circled on the snapshot below. A shopping basket has washed down the mountain, jamming itself onto a rock in our usually placid stream!  The problem with this basket is it shouldn’t exist as there’s nothing between our garden and the top of the mountain, literally no reason for a shopping basked to be dumped in the stream. Above our garden is a geological no-go area, where the forestry people dare not work with the result we’ve plenty of proper deciduous trees, rather than fir trees being grown as a crop. It makes for a pleasant rain forest, a hidden few acres inaccessible to the forestry folk who were tasked with planting pine trees before the first world war, the aim being to supply railway sleepers to the world… On one side of our (rarely visited) land above the waterfall, there’s a 6 metre deep gully through volcanic rock to the stream, the other side providing an exceptionally steep slope, a boundary lined with oak and beech trees. This has created a magical area, accessible only from our garden, making a place where a supermarket wire basket shouldn’t exist.

 

 

The thing is as outlandish as a Natwest chart finally managing to make some visual sense but, unlikely as it may seem, the retail bank share price appears finally to be sticking to “the rules”, an event 15 years in the making. Hopefully this state of affairs continues, despite the careless administrations of UK chancellor Rachel (from accounts) Reeves. Our worry is, last time a Labour chancellor was fouling things up, it was Gordon (from janitorial) Brown in control, the retail banking sector still trying to recover from his brand of leadership.

Our inclination is to now treat Natwest as if the bank has entered a “big picture” phase of movement, suggesting share price shuffles now above 456p shall enter a cycle to an  initial 466p and some very probable hesitation. Our secondary beyond such a level is a longer term impressive lunge to 538p, effectively a return to the price levels when the poison of the financial crisis took hold.

Should everything intend go wrong, the share price needs stumble below 426p as this risks promoting the idea of reversal to an initial 399p with our secondary, if broken, at 386p and a fresh start at the price trying to recover..

 

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
12:05:43AM	BRENT	7384	7392	7250	7095	7568	7715	7832	7988	7472
12:21:58AM	GOLD	2934.81
12:41:29AM	FTSE	8629.7
12:44:11AM	STOX50	5440.4
12:46:56AM	GERMANY	22176	22123	22015	21708	22400	22400	22506	22634	22278
12:51:35AM	US500	6013.6
1:15:55AM	DOW	43410.4
2:48:41AM	NASDAQ	21591.4
2:52:37AM	JAPAN	38139

 

21/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8659 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,938,081,458 a change of 0.78%

20/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8662 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,892,381,883 a change of 10.17%

19/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8712 points. Change of -0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,348,624,853 a change of 11.87%

18/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8766 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,781,200,025 a change of -0.7%

17/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8768 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,815,003,376 a change of -19.37%

14/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8732 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,971,374,028 a change of -3.83%

13/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8764 points. Change of -0.49%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,209,371,407 a change of -0.52%

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

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

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

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

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:ITM ITM Power** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **LSE:TERN Tern Plc** **LSE:TLW Tullow** **

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 323.85 Percentage Change: -0.52% Day High: 329.25 Day Low: 320.5

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 9900 Percentage Change: -0.20% Day High: 9996 Day Low: 9842

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 31.48 Percentage Change: -4.20% Day High: 33.26 Day Low: 31.06

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 451.8 Percentage Change: + 3.60% Day High: 455.4 Day Low: 437.7

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1183 Percentage Change: + 3.77% Day High: 1205.5 Day Low: 1169

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 1.23 Percentage Change: -3.92% Day High: 1.23 Day Low: 1.2

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 16.32 Percentage Change: + 0.12% Day High: 16.59 Day Low: 15.79

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#FTSE #GOLD  Thursday ticked all the boxes for being a “funny old day!” We’d a chums funeral to attend, something officiated by a new fangled thing called “Humanist”, essentially a non religious service. Making the event somewhat tortuous was the bloke officiating carefully avoiding addressing the cosmic joke of our friends death. He’d been on his very last legs due to a cancer, constantly complaining these very legs were incapable of taking him upstairs to bed. But he refused point blank to move into a downstairs room and one day recently, tripped on the stairs, falling and breaking his neck. So officially, the cancer didn’t get him.

Through the entire “ceremony” of the funeral, it was probable most of the audience were mentally playing the self effacing story our chum would have made about his death but unfortunately, the Humanist bloke hadn’t known him and his sense of the ridiculous. Inevitably, this started a whispered conversation between my wife and I, discussing who’d be ideal to officiate at our own funerals. My personal preference was Lee Mack, my wife preferring Ricky Gervais and unfortunately, our conversation spread along the row of seats. Ideas reflecting the salient detail that should “Cancel Culture” succeed in silencing some of the best comedians, they’ve an entirely new career awaiting if they want of officiate at funerals. It transpired our friend either picked friends who only looked “on the bright side of life” or perhaps, folk just want a giggle at a funeral. Inevitably, this entire sense of the silly made its way outside to the overflowing car park, once the event was over. It was refreshing to see smiles and laughter at a funeral, making us regret the need to dodge the after-party due to ferry timetables.

Perhaps, due to rarely needing to attend funerals, we’ve missed a change in society attitudes! But declaring loudly “which toilet do I use, if I’m one of the Living Dead?” certainly elicited a laugh from the car park chatterboxes.

 

This actually has quite a lot to do with the FTSE…

 

A fairly blunt assessment of how charts work (okay, we’re dodging our real calculations) creates the scenario where breaks above a DOWNTREND which create Higher Highs should present a market feel where gains exceed expectations. Equally, a break below an UPTREND with lower lows tends present an alternate, miserable, scenario. This creates a picture where reversals at present shall not bother us greatly until such a point the market moves below the level of trend break, 8360 points for the FTSE. In other words, in our estimation, you could currently open a Long position with a Stop at 8360 and we’d quite happily wait for the outcome, ideally around 9039 points after an initial visit to 8867 points..

Our alternate, Big Picture, scenario allows weakness below 8360 to point at reversals to an initial 8336 points and a challenge against the ruling Blue downtrend. If such a drop target level breaks, our longer term secondary works out at 8180 points, along with another challenge of the Red uptrend since 2020. Visually this is about as pretty as a photograph of a bunch of MP’s, each impatiently waiting to rush back to the trough!

From a near term perspective, below 8647 looks troubling – and probable. Such a movement calculates with the potential of reversals to an initial 8620 with our secondary, if broken, calculating at 8551, along with an almost certain bounce. In such a scenario, we’re comfortable with our initial drop target but less so with our secondary, simply because the index price remains in an uptrend. For such a game to match our rule of thumb regarding the ruling trend, the tightest stop needs be at 8680 points… Miles above our panic level at 8360 points.

All things considered, we suspect the FTSE faces some near term reversals.

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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
11:03:15PM	BRENT	7618
11:11:30PM	GOLD	2941.19	2924	2911	2896	2941	2945	2957	2968	2933
11:15:35PM	FTSE	8661.2	8648	8607	8528	8680	8724	8742	8773	8687	Shambles
11:18:22PM	STOX50	5459.4
11:43:22PM	GERMANY	22324									Shambles
11:47:25PM	US500	6120.6									‘cess
11:54:50PM	DOW	44200.9									Success
11:49:15PM	NASDAQ	22087.5									Success
11:57:52PM	JAPAN	38584									‘cess

 

20/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8662 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,892,381,883 a change of 10.17%

19/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8712 points. Change of -0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,348,624,853 a change of 11.87%

18/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8766 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,781,200,025 a change of -0.7%

17/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8768 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,815,003,376 a change of -19.37%

14/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8732 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,971,374,028 a change of -3.83%

13/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8764 points. Change of -0.49%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,209,371,407 a change of -0.52%

12/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8807 points. Change of 0.34%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,241,531,008 a change of 5.5%

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:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 2123.5 Percentage Change: + 0.47% Day High: 2139 Day Low: 2098.5

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 325.55 Percentage Change: -0.69% Day High: 337.3 Day Low: 324.1

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 9920 Percentage Change: -1.78% Day High: 10135 Day Low: 9888

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 65.9 Percentage Change: + 4.87% Day High: 67.58 Day Low: 63.82

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1140 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1155 Day Low: 1133.5

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LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 16.3 Percentage Change: -2.92% Day High: 16.93 Day Low: 16.2

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 17.25 Percentage Change: -37.27% Day High: 19.5 Day Low: 15.5

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