Author: T&T Staff

#FTSE #Gold  Friday should prove interesting as unsurprisingly, the political trial of Mr Trump found him guilty of everything. Given the guy was effectively banned from defending himself and the prosecution waited until the end of closing arguments to reveal their imagined justification for the court case, something appears truly wrong with American law. A sneaking suspicion, should Mr Trump win the election, a similar trial shall kick off against Mr Biden and provide weeks of entertainment.

All things considered, Thursday was a strange day, the FTSE showing further upward movement while the USA threw a bit of a tantrum. Here in the UK, even the AIM market is starting to give positive signals for the rest of this year, making a visit to 860 points fairly believable with the obvious potential of many AIM components starting to do something useful. Unfortunately, until such time the AIM is trading above 980, it shall remain at risk of the markets whims but visually, we like how it looks.

Needless to say, we’ve got a “however” and it comes from the DOW, a market which is tottering on the edge of reversals to around 35,500 points. It hasn’t ticked the final box yet but the chart visuals are not pleasing, making it feel like the US is only a bad news story away from provoking reversal of a few thousand points. As for the FTSE, it is now trading in a zone where we cannot be aghast if it eventually finds its way to 8.600+ points. The UK would need below 7,600 points to spoil the party.

 

For now, despite some fun and games this week, the FTSE looks capable of presenting further upward travels.

Above 8255 points near term apparent should trigger movement toward an initial 8324 points. Our secondary, should this initial ambition be exceeded, calculates at an eventual 8369 points. If triggered, the tightest stop looks like 8205 points, fairly wide but about what could be expected given the risk/reward potentials.

Our converse scenario, if things decide to go wrong, suggest below 8204 points triggering reversal to 8182 with our secondary, if broken, working out at 8153 points and an almost certain rebound.

Have a good weekend, a difficult one as there’s no Monaco Grand Prix to trigger a good nap. Though, in our case, we watched the final 4 episodes of ‘Clarkstons Farm’, a series which had the ability to disappoint, when realising the final episode it “it” for this year.

 

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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
10:40:13PM	BRENT	8190.6	8185	8154		8227	8357	8410		8271
10:42:47PM	GOLD	2342.65	2323	2317		2339	2352	2359		2341	‘cess
10:45:27PM	FTSE	8230.5	8142	8075		8194	8247	8283		8219	Shambles
11:32:44PM	STOX50	4984.1	4942	4898		4979	4998	5026		4980	‘cess
11:36:19PM	GERMANY	18461	18386	18254		18480	18540	18576		18457	Shambles
11:38:31PM	US500	5230.3	5223	5194		5253	5261	5274		5237	‘cess
11:41:35PM	DOW	38085.6	38005	37644		38200	38210	38280		38020
11:44:00PM	NASDAQ	18510	18486	18444		18562	18667	18716		18587	‘cess
11:46:50PM	JAPAN	38065	37625	37502		38120	38354	38416		38106	Success

 

30/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8231 points. Change of 0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,230,680,116 a change of 35.4%

29/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8183 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,078,579,262 a change of 7.75%

28/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8254 points. Change of -0.76%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,641,394,856 a change of 14.03%

24/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8317 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,947,346,285 a change of -38.57%

23/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8339 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,053,731,391 a change of 27.95%

22/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8370 points. Change of -0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,294,493,963 a change of 14.87%

21/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8416 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,479,565,793 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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Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares

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LSE:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 24.15 Percentage Change: + 3.87% Day High: 24.05 Day Low: 21.95

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LSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 2602 Percentage Change: + 0.46% Day High: 2612.5 Day Low: 2571.5

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LSE:GENL Genel. Close Mid-Price: 96.4 Percentage Change: + 6.28% Day High: 98 Day Low: 90.5

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2940 Percentage Change: + 1.45% Day High: 2944 Day Low: 2850

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 303.9 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 306 Day Low: 299.7

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 843 Percentage Change: + 0.55% Day High: 846.2 Day Low: 826.6

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LSE:QED Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 2.27 Percentage Change: + 13.39% Day High: 2.49 Day Low: 2.05

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 14.1 Percentage Change: + 4.44% Day High: 14.05 Day Low: 13.35

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 2.6 Percentage Change: -7.14% Day High: 2.75 Day Low: 2.45

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 39.48 Percentage Change: + 5.39% Day High: 39.5 Day Low: 36.4

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#Gold SSPG   It transpires there’s a reason for the “sameness” around the world, a feeling of familiarity among many airports often giving distinct déjà vu. The culprit is FTSE 250 member #SSP_Group, describing themselves as The Food Travel Exports, the best part of the journey, their varied brands of shops and food courts decorating airports, rail stations, even some motorway service stations, in 37 countries worldwide.

It’s a bit amusing as airports are a single place where visitors only want one thing, to get out of the place. Yet this company have carved themselves a niche market and despite the decline in air travel, continue to expand most recently into Indonesia. We admit to stalking aviation related companies in the hope of discovering the gem which shall give an early clue the airline market is about to start some proper recovery. After all, it makes sense the enforced petri dish of mass travel shall probably experience rapid acceleration, when things finally kick off.

Alas, our immediate review of SSP Group fails to yield any immediate succour but there is a small hint needing very little movement which should give an initial indication SSP may be shuffling into position for some recovery.

 

We’ve an immediate scenario which proposes above 179p should prove capable of triggering an initial, tame recovery to an initial 186p. While in itself, such a pathetic movement is useless to traders, it should recover the share price above the Red uptrend since the manufactured pandemic low of 2020 at 136p. The years since have seen, similar to the airline industry, many false starts but we shall now be especially interested if this once again regains the uptrend. In a box ticking contest, movement such as this shall definitely tick the first box.

Only if the price manages above 186 do we expect things to become useful, giving the potential of a continued rise to an initial 214p with our longer term secondary, if bettered, at 230p and some potential hesitation due to the price finally beating a downtrend since 2021.

However, there is a remaining problem and it’s the cycle upon which the share currently finds itself. It is trading in a zone where reversal below 160 threatens a trip down to 136 and a mirror image of the low of 2020. Hopefully it would discover the means to display a bounce from such a level as our secondary, should the initial break, works out at 111p and the suggestion of a future in the wilderness. But for now, we’re keeping an eye on them and hoping this share price shall prove capable of warning the aviation market is finally sharpening its fangs.

 

 

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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
9:52:48PM	BRENT	8335.9									Success
9:57:38PM	GOLD	2337.57	2334	2327	2314	2365	2364	2370	2382	2351	Shambles
10:02:33PM	FTSE	8159.1									Success
10:06:54PM	STOX50	4950									Success
10:10:13PM	GERMANY	18434									Success
11:19:27PM	US500	5253.4	5252	5245	5219	5272	5282	5291	5304	5269	Success
12:24:03AM	DOW	38185									‘cess
12:27:31AM	NASDAQ	18659									Success
12:35:11AM	JAPAN	38130									Success

 

29/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8183 points. Change of -0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,078,579,262 a change of 7.75%

28/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8254 points. Change of -0.76%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,641,394,856 a change of 14.03%

24/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8317 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,947,346,285 a change of -38.57%

23/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8339 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,053,731,391 a change of 27.95%

22/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8370 points. Change of -0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,294,493,963 a change of 14.87%

21/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8416 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,479,565,793 a change of 22.51%

20/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8424 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,472,630,359 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: 23.25 Percentage Change: + 1.09% Day High: 23.55 Day Low: 22.4

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LSE:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 132.6 Percentage Change: -1.70% Day High: 134.5 Day Low: 127.1

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 2590 Percentage Change: -1.48% Day High: 2628 Day Low: 2589

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 138 Percentage Change: -0.79% Day High: 143.8 Day Low: 136.7

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LSE:IDS International Distribution. Close Mid-Price: 335 Percentage Change: + 4.30% Day High: 338.4 Day Low: 328.8

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 302.8 Percentage Change: + 0.26% Day High: 305.4 Day Low: 300.4

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 838.4 Percentage Change: -4.36% Day High: 867.6 Day Low: 830.8

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 2420 Percentage Change: -2.81% Day High: 2590 Day Low: 2430

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LSE:QED Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 2 Percentage Change: + 17.50% Day High: 2 Day Low: 1.7

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#Brent #Dax   As we all enjoy the various antics of UK political parties, seemingly doing their best not to be elected, it seems only a matter of days before one of the parties announces being “Sent to Rwanda for Speeding” or Fines for using the wrong pronouns.  Actually, the last one may not be entirely unlikely as it’s the ridiculous law here in Scotland, a place where a politician once made the suggestion of sending “illegals” to live on an island, a concept immediately demolished as a potential vote loser and likely to fall victim of Human Rights rules. With the recent quality of weather, that may not be entirely inaccurate.

 

Despite the entertainment of a UK General Election, retail bank share prices continue to provide their own sideshow. Thankfully, Natwest has finally opted to close above 315p for a few trading sessions (ten in total) giving us fairly substantial hope the game has changed for the share price and finally, the correct set of circumstances should witness some proper price movement.

From our perspective, Natwest is finally trading in a zone where our ‘post-pandemic’ theory allows a future price target at an impressive 549p!

We’ve a surprising immediate scenario, where we can now propose closure once again above 315p should prove especially interesting, expecting a movement cycle to commence to an initial 350p with secondary, if bettered, at 381p. Obviously, the retail banks all suffer from the threat of deliberate political interference and in an election year, this threat is more blatant than BBC bias.

 

If trouble lies ahead, closure below 292p will ring enormous alarm bells, presenting the potential of reversal to an initial 274 with our secondary, if broken, working out at 239p. But for the longer term, thanks to it already closing above 315p, we’re hopeful the game has changed for the bank and the future only requiring oodles of patience, almost worse than watching the boring Monaco F1 races where even a competitor commented he should have brought a pillow for the car cockpit.

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:34:03PM	BRENT	8431.6	8047	7966	7810	8132	8219	8273	8349	8130
10:41:51PM	GOLD	2360.96								2340
10:44:19PM	FTSE	8254.8								8319
10:46:34PM	STOX50	5031.3								5034
10:49:00PM	GERMANY	18661.5	18620	18564	18467	18694	18769	18786	18842	18701
11:06:18PM	US500	5306.9								5305
11:08:58PM	DOW	38804								39017
11:52:47PM	NASDAQ	18870								18843
11:55:01PM	JAPAN	38915								38875

 

28/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8254 points. Change of -0.76%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,641,394,856 a change of 14.03%

24/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8317 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,947,346,285 a change of -38.57%

23/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8339 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,053,731,391 a change of 27.95%

22/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8370 points. Change of -0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,294,493,963 a change of 14.87%

21/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8416 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,479,565,793 a change of 22.51%

20/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8424 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,472,630,359 a change of -22.38%

17/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8420 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,762,302,042 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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Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares

Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AFC AFC Energy** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:GRG Greggs** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **

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LSE:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 23 Percentage Change: + 2.22% Day High: 23.3 Day Low: 21

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 219.1 Percentage Change: + 1.36% Day High: 220.1 Day Low: 216.55

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 2629 Percentage Change: -2.38% Day High: 2690 Day Low: 2618.5

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 15.5 Percentage Change: + 19.23% Day High: 16.25 Day Low: 14.75

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2888 Percentage Change: + 0.56% Day High: 2906 Day Low: 2860

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 302 Percentage Change: + 0.94% Day High: 304.8 Day Low: 299.6

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 451 Percentage Change: + 1.39% Day High: 458.4 Day Low: 444.3

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Close Mid-Price: 882.6 Percentage Change: -2.04% Day High: 904.6 Day Low: 885

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#FTSE #WallSt   As we trudge through the rain to the final week of May,  the market has echoed the mood of the weather but we’re a little hopeful things shall again improve. After all, here in Argyll, Scotland, summer generally happens during May & June so perhaps the FTSE shall choose to replicate our mood. But only if things improve. One interesting aspect of the reversals the most recent four days achieved. The market low of 8332 points was pretty much an exact journey to a bottom, a point from which we’d hope for a proper bounce.

Strange to note, last Friday we’d given an initial drop target at 8384 with secondary, if broken, at 8368 points. To keep everyone amused, on Tuesday the index reversed to 8384 points, then supplied a 40 point bounce. But before the bounce, the index briefly broke below our target level in a movement which, from our perspective, meant any bounce shouldn’t be trusted. The next day, Wednesday, saw the market venture down to our secondary target at the open of trade and chose to break below for a few minutes. But once again, it bounced, this time by 30 points.

So once again, we were justified in distrusting what was coming and Thursday didn’t disappoint. Had we been writing publicly about our expectations, folk would have seen the private note to our customers; “shall not be surprised if the FTSE experiences reversals to 8330 before kicking off a bounce”

Now, as we approach Friday with the market not making it below 8330 points, we’ve some hope for a day with some market gains!

 

In the hopeful scenario of our theory being correct, above 8365 points is supposed to kick things off, giving an initial utterly useless target of 8375 points. Our secondary is quite a bit more useful at what we describe as a “longer term” 8408 points. We’ve opted to sneak in this caveat, following the results from last Friday which, as shown above, took 5 trading days to come to fruition. In normal circumstances without the background noise of world events and the contrived political news due to a coming UK election, conventionally we’d be giving 8408 as an initial target with secondary, if beaten, at 8467 points but recently, the FTSE has been quite stingy with the width of movements.

 

Should the market discover a reason for things to go pear shaped, now below 8330 looks a bit troubling, threatening reversals to an initial 8285 points with secondary, if broken, at 8225 points.

Have a good weekend and enjoy Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. Unless it rains in Monaco, the actual race shall doubtless be worth avoiding.

 

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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
10:49:43PM	BRENT	8129.4	8081	8060		8283	8165	8189		8115	Shambles
10:52:55PM	GOLD	2328.69	2326	2280		2352	2351	2356		2340	Success
10:57:02PM	FTSE	8288	8277	8251		8320	8320	8332		8290	Success
10:59:42PM	STOX50	5004.5	4996	4979		5016	5044	5063		5024	Success
11:02:38PM	GERMANY	18579.2	18554	18531		18610	18718	18785		18639	‘cess
11:06:06PM	US500	5270.7	5256	5235		5282	5325	5355		5298	Success
11:12:47PM	DOW	39064.5	39029	38780		39717	39450	39626		39353	Success
11:15:15PM	NASDAQ	18614.2	18552	18497		18646	18862	18990		18728	Success
11:17:40PM	JAPAN	38504	38415	38246		38566	38920	39099		38621	Success

 

23/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8339 points. Change of -0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,053,731,391 a change of 27.95%

22/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8370 points. Change of -0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,294,493,963 a change of 14.87%

21/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8416 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,479,565,793 a change of 22.51%

20/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8424 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,472,630,359 a change of -22.38%

17/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8420 points. Change of -0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,762,302,042 a change of 1.63%

16/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8438 points. Change of -0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,669,902,118 a change of -17.37%

15/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8445 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,861,663,966 a change of 1.88%

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:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 12404 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 12450 Day Low: 12316

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LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown. Close Mid-Price: 1120 Percentage Change: + 14.40% Day High: 1151 Day Low: 1046

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 352.1 Percentage Change: + 2.50% Day High: 356.7 Day Low: 332.9

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 440.4 Percentage Change: + 2.90% Day High: 446.7 Day Low: 420.1

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#MarksSpencer #Nasdaq  Had dear leader Boris Johnson still been in control, it would be easy to imagine M&S share price surged due to the announcement of a General Election in the UK. Party time at Downing St would surely imply constant delivery of bottles of wine from M&S, the favourite trough of politicians when someone else is paying.

However, this elegant scenario was spoiled by the news M&S share price had leapt, due to the increase in Food profits due to their policy of price gouging. Meanwhile in France, Spain, Italy, and Belgium, products from Pepsi – which includes Doritos – are unavailable, thanks to the grocery chain Carrefour banning the brand due to unacceptable price increases. The concept of a major retailer looking out for their customers is impressive, a policy beyond the mental reach of UK supermarkets. We notice 2ltr bottles of Pepsi in our local supermarket still gather dust, their price remaining static despite other vendors such a Coca Cola conceding reality and reducing prices. Surprisingly, we also noticed Morrisons “own brand” cola has reverted to its 59p price for large bottles, doubtless due to their exploration of the 95p level damaging sales. This is important, due to grand-daughters who consume frightening amounts when they visit but also, typically abandon 1/2 full glasses all over the place, finding it easier to go into the kitchen rather than risk a brain cell by trying to recall where they left their previous glass.

 

At first glance, it was easy to assume happy days were ahead for M&S, aside from a small but perhaps crucial detail. We often reiterate our demand a share price actually close at or above a specific level to give an accurate clue as to what the future holds. The circled area on the chart below highlights our issue as M&S closed at 290.5p at that point. Now, despite breaking through the downtrend, it noticeably failed to close above this prior high, ending the session at 288p. As a result, we’re not confident with the immediate projections as this sort of thing is rarely a mistake by trading software.

If we go by the trading range on Wednesday, apparently above 300p should next propel M&S to 305p with our longer term secondary calculating at 351p. If it were not for the important detail the share failed to close the session above the prior high, we’d be very confident with these projections, especially as our own software is supplying a cluster of different calculations, all of which should end up at 381p eventually, along with some hesitation. When a share price has multiple separate criteria all pointing to the same price levels, we’ve learned to resign ourselves to the future but in this instance, the failure to better a prior high bothers us. Highlighting the issue, the minute by minute chart extract for the 21st shows M&S share price was “stuck” at the level of the prior high, 290.5p, until 3pm, when the market decided to let it drop. It was all really strange, hence our caution.

 

In the event of the share price now trading below 277p, our concerns risk becoming a reality as this risks triggering reversals down to 231p initially with secondary, if broken, at 207p. Visually, we would anticipate the 231p level as being capable of provoking a decent bounce.

 

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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
9:31:11PM	BRENT	8154.9	8150	8065	7822	8388	8252	8284	8330	8174
9:34:27PM	GOLD	2378.95									Success
9:38:57PM	FTSE	8350.5									‘cess
9:42:06PM	STOX50	5021.2									‘cess
9:45:52PM	GERMANY	18644									‘cess
9:50:26PM	US500	5311.7
10:59:26PM	DOW	39604									Success
11:02:30PM	NASDAQ	18732	18604	18533	18442	18678	18758	18815	18886	18720	‘cess
11:05:30PM	JAPAN	38833									Success

 

22/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8370 points. Change of -0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,294,493,963 a change of 14.87%

21/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8416 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,479,565,793 a change of 22.51%

20/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8424 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,472,630,359 a change of -22.38%

17/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8420 points. Change of -0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,762,302,042 a change of 1.63%

16/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8438 points. Change of -0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,669,902,118 a change of -17.37%

15/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8445 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,861,663,966 a change of 1.88%

14/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8428 points. Change of 0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,735,233,272 a change of 43.21%

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:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 68.4 Percentage Change: -3.12% Day High: 71.4 Day Low: 68.6

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LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown. Close Mid-Price: 979 Percentage Change: + 4.95% Day High: 989.6 Day Low: 916

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 56.38 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 57.22 Day Low: 55.94

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 288 Percentage Change: + 5.19% Day High: 300 Day Low: 281

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#Harland #FTSE  The current iteration of Harland & Wolff must harbour mixed feelings about the names ancestry. The two massive cranes which dominate the Belfast skyline provide a permanent reminder of their presence. Unfortunately, the memory of their most famous ship, The Titanic, must also haunt the company as few shipyards will enjoy being famous for building the largest ship in the world which also sunk on its maiden voyage.

As always seems to be the case nowadays with shipbuilding in the UK, the company appears threatened by a lack of support from the government. In this case, it’s a lack of a £200m export credit guarantee at risk of blockage by the treasury. It certainly appears ridiculous such a relatively small sum of money could be threatening such a large company, especially when the current Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps, claimed in a recent speech the UK has entered a “golden age of shipbuilding!” Needless to say, if a UK politician is willing to make such a claim, the exact opposite is probably the truth, the last few years having given our political rulers plenty of opportunities to utterly mislead the nation as to what’s really going on.

 

Something certainly is going on as we’ve received a few emails asking our opinion on the share price future prospects. Without a doubt, this one is difficult as it feels like it has already hit an iceberg.

Now below just 8.7p risks triggering reversals to an initial 7.7p and perhaps a bounce. If broken, our secondary and “ultimate” bottom work out at 5.7p, this being a level below which we cannot calculate without introducing a negative sign in front of the target. But visually, there’s certainly a reasonable level of hope it shall bounce from the 5.7p level.

Unfortunately, to give hope, the share price currently requires a bit of a miracle. Trading above 10.85p should provide early warning of something positive happening, giving a scenario where we can postulate the potential of price recovery to an initial 13p, obviously fairly useless in the grand scheme of things. Only above 13p do things start to look interesting, giving an initial target of 18.1p with secondary, if bettered, at 22p and some possible hesitation, given the share price behaviour during 2023.

 

 

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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
10:58:42PM	BRENT	8236.7
11:01:27PM	GOLD	2420.61
11:07:40PM	FTSE	8420.3	8366	8353	8310	8412	8428	8437	8454	8415	Success
11:09:57PM	STOX50	5047.3	5024	5015	4983	5062	5061	5075	5092	5047	Success
11:12:08PM	GERMANY	18736									Success
11:14:24PM	US500	5322.7
11:22:23PM	DOW	39884.5
11:25:19PM	NASDAQ	18718
11:30:58PM	JAPAN	38920

 

21/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8416 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,479,565,793 a change of 22.51%

20/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8424 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,472,630,359 a change of -22.38%

17/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8420 points. Change of -0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,762,302,042 a change of 1.63%

16/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8438 points. Change of -0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,669,902,118 a change of -17.37%

15/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8445 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,861,663,966 a change of 1.88%

14/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8428 points. Change of 0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,735,233,272 a change of 43.21%

13/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8414 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,703,191,844 a change of -3.6%

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:AVCT Avacta Close Mid-Price: 41.75 Percentage Change: -3.36% Day High: 42.75 Day Low: 41.5

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 12364 Percentage Change: + 2.22% Day High: 12440 Day Low: 12134

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 70.6 Percentage Change: + 2.02% Day High: 70.8 Day Low: 68.2

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone. Close Mid-Price: 142.1 Percentage Change: + 3.50% Day High: 143.1 Day Low: 136.3

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LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown. Close Mid-Price: 932.8 Percentage Change: + 4.15% Day High: 944.6 Day Low: 888

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 34.55 Percentage Change: -4.43% Day High: 37 Day Low: 34.45

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#Marlowe #Gold  Last month when we reviewed Gold, we gave an immediate target of 2480 dollars with our secondary, if bettered, at $2500. We noticed the metal surged upward again on Monday, reaching 2450. It’s certainly in the ballpark of where conventional market behaviour would anticipate some hesitation but once again, we shall reiterate our warning where we don’t expect the markets to hand out the free gift of a short position by the $2500 level. It will therefore prove wise to watch for the metal being “gapped up” as this shall imply the market retains ambitions above $2500. Already, it started this week being gapped up by 6 dollars at the market open, so we’re already understandably curious.

 

 

From watching Clarkson’s Farm, Jeremy continues to display a fond affection for Government regulations, along with Health & Safety rules.  In probably every industry (except politics),  the plethora of self justifying rules from government make life difficult and it’s no surprise this has given birth to specialist companies such as Marlowe, describing themselves as providing a broad range of compliance software and services in areas which pose a high risk for businesses. It’s easy to regard this new compliance industry as filling a niche market, thanks to government interference, but unsurprisingly, many folk in farming, building, oil, woodwork – in fact any industry with a manual labour presence – concede regulations do have positive effects. It was once the case where it was virtually impossible to gather a bunch of folk together for a tea break and not notice several missing fingers, walking with limps, or sporting scars. It was simply accepted as a risk of the job but nowadays, it’d be difficult to spot these type of injuries as they are thankfully no longer common.

Once, I managed to insert myself into a major fire in a motor trade outlet. I was at their parts department, working out a stock control system, and the job felt it was going to last forever. As a result, now on first name terms with everyone, when an apprentice called Kevin appeared at the workshop hatch and yelled “Welding Plant”, in the absence of the parts department staff I wandered over to explain everyone was out, some collecting parts, some skiving doing the lunch run to a local cafe.

“Tommy sent me round for the Oxyacetylene trolley,” he said. I was aware of the rules and decided to help out, signing the plant out and noting down the job number. When the manager appeared, I advised him of the only interesting thing which had happened, receiving a thanks in return.

And then all hell broke loose, lots of shouting, lots of people running. Being a young curious moron, it obviously made sense to try and find what was going on and a glance into the workshop showed a vista of hell. A yellow vehicle, a Lotus I think, was on fire, suspended on a car ramp. Burning fuel was flowing downward, around the welding plant, and making its was along a shallow drain, common in workshops to trap oil. The workshop manager appeared, asking me to ensure someone had called the Fire Brigade. So I ran round to the petrol station and used the phone in the shop, unfortunately not knowing the full address but the 999 operator was confident the fire units would find the rather well known dealership. She even intoned the company advertising jingle, such was her confidence.

Returning to the workshops, everyone was enjoying the view of cars going up like firecrackers, a total of 7 vehicles being destroyed. It transpired Tommy the mechanic had decided to join the lunch run to the cafe, using his car rather than letting the parts department gofer walk. Kevin, the apprentice, got bored waiting and decided he could apply sufficient heat to a seized joint on Lotus suspension, the fibre class car deciding it didn’t like naked flames. And while all hell was breaking loose, no-one thought to turn off the petrol pumps as we were all entranced by the sound of fire engines coming closer, then getting further away as they circled the garage like seagulls waiting for food to drop. All things considered, no-one was hurt, the gas bottles didn’t explode, and after a few weeks the workshops were back in action.

Nowadays, things are different and I’d probably have found myself in court for giving a 16 year old Oxyacetylene gas bottles. And quite why it didn’t occur to anyone to turn off the petrol pumps remains a puzzle. Perhaps had there been injuries, the legal side of things may have kicked in but apparently, every single customers first words on hearing of the disaster to their car was along the lines of “is everyone okay?” Times have changed and mostly for the better as that garage would now do fire drills, have emergency procedures, proper fire fighting equipment and a head count. The initial panic among the spectators when Tommy couldn’t be seen was quickly calmed, when he drove up with lunch. This workshop had a Fire Extinguisher corner, along with a hose. Due to the fire, it was ironic neither could be reached.

In other words, there’s definitely ample justification for a company like Marlowe and their share price is showing early signals it may be about to do something useful.

 

Traditionally, we like Gap Downs followed by a Gap Up and Marlowe appear to have achieved an (almost) textbook example. The initial Gap Down in November last year breached the immediate Red uptrend. And then, in February this year, the Gap Up breached the share price downtrend in Blue. Typically, we get quite excited with a confirmed GaGa movement and this one is so perfect we almost distrust it.

If we’re strict, we’re supposed to breathlessly announce above 577p should now trigger movements to an initial 726p with secondary, if bettered, at a future impressive 916p. In fact, our in-house conventional GaGa rules say we should safely announce it’s heading to 916p, regardless of trigger levels. Thankfully, we’re cowards and like that workshop fire back in the day, there may be something important we’ve missed. Are the company about to visit Clarkstons Diddly Squat Farm, joining his Local Council and becoming a nationally hated victim of the excellent show on Amazon? For now, we’re inclined to keep an eye on them

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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
10:13:36PM	BRENT	8349.4									‘cess
10:16:30PM	GOLD	2425.56	2408	2398	2380	2438	2452	2461	2523	2428	‘cess
10:18:43PM	FTSE	8401.3
10:20:48PM	STOX50	5061.5
10:22:47PM	GERMANY	18736.7									‘cess
10:24:48PM	US500	5308.7	5302	5296	5286	5315	5322	5329	5344	5316
10:27:22PM	DOW	39806									Shambles
11:02:39PM	NASDAQ	18656
11:07:18PM	JAPAN	39228									‘cess

 

20/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8424 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,472,630,359 a change of -22.38%

17/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8420 points. Change of -0.21%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,762,302,042 a change of 1.63%

16/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8438 points. Change of -0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,669,902,118 a change of -17.37%

15/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8445 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,861,663,966 a change of 1.88%

14/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8428 points. Change of 0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,735,233,272 a change of 43.21%

13/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8414 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,703,191,844 a change of -3.6%

10/05/2024 FTSE Closed at 8433 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,878,616,617 a change of -3.08%

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:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 501.5 Percentage Change: + 0.91% Day High: 505.6 Day Low: 498.45

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LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown Close Mid-Price: 895.6 Percentage Change: -0.33% Day High: 908.4 Day Low: 893.6

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 800 Percentage Change: + 0.06% Day High: 802.5 Day Low: 797

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 36.15 Percentage Change: + 7.91% Day High: 35.95 Day Low: 33

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 56.2 Percentage Change: + 1.22% Day High: 56.3 Day Low: 55.68

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2480 Percentage Change: + 0.81% Day High: 2560 Day Low: 2440

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