Author: T&T Staff

#FTSE #SANTA Christmas has a dreadful way of sneaking up, spending months approaching slowly and suddenly, like a predator switching from “stalking mode” to “attack”, it’s here. And as usual, a degree of panic ensues. As one of the lucky folk with only 4 people to buy for (wife, daughter, grand-daughters), the realisation only one present has been purchased is causing some flutters. Friday shall be spent on the mainland, raiding a row of boutique shops which seem to be flourishing due to a change in road layout. My sole justification comes from my wife slowing down every time we drive the route, glancing at every shop window. While such behaviour is usually due to a bloke checking out his cars reflection, my wife is capable of taking inventory of window contents and discussing shoes / woollens / craft jewellery while we’re on the ferry.

Heading to the mainland goes against the grain, when buying Christmas presents. But locally in our part of Argyll, it feels like the shops have conspired to avoid carrying any seasonal stock. Deciding to keep quiet on my conclusion as I knew my wife would ridicule me, she came to exactly the same conclusion when doing her usual “stocking fillers” run, giving me a list of stocking filler ‘junk’ to buy. Being told to use my initiative, when buying socks, may prove to be dangerous.

Of course, while toiling away 5 miles across the sea at the shops, there’s a chance I shall miss an event which – if life were a Hollywood movie – is almost certain. The UK index is within sniffing distance of extending itself to join the elite ranks of stock markets with 5 figure index numbers. All kidding aside, once index’ get into the 5 figure zone, stop loss levels become very difficult, often to the point of becoming absurd. This tends make large surges upward an expensive bet to make, demanding strict logic to remain safe when chasing a trade.

Currently, the UK market suggests movement above just 9860 points should trigger a little journey to an initial 9976 points. Visually, there is a suggestion of hesitation at such a level, the fact the target is above the markets previous all time high injects some hope an effort shall be made to achieve our secondary which calculates at 10,060 points. This would certainly justify a party popper or two, especially as a massive number of traders will open short positions expecting sharp reversals from their perceived “top” at the 10 thousand level. Such a series of open goals for the Spread Bet industry should be possible, because we can provide a third level target providing a long term attraction from 10,230 points, sufficiently above any logical Stop Loss positions to ensure any profit generated by the rise is returned to the industry which is never generous.

Or so our theory goes. If triggered, our tightest stop is massive at 9750 points.

If real trouble is planned, below 9640 has the potential of triggering reversals down to an initial 9531 points with our secondary, if broken, working out at 9424 points.

For now, it looks like Santa has arrived and we suspect a visit to 10,060 should be expected before the end of the year.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:16:53PM	BRENT	5953.7	5930	5909		5993	6017	6045		5977
11:20:17PM	GOLD	4334.87	4308	4296		4329	4374	4383		4322	Success
11:22:47PM	FTSE	9802.8	9745	9704		9807	9853	9889		9796
11:25:54PM	STOX50	5717.6	5718	5710		5729	5749	5755		5713	Success
11:34:12PM	GERMANY	24125.4	24052	23992		24142	24227	24282		24124	Success
11:40:08PM	US500	6769.1	6747	6720		6795	6817	6844		6770	Success
11:42:40PM	DOW	47886	47849	47736		48102	48374	48624		48040	Success
11:45:39PM	NASDAQ	24985	24831	24708		25101	25166	25304		24981	Success
11:48:19PM	JAPAN	49361	49114	48981		49266	49542	49980		49260

 

18/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9837 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,957,992,172 a change of -2.38%

17/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9774 points. Change of 0.93%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,127,448,786 a change of 18.41%

16/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9684 points. Change of -0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,019,317,961 a change of 4.57%

15/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9751 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,756,132,548 a change of -4.78%

12/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9649 points. Change of -0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,045,049,250 a change of 2.55%

11/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9703 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,894,528,793 a change of -21.51%

10/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9655 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,510,310,269 a change of 17.31%

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: 223 Percentage Change: + 1.73% Day High: 224.2 Day Low: 217

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 3082 Percentage Change: + 4.40% Day High: 3074 Day Low: 2916

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1309 Percentage Change: + 1.95% Day High: 1305 Day Low: 1285

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 10455 Percentage Change: -0.48% Day High: 10550 Day Low: 10440

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 5.7 Percentage Change: + 5.56% Day High: 5.8 Day Low: 5.2

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 96.48 Percentage Change: + 0.86% Day High: 97.04 Day Low: 95.48

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#GOLD #WallSt We reviewed M&S back in mid-September, giving one of our very rare “no-brainer” price movement predictions. Within days, it fulfilled the requirements detailed in our scenario, achieving our 393p target and even, somewhat hesitantly, taking the first step on a path to 428p. But alas, doubtless due to their rubbish clichéd Christmas telly advert,  the share price has now managed to cancel out serious Big Picture optimism by closing below 330p. From our perspective, numerically this is a hanging offence, perhaps due to an advertising agency relying on a 40 year old tune and a TV star whose career has aged unlike a 25 year old whisky, matching when she was last on TV as an actress. Okay, to be honest, you really need to be cruel to criticise Dawn French as in the opinion of this writer, she’s brilliant. But the Vicar of Dribbled was interred 25 years ago, given an occasional heartbeat with 45 second clips on YouTube shorts.!

Now, the situation with M&S demands the price close above 342p to escape its visual doom as it feels like trouble is ahead for 2026. At present, it looks like weakness below 315 shall trigger reversals down to an initial 294 with our secondary, if broken, calculating at ideally a bounce before 256p. We should mention, closure below 256 implies a future bottom awaits at 224p but our suspicion is the market shall declare an “oops” moment before our secondary target of 294 being broken.

Of course, there’s always the risk M&S shall somehow find something positive to say about life in the UK, meaning above 342 should trigger an attempt at 366 with our secondary, if beaten, at a future 383p. With regret, about the best we can suggest is those who profited with our September gain scenario remain wearing their M&S running shoes as it looks like further dips are ahead.

Then again, perhaps the speculated BoE Interest Rate reduction today shall diminish the cost of taking a mortgage before experiencing M&S’s pricing policies, thus giving immediate hope for an improvement in their retail sales in the months ahead. We suspect the converse. And we also wonder, if they returned to their classic Lingerie adverts, would M&S share price improve. After all, Formula One managed to experience a decline in viewers, once they exterminated their Grid Girls in 2017, nowadays experiencing a resurgence in viewers with USA viewers demanding such  despicable pageantry to appeal to base male instincts.

While forgetting the vast majority of their worldwide audience is male and the ridiculous effort to appeal to future Asian tracks also provoked a drop in viewing audience from the likes of Abu Dhabi, Saudi, Bahrain, and Qatar. But on the plus side, Guardian readers and BBC controllers were happy. If only our local Argyll hero from Oban, Susie Wolff, had competed in F1 wearing a swimming costume, rather than taking the more difficult route of establishing The F1 Academy to give women another way of accessing the sport. (Susie Wolff, married to Toto Wolff, the Mercedes guy and ‘best friend’ of unemployable Christian Horner…)

Finally, as for 2026, we’ve heard some gossip Ferrari may actually be a “thing” for a change as there are enormous changes taking place. Not least being a requirement to speak English in an effort to establish a common language for the team. Who know’s? Ferrari are the only team known for having more reverse gear positions than forward gears, an Italian cliché once applied to their World War Two tanks.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:12:25PM	BRENT	6051.5
11:18:07PM	GOLD	4337.25	4307	4296	4278	4324	4347	4348	4362	4328	‘cess
11:23:58PM	FTSE	9761.5									Success
11:26:22PM	STOX50	5673.1									‘cess
11:28:36PM	GERMANY	23903.7									‘cess
11:31:37PM	US500	6733									‘cess
11:35:38PM	DOW	47908.5	47864	47801	47606	48000	48100	48136	48226	47940	Shambles
11:39:23PM	NASDAQ	24747									Shambles
11:41:56PM	JAPAN	48960

 

17/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9774 points. Change of 0.93%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,127,448,786 a change of 18.41%

16/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9684 points. Change of -0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,019,317,961 a change of 4.57%

15/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9751 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,756,132,548 a change of -4.78%

12/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9649 points. Change of -0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,045,049,250 a change of 2.55%

11/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9703 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,894,528,793 a change of -21.51%

10/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9655 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,510,310,269 a change of 17.31%

9/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9642 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,402,100,858 a change of 23.04%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 458.15 Percentage Change: + 1.71% Day High: 464.1 Day Low: 455.45

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 219.2 Percentage Change: + 0.09% Day High: 221.4 Day Low: 215.4

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 2952 Percentage Change: + 0.96% Day High: 3044 Day Low: 2958

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1141.8 Percentage Change: + 2.70% Day High: 1159.6 Day Low: 1125.4

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1284 Percentage Change: + 1.50% Day High: 1296 Day Low: 1265

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 218 Percentage Change: + 5.31% Day High: 225 Day Low: 214

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 637.8 Percentage Change: + 0.66% Day High: 646.4 Day Low: 636.2

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 366 Percentage Change: + 3.10% Day High: 380 Day Low: 354.5

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 270.8 Percentage Change: + 7.38% Day High: 273 Day Low: 254.2

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1763 Percentage Change: + 0.51% Day High: 1804.5 Day Low: 1765

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Bitcoin US Dollar (COIN:BTCUSD)  Trading around 87,244 at time of writing.

“FTSE” “SP00” ‘We’ve a slightly complex relationship with crypto currencies as it usually seems like most people lost money on, in the instance of Bitcoin,  fantasy product which has climbed from below 2,000 dollars back in 2017 to a high of over 125,000 dollars this year. This represents a rise of roughly 6250%, fairly impressive. But unfortunately, the problem with Bitcoin is it has no definition of value. While it is easy to define the Moon as being 4,136,000 miles away or a UK Politician as being just a fake consultancy away, crypto currency provides no such hard and fast rules to give an idea of its real value.

For instance, had anyone bought a Range Rover with Bitcoin back in October for $125,000, the vehicle would now be viewed as worth less than $90,000 had it been used, though this is probably substantially above the real value of a Range Rover, notorious for their savage reliability and depreciation. Equally, anyone feeling smug about selling their McMansion for 10 Bitcoins back in October is probably walking funny, now realising their clever sale is worth roughly the same as a 2 bed terraced house in Hackney, complete with parking battles. But of course, anyone involved in either scenario risks exposure to a capricious government, eager to tax anything they can, regardless whether they understand what they are doing.

It is certainly a strange observation, the realisation crypto can never be safe until such time it enjoys an official way of measuring it. Gold, for instance, can be safely measured again the US Dollar, a regulated instrument which is exposed to the covetous behaviour of governments, eager to bloodsuck their perceived share of any transactions. It is a someone invidious position, knowing  crypto can only survive below the radar, if it remains free of regulatory interference but unfortunately, this lack of regulatory intrusion strongly contributes to the volatility of Bitcoin.

But of course, until such time we can define a Bitcoin as being worth 1 x Westminster MPs, 10 x City Councillors, a Range Rover, or a block of flats AND a shopping mall in Campbeltown, Argyll,  it effectively has no value other than that attributed by the market during a given trading period? Since the October high of 127,000, the recent trip down to 80,000 must be scaring punters silly as reversal of 37% is worth devoting some thought to. While visually the situation isn’t terribly bad at present, the product price is below the closing level uptrend since 2023 and thus, worthy of some frightening consideration. There is now a pretty big issue if the value of Bitcoin dribbles below 80,500 as reversal to an initial 73,900 looks possible with our secondary, if broken, down at 61,675 and a return to the price levels of 2024.

Visually, this scenario makes quite a bit of sense. The value of Bitcoin needs exceed 93,000 dollars to escape such a doom.

Then again, this is Bitcoin, the monster of illogical behaviour!  While reversals look inevitable, we shall not be aghast if it exhibits surprise gains, maybe caused by the UK changing interest rates to somehow allow expenditure on properties. How could this happen?

Form a “limited company” whose assets are a series of properties. Sell ownership of the company, along with its assets, and you neatly avoid ridiculous Stamp Duty, another government attempt to extract taxation from initiative. In fact, if the “limited company” is listed in places like the Isle of Man or Barbados, it’s pretty hard for “Rachel from Accounts” to fine you for initiative. A surprising number of accountancy firms are not only aware but also experienced in off-shore property dealing.

Should Bitcoin exceed 93,000 dollars, movement up to an initial 105k look possible with our secondary, if beaten, at a brand new all time high of 138,000 dollars. Which is pretty nice for a product which effectively is worth nothing!

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:29:46PM	BRENT	5872.3									‘cess
11:32:48PM	GOLD	4306.13
11:35:47PM	FTSE	9677.1	9654	9639	9595	9695	9710	9727	9751	9684
11:39:34PM	STOX50	5726.8									Success
11:44:25PM	GERMANY	24117.3									Success
11:47:56PM	US500	6795.6	6761	6732	6669	6817	6830	6859	6892	6801	Success
11:52:04PM	DOW	48089.5									Success
11:55:19PM	NASDAQ	25075.2
11:58:10PM	JAPAN	49572									‘cess

 

16/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9684 points. Change of -0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,019,317,961 a change of 4.57%

15/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9751 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,756,132,548 a change of -4.78%

12/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9649 points. Change of -0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,045,049,250 a change of 2.55%

11/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9703 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,894,528,793 a change of -21.51%

10/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9655 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,510,310,269 a change of 17.31%

9/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9642 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,402,100,858 a change of 23.04%

8/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,203,421,137 a change of 3.99%

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:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 219 Percentage Change: + 1.39% Day High: 220.2 Day Low: 214.4

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 169.2 Percentage Change: -1.17% Day High: 171 Day Low: 166.8

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1265 Percentage Change: + 8.49% Day High: 1266 Day Low: 1189

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 10375 Percentage Change: + 0.39% Day High: 10540 Day Low: 10335

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 355 Percentage Change: + 0.42% Day High: 356 Day Low: 350

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#Gold #Nasdaq It’s interesting Chariot have moved into “wind” with a substantial Wind Power financing agreement. With reports of considerable problems in South Africa with their conventional electricity generation systems, it certainly appears more Wind Power shall be required immediately in the country, doubtless providing a reasonable income stream for the company. Here in Argyll, we’re have an opposite problem, local communities rebelling against plans to install a Wind Farm with 250 metre blades. It’s hard to disagree with their arguments as tourism is a major part of the economy as people come to enjoy the mountains, rather than have scenery obscured by massive windmills. Of course, electricity locally is generated by Hydro-electric plants which means there is no local need for wind farm power generation.

However, it’s sane to assume South Africa has plenty of room for big wind turbines, time spent driving through the country giving plenty of opportunity to become bored with the complete lack of scenery which could only be improved with the growth of wind generators. Hopefully Chariot Oil shall experience a profitable future with this initiative.

As for their share price, despite it enjoying a day in the sun with news of their new contracts, the share price failed to close in a zone where we’d be cheerfully promoting the idea of big things coming. But the chart extract below which shows the share closing the day at 1.58 highlights the problem, the price failing to achieve a “higher high” by closing just a little higher above 1.62p. While it is only 4/100ths of a penny, the visuals give plenty of reason for a degree of concern. We certainly hope the days ahead shall give the price the opportunity to close above 1.62p should be capable of triggering some reasonable price movement.

Such a scenario calculates with an initial target of 2p with our secondary, if bettered, at 2.45p.  Significantly, this would take the share price into a zone where the big picture trend from April 2022 intrudes and gives a third level long term target at an impressive 3.2p.

Of course, there’s always a converse scenario and in this instance, it requires Chariot to close below 1.40p as this risks a visit to an initial 1.2p and hopefully a bounce. Our secondary, if broken, works out at 0.8p and the risk of the share price finding itself trapped until there’s a material change in the company prospects. At present, there are absolutely no signals suggesting this shall be the case but it’s always worth remembering.

 

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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
10:46:24PM	BRENT	6030.3
10:53:46PM	GOLD	4305.13	4285	4269	4241	4318	4351	4375	4405	4318
10:58:46PM	FTSE	9751.2									Success
11:05:32PM	STOX50	5749.9
11:47:10PM	GERMANY	24199.3
11:52:04PM	US500	6814.3
11:55:23PM	DOW	48423
11:29:25PM	NASDAQ	25039	25022	24955	24858	25108	25252	25346	25454	25102	‘cess
11:31:51PM	JAPAN	49956	49871	49709	49492	50090	50211	50341	50498	50025

 

15/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9751 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,756,132,548 a change of -4.78%

12/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9649 points. Change of -0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,045,049,250 a change of 2.55%

11/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9703 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,894,528,793 a change of -21.51%

10/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9655 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,510,310,269 a change of 17.31%

9/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9642 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,402,100,858 a change of 23.04%

8/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,203,421,137 a change of 3.99%

5/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9667 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,003,675,648 a change of -20.4%

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.

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1503 Percentage Change: -0.86% Day High: 1510 Day Low: 1482

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1166 Percentage Change: + 1.13% Day High: 1177 Day Low: 1155

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 353.5 Percentage Change: + 4.90% Day High: 353.5 Day Low: 338

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1760.5 Percentage Change: + 1.94% Day High: 1772 Day Low: 1741

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#joke #FTSE The current hype about Artificial Intelligence has a major area of failure. Essentially, we cannot think of Artificial Intelligence as working until such time we experience our computers worshiping us. After all, religions seem to be embedded in the idea of creator worship, a concept which is a little concerning. While we’re being a little whimsical, the first thing anything new seems enact is a wish to worship what it perceives created it!. Thus, our own AI would probably think its roots grow from a 8 core AMD processor and 16gb of RAM, along with a doze of an ancient programming language called Pascal. But then again, it could choose to worship this small, fat, hairy, bloke. In summary, any inclination to regard AI as more than database management will almost certainly be proven wrong, at least until our computers start treating humans as divinities.

Before looking at the FTSE, todays Christmas cracker joke comes from a 999 Call centre recording. “We’re hunting deer and I accidentally shot my friend. He’s dead!”. The operator answers “Are you quite sure he’s dead?”. “Hold on,” comes the reply and the operator hears a gunshot. The voice comes back on the phone, “Yes, he’d definitely dead…”

As for the FTSE, we suspect the UK index intends flutter around the 9660 level until such time the BoE decide to do something positive for the country by reducing interest rates. Given the UK’s behaviour of following the US lead during 2025, it looks like we should anticipate a drop next Thursday 18th, a last minute festive apology to the country.

Near term, above 9716 points has the potential of powering a lift to an initial 9757 points, a level at which we suspect some hesitation until the BoE make a positive decision about UK interest rates. Above this level has the threat of more gains to 9865 points, also called a Santa Rally.

Should things intend go wrong, delaying positive market movements, now below 9659 threatens useless reversal to 9643 with our secondary, if broken, calculating at a more significant 9600 points. Visually, this even makes some sense, if the market is intending keep the FTSE doing doggy paddles until the impressive economists on the BoE Monetary Committee remember their job is to add some vitality to the UK economy.

Have a good weekend. It looks like another storm is rolling in but this time, the Christmas lights decorating the front of the cottage are held in place with stainless steel mountings, fitted into the exterior stone using a hammer drill. It is going to be tempting to just turn them off at the end of the festive season, rather than removing the carefully routed strings of LED lights.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:21:04PM	BRENT	6145.8	6072	5948		6270	6402	6542		6233
11:33:32PM	GOLD	4279.47	4205	4174		4225	4285	4299		4220	Success
11:54:53PM	FTSE	9718.2	9655	9626		9682	9718	9734		9690
11:03:25PM	STOX50	5769.6	5741	5725		5770	5781	5815		5750	Success
11:10:23PM	GERMANY	24348.4	24126	24008		24369	24405	24702		24253	Success
11:13:36PM	US500	6896.2	6855	6836		6880	6923	6932		6893
11:25:00PM	DOW	48769	48209	47968		48432	48854	48948		48634	Success
11:28:23PM	NASDAQ	25645.7	25626	25559		25713	25835	25886		25741
11:30:56PM	JAPAN	50826	50403	50238		50635	50984	51222		50716	Success

 

11/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9703 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,894,528,793 a change of -21.51%

10/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9655 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,510,310,269 a change of 17.31%

9/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9642 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,402,100,858 a change of 23.04%

8/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,203,421,137 a change of 3.99%

5/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9667 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,003,675,648 a change of -20.4%

4/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9710 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,205,585 a change of -7.45%

3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%

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

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

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

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

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 446.9 Percentage Change: + 1.05% Day High: 448.9 Day Low: 441.45

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 396.5 Percentage Change: + 2.99% Day High: 400 Day Low: 387.5

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 2858 Percentage Change: + 3.03% Day High: 2906 Day Low: 2726

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1528 Percentage Change: -0.13% Day High: 1536 Day Low: 1521

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 319.7 Percentage Change: -0.47% Day High: 322.9 Day Low: 315.9

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 337 Percentage Change: + 2.12% Day High: 344 Day Low: 327.5

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1717 Percentage Change: + 0.79% Day High: 1730 Day Low: 1700

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#Germany #SP500 We love some recent headlines, revealing which newspapers are effectively retyping government press releases without question. The new campaign;’. “‘Widespread abuse’ of number plates jeopardises road safety“ is a cracker as we’ve all experienced the rear number plate of the car in front jumping off and doing its best to vandalise cars. Except the truth is an attempt to source another “fine/tax” revenue source, perhaps indicative of how close to the bottom of the barrel ‘Rachel from Accounts’ has been getting! She’s effectively declaring war on cling film, it seems, the defender against Ulez and speed camera’s… Though personally, by qualifying for a Blue Badge due to the effects from a type of leukaemia, driving into Ulez areas in a very inappropriate car encapsulates a degree of smug by beating a system which hates me.

However, on a more cheerful note, back in October (image below) we gave a target of 4384 dollars for Gold. The product bubbled upward to around 2 dollars shy of our target before experiencing some reversals, making the first half of our drop scenario come true. The lacklustre behaviour of Gold since it slightly failed to reach our upper target is “interesting”, though we’re hesitant to imply the miss by 2 dollars is important, given it was only 0.045% away from target. But if we treat the miss as a miss, we need look for potential weakness ahead.

But before we get into this, our first Christmas Cracker of a joke appeared, a text message warning against donating to charity called Tempura House. Apparently, it is a fake hostel for Lightly Battered women. Wicked non PC jokes which can still provoke a smile hours later are a personal favourite.

On the negative side of life for Gold, as indicated by the 0.045% miss from target which is supposed to suggest weakness, now below 4045 dollars risks triggering reversals to an initial 3788 with our “longer term” secondary, if broken, down at an eventual bottom at 3590 dollars. But very recent movements, doubtless provoked by fairly useless interest rate changed, suggest the markets may choose to remain defensive, thus allowing Gold to dig itself even higher, starting to explore the irrational levels experienced by crypto pretend currencies.

Apparently, now above $4260 should trigger gains to an initial 4373 dollars with our longer term secondary, if bettered, an all time high of $4556 and residency at the edge of irrational Bitcoin territory. We suspect Gold intends dig itself uipward.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:12:04PM	GOLD	4229.26
11:14:55PM	FTSE	9674.1
11:17:48PM	STOX50	5729.8									‘cess
11:20:23PM	GERMANY	24178.2	23997	23913	23809	24085	24225	24238	24319	24173	‘cess
11:24:13PM	US500	6875.7	6836	6810	6780	6853	6900	6911	6940	6870
11:27:46PM	DOW	48103.3									Success
11:33:05PM	NASDAQ	25703.5									Shambles
11:39:26PM	JAPAN	50749									Success

 

10/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9655 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,510,310,269 a change of 17.31%

9/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9642 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,402,100,858 a change of 23.04%

8/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,203,421,137 a change of 3.99%

5/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9667 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,003,675,648 a change of -20.4%

4/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9710 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,205,585 a change of -7.45%

3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%

2/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,504,463,806 a change of 24.89%

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:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 385 Percentage Change: + 4.76% Day High: 385 Day Low: 367.5

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1602 Percentage Change: -0.03% Day High: 1611.5 Day Low: 1587

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G Close Mid-Price: 19.5 Percentage Change: -3.47% Day High: 25.5 Day Low: 19.62

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 4434 Percentage Change: -0.27% Day High: 4468 Day Low: 4404

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper Close Mid-Price: 81.2 Percentage Change: -7.09% Day High: 93.2 Day Low: 75

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 330 Percentage Change: + 1.38% Day High: 336 Day Low: 319

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 9 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 9.26 Day Low: 9

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#FTSE #STOX50 This lot are a huge disappointment to us. Traditionally, when we run low on things to write about and consecutively feel guilty about our ongoing refrain about the dreadful weather here in Argyll (yesterdays Christmas lights didn’t survive todays 75mph breeze) leave us a little short of inspiration to write about OSB. Unfortunately, the only thing of immediate interest occurs on December 17th, when the OSB Group brand “Kent Reliance” withdraw from new lending , the focus diverted to “Rely”, OSB Groups new dedicated buy-to-let brand. Their new organisation shall hopefully be geared with a more straightforward focus than lenders already in the marketplace, a chum recently almost tearing her hair our trying to satisfy her traditional lenders annoying hurdles.

She was left with the distinct impression the lender she’d used previously on several occasions was frustrated and unable to cope with Financial Regulator restrictions any longer. It’s certainly the case, if interest rates in the UK continue to fall, she shall once again attempt to buy a few properties. It is certainly interesting the salient detail “Rely” are being launched on Wed 17th December, the day before a BoE decision on whether they reduce interest rates or continue to destroy the UK economy with a discredited method of market manipulation, interest rates.

Returning to OSB Group, their share price is exhibiting some rather optimistic potentials. Currently, above 585p has the potential to trigger growth to an initial 711p with our secondary, if bettered, at an impressive 795p. This is fairly impressive, given the usual UK adherence to a code of non performance, so we think this share may be worth watching. It’s rare for us to report such a happy potential.

Our alternate scenario, if everything intends go wrong – like an interest rate rise – the share price needs flounder below 526p as reversals down to an initial 481 looks possible. Should such a level break, our secondary calculates at 447p along with considerable hope for a rebound. To be fair, the share price needs close a session below 503p to inspire a justified doze of panic.

For now, we feel pretty optimistic for this one.

 

 

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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
10:23:57PM	BRENT	6203.7									‘cess
10:27:17PM	GOLD	4207.35
10:31:03PM	FTSE	9608.3	9605	9594	9568	9626	9672	9694	9724	9638	‘cess
10:38:58PM	STOX50	5704.8	5703	5685	5662	5725	5726	5734	5744	5706	Success
10:47:53PM	GERMANY	24116									‘cess
10:53:51PM	US500	6838
10:59:59PM	DOW	47529.6									‘cess
11:04:08PM	NASDAQ	25654
11:06:55PM	JAPAN	50798									‘cess

 

9/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9642 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,402,100,858 a change of 23.04%

8/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,203,421,137 a change of 3.99%

5/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9667 points. Change of -0.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,003,675,648 a change of -20.4%

4/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9710 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,205,585 a change of -7.45%

3/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9692 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,792,103,773 a change of -9.49%

2/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9701 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,504,463,806 a change of 24.89%

1/12/2025 FTSE Closed at 9702 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,008,942,669 a change of 26.85%

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:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 20.2 Percentage Change: + 32.46% Day High: 20.5 Day Low: 15.2

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 216 Percentage Change: + 3.95% Day High: 218.6 Day Low: 214

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 4446 Percentage Change: -1.90% Day High: 4548 Day Low: 4438

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 321 Percentage Change: -1.47% Day High: 325.4 Day Low: 319.6

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 325.5 Percentage Change: + 2.52% Day High: 333 Day Low: 320

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