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#Gold #Nasdaq It wasn’t until an email flooded in we realised we’ve not seen a Wincanton truck for ages! The reason is simple, the legalised theft ferries across to Argyll can maybe take 3 HGV’s or a load of cars on each crossing. HGV operators avoid the experience, doubtless ditching their loads at “distribution centres” when the ubiquitous white van man takes over. It is possible to get here by road, sometimes. But the useless Scottish government ensure such an ambition is a hit ‘n’ miss process, even employing massive electronic signs to let folk know if the road is open or washed away. It’s quite a big deal, the wrong call adding several hundred miles to a trip.

Currently and probably the work of a politician with a runaway mouth, sheep are being blamed for the landslides. Or, being more accurate, a lack of sheep! The theory has sheep stomping around the surrounding mountains compressed the ground, stopping landslides. Who knows, maybe it’s true as sheep are no longer allowed to graze the slopes. It was once an exercise which made driving the route called “The Rest And Be Thankful”, a remorseless slope into the mountains, fraught with danger. It was perfectly possible to be exceeding the legal speed limit, come round a bend, and find a flock of sheep looking at your headlights with considerable interest. Quite a few folk found braking from 120mph could be an interesting experience. It was even rumoured the Scottish Police Force would test the ability of their trainee motorcyclists by timing them to prove they can actually cover 2 miles in just one minute. From personal experience, I’ve a suspicion this may be correct, once covering a particular stretch with marked police machinery both in front and behind, while we all were delighted by torrential rain.

Our little convoy certainly nudged above legal limits but when we reached the point where we’d to turn left to the ferry terminals, I indicated for a stop. “Why did you stop?” asked the leading guy. “I don’t think this pace is safe,” was my reply. He laughed, said “Well done, that’s the right answer and a pass.” With us slowing down to a crawl at 60mph for the rest of the journey, once on the ferry the rain stopped, the sun came out, and it all felt like a mistaken dream.

A funny thing about the sheep story are legendary Glencoe Sheep. The A82 through Glencoe can be quite fast but Glencoe Sheep are smart, hearing a car or motorcycle and opting to stand up and get to the side of the road. Whereas Glencoe deer are reared on stupid pills, one even flaunting a “Don’t Shoot Me” logo, sprayed on its rear. (A Circle with a red line, over a gun. Ghostbusters inspired)

 

Returning to Wincanton Plc, according to our email, a bidding war has kicked off for the share and their price is certainly showing some fascinating movements. Usually we’d be quite excited as it has shown a couple of classic GaGa (Gap Down/Gap Up) movements, ones which would traditionally suggest this is a share price capable of quite strong future movements. However, we feel the need to wave a cautionary finger. We often suspect the real driver in company takeovers isn’t the share price but instead, whatever behind the scenes deals for executive directors are on offer. Lets face it, there’s a very thin line between bribery and business incentive and when a Board decide to recommend an offer to shareholders, it’s often questionable just what has driven the BoD’s decision.

 

If we use our conventional GaGa logic, above just 505 should currently promote acceleration to an initial 585p with secondary, if bettered, at a longer term (or the next day) 644p. We cannot safely calculate above this level without making a Liz Truss face and mentioning an improbable 750p.

Their share price needs below 200p to cause serious panic. Our suspicion is to anticipate an eventual 585p.

 

 

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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
8:26:16PM	BRENT	8184.9								8140
8:29:51PM	GOLD	2032.7	2025	2021	2014	2035	2038	2041	2046	2031
8:32:21PM	FTSE	7686								7689
8:46:00PM	STOX50	4865.3								4740
8:53:44PM	GERMANY	17432								17407
8:56:42PM	US500	5072.9								5070
9:05:10PM	DOW	39069								39014
9:08:18PM	NASDAQ	17924	17815	17773	17666	17942	18016	18052	18111	17922
9:11:15PM	JAPAN	39339								39304

 

26/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7684 points. Change of -0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,722,289,036 a change of 8.14%

23/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7706 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,291,710,334 a change of -10.94%

22/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7684 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,941,569,029 a change of 3.14%

21/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7662 points. Change of -0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,760,836,180 a change of 16.25%

20/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7719 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,955,387,121 a change of 38.92%

19/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7728 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,567,027,566 a change of -46.92%

16/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7711 points. Change of 1.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,719,822,861 a change of 59.53%

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: 165.84 Percentage Change: + 1.28% Day High: 166.7 Day Low: 162.82

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LSE:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 124.7 Percentage Change: -2.31% Day High: 127.8 Day Low: 124

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 244.2 Percentage Change: + 2.18% Day High: 247.9 Day Low: 234.2

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LSE:EXPN Experian Close Mid-Price: 3428 Percentage Change: -0.12% Day High: 3468 Day Low: 3427

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone. Close Mid-Price: 92.45 Percentage Change: + 0.65% Day High: 93.8 Day Low: 89

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 113.5 Percentage Change: -4.22% Day High: 118 Day Low: 102.5

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LSE:ITV ITV Close Mid-Price: 56.74 Percentage Change: -2.17% Day High: 57.88 Day Low: 56.68

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 491.5 Percentage Change: -6.98% Day High: 525.4 Day Low: 484.4

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#Brent #Dax The weekends Formula 1 race proved more boring than usual, principally because there wasn’t one. The F1 media had made a really big deal of the Bahrain track being open for “testing” on 22nd February and the logical assumption the race would follow the testing period proved utterly wrong. There is a one week gap between the two events but, to be honest, “testing” proved quite boring anyway with no surprises in car performance. So we’re not anxiously awaiting the weekends actual race and, who knows, Barclays may prove more interesting.

As the chart below shows, Barclays share price was gapped up above the downtrend since January 2023, creating the situation where movement next above 167p should prove capable of provoking ongoing recovery to an initial 172.7p with secondary, if beaten, now at an interesting looking 194p. This secondary is of special interest, perhaps even giving the share price an opportunity to close a session above the prior closing high of 189.5p and suggest happy days may be ahead for the share price.

In addition, there is something just a bit questionable about the decision to “gap” Barclays up, when the organisation released positive financial results. Not only was the share price gapped up above the downtrend since January 2023, it was also gapped above the downtrend which dates back to February 2007, a time when the share price almost reached 800p. We’ve shown this as a Green trend line on the chart and from our perspective, there’s a heck of a big question now making itself known. Essentially, should we view the influences on the price as coming from a period where 189p was the ruling high or, if 800p shall bear any influence against future movements. Hopefully share price movements in the coming weeks contribute toward an answer as it will make a change to our calculation potentials.

 

Of course, this could prove an enormous practical joke by a market, constantly keeping everyone “amused” by the way UK retail banks are treated. The share price needs below 139 to ring alarm bells, giving the option of reversal to 127 initially with secondary, if broken, a probable bottom at 112p.

We suspect, this time, some hope should be possible for Barclays. Hopefully within investors lifetimes…

 

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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
9:27:50PM	BRENT	8083.8	8103	7991	7879	8175	8288	8320	8404	8152
9:30:20PM	GOLD	2035.22
9:33:09PM	FTSE	7712
9:36:50PM	STOX50	4869.8
9:39:17PM	GERMANY	17411	17282	17225	17150	17393	17440	17899	18370	17285
9:41:21PM	US500	5082.8
9:53:20PM	DOW	39091
9:55:55PM	NASDAQ	17909.9
9:58:14PM	JAPAN	39417

 

23/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7706 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,291,710,334 a change of -10.94%

22/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7684 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,941,569,029 a change of 3.14%

21/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7662 points. Change of -0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,760,836,180 a change of 16.25%

20/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7719 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,955,387,121 a change of 38.92%

19/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7728 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,567,027,566 a change of -46.92%

16/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7711 points. Change of 1.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,719,822,861 a change of 59.53%

15/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7597 points. Change of 0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,212,176,049 a change of -10.97%

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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#FTSE #GOLD Unexpected disasters always catch people out, yet most of the time, they shouldn’t be unexpected. We’d a complete disaster in the kitchen tonight, my wife opting to mount a new spice rack she’d bought from Temu. I’ve plead with her, repeatedly, to stop using the fitting kits often supplied by Temu and instead, ask me to employ a couple of screws if mounting anything. She judged, by the weight of the spice rack, it would never need screwed to the tiles, mounting it with the supplied double sided tape.

She then filled the rack with her copious spice jars, somehow forgetting she’d just increased the weight quite substantially. The result was visually pleasing but I made a mental note to sneak a couple of screws into the mountings as while all her spice bottles looked great, experience has taught never to trust any adhesive mountings supplied with products bought through Temu. Essentially, if they supply a dinky little shelf which weighs in at 150 grams, the adhesive is designed to take 150 grams and nothing else. For some reason, they ALWAYS forget to factor in humans and their need to put things on shelves…

Inevitably, while trying to figure out an introduction to our FTSE for FRIDAY which didn’t mention the wet snow here in Argyll, there was a spectacular crash from the kitchen. Shortly after she went to bed, her fancy spice rack succumbed to gravity, depositing around 30 jars on the worktop and floor. Only four of the jars smashed, ensuring a cloud of Cayenne pepper, Paprika, and (thankfully) two jars of Chilli powder, something I utterly detest but she feels should be used generously. Working on the correct basis the animals wouldn’t enter the kitchen with its toxic cloud, I gave it 30 minutes before going through to tidy up.

 

We obviously have a reason behind this, an attempt to point out the unexpected often need not come as a surprise. For instance, currently the German in, the DAX, is bumping against a logical high, one of these areas which will often provoke some market volatility. Our immediate “top” number calculates at 17201 points, the index coming within a few points of such a target this week. Equally, the S&P 500 has a logical top around 5115 points, an ambition the index is very close to and again, we anticipate some stutters. Unless, of course, the market opts to start gapping the S&P upward at the open of trade.  Even Wall St, currently around 39070 with a recent high of 39150 calculates with 39500 points expected to provide some sort of ceiling. And the Nasdaq has briefly surpassed a logical high of 18011, achieving 18034 on Thursday but closing the session at 18004.

Adding all these things together, we’ve a gathering expectation favouring some stutters in the market place, making us question whether the FTSE shall prove capable of ignoring what’s going on elsewhere. The UK market calculates with 7871 as target on the current cycle and, at 7684 at time of writing, it’s got some distance to go. We don’t anticipate it covering the distance, if other main markets start to experience some hesitation. This is unfortunate as overall, we should be rejoicing at the long term calculation for the FTSE now working out at 8250, a number we fear shall be as real as the number of death threats claimed by UK politicians as they scrape the bottom of the trough to enforce a  political stance.

 

Near term, below 7650 looks capable of promoting reversal on the FTSE down to an initial paltry 7634 with secondary, if broken, calculating at 7574 points and hopefully yet another bounce. If triggered, the tightest stop looks fairly reasonable at 7690 points.

However, above 7690 has the less likely potential of causing some fireworks as above this level provides an initial hope for 7714 points with our secondary, if exceeded, coming along at 7751. This is a potentially game changing move where our longer term third level calculates at 7871 points.

Have a good weekend and enjoy the Bahrain Grand Prix, hopefully not a completely boring procession of cars.

 

 

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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
8:43:31PM	BRENT	8263	8193	8153		8272	8276	8300		8224	‘cess
8:46:20PM	GOLD	2022.81	2020	2015		2025	2036	2049		2023	Success
8:50:07PM	FTSE	7694	7636	7598		7670	7702	7708		7676	‘cess
8:55:34PM	STOX50	4866	4820	4799		4850	4872	4925		4743	‘cess
9:01:40PM	GERMANY	17427	17280	17211		17370	17433	17470		17022	Success
9:11:44PM	US500	5083	5034	5021		5064	5095	5123		5037	Success
9:16:31PM	DOW	39047	38640	38468		38912	39157	39338		39014	Success
9:20:07PM	NASDAQ	17969	17805	17724		17873	18036	18065		17898	Success
9:31:36PM	JAPAN	39424	38803	38580		39285	39494	39580		39397	Success

 

22/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7684 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,941,569,029 a change of 3.14%

21/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7662 points. Change of -0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,760,836,180 a change of 16.25%

20/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7719 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,955,387,121 a change of 38.92%

19/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7728 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,567,027,566 a change of -46.92%

16/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7711 points. Change of 1.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,719,822,861 a change of 59.53%

15/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7597 points. Change of 0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,212,176,049 a change of -10.97%

14/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7568 points. Change of 0.75%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,731,346,457 a change of -6.79%

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:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 450.1 Percentage Change: + 1.01% Day High: 453.2 Day Low: 446.8

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LSE:AVCT Avacta Close Mid-Price: 77 Percentage Change: -12.00% Day High: 88 Day Low: 77

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 163.68 Percentage Change: + 0.57% Day High: 164.32 Day Low: 159.1

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 3436 Percentage Change: + 1.72% Day High: 3443 Day Low: 3372

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 94.45 Percentage Change: -0.37% Day High: 95.95 Day Low: 92.15

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 2083 Percentage Change: + 4.28% Day High: 2165 Day Low: 2030

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LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown Close Mid-Price: 747.2 Percentage Change: -7.23% Day High: 821.6 Day Low: 728

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 8600 Percentage Change: + 0.82% Day High: 8668 Day Low: 8516

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4639 Percentage Change: + 3.60% Day High: 4652 Day Low: 4521

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 45.95 Percentage Change: + 6.16% Day High: 46.18 Day Low: 42.37

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LSE:QED Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 2.1 Percentage Change: + 0.72% Day High: 2.05 Day Low: 2

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 356.8 Percentage Change: + 8.29% Day High: 369 Day Low: 347.4

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#FTSE #GOLD Styling themselves as 175 years old, Inchcape were actually formed by a local lad from here in Argyll, his company exploits being worth – at very least – a visit to Wikipedia. We’d no idea how seriously large Inchcape are, active multinationally and regarded as the worlds leading automotive distributor. Needless to say, their original name was MacKinnon Mackenzie Ltd, giving away their Scottish roots despite now being based in India, thousands of miles away from Scotlands ‘wonderful’ climate.

The company are currently considering selling their UK car retail unit and this is perhaps why it appears to be punted as a “Strong Buy” by some analysts. Given such a sale looks like being a drop in the ocean with Inchcape’s overall wealth, the jury remains out on such a sentiment but the share price doesn’t need a huge charge to hopefully trigger some upward travel. Just to spice things up and cause confusion, we’ve circled something strange which happened last July. The market decided it was someone’s birthday with the share price running free until the big hammer came out, knocking it back into place. Perhaps the implication behind this set of circumstances is an expectation Inchcape share price shall do jolly well in the future, if they’d only off-load their UK retail division which is being smothered under a legislation happy government. For instance, it’s rarely mentioned the UK needs to replace more corroded brake pipes on vehicles than the rest of Europe clubbed together. The reason is simple, MoT testers used to scrape a brake pipe to see if shiny metal was present. Unfortunately, similar to poking a chassis with a screwdriver, this sort of thing is no longer allowed as it could “damage” the vehicle, thus creating a situation where MoT testers routinely fail vehicles for corrosion, due to their inability to actually see corrosion as they’re not allowed to poke or prod.

Then again, maybe Inchcape just was to escape the messy world of car retail, never the worst cunning plan!

 

We’re not entirely confident about the “Strong Buy” status being allocated to the company, due to the chart visuals suggesting the converse presently, even despite the circled upward break last year. Currently trading around 664p, the share price needs below 643p to trigger a dashboard warning light, suggesting imminent reversal to 592p and a possible bounce. Should 592p break, we suspect any rebound shall prove short lived as our secondary at a hopeful bottom of 537p calculates as possible. Extreme danger awaits with closure below 537 as this shall suggest the long term uptrend has failed, allowing reversal to an ultimate bottom of 404p.

Of course, perhaps we’re just being a little hysterical due to a historical dislike of the motor trade. Currently, Inchcape only need exceed 700p to better Blue, ideally triggering recovery to an initial 744p with secondary, if beaten, up at a more useful longer term 813p. For various reasons, we suspect some hesitation at such a level, if only due to all the folk who were suckered in last July by the momentary share price spike opting to engage their brains and sell.

 

Who knows, perhaps we’re reading the tea leaves incorrectly and the pundits know something we don’t…

 

 

 

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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
10:17:05PM	BRENT	8242.7
10:21:21PM	GOLD	2025.72	2020	2018	2016	2027	2027	2029	2032	2024
10:24:31PM	FTSE	7664.5	7637	7600	7550	7670	7676	7699	7708	7652	Success
10:27:55PM	STOX50	4795									Success
10:40:56PM	GERMANY	17182									Success
10:44:01PM	US500	5004.5									Shambles
10:47:10PM	DOW	38563
10:50:22PM	NASDAQ	17649									‘cess
10:55:09PM	JAPAN	38773									Shambles

 

21/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7662 points. Change of -0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,760,836,180 a change of 16.25%

20/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7719 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,955,387,121 a change of 38.92%

19/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7728 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,567,027,566 a change of -46.92%

16/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7711 points. Change of 1.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,719,822,861 a change of 59.53%

15/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7597 points. Change of 0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,212,176,049 a change of -10.97%

14/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7568 points. Change of 0.75%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,731,346,457 a change of -6.79%

13/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7512 points. Change of -0.81%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,825,719 a change of 6.46%

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: 237.9 Percentage Change: + 0.76% Day High: 238.8 Day Low: 236.2

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 94.8 Percentage Change: -0.89% Day High: 98 Day Low: 93.4

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 386.05 Percentage Change: -1.11% Day High: 390.95 Day Low: 365.45

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LSE:GRG Greggs Close Mid-Price: 2780 Percentage Change: -1.07% Day High: 2818 Day Low: 2774

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 8530 Percentage Change: + 2.35% Day High: 8520 Day Low: 8284

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 27.25 Percentage Change: -1.80% Day High: 27.75 Day Low: 27.25

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#Stoxx50 ‘Nasdaq We’ve always been quite fond of Qinetic, partially due to the company once renting a house from us in Ross-shire, Scotland. The reason they needed somewhere for their scientists was the proximity of the missile testing range and back then, we’d given priority to having wireless broadband, a facility very few people offered at that time. And of course, the small boy within will always admire a company who mess around test firing rockets and missiles.

While Qinetiq are obviously in the military supply field, there is an interesting parallel between their test range and something which actually happened between two islands off the coast of Ross-shire. In 1934 or so, someone in the Post Office received a proposal to speedily deliver mail between the islands, a process which could (and still can) be haphazard thanks to the Scottish weather. The idea was fairly simple, the village postman would stuff a few thousand letters in a tube, take aim, light the fuse, and run. The rocket was to fly unerringly between the isle of Harris and another island called Scarp but the first two attempts failed, the first with an explosion and fire, the second actually getting airborne but blew up on the beach.

The scientist behind the effort, a German chap, returned to his home country and later became a member of the country’s V2 rocket program. In Scotland, some singed and burnt remnants of the failed mail delivery are on display in the island museum.  But the spirit of the effort lives on, Qinetiq opting to use the area to test their military products, presumably without including mail.

 

As for Qinetiq share price, there’s certainly plenty happening in the world which will require military to stock up on their products. Given events in Israel, perhaps Qinetiq shall abandon Scotland to experiment in abandoned coal mines in Wales, trying out underground missiles…

When we review their price movements this year and month, the share hasn’t been achieving any interesting higher highs but has exceeded the Blue downtrend since 2022, always an essential initial tickbox for price gains. The next stage, according to our rule book, comes when the share price achieves a solid higher high, after breaking a trend. In the case of Qinetiq this is a demand the share price close a session above 380p, by an amusing coincidence also our initial target back in 2022.

Closure above 380p or perhaps intraday trades now above 383p should next trigger share price movement to an initial smug looking 418p. Our longer term secondary works out at 446p.

 

For things to go horribly wrong, their share price currently needs below 325p and this risks triggering reversal to an initial 261p with secondary, if broken, a hopeful bottom at an eventual 238p. For now, our inclination is to anticipate the best for Qinetiq but then again, we like the company and their share price history of meeting our targets.

 

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:57:36PM	BRENT	8189
10:00:33PM	GOLD	2024.02
10:03:42PM	FTSE	7715.4									‘cess
10:10:56PM	STOX50	4759	4743	4738	4728	4762	4768	4775	4784	4755
10:13:53PM	GERMANY	17063
10:18:12PM	US500	4975.1
10:21:31PM	DOW	38602.5									‘cess
10:24:29PM	NASDAQ	17521.5	17400	17322	17082	17618	17663	17729	17840	17500	Success
10:27:10PM	JAPAN	38296	38115	38000	37750	38237	38564	38629	38800	38439	‘cess

 

20/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7719 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,955,387,121 a change of 38.92%

19/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7728 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,567,027,566 a change of -46.92%

16/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7711 points. Change of 1.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,719,822,861 a change of 59.53%

15/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7597 points. Change of 0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,212,176,049 a change of -10.97%

14/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7568 points. Change of 0.75%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,731,346,457 a change of -6.79%

13/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7512 points. Change of -0.81%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,825,719 a change of 6.46%

12/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7573 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,767,866,668 a change of -14.99%

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.

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 161.8 Percentage Change: + 8.59% Day High: 162.98 Day Low: 154.88

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 133.4 Percentage Change: + 1.99% Day High: 134.55 Day Low: 128.7

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 473 Percentage Change: -0.94% Day High: 478.6 Day Low: 460.9

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2810 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 2812 Day Low: 2778

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 643.8 Percentage Change: + 0.88% Day High: 644.1 Day Low: 636

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 8334 Percentage Change: + 5.36% Day High: 8418 Day Low: 7772

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 330.5 Percentage Change: -1.11% Day High: 335.4 Day Low: 330.1

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 7.48 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 7.22 Day Low: 7.2

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#Gold #SP500 This one is a little complex, thanks to the company pulling a 20:1 share split stunt. When we previously reviewed the share in 2023, we’d what we called a “grim argument” which produced the potential for a bottom of 52p. So, when it closed at 1122p last December 19th, dividing 1122p by 20 gives a closing price of a real 56.1p, giving us loads of comfort the share price had found a bottom above our ultimate bottom at 52p.

This gift provided a warm fuzzy feeling which lasted almost a month, when everything for the company which describes itself as “producing, transporting, and marketing primarily Natural Gas and Natural Gas liquids from existing assets in the USA.” This, while sounding quite grand, is actually a bit of a problem, due to Natural Gas now trading at its lowest level since the start of 2020. This salient detail is being ignored by energy companies keen to protect the artificially inflated prices currently being charged but we suspect the markets are perfectly aware of the damage being inflicted on the bottom line of producers. Currently at 1592 cents, the price of Natural Gas looks perfectly capable of enjoying eventual reversal to a bottom around 680 cents, a potentially remarkable reversal from the high at 10,000 cents in August 2022, when energy prices provoked a headless chicken dance.

Assuming a correlation exists between the paid being experienced by Diversified Energy’s share price and the collapse in Natural Gas prices, we can now speculate on the potential of weakness below 822p now provoking reversal to an eventual new ultimate bottom of 301p – or 15p for those still smarting from the share price adjustment.

If there are to be any miracles, above 1042p currently calculates with the potential of a lift to 1117p with our longer term secondary, if bettered, at a hopeful future 1615p. However, we are concerned at the direct correlation between the drop potentials for gas pricing, showing with an almost identical reversal ratio to that being shown for Diversified’s share price.

 

 

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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
10:42:58PM	BRENT	8295
10:46:23PM	GOLD	2017.62	2011	2008	2003	2019	2032	2051	2073	2011	‘cess
10:52:07PM	FTSE	7739.2
10:56:01PM	STOX50	4761.5
10:58:00PM	GERMANY	17079.8
11:00:17PM	US500	5009.8	5004	4988	4969	5015	5015	5021	5028	5004
11:03:10PM	DOW	38635.5
11:06:59PM	NASDAQ	17724.7
11:09:24PM	JAPAN	38536

 

19/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7728 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,567,027,566 a change of -46.92%

16/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7711 points. Change of 1.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,719,822,861 a change of 59.53%

15/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7597 points. Change of 0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,212,176,049 a change of -10.97%

14/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7568 points. Change of 0.75%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,731,346,457 a change of -6.79%

13/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7512 points. Change of -0.81%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,825,719 a change of 6.46%

12/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7573 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,767,866,668 a change of -14.99%

9/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7572 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,608,670,910 a change of 3.17%

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:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 130.8 Percentage Change: -5.97% Day High: 138.85 Day Low: 130.5

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2800 Percentage Change: + 0.29% Day High: 2810 Day Low: 2782

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 7910 Percentage Change: + 1.93% Day High: 7934 Day Low: 7728

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 27.7 Percentage Change: -3.65% Day High: 29 Day Low: 27.75

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#Brent #Stoxx50 It’s hard to feel irritated at the news a further tranche of bank branches are being closed. Growing up with the family business being retail, I think we all became inured to the odious task of depositing the takings at the bank, the thrill of dropping off 5 figure cash amounts on a Monday morning quickly becoming a job everyone tried to avoid. It wasn’t for security reasons or anything so sensible, just a case everyone hated the job and, to be fair, it’s probable the bank staff felt the same way. Thankfully, credit card readers quickly caught on, massively reducing the cash headache from the petrol stations and allowing the daily “bank run” to become a task for a couple of times a week.

So when news broke the biggest bank branch in our local small town was closing, along with invitations to “sign” the inevitable petition, it was difficult to feel sympathy. Personally, with no requirement to visit the branch in person for at least five years, it was understandable why it was closing down. When previously visiting, there were plenty of signals it was going to be on a corporate hit list, not least being the fact it was only open half day for most of the week and even entirely closed on a Wednesday. The only big problem came, when the “cost of living” crisis erupted and we discovered a £1,500 debt with our electricity company. As in, they’d been using estimates for a while and they owed us £1,500, along with a substantial reduction in the monthly debit. Without delay, the company issued us a cheque, one we couldn’t deposit at the bank branch, ‘cos it’s now closed. A sign in the window directed us to the Post Office, an easy job as there’s a branch on the way home, one where the owner hasn’t been charged with theft. Of course, our local Post Office, in true highland style, didn’t have the correct pay in slips for Halifax, requiring another attempt in a couple of days. In Argyll, it’s writ large to never expect anything for the next day, the ferry requirement always adding 24 hours to any delivery. Or, if expecting a local tradesman…

 

Lloyds, due to release some figures this Thursday, should doubtless follow the example set by Natwest. But the car finance investigation risks biting them in the future as Black Horse are big in the car finance field. Quite what level of exposure they face is obviously unknown but the company shall invariably make an allowance in their figures, giving plenty of time for rumour and nerves to damage the share price. A glance at recent Lloyds movements tends suggest the presence of some optimism for the near term, above 43.35 suggesting the near term potential of a lift to an initial 45.15p. Our longer term secondary, should this level be exceeded, works out at 50.7p and visually, this is pretty attractive, creating the potential of a higher high, along with a break of the downtrend since 2019.

For things to go pear shaped, Lloyds now needs below 40.25 to ring alarm bells, calculating with the potential of reversal to around 35p with secondary, if broken, now at 30.7 and hopefully a bottom.

Our inclination is toward optimism for Lloyds.

 

 

 

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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
9:39:49PM	BRENT	8288.4	8064	8021	7918	8244	8321	8356	8424	8272
9:42:38PM	GOLD	2012.97
9:45:14PM	FTSE	7698
9:47:25PM	STOX50	4747.6	4731	4714	4691	4763	4783	4792	4811	4746
9:51:25PM	GERMANY	17072.9
9:53:59PM	US500	4999.5
9:56:29PM	DOW	38574
9:58:47PM	NASDAQ	17659.9
10:27:32PM	JAPAN	38243

 

16/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7711 points. Change of 1.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,719,822,861 a change of 59.53%

15/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7597 points. Change of 0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,212,176,049 a change of -10.97%

14/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7568 points. Change of 0.75%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,731,346,457 a change of -6.79%

13/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7512 points. Change of -0.81%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,825,719 a change of 6.46%

12/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7573 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,767,866,668 a change of -14.99%

9/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7572 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,608,670,910 a change of 3.17%

8/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7595 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,436,383,411 a change of -4.43%

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: 1987.5 Percentage Change: + 0.03% Day High: 2006 Day Low: 1981.5

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 638.8 Percentage Change: + 1.95% Day High: 639.6 Day Low: 627.6

Continued trades against HSBA with a mid-price ABOVE 639.6 should improve ……..

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 28.75 Percentage Change: -3.36% Day High: 29.75 Day Low: 28.75

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