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#Gold #Japan  A daft thing to become annoyed about, fairly regularly, are the clickbait stories issued by the MetOffice. The print media positively salivate over each press release, using them to produce the most inaccurate headline stories, knowing if it turns out to be the usual utter rubbish, folk will just blame the weather forecasters. Scrolling through Google & Yahoo News today, we picked up a couple of tales for March weather which seem to slightly contradict each other. Due to us starting Wednesday with blue skies and -3c temperatures, we’re not inclined to believe a ‘Spanish plume’ is coming. To be honest, while Paul Simon once sung “Get All The News I Need from the Weather Report” in the tune ‘The Only Living Boy in New York’, we’re getting to the stage of trying to filter the term “MetOffice” from news reports, joining the BBC & Sky in our list of untrusted sources when referring to the UK.. Nowadays, we’re finding the Dutch, German, even Irish, media tends report what’s happening in the UK without obvious bias and better still, they don’t give weather reports.

Headlines; 19th March 2025 via Yahoo News!

 

A visit to FirstGroup Wikipedia page proved somewhat discouraging, the company appearing to enjoy a very vanilla background without any decent scandals. Generally, to be involved in public transport in Scotland generally produces some great conspiracy theories but for FirstGroup, they appear quite clean. It was also quite a surprise to discover the company now own the world famous Greyhound company in the USA, along with Grey Goose in Canada. This quickly diluted an assumption FirstGroup were a FTSE250 who primarily focus on the UK’s third world rail service.

 

The company chart is on the edge of showing something seriously important, for those who study such things. It shows the company share price has exceeded the downtrend since 2009, a fairly credible trend and one which is probably making folk salivate. There’s an important problem at present, one worth paying a lot of attention to. The share price has not created a Higher High yet, creating a situation where a ‘so called’ chart breakout will often feel like it is fizzling. The ideal situation occurs, when a share price breaks a downtrend AND starts to trade higher than the previous point which defined that trend. This isn’t a secret, probably just too obvious and thus ignored, but if you want a fairly sane signal for a price movement, once FirstGroup closes above 188p or starts trading above 189p, there’s a reasonable chance the share price is about to head up.

In the case of FirstGroup, above 189p now points at the potential of a lift to 198 next with our secondary, if bettered, at 221p. Overall, such a scenario shall force us to accept a long term 239p as exerting an attraction.

 

Our alternate scenario allows for weakness below 148 to risk triggering reversals to an initial 127p with our longer term secondary, if broken, at 118p. For now, this doesn’t feel likely, gains appearing possible unless the share price tumbles below 170p.

 

 

 

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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
8:46:47PM	BRENT	7062.6
8:52:58PM	GOLD	3045.77	3023	3011	2997	3032	3054	3058	3078	3037
10:16:48PM	FTSE	8711.9
10:30:01PM	STOX50	5516.4									Success
10:33:22PM	GERMANY	23350.2									Shambles
10:38:35PM	US500	5687.4
10:41:53PM	DOW	42041									‘cess
10:46:09PM	NASDAQ	19791
10:48:54PM	JAPAN	37904	37563	37437	37205	37777	38133	38344	38605	39018	Shambles

 

19/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8706 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,202,916,969 a change of 4.34%

18/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8705 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,945,136,476 a change of 0.41%

17/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8680 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,920,651,803 a change of 10.88%

14/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8632 points. Change of 1.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,339,805,616 a change of -8.09%

13/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8542 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,809,805,582 a change of -17.07%

12/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8540 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,005,575,880 a change of -4.97%

11/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of -1.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,372,262,809 a change of -3.66%

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:AFC AFC Energy Close Mid-Price: 6.24 Percentage Change: -6.87% Day High: 6.5 Day Low: 5.41

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LSE:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 230 Percentage Change: -4.56% Day High: 237.2 Day Low: 223.2

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 561.6 Percentage Change: + 0.21% Day High: 565.8 Day Low: 558.6

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 2035.5 Percentage Change: -2.14% Day High: 2075 Day Low: 2032

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 183.1 Percentage Change: + 1.27% Day High: 184.1 Day Low: 179.3

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone. Close Mid-Price: 199.5 Percentage Change: + 1.37% Day High: 200 Day Low: 193.7

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 152 Percentage Change: -0.65% Day High: 153 Day Low: 151.5

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 812.8 Percentage Change: + 0.20% Day High: 818 Day Low: 802.8

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#FTSE #STOXX Construction company Kier Group seem to be facing a bit of a share meltdown, something of a surprise given their initiative of indulging in a share buyback. Generally speaking, we’re always quite enthusiastic about this tactic by companies as anything which reduces the number of shares “in issue” usually invokes the core law of supply and demand – essentially the rarer something is, the more expensive it gets. Once a major company starts playing this game, it’s unusual for a share price to suffer.

However…

It feels like Kier Group may have done something to offend the market as the price is currently viewed as entering a reversal cycle. At present. weakness below 118 points at the potential of reversals to an initial 104p with our secondary, if broken, working out at 80p, hopefully bouncing before such a target level is achieved as the longer term implications of such a target level breaking are grotty.

On the bright side, we’ve an interesting scenario where, should the share price bounce from our initial 104p drop target level, any solid bounce which toddles above 145p should continue to an initial 171p with our secondary, if bettered, at 192p. In fact, in this instance, we suspect the market shall eventually commence solid recovery movement with an upward price gap, making an eventual 209p a viable ambition.

 

Sorry to be short and sharp with this ‘un. The lack of words and humour doesn’t reflect our thoughts on the potentials here. Essentially, we suspect the current season of reversals shall prove “fake”. Here’s hoping!

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:39:50PM	BRENT	8694.6
10:54:08PM	GOLD	3033.21
10:58:16PM	FTSE	8705.9	8680	8670	8650	8704	8730	8747	8769	8696
11:00:20PM	STOX50	5481.3	5458	5440	5419	5475	5503	5510	5524	5473
11:04:14PM	GERMANY	23368.6
11:05:59PM	US500	5619.1
11:11:10PM	DOW	41634.5
11:13:31PM	NASDAQ	19505.5
11:15:36PM	JAPAN	37943.3

 

18/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8705 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,945,136,476 a change of 0.41%

17/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8680 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,920,651,803 a change of 10.88%

14/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8632 points. Change of 1.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,339,805,616 a change of -8.09%

13/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8542 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,809,805,582 a change of -17.07%

12/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8540 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,005,575,880 a change of -4.97%

11/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of -1.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,372,262,809 a change of -3.66%

10/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8600 points. Change of -0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,652,125,992 a change of 21.38%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 560.4 Percentage Change: + 0.61% Day High: 560.6 Day Low: 556.4

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 161.2 Percentage Change: + 1.58% Day High: 162.15 Day Low: 159

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 180.8 Percentage Change: + 2.44% Day High: 183 Day Low: 177.9

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 954 Percentage Change: + 1.71% Day High: 960.5 Day Low: 945

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone. Close Mid-Price: 196.8 Percentage Change: + 0.15% Day High: 199.5 Day Low: 193.4

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 8528 Percentage Change: -1.14% Day High: 8738 Day Low: 8476

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#Gold #Nasdaq Being asked to review Renold Plc immediately brought a sharp memory of an abhorrent smell! It used to be the case, if fitting a new chain to your 1949 AJS 500, some subterfuge was involved, essentially waiting until Mum left the house for a while. Once she was gone, you could turn on the oven, place a tin can full of solid grease on a shelf and heat it until it became liquid. At this point, you took the stinking can of grease outside and carefully spooled your new chain into the black mess. It was important to leave it overnight and the next day, apply gentle heating to remove the now untouchable chain. It was also important your mother didn’t catch this desecration of her kitchen!

The mess created, fitting the chain to the clapped out motorcycle (bought for 25 quid) was memorable, involving spending an hour or so, hands in hot water and an industrial strength nail brush, scrubbing frantically to return your skin to baby pink. We really do not miss the days before Latex Gloves became a thing but would love to revisit the early 1980’s where classic British motorcycles could literally be bought for pennies.  A chum from the period managed to accumulate around 40 big Nortons and Triumphs, dismantling them and storing in his workshop attic. He’s still got that workshop but as a long term dopehead, cannot be bothered doing anything about his collection as it would be too much work… Nor will he accept any offers of free help from friends trying to get him back on his feet.

 

But yes, Renolds and their chain became an important facet of life back in a grease smeared childhood and nowadays, in addition to being the #1 supplier of chain to classic British motorcycles also have their fingers in quite a few other pies. Whether it is escalators, farming machinery, or even fairground rides, Renolds continue to supply solutions to connect the power bit of machines to the final drive, where something is being turned. Now, they are famed for rather more than their chain, supplying gears, bearings, chains, and most other items associate with what’s called the Final Drive.

The company share price is currently a little bit interesting, recently colliding with the Reduptrend since the Pandemic low of 2020. The market has certain produced some sort of bounce but it currently needs above 43p to hopefully trigger recovery to an initial 47p with our longer term secondary, if bettered, at an important trend breaking 58.5p. Share price closure above such a level shall be regarded as “game changing” for the long term. We’ve shown a could of teaser prices on the chart below.

Alternately, our miserable scenario cannot be ignored. At present, the share price need only retreat below 35p to potentially trigger reversals to an initial  21p with our secondary calculating at a vile looking 7p.

 

 

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Date	Time Scanned	Target	Price At Issue	Long Short	Enter At	Safe Exit	Longer Exit	Stop At
18/03/2025	5:58AM	BRENT	7122
18/03/2025	5:59AM	Dow Jones	41751
18/03/2025	6:00AM	GERMANY	23234
18/03/2025	6:03AM	GOLD	3012.32	Long	3018	3021	3053	3010
18/03/2025	6:12AM	Nasdaq	19724
18/03/2025	6:18AM	SP500	5658	Short	5634	5615	5584	5664
18/03/2025	5:57AM	Stx	Nothing new
18/03/2025	6:20AM	UK FTSE	8701.50

 

17/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8680 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,920,651,803 a change of 10.88%

14/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8632 points. Change of 1.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,339,805,616 a change of -8.09%

13/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8542 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,809,805,582 a change of -17.07%

12/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8540 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,005,575,880 a change of -4.97%

11/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of -1.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,372,262,809 a change of -3.66%

10/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8600 points. Change of -0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,652,125,992 a change of 21.38%

7/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8679 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,304,463,649 a change of -17.82%

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:ASC Asos** **LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:IPF International Personal Finance** **LSE:SBRY Sainsbury** **

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LSE:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 240 Percentage Change: -4.00% Day High: 250 Day Low: 224

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 557 Percentage Change: + 1.72% Day High: 558 Day Low: 547.4

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 938 Percentage Change: + 2.35% Day High: 935.5 Day Low: 910

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 151.5 Percentage Change: + 1.68% Day High: 152.5 Day Low: 149

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 232.4 Percentage Change: -1.11% Day High: 234.6 Day Low: 228

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#Gold #Nasdaq  It’s worth remembering back in June 2012, RBS (Natwest) did a sneaky 10:1 share price split, an effort to make the sound of the share price more respectable than it actually was. The initiative, making each share magically worth 2 quid overnight, rather than 20p, was certainly more impressive to the gullible. Until such time the price dribbled its way downhill, matching the lows of the financial crisis with an eventual visit to 99p in 2020. By dividing by 10, this placed the share at a real 9.9p, just 0.2p above the lows of 2009. It was not a pretty picture.

Of course, the market had a final “Hail Mary” to throw at the problem and that was to change the company name, along with its trading code by rebranding RBS into Natwest. To a degree, this sleight of hand has worked as it’s almost possible to forget, when we look at Natwest trading at 440.9p, the share price should really read 44p, due to every 10 shares being magically folded into 1 share in 2012. The period since has been fairly kind to Natwest and there’s now some remarkable potentials forming for the future.

 

The only immediate fly in the ointment has been one of our least favourite share price shuffles, Natwest being gapped UP in February and gapped DOWN in March. Typically, this share price dance introduces the potential for some reliable reversals, a market inspired push toward a level from which we tend expect a rebound.

In the case of Natwest, this situation allows weakness below 428p to trigger reversal to an initial 400p along with a reasonable chance of a rebound, due to the Red uptrend line. Should 400p break, our anticipated rebound level moves down to 368p. Visually, this should not be a big deal as it neatly matches the low of the start of 2025, again giving a good reason for a bounce. And more importantly… it keeps the share price within Big Picture parameters which is quite important.

The situation with Natwest Group now is useful, calculating with the potential of movement next above 462p moving the share price into a region where shuffles upward to an initial 558p becomes possible with our longer term secondary, if bettered, at an astounding 693p, matching the ‘adjusted’ market high of 2007. Our “only” major problem comes from that “GaGa” shuffle, giving a suspicion the market may not wish the share price to flourish above our historical target level at 466p. We’d warned this may cause issues as it would signal the share making the transit from “current market” to “big picture” potentials. It’s not witchcraft, just a fairly typical excuse the market uses to foul up price dance steps.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:18:43PM	BRENT	7040.9	6830	6746	6634	7150	7134	7208	7335	6938
10:37:15PM	GOLD	2984.1
10:42:06PM	FTSE	8667
10:59:19PM	STOX50	5420.3
11:44:22PM	GERMANY	23079.9
11:58:37PM	US500	5624.8
12:04:04AM	DOW	41420.5
12:41:29AM	NASDAQ	19648	19354	19209	19038	19472	19692	19819	20042	19590
12:44:12AM	JAPAN	37517

 

14/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8632 points. Change of 1.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,339,805,616 a change of -8.09%

13/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8542 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,809,805,582 a change of -17.07%

12/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8540 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,005,575,880 a change of -4.97%

11/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of -1.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,372,262,809 a change of -3.66%

10/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8600 points. Change of -0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,652,125,992 a change of 21.38%

7/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8679 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,304,463,649 a change of -17.82%

6/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8682 points. Change of -0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,671,130,291 a change of 6.49%

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:ASC Asos** **LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:IPF International Personal Finance** **LSE:SBRY Sainsbury** **LSE:TRN The Trainline** **

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LSE:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 250 Percentage Change: -3.03% Day High: 264.2 Day Low: 247.4

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 547.6 Percentage Change: + 0.66% Day High: 549 Day Low: 539

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 175.8 Percentage Change: + 1.27% Day High: 178.3 Day Low: 166.7

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 916.5 Percentage Change: + 1.89% Day High: 933 Day Low: 892.5

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 149 Percentage Change: + 7.19% Day High: 149 Day Low: 140

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 235 Percentage Change: -7.77% Day High: 255.8 Day Low: 234

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#FTSE #GOLD  With something interesting finally happening in the world, the ‘Free Practice’ sessions have kicked off for the Australian F1 race and as always, internet chat rooms ooze utter rubbish about each driver and teams performance. Somehow or other, folk manage to forget each session is called “Practice” for a reason. Teams are trying to ascertain if a call shall complete a race without the steering wheel falling off, without running out of petrol, and ideally with the same number of wheels each car started the race with.

The one thing about ‘Free Practice’ is important, teams are not attempting to establish record times. There are always points where a race team is asking their driver to try and establish a fast time between Point X and Point Y, the aim of the team being to compare how each driver managed the car and track, attempting to blend the two methods in a way where everyone has a chance to improve. But when reading Twitter (X), it becomes easy to believe Practice sessions themselves form some sort of race. Of course, the eye candy of Free Practice is hyped up by the media in an attempt to draw viewers and gullible readers.

 

The FTSE itself looks guilty of doing a similar Free Practice moment on the stock markets, the index reaching an arithmetically important level around 8780 points, then deciding to flutter above and below this level. From our perspective, the index has been busy forming a glass ceiling – or horizontal trend to be accurate. This creates a point where we shall tend view any future attempt by the market to close above 8780 points as a significant trigger, one ideally capable of introducing a surge to an initial 8920. We’ve a little problem with such a target level, given it matches the prior high earlier in March. But closure above 8920 shall be regarded as important, suggesting the FTSE has entered a Big Picture phase toward the magic sounding 10,000 point level. It would be true to say with any market, other than the FTSE, we’d be pretty confident of such a scenario but the UK index track record doesn’t readily lend itself to large outpourings of confidence. But given market performance this year, we’re perhaps exhibiting ” learned muscle memory” which could be entirely misplaced! In other words, we’re chicken.

 

From a nearer term perspective, weakness below 8514 risks being a little troublesome, provoking a potential trip down to 8462 points with our secondary, if broken, introducing itself at 8368 points. If triggered, the tightest stop loss level looks like 8564 points, wide but fairly civilised given the reversal calculation.

Alternately, our scenario if the UK index intends to behave on Friday allows above 8582 points to perhaps trigger recovery to an initial 8650 points. Our secondary is slightly insane, a return to the glass ceiling level with at 8786 points!

 

Have a good weekend. And at least try to enjoy the Australian Grand Prix.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:32:52PM	BRENT	7001.2	6922	6857		7037	7135	7182		7046	Shambles
11:41:07PM	GOLD	2987.27	2970	2963		2982	2991	3004		2975	Success
11:43:36PM	FTSE	8559.1	8511	8484	8455	8535	8573	8593	8636	8533
11:46:54PM	STOX50	5318	5301	5280		5330	5387	5412		5335
11:49:07PM	GERMANY	22556	22412	22277		22570	22764	22869		22591
11:51:09PM	US500	5549.2	5504	5489		5547	5606	5645		5562	‘cess
11:54:34PM	DOW	40970.5	40667	40648		40954	41412	41730		41268
11:56:51PM	NASDAQ	19354.8	19155	19039		19344	19616	19802		19459	‘cess
11:59:01PM	JAPAN	36790	36564	36512		36774	37050	37254		36805	‘cess

 

13/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8542 points. Change of 0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,809,805,582 a change of -17.07%

12/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8540 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,005,575,880 a change of -4.97%

11/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of -1.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,372,262,809 a change of -3.66%

10/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8600 points. Change of -0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,652,125,992 a change of 21.38%

7/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8679 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,304,463,649 a change of -17.82%

6/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8682 points. Change of -0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,671,130,291 a change of 6.49%

5/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8755 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,203,655,204 a change of -19.84%

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: 2082.5 Percentage Change: -0.22% Day High: 2107.5 Day Low: 2050

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 473.8 Percentage Change: -1.52% Day High: 482.9 Day Low: 471.5

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 899.5 Percentage Change: + 0.56% Day High: 902 Day Low: 861

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 8518 Percentage Change: -1.93% Day High: 8646 Day Low: 8500

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 139 Percentage Change: + 2.58% Day High: 140 Day Low: 135.5

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 272.4 Percentage Change: -13.19% Day High: 305.8 Day Low: 263.4

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#Brent #Gold It’s always a bit of a puzzle, when the media suddenly switches to “Analysts rate XYZ as a buy”, generally at a point where a share price can be in a bigger nosedive than UK politics.  When we reviewed DEC.L at the start of this year, we laid out criteria which would force us to re-evaluate the shares potentials and now, not only has it made it down to 940p but worse, emphatically closed below such a point.

With the share price spending the most recent 5 sessions waving a surrender flag, we’re certainly curious at the number of buy recommendations as visually, the only things visually capable of arresting the current price drop are the two trend lines on the chart below. Maybe the Blue line shall afford a halt to the drop, maybe it shall be the Red line. Or maybe neither will feature in traders thoughts and the share shall continue exploring the depths of misery/

At present, below  824 looks like it shall prove nasty. potentially able to trigger reversal to 746 next with our secondary, if broken, at 519p. We would certainly hope for a bounce before 519p makes an appearance, due to price movements below such a level having terrible implications.

 

On a brighter note, the visuals suggest it may be more likely to anticipate a bounce anytime soon, perhaps with an inevitable spike down to 824p before it actually happens. This is a fairly typical playbook event, the chart almost writing a clickbait headline telling folk to expect it. It is certainly the case movement above 960p would be regarded as the first tentative step toward recovery, suggesting a cycle toward 1253p with secondary, if beaten, at 1352p and once again, an urgent need for us to revisit our calculations!

 

 

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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
10:13:49PM	BRENT	31904	7000	6967	6923	7039	7100	7184	7293	7067	‘cess
10:17:00PM	GOLD	2934.54	2906	2896	2881	2926	2941	2949	2972	2916	‘cess
10:20:59PM	FTSE	8540.4
10:23:09PM	STOX50	5358.7
10:25:55PM	GERMANY	22674.3									‘cess
10:28:26PM	US500	5604.7									‘cess
10:48:00PM	DOW	41379									Shambles
10:50:42PM	NASDAQ	19600.1
10:54:28PM	JAPAN	37082									‘cess

 

12/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8540 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,005,575,880 a change of -4.97%

11/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of -1.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,372,262,809 a change of -3.66%

10/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8600 points. Change of -0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,652,125,992 a change of 21.38%

7/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8679 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,304,463,649 a change of -17.82%

6/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8682 points. Change of -0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,671,130,291 a change of 6.49%

5/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8755 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,203,655,204 a change of -19.84%

4/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8759 points. Change of -1.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,986,196,002 a change of 22.76%

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

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

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

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

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:ASC Asos** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital** **

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 2087 Percentage Change: -1.74% Day High: 2158.5 Day Low: 2087

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G Close Mid-Price: 7.95 Percentage Change: -12.15% Day High: 8.9 Day Low: 7.65

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 894.5 Percentage Change: + 4.74% Day High: 890.5 Day Low: 852

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 8686 Percentage Change: -0.78% Day High: 8828 Day Low: 8628

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 230.3 Percentage Change: -4.04% Day High: 240 Day Low: 222.1

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 10.25 Percentage Change: -4.21% Day High: 10.5 Day Low: 9.75

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#FTSE #SP500 The decision by Boohoo to rebrand themselves as Debenhams has probably caused a sharp intake of breath among the online fashion industry. Boohoo, a brand predominantly aimed at the younger sector of the market, are surely liable to wonder why they’re no longer attractive, Debenhams historically being associated with older buyers. It is easier to suspect Boohoo have simply enjoyed their day in the sun and it’s now time for another newbie to become the next online industry “one hit wonder”.

Currently, Boohoo Plc share price isn’t in a happy place, the famously fashion conscious stock market obviously questioning their latest decision.

From a chart perspective – probably the safest stance from folk who regard waxed cotton jackets and wide brimmed hates as the pinnacle of style – Boohoo (or Debenhams as the renaming had immediate effect) are seriously in a pretty unhappy place. At present, weakness below 25.5 indicates the potential of reversal  to an initial 24p with our secondary, if broken, at 20p. We cannot calculate any target level below 20p without emplacing a minus sign in front of any number, such is the precarious position of Boohoo.

Currently trading around 26p, Boohoo share price needs (from our perspective) to exceed 26.25p, ideally triggering recovery toward an initial 30p with our secondary, if bettered, at 33.25p. Movement such as this would be significant, placing the share price in danger of achieving a distant game changing 38 and a return to long term optimism.

Unlike this weekends Australian Grand Prix, we think Boohoo shall prove worth watching. The comedy of the first “back to school” race of the F1 season has grown tiring over the years, drivers and pit crews making errors under pressure which give unrealistic expectations for the rest of the year.

 

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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
10:34:24PM	BRENT	6982									‘cess
10:40:17PM	GOLD	2916.72									‘cess
10:44:50PM	FTSE	8509.8	8462	8357	8172	8543	8595	8654	8718	8565	‘cess
10:48:25PM	STOX50	5337									‘cess
10:51:50PM	GERMANY	22461									‘cess
11:05:58PM	US500	5582.4	5529	5468	5240	5646	5660	5700	5757	5608	Shambles
11:09:23PM	DOW	41505.5
11:12:21PM	NASDAQ	19442.9
11:17:20PM	JAPAN	36880									Success

 

11/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8496 points. Change of -1.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,372,262,809 a change of -3.66%

10/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8600 points. Change of -0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,652,125,992 a change of 21.38%

7/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8679 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,304,463,649 a change of -17.82%

6/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8682 points. Change of -0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,671,130,291 a change of 6.49%

5/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8755 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,203,655,204 a change of -19.84%

4/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8759 points. Change of -1.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,986,196,002 a change of 22.76%

3/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8871 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,320,378,637 a change of -49.26%

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

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

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

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

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 8754 Percentage Change: -3.80% Day High: 8978 Day Low: 8660

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 25.62 Percentage Change: -3.90% Day High: 27.28 Day Low: 25.26

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 1804 Percentage Change: -1.85% Day High: 1860 Day Low: 1802

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LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 13.03 Percentage Change: -3.34% Day High: 13.83 Day Low: 12.89

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