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#Gold #Nasdaq The headline below certainly caught our interest. As the owner of a 1970’s electric guitar signed by all the members of Slade, it’s probable an accusation of being a fan of the group would be fair. And suddenly, with “Construction News” reporting the band are leading their efforts in the UK regions, makes a lot of sense, after all the senior decision makers in all these councils were also doubtless Slade fans back in the day.

Alas, it was another reason to distrust a headline. The truth was someone called Kay Slade had become their new MD. She looks nice but probably was not born when Slade outsold the Beatles… But doubtless, many conversations with her begin with “Merry Christmas !!!”, which has probably become an irritant over her life.

Balfour Beatty share price, obviously trading at all time high levels, still surprises us with some useful Big Picture potentials.

Above 736p currently indicates the chance of triggering movement to an initial 886p with our secondary, of bettered, at 904p. The close proximity of these target levels certainly indicates the potential of a ceiling level. Om the distant future, we can also indicate  a future 1030p as exerting a distant attraction.

 

Our alternate scenario, if things decide to go wrong, suggests weakness below 74p would now be required to provoke reversals to an initiatl 694 qith our secondary, if broken, working out at a hopeful bottom of 665p.

 

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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
9:52:25PM	BRENT	6378.5
9:55:12PM	GOLD	4670.48	4566	4511	4451	4625	4692	4721	4827	4591
10:12:56PM	FTSE	10180									Success
10:16:30PM	STOX50	5918.7									Shambles
10:19:56PM	GERMANY	24941.9
10:22:16PM	US500	6877.9
10:24:02PM	DOW	48960.9
10:27:32PM	NASDAQ	25243.4	25085	25039	24789	25195	25265	25319	25396	25175
10:30:18PM	JAPAN	53475	53082	53049	52563	53455	53755	53970	54266	53497

 

19/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10195 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,701,087,965 a change of -48.92%

16/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10235 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,203,782,063 a change of 3.12%

15/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10238 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,925,069,676 a change of 39.46%

14/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10184 points. Change of 0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,399,572,065 a change of -4.73%

13/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10137 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,717,140,321 a change of 16.41%

12/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10140 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,770,093,543 a change of -6.73%

9/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10124 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,186,252,560 a change of -4.13%

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:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 181.4 Percentage Change: -0.38% Day High: 183 Day Low: 179.7

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 3996 Percentage Change: + 6.67% Day High: 3986 Day Low: 3842

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 1196 Percentage Change: -0.46% Day High: 1207 Day Low: 1191.5

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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 13 Percentage Change: + 11.11% Day High: 13.12 Day Low: 11.7

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 297.6 Percentage Change: + 0.88% Day High: 299.6 Day Low: 292.8

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 1873 Percentage Change: -0.29% Day High: 1878.5 Day Low: 1850.5

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#Brent #WallSt As the writer is loaded with a particularly unpleasant cold, it was tempting to be exceedingly brief in our outlook for Lloyds. We could say now above 104p should brings a gain to an initial 113p with our secondary, if bettered, at 122p. And we’ll be back in three weeks, without a stinking cold, hopefully able to write something more interesting. But…. we like searching for straws to clutch.

Blue on the chart delineates a downtrend since April 1998. If we extend this downtrend to the current period, it seems Lloyds share price needs dwindle below 40p to indicate the onset of trouble. Otherwise, a quite fascinating scenario exists and if we pretend this Big Picture is important, apparently above 104p should – for the terminally patient – suggest a cycle has commenced to a future 200p with our LONG term secondary, if bettered, at 316p. In fact, we can calculate quite a bit higher but dreams of Lloyds turning into an 8 quid share are probably best left on the shelf.

Our lower chart is probably more realistic, with its suggestion of above 104 triggering some real recovery within conventional timeframes, effectively proposing the potential of a future 122p provoking some hesitation in a rising cycle.

An inevitable alternate scenario suggests weakness below 91 risks promoting reversal to an initial 84 with our secondary, if broken, at 71p. Visually, there’s quite a strong suggestion any visit to the 84 level shall doubtless provoke a rebound.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:49:55PM	BRENT	6371.1	6295	6125	5879	6388	6872	6619	6871	6277
10:53:03PM	GOLD	4596.19
11:18:06PM	FTSE	10206
11:02:52PM	STOX50	6032.8
11:05:17PM	GERMANY	25078.7
11:14:18PM	US500	6897
11:22:27PM	DOW	49002.9	48975	48832	48574	49065	49376	49560	49755	49240
11:49:31PM	NASDAQ	25264.7
11:51:23PM	JAPAN	53244

 

16/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10235 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,203,782,063 a change of 3.12%

15/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10238 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,925,069,676 a change of 39.46%

14/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10184 points. Change of 0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,399,572,065 a change of -4.73%

13/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10137 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,717,140,321 a change of 16.41%

12/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10140 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,770,093,543 a change of -6.73%

9/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10124 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,186,252,560 a change of -4.13%

8/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10044 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,452,774,443 a change of -6.4%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 735 Percentage Change: + 2.15% Day High: 736 Day Low: 717.5

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 271.8 Percentage Change: + 1.12% Day High: 272.2 Day Low: 263.8

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1201.5 Percentage Change: + 1.74% Day High: 1198.5 Day Low: 1175.5

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2410 Percentage Change: + 3.66% Day High: 2415 Day Low: 2325

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 104.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 105.1 Day Low: 104.4

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LSE:SRP Serco Close Mid-Price: 295 Percentage Change: -0.14% Day High: 297.2 Day Low: 292.2

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1878.5 Percentage Change: + 1.51% Day High: 1877.5 Day Low: 1848

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#FTSE #WallSt Quite a few calculations seem to be pointing at the potential for some fairly major stumbles by the mid 10,000’s. In theory, market growth should already be fairly hard pushed as our expectations, due to movements during 2025, pointing at 10,240 as proving a major ambition point. This was achieved yesterday (Thursday) and despite being exceeded during the trading session, the index “only” closed at 10,239 points. It’s interesting to note, our report on July 11th last year hailed the 10,000 point as a long term interest and now, while we luxuriate in complements, we can refine our targets.

We’re not exactly frothing at the mouth with Big Picture hopes, currently calculating 10,497 points as a sane “top” on the current cycle. At present, above 10,255 points suggests movement continuing to 10,306 points with our secondary, if bettered, at 10,386 points. Given the relative proximity of all these numbers, the odds appear to suggest the UK index is about to experience a period of some lethargy until something happens to springboard things into life. We’re most emphatically not suggesting a “correction” is evident, just a period where the market must almost certainly pause for thought. Perhaps the forthcoming Davos event shall give the market sufficient excuse to do something really interesting.

We shall certainly be fascinated if the FTSE manages above 10,500 points anytime soon as it shall enter a similar phase to that experienced by Wall Street or the Nasdaq, when they exceeded immediate logic and just kept toddling upward while blithely ignoring world events.

Should things intend go wrong, below 10,180 looks like providing a point at which trouble risks flaring, giving reversal potentials to an initial 10,097 with our secondary, if broken, at 10,057 points. Neither drop potential looks particularly hazardous, perhaps delineating the bottom of a future trading channel while the index is drawing breath. However, should 10,057 break, we can calculates a chance of reversals down to 9,943 points and a challenge of the uptrend since 2025.

Have a good weekend. Less than 2 months until the first Grand Prix of the season, thankfully a return to Australia and the usual “back to school” chaos which sometimes produces an interesting race. Unfortunately, some years it also produces something as deathly boring as a political parties TV broadcast.

 

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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
10:49:40PM	BRENT	6352.1	6304	6248		6420	6454	6494		6389
10:56:42PM	GOLD	4608.28	4581	4566		4606	4625	4638		4600
11:00:08PM	FTSE	10225	10173	10141		10206	10253	10285		10221	‘cess
11:02:28PM	STOX50	6021.2	6017	6005		6038	6054	6077		6029
11:05:59PM	GERMANY	25260.7	25234	25190		25285	25394	25431		25324
11:09:40PM	US500	6950.7	6918	6908		6944	6967	6985		6937
11:16:06PM	DOW	49470	49082	48886		49304	49584	49784		49436	‘cess
11:20:46PM	NASDAQ	25570.4	25512	25396		25617	25753	25914		25640	‘cess
11:23:52PM	JAPAN	53929	53718	53561		54052	54279	54449		54122

 

15/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10238 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,925,069,676 a change of 39.46%

14/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10184 points. Change of 0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,399,572,065 a change of -4.73%

13/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10137 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,717,140,321 a change of 16.41%

12/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10140 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,770,093,543 a change of -6.73%

9/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10124 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,186,252,560 a change of -4.13%

8/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10044 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,452,774,443 a change of -6.4%

7/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10048 points. Change of -0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,893,889,555 a change of 3.63%

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:AAL Anglo American** **LSE:AZN Astrazeneca** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments** **LSE:PHP Primary Health** **

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LSE:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 3320 Percentage Change: + 1.41% Day High: 3340 Day Low: 3220

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca Close Mid-Price: 14026 Percentage Change: -2.23% Day High: 14408 Day Low: 13982

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 268.8 Percentage Change: + 2.91% Day High: 270.8 Day Low: 262

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 491 Percentage Change: + 1.40% Day High: 493.75 Day Low: 480.05

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1236.8 Percentage Change: + 1.96% Day High: 1240 Day Low: 1220.6

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2325 Percentage Change: + 5.44% Day High: 2325 Day Low: 2120

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 104.5 Percentage Change: + 1.55% Day High: 104.8 Day Low: 102.7

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#DAX #STOXX The market epic assigned to Liontrust Asset Management is LSE:LIO and it’s mildly interesting.. Because LIO is also Spanish for “being in a mess!”, it’s easy to assume the company share price is adhering to the core meaning for LIO rather than their failed attempt to hold an epic synonymous with the company name, almost! Unfortunately, they also now have an epic in LIO which aligns perfectly with the share price performance since 2021.

And make no mistake, it is a mess. Since the start of 2025, the share price has been trading in a zone where we cannot calculate a bottom target, not unless we start using minus signs in front of our drop numbers… However, some hope may be unearthed in the detail some sharp recovery is usually possible, if only the share price would successfully close a session above Blue on the chart below. Presently this demands CLOSURE above 270p to tick the first box in a journey toward a happier place.

Share price closure above 270 should trigger recovery to an initial 318 with our secondary, if bettered, at 406p. This secondary risks becoming a problem, visually aligning with a series of hesitations during 2025 and thus, creating what looks like a stutter level sometime in the future. Despite overall, closure above 270p suggesting a long term cycle to 465 has commenced, we’d strongly suspect a bunch of folk trapped at the 4 quid level shall create selling pressure if the price returns to such a point, creating a self fulfilling prophecy.

If we employ our usual negative scenario, the best we dare suggest is movement below 205 presents a future 180p as a “potential” bottom but our inclination is to suspect sudden recovery is expected, if only the company can discover some good, tidy, orderly, news to feed to the marketplace.

Perhaps worth watching as we’ve been asked about this a few times.

 

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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
10:54:37PM	BRENT	6452.3									‘cess
11:15:37PM	GOLD	4627.02
10:57:14PM	FTSE	10211
10:59:30PM	STOX50	6016.3	5998	5981	5957	6019	6053	6073	6159	5994	‘cess
11:02:21PM	GERMANY	25330.5	25226	25098	24960	25290	25513	25731.5	26137	25316	‘cess
11:07:02PM	US500	6921.4									Success
11:54:24PM	DOW	49094.9									‘cess
11:56:47PM	NASDAQ	25452									Success

 

14/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10184 points. Change of 0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,399,572,065 a change of -4.73%

13/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10137 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,717,140,321 a change of 16.41%

12/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10140 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,770,093,543 a change of -6.73%

9/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10124 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,186,252,560 a change of -4.13%

8/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10044 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,452,774,443 a change of -6.4%

7/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10048 points. Change of -0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,893,889,555 a change of 3.63%

6/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10122 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,652,466,467 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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AZN Astrazeneca** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:WG. Wood Group** **

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 14346 Percentage Change: + 2.41% Day High: 14396 Day Low: 14072

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 261.2 Percentage Change: + 1.56% Day High: 260.4 Day Low: 254

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 3766 Percentage Change: -0.42% Day High: 3918 Day Low: 3742

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 484.2 Percentage Change: + 2.98% Day High: 485.6 Day Low: 475.3

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 101 Percentage Change: -0.35% Day High: 102.8 Day Low: 100.9

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LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech. Close Mid-Price: 152.5 Percentage Change: + 0.39% Day High: 157.1 Day Low: 150.6

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 1275 Percentage Change: -2.30% Day High: 1306.5 Day Low: 1268

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LSE:WG. Wood Group. Close Mid-Price: 26.6 Percentage Change: + 1.92% Day High: 26.58 Day Low: 25.5

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#Stoxx #Nikkei Every now and then, I’m left wondering if one of my jokes dropped me in trouble. Tuesday brought a visit to a slightly chaotic hospital department, one of the nurses popping into the waiting room to say “Sorry, we’re Short Staffed today and running late!” It was an open goal, so I said; “Can I reschedule for a day when you’ve got Tall Staff working?”

The nurse (June – under 5 foot tall) gave a deadpan glare, made a show of stomping out. There was no laughter, only sufficient silence to make me question my choice of words. It was a masterclass performance as, knowing this particular nurse for 12 years, I was perfectly aware she was now be next door in the treatment room and giggling as she retold the joke and successfully left me hanging. But for me personally, the visit on Tuesday was supposed to be a big deal, the sort of thing where some patients are allowed to ring a bell as they leave.

As an incurable yet non fatal Leukaemia patient, dinging the bell will never happen but, getting to the point when chemo has finished to give another 5 years remission is quite a big deal. Alas, and nothing to do with my brilliant joke, the staff decided my freedom would be another 84 days away due to protocols changing. It seems my personal springtime can only be achieved once a CT scan is taken, my DNA compared, and a new benchmark created before entering life without chemotherapy.  Glaring at that bell (hopefully) was now a further 3 months away…

The improvement in method brought to mind Oxford Nanopere, a company a few folk have enquired about, who develop and sell a portable DNA sequencer charmingly called MinIon. It’s probably worth remembering this isn’t a speculative venture, their Minions already successfully working in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. It appears to be the sort of product which shall eventually prove popular with local councils, keen to discover exactly who dropped which McDonalds wrapper at the side of the road…

From our perspective, the share needs CLOSE a session above 158.8p to move into a cycle where we can dare promote price recovery. According to our calculations, such a feat should trigger travel in the direction of an initial 174p with our secondary, if bettered, at 202p.

Movement such as this should prove very significant, taking the share price into a zone where a longer term 227p dangles,  and the potential promise of “proper” price movement in the longer term, early signals of a change in mood as a price cycle capable of challenging the dreamland 2021 levels becomes possible. We’re obviously fairly cynical but it certainly does appear the market has been taking notice. Should it ever manage the 227p level, it’d be silly not to pay attention. After all, the price isn’t far away from glaring at its own particular bell at the 158.8 level and the potential of entering a new phase.

 

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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
10:48:33PM	BRENT	6524.3									‘cess
10:51:35PM	GOLD	4595.26
10:56:06PM	FTSE	10144.5
11:01:04PM	STOX50	6019.8	6008	5997	5982	6032	6042	6049	6063	6024
11:04:30PM	GERMANY	25377.5
11:07:35PM	US500	6960.4
11:11:47PM	DOW	49150
11:14:40PM	NASDAQ	25752.9
11:18:24PM	JAPAN	54082	53398	53118	52760	53667	54194	54857	57144	53730	‘cess

 

13/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10137 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,717,140,321 a change of 16.41%

12/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10140 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,770,093,543 a change of -6.73%

9/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10124 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,186,252,560 a change of -4.13%

8/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10044 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,452,774,443 a change of -6.4%

7/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10048 points. Change of -0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,893,889,555 a change of 3.63%

6/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10122 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,652,466,467 a change of 0%

5/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10004 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,250,989,253 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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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 257.2 Percentage Change: + 0.47% Day High: 258.2 Day Low: 255

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 470.2 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 470.95 Day Low: 461.8

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2200 Percentage Change: + 2.33% Day High: 2220 Day Low: 2140

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc Close Mid-Price: 428.5 Percentage Change: -2.06% Day High: 449 Day Low: 425

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Close Mid-Price: 1212 Percentage Change: -0.25% Day High: 1219 Day Low: 1206.5

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#GOLD #FTSE Once upon a time, there was a company called Xstrata/ We liked them, their share price movements making a lot of sense from our perspective, and one day they were gobbled up by Glencore. The emergent company had a share price which made little sense, movements only starting to fit our logic once they ditched the link with Xstrata in their name. Now, with Glencore and Rio Tinto talking about a megamerger, things allegedly should be confident for Glencore’s share price.

Unfortunately, in what seems the majority of cases where a merger takes place in the public eye, it’s unusual for share prices to do what used to happen in the old days (ie; run amok)

From the perspective of signs which generally presage share positive share price movements, since October last year, Glencore has luxuriated in them. Firstly, we saw the price exceed 358p in October, exceeding the level of trend break in February 2025 and giving what’s generally a pretty solid suggestion happy days were coming. Secondly, at the end of December last year, the share price rejoined the Red uptrend since 2020.in something we generally regard as a copper bottomed reason to anticipate growth. And finally, at the start of this year, the share price exploded above the Blue downtrend since 2023. completing a triumvirate of signals which, believe it or not, collectively pointed to a Big Picture potential lurking at a distant 765p ambition for the share price.

Is it going to happen?

We think not, simply do a suspicion share holders will be excluded from any abnormal financial benefits due to a merger. For reasons which escape us, it seems the prevailing mood in the market is for shareholders to accept the annual dividend, enjoy the raptures of price movements which echo the overall market, and be good little boys, leaving “corporate” to do its thing.

We shall certainly know soon enough as any one of the three positive signals we highlight should create a situation, where movements above 470p should now promote price nods in the direction of an initial 510p with our secondary, if bettered, at 571p and the visual prospect of some market hesitation.

Should things intend go wrong for Glencore, below 400 will certainly tick a fairly major box, pointing at the risk of reversal to an initial 360 with our secondary, if broken, a bottom at 279p.

For now, the best we fear will be an attempt shy of the 571p level. Only closure above such a point will justify a little bit of drool, when dreaming of our future calculation at 765.

 

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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
10:23:37PM	BRENT	6402.4
10:30:03PM	GOLD	4597.49	4563	4537	4506	4602	4633	4660	4681	4593	Success
10:33:50PM	FTSE	10140.5	10094	10072	10046	10122	10151	10163	10186	10125
10:36:17PM	STOX50	6023.6
10:48:54PM	GERMANY	25437.5
10:52:01PM	US500	6972.6									‘cess
10:54:29PM	DOW	49537.4									Shambles
10:57:41PM	NASDAQ	25772.4									‘cess
11:00:40PM	JAPAN	54056									‘cess

 

12/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10140 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,770,093,543 a change of -6.73%

9/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10124 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,186,252,560 a change of -4.13%

8/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10044 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,452,774,443 a change of -6.4%

7/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10048 points. Change of -0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,893,889,555 a change of 3.63%

6/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10122 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,652,466,467 a change of 0%

5/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10004 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,250,989,253 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:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 11.92 Percentage Change: + 3.83% Day High: 12.2 Day Low: 11.66

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 181.5 Percentage Change: + 0.30% Day High: 182.35 Day Low: 177.55

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 256 Percentage Change: + 0.08% Day High: 257.2 Day Low: 251.8

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 3734 Percentage Change: + 6.50% Day High: 3784 Day Low: 3654

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 468.5 Percentage Change: + 3.50% Day High: 468.9 Day Low: 453.55

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2150 Percentage Change: + 1.90% Day High: 2205 Day Low: 2105

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 1287 Percentage Change: -0.50% Day High: 1302.5 Day Low: 1286

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 437.5 Percentage Change: + 1.16% Day High: 443 Day Low: 420

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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 12.25 Percentage Change: + 8.89% Day High: 12.25 Day Low: 11.25

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#Brent #Nasdaq Despite a pretty impressive rise since our mumblings on 8th December, Barclays has failed attain our target levels though, with a recent high of 493p, it definitely qualifies for a “close but no banana” award. The movement above our trigger level at 445p has certainly been steady but also, providing a worry world events shall somehow conspire to short circuit the strong rise potentials as while Israel has dropped off the ‘panic’ screens, Venezuela and Iran have conspired to jump into place. Along with Greenland, of course.

The media certainly demand excuses to allow frightening headlines, one of the more amusing recently being “FTSE now above 10,000. Time TO EXPECT A Crash?”. Aside from generating clicks, there’s nothing to justify this sort of headline appearing in Google News, itself a growing victim of farming headlines from sources which consistently prove to be wrong.

Immediately, our expectation for Barclays remains of movement above 493 bringing a visit to an initial 505p with our secondary, if bettered, at 517p. The very close proximity of these target levels broadcasts an expectation some sort of glass ceiling awaits in the 505-517 range sometime soon, this despite the Big Picture now claiming a future 600p is exerting a distance influence.

For everything to go wrong, the price needs collapse below 390p to make us panic faster than a politician being asked about his encrypted emails.

It’s certainly entering into a Monday without moaning about the weather here in Argyll. We’re saving the complaints up as the rainfall levels over the weekend were more ferocious than previously seen. We expected 12 inches of snow, instead it feels like we were given 12 inches of rain.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:39:50PM	BRENT	6376	6275	6245	6199	6358	6402	6434	6626	6170
10:42:12PM	GOLD	4535.23								4481
10:44:27PM	FTSE	10133.4								10112
10:47:16PM	STOX50	5995.4								5954
10:49:15PM	GERMANY	25268.2								25200
10:51:16PM	US500	6961.3								6953
10:58:43PM	DOW	49443.9								49415
11:00:57PM	NASDAQ	25731.9	25543	25441	25317	25763	25785	25797	25930	25703
11:03:37PM	JAPAN	53733	53377	53170	52878	53648	54046	54088	54189	53482

 

9/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10124 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,186,252,560 a change of -4.13%

8/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10044 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,452,774,443 a change of -6.4%

7/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10048 points. Change of -0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,893,889,555 a change of 3.63%

6/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10122 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,652,466,467 a change of 0%

5/01/2026 FTSE Closed at 10004 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,250,989,253 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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AFC AFC Energy** **LSE:AZN Astrazeneca** **LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SCLP Scancell** **

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LSE:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 11.48 Percentage Change: + 6.30% Day High: 11.66 Day Low: 10.86

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 14216 Percentage Change: + 0.28% Day High: 14330 Day Low: 13974

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LSE:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 173.2 Percentage Change: + 1.58% Day High: 176.3 Day Low: 169.1

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 180.95 Percentage Change: + 2.38% Day High: 181.75 Day Low: 176.7

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 452.65 Percentage Change: + 9.60% Day High: 459 Day Low: 437.9

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1293.5 Percentage Change: + 1.65% Day High: 1296.5 Day Low: 1274

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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 11.25 Percentage Change: + 4.65% Day High: 11.25 Day Low: 10.7

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