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#Brent #WallSt The funny thing about the Aurora Borealis is, once you’ve seen it, it’s easy to recognise it thereafter. Tonight, for instance, at 3c and with low grey cloud, above the cloud the sky is doing its own disco show with sudden streaks of light visible through the murky sky, an evening when little excitement was expected by the boffins. In fairness, the layer of cloud was certainly concealing all but the brightest stars and seeing a sudden laser beam of white light shoot across the cloud was interesting, perhaps a couple of drinks short of fascinating! But at least, it was obvious what was going on.

 

It starts to appear LSE:IGG may be on the verge of producing some results from behind a veil of obscurity. One of our “things” is the horizontal trend such as shown on the chart below. This delineates a Red trend line at roughly 965p, dating back to 2016. With the share price breaking through this trend, we are forced to conclude the next target level should be at 1121p with our secondary, if beaten, lurking at 1277p and almost certain hesitation in any rising cycle.

The immediate picture is less rosy, hinting at weakness below 995 being capable of tripping an explosion of reversal to an initial 943 with secondary, if broken, at a possible bottom of 890p. Despite these numbers making quite a lot of visual sense, we would hope any reversal finds itself stifled by Red on the chart, 965p, providing a surprise bounce level capable of funding future gains.

 

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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
10:53:47PM	BRENT	7588	7398	7308	7002	7532	7604	7687	7784	7510	‘cess
11:06:00PM	GOLD	2916.89									Success
11:03:54PM	FTSE	8772.8									Success
11:18:25PM	STOX50	5364.4
11:20:31PM	GERMANY	21927.7
11:23:07PM	US500	6056.2
11:25:23PM	DOW	44393.9	44299	44241	44112	44412	44508	44728	44950	44379	‘cess
11:28:33PM	NASDAQ	21701									‘cess
11:32:12PM	JAPAN	38833

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%

31/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8673 points. Change of 0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,830,859,911 a change of 58.83%

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.

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

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

Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital** **

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 22.7 Percentage Change: + 0.44% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 802 Percentage Change: + 4.84% Day High: 810 Day Low: 769

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 2308 Percentage Change: + 1.05% Day High: 2314 Day Low: 2280

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 866.2 Percentage Change: + 1.43% Day High: 871.6 Day Low: 853

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 10870 Percentage Change: -0.09% Day High: 10975 Day Low: 10850

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 1976 Percentage Change: + 2.49% Day High: 1986 Day Low: 1894

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1104 Percentage Change: + 1.38% Day High: 1110.5 Day Low: 1085.5

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 28 Percentage Change: + 1.82% Day High: 27.5 Day Low: 26.5

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#Brent #SP500  Regular reads will know we’re quite attached to our “Gap Down / Gap Up” arguments, a fairly solid track record almost making us comfortable in proposing price movements based on such an obscure price dance by the UK market. When these arguments are applied to Wall St and S&P500 shares, the results are almost as reliable but only when a few other of our weird rules are applied. Sometimes we wish the weather could be as reliable, tonight when -6c was forecast in Argyll. According to the big thermometer on the office window, it’s actually 8c, the heavy snow which was also forecast being a clickbait headline from the folk at the weather company, anxious to validate their existence.

Our irritation over this state of affairs is a preference to avoid headlines to attract the gullible. It’s be nice to say (with vague justification) Lloyds Bank are now trading in a zone, where a long term cycle to 111p looks viable. It certainly makes for a great headline and may prove possible but the unpleasant reality of timeframes intrudes.

Our Gap Down / Gap Up (GaGa) logic implies Lloyds share price wants to head to 64.85p on the current cycle, so we shall be more comfortable discussing what the future may hold, should 64.85p be exceeded. On Friday 7th, Lloyds managed to spike to 63.56p at the open, even repeating the feat 30 minutes later to prove it wasn’t a mistake. Amazingly, this little dance actually allows for another fascinating detail to enter the picture. If we draw a downtrend since 2009, it runs through the high of last October, providing some quite interesting share price twitches which attempt to validate this downtrend as being viable.

 

Should this be the case, share price movements bettering 64.85p now exhibit interesting potentials, giving an initial target level at 68.8p with our secondary, if beaten, a visually believable longer term 89p, along with almost certain hesitation. And even more fascinating, it actually would place the share on a cycle to an eventual 111p, matching a high of 2009 and the year of the Financial Crisis!

 

If things intend go horribly wrong for Lloyds, their share price needs slink below 52p as this could easily trigger reversals to an initial 47p with our secondary, if broken, a bottom at 42p. But for now, we’re strangely enthusiastic…

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
6:17:28PM	BRENT	7454.2	7395	7310	7003	7622	7525	7562	7618	7446
6:19:04PM	GOLD	2860.12
6:20:56PM	FTSE	8685.3
6:28:20PM	STOX50	5314.6
6:31:53PM	GERMANY	21736
6:55:15PM	US500	6027.8	6020	6014	5985	6036	6074	6088	6111	6054
6:59:34PM	DOW	44309
7:03:02PM	NASDAQ	21481
9:56:32PM	JAPAN	38414

 

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%

31/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8673 points. Change of 0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,830,859,911 a change of 58.83%

30/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8646 points. Change of 1.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,930,240,161 a change of -10.24%

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:DGE Diageo** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 2222 Percentage Change: -1.35% Day High: 2262.5 Day Low: 2218.5

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 854 Percentage Change: + 0.71% Day High: 854.1 Day Low: 845.1

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 366.3 Percentage Change: + 0.80% Day High: 368 Day Low: 362

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 62.56 Percentage Change: -1.23% Day High: 63.56 Day Low: 62.42

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 1928 Percentage Change: -3.84% Day High: 2010 Day Low: 1928

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1089 Percentage Change: + 0.14% Day High: 1100.5 Day Low: 1082

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#FTSE #GOLD  Watching various UK Labour politicians squirming at the prospect of dealing with President Trump, it’s easy to be reminded of the comedy song “It Wasn’t Me” by Shaggy, when comments they’ve historically said about Mr Trump resurface. We’re starting to wonder when members of the Bank of England policy committee shall start making similar vocal dance steps, when they try and justify the lethargy with which they’ve managed stifle any hope for the UK economy making a recovery to match the rest of the world. The recent interest rate reduction of just 0.25%, again pretty far from brave, failed to match 0.5% and 0.75% reductions scheduled by other central banks.

Oddly, It was President Trump who made us pause for thought regarding the Central Bank interest rate waltz. His weird or genius concept for repairing Gaza provided a reminder there are other ways of controlling an outcome, rather than failed conventional wisdom. There’s little doubt the concept of using interest rates to control inflation has failed, yet the folks with the big brains and bigger salaries at central banks seem unable to come up with any smart ideas other than to wield concepts with historical failure to achieve any results! Hence, our suspicion members of the BoE Policy Committee are readying themselves for a “It Wasn’t Me” stance, while their former leader Mr Carney jockey’s for position to continue the failed policy schedule of Canada’s outgoing Trudeau.

We’ve strong feelings on this subject, becoming fed up of bobble head “economists” watching every other country in the hope of getting a clue what to do for the future. Surely they must realise this isn’t how things progress? While President Trumps idea for Gaza may be daft, the more important thing was he’d an idea for a solution which no-one else had produced. Perhaps he shall eventually expand upon the concept, suggesting the populace of Gaza move to Greenland to boost the massive islands meagre 86k population…. To be fair, it’s unlikely anyone from even Scotland would wish to move to Greenland, the weather being a bit tougher than the foulness we expect in Scotland.

But on the bright side, the writer spent 20 minutes watching a massive wingspan Buzzard in our bit of Argyll on Thursday, gliding low above a field which had been “wilded” and clearly marking out its territory before the mating season. These things, known locally as “tourist Eagles” can be hypnotic at this time of year, tourists unaware an adult Eagle is 2 or 3 times larger than a Buzzard. Obviously, for the next week, our Nikon camera will be carried in the hope of getting a photograph which will be rather less incompetent than the ones I took with my mobile phone.

 

We wonder how long this market pain shall last, especially as from our viewpoint, the FTSE is painting a surprising picture from a Big Picture stance, one which now paints a future 10385 as a very possible ambition. Overall, we’re forced to regard a distant 10 thousand+ points as a sane ambition. To be quite clear, such an aspiration would be regarded as viable in North American markets along with substantial parts of Europe. But for the UK, we show a relatively near term “shut up & beg” calculation at above 8768 points apparently triggering gains to an initial 8843 points with our secondary, if bettered, working out at 8867 points and some hesitation.

These target levels are not particularly ambitious and the tightest stop loss level looks like just 8646 points.

 

As usual, our converse scenario is less cheery, allowing movement below 8645 points to bring a visit to an initial 8368 points with our secondary, if broken, working out at 8235 points. Unfortunately, these drop targets make a lot of visual sense, a detail for which we thank the Bank of England.

 

 

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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
11:02:24PM	BRENT	7409.2	7395	7277	6964	7509	7540	7603	7673	7477
11:08:12PM	GOLD	2855.65	2835	2820	2799	2855	2871	2881	2896	2849
11:11:36PM	FTSE	8702.9	8663	8627	8579	8713	8740	8775	8863	8690	Success
11:15:24PM	STOX50	5344.5	5284	5252	5214	5316	5366	5398	5497	5274	‘cess
11:18:32PM	GERMANY	21896.2	21640	21538	21409	21750	21926	22102	22218	21795	Success
11:28:42PM	US500	6076.1	6042	6029	6011	6072	6084	6107	6173	6043
11:31:22PM	DOW	44737	44536	44417	44205	44735	44834	45205	45404	44530
11:33:50PM	NASDAQ	21750.3	21567	21510	21420	21705	21780	21917	22276	21607	‘cess
11:36:14PM	JAPAN	38950	38840	38752	38602	39005	39202	39260	39400	39000

 

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%

31/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8673 points. Change of 0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,830,859,911 a change of 58.83%

30/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8646 points. Change of 1.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,930,240,161 a change of -10.24%

29/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8557 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,492,931,897 a change of 11.31%

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.

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:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **LSE:TSCO Tesco** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 514.2 Percentage Change: + 1.26% Day High: 517 Day Low: 509

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 307.5 Percentage Change: + 4.13% Day High: 307.95 Day Low: 296.6

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 21.6 Percentage Change: -1.82% Day High: 22 Day Low: 22

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LSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 2252.5 Percentage Change: + 0.78% Day High: 2280 Day Low: 2226

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 2294 Percentage Change: + 0.53% Day High: 2302 Day Low: 2280

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 363.4 Percentage Change: + 3.33% Day High: 363 Day Low: 352.4

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 447.9 Percentage Change: + 3.13% Day High: 449.7 Day Low: 435.7

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1087.5 Percentage Change: + 0.37% Day High: 1098.5 Day Low: 1081

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1110 Percentage Change: + 3.35% Day High: 1111.5 Day Low: 1073

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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 387 Percentage Change: -0.15% Day High: 391.8 Day Low: 387.9

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#FTSE #Nasdaq   With the ascention of Mr Trump onto the throne in America, we’d expected the price of crude oil to take an immediate hammering, something which has been absent thus far. However, recent days have witnessed some weakening of the market and now, a fairly firm argument is taking shape pointing at reversal. However, as if sensing this, Mr Trump managed to toss a spanner into the Middle East works with his plan to annex Gaza, expel the residents to other countries, and turn the country – which does enjoy a substantial stretch of beachfront property – into the Riviera of the other end of the Mediterranean. Or perhaps, the largest Disney World on the planet.

The markets appear a little stunned at the initiative as it represents an entirely new way of thinking to resolve the ancient problem of Palestinians. Howls of outrage emanated from the two countries he’d proposed to hold the exiled inhabitants of Gaza, while their country was remodelled from a tunnel ridden scene of destruction. President Trump has effectively called the bluff of Jordan and Egypt, both countries abhorring the concept of allowing a single person from Gaza to enter their country. Who knows how it will all end but instead of throwing a hissy fit, the price of oil actually managed to weaken further! This subtly suggests stability in Gaza is probably the last thing wanted by oil producing companies, visually risking reductions in the price of oil.

 

The immediate situation is fairly dodgy, suggesting weakness below 74 dollars shall provoke reversals down to an initial $69 with our secondary, if broken, an eventual splashdown at a potential bottom of 60, level at which the visuals favour a rebound. There is however a greater risk, should the 60 dollar level break, our third level presenting itself as a firm, potentally giving a third level target as a point from which further drops are possible. Our “issue” comes from the salient detail anything below 50 dollars will face sharp reversal to just 5 dollars. If this scenario breaks out, the tightest stop looks like 77 dollars, if adopting a wait and see policy.

Aside from the brief Kamikaze flickers on Twiiter, the price of Brent has nothing suggesting such a negative disaster is pending but instead, “standard” reductions down to the 60 dollar level.

 

In the event the price of Brent somehow manages to exceed the 77 dollar level, our initial ambition works out at $88 with our secondary, if beaten, making a guest appearance at a fairly impressive $95. The visuals for such an event will confirm the stuff is essentially stuck in a trading zone between 95 dollars and 69 dollars, a picture which has been quite repetitive since 2023. However, with President Trump proposing something truly new for the Middle East, we question if oil prices shall do something new as well?

 

 

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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
12:53:50AM	BRENT	7450									‘cess
1:02:27AM	GOLD	2868.59
1:05:40AM	FTSE	8669	8510	8479	8408	8565	8607	8630	8671	8548
1:12:39AM	STOX50	5290.6
1:15:52AM	GERMANY	21661.2
1:21:23AM	US500	6068.1									‘cess
1:26:30AM	DOW	44924
2:20:16AM	NASDAQ	21670.3	21134	21035	20815	21318	21698	21748	22048	21507	Shambles
2:23:16AM	JAPAN	38872

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%

31/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8673 points. Change of 0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,830,859,911 a change of 58.83%

30/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8646 points. Change of 1.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,930,240,161 a change of -10.24%

29/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8557 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,492,931,897 a change of 11.31%

28/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8533 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,934,936,161 a change of 3.9%

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.

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 2235 Percentage Change: -3.97% Day High: 2338 Day Low: 2231.5

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 351.7 Percentage Change: + 1.33% Day High: 350.7 Day Low: 345.3

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LSE:SCLP Scancell Close Mid-Price: 9 Percentage Change: -2.70% Day High: 9.25 Day Low: 8.75

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 387.6 Percentage Change: + 2.70% Day High: 387.8 Day Low: 375.6

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#FTSE #SP500  A chum recently bought a house and, upon clearing the very overgrown rear garden, discovered she’s also the proud owner of a faded red BT phone box. This relic of happier times in the UK was spending its retirement, hidden behind some fencing panel, a reminder of a simpler world which existed before broadband, cell phones and the age of instant communication. It transpires this reminder of a bygone age brings another set of problems, essentially a question as to how the heck it can be moved. The antique weighs around 3/4 of a ton according to Google but there’s a chance it has been in-situ since a new road was built in the village. Houses which backed onto the old road adopted the land, there being an old black and white snapshot of the garden with the phone box visible beyond some bushes. As a result, while it’s devoid of any communications equipment, the thing is doubtless still bolted onto a lump of concrete or whatever, defying efforts from various homeowners to move it. Instead, it became easier to hit it behind fencing panels!

Thinking about it, the decline of the traditional BT phone box is part of the reasoning for “hate speech” and the rise of the so called “right wing” in the UK. With  newspapers and telephone boxes no longer being the way in which ideas could spread, more instant idiotic communications have become the order of the day! When it was once the case an angry letter from Mr Nutter in Chelmsford complaining about something stupid and trivial was once dismissed by a lowly staff member in a newspaper office as the work of an idiot, such a filter no longer exists. Equally, the Red Phone Box allowed person to person communication without a wider spread of daft ideas but nowadays, anyone armed with a smart phone can allow their “good idea” to vomit all over the internet with a silly posting on X, Facebook, Reddit or multiple internet chatrooms, nobody existing to delay matters with a cooling down period or an extended pause between the “good idea” being disseminated among a wider audience.  Instead, politicians have invented “hate speech” and “far right” in an effort to legislate against something which has always existed, human beings being human. As we’re currently seeing in America, the kickback against such political idiocy is playing out with a common sense approach to rule making.

Who knew, it was all the fault of the innocent little Red phone box?

 

BT have a share price which hasn’t been faring well in recent years. Personally, we’ve despatched the idea of our home “phone number” to history, deciding it’s no longer needed. This was not an easy decision, growing up with home phone numbers such as “Lochcar** 001” or “Giff***k 0589” have proven impossible to forget. It’s entirely possible these numbers are still allocated, an area where BT missed a trick as the company should have embraced the DVLA’s trick of selling vehicle number plates to a public eager to buy “personalised” memorable home telephone numbers. However, despite themselves, BT managed to exist as a company by ignoring every good idea which wandered past the corporate single monopolistic brain cell, even ignoring the internet at one point, given an entry window for cable broadband to flourish. We suspect, at some point soon, BT shall be forced to admit a substantial decline of “monthly line rental” fees is hitting their pockets hard.

For this reason, we don’t entirely trust the BT chart as while it shows the share price as breaking free of the downtrend since 2016, there is a panic level at 117p, a point below which things risk going horrible wrong for the brain-dead behemoth,  giving an initial drop target of just 52p with our secondary, if broken, an impossible -52p. We still despise BT as over the years, they proved to be a lazy company slouching in a pit of corporate monopoly greed, unable to see the future. The future was available in Day-Glo block capitals with the dire America Online or Compuserve. Rather than investigate the potentials, BT chose an attempt to strangle the internet by making higher data speeds impossible except for very few privileged locations. This attempt was to prove one of BT’s most glorious failures, the explosion of BT fibre optic cable boxes being evidence of an initiative which was delayed by around 15 years.

 

On the basis the market still adhere to the illusion of happier times ahead for BT, their share price needs exceed 162p to hopefully trigger recovery to an initial 189p with our secondary, if beaten, at an impressive 219p, a price level at which we shall need take a hard look at their future due to an eventual 293p being seen as exerting a gravitic and unlikely influence. We don’t trust BT, a company which tended to trust “hype” presentations from Korea, Japan, and latterly China, rather than real world commentary in computer magazines. Essentially, they explored more rabbit holes than appeared in the movie Watership Down!

 

But, in summary, despite our foul outlook, according to the charts BT still have a future ahead. But personal experience advises caution.

 

 

FUTURES

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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
10:03:45PM	BRENT	7587.8
10:07:31PM	GOLD	2841.72									‘cess
10:10:43PM	FTSE	8535.7	8524	8497	8460	8564	8588	8605	8632	8548
10:31:35PM	STOX50	5256.1									‘cess
10:34:17PM	GERMANY	21487
10:43:39PM	US500	6024.6	5962	5945	5916	5990	6042	6046	6074	6018
10:58:15PM	DOW	44553
11:01:31PM	NASDAQ	21492									‘cess
11:03:59PM	JAPAN	38888

 

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%

31/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8673 points. Change of 0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,830,859,911 a change of 58.83%

30/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8646 points. Change of 1.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,930,240,161 a change of -10.24%

29/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8557 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,492,931,897 a change of 11.31%

28/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8533 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,934,936,161 a change of 3.9%

27/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8503 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,749,731,761 a change of -19.91%

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:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 347.1 Percentage Change: + 1.91% Day High: 348.4 Day Low: 340.9

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 18.75 Percentage Change: + 5.81% Day High: 19.13 Day Low: 17.07

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 377.4 Percentage Change: + 1.34% Day High: 377.5 Day Low: 370.9

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LSE:VOD Vodafone Close Mid-Price: 65.1 Percentage Change: -7.03% Day High: 66.76 Day Low: 64.38

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Astrazeneca (LSE:AZN)  The market recently kicked out a little threat against Astrazeneca, a couple of breaks of the uptrend since 2020 effectively proving this trend line may not matter. It’s surprising how many times these symptoms prove important – generally with 20:20 hindsight – but we do think they are worth commenting on, just in case. It’s often the case “the market”  knows or suspects something is coming, so perhaps extreme caution should be invoked.

 

In the case of AZN.L or LSE:AZN, we’d advocate 10080p as a sensible level to press the Red button and panic, achieving such a level exceeding the previous lows achieved by the share, triggering a logic which permits reversals down to 9629p with our very probable secondary, if broken, at 8382p. Importantly, overall this suggests an imminent cycle down to an eventual bottom at 6989p, again a price level which makes a lot of sense as it matches the low of 2021, effectively undoing all the Covid-19 inspired gains.

As the recipient of SEVEN Covid booster shots and a certified fanboy of the treatment, suffering no side effects to the jab and indeed, only a very positive side effect with a clear boost to my personal immune system, I shall not decline the next time I’m invited to bare my arm and be stabbed. After all, the one time I “caught” Covid, the symptoms remained for around 3 days, proving less irritating than a few days of Hay Fever. But without a doubt, it appears the vaccine manufacturers are losing favour with the market place, despite many other successful products in the company’s paddock. Perhaps they need a new Pandemic, something like Politician Flu, leading the nation to require emergency insulation against the effects of our classless rulers.

 

Perhaps the immediate efforts to inhibit Astrazeneca falling off a cliff, it appears above 11438p should trigger gains to an initial 11916p with our secondary, if beaten, at 12,746p. Achieving our first target wouldn’t cancel out our drop potentials but a visit to our secondary would suggest our work on reversals was a waste of time.

 

 

 

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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
11:26:15PM	BRENT	7530.1	7619	7313	7007	7727	7882	7944	8086	7657
11:29:26PM	GOLD	2817.95	2793	2789	2781	2806	2827	2835	2856	2813
1:17:13AM	FTSE	8577	8546	8461	8383	8596	8607	8624	8662	8568	Success
1:20:25AM	STOX50	5218	5173	5115	5048	5222	5250	5264	5318	5198
1:23:23AM	GERMANY	21447.6	21259	21100	20866	21427	21562	21604	21779	21388
1:31:31AM	US500	6007.4	5909	5852	5762	5966	6042	6057	6106	5992	‘cess
3:21:39AM	DOW	44470	44220	44207	44047	44387	44689	44915	45281	44552	‘cess
3:24:47AM	NASDAQ	21250.4	21234	21165	21056	21375	21492	21552	21792	20293

 

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%

31/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8673 points. Change of 0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,830,859,911 a change of 58.83%

30/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8646 points. Change of 1.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,930,240,161 a change of -10.24%

29/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8557 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,492,931,897 a change of 11.31%

28/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8533 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,934,936,161 a change of 3.9%

27/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8503 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,749,731,761 a change of -19.91%

24/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8502 points. Change of -0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,930,778,515 a change of -10.73%

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.

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.

If you want to ask a question about something Market Related intraday, don’t hesitate to email private.client@trendsandtargets.com. If something has gone volatile and a quick answer is needed, we’ve probably already run the numbers on it. As you’ll appreciate, we try and avoid spamming people needlessly.

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **LSE:TLW Tullow** **

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 190.6 Percentage Change: + 11.72% Day High: 193.5 Day Low: 171.6

Target met. In the event of Gulf Keystone enjoying further trades beyond 193.5, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 196 with secondary (if initial bettered) at 215p. It would require trading BELOW 111 will invariably lead to 105p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 75p.

Previous Report:

31/01/2025 Continued trades against GKP with a mid-price ABOVE 172.3 should improve the share value to firstly 180p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 196p. The price would require to slip BELOW 111 will invariably lead to 105p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 75p.

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 342.1 Percentage Change: -2.40% Day High: 343.45 Day Low: 337.75

In the event Glencore Xstra experiences weakness below 337.75 it calculates with a drop potential of 326p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 308p. Glencore Xstra share price requires to recover ABOVE 414 is now needed to ideally trigger recovery to an almost certain 465p and possible hesitation. Our secondary, if bettered, is at an eventual 506p.

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30/01/2025 Target met. Weakness on Glencore Xstra below 339.85 will invariably lead to 326p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 308p. Glencore Xstra share price requires to recover ABOVE 414 is now needed to ideally trigger recovery to an almost certain 465p and possible hesitation. Our secondary, if bettered, is at an eventual 506p.

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LSE:IAG British Airways Close Mid-Price: 340.6 Percentage Change: + 0.80% Day High: 341.7 Day Low: 328.6

In the event of British Airways enjoying further trades beyond 341.7, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 345p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 471p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 159 calculates as leading to an initial 150p with secondary, if broken, at 127p.

Previous Report:

31/01/2025 Further movement against British Airways ABOVE 340.5 should improve acceleration toward an initial 345p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 471p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 159 calculates as leading to an initial 150p with secondary, if broken, at 127p.

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire. Close Mid-Price: 19.7 Percentage Change: -28.36% Day High: 22 Day Low: 18.6

Target met. Weakness on Speedyhire below 18.6 will invariably lead to 16p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 6p. The share requires to move ABOVE 35 to give hope, calculating with the hope of a visit to an initial 39 with our secondary, if bettered, at 43p.

Previous Report:

28/01/2025 If Speedyhire experiences continued weakness below 26.5, it will invariably lead to 24 with our secondary, if broken, an eventual 16p. It needs above 35 to give hope, calculating with the hope of a visit to an initial 39 with our secondary, if bettered, at 43p.

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 17.72 Percentage Change: -1.56% Day High: 18.33 Day Low: 17.46

If Tullow experiences continued weakness below 17.46, it will invariably lead to 15p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 13p. The share requires to sneak ABOVE 28p to improve acceleration toward an initial 29p, returning the share above the level of the trend break and making a longer term 33.6 a logical ambition.

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31/01/2025 Continued weakness against TLW taking the price below 18.22 calculates as leading to an initial 15p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 13p. The share requires to sneak ABOVE 28p to improve acceleration toward an initial 29p, returning the share above the level of the trend break and making a longer term 33.6 a logical ambition.

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SECTION TWO

Click Epic to jump to share:LSE:AAL Anglo American** **LSE:AFC AFC Energy** **LSE:AML Aston Martin** **LSE:ASC Asos** **LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:AVCT Avacta** **LSE:AZN Astrazeneca** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC** **LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:BT.A British Telecom** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CASP Caspian** **LSE:CCL Carnival** **LSE:CEY Centamin** **LSE:CLAI Cellular Goods** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:DARK Darktrace Plc** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:EME Empyrean** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:GENL Genel** **LSE:GRG Greggs** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:IDS International Distribution** **LSE:IGG IG Group** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:IPF International Personal Finance** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:ITM ITM Power** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:ITV ITV** **LSE:JET Just Eat** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:MMAG Music Magpie** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures** **LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments** **LSE:PHP Primary Health** **LSE:PMG Parkmead** **LSE:QED Quadrise** **LSE:RKH Rockhopper** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SBRY Sainsbury** **LSE:SCLP Scancell** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:SPT Spirent Comms** **LSE:SPX Spirax** **LSE:SRP Serco** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **LSE:STAR Star Energy** **LSE:TERN Tern Plc** **LSE:TRN The Trainline** **LSE:TSCO Tesco** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **LSE:VOD Vodafone** **LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital** **

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LSE:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 2,348.50 Day High: 2352 Day Low: 2301.5

From: 20/01/2025 ; Target met. Further movement against Anglo American ABOVE 2642 should improve acceleration toward an initial 2662p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 2782p. It would require trading BELOW 1989 it calculates with a drop potential of 1952p possible with secondary, a bottom of 1760p.

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LSE:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 8.84 Day High: 9 Day Low: 8.8

2018=70

From: 18/10/2024 ; Continued weakness against AFC taking the price below 6.9 calculates as leading to an initial 6.2p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 3.2p. AFC Energy share price requires to recover ABOVE 20p should promote the idea of movement to an initial 26 with secondary, if beaten, an eventual 30.5p.

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LSE:AML Aston Martin. Close Mid-Price: 103.70 Day High: 103.8 Day Low: 97.1

From: 15/01/2025 ; Continued weakness against AML taking the price below 97 calculates as leading to an initial 94.5p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 10p. It’s still my suspicion this shall experience a panic price recovery when the market realises it’s on the edge of a cliff… The share requires to sneak ABOVE 171, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 174p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 181p

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LSE:ASC Asos. Close Mid-Price: 406.20 Day High: 419.8 Day Low: 402.8

2018=10

From: 29/12/2024 ; Further movement against Asos ABOVE 454.2 should improve acceleration toward an initial 472p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 536p. The price would require to slip BELOW 329 will invariably lead to 325p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 308.

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 507.20 Day High: 508.8 Day Low: 500.8

2018=70

From: 22/01/2025 ; Target met. All Aviva needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 514.2 to improve acceleration toward an initial 526p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 620p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 452p calculates as leading to an initial 450p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 417p.

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LSE:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 47.50 Day High: 47.5 Day Low: 45.75

From: 2/10/2024 ; Target met. Continued weakness against AVCT taking the price below 42 calculates as leading to an initial 38.5p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 28p. Avacta share price requires to recover ABOVE 86 should improve acceleration toward an initial 94p with secondary (if initial bested) at 111p.

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 11276.00 Day High: 11350 Day Low: 11232

From: 3/09/2024 ; All Astrazeneca needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 13338 to improve acceleration toward an initial 13362p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 14226p. It would require trading BELOW 9461 it calculates with a drop potential of 9404p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 8832p.

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 290.55 Day High: 291.65 Day Low: 286.85

2018=12

From: 22/01/2025 ; Continued trades against BARC with a mid-price ABOVE 299.3 should improve the share value to firstly 308p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 316p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 136p calculates as leading to an initial 130p and hopefully a bounce. Our secondary, if broken, calculates at 119p.

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 460.00 Day High: 459.4 Day Low: 454

2018=9

From: 5/12/2024 ; Target met. In the event of BALFOUR BEATTY enjoying further trades beyond 472.8, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 479p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 494p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 292p it calculates with a drop potential of 290p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 265p.

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LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC. Close Mid-Price: 0.65 Day High: 0.65 Day Low: 0.65

From: 27/01/2025 ; In the event Block Energy PLC experiences weakness below 0.62 it calculates with a drop potential of 0.6p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 0.55p. The share requires to sneak ABOVE 1.98, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 2.17p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 2.3p.

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LSE:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 319.00 Day High: 320.7 Day Low: 316.9

From: 9/01/2025 ; Target met. Continued weakness against BME taking the price below 299.8 calculates as leading to an initial 279p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 242p. B & M share price requires to recover ABOVE 540 to trigger recovery to an initial 575p with secondary, if bettered, at 598p.

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 420.00 Day High: 427 Day Low: 410.25

2018=18

From: 13/11/2024 ; If BP PLC experiences continued weakness below 365.2, it will invariably lead to 358p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 346p. The share requires to sneak ABOVE 541 should improve the share value to firstly 544p with secondary (if initial bested) at 621p.

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 143.55 Day High: 143.75 Day Low: 140.05

2018=18

From: 2/12/2024 ; Target met. All British Telecom needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 161.9 to improve acceleration toward an initial 165p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 170p. It would require trading BELOW 101p, it will invariably lead to 99p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 80p.

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 22.50 Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

2018=70

From: 30/01/2025 ; Continued weakness against CAR taking the price below 22.4 calculates as leading to an initial 20.3 with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 19p. This is not looking like a happy share!

The share price now needs above 36.5 to be taken seriously, giving the potential of recovery to an initial 45p with our secondary, if bettered, at an eventual 49p

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LSE:CASP Caspian. Close Mid-Price: 2.88 Day High: 2.9 Day Low: 2.8

2018=35

From: 8/11/2024 ; If Caspian experiences continued weakness below 2.7, it will invariably lead to 2.25 next with our secondary, if broken, at a threatened bottom of 1.25p. Alternately, if any miracle is to occur, above 4.5 hints at 5.8 with secondary, if beaten, at 6.9p

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1,977.00 Day High: 1999 Day Low: 1932

From: 31/01/2025 ; Target met. All Carnival needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 2095 to improve acceleration toward an initial 2112p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 2313p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 966p calculates as leading to an initial 964p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 805p.

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LSE:CEY Centamin. Close Mid-Price: 146.00 Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

2018=35

From: 22/10/2024 ; Target met. In the event of Centamin enjoying further trades beyond 175.3, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 196p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 250p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 77p will invariably lead to 75p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 63p.

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LSE:CLAI Cellular Goods. Close Mid-Price: 0.24 Day High: 0.28 Day Low: 0.24

From: 21/02/2024 ; Unless this makes it above 0.48p, it is not going to be worth reviewing.

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 141.70 Day High: 143.75 Day Low: 141.1

From: 6/11/2024 ; If Centrica experiences continued weakness below 113, it will invariably lead to 100p with secondary, if broken, down at 80p. The share requires to sneak ABOVE 174, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 196p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 251p.

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 14.34 Day High: 14.54 Day Low: 14.28

From: 20/01/2025 ; In the event Capita experiences weakness below 13.14 it calculates with a drop potential of 11p with secondary 3.5p and an ultimate bottom. The share requires to sneak ABOVE 22p, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 24p with secondary, if exceeded, working out at 28p.

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LSE:DARK Darktrace Plc. Close Mid-Price: 576.80 Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

From: 26/04/2024 ; Target met. In the event of Darktrace Plc enjoying further trades beyond 624, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 744p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 829p. It would require trading BELOW 345 to invariably lead to 290p with secondary, if broken, at 232p.

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LSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 2,365.00 Day High: 2378.5 Day Low: 2325.5

2018=35

From: 6/11/2024 ; Target met. In the event Diageo experiences weakness below 2288 it calculates with a drop potential of 2222p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 1501p. The share requires to trade ABOVE 2677p to improve acceleration toward an initial 2706p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 2868p.

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 11.00 Day High: 11.25 Day Low: 11.25

From: 16/10/2024 ; Target met. In the event ECO (Atlantic) O & G experiences weakness below 9.2 it calculates with a drop potential of 8.75p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 7p. The share requires to sneak ABOVE 14p to improve acceleration toward an initial 16p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 19p.

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LSE:EME Empyrean. Close Mid-Price: 0.15 Day High: 0.16 Day Low: 0.12

2017=17

From: 22/10/2024 ; Weakness on Empyrean below 0.2 will invariably lead to 0 as this now represents an ultimate bottom. The share requires to move ABOVE 0.36 to cancel the immediate drop potentials and allow improvement to 0.42 with our secondary, if bettered, a game changing 0.56. Closure above 0.56 shall prove critical for the long term, finally placing the share in a zone where some recovery can be dreamt of.

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 212.00 Day High: 212.8 Day Low: 209.4

2018=35

From: 31/10/2024 ; If MAN experiences continued weakness below 197, it will invariably lead to 195p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 185p. The share requires to move ABOVE 279 should improve the share value to firstly 295p with secondary (if initial bested) at 310p.

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 3,932.00 Day High: 3967 Day Low: 3899

From: 31/01/2025 ; Target met. Continued trades against EXPN with a mid-price ABOVE 4021 should improve the share value to firstly 4027p with secondary (if initial bested) at 4187p. The price would require to slip BELOW 2366 will invariably lead to 2355p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 2259p.

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 506.00 Day High: 507.4 Day Low: 497.4

2018=35

From: 12/12/2024 ; Target met. Further movement against EasyJet ABOVE 590.8 should improve acceleration toward an initial 598p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 685p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 474p to ring the changes, allowing wealness to an eventual 430p.

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 162.90 Day High: 169.9 Day Low: 159.9

2018=23

From: 4/11/2024 ; Target met. In the event Firstgroup experiences weakness below 128.6 it calculates with a drop potential of 125p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 73p. The share requires to move ABOVE 177 should be useful, allowing for movement to an initial 187 with secondary, if beaten, at 201p.

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 67.80 Day High: 68.2 Day Low: 66.2

2018=35

From: 11/11/2024 ; If Foxtons experiences continued weakness below 52, it will invariably lead to 51p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 44.5p. Foxtons share price requires to recover ABOVE 71.4 should improve the share value to firstly 73p with secondary (if initial bested) at 89p.

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 709.50 Day High: 711 Day Low: 674.5

2018=35

From: 23/10/2024 ; Target met. Continued trades against FRES with a mid-price ABOVE 781 should improve the share value to firstly 806p with secondary (if initial bested) at 981p. It would require trading BELOW 435p it calculates with a drop potential of 425p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 405p.

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LSE:GENL Genel. Close Mid-Price: 70.00 Day High: 77.8 Day Low: 68

2018=10

From: 28/01/2025 ; If Genel experiences continued weakness below 57.6, it will invariably lead to 55p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 29p. Genel share price requires to recover ABOVE 103 to improve acceleration toward an initial 104p initially with secondary, if beaten, at 120p.

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2,118.00 Day High: 2132 Day Low: 2078

From: 13/01/2025 ; Continued weakness against GRG taking the price below 2028 calculates as leading to an initial 1977p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 1685p. The share requires to move ABOVE 3250, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 3255p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 3510p.

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 2,282.00 Day High: 2290 Day Low: 2250

2018=14

From: 31/01/2025 ; Continued trades against HIK with a mid-price ABOVE 2296 should improve the share value to firstly 2309p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 2421p. The price would require to slip BELOW 1757, it will invariably lead to 1732p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 1551p.

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LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown. Close Mid-Price: 1,101.00 Day High: 1103 Day Low: 1101

2018=18

From: 20/06/2024 ; In the event of Hargreaves Lansdown enjoying further trades beyond 1169, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 1185p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 1244p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 688, it will invariably lead to 674p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 601p.

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 821.60 Day High: 836.4 Day Low: 815

2018=14

From: 31/01/2025 ; Target met. Further movement against HSBC ABOVE 849.8 should improve acceleration toward an initial 896p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 980p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 613p and heading to an initial 585p with secondary, if broken, at 540p and hopefully a rebound.

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LSE:IDS International Distribution. Close Mid-Price: 364.60 Day High: 365.2 Day Low: 364.6

2018=23

From: 30/01/2025 ; Continued trades against IDS with a mid-price ABOVE 366.2 should improve the share value to firstly 375p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 495p. Otherwise, now below 289 risks a visit to 278 with secondary, when broken, at 270 and a probable rebound.

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1,016.00 Day High: 1015 Day Low: 1005

2018=23

From: 23/01/2025 ; Target met. All IG Group needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 1106 to improve acceleration toward an initial 1140p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 1287p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 608p it calculates with a drop potential of 606p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 573p.

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 10700.00 Day High: 10795 Day Low: 10625

2018=8

From: 31/01/2025 ; Continued trades against IHG with a mid-price ABOVE 10910 should improve the share value to firstly 10932p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 11030p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 9988 will invariably lead to 9388p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 8978p.

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 127.50 Day High: 128 Day Low: 125.5

2018=18

From: 20/12/2024 ; Continued weakness against IPF taking the price below 124.5 calculates as leading to an initial 120p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 112p. The share requires to sneak ABOVE 139 to suggest coming recovery to an initial 145 with our secondary, if bettered, at 155p.

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 14.94 Day High: 15.14 Day Low: 14.6

2018=10

From: 18/11/2024 ; Target met. If IQE experiences continued weakness below 8.61, it will invariably lead to 6.14p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 5p. The share requires to trade ABOVE 32p as this should provoke recovery to an initial 35.5 with secondary, if bettered, at 43.5p

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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 34.24 Day High: 35.94 Day Low: 33.54

From: 2/12/2024 ; In the event ITM Power experiences weakness below 32.46 it calculates with a drop potential of 31p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 25p. ITM Power share price requires to recover ABOVE 68p to improve acceleration toward an initial 73p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 79p.

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 5,060.00 Day High: 5050 Day Low: 4982

From: 27/09/2024 ; Target met. Continued trades against ITRK with a mid-price ABOVE 5235 should improve the share value to firstly 5346p with secondary (if initial bested) at 5549p. It would require trading BELOW 3820 risks promoting reversal down to an initial 3540p with secondary, if broken, at 3211p.

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LSE:ITV ITV. Close Mid-Price: 73.90 Day High: 74.2 Day Low: 72.45

2018=18

From: 8/11/2024 ; Target met. Weakness on ITV below 61.3 will invariably lead to 56p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 48p. The share requires to sneak ABOVE 89 to promote recovery to an initial 94p with secondary, if beaten, at a longer term 111p.

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 1,134.00 Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

From: 9/12/2024 ; In the event of Just Eat enjoying further trades beyond 1384, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 1396p with secondary (if initial bested) at 1462p. It would require trading BELOW 861, it will invariably lead to 838p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 821p and a probable bottom.

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 61.28 Day High: 61.68 Day Low: 60.52

2018=23

From: 10/01/2025 ; Weakness on Lloyds Grp. below 52.44 will invariably lead to 51.3p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 48.2p. Lloyds Grp. share price requires to recover ABOVE 63.46, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 64p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 65.8p but we’re a bit reticent about it

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 335.20 Day High: 336.3 Day Low: 329.2

2018=18

From: 6/11/2024 ; Target met. Further movement against Marks and Spencer ABOVE 415.2 should improve acceleration toward an initial 430p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 501p. The price would require to slip BELOW 210p to allow reversal to 172p with secondary, if broken, at 153p.

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LSE:MMAG Music Magpie. Close Mid-Price: 8.95 Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

From: 6/12/2024 ; Continued trades against MMAG with a mid-price ABOVE 9.41 should improve the share value to firstly 9.75p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 11.75p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 5 calculates as leading to an initial 4.6p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 2.7p.

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 986.20 Day High: 989.4 Day Low: 973.8

2018=14

From: 14/01/2025 ; Target met. Weakness on National Glib below 909.8 will invariably lead to 898p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 863p. It needs above the 10 quid mark to hopefully trigger an initial 1052p with our secondary, if bettered, at 1117p.

Visually, it’s going down.

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 426.20 Day High: 428.1 Day Low: 421.7

From: 29/01/2025 ; In the event of Natwest enjoying further trades beyond 436.5, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 439p with secondary (if initial bested) at 468p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 230, calculating as leading to an initial 201p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 153p.

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 294.60 Day High: 300 Day Low: 286.2

From: 13/01/2025 ; Continued weakness against OCDO taking the price below 270.1 calculates as leading to an initial 248p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 214p.The share requires to move ABOVE 411, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 480p with our secondary, if bettered, working out at 551p.

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 4.80 Day High: 4.8 Day Low: 4.75

2017=28

From: 20/11/2024 ; Weakness on OPG Power Ventures below 4.15 will invariably lead to 3.7p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 2.24p. The share requires to trade ABOVE 12p (Blue trend) now calculates with the potential of a lift to 12.76p with secondary, if bettered, at 14p.

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2,060.00 Day High: 2070 Day Low: 2015

2018=10

From: 11/10/2024 ; Weakness on Oxford Instruments below 1932 will invariably lead to 1853p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 1760p. The share requires to sneak ABOVE 2765, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 2771p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 2996p.

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 91.45 Day High: 91.8 Day Low: 89.7

From: 9/01/2025 ; Target met. Continued weakness against PHP taking the price below 85.4 calculates as leading to an initial 84p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 75p. Primary Health share price requires to recover ABOVE 105, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 108p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 114p.

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 16.50 Day High: 16.75 Day Low: 16.5

2018=70

From: 12/12/2024 ; Target met. Further movement against Parkmead ABOVE 24.5 should improve acceleration toward an initial 28p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 30p. The price would require to slip BELOW 7.75 it calculates with a drop potential of 7.25p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 0.5p.

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LSE:QED Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 4.18 Day High: 4.5 Day Low: 3.85

2018=10

From: 3/01/2025 ; Target met. All Quadrise needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 7.98 to improve acceleration toward an initial 8.3p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 12p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 2 for panic, giving the threat of reversal to an initial .95p with secondary, if broken, at 0.61p.

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 34.90 Day High: 35.1 Day Low: 33

2017=42

From: 20/01/2025 ; Further movement against Rockhopper ABOVE 42 should improve acceleration toward an initial 44p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 52p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 10p calculates as leading to an initial 9.5p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 5p.

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 595.40 Day High: 599 Day Low: 586

2018=23

From: 24/01/2025 ; Target met. Continued trades against RR. with a mid-price ABOVE 624.6 should improve the share value to firstly 646p with secondary (if initial bested) at 722p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 466p to bring 348p with secondary, if broken, at 286p.

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 253.00 Day High: 254 Day Low: 250.2

2018=23

From: 14/11/2024 ; Target met. Continued weakness against SBRY taking the price below 237.8 calculates as leading to an initial 231.5p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 226p. The share requires to sneak ABOVE 302p should improve acceleration toward an initial 314p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 323p.

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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 9.30 Day High: 9.45 Day Low: 9.25

2018=18

From: 14/01/2025 ; Continued weakness against SCLP taking the price below 9.25 calculates as leading to an initial 8p with secondary, if broken, at a bottom of just 5p. Scancell share price requires to recover ABOVE 19.5 should improve the share value to firstly 20.5p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 33p.

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1,041.50 Day High: 1065.5 Day Low: 1032.5

From: 31/01/2025 ; All Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 1088 to improve acceleration toward an initial 1095p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 1156p. The mid-price would require to trade BELOW 604p calculates as leading to an initial 601p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 596p.

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LSE:SPT Spirent Comms. Close Mid-Price: 185.00 Day High: 185.1 Day Low: 182.3

From: 31/10/2024 ; In the event Spirent Comms experiences weakness below 166.2 it calculates with a drop potential of 160p possible. If broken, our secondary is at 145p. The share requires to move ABOVE 201 should improve acceleration toward an initial 206.5p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 237p.

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LSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 7,980.00 Day High: 8050 Day Low: 7845

From: 13/11/2024 ; Continued weakness against SPX taking the price below 6355 calculates as leading to an initial 6213p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 5792p. The share requires to move ABOVE 11280 should improve acceleration toward an initial 11673p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 12233p.

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 154.60 Day High: 155.8 Day Low: 152.2

From: 29/07/2024 ; Target met. In the event of Serco enjoying further trades beyond 195.4, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 203p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 213p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 135p, it will invariably lead to 134p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 122p and a vague hope of a bounce.

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1,063.00 Day High: 1074.5 Day Low: 1057.5

2018=12

From: 31/01/2025 ; Continued trades against STAN with a mid-price ABOVE 1097 should improve the share value to firstly 1103p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 1202p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 629p to potentially trigger reversal to an initial 578p with secondary, if broken, at a bottom of 545p.

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 8.09 Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

2018=70

From: 12/11/2024 ; Target met. Further movement against Star Energy ABOVE 9.74 should improve acceleration toward an initial 10p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 13p. The price would require to slip BELOW 6p it calculates with a drop potential of 5.6p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 4.9p.

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 1.60 Day High: 1.62 Day Low: 1.6

From: 27/01/2025 ; Above just 1.85 now looks capable of triggering an initial 2.15 with our secondary, if bettered, at 3.17 – perhaps even 4p if a rise is powered by good news. Alternately, below 1.3 looks troubling, allowing for an initial 1p with secondary a bottom now at 0.71p

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LSE:TRN The Trainline. Close Mid-Price: 364.00 Day High: 362.2 Day Low: 352.2

From: 12/12/2024 ; All The Trainline needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 442.2 to improve acceleration toward an initial 452p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 470p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 293p calculates as leading to an initial 290p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 278p and perhaps a bounce.

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 372.40 Day High: 372.8 Day Low: 369.1

2018=23

From: 16/12/2024 ; In the event of Tesco enjoying further trades beyond 375.1, the share should experience improved acceleration toward an initial 380p with secondary (if initial bested) at 486p. The share would require to weaken BELOW 272p calculates as leading to an initial 263p initially and a very probable bounce. However, should 263p break, our secondary is down at 255p.

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey. Close Mid-Price: 119.05 Day High: 119.95 Day Low: 116.9

2018=23

From: 9/01/2025 ; In the event Taylor Wimpey experiences weakness below 106.8 it calculates with a drop potential of 98p with secondary (if broken) at a longer term 90p. The share requires to sneak ABOVE 169p to improve acceleration toward an initial 175p with secondary (if initial bettered) at 209p.

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 70.02 Day High: 69.9 Day Low: 68.04

2018=18

From: 17/09/2024 ; Continued trades against VOD with a mid-price ABOVE 79.5 should improve the share value to firstly 81p with secondary (if initial exceeded) at 85p. The price would require to slip BELOW 64p for panic, giving the potential of weakness to an initial 56p with secondary, if broken, at 52p and hopefully a bottom.

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 27.00 Day High: 28.5 Day Low: 28.5

From: 27/01/2025 ; Continued weakness against ZOO taking the price below 27.5 calculates as leading to an initial 25 with our secondary, if broken, a bottom of 20p. The share requires to move ABOVE 40 should hit an initial 45 with secondary, if beaten, at 48.75p.

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Risk Warning & Notice to Investors

Buying, selling and investing in shares is not without risk. Market and company movement will affect your performance and you may get back less than you invest. Trends and Targets will NOT be responsible for any losses that may be incurred as a result of following a trading idea.

Natwest (LSE:NWG) #Brent #GOLD   In the  three weeks since we previously reviewed Natwest, the company brought, quite pleasantly, a series of pretty exact movements to our target level of 434p. In fact, when the share price closed at 435p on the first surge to our target level, it ticked an important first box for longer term growth. Of course, this was only a “first box” by our own bespoke inhouse criteria, a series of arguments fuelling a balance of probabilities.

Currently bumbling around our target level, we shall not be aghast if the share suffers an artificial relaxation, and an excuse to visit the 350 level shall make a lot of visual sense. Already, and argument is developing for reversal to an initial 390 with secondary, if broken, at 373p. Moves below 405 look to be capable of triggering such reversal.

However,  on the positive side of the fence, above 437p could now easily trigger gains toward an initial 451p with our secondary, if beaten, at 486p and some hesitation. Overall, we shall regard the share price as dwelling in a zone where a longer term 695p has becomes possible.

Could we be witnessing the birth of a resurgence of the retail banks?

 

 

 

FUTURES

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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
10:49:05PM	BRENT	7632.2	7490	7302	6993	7665	7658	7700	7769	7570
10:51:20PM	GOLD	2797.82	2790	2779	2766	2809	2818	2827	2859	2804
10:53:44PM	FTSE	8636.3	8630	8621	8597	8650	8680	8694	8732	8660
10:56:24PM	STOX50	5258.8	5250	5243	5219	5270	5310	5328	5354	5290
10:58:57PM	GERMANY	21629.3	21606	21558	21476	21726	21804	21852	21934	21688
11:02:21PM	US500	5930	5920	5913	5844	6016	6120	6148	6225	6086
11:05:08PM	DOW	44026.5	43960	43560	43056	44281	44284	44494	44716	44030
11:07:16PM	NASDAQ	20912	20824	20541	20103	21068	21300	21387	21637	20969
11:12:01PM	JAPAN	38684	38544	37750	36792	39055	39830	40378	40977	39442

 

31/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8673 points. Change of 0.31%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,830,859,911 a change of 58.83%

30/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8646 points. Change of 1.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,930,240,161 a change of -10.24%

29/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8557 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,492,931,897 a change of 11.31%

28/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8533 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,934,936,161 a change of 3.9%

27/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8503 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,749,731,761 a change of -19.91%

24/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8502 points. Change of -0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,930,778,515 a change of -10.73%

23/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8565 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,643,702,165 a change of 25.9%

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.

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

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Updated charts published on : Carnival, Experian, Gulf Keystone, Hikma, HSBC, British Airways, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, Standard Chartered, Tullow,

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LSE:CCL Carnival Close Mid-Price: 2050 Percentage Change: -0.34% Day High: 2095 Day Low: 2046

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 4007 Percentage Change: + 0.55% Day High: 4021 Day Low: 3968

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone. Close Mid-Price: 170.6 Percentage Change: + 2.46% Day High: 172.3 Day Low: 166.9

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 2292 Percentage Change: + 0.53% Day High: 2296 Day Low: 2256

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 845.7 Percentage Change: + 0.65% Day High: 849.8 Day Low: 841.5

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 337.9 Percentage Change: + 0.93% Day High: 340.5 Day Low: 334.2

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 10820 Percentage Change: + 0.28% Day High: 10910 Day Low: 10735

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1085.5 Percentage Change: + 1.26% Day High: 1088 Day Low: 1080

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1092 Percentage Change: + 0.55% Day High: 1097 Day Low: 1082.5

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LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 18 Percentage Change: -5.31% Day High: 19 Day Low: 18.22

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*** End of “Updated Today” comments on shares.