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#FTSE #Stoxx  The fires in Los Angeles inevitably brought more calls for modular nuclear power stations, as developed by Rolls Royce and already approved in the USA, to be brought into common usage, able to ensure any area beset by disaster is quickly able to function again. While Tesla certainly stepped up, deploying a load of their Cybertrucks throughout damaged areas of LA, considerably more power was needed than that required to supply wireless routers and computers. And on the other side of the coin, aircraft contrails high in the sky tending suggest Rolls Royce other popular products are in full use again.

With Rolls Royce price rises appearing to stall since the start of December last year, we’ve been awaiting any sort of secret signal things might start moving upward once again.

On Monday, the share price managed to close just 0.6p above its previous higher high last December 4th, a legendry “higher high” which shall surely open the floodgates which favour future share price growth. However, it may be an idea to get real as this difference of 0.1%, is less than impressive and we’re slightly concerned about exhibiting outright optimism for the future.

However, if we rely on our software flagging this up for attention, it’s apparently now the case where movement above 600p should trigger the potential of movement to an initial 653p and some potential hesitation. Movement above this initial target of 653p now calculates with an impressive ambition of a future 732p, along with some almost certain hesitation and perhaps some volatility.

Our converse view demands some concern, should this share wander below Red on the chart, currently around 561.143p, as this threatens reversal to an initial 530p with our secondary, if broken, calculating at a possible bottom of an eventual 485p. For now, the bias our software allows is weighted on an expectation of further gains for Rolls Royce, so it’s time to cross fingers or clutch whatever “lucky” token is available. Maybe doing both will be smart!

 

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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
11:15:20PM	BRENT	7858.2									‘cess
11:21:10PM	GOLD	2742.17									Success
11:23:49PM	FTSE	8557.8	8478	8444	8399	8514	8579	8590	8674	8480
11:28:31PM	STOX50	5178.2	5126	5110	5083	5169	5192	5204	5229	5167
11:31:07PM	GERMANY	21141.3
11:41:29PM	US500	6056.9									‘cess
11:45:38PM	DOW	44007									Success
11:50:19PM	NASDAQ	21651									‘cess
11:59:37PM	JAPAN	39344

 

21/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8548 points. Change of 0.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,027,009,717 a change of 16.44%

20/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8520 points. Change of 0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,317,400,042 a change of -38.76%

17/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8505 points. Change of 1.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,049,507,611 a change of 39.47%

16/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8391 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,054,366,255 a change of -17.27%

15/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 1.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,109,137,300 a change of -9.61%

14/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8201 points. Change of -0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,758,270,581 a change of 5.88%

13/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8224 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,383,033,146 a change of 23.46%

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:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 295.95 Percentage Change: + 1.40% Day High: 298.1 Day Low: 292.55

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1929.5 Percentage Change: + 1.96% Day High: 1958.5 Day Low: 1889

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 2110 Percentage Change: + 1.25% Day High: 2112 Day Low: 2080

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 825.5 Percentage Change: + 0.02% Day High: 829.2 Day Low: 823.8

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 328.5 Percentage Change: + 1.80% Day High: 330.2 Day Low: 323

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1065 Percentage Change: + 1.53% Day High: 1068 Day Low: 1051

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1055 Percentage Change: + 1.20% Day High: 1055.5 Day Low: 1042.5

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#GOLD #SP500  Now the free world actually has a leader with President Trump, it’s going to be interesting how quickly the free world falls apart. With the UK perceived by the new US government as a failed state, we’re certainly living in interesting times. Inchcape must be fascinated at the implications for their own business, due to the “cunning plan” by certain motor vehicle manufacturers falling apart with Chinese firms shipping components for vehicle assembly to Mexico for assembly, then transferred to the USA under preferential export rates. It appears safe to say it’s not now going to happen.

Inchcape, one of the largest vehicle distributors with operations in 37 countries, are one of the few members of the motor trade we’re unable to produce a joke about. But once upon a time, there was another distributor who essentially had a conveyor belt of transporters heading to our family business yards in Scotland, big fields filled with drab cars covered in shipping wax. As a child under 10 years old, it was quite a big deal to be pressed into service driving brand new cars around the field, parking and running fast back to the delivery vehicle. Inevitably, as the day progressed and the parking area filled up, the brand new vehicles were treated as go-carts by the 10, 12, and 14 year old boys who were having the time of their life. It’s safe to say myself and my cousins loved car transporter deliveries at the weekend, though we did catch hell when caught racing vehicles around the compound.

One funny thing about vehicle distribution was mentioned, extremely quietly, when our parents discussed the annual accounts. The distributor has delivered 7 transports of cars, perhaps around 70 vehicles, which had never been invoiced for. Back in the day, the appropriate paperwork, import and registration documents for each vehicle delivered were kept inside the glove compartment. After we race tested each vehicle, we’d attach an identifier tag to each set of keys and attach a magnetic identifier to the vehicle roof, clipping keys onto the paperwork and dropping everything into a cardboard box which was invariably stored in the first vehicle delivered. Once a transport driver announced “that’s it”, we’d climb onto our bicycles and ride back to the company head office. (Obviously, not true, the oldest 14 year old cousin would attach magical ‘trade plates’ to the vehicle with all the records and drive the few miles back to the offices. We’d strict instructions to play dumb and pretend we all thought trade plates allowed anyone to drive a car!) But as the years went by, somehow the manufacturer and distributor lost 70 cars, giving our family company a surprise financial windfall.

 

Returning to Inchcape, their share price is, according to the charty fans, supposed to be on the verge of sharp reductions, potentially to an eventual bottom around 612p. The share, quite successfully, achieved our gain targets, even exceeding our secondary target of 813p for a while in 2024 but now, “poised for failure” appears to be an easy conclusion.

From a visual perspective, we’re now supposed to believe reversals below 735p threatens a drop to an initial 679 with our secondary, if broken, at an eventual 612p and hopefully a rebound/. BUT we have our doubts, due to share price behaviour during the last few sessions.

Our doubts are growing, due to share price behaviour during the last few days. The chart inset shows something candles don’t reveal as despite intraday movements, the price has remained above the Red uptrend, creating a situation where we suspect the market doesn’t want Inchcape to drop, yet will be quite happy if traders fall for a “fake” play. When a share price breaks below an uptrend, yet “walks” up the trend in the period thereafter, is generally a pretty reliable signal for continued gains.

Inchcape are living in interesting times.

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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
10:40:26PM	BRENT	7909.2									‘cess
11:01:50PM	GOLD	2703.57	2689	2678	2662	2705	2714	2732	2745	2689	‘cess
11:29:51PM	FTSE	8500.5									‘cess
11:33:21PM	STOX50	5152.3
11:45:18PM	GERMANY	20943.7									‘cess
11:49:26PM	US500	5998.8	5961	5952	5921	6009	6045	6062	6104	5984	‘cess
12:16:35AM	DOW	43536									Success
12:22:39AM	NASDAQ	21432.9
12:30:22AM	JAPAN	38961									Shambles

 

20/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8520 points. Change of 0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,317,400,042 a change of -38.76%

17/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8505 points. Change of 1.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,049,507,611 a change of 39.47%

16/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8391 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,054,366,255 a change of -17.27%

15/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 1.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,109,137,300 a change of -9.61%

14/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8201 points. Change of -0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,758,270,581 a change of 5.88%

13/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8224 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,383,033,146 a change of 23.46%

10/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,170,108,064 a change of -6.19%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 2620.5 Percentage Change: + 2.85% Day High: 2642 Day Low: 2540.5

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 291.85 Percentage Change: + 0.86% Day High: 293.6 Day Low: 290.05

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 13.62 Percentage Change: -3.54% Day High: 14.04 Day Low: 13.14

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 2084 Percentage Change: -0.10% Day High: 2104 Day Low: 2074

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 322.7 Percentage Change: + 1.64% Day High: 325.7 Day Low: 317

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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 1049 Percentage Change: -0.47% Day High: 1059 Day Low: 1046

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 10375 Percentage Change: + 0.10% Day High: 10450 Day Low: 10350

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 40.1 Percentage Change: + 1.26% Day High: 42 Day Low: 39.5

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Close Mid-Price: 1042.5 Percentage Change: -0.33% Day High: 1048 Day Low: 1032.5

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1078.5 Percentage Change: + 0.19% Day High: 1083 Day Low: 1075

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#Gold #FTSE  Market movements on Friday was indicative of the converse for TDS, a brand new illness invented in America called Trump Derangement Syndrome. We’ve been expecting a market surge once Mr Trump adorns the symbols of office, a MAGA hat, a McDonalds Burger and an AR15 type of rifle. We’d to smile a bit at the news of an attempt to mimic Make America Great Again (MAGA) with a similar European movement, inevitably bearing the moniker (MEGA), reminiscent of a time which never was. Bits of Europe were brilliant but generally before the creeping damage from the EU.

It’s easy to suspect many people look back fondly on the days of Germany before the EU, France feeling utterly free and chaotic, Spain being proud of itself, Austria refusing to let go of tradition, and the UK hospitality industry unable to spell ‘welcome’.. Nowadays, Europe feels about as authentic as a visit to Ikea, a drab land of homogenised versions of what’s wanted, a bland example of The Jam’s lyric; ‘the public wants what the public gets‘ from their classic angry track “Going Underground”.

 

Friday witnessed the FTSE surge upward, just like a queue of airline travellers when a delayed departure gate to escape the UK opens. The index certainly exceeded our near term targets on Friday, even managing to close 9 points above our secondary and more importantly, substantially exceeding it during the session. This gives considerable hope for the days to come and it’d be foolish to ignore some very visible potentials for the retail banking sector.

Lloyds managed to close Friday at a near term higher high, achieving a point higher than any since October of last year. As a result, there are a couple of strange looking potentials immediately available as movement on Lloyds above 59p now points at an almost confident visit to 60.7p. At this point, we run into a problem unless the market starts to gap Lloyds share price up at the open as it’s difficult to pull a closing price target above 60.7p from anywhere. In theory, share price movement above 60.7p should allow continued growth to 67.2p but, to be fair, we don’t trust the calculation as it’s got a track record of being wrong. But importantly, in the even this share price manages to somehow close a session above Blue at 63p, it enters a cycle where a long term 92p makes a lot, an awful lot, of sense.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
1:50:50AM	BRENT	8020.4
1:56:12AM	GOLD	2701.53	2700	2693	2682	2712	2719	2726	2735	2703
2:02:26AM	FTSE	8501.8	8410	8363	8306	8483	8525	8540	8720	8495
2:06:28AM	STOX50	5144.5
2:11:38AM	GERMANY	20891
2:42:05AM	US500	5997
2:46:51AM	DOW	43470
2:49:22AM	NASDAQ	21435
2:53:49AM	JAPAN	38796

 

17/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8505 points. Change of 1.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,049,507,611 a change of 39.47%

16/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8391 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,054,366,255 a change of -17.27%

15/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 1.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,109,137,300 a change of -9.61%

14/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8201 points. Change of -0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,758,270,581 a change of 5.88%

13/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8224 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,383,033,146 a change of 23.46%

10/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,170,108,064 a change of -6.19%

9/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8319 points. Change of 11.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,511,068,613 a change of -13.81%

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:GKP Gulf Keystone** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:IGG IG Group** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:RKH Rockhopper** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 495.5 Percentage Change: + 0.77% Day High: 497.6 Day Low: 492.8

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 289.35 Percentage Change: + 2.35% Day High: 291.75 Day Low: 284.8

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 166.4 Percentage Change: -2.46% Day High: 172.1 Day Low: 166.2

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 2086 Percentage Change: + 0.68% Day High: 2102 Day Low: 2080

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 822.7 Percentage Change: + 0.60% Day High: 828.2 Day Low: 818.5

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1054 Percentage Change: + 0.76% Day High: 1056 Day Low: 1043

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 10365 Percentage Change: + 1.32% Day High: 10415 Day Low: 10210

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 39.6 Percentage Change: + 3.66% Day High: 40.3 Day Low: 38.3

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1046 Percentage Change: + 2.45% Day High: 1044.5 Day Low: 1019.5

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1076.5 Percentage Change: + 0.89% Day High: 1081 Day Low: 1067.5

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#FTSE #GOLD_Futures  On Thursday, a couple of important somethings happened. Firstly, the FTSE managed to close the session higher than any point since May 2024. More importantly, secondly we managed to have a guy turn up and finish building our #2 garden shed. This particular shed has been an issue, family volunteers arriving to help build it only to be challenged by the weather and my own efforts cancelled out by the impossibility of fitting the roof on my own, when we actually have decent weather. It’s been literally a year to the day since our #2 shed spontaneously decided to disassemble, when hit by a strong wind. The shed contents, including two large boxes of Xmas ornaments followed the share into the trees, the sight which awaited giving a classic “laugh or cry” moment the next morning.

We’d laid foundations for the new shed, then been frustrated at every attempt to build its replacement in a “safer” location. A local guy, doing some concrete work on our driveway, mentioned in passing he’d built around 20 of these sheds. To cement his argument, he boasted it would take around 150 minutes to assemble. We shook hands on a price, he arrived at 9am on Thursday and at 11.30am, announced he was finished and had another job to go to. After a year, we could finally get “stuff” out from under tarpaulins, down from the attic, and no longer have to move the damned Xmas tree bag every time a visitor expected to use the guest bedroom… Such was the excitement, it was easy to lose the ability to be impressed by anything the FTSE did.

 

As mentioned recently, we’ve long had a suspicion the UK market shall behave fairly flamboyantly once Mr Trumps coronation takes place on Monday. We didn’t enjoy watching the ridiculous effort to finally attain last Fridays target of 8293 points, the rise fading at the closing level of 8392 points. But with the index managing to close a session at a “higher high” and above the immediate downtrend, it would be churlish not to hope for some continued growth. Unfortunately, market futures with a high of 8432 tend suggest Friday will be a day, where any initial gains shall be swallowed by worldwide anguish at Mr Biden leaving the White House, signalling the end of what has been apparently the most corrupt presidency ever. Allegedly, dismantling an established “fee” system to speak to The President privately has thrown the Washington hierarchy into a tantrum, his wife and son apparently being the main beneficiary of .the “cash for access” system. Thankfully, nothing like this could happen in the UK, aside from the unpleasant detail there are claims his wife & son were inspired by the UK model, taking it to new levels.

 

Cutt6ing to the core issue, UK market futures achieved inspiring heights during the night, making us suspect the FTSE shall be spiked upwards at the market open, only to lose these gains as the day progresses. Our only consolation comes if the FTSE is spiked above 8425 as this should make a day of gains difficult to avoid.  In theory, such a triggering movement calculates with the potential of ongoing traffic to an initial 8461 points with our secondary, if bettered, an eventual 8569 points. If triggered, the tightest stop is ridiculous at 8350 points!

 

Our alternate scenario questions the potentials, should the FTSE meander below 8344 points. This threatens reversals to an initial 8323 points with secondary, if bettered, at 8304 along with a hopeful bounce.

Have a good weekend. Here in Argyll, we’re being threatened by Spring weather, the climate usually following such an occasion with something extreme involving wind, cold, rain, and probably axes.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:03:37PM	BRENT	8074.3	7998	7950		8107	8204	8238		8056	‘cess
11:48:51PM	GOLD	2713.67	2690	2678		2703	2725	2745		2700	Success
11:24:37PM	FTSE	8416.2	8346	8314		8386	8428	8441		8394	Success
11:27:41PM	STOX50	5098.9	5026	5018		5054	5109	5119		5072	Success
11:45:36PM	GERMANY	20636.8	20575	20524		20670	20713	20808		20583	‘cess
11:48:31PM	US500	5936.3	5916	5891		5954	5977	6009		5943	‘cess
11:52:09PM	DOW	43132.5	43046	42966		43240	43338	43477		43161
11:57:06PM	NASDAQ	21077.9	21017	20952		21235	21405	21469		21200	‘cess
12:00:07AM	JAPAN	38096	38093	37981		38370	38520	38656		38330	Success

 

16/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8391 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,054,366,255 a change of -17.27%

15/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 1.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,109,137,300 a change of -9.61%

14/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8201 points. Change of -0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,758,270,581 a change of 5.88%

13/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8224 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,383,033,146 a change of 23.46%

10/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,170,108,064 a change of -6.19%

9/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8319 points. Change of 11.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,511,068,613 a change of -13.81%

8/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 7452 points. Change of -9.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,394,228,390 a change of 16.2%

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

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

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

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

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 817.8 Percentage Change: + 1.67% Day High: 822.3 Day Low: 810.8

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LSE:IAG British Airways Close Mid-Price: 312.6 Percentage Change: -1.39% Day High: 320 Day Low: 311.8

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1046 Percentage Change: + 2.25% Day High: 1049 Day Low: 1018

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 38.2 Percentage Change: + 14.03% Day High: 38.9 Day Low: 33.5

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1021 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 1026.5 Day Low: 1016

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1067 Percentage Change: + 0.99% Day High: 1075 Day Low: 1059.5

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#Nasdaq #FTSE  For some reason, a personal impression “peptides” are baddies wasn’t entirely assuaged by a single sentence in the American website WebMD. They wrote “collagen peptides are possible safe”  in an article about their use in skin care, perhaps not the most glowing reference. However, ImmuPharma are a company specialising in the use and development of biopolymers, specifically peptides. Needless to say, some essential reading revealed rather more information than wanted about peptides and their ability to tick boxes in the delivery of medical solutions.

After rapidly educating ourselves above Peptides, our inclination was to cease knitting “Just Stop Peptides” t-shirts, upon discovery the  the chemical group is capable of taking a sneaky route to deliver essential medicines to fix issues with the human body..  From a personal perspective, this is a “good thing” as it’s quite tiresome, when every 4 or 5 years, my body decides to say “nope” to whatever chemotherapy is being given, demanding a regime change to whatever poison is next on the list. It’s certainly strange how the human body will decide to reject a drug, then experience withdrawal effects while you stop taking it. And then, there is a slow build up to acclimatise yourself to the next drug regime, along with its unpleasant side effects which will make themselves known over the next year or two. It is rarely an enjoyable process and any regime which introduces a better way of sneaking poisons into the body gets my somewhat biased vote! Unlike politicians, it appears some peptides can be good!

 

Judging by share price movements, the company is undoubtedly being talked about on the internet with the visuals “proving” the deramping squad of chatroom  posters me be correct. But there’s something worth paying attention to and it’s a share price twitch which happened on January 9th. Doubtless due to some news perceived as positive (see chart inset), the stock market opted to “gap” the share above the downtrend since late 2020, the initial surge launching the price into quite an interesting zone where some price recovery is possible. By doing this, it appears rabid traders believed the world had changed for the substantially better and perhaps they were right. But from the misty damp corners of internet chatrooms, pearls of wisdom were soon being given, doubting absolutely everything which was going on, percentage gains approaching zonko percent as unreliable and unlikely to stick.

This is one of these daft scenario, where it becomes possible both sides of the argument may be correct!

When we review what the market did on the 9th of this month, it was a statement “this share is no longer viewed as going down”, creating a situation where within minutes, it experienced gains of around 100%. This incredible optimism lasted for almost 4 hours before the share price again accelerated, now driven by buyer demand to complete the session nearly 300% up. Even cynical old hands like ourselves will generally quickly warn this is unsustainable, except for the niggling movement of the market right at the open of trade. When a trend line dating back 5 years is wilfully broken, it always tends mean something important though the speed of price recovery may well prove just a little silly.

From a near term perspective, there is certainly a scenario presenting the threat of “little risk” reversals as we anticipate a bounce at one or the other reversal levels. An immediate perspective suggests weakness next below 2.75p shall prove reversal to 2.2p and hopefully a bounce. It’s certainly be a nice level to anticipate life beginning again. But should 2.2p be broken by any substantial amount, our secondary calculates at 1.31p, a share price level where a bottom firm enough to attract a UK politicians interest should appear! Such a target matches the historical level of trend break early in January, logic alone demanding a rebound should it appear. We tend favour the initial target around 2.2p as a bounce point, visually, it makes more sense.

 

However, should things continue to go right for LSE:IMM, above just 3.6 should prove significant, in a perfect world triggering further movement to an initial 4.25 with secondary at a visually important 5.65, this launching the share price into a zone where a future Long Term 8.9p could be dreamed of.

 

 

 

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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
11:20:45PM	BRENT	8197.2									Success
11:25:06PM	GOLD	2697.38									Success
11:27:57PM	FTSE	8323.2	8250	8218	8179	8288	8331	8357	8390	8309	Success
11:42:31PM	STOX50	5042.5									Success
11:45:57PM	GERMANY	20653.5									Success
11:50:46PM	US500	5959.1									Success
11:43:34PM	DOW	43294									Success
11:46:31PM	NASDAQ	21254.3	21079	21017	20926	21239	21290	21352	21469	21103	Success
11:48:49PM	JAPAN	38764	38556	38452	38286	38771	38941	39076	39360	38648

15/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 1.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,109,137,300 a change of -9.61%

14/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8201 points. Change of -0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,758,270,581 a change of 5.88%

13/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8224 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,383,033,146 a change of 23.46%

10/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,170,108,064 a change of -6.19%

9/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8319 points. Change of 11.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,511,068,613 a change of -13.81%

8/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 7452 points. Change of -9.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,394,228,390 a change of 16.2%

7/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8245 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,502,690,636 a change of 7.78%

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:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 804.4 Percentage Change: + 0.65% Day High: 809.9 Day Low: 796.4

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 317 Percentage Change: + 2.46% Day High: 317.7 Day Low: 307.7

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1023 Percentage Change: + 2.20% Day High: 1026 Day Low: 1007

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1012.5 Percentage Change: + 2.25% Day High: 1017 Day Low: 987.4

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1056.5 Percentage Change: + 3.33% Day High: 1061 Day Low: 1027

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#Brent #Stox  We’ve an intense dislike of being positive about oil company share prices, simply due to the logical (but usually faulty) assumption oiler shares enjoy a direct correlation to the price of Crude Oil.  Sometimes this assumption is right for a while, sometimes not, and usually any perceived link diminishes faster than the smoke from one of these “vape” machines which are proving so popular. In the case of Shell, their share price has started to enact something which is quite interesting from our confused perspective.

The level at which the share price broke the RED uptrend was around 2633p. Since then, the price has mucked around to a degree and now actually has closed a session above the level of trend break. In accordance with our “Book of Rules”, this should prove significant, essentially suggesting this historical Red trend since 2020 should be ignored as it’s no longer viable. In terms of future share price calculations, this throws a fairly major spanner in the works as we dare not rely on price fluctuations against the Red trend to calculate future potentials. Our in-house logic is fairly basic, giving rise to a thought that if the market doesn’t respect the trend, why should we?

It’s easy to become pedantic about this sort of nonsense but, invariably, when a share price exceeds the level of trend break, it proves (to us) the prior trend was a load of BS! In other words, the Shell share price uptrend since the contrived pandemic low of 2020 was a load of fictional rubbish and should now be ignored. We’ve painted another line in a colour the software assures is Magenta, basically a Hail Mary hope the market shall adhere to such an imaginary instrument. In truth, “the market” should be accurately reflected as “traders who want to believe”, due to everyone searching for a new god to follow.

Our own god is less forgiving, demanding we ignore a prior Red uptrend when a share price exceeds it. To be blunt, the frequency of this happening has tended engrave “the rule” in Big Granite Letters in our in-house assumptions, often creating scenario which must be believed.

 

In the case of Shell,  it’s currently the case where above 2674p should trigger movement to an initial 2761p with our secondary, if bettered, at a longer term 2888p. Neither argument is particularly exciting, though we do anticipate some hesitation around 2888p, just because it clashes with prior highs. We’ve an assumption folk trapped at such a level since 2018 shall decide to bail, retrieving their investment rather than risking he imminent threat of taking some profit. Honestly, we cannot lecture as we’re perfectly capable of “Bailing At Break Even” (Babe) rather than risk waiting for another lifetime to pass to retrieve our holiday savings…

Overall with Shell, the share price is hovering in a zone where we must regard a long term 3751p as introducing a greater attraction than a fallen bin of receipts to a politician.  Or given recent headlines, a broken down school bus at the entrance to an impoverished politicians “house in the country”.

Should things intend go wrong for Shell (thank goodness we no longer have to type; Royal Dutch Shell…) their share price needs leak below 2400p to trigger reversals to an initial 2209p with our secondary, if broken, calculating at 2177 and a very probable bounce position.

 

But for now, we’re inclined toward optimism for this share.

 

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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
10:30:35PM	BRENT	7991.4	7964	7850	7749	8031	8092	8120	8172	7998
10:33:41PM	GOLD	2673.5
10:44:11PM	FTSE	8215.2									‘cess
10:52:40PM	STOX50	4985.5	4972	4964	4952	4993	5001	5007	5012	4965
10:57:48PM	GERMANY	20278									‘cess
12:48:11AM	US500	5846.6									‘cess
12:50:34AM	DOW	42558.9
12:53:26AM	NASDAQ	20777.4

 

14/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8201 points. Change of -0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,758,270,581 a change of 5.88%

13/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8224 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,383,033,146 a change of 23.46%

10/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,170,108,064 a change of -6.19%

9/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8319 points. Change of 11.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,511,068,613 a change of -13.81%

8/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 7452 points. Change of -9.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,394,228,390 a change of 16.2%

7/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8245 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,502,690,636 a change of 7.78%

6/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,105,577,084 a change of 0%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 990.2 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 1005 Day Low: 986.2

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1022.5 Percentage Change: + 0.74% Day High: 1035.5 Day Low: 1015.5

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#GOLD #WallSt There’s something quite strange going on with supermarket pricing, making me essentially suspect they’re trying to figure out discrete ways to price gouge. An example is Gluten Free bread, a personal burden due to Coeliac disease. One of the brands whose products actually taste like bread has seen the price sneak upward, a loaf of 18 slices (each the size of a potato waffle), now attempting to get punters to pay £11.50 per kilo. This is a big nope, because their own bakery sells a product which is larger, yet is priced at £3.40 per kilo, a significant difference. The downside of their store baked product is it needs toasted before use, while the leading brand product can – at a push – be eaten directly from the packet.

And then there’s M&M’s!, a personal guilty secret. The “sharing” bags (dream on) have seen the price accelerate over 3 quid for a product which was £1.80 a few months ago. It was another easy “nope”, especially as our local petrol station still retails the same product at £1.80. Unfortunately, these examples just about exhaust my expertise on product pricing but gossiping with other folks on my daily dog walk, it seems supermarkets are trying targeted attempts to feed the inflation spiral, perhaps a panic attempt to maximise profits before President Trump starts an attempt to fulfil his promise to half prices in the USA! This initiative shall prove “interesting” as it’s certain to produce pressures on Europe to follow whatever example he sets.

 

Tesco look certain to continue to experience some share price reversals, movements this year tending suggest the market is looking for an excuse to gap things downward. Currently, below 358 looks capable of triggering reversals to an initial 353p with our secondary, if broken, at 349p. The problem with these reversal levels is the price moves into a region, where we can calculate an eventual 324p as a potential bottom with a bounce. This is why we suspect the market shall find an excuse to punch Texaco downward with a gap at the open as it’d be a shame if traders were allowed to ride such a relatively small decline.

Currently trading around 360p, the share price needs above 376 to give any hope as this should trigger further gains to an initial 390p with our secondary, if bettered, an impressive 403p and some hesitation.

 

 

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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
10:49:32PM	BRENT	8064.1
10:58:57PM	GOLD	2668.64	2656	2649	2642	2669	2692	2704	2744	2678
11:03:55PM	FTSE	8222.5									‘cess
11:28:05PM	STOX50	4984
11:32:06PM	GERMANY	20218
11:36:59PM	US500	5849.4
11:54:01PM	DOW	42359.9	41947	41726	41488	42150	42422	42520	42631	42286
11:59:41PM	NASDAQ	20842									‘cess
12:04:22AM	JAPAN	38401									‘cess

 

13/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8224 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,383,033,146 a change of 23.46%

10/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,170,108,064 a change of -6.19%

9/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8319 points. Change of 11.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,511,068,613 a change of -13.81%

8/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 7452 points. Change of -9.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,394,228,390 a change of 16.2%

7/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8245 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,502,690,636 a change of 7.78%

6/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,105,577,084 a change of 0%

3/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8223 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,304,674,170 a change of 0%

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

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

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

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

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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:GRG Greggs** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **LSE:RKH Rockhopper** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **

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Updated charts published on : Greggs, National Glib, Ocado Plc, Rockhopper, Speedyhire,

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2082 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2104 Day Low: 2028

Continued weakness against GRG taking the price below 2028 calculates as ……..

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 915.8 Percentage Change: -0.28% Day High: 925.6 Day Low: 912.6

In the event National Glib experiences weakness below 912.6 it calculates ……..

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 270 Percentage Change: -3.09% Day High: 281.6 Day Low: 270.1

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 36.5 Percentage Change: + 6.10% Day High: 36.3 Day Low: 33.2

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire. Close Mid-Price: 27.85 Percentage Change: + 1.83% Day High: 28 Day Low: 26.9

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