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#Brent #Nikkei We like Metro Bank, mainly because of their dog friendly stance rather than for any of their actual initiatives. However, they are also a perfect candidate to illustrate a major issue – common across the retail banking sector – of when it can be useless to approach a subject and start from a Big Picture perspective. The chart below doesn’t need any clever arguments, a simple glance confirming it’s utterly useless, similar to other charts from the banking field but just a late starter. About the only safe message the chart delivers is advising traders to abandon hope as there’s an impossible mountain to climb. We think this is one where it may not be barking mad to keep an eye on.

 

Of course, if we change the timeframe and glance at the share from 2020 to current, a more legible picture appears, one which isn’t overshadowed by an impossible recovery slope to the over optimistic 40 quid level… Instead, we can start to review a share price, one which repeated analysis declared was “cheap at 2 quid” then “cheap at 1 quid “, “a steal at at 50p” and of course, “an absolute bargain at 27p”. All things considered, the journey downward has been unpleasant but somewhat rushed to mimic the awful position of the other retail banks.

However, similar to the major banks, Metro is now showing some signs for “proper” recovery and we suspect share price movements may prove relatively useful this year. Currently, above 107p should apparently  trigger some slight recovery to an initial 139p with our secondary, if beaten, a more confident sounding 173p. Though neither ambition comes close to bothers the share price all time highs, movement such as this would certainly prove an impressive first step on the path to recovery.

Should things intend go wrong for Metro, price drift below 90p risks danger, calculating with the potential of reversal to an initial  77 with our secondary, if broken, a hopeful bottom at 67p.

 

 

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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
9:35:04PM	BRENT	7574.7	7557	7514	7466	7600	7658	7718	7854	7568	‘cess
10:56:06PM	GOLD	2933.39									‘cess
11:05:26PM	FTSE	8708.2									Success
11:09:48PM	STOX50	5449.2									Success
11:41:01PM	GERMANY	22410									Success
11:02:38PM	US500	6135.7
11:11:02PM	DOW	44576.9									Shambles
11:23:36PM	NASDAQ	22138.2
11:29:34PM	JAPAN	38844	38775	38471	38106	39022	39220	39799	40309	39002	Success

 

9/02/2025 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%

11/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8777 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,916,306,035 a change of -5.17%

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:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 42.25 Percentage Change: + 7.64% Day High: 43 Day Low: 39

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LSE:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 290.6 Percentage Change: -3.04% Day High: 301.7 Day Low: 291

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 327.8 Percentage Change: -7.28% Day High: 344.25 Day Low: 325.15

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 895.4 Percentage Change: -0.30% Day High: 907.7 Day Low: 883.7

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 121.5 Percentage Change: -3.57% Day High: 128 Day Low: 120

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 642.6 Percentage Change: -0.28% Day High: 649.6 Day Low: 639

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LSE:SCLP Scancell Close Mid-Price: 8.65 Percentage Change: -2.81% Day High: 8.9 Day Low: 8.65

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1140 Percentage Change: + 0.13% Day High: 1145 Day Low: 1128

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LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 16.79 Percentage Change: -2.04% Day High: 17.22 Day Low: 16.5

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Sorry. Accidentally over-wrote this.   In a bit of a showstopper analysis, back in 2023 we provided a report on Wood Group which proposed criteria where the share price could sink to an eventual “ridiculous 37p!“. At the time, the share price was trading above 2 quid, our analysis revolving around chatroom and headline clickbait articles which pretended Wood Group share price was cheap. Our point, basically, was to illustrate there is no such thing as a “cheap” share, because in March 2023 we could identify 38p as an ultimate bottom, a share price target below anything we can calculate.

Obviously, nearly two years later, times have changed and, despite Wood Group tanking, the big discussion now relates once again to Wood being cheap as it’s apparently safe to regard it as at bottom and thus, unlikely to drop further. Amazingly, there’s a chance they may even be right! When we review share price movements since March 2023, it now appears “ultimate bottom” is at 20p. By reaching 21p the other day, there’s a reasonable probability this shall be deemed close enough to bottom, ideally capable of generating a bounce anytime now. While movements this year currently indicate a price target below 20p is available, we’re far from comfortable proposing 11p as the new ultimate bottom.

 

If any bounce makes an effort to appear viable, movement above 40p has the potential to becoming interesting, calculating with a rising hope of a visit to an initial 59p with our secondary, if beaten, working out at 81p. This Big Picture secondary is quite a big deal, dumping the share price in a zone where a future 123p can be viewed as viable eventually.

Certainly, it’s interesting times for this oil and gas engineering monster with the next few weeks capable of showing direction.

 

 

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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
10:02:45PM	BRENT	7560.2	7470	7435	7391	7523	7586	7647	7733	7548	‘cess
10:12:25PM	GOLD	2934.69	2907	2898	2885	2919	2938	2944	2966	2908
10:15:38PM	FTSE	8761.2	8758	8748	8734	8780	8790	8796	8827	8770
10:19:32PM	STOX50	5530.6	5507	5494	5477	5527	5545	5597	5731	5510
10:23:21PM	GERMANY	22858.2	22716	22674	22604	22798	22885	22932	23004	22840
10:31:25PM	US500	6126.1	6100	6086	6068	6125	6140	6151	6204	6110
10:35:16PM	DOW	44542.7	44315	44296	44139	44472	44577	44668	44786	44491	Success
10:38:19PM	NASDAQ	22145.2	22025	21970	21880	22137	22241	22340	22444	22131	Success
10:41:14PM	JAPAN	39330	39130	38996	38823	39251	39515	39745	40236	39294	‘cess

 

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%

11/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8777 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,916,306,035 a change of -5.17%

10/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8767 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,238,714,385 a change of -19.63%

#Stoxx #Germany One of the more amusing political announcements recently was a commitment to building a bunch of new houses, rolling out planning restrictions and unblocking the construction of 700,000 new homes across 350 locations. The fairly major issue with such ridiculous ambition should have been self evident, yet the government cheerfully dug themselves a hole.

There are insufficient house builders to create so many properties! Before such a ridiculous target can be challenged, the UK government shall first need build a bunch of new housebuilders, meeting the challenge of creating new towns for migrants, along with low cost housing for folk stuck in the “minimum wage” poverty trap. However, working on the basis the government shall forge ahead with its ambitions, it’s certainly likely existing housebuilders shall reap the rewards of being able to do their actual jobs. Doubtless the government shall create “task forces” to spend silly sums, checking areas and designating what shall need done to release an area of land for everyone to look at, lying empty and probably stolen from farming livestock.

 

Here in Scotland, we recently ran into a McMansion dilemma, a close family member asking if we wanted to assume ownership of a “grace & favour” flat above the 7 car garage she was planning, attached to the main building. The whole thing was hysterical, the proposition being created on farmland, overlooking the North Sea. Visually attractive, the mansion entrance even loaded with Left and Right staircases, the entire project falling apart as it was to be built with red bricks. In Scotland, this sort of design tends give a “cheap” impression, due to the ready availability of proper stone to build houses – or render to hide the cheap stuff. Thankfully, the entire project fell apart before we were called upon to provide opinions on the prospects, a foregone conclusion as one of our pets cannot handle stairs! Plus, despite moaning about Argyll frequently, it would be difficult to prise us away from a small cottage, our massive garden, a cliff and waterfall, and a really useful shooting range. Plus, our land footprint is larger than a neighbour who boasts a 9 bedroom house but, doesn’t need a tractor like ours for the grass…

 

Barratt’s share price has been exhibiting sincere levels of self doubt over the last year, undecided whether to go up or down. With the UK Governments recently stated ambitions, it’s possible the UK’s arguably largest housebuilders shall be able to provide some fairly useful expectations,  movement above 479 triggering price recovery to a tame 506 with our secondary, if beaten, at a future game changing 570p, effectively dumping the share price into a “higher high” zone which promises an eventual visit to the 700p level, along with almost certain hesitation.

If things intend go horribly wrong, below 433p looks like it has the potential of triggering reversal to an initial 379p with our secondary, if the initial breaks, at a bottom of 320p.

 

We are fairly optimistic about this one.

 

 

 

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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
11:09:58PM	BRENT	7510.2	7400	7345	7272	7473	7537	7597	7661	7496
11:11:52PM	GOLD	2899.05
11:14:16PM	FTSE	8767.5
11:45:59PM	STOX50	5518.9	5484	5464	5442	5500	5528	5534	5552	5503	‘cess
11:49:26PM	GERMANY	22827	22690	22612	22522	22807	22882	22928	23001	22781	Success
11:52:41PM	US500	6122.8								6118
11:34:35PM	DOW	44593.7								44509
11:37:08PM	NASDAQ	22142.5								22148
11:39:57PM	JAPAN	39302								39127

 

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%

11/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8777 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,916,306,035 a change of -5.17%

10/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8767 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,238,714,385 a change of -19.63%

7/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8700 points. Change of -0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,762,890,923 a change of 38.28%

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.

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:AVCT Avacta** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **

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LSE:AVCT Avacta Close Mid-Price: 41.6 Percentage Change: -7.56% Day High: 45 Day Low: 41

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 21.4 Percentage Change: -7.76% Day High: 22 Day Low: 19

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 881.3 Percentage Change: + 1.33% Day High: 883.6 Day Low: 873.4

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 62.92 Percentage Change: -1.93% Day High: 64.8 Day Low: 61.32

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 635.4 Percentage Change: + 1.73% Day High: 639.2 Day Low: 629

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Close Mid-Price: 1132 Percentage Change: -0.09% Day High: 1140 Day Low: 1132

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1125 Percentage Change: + 0.18% Day High: 1138 Day Low: 1118

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#Brent #Germany The UK stock market continues to react with “Top Gear” levels of critical analysis. For instance, Audi could release a new car, one capable of of executing perfectly impossible right hand turns at 70mph, yet capable of reaching 200mph while exceeding the load capacity of a Volvo estate but Top Gear would moan about the door handles, wiper blades, or the fact the radio can no longer play Steve Wright in the Afternoon. Releasing a fairly solid set of results, along with positive views for the future, the market chose to punish the retail banks share price anyway.

There’s certainly something fragrant about whatever has been going on, due to Barclays choosing to abandon their court action against a recent FCA financial penalty levelled for their panic behaviour during the 2009 Financial Crisis. One could almost suspect the FCA and Barclays came to an agreement, the FCA promising to go gently on their announced probe into “historical oversight and management of higher risk customers” into an area of the bank dealing with retail banking for individuals and small businesses in the UK, along with Barclays Bank offering financial services worldwide to larger corporate clients.

Regardless of what may be going on, the market chose to represent Barclays as the bad guys, punishing their previously flamboyant share price by gapping it down, immediately following their results and news.

 

The situation has been created where ongoing weakness below 291 looks perfectly capable of provoking reversal to an initial confident looking 264p. We’ve a pretty good reason to hope for a rebound at such a level but warn, should 264 break, our next hopeful rebound point calculates at 234p, a feat of almost perfect visual correctness, matching the level the downtrend since 2007 was broken in October 2024. Weird!

However, our inclination is to pin our hopes on the share price continuing to show optimism for the future as above 302p now calculates with the hope of price recovery to an initial 359 with our longer term secondary introducing itself at an impressive 404p level, also an Errorcode familiar to internet users with “Page Not Found” generally attached to it… As shown on the chart below, while a visit to 264p looks almost ordained, matching the immediate Red uptrend, this almost gives a hope for a bounce leading to an eventual 404p and some almost certain hesitation.

The future for the share price looks complicated but hopefully, with politics correctly managed, still fairly positive.

 

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:48:33PM	BRENT	7436.5	7428	7384	7275	7536	7565	7584	7634	7504
10:51:46PM	GOLD	2881.43								2888
10:54:35PM	FTSE	8706.8								8747
10:57:14PM	STOX50	5480.6
10:59:34PM	GERMANY	22501.4	22465	22406	22337	22524	22578	22616	22665	22502
11:02:32PM	US500	6115.2
11:05:26PM	DOW	44565.2
11:14:46PM	NASDAQ	22138.5
11:21:05PM	JAPAN	39126

 

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%

11/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8777 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,916,306,035 a change of -5.17%

10/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8767 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,238,714,385 a change of -19.63%

7/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8700 points. Change of -0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,762,890,923 a change of 38.28%

6/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8727 points. Change of 1.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,614,005,205 a change of 8.54%

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:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 64.16 Percentage Change: -0.09% Day High: 64.4 Day Low: 63.5

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1133 Percentage Change: + 1.25% Day High: 1134.5 Day Low: 1110

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 1.27 Percentage Change: -3.77% Day High: 1.32 Day Low: 1.27

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#FTSE #Gold We’re approaching an awkward situation with stock markets, some index’ getting to the point where future predictions are becoming difficult without giving a little giggle. Germany and the DAX has already passed such levels, arriving at the point where we find it difficult to predict anything for the immediate future without resorting to a degree of guesswork. The FTSE itself is an immediate case in point as it’s extremely unlikely the market shall wake up one morning and find an excuse to jump by 1500 points, an unlikely proposition unless Mrs Thatcher somehow finds a way to reappear and takeover running the country!

Unfortunately, such a suggestion appears unlikely unless she somehow makes a deal with whoever controls the gates of hell. Instead, invariably when numbers run out of steam, we find ourselves in a position where the markets start “gapping” the market up at the open until a suitable reason is discovered to invent some real volatility. Who knows, with the media now broadly taking the line President Trumps innitiative over Ukraine/Russia is a bad thing, perhaps news of an end to a war shall be regarded as a bad thing, given oil prices should come down, arms prices should reduce, and food costs reverse properly. Obviously such a scenario would be a bad thing for the markets but hopefully only for the near term.

 

As it’s Valentines Day, we’d hoped to find some positive signals which would be easy to repeat but,. in reality, things are not great. It feels like “running out of steam” is the best way of describing European index positions…

For the present. above 8821 calculates with the potential of a rise to an initial  8867 points with our secondary, if beaten, coming along at an astounding 9039 points, allowing the media to foam at the mouth acclaiming the UK market finally hitting the 9000 level. Thus, the invented terror of the 9000 level could be used to provoke reversals but, from our perspective, fuelling the potential for additional near term gains.

At present, we are supposed to admit the FTSE calculates with a third level target of 10733 points.

 

Should things intend go wrong, below 8729 calculates with the potential of reversals to an initial 8679 points with our secondary, if broken, at 8629 points.

 

Have a good weekend, hopefully one with some civilised snows.

 

 

 

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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
10:41:40PM	BRENT	7510.5	7446	7382		7518	7518	7533		7472	‘cess
11:05:50PM	GOLD	2927.5	2906	2899		2910	2930	2952		2906
11:19:40PM	FTSE	8758.6	8730	8712		8772	8832	8862		8776
11:28:41PM	STOX50	5462.4	5436	5413		5476	5503	5526		5456	‘cess
11:44:53PM	GERMANY	22501.2	22301	22180		22480	22624	Nothing		sense	Success
11:10:55PM	US500	6113.8	6033	5998		6069	6116	6132		6078	‘cess
11:18:18PM	DOW	44715.2	44398	44284		44547	44771	44812		44658	‘cess
11:27:15PM	NASDAQ	22003	21667	21517		21840	22026	22043		21970	‘cess
11:29:58PM	JAPAN	39336	39254	39139		39418	39589	39763		39351

 

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%

11/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8777 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,916,306,035 a change of -5.17%

10/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8767 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,238,714,385 a change of -19.63%

7/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8700 points. Change of -0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,762,890,923 a change of 38.28%

6/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8727 points. Change of 1.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,614,005,205 a change of 8.54%

5/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8623 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,172,324,533 a change of -3.31%

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

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

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

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

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 798 Percentage Change: + 0.82% Day High: 839.5 Day Low: 798

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 5310 Percentage Change: -0.56% Day High: 5430 Day Low: 5280

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 64.22 Percentage Change: + 0.50% Day High: 64.14 Day Low: 63.14

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 624.4 Percentage Change: + 0.58% Day High: 630.2 Day Low: 619.8

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1119 Percentage Change: + 2.01% Day High: 1120.5 Day Low: 1099

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#FTSE #SP500  A bunch of emails served to remind us of our previous report on Eurasia, almost a year ago. We wrote; “this has the potential to create a chart picture where the doomsayers shall sagely pronounce “double top”, anticipating another price crash and creating a self fulfilling prophecy for chatroom consumption.” and this is exactly what eventually happened. Even our next bit of tuppeny wisdom has also landed; “Share price closure around the initial target level of 5.1p is liable to present a game changing potential for the longer term.” And with the share price closing at 5.4p, it is now above a critical target level, thus explaining a flurry of emails.

It certainly appears as if the market has decided the 5.1p level is important for the share, the price currently oscillating above and below such a point, confirming it’s important. But with the bias of the dance favouring closure above 5.1p, our inclination is toward further recovery for the share price, rather than see it enjoy the usual “double top” mess with inevitable outcome. At present, we’d have some trouble, if the share price discovered a reason to wander below 4.1p as a cycle to 3.3p becomes arithmetically obvious. Our secondary, should such a level break, works out as a visit to 1.2p and the risk of prolonged time in share price prison.

 

It is worthwhile noting some fairly useful potentials exist for the future, needing the share price to stumble above 6.3p to hopefully trigger recovery to an initial 10.2p and some hesitation, if only due to the Closing Price downtrend since 2020. If bettered, our secondary calculates at a future 13.1p. along with the sound of many private investors having  a bit of a party.

 

 

 

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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
9:54:55PM	BRENT	7474.1									‘cess
10:39:42PM	GOLD	2906.43									Success
10:45:00PM	FTSE	8824	8749	8714	8671	8793	8832	8861	8966	8762	‘cess
10:51:12PM	STOX50	5459.9									Success
10:57:12PM	GERMANY	22360									Success
11:47:02PM	US500	6067	6000	5971	5926	6041	6076	6093	6124	6044	Success
11:51:09PM	DOW	44455.9									Success
11:53:22PM	NASDAQ	21821									Success
11:56:52PM	JAPAN	39470									Success

 

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%

11/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8777 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,916,306,035 a change of -5.17%

10/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8767 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,238,714,385 a change of -19.63%

7/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8700 points. Change of -0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,762,890,923 a change of 38.28%

6/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8727 points. Change of 1.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,614,005,205 a change of 8.54%

5/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8623 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,172,324,533 a change of -3.31%

4/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8570 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,349,281,975 a change of 10.8%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 465.8 Percentage Change: -0.60% Day High: 473 Day Low: 464.2

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 2134 Percentage Change: -1.68% Day High: 2188.5 Day Low: 2125

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 881.7 Percentage Change: + 0.70% Day High: 882.3 Day Low: 869.3

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 63.9 Percentage Change: + 1.75% Day High: 63.82 Day Low: 62.88

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 1986 Percentage Change: + 0.30% Day High: 1990 Day Low: 1886

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1126 Percentage Change: + 0.09% Day High: 1131.5 Day Low: 1116

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#Gold #FTSE   It is certainly unusual to find ourselves being enthusiastic about a British publishing company but Informa Plc certainly break the mould, their confection of complementary activities creating a company which is collectively solid with some quite enviable activities. Their share price potentials currently echo our positive take on the organisation, a company formed in 1998 just 26 years ago.

The share price has struggled, since the inevitable enforced artificial hammering due to Covid-19 in 2020. However, something potentially very interesting has just occurred, due to the share price closing at 884, a potentially significant number. Obviously, it has achieved a “higher high” since the peaks of earlier this year but more importantly, the downtrend since 2019 has now been exceeded. To explain, this downtrend is currently at 883.528 and with the share closing a session at 884p it sends off – from our perspective – a flare urging us to pay attention. While the excess above the downtrend in only around half a penny, this is the sort of thing the market does not allow to happen accidentally, creating a situation where we can speculate a super long term attraction as now coming from a distant 1235p!

Another important aspect of the current share price comes from the pre-pandemic high being at 867p. With this share price breaking above such a level, it also broadcasts an important signal of things changing for the future, ticking another important optimism box.

From an immediate perspective, above 893p should next trigger movements to an initial 923 with our longer term secondary, if bettered, at 973p and some possible hesitation.

 

For things to go wrong, the share price needs slip below 800p to trigger reversals to an initial 753 with our secondary, if broken, at a bottom of 678p and almost certain hesitation. Unfortunately, such a poisonous movement would also emplace the share price below the uptrend since 2020, making recovery difficult as this would risk stuffing the share into sticky mud while awaiting positive news to propel it out of the mess.

For now, we’re fairly positive about this. It’s not promising huge percentage changes, but the jump from current levels to our modest 973p still cannot be ignored.

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
1:04:01AM	BRENT	7660.5
1:08:04AM	GOLD	2896.48	2891	2883	2865	2913	2936	2946	3051	2897	‘cess
1:14:54AM	FTSE	8780	8723	8707	8679	8766	8790	8808	8853	8721
1:17:40AM	STOX50	5404.4
1:19:49AM	GERMANY	21938
1:21:52AM	US500	6070.5
1:24:18AM	DOW	44598
1:26:59AM	NASDAQ	21709.5
1:30:14AM	JAPAN	38890

 

11/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8777 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,916,306,035 a change of -5.17%

10/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8767 points. Change of 0.77%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,238,714,385 a change of -19.63%

7/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8700 points. Change of -0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,762,890,923 a change of 38.28%

6/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8727 points. Change of 1.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,614,005,205 a change of 8.54%

5/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8623 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,172,324,533 a change of -3.31%

4/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8570 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,349,281,975 a change of 10.8%

3/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8583 points. Change of -1.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,827,982,037 a change of -38.35%

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:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 5260 Percentage Change: + 3.14% Day High: 5270 Day Low: 5115

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 448.8 Percentage Change: + 1.68% Day High: 449.9 Day Low: 442.2

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1125 Percentage Change: + 1.90% Day High: 1124.5 Day Low: 1102.5

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 394.5 Percentage Change: + 1.21% Day High: 398 Day Low: 390.2

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