Author: T&T Staff

#Brent #DAX All dog owners are guilty of “the pretend throw”, tossing something over the dogs head in the hope it chases after a feint, until the point when the owner is given the dread suspicious side-eye. Our own Golden Retriever was once so gullible it got to the stage where she doesn’t “do” balls, insisting on a football and absolutely nothing smaller. We’re a little afraid we may be about to fall victim to a feint from Barclays as the share price has been ticking an unpleasant number of attractive  boxes recently.

 

The first box to be ticked came from our report on Barclays three weeks ago. We’d dangled the potential of a very possible bottom price level at 136.3p, along with a strong potential for a bounce is such a level was achieved. Real life saw the share weaken to 138.5, then start to bounce. We always like it when a price bounces just about a drop target level as this often signifies some hidden strength.

The second item of interest came on Thursday of last week, the price gapped DOWN at the open and on Friday, it was gapped UP. This GaGa dance step is one we find frequently attractive as it’s generally a pretty solid suggestion the market in about to indulge a cunning plan for price gains.

And the third item is one we’re a little less optimistic about, the share prices behaviour in relation to the Blue downtrend since February of last year. For some reason or other, the price is once again respecting this downtrend.

 

And thus, similar to a recent ‘foster’ dog called Badger, we’re primed and ready to chase brainlessly after Barclays share price, if the market opts to hit a pretty obvious trigger level. Above just 151.7p (last Fridays high) calculates with the potential of a lift to 155.5p with secondary, if bettered, working out at a comfortable looking 158.6p. And it’s this secondary target which is provoking plenty of self doubt, representing a new “higher high” for the share, one which implies a pretty strong suggestion of a return to a future long term 173.1p and a price level not seen for just 12 months!

Hopefully we’ve not taken the bait, providing a set of targets while the market giggles behind a concealing hand. But for things to start going wrong, Barclays now needs slink below 145p to risk a path to 142.3 with secondary, if broken, a disheartening 139p.

Our suspicion, ever the optimists, is we’re about to see the first ball thrown in a path to an eventual 173p.

 

 

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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
9:33:08PM	BRENT	7737.8	7680	7579	7301	7825	7888	7935	8020	7774
9:35:28PM	GOLD	2039.4
9:40:04PM	FTSE	7631.8
9:43:39PM	STOX50	4661.8
10:07:22PM	GERMANY	16933.4	16890	16850	16792	16934	16965	16995	17030	16912
10:10:02PM	US500	4951.2
10:13:08PM	DOW	38628
10:15:22PM	NASDAQ	17594.2
10:17:38PM	JAPAN	36388

 

2/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7615 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,604,656,485 a change of -16.86%

1/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7622 points. Change of -0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,538,356,181 a change of -5.22%

31/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7630 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,843,417,633 a change of 22.29%

30/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7666 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,778,161,303 a change of -12.39%

29/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7632 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,453,884,268 a change of -16.87%

28/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7635 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,560,613,072 a change of 58.4%

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:EXPN Experian Close Mid-Price: 3304 Percentage Change: -0.54% Day High: 3370 Day Low: 3294

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 575.2 Percentage Change: + 2.93% Day High: 582 Day Low: 569

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 100.7 Percentage Change: -1.37% Day High: 103.9 Day Low: 98.4

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 4465 Percentage Change: -0.36% Day High: 4548 Day Low: 4465

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 505 Percentage Change: -2.17% Day High: 532.4 Day Low: 494.6

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#Gold #FTSE We’ve been getting extremely frustrated at the lack of real movement among FTSE 100 shares. A throwaway comment in the office, “better check the AIM and the FTSE250, because they may get attention while the FTSE is sleeping” proved, hopefully, a worthwhile exercise. Over the years, we’ve noticed this can often be the case and with many FTSE 100 components appearing to be awaiting “something”, the effort shall perhaps be justified.

 

Surprisingly, it’s the FTSE250 which currently holds out most hope for positive movements with movement above 19404 points calculating with the potential of a lift to a tame looking 19683 points. At this level, things start to get quite interesting. Market closure above 19683 works out with the potential of a lift to 20640 points, dumping the market into a region where a future 21064 calculates with quite strong 3rd level ambition. It’s difficult to ignore we’re proposing a scenario with an overall 10% lift potential for this market, so it’s perhaps going to be worthwhile keeping an eye on FTSE250 components. This index needs below 18000 points to risk spoiling the potential party in the future.

 

As for the AIM market, things are quite a bit less positive. There are, of course, potentials but unfortunately the index appears to be experiencing difficulty recovering from the thrashing it was given in 2022. It has at least recovered above the level of the Red uptrend break of 740 points, generally a pretty positive signal. Until such time the value actually recovers above Red, spending money on a Party Popper is liable to be misguided. Thankfully, very little work is required and now above 767 points should prove capable of a lift to an initial 787 points with secondary, if bettered, a more encouraging 825 points. This secondary level is a big deal, emplacing the AIM in a region where a long term cycle to 1110 points should prove possible.

If things intend go wrong for the AIM, below 700 points shall now suggest investing in running shoes!

 

Finally, the FTSE. So far this year, writing about the UK’s premier index has been about as exciting as writing about the UK’s retail banks.

Currently, the FTSE is supposed to be heading to an initial 7736 with secondary, if bettered, now at 7849 points. The only little problem has been a tendency for the market to retreat, every single time it looked on the verge of producing something positive. It’s certainly the case above 7690 should still make an effort to achieve these target levels but we’re wondering what other factors are at play, inhibiting any moves which would dare emulate other markets in the world.

Instead, our inclination is to fear the worst as weakness now below 7606 points suggests reversal to an initial 7569 points with secondary, if broken, at 7541 points. While neither reversal target embraces a huge number of points, the movements would be sufficient to maintain the FTSE in its favourite position, marching on the spot. If triggered, the tightest stop is wide around 7660 points.

Have a good weekend.

 

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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
8:46:06PM	BRENT	7878.9	7854	7620		8046	8044	8107		7887	‘cess
8:48:20PM	GOLD	2054.97	2041	2036		2058	2067	2072		2057	Success
9:03:32PM	FTSE	7647.3	7613	7596		7657	7680	7711		7640
9:40:46PM	STOX50	4660.2	4613	4593		4649	4667	4688		4631	‘cess
9:42:29PM	GERMANY	16988	16786	16750		16872	17004	17062		16916	‘cess
9:44:24PM	US500	4930.8	4895	4881		4906	4932	4941		4898	‘cess
9:46:46PM	DOW	38495	38334	38272		38455	38520	38683		38375	Success
9:49:41PM	NASDAQ	17500.5	17312	17228		17404	17518	17663		17322	‘cess
9:53:20PM	JAPAN	36290	36120	36054		36236	36310	36317		36216	Shambles

 

1/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7622 points. Change of -0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,538,356,181 a change of -5.22%

31/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7630 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,843,417,633 a change of 22.29%

30/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7666 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,778,161,303 a change of -12.39%

29/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7632 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,453,884,268 a change of -16.87%

28/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7635 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,560,613,072 a change of 58.4%

25/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7529 points. Change of 0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,141,889,174 a change of -12.43%

24/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,729,886,078 a change of -8.08%

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:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 3322 Percentage Change: + 0.79% Day High: 3329 Day Low: 3289

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 558.8 Percentage Change: + 0.47% Day High: 570.4 Day Low: 553.6

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 102.1 Percentage Change: -2.76% Day High: 106.5 Day Low: 102.1

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LSE:MMAG Music Magpie Close Mid-Price: 9 Percentage Change: -5.26% Day High: 9.5 Day Low: 8.5

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 516.2 Percentage Change: -5.56% Day High: 543 Day Low: 515

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#Germany #SP500 For years, getting the brand names of Barbour and Burberry mixed up has been a personal foible. Both companies do outdoors wear, each brand name starts with a “B” but there’s one important difference I was blissfully unaware of. Today the wind here in Argyll decide to amuse residents with occasional 80mph gusts, normally not a problem but as we’ve still a destroyed shed in the garden, there were issues as the carcase was being blown around. We dare not get rid of the debris until the insurance company approves!

 

The mangled steel shed was being pushed up a hedge, crashing to the ground every time the wind eased. It was becoming clear some of the steel sides were becoming loose, creating a mental picture of it flying through the air and decapitating someone miles away. In one lull in the weather, I’d an idea of how to stop the thing dancing around, so pulled on a heavy waxed jacket and hard hat, heavy boots, and gloves. My intention was to coil rope around the debris, pull everything tightly closed, and drag it into the shelter of a wall. This seemed the right thing for all concerned until my wife spotted me and let rip. Apparently I was to come back indoors and change jackets, opting for an old one which was awaiting being waxed. It was also somewhat disreputable, worn when walking the dogs or using a chainsaw. The chainsaw was actually the reason it hadn’t been waxed as saw dust clings gleefully to a waxed cotton jacket.

We’d a plumber working as I muttered my annoyance at my wife’s irritation because I was wearing a Burberry jacket to tie down a shed.

“No wonder,” he said, “how many pairs of shoes could she buy for the cost of one?”

“Not many,” I replied. “This thing was about £90 fifteen years ago!”

He looked at the scruffy jacket, saying “it’s a Barbour jacket!”. I replied, “are they not the same thing” and like plumbers everywhere, it transpires he knew the price of Burberry jackets. Nope, I would have drawn the line at rescuing a shed, had I been wearing a jacket worth more than the aforementioned shed. However, it did provide some inspiration to take a look at Burberry share price.

 

There are issues with Burberry. When their share price passed below 1330p in January, it entered – from our perspective – a pretty bad place. Despite the share price looking like it’s experiencing some recovery currently, we’re not convinced and the five year chart tends back up our prejudice.  While strictly speaking the price now needs sink below 1162p to ring alarm bells and trigger the next drop cycle, visually it’s already in the zone with the result we shall not be surprised to see ongoing traffic downhill to an initial 967p with our secondary, and hopefully the bottom, calculating at an eventual 695p. It certainly seems unfair we’re proposing a share price return to levels not seen since 2010.

Unfortunately, to convince us of any attempt to get out of trouble, the share price needs exceed 1655p to hopefully trigger recovery to an initial 1980p with secondary, if beaten, working out at a longer term 2318p. Who knows, maybe someone in the markets has also confused Barbour and Burberry…

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:19:57PM	BRENT	8058
11:24:17PM	GOLD	2040.33									‘cess
11:33:30PM	FTSE	7615.1									Shambles
11:37:04PM	STOX50	4635.3									Success
11:41:25PM	GERMANY	16834.1	16820	16787	16710	16850	16926	16988	17053	16861	Shambles
11:47:36PM	US500	4853	4843	4834	4802	4868	4905	4913	4936	4875	Success
11:51:01PM	DOW	38178									Success
11:53:59PM	NASDAQ	17189									Success
11:56:53PM	JAPAN	35946									Success

 

31/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7630 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,843,417,633 a change of 22.29%

30/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7666 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,778,161,303 a change of -12.39%

29/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7632 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,453,884,268 a change of -16.87%

28/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7635 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,560,613,072 a change of 58.4%

25/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7529 points. Change of 0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,141,889,174 a change of -12.43%

24/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,729,886,078 a change of -8.08%

23/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7486 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,145,475,949 a change of 1.4%

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:EME Empyrean Close Mid-Price: 0.33 Percentage Change: -11.60% Day High: 0.35 Day Low: 0.28

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 105 Percentage Change: -5.83% Day High: 110 Day Low: 106

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 618.2 Percentage Change: -0.48% Day High: 625.3 Day Low: 617.3

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 120 Percentage Change: -1.64% Day High: 122 Day Low: 120

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 28.2 Percentage Change: -4.41% Day High: 29.65 Day Low: 28.4

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 38.6 Percentage Change: -3.98% Day High: 40.5 Day Low: 38.5

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#FTSE #Stoxx50 There’s just 3 weeks until the first Formula 1 show of 2024, taking place in Bahrain and starring the usual crew who, it appears, all seem to expect a season just like last years. In other words, fairly boring and predictable. Maybe Alonso, driving for Aston Martin, shall claim something outrageous, generating some airtime or perhaps his team-mate Stroll will show he’s learned how to drive but unfortunately, in pre-season gossip, it looks like more of the same is expected.

Unfortunately, with regard Aston Martins share price, “more of the same” feels like the ruling sentiment also. We’re pretty confident their share price is destined to visit 168p, maybe even 158p and a level by which we’d hope for a realistic rebound. Why are we primed with misery for the share?

It all dates back to January 17th of this year, a session which opened with the share price being gapped below the Red uptrend on the chart. This gave a pretty convincing clue the market has a cunning plan and due to share price movements since the event, some care has been taken to ensure no arguments for immediate recovery exist. Quite the converse. It now looks very like movement below 183p shall serve to trigger the next reversal cycle, hopefully one which indeed finds a bottom waiting before 158p. There is a larger danger, one which shall doubtless require a serious faux pas, as should 158p break, our next bottom level is a silly looking 120p. At least, it would be silly, if it were not indicative of a return to price levels at the end of 2022.

 

Of course, with the racing season about to start, maybe Aston Martin shall produce a Duracell rabbit capable of boosting the teams fortunes. The earliest indication of such an epiphany would be the share price closing a session above 205p, above the level of trend break. We’d regard this with some considerable hope as it’d be the first step in an acceleration curve toward an initial 268p with secondary, if bettered, at a longer term 292p. The only problem, we can do the sums and produce the numbers but, don’t quite believe them.

There’s another feature worthy of consideration. Here in Argyll we tend get overloaded with supercars, the roads presenting their own set of unique challenges. Quite genuinely, I cannot recall when I last noticed an Aston Martin…

 

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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
8:50:36PM	BRENT	8245.3
8:52:42PM	GOLD	2035.82									‘cess
10:08:45PM	FTSE	7660	7643	7626	7606	7683	7686	7696	7714	7669	‘cess
10:11:12PM	STOX50	4651.2	4652	4646	4638	4662	4670	4709	4756	4654
10:13:47PM	GERMANY	16928.5									‘cess
10:16:45PM	US500	4908.1
10:19:25PM	DOW	38456
10:21:43PM	NASDAQ	17361									‘cess
10:24:34PM	JAPAN	35749

 

30/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7666 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,778,161,303 a change of -12.39%

29/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7632 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,453,884,268 a change of -16.87%

28/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7635 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,560,613,072 a change of 58.4%

25/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7529 points. Change of 0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,141,889,174 a change of -12.43%

24/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,729,886,078 a change of -8.08%

23/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7486 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,145,475,949 a change of 1.4%

22/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7487 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,074,323,347 a change of -15.67%

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:EME Empyrean** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:MMAG Music Magpie** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **

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LSE:EME Empyrean Close Mid-Price: 0.38 Percentage Change: -11.76% Day High: 0.38 Day Low: 0.35

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 3313 Percentage Change: + 1.72% Day High: 3315 Day Low: 3268

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 554.2 Percentage Change: + 1.28% Day High: 559.4 Day Low: 547

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 7580 Percentage Change: + 1.66% Day High: 7618 Day Low: 7482

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LSE:MMAG Music Magpie Close Mid-Price: 9.5 Percentage Change: -5.00% Day High: 10 Day Low: 8.75

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#Brent #WallSt There was once a television show called “Friends” which featured a memorable scene, where the group were challenged to define what one of them (Chandler) actually did for a living. Every now and then, when reviewing company websites, we are reminded of this conundrum of comedy. Recently, Intermediate Capital Group provided exactly the confusing potpourri of words which confuses.

The excerpt above, from the “Who We Are” section of their website neatly sidesteps any threat of actually explaining what the company does to generate profit!

This is a bit of a surprise, especially as the market seems to be looking favourably on their share price for some reason. We’ve even had a couple of emails asking what we think of recent movements, hence an ill-guided attempt to educate ourselves as to their function in life. But whatever they really do, they employ over 600 people to do it, so presumably there’s some sort of end product. Maybe we’re the problem, becoming dinosaurs by not keeping up with terminology. Private Eye very recently featured a clever cartoon, showing a younger couple adorned with modern technical gear. There was a newspaper headline beside them and one asked “What’s Post?” while the other asked “What’s an Office?”. It was akin to a grand-child asking “Why do you say ‘Dial a Number’?”.

 

Currently trading around 1,753p, this share price only needs exceed 1,819 to apparently prove capable of triggering movement to an initial 1,877p. In the grand scheme of things, this wouldn’t represent a significant rise but our longer term secondary, with closure above 1,877, works out somewhere around 2,180p. Our secondary target, out of necessity, is a bit vague, thanks to the share price being recently gapped (circled) above the Blue downtrend since 2021. There’s nothing quite like a manipulation gap to throw a spanner in the works of our calculations, thus the secondary might even extrapolate to 2,291p, a fairly wide difference.

Typically, when we see a share propelled above a trend such as this, we tend anticipate some reversals once our initial target is achieved, potentially back to the level of trend break. In this instance, the suggestion is we should’t worry if reversals to the 1,650 level take place any time soon.

Currently, the share price would need break Red at around 1,580 to cause a raised eyebrow, along with the risk of reversal to 1,392p and hopefully a rebound.

 

But for now, we quite like the way this is positioned.

 

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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
10:20:08PM	BRENT	8191.7	8080	7965	7823	8215	8391	8505	8652	8088
10:22:29PM	GOLD	2032.82									Success
10:28:53PM	FTSE	7650.1									‘cess
10:31:40PM	STOX50	4650.8									‘cess
10:35:42PM	GERMANY	16981									‘cess
10:41:09PM	US500	4924.2
10:44:29PM	DOW	38282	38017	37944	37813	38130	38338	38345	38392	38080	‘cess
10:47:19PM	NASDAQ	17588.4									‘cess
10:50:06PM	JAPAN	36159

 

29/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7632 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,453,884,268 a change of -16.87%

28/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7635 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,560,613,072 a change of 58.4%

25/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7529 points. Change of 0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,141,889,174 a change of -12.43%

24/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,729,886,078 a change of -8.08%

23/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7486 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,145,475,949 a change of 1.4%

22/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7487 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,074,323,347 a change of -15.67%

19/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7461 points. Change of 0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,017,076,844 a change of 5.37%

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:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 547.2 Percentage Change: + 3.48% Day High: 551 Day Low: 520

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 55.8 Percentage Change: + 1.64% Day High: 56.2 Day Low: 54.1

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4478 Percentage Change: + 0.45% Day High: 4515 Day Low: 4474

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LSE:MMAG Music Magpie Close Mid-Price: 10 Percentage Change: -9.09% Day High: 11 Day Low: 9.75

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#Brent #Stoxx50 Champagne is getting expensive! This weekend brought an important milestone, our 30th wedding anniversary, and once again we marked the date with a bottle of “decent” champagne. It’s one of these ridiculous traditions some couples embrace, we buy a bottle of the stuff every year, don’t open it, and place it in a wine rack. The rack provides an easy method of telling how long we’ve been married and we’ve been keeping the champagne for a “special occasion”, neither my wife or I being particularly fond of the fizzy stuff. Our current suspicion is we’ll end up loading it into a wheelbarrow and giving it to whatever grand-daughter gets married first. The only thing certain since the tradition started; champagne never, ever, gets cheaper, regardless the state of the wider economy!

Once again, it is time to try and make sense of a retail banking share and unusually, there’s a vague chance Lloyds has delivered some sort of signal. The Blue line on the chart, the downtrend since February last year, hasn’t appeared particularly important until last Thursday. Then, for some reason, the market took exquisite care NOT to let the share price close below Blue. Perhaps we’re clutching at straws, perhaps not, but the immediate implication calculates with the risk of weakness below 41.4 heading down to an initial 40.9 with secondary, if broken, a bounce point now at 38.4p.

However, if the market indeed intends make an effort to stop Blue breaking, and instead, we should now search for movements which will give notice of surprise recovery for Lloyds.

Should this turn out to be the case, a slightly interesting early warning will come if the share price movements above 43.1p as this is supposed to trigger an initial surge to a useless 43.67p. Our inclination is to regard 43.67p as a viable trigger level, one which if exceeded should next promote the concept of a visit to 45.4p initially with secondary, if exceeded, a future 47.3p. Visually, it appears very possible there shall be some hesitation at the 47.3p level, should the price discover a path to such a target.

Who knows, perhaps Lloyds shall finally prove worth keeping an eye on.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
6:17:08PM	BRENT	8314.3	8079	7985	7875	8142	8317	8354	8640	7853
6:29:19PM	GOLD									2018
6:32:01PM	FTSE									7616
6:34:13PM	STOX50	4633.3	4578	4554	4526	4604	4639	4659	4752	4623
6:36:41PM	GERMANY
6:40:14PM	US500
6:42:46PM	DOW
6:44:40PM	NASDAQ
6:46:42PM	JAPAN

 

28/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7635 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,560,613,072 a change of 58.4%

25/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7529 points. Change of 0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,141,889,174 a change of -12.43%

24/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,729,886,078 a change of -8.08%

23/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7486 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,145,475,949 a change of 1.4%

22/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7487 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,074,323,347 a change of -15.67%

19/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7461 points. Change of 0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,017,076,844 a change of 5.37%

18/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7459 points. Change of 0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,710,434,313 a change of 4.63%

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.

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 120 Percentage Change: + 0.42% Day High: 121.5 Day Low: 116

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4458 Percentage Change: + 1.69% Day High: 4476 Day Low: 4384

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#FTSE #Gold The first month of 2024 has seen the FTSE move with astounding timidity, our garden shed proving more agile this week alone! This shed had withstood the worst Argyll could throw at it for 15 years, protected by an old Beech tree which stood over it and presumably limited the effects of regular 60mph+ winds. However, the most recent storm with 80mph gusts, fed the sheds ego, allowing an attempt to follow Ryanair into the skies.

Its first and only flight measured just 30 feet, progress arrested by a fairly tall fence and hedge. Unfortunately, the contents of the shed proved to be blessed with greater ambition. Similar to many folk, our Xmas decorations are stored in big plastic boxes, not one of which managed to retain its lid, every yellow snap down handle breaking. Now, the trees at the top of the garden enjoy impromptu decorations of tinsel, an unholy number of Santa Claus figures, and some quite vulgar bright red boxes, a display of fake gifts which graced the bottom of the Xmas tree and once lit up. Similar to software designers, there are things which shouldn’t really be seen in the light of day, our Xmas decor part of such a category.

On the bright side, we also uncovered a Singer treadle sewing machine, something we’d completely forgotten about. Unfortunately, the insurance company ask everything remain in place until they can despatch an assessor, something we know isn’t going to happen once someone looks at a map. But playing safe is the order of the day, working on the basis they’ll find any excuse to refuse or delay a claim.  And just in case, they’ve been sent plenty of photographs and videos, while we try and figure out the cost of the damage. It’s easy to say “Never a dull moment in Argyll”, especially as this year has seen (another) failed dishwasher, a failed boiler, and a failed shed. And we both enjoyed a week off, due to Covid-19!

 

This has all got quite a lot to do with the FTSE as we suspect it also intends some failure. When the index recently tumbled down to the 7400 level before exhibiting a weak bounce, we suspect we only witnessed a half hearted attempt at scaring the market. The bounce from the 7400 level has proven less than convincing, allowing us to create a scenario where weakness next below 7470 points is expected to trigger reversals to an initial 7434 points with secondary, if broken, at 7323, along with a potential rebound.

Thankfully, the index doesn’t need do a huge amount to give an initial suggestion some recovery may be upon us. Above 7545 points works out with the potential of a lift to 7576 points. Our secondary, if such a level is bettered, is significant, calculating at 7738 points and a challenge again the immediate Blue downtrend.

 

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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
10:10:04PM	BRENT	8181	7970	7930		8033	8206	8351		7843	Success
10:12:22PM	GOLD	2020.58	2017	2015		2025	2024	2031		2015
10:14:53PM	FTSE	7547.1	7507	7501		7531	7564	7615		7522	‘cess
10:34:50PM	STOX50	4591.3	4570	4560		4587	4602	4606		4588	Shambles
10:37:08PM	GERMANY	16891	16858	16850		16887	16922	16950		16880
10:41:04PM	US500	4890.6	4861	4855		4877	4904	4915		4884
10:43:51PM	DOW	37992	37757	37698		37920	38063	38102		37934
10:46:48PM	NASDAQ	17460	17425	17391		17515	17630	17698		17520
10:49:18PM	JAPAN	36027	36001	35904		36159	36314	36453		36100

 

25/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7529 points. Change of 0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,141,889,174 a change of -12.43%

24/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,729,886,078 a change of -8.08%

23/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7486 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,145,475,949 a change of 1.4%

22/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7487 points. Change of 0.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,074,323,347 a change of -15.67%

19/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7461 points. Change of 0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,017,076,844 a change of 5.37%

18/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7459 points. Change of 0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,710,434,313 a change of 4.63%

17/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7446 points. Change of -1.48%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,457,663,350 a change of -3.81%

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

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

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

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

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 536.2 Percentage Change: + 3.08% Day High: 541.8 Day Low: 519.8

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 46.61 Percentage Change: -4.27% Day High: 50 Day Low: 46.25

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 4384 Percentage Change: -0.14% Day High: 4405 Day Low: 4365

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 41.52 Percentage Change: -1.49% Day High: 41.99 Day Low: 41.26

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 175 Percentage Change: + 0.98% Day High: 182.2 Day Low: 172.3

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