Natwest Group (LSE:NWG) to defy gravity?

#Brent #Stoxx The bloke who invented Gravity,. Isaac Newton, once said “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants” and this has never been more true in our Internet age. The problem with the internet is folk don’t need to learn the basics. Instead, some plonker has uploaded a YouTube video telling them how to do something and, viola, it’s easy. My favoured specialist subject is music and I’m probably a better guitarist than a 5 year old. But the internet is awash with, invariably pretty girls, playing some quite complex tunes. Most of them carefully enact an endearing smile to their podcast camera, roughly every 20 seconds, then turning to the left to watch themselves on a monitor.

These “musicians” have not stood on the shoulders of giants. They’ve not done the work, actually learning how to play their instruments, and as a result are incapable of ‘improving’ the music they are parroting by adding personal touches or flourishes.

Don’t get me wrong, over the weekend I became an expert at repairing a 3d printer, all thanks to Youtube. It transpires tripping over a stupidly routed cable easily caused the thing to shoot off the table, landing quite solidly on the floor. At first glance, nothing appeared damaged but an attempt at printing the ‘cat’ test pattern below produced an impressive cloud of white spaghetti, demanding further investigation. The impact with the carpet had jolted a drive gear free, one which hadn’t been given a fixing screw. This discovery led to further checks and the discovery of every single internal screw and nut needing tightened. Oddly, I should have expected this sort of thing, if only due to the “kettle lead” power cable shipper with the machine being faulty and nope, it wasn’t the fuse. The device, sourced from Temu, clearly had skipped Quality Control at the printer factory and I suspect most sane people would have boxed it up for return. The reason this escaped such a fate was the (perceived) quality of the hardware and the hope everything I learned from Youtube videos shall allow the next phase, designing a decent mounting for the cleaning tools for my espresso machine, a true first world problem!

Alas, it’s unlikely I shall be able to produce something which can boost Natwest share price into orbit.

Natwest Group Plc  When we previously reviewed Natwest three weeks ago, there were a few howls of anguish at our proposed potential of reversal down to 111p. Has the last three weeks produced anything to mitigate such a scenario?

The immediate answer is no. But the share price really doesn’t need try too hard to remove itself from the danger zone in which it finds itself. If we adhere closely to our rules, the share price needs currently better Blue on the chart, currently around 227p, as this should indicate an attempt to escape its fate .Early warning for such a scenario should come, if the price were simply to better 212p fairly soon as this should trigger recovery to an initial 243p and visually, some almost certain hesitation given prior behaviour this year. Our secondary, if 243p is exceeded, works out at a longer term 295p and a zone where Santa Claus is doubtless frolicking with elves and reindeer, along with all manner of true characters.

Okay, perhaps we’re being a little cynical here as the share price achieved higher earlier this year, so perhaps our calculated target of 295p could even prove viable. If only the share price were not languishing on the naughty step. Maybe the UK Chancellor will produce an Autumn Statement soon, something better than the usual “I’m a Little Teapot” nonsense which quite literally is designed to hide the truth in the small print which is released, following his spin in front of cameras.

 

Our converse scenario currently allows below 195p to potentially trigger reversals to an initial 181p with secondary, if broken, at 167p and perhaps a bounce. But if “they” are serious about immolating investors, below 167p now calculates with an ultimate bottom of 122p. Which is nice.

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
9:09:15PM BRENT 8040.8 7708 7594 6945 7845 8095 8252 8457 8003
9:12:08PM GOLD
9:14:23PM FTSE
9:16:49PM STOX50 4346.3 4310 4293 4274 4328 4350 4394 4452 4295
9:19:26PM GERMANY
9:22:31PM US500
9:27:04PM DOW
9:29:50PM NASDAQ
9:32:13PM JAPAN

 

17/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7504 points. Change of 1.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,245,946,356 a change of -1.73%
16/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7410 points. Change of -1.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,338,555,524 a change of -8.11%
15/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7486 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,809,987,386 a change of 5.78%
14/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7440 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,492,695,208 a change of 7.64%
13/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7425 points. Change of 0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,102,955,229 a change of 1.94%
10/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7360 points. Change of -1.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,005,893,152 a change of 2.35%
9/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7455 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,890,859,412 a change of -30.52%

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:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 178.7 Percentage Change: + 1.42% Day High: 183.3 Day Low: 176.7

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 244 Percentage Change: -0.20% Day High: 248.1 Day Low: 243.4

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 37.64 Percentage Change: + 6.75% Day High: 37.56 Day Low: 35.06

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Our renowned FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX)

#FreeFutures #FTSE Most folk get to a point in their lives, when it becomes almost impossible to buy them a present. From a personal perspective, it appears this mile stone has now been achieved, thanks to my wife choosing to celebrate a particular date by presenting me with a 3d printer she’s sourced from the discount Chinese website, Temu.

She claims to have read many online reviews about the product and, from an engineering perspective, it certainly feels well made. Unfortunately, as sometimes happens with products sourced overseas, the instruction booklet, while being in English, left something to be desired. The first thing needed with this 3d printer was “assembly”, a task which commenced around 11am and still was incomplete by 5pm, making me long for the simplicity of an Ikea instruction sheet on how to build a house. The first major hurdle was the surprise discovery a 3d printer print head really doesn’t move in any direction other than vertical. The penny eventually dropped, it being the printer base which moved in North South East West fashion, and abruptly the assembly manual started to make some sense. With surprising rapidity, things started to come together and even the tiny little electrical connectors all seemed to match up perfectly.

It didn’t work, nothing turned on.

Returning to the instruction manual which, by the way, was written in what must be a new definition of small print and suggested paper must be in short supply in China, a magnifying glass helped some blurred red ink become slightly legible, a warning to ensure all electrical connections where firmly attached. It made sense to dismantle everything, assemble it again, and one again give the power switch a chance to prove itself.

It still didn’t work, nothing turned on.

There was another blur in the text which said “Please format the SD card and try again, if not working“. I hadn’t noticed a memory card among the components but on investigation, discovered one was emplaced in a slot beside the machines screen. It ejected easily and when checking the contents before formatting, the shock discovery of an “Easy Assembly Video”, along with a PDF manual in English made me appreciate I’d just wasted 6 hours. Why, oh why, didn’t the manufacturer make any reference to this 10 minute video and completely legible instruction manual. My wife spent Thursday evening, maliciously breaking into giggles at my belated discovery of the real instructions.

The machine is now sitting on the printer table, awaiting this weekend when I shall take another look at it, potentially attempting to print my first thing. As my chess-set has been missing the black king for a while, it’s entirely possible a Lego figure of Batman is going to discover what the inside of a bin looks like!

 

This tantrum about a 3d printer is to conceal a similar level of frustration inflicted by the FTSE. Thursday had certainly appeared to have the potential for a day of reversals and as always, when market direction is downward, the FTSE successfully overachieved, finishing the day -1.01% down while the US and Europe was pretty flat. From a UK perspective, it proved a horrible day, one which left the FTSE poised to deliver further falls in the day ahead.

Currently, below 7409 points looks set to deliver reversals down to 7389 points. Our secondary target calculates down at 7357 points. If triggered, the tightest stop loss level looks quite civilised at 7434 points. As always, beware any spike downward at the market open, especially one which attains one of our target levels, as the market is liable to toddle off in an entirely different direction.

Our converse scenario demands the market exceed 7456 points to enjoy the potential of a lift to 7496 points. If exceeded, our longer term secondary works out at 7516 points.

 

Have a good weekend and hopefully the Grand Prix from Las Vegas proves easier to stomach than the overpriced food.

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:45:42PM BRENT 77.5 76.34 75.96 78.54 79.02 80.055 77.74 Success
9:49:33PM GOLD 1980.74 1956 1952 1975 1988 1995 1972 Success
9:52:48PM FTSE 7432 7403 7385 7434 7484 7508 7453
10:06:12PM STOX50 4319.3 4300 4296 4312 4324 4331 4306
10:09:16PM GERMANY 15836.5 15713 15663 15774 15870 15909 15710 ‘cess
10:12:28PM US500 4514.1 4472 4466 4506 4525 4570 4483
10:16:06PM DOW 34983.8 34768 34665 34907 35024 35064 34809 ‘cess
10:18:43PM NASDAQ 15834.5 15734 15664 15848 15852 15894 15772
10:22:08PM JAPAN 33411 33210 33074 33382 33630 33658 33347 ‘cess

 

16/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7410 points. Change of -1.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,338,555,524 a change of -8.11%
15/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7486 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,809,987,386 a change of 5.78%
14/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7440 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,492,695,208 a change of 7.64%
13/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7425 points. Change of 0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,102,955,229 a change of 1.94%
10/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7360 points. Change of -1.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,005,893,152 a change of 2.35%
9/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7455 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,890,859,412 a change of -30.52%
8/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7401 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,039,129,505 a change of 60.87%

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:FGP Firstgroup Close Mid-Price: 176.2 Percentage Change: -0.06% Day High: 179.4 Day Low: 175

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LSE:IAG British Airways Close Mid-Price: 159.5 Percentage Change: -0.96% Day High: 162.05 Day Low: 159.15

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 55.62 Percentage Change: -6.71% Day High: 60.98 Day Low: 55.22

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 255.2 Percentage Change: + 0.04% Day High: 260.3 Day Low: 254.7

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 244.5 Percentage Change: + 0.37% Day High: 246.5 Day Low: 242.9

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Gold vs US Dollar (PM:XAUUSD) proving fairly clueless!

#BrentFuture #WallSt Sometimes it’s worth just zooming out on a chart and giving yourself some time to think about what you are seeing. The price of Gold is currently providing a masterclass in price behaviour and giving plenty of reason to pause for thought, wondering just what the heck is going on.

Every year since 2020, the price of the metal has managed a surge just above 2050 dollars, invariably falling back sharply in horror at the enormity of its task. Curiously, the fall back experienced following this years attempt hasn’t (yet) mirrored the drops of previous years. Traditionally, this should indicate any future lunge upward which betters the previous highs will provide considerable entertainment and in the case of Gold, there’s an implicit suggestion a future $2357 should exert a long term attraction as a future ambition.

Unfortunately, there’s a couple of things worthy of consideration. When we take movements in 2023 into consideration, apparently above $1975 should promote gains to the 2000 dollar level again with our longer term secondary, if bettered, at $2054 eventually. This secondary target is a nuisance, visually matching the three previous highs, once again threatening sufficient reason for reversals due to a perception Gold has declared an invisible glass ceiling just above the 2050 dollar level. Perhaps it shall be the case our calculation of $2357 shall become gold’s Rwanda, something promised but never actually attained.

 

Near term, we’re a little nervous, especially as far too many Gold price movements from a Big Picture perspective make the metal feel like it’s under a degree of manual control and essentially being manipulated with attempts to stop it heading upward uncontrollably and equally, restrained from dropping too far. The picture of the chart since 2020 tends echo this sentiment as the median value looks like it’s somewhere around 1830 dollars.

Currently, it’s the case below $1932 works out with a reversal ambition to $1873 with our secondary, if broken, calculating down at $1826, almost exactly promising a drop to the median level once again. It’s interesting to note below $1800 theoretically works out as entering a reversal cycle to an eventual $1541. Visually, there’s little about such a target level which would justify such a degree of reversal.

 

In summary, our suspicion is Gold shall probably be worth a short position, if the $2054 level makes an appearance as the market feels determined to keep Gold under control.

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:31:12PM BRENT 8072.7 8054 7998 7873 8105 8221 8251 8317 8124 ‘cess
9:33:38PM GOLD 1959.56 Shambles
9:35:56PM FTSE 7477 Success
9:50:46PM STOX50 4303
9:53:04PM GERMANY 15723 ‘cess
9:55:23PM US500 4497.3
9:57:49PM DOW 34966.2 34850 34797 34711 34968 35055 35064 35977 34881
9:59:59PM NASDAQ 15778 Success
10:02:32PM JAPAN 33364 Success
15/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7486 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,809,987,386 a change of 5.78%
14/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7440 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,492,695,208 a change of 7.64%
13/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7425 points. Change of 0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,102,955,229 a change of 1.94%
10/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7360 points. Change of -1.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,005,893,152 a change of 2.35%
9/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7455 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,890,859,412 a change of -30.52%
8/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7401 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,039,129,505 a change of 60.87%
7/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7410 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,375,663,657 a change of 7.72%

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:ASC Asos. Close Mid-Price: 395.6 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 409.4 Day Low: 389.6

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LSE:BDEV Barrett Devs Close Mid-Price: 472.8 Percentage Change: -0.04% Day High: 485.4 Day Low: 471.3

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 19.04 Percentage Change: + 0.11% Day High: 19.79 Day Low: 18.72

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 176.3 Percentage Change: + 3.10% Day High: 175.3 Day Low: 171.2

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2612 Percentage Change: + 0.54% Day High: 2636 Day Low: 2590

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 161.05 Percentage Change: + 4.65% Day High: 160.9 Day Low: 154.5

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 1290 Percentage Change: + 3.04% Day High: 1310 Day Low: 1243

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 255.1 Percentage Change: + 0.63% Day High: 258.7 Day Low: 252.8

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 596.2 Percentage Change: + 5.60% Day High: 618.4 Day Low: 536.6

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LSE:PHP Primary Health Close Mid-Price: 100.6 Percentage Change: -0.79% Day High: 104.5 Day Low: 98.8

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 243.6 Percentage Change: + 1.92% Day High: 244 Day Low: 239

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LSE:SPT Spirent Comms. Close Mid-Price: 106.6 Percentage Change: + 0.66% Day High: 108.3 Day Low: 101.4

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 36.94 Percentage Change: + 10.27% Day High: 37.46 Day Low: 33.6

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LSE:TRN The Trainline. Close Mid-Price: 296.8 Percentage Change: + 2.34% Day High: 302.8 Day Low: 286.8

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 123.55 Percentage Change: -0.48% Day High: 128.1 Day Low: 123.85

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GSTechnologies Ltd (LSE:GST) giving reasons to be cheerful?

#FTSE #Nasdaq We’ve had a bunch of emails asking for our take on what’s happening with GSTechnologies share price.  Certainly, the most recent three sessions have proven buoyant with some quite odd share price movements with the share flamboyantly breaking through the downtrend since the start of 2021. We’re always more than a little sceptical about companies in the Fintech field as too often, they’re awash with buzzwords but otherwise lacking in substance.

The appears not to be the case with GST.L, the visuals indicating quite a strong potential for ongoing recovery as despite some sizeable intraday variations in the share price, quite a lot of care has been taken to avoid the price dropping below the level of the trend break. This tends imply the market has “a cunning plan”, thus giving hope for the fairly near term.

As always, we’ve a converse scenario available and with the level of trend break being roughly 1.094p, movement below such a level calculates with the risk of reversal to an initial 1p with secondary, if broken, working out at an eventual “bottom” of 0.66p. This is a price target we cannot calculate below and visually would indicate whatever has driven the price upward has been a complete waste of everyone’s time, returning the share value to the zone where it has inhabited the last 4 months.

 

However, in the case of GST, our inclination is toward optimism as it looks very like anything now capable of achieving above 2.06p should trigger further price recovery to an initial 2.51p with our longer term secondary, if exceeded, calculating at an impressive 2.77p. Visually, the chart suggests we should anticipate some hesitation around the 2.77p level, if achieved.

Hopefully the UK announce some inflation data which justifies party time for the UK markets, similar to occurrences everywhere else on Tuesday with the USA proving quite positive.

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:05:13PM BRENT 82.31
9:11:37PM GOLD 1964.16 Success
9:14:06PM FTSE 7434.75 ‘cess
9:17:57PM STOX50 4297.8 4231 4207 4174 4253 4306 4355 4408 4235 Success
9:20:10PM GERMANY 15622.95 Success
9:24:40PM US500 4499.38 ‘cess
9:37:30PM DOW 34853 Success
9:40:29PM NASDAQ 15829 15712 15665 15601 15790 15857 15880 15920 15804 Success
9:43:26PM JAPAN 33210 Success

 

14/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7440 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,492,695,208 a change of 7.64%
13/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7425 points. Change of 0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,102,955,229 a change of 1.94%
10/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7360 points. Change of -1.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,005,893,152 a change of 2.35%
9/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7455 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,890,859,412 a change of -30.52%
8/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7401 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,039,129,505 a change of 60.87%
7/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7410 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,375,663,657 a change of 7.72%
6/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7417 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,062,204,136 a change of -15.12%

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:BLOE Block Energy PLC Close Mid-Price: 0.95 Percentage Change: -2.56% Day High: 0.98 Day Low: 0.95

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1000.5 Percentage Change: + 7.95% Day High: 1006.5 Day Low: 923

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 171 Percentage Change: + 3.57% Day High: 170.5 Day Low: 163.9

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2598 Percentage Change: + 2.36% Day High: 2608 Day Low: 2526

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 1252 Percentage Change: + 8.68% Day High: 1250 Day Low: 1152

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 253.5 Percentage Change: + 1.00% Day High: 253.7 Day Low: 249

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 564.6 Percentage Change: + 10.10% Day High: 596.2 Day Low: 505

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 101.4 Percentage Change: + 7.42% Day High: 101.6 Day Low: 92.4

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LSE:SPT Spirent Comms. Close Mid-Price: 105.9 Percentage Change: + 5.06% Day High: 106.6 Day Low: 101.5

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Prudential Plc (LSE:PRU) and recovery arguments

#Gold #SP500 Sometimes a share price can perform in surprising ways and over the years, we’ve learned to pay attention to some specific movements. At present, Prudential Plc are exhibiting one of these dance movements which perhaps shall become an early warning signal for some movement of strength.  In this instance, we’ve drawn a circle on the chart where the share price appears to be reacting to the downtrend for 2023 and visually, there seems to be no reason for this.

When this phenomena occurs, it costs nothing to keep an eye on the share price, especially as next time it exceeds the downtrend there’s a heightened chance of an upward spike and usually it’s one which shall stick. In the case of Prudential, exceeding Blue at 925.91 presently, will serve to introduce the potential of gains to an initial 1004p with our longer term secondary, if exceeded, calculating at a future 1189p. Obviously, we are being a touch cautious here as just because the share price is following the downtrend from afar, there’s no certainty it will indeed shoot higher. But then again, this is the stock market, a field where the word “certainty” should be banned, perhaps replaced with “balance of probabilities!”

Overall, should Prudential share price successfully manage to close a session above Blue, we can calculate a long term attraction as coming from 1499p.

 

Our alternate scenario for Prudential questions the drop potentials, if the share price were to discover an excuse to break below Red on the chart. Currently this level is around 817p and movement below such a point risks triggering reversals to an initial 697p with our secondary, if such a level breaks, working out at a silly looking future 465p.

Our inclination, for now, is to lean on the side of optimism.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:51:36PM BRENT 8242.1
10:55:50PM GOLD 1945.92 1943 1933 1922 1950 1950 1955 1962 1945
10:58:31PM FTSE 7430.9
11:00:57PM STOX50 4234.6
11:03:59PM GERMANY 15367 ‘cess
11:06:44PM US500 4412.3 4404 4397 4388 4414 4420 4424 4428 4409
11:09:09PM DOW 34343
11:11:29PM NASDAQ 15493.6
11:14:38PM JAPAN 32796

 

13/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7425 points. Change of 0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,102,955,229 a change of 1.94%
10/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7360 points. Change of -1.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,005,893,152 a change of 2.35%
9/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7455 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,890,859,412 a change of -30.52%
8/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7401 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,039,129,505 a change of 60.87%
7/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7410 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,375,663,657 a change of 7.72%
6/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7417 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,062,204,136 a change of -15.12%
3/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7417 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,785,653,725 a change of -23.42%

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:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 517.8 Percentage Change: + 0.23% Day High: 521.4 Day Low: 511.6

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone. Close Mid-Price: 138.4 Percentage Change: + 17.69% Day High: 142.2 Day Low: 120.9

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 240.2 Percentage Change: + 3.53% Day High: 240.2 Day Low: 232.6

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LSE:STAR Star Energy Close Mid-Price: 9.98 Percentage Change: -3.94% Day High: 10.4 Day Low: 9.51

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Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) and the perfect cuppa…

#Brent_Futures #Dax Every now and then, something good happens. It can be as simple as making “the perfect coffee”, a rare moment in time when the combination of ingredients was ideal and producing that 1 in 1000 cuppa.  But for someone with a little tractor,  fitting the grass cutting attachment the day before a frost dusted the lawn was my own perfect moment. Finally the green stuff would be neatly cut for the coming winter but of course, the trees dumped several tons of leaves on the garden shortly thereafter!

For years, I’d tried to give the sodding grass a “final” cut and for years, the weather always looked at my efforts and sniggers, choosing to spend the next three weeks raining with moderate temperatures, encouraging the grass to grow again. But this year, I got it, the cutting set at level 10 as it scoured the grass, spitting the mulched greenery out faster than a Metropolitan policeman chasing an excuse to do nothing.

 

Lloyds continue to avoid giving investors anything approaching “a perfect moment”, their share price breaking our previous 40.1p target level, eventually bouncing unconvincingly from 39.5p. Currently, any bounce needs reach a little higher as it looks like the share now needs above 42.5p to hopefully trigger recovery to a tame 43.3p with our secondary, if this level is exceeded, calculating at 45p. The visuals certainly support a visit to the 45p level but with closure around such a point, something significant is possible as the price will exceed the downtrend for 2023, dumping the price in a zone where a future attraction from 51.2p allegedly becomes possible.

It’s still the case we hope for the day when the market opts to gap this share price above a downtrend as this should send a pretty solid message of future gains being anticipated. But for now, this share price appears destined to spend time fluttering around in the range from 40 to 50p.

 

Our alternate scenario is now the risk of weakness below 40p bringing the price back down to an initial 38.8 with secondary, if broken, at 35.5p, a price level from which a bounce would be ideal. There’s a further danger should 35.5p as our “ultimate bottom” for Lloyds now calculates at 28.75p, this being the price level below which we cannot calculate.

 

 


FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
9:46:41PM BRENT 8141 7948 7802 7313 8174 8184 8284 8413 8109
9:49:08PM GOLD 1937 1943
10:02:23PM FTSE 7402 7386
10:07:55PM STOX50 4230.3 4194
10:09:58PM GERMANY 15325.9 15171 15128 15047 15262 15336 15373 15440 15265
10:11:47PM US500 4408 4384
10:13:27PM DOW 34225.5 34135
10:16:52PM NASDAQ 15511.6 15435
10:19:42PM JAPAN 32811 32801
10/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7360 points. Change of -1.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,005,893,152 a change of 2.35%
9/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7455 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,890,859,412 a change of -30.52%
8/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7401 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,039,129,505 a change of 60.87%
7/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7410 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,375,663,657 a change of 7.72%
6/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7417 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,062,204,136 a change of -15.12%
3/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7417 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,785,653,725 a change of -23.42%
2/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7446 points. Change of 1.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,249,429,649 a change of 34.92%

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:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 57.56 Percentage Change: -6.95% Day High: 62.22 Day Low: 56.7

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LSE:ITV ITV Close Mid-Price: 59.72 Percentage Change: -3.37% Day High: 61.1 Day Low: 59.52

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FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX) and an interest rate grump

#FTSE #Gold A story in the FT worth paying attention to was the news corporate bankruptcies in the US are expected to reach their highest level since 2010, while in the UK and Europe, things have already hit the fan with insolvencies at a record high for the period since 2009. Unsurprisingly, the problem is being blamed on interest rates and over the next few years, things are not expected to improve.

Surely this issue is liable to effect the markets, both with an increased loss of confidence in “things” along with increased unemployment as companies eat themselves alive, trying to cope with the affect of predatory interest rates. This is almost certainly due to governments proving sufficiently gullible to believe central banks, telling them interest rates deal with inflation. The concept of banks controlling what’s best for banks is something which truly escapes us, more dangerous than the police investigating themselves or politicians doing similar. Perhaps, if reviewing bank profits, the true beneficiaries of bank interest rates become obvious. After all, while it has become fashionable to shave the preface “bank” away from the term interest rates, the harsh reality of the damage being done is shown by the increase in business bankruptcy, along with the increase in the bottom line for banks. Or in plain English, we’re not hopeful at what the markets hold for 2024, due to an excess number of shares hitting reversal triggers.

Who knows, maybe Santa will bring some relief…

 

Our inclination is to take the circled area on the chart as an ‘early warning signal’ for trouble ahead, essentially expecting any future break below Red to provoke sharp and severe reversals. Currently, this level is at 7368.873 points, a number and trend confirmed by the FTSE low on Thursday at 7367.21 points. But for now, it looks like Friday is supposed to be a day with some further recovery on the FTSE.

Now above just 7466 points (it closed Thursday at 7455) allows for market gains continuing to an initial 7500 points, doubtless with some inevitable hesitation as traders assume any nice solid number like 7500 shall be imbued with mystical properties. Our secondary, should such a level be exceeded, calculates up at 7550 points and very probable real hesitation. If triggered, our tightest stop is at 7407 points but, to be fair, it’s possible 7422 shall suffice.

 

Our alternate scenario, if a tumble into a pool of sharks is planned, allows weakness below 7422 to bring a visit down to an initial 7399 points with our secondary, if broken, at 7347 and no certainty of a rebound as the index shall find itself with a toe in the pool full of sharks!

 

Despite the entertainment emptiness, facing a weekend without Formula 1, have a good break. Here, we’ve noticed road gritters out tonight, covering local roads TWICE. Maybe the grass is indeed at the end of the cutting season, depriving the need to spend time on my little red, single seater, tractor.

 

 

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:58:54PM BRENT 79.8 79.27 78.14 80.28 81.69 82.42 80.6
10:02:07PM GOLD 1957.42 1944 1926 1965 1968 1975 1948 Success
10:04:26PM FTSE 7429 7365 7349 7418 7465 7482 7418 Shambles
10:06:36PM STOX50 4210.3 4171 4148 4159 4235 4247 4200 ‘cess
10:15:55PM GERMANY 15284 15195 15137 15256 15343 15375 15264 Success
10:18:01PM US500 4350 4343 4327 4364 4399 4424 4359 ‘cess
10:20:53PM DOW 33915.7 33839 33779 34026 34223 34256 34078 ‘cess
10:25:08PM NASDAQ 15192 15220 15132 15285 15356 15410 15274 Shambles
10:27:01PM JAPAN 32523 32497 32345 32736 32879 32965 32645

 

9/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7455 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,890,859,412 a change of -30.52%
8/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7401 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,039,129,505 a change of 60.87%
7/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7410 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,375,663,657 a change of 7.72%
6/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7417 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,062,204,136 a change of -15.12%
3/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7417 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,785,653,725 a change of -23.42%
2/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7446 points. Change of 1.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,249,429,649 a change of 34.92%
1/11/2023 FTSE Closed at 7342 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,632,018,053 a change of -20.08%

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.

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2546 Percentage Change: + 0.47% Day High: 2570 Day Low: 2520

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 154.5 Percentage Change: + 1.15% Day High: 154.8 Day Low: 151.7

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 61.86 Percentage Change: -0.19% Day High: 63 Day Low: 61

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 1143 Percentage Change: + 2.51% Day High: 1147 Day Low: 1101

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LSE:SCLP Scancell Close Mid-Price: 11.88 Percentage Change: -1.04% Day High: 12 Day Low: 11.5

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LSE:SPT Spirent Comms. Close Mid-Price: 104 Percentage Change: + 5.26% Day High: 104.5 Day Low: 99.5

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