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#FTSE #Gold The most recent 5 sessions have been quite foul, the FTSE almost behaving as if the summer holiday temps working at the LSE have lost control. While we’re being a little sarcastic, it’s certainly curious Thursday managed to close the day at 7,310 points. It’s curious, ‘cos the Red uptrend since March 2020 calculates at roughly 7,308.678 points, sufficiently close to the actual closing price to emanate a little scent.

If ‘the market’ is indeed paying attention to this Red uptrend, the implication from such precise behaviour is to anticipate a bounce on the FTSE, working on the basis the summertime temps have been told not to break Red on the chart. Or maybe it’s just the case the market is exhibiting its renowned sense of humour?

The immediate test, one hopefully able to ‘prove’ whether Red is valid or not, allows for weakness below 7305 points triggering reversal to 7279 points next. Our secondary, if such a level breaks, calculates at 7243 points and a level which should hopefully provoke a bounce. However, it’s crucial to mention we shall regard the overall attraction as now coming from 7077 points, if this scenario starts to play out. If triggered, the tightest stop loss looks like 7355 points.

 

Our alternate scenario, if our suspicion of a bounce comes to fruition, suggests above 7355 as ideally capable of a stab at an initial 7398 points. If exceeded, our secondary works out at 7422 points. Without a doubt, the FTSE feels like it’s at one of these “fingers crossed” moments. Hopefully all the politicians continue to avoid appearing in front of TV cameras.

Have a good weekend.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:17:26PM	BRENT	8345.7	8264	8081		8365	8451	8489		8361
9:20:30PM	GOLD	1888.82	1884	1871		1896	1898	1901		1887
9:24:19PM	FTSE	7272.6	7269	7263		7316	7324	7337		7292	‘cess
9:29:52PM	STOX50	4204.9	4202	4197		4234	4236	4248		4212	Success
9:32:17PM	GERMANY	15600.1	15591	15555		15697	15714	15747		15650	‘cess
9:42:29PM	US500	4365.1	4363	4349		4412	4421	4436		4393
9:47:52PM	DOW	34452.5	34438	34376		34501	34560	34585		34493	‘cess
9:52:27PM	NASDAQ	14686.3	14684	14603		14750	14949	14998		14840	Success
9:55:01PM	JAPAN	31355	31301	31110		31457	31681	31779		31550	‘cess

 

17/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7310 points. Change of -0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,306,539,758 a change of -30.86%

16/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7356 points. Change of -0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,782,194,827 a change of 34.91%

15/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7389 points. Change of -1.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,544,639,764 a change of -13.22%

14/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7507 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,084,432,990 a change of -33.31%

11/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7524 points. Change of -1.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,124,601,431 a change of 49.97%

10/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7618 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,083,887,572 a change of -13.93%

9/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7587 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,744,774,883 a change of 3.35%

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:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 18.92 Percentage Change: -1.20% Day High: 19.53 Day Low: 18.83

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LSE:EMG MAN Close Mid-Price: 208 Percentage Change: -1.19% Day High: 210.3 Day Low: 207.4

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LSE:EXPN Experian Close Mid-Price: 2712 Percentage Change: -1.95% Day High: 2756 Day Low: 2709

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 431.7 Percentage Change: -2.18% Day High: 441.6 Day Low: 431.8

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 512.8 Percentage Change: -0.16% Day High: 515.8 Day Low: 505

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LSE:GENL Genel Close Mid-Price: 78.8 Percentage Change: -2.23% Day High: 80.4 Day Low: 78.5

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 17.94 Percentage Change: -3.03% Day High: 18.64 Day Low: 17.82

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 225.8 Percentage Change: -2.50% Day High: 233.4 Day Low: 226.4

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 946.4 Percentage Change: -0.98% Day High: 955.4 Day Low: 944.2

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 2225 Percentage Change: -0.67% Day High: 2335 Day Low: 2140

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 #Gold #SP500 

A recent article about a father and daughter crew, piloting a Jet2 flight certainly gave pause for thought. Anytime my own daughter is behind the wheel of a car I’m in, I tend keep my eyes tightly shut. This is probably not an ideal scenario for the captain of a commercial passenger jet. My daughter, of course, prefers believe I find it easy to fall asleep, if she’s driving…

It’s been a while since we reviewed Jet2’s share price and admit it’s been performing quite strangely since February, perhaps not with sufficient erratic behaviour to force investors to close their eyes but undoubtedly, there’s something a bit funny going on. Though, broadly speaking, it’s been following a similar zombie trail to that followed by British Airways or EasyJet. The chart below tells a complex story.

Since February of this year, the share price broke upward through an obvious Blue downtrend and in the period since, effectively treated this trend line like it didn’t really matter. Except there’s a problem as during July, on two occasions, the market very deliberately chose to Gap (manipulate) the share price below this Blue line on two distinct occasions. As a result, we’re supposed to conclude this trend line may actually be important, thanks to the market confirming it isn’t a figment of our imagination!

We’re at a bit of a loss as share price movements are generally calculated on how they perform in relation to trend lines and Jet2 are failing to play along. It makes sense to attempt discover just what’s needed to allow us to shoehorn price movements into our logic. Currently, above 1201p calculates as capable of a visit to 1255p, an area where some hesitation is expected. Should such a mild ascent occur, it will tick the first box in a logic pointing at share price recovery. Should our initial target of 1255p be bettered,  things become interesting as the share price shall be viewed as entering a longer term cycle to 1496p. At such a level, the visual implication is game changing as it paints a new high, hopefully able to allow the share price to close above the glass ceiling which seems to have formed at the 14 quid level.

 

If things intend go wrong for Jet2, share price movements below 1100p risk triggering reversal to an initial 1001p and hopefully a rebound. If circumstances allow such a level to break, our secondary calculates at 702p, a sizeable drop we’d normally call ridiculous, were it not for share price movements less than a year ago!

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:47:13PM	BRENT	8298.6									Success
9:50:12PM	GOLD	1892.6	1891	1871	1861	1907	1907	1913	1921	1896	‘cess
9:53:41PM	FTSE	7322.3									‘cess
9:56:33PM	STOX50	4260.5									Shambles
9:58:56PM	GERMANY	15718.4
10:11:17PM	US500	4403.5	4401	4351	4266	4451	4451	4470	4493	4427	Success
10:14:12PM	DOW	34786
10:18:08PM	NASDAQ	14870.9									Success
10:22:08PM	JAPAN	31657									Success

 

16/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7356 points. Change of -0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,782,194,827 a change of 34.91%

15/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7389 points. Change of -1.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,544,639,764 a change of -13.22%

14/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7507 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,084,432,990 a change of -33.31%

11/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7524 points. Change of -1.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,124,601,431 a change of 49.97%

10/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7618 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,083,887,572 a change of -13.93%

9/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7587 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,744,774,883 a change of 3.35%

8/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of -0.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,591,181,240 a change of 31.12%

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.

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

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LSE:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 574.8 Percentage Change: + 1.70% Day High: 583 Day Low: 565.2

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LSE:CEY Centamin Close Mid-Price: 87 Percentage Change: -1.69% Day High: 90.95 Day Low: 86.8

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 143.3 Percentage Change: + 0.92% Day High: 145.05 Day Low: 141.65

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LSE:EXPN Experian Close Mid-Price: 2766 Percentage Change: -0.86% Day High: 2798 Day Low: 2748

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 441.3 Percentage Change: + 0.52% Day High: 444.1 Day Low: 435

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 513.6 Percentage Change: -2.36% Day High: 534 Day Low: 510.2

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LSE:GENL Genel Close Mid-Price: 80.6 Percentage Change: -1.59% Day High: 82.5 Day Low: 79.9

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 419.5 Percentage Change: + 0.11% Day High: 422.75 Day Low: 414.65

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 231.6 Percentage Change: + 4.51% Day High: 231.8 Day Low: 222.7

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LSE:NWG Natwest Close Mid-Price: 226.4 Percentage Change: -3.08% Day High: 232.1 Day Low: 226

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 2240 Percentage Change: -1.54% Day High: 2380 Day Low: 2220

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 5 Percentage Change: -16.67% Day High: 5.5 Day Low: 4.75

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#FTSE #Nasdaq  This probably means something important and we’ve drawn our own conclusions. The price of Gold often fails to comply with our in-house logic when it’s heading upward. Yet, when downward, our projections are often devastatingly correct. Historically, once things get above the 2000 dollar level, it almost feels like a human somewhere has intervened and said “Nope!”. Obviously this is a silly concept in a free and fair marketplace.

The chart below highlights the market has tended lose confidence in the price of the precious metal, virtually the moment it dares exceed an imaginary line. Curiously, in April of this year, for a moment we thought the price was going to get away with a rise and for 4 weeks, it finally “felt” like the price was indeed going to break upward. But when the surge arrived at the start of May, rather than accelerate above the 2100 level, for a mystery reason the price opted to discover the joys of spoiling the fun for all the folk who’d long positions and currently, we feel the dig downward hasn’t yet concluded.

However, it may be worth remembering the degree of mucking about during April tends suggest the imaginary ceiling at around 2070 dollars may be weakening. In fact, if the price now manages above 2077 dollars, conventional thinking suggests a 4th stab at the glass ceiling should break it, perhaps triggering movement to an initial 2128 with our secondary, if bettered, calculating at 2347 dollars. While these targets fail to align with the fantastic ambition of $3000 mentioned by industry ‘analysts’, these same experts have been predicting the three thousand dollar level since 2009.

 

For now, it feels like Gold has entered a reversal cycle, one where weakness next below $1896 risks triggering travel down to an initial 1876 dollars with secondary, if broken, working out at 1809. Usually we’d be happy to ridicule such a secondary but visually, the metal was trading at such a level last March and therefore, such an ambition is liable to be far from stupid. In fact, glancing at the chart, it actually makes quite a bit of sense.

We’ve displayed our target levels below 1809, should everything go wrong. Surprisingly, neither of them make much visual sense, so we currently distrust the calculations.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:16:52PM	BRENT	8459									Success
9:20:05PM	GOLD	1902.36									‘cess
9:32:19PM	FTSE	7383.5	7368	7346	7254	7427	7437	7456	7485	7400	Success
9:34:44PM	STOX50	4274									‘cess
9:48:34PM	GERMANY	15732									‘cess
10:24:56PM	US500	4436.9									‘cess
10:27:55PM	DOW	34949									Success
10:30:52PM	NASDAQ	15043.8	15030	15021	14940	31839	15144	15189	15248	15080
10:33:25PM	JAPAN	31915									‘cess

 

15/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7389 points. Change of -1.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,544,639,764 a change of -13.22%

14/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7507 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,084,432,990 a change of -33.31%

11/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7524 points. Change of -1.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,124,601,431 a change of 49.97%

10/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7618 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,083,887,572 a change of -13.93%

9/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7587 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,744,774,883 a change of 3.35%

8/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of -0.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,591,181,240 a change of 31.12%

7/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7554 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,501,608,401 a change of -4.09%

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

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

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

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

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

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:CEY Centamin** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:GENL Genel** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:ITM ITM Power** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments** **

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LSE:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 565.2 Percentage Change: + 2.02% Day High: 567.2 Day Low: 554

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LSE:CEY Centamin Close Mid-Price: 88.5 Percentage Change: -1.61% Day High: 90 Day Low: 88.3

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LSE:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 142 Percentage Change: -0.04% Day High: 142.5 Day Low: 140.55

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LSE:EMG MAN Close Mid-Price: 212.1 Percentage Change: -1.03% Day High: 217 Day Low: 210.7

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LSE:EXPN Experian Close Mid-Price: 2790 Percentage Change: -2.65% Day High: 2868 Day Low: 2779

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 439 Percentage Change: -1.53% Day High: 446.6 Day Low: 437.6

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup Close Mid-Price: 155.1 Percentage Change: -0.32% Day High: 158.6 Day Low: 150

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LSE:GENL Genel Close Mid-Price: 81.9 Percentage Change: -3.87% Day High: 86.1 Day Low: 81.6

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 419.05 Percentage Change: -3.40% Day High: 433.45 Day Low: 417

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 18.16 Percentage Change: -3.71% Day High: 18.6 Day Low: 18.1

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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 97 Percentage Change: + 0.92% Day High: 99 Day Low: 94.68

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 221.6 Percentage Change: + 8.26% Day High: 224.5 Day Low: 213.8

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 960 Percentage Change: -1.56% Day High: 974 Day Low: 954.4

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 2275 Percentage Change: -1.52% Day High: 2345 Day Low: 2265

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#Gold #Nasdaq  With the decision to bite the bullet and order some solar panels for our home here in Argyll, we decided to take a look at companies claiming to be at the forefront of the industry. To be upfront, we decided to eschew “help” for our own solar scheme, our south facing cottage probably capable of becoming quite self sustaining, our intention being to create something without interference from the national grid.

Our thinking is fairly simple. Currently, our electricity supplier is offering 5p per kw/hour as a refund for electricity fed back into the system. However, if we buy a kw/hour from them, it’s at 27p, obviously great for our electricity supplier but making less sense from the customers viewpoint. In our case, the intention is to employ storage batteries which will ensure we’ve ample power during the hours of darkness in our Scottish winters. We’re also a little spoiled with a stream running through the garden, one which is again about to start generating a small amount of power, due to version one of the design being washed out to sea! Eventually, by developing something in parallel with the existing electrical supply, we hope to be at the stage we’ve reached with the TV, a point when we can tell the BBC to cancel the licence as we’ve weaned ourselves off live TV.

In our case, we’re lucky with a family member who’s a fully fledged electrician and able to ensure compliance with safety regulations and standards. Whether the project is hydro or solar related, once you start making plans for heating systems and hot water supply, things risk becoming dangerous pretty quickly and beyond most DIY ambitions.

 

eEnergy have created a slick and informative website, aimed at assisting companies start their journey to “net zero” (whatever that actually is), while also offering their customers to chance to pocket a little loose change along the way. Broadly speaking, they’ve created something aimed at taking the hassle of doing the right thing away from the client, providing plenty of Case Studies which should assure prospective clients.

A share price now above 7p should now prove capable of triggering price recovery to an initial 9.1p with secondary, if exceeded, working out at 10.3p. Visually, the secondary is liable to prove quite important for the long term as it affords the price the chance of closing above the visual glass ceiling at 10p. This should be extremely significant for the future as closure above 10p takes the price into a zone where strong improvement to a future 22p works out as possible.

This is perhaps worth keeping an eye on.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:41:54PM	BRENT	8598
9:44:57PM	GOLD	1907.07	1902	1898	1869	1916	1912	1914	1918	1908	‘cess
9:58:39PM	FTSE	7515.1									‘cess
10:00:42PM	STOX50	4337
10:03:18PM	GERMANY	15922.5
10:05:35PM	US500	4491
10:08:01PM	DOW	35298.5
10:10:58PM	NASDAQ	15211	14954	14890	14783	15053	15212	15269	15374	15104	Shambles
10:15:47PM	JAPAN	32300									Success

 

14/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7507 points. Change of -0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,084,432,990 a change of -33.31%

11/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7524 points. Change of -1.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,124,601,431 a change of 49.97%

10/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7618 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,083,887,572 a change of -13.93%

9/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7587 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,744,774,883 a change of 3.35%

8/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of -0.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,591,181,240 a change of 31.12%

7/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7554 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,501,608,401 a change of -4.09%

4/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7564 points. Change of 0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,650,960,164 a change of -42.72%

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.

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LSE:MMAG Music Magpie Close Mid-Price: 18.75 Percentage Change: -1.32% Day High: 20.25 Day Low: 18.75

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LSE:NWG Natwest Close Mid-Price: 235.1 Percentage Change: -0.38% Day High: 236 Day Low: 234.3

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LSE:QED Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 1.21 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1.25 Day Low: 1.24

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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 250.4 Percentage Change: -0.32% Day High: 251.1 Day Low: 248.8

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#Brent #Stoxx50  Barclays look like they have developed a dandruff problem, along with an unfortunate liking for Lady GaGa. Or in plain English, movements over the last month are providing an excuse to take the reader “Back to School”, due to a plethora of what are supposed to be glaringly obvious chart signals which provide ‘safe’ short selling opportunities!

The “GaGa” thing is a confection of our own invention, one which seems almost unique to the UK markets. When a share suffers a Gap Up, followed by a Gap Down, a fairly reliable signal is being given which normally makes a reversal inevitable. We’ve circled a couple of movements on the chart below, along with a Red closing price trend line mapping the most recent uptrend. As shown, August commenced with Barclays share price being gapped below this closing price trend, thus creating a situation where share price reversal would normally be seen as inevitable. The two previous gaps (highlighted with little red triangles) during July have already inflicting their damage to the share price.

Next, there’s the Dandruff element. The share price produced what’s conventionally known as a “Head & Shoulders”, delineated on the chart below, complete with a pair of cartoon eyes to show the area designated as the head… Head & Shoulders formations, similar to the shampoo, work out some of the time.

When we combine a Trend Break, a GaGa, and a Head & Shoulders, the penny eventually drops this abundance of signals is perhaps suggesting the market REALLY wants Barclays share price to reverse. Historically, we deplore being spoon fed the obvious as sometimes it can feel like the market is playing an elaborate practical joke.

 

In the case of Barclays, if chasing a Short position, we can calculate the tightest “sane” stop loss level is at 154p for the following scenario. Weakness now below 143p risks triggering sharp reversal to an initial 127p with secondary, if broken, at 123p and hopefully a proper bounce.

Our alternate scenario, due to our dislike of the traffic jam of negative signals, suggests movement next above just 149p should propel the share up to an initial 157p with secondary, if bettered, at a game changing 166p, taking the price into a region where strong future price recovery can be expected. Conventionally we’d be happy studying just one of the warning signals given above but in this instance, it starts to feel like a politician piling up its excuses, prior to being found out. Time will tell.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
1:09:41AM	BRENT	86.59	86.2	85.66	85.1	86.75	87.34	88.8	94.49	86.54
1:11:47AM	GOLD	1913.24								1915
10:46:47PM	FTSE	7532								7540
10:48:26PM	STOX50	4326	4308	4275	4203	4355	4366	4396	4442	4307
10:50:14PM	GERMANY	15849								15888
10:52:45PM	US500	4466.8								4463
10:54:47PM	DOW	35297								35234
10:57:30PM	NASDAQ	15035.9								15104
10:59:32PM	JAPAN	32473								32470

 

11/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7524 points. Change of -1.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,124,601,431 a change of 49.97%

10/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7618 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,083,887,572 a change of -13.93%

9/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7587 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,744,774,883 a change of 3.35%

8/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of -0.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,591,181,240 a change of 31.12%

7/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7554 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,501,608,401 a change of -4.09%

4/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7564 points. Change of 0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,650,960,164 a change of -42.72%

3/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7529 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,373,701,191 a change of 36.1%

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:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 141.35 Percentage Change: -0.04% Day High: 141.7 Day Low: 139.8

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 447.8 Percentage Change: -0.49% Day High: 451.2 Day Low: 445.3

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup Close Mid-Price: 153.9 Percentage Change: -0.77% Day High: 155.6 Day Low: 148

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 444.7 Percentage Change: -2.23% Day High: 450.55 Day Low: 442.45

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 2345 Percentage Change: -0.64% Day High: 2365 Day Low: 2335

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 755 Percentage Change: -0.34% Day High: 760.8 Day Low: 750.6

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#FTSE #BrentCrude  It looks like it isn’t just the markets where “The B Team” run things during August. Thursday had hot weather warnings, promising a clear, dry, sunny day. Of course it rained here in Argyll and elsewhere in the UK but, in fairness to the weather people, it wasn’t cold. In a similar fashion, the FTSE continues to behave with a lack of any real logic. During July, it often felt like the market was under instruction to revolve around the 7670 mark. And for August, this far it felt like 7560 was the desired pivot point for the month.

Of course, on Thursday, all bets were apparently off, the FTSE somehow managing to close the day at 7618 points. This might prove to be a simple human error, the team in charge of ensuring nothing actually happens making a little bit of a mistake. However, from mid-afternoon onward, the market had plenty of time to correct this faux pas yet didn’t, giving some hope the break upward may actually prove to be genuine.

 

Now above 7623 points has a fairly useful potential, suggesting coming useful gains to 7670 points (yes, last months pivot level) with our secondary, if beaten, calculating at a less likely future 7757 points. We’ve designated such an ambition as “less likely”, simply because it doesn’t make any visual sense and this sort of thing will often indicate turbulence between our initial target and any secondary hope. The tightest stop-loss looks fair at 7593 points! At least the Light Blue downtrend since 2018 appears to be no longer factoring in market movements, so hopefully we can safely delete it faster than a West Yorkshire Police tweet.

 

Our converse scenario for Friday risks triggering, should the market stumble below 7579 points as this risks promoting reversal to 7555 points initially with secondary, if broken, calculating at 7531 points and a probable bounce of some sort. Visually, reversal such as this will neatly tuck the FTSE back into its box, trading once again at the levels from the start of August.

Finally, on the bright side, it’s worth remembering we’re now only two weeks away from the next Grand Prix! Have a good weekend.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:50:17PM	BRENT	8614.3	8597	8526		8690	8787	8807		8693
9:52:29PM	GOLD	1912.33	1911	1905		1917	1929	1932		1916
9:54:45PM	FTSE	7586.5	7559	7536		7591	7622	7645		7572	‘cess
9:58:08PM	STOX50	4363.5	4337	4304.5			4402	4420		4365	Success
10:01:23PM	GERMANY	15939	15831	15764		15930	16065	16140		15912	‘cess
10:03:40PM	US500	4470	4456	4435		4485	4485	4526		4465
10:15:31PM	DOW	35185.5	35105	34908		35215	35578	35712		35300	Success
10:17:22PM	NASDAQ	15147.5	15066	14974		15213	15370	15484		15227	Success
10:20:25PM	JAPAN	32533	32483	32359		32611	32826	32918		32640	Success

 

10/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7618 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,083,887,572 a change of -13.93%

9/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7587 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,744,774,883 a change of 3.35%

8/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of -0.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,591,181,240 a change of 31.12%

7/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7554 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,501,608,401 a change of -4.09%

4/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7564 points. Change of 0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,650,960,164 a change of -42.72%

3/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7529 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,373,701,191 a change of 36.1%

2/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7561 points. Change of -1.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,683,211,781 a change of 12.76%

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:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 20.3 Percentage Change: + 3.94% Day High: 20.38 Day Low: 19.13

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 539.6 Percentage Change: -1.78% Day High: 558 Day Low: 534.8

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 2200 Percentage Change: -0.23% Day High: 2222 Day Low: 2192

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 6044 Percentage Change: + 1.85% Day High: 6098 Day Low: 5976

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 36.54 Percentage Change: + 0.38% Day High: 37.74 Day Low: 35.5

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#Gold #Japan  When we last reviewed HSBC back in January, we made the point the share price needed to close a session below 533p to utterly scupper our optimism for the future. The market opted to force incredulity to the limits, their share price closing at 534p toward the end of March. At least it indicated we’d been watching the correct trend, always something of a relief!

At present, HSBC are wandering in circles, essentially trapped at price levels seen before the pandemic and in common with many other UK based stocks, refusing to break free. Perhaps it is indeed the case, the UK needs act less in thrall to the USA and instead, work in its own best interests instead. This was an accusation recently made (privately) by a senior executive of HSBC in a personal capacity, after the UK banned Chinese telecoms company Huawei from taking part in the 5G mobile phone network build. Of course, with 40% of HSBC profits generated from Hong Kong and China, there is some justification in thinking “well, he would say that…”

 

Currently, we’re not very impressed with share price movements while the share slowly meanders toward the Blue downtrend on the chart, a line exerting a force since 2006. At time of writing, the implication is the share needs close a session above 694p to confirm the world has changed and some solid improvement should be anticipated. Such movement suggests triggering growth to an initial 759p with our secondary, if beaten, at a future 910p, along with almost certain hesitation.

Presently trading around 636p, HSBC needs below 619p to justify raised eyebrows as this risks triggering near term reversal to an initial 599p and probable bounce. However, in the event 599p breaks, any bounce is liable to prove short lived as a visit to our secondary at 562p looks perfectly viable. The 562p level is a real nuisance. Should it break, the share price can easily argue in favour of discovering 441p as a future bottom. However, for now, nothing is pointing at a reversal cycle. Instead, the pedantic behaviour of August markets is failing to provide any real guidance for the future.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:46:31PM	BRENT	8720.3									‘cess
9:51:19PM	GOLD	1914.11	1914	1901	1872	1932	1932	1935	1942	1922	‘cess
9:53:33PM	FTSE	7595.1									‘cess
9:56:09PM	STOX50	4328.1
9:58:18PM	GERMANY	15898.2									‘cess
10:00:03PM	US500	4474
10:02:56PM	DOW	35191.5
10:12:08PM	NASDAQ	15121.9									‘cess
10:16:24PM	JAPAN	32186	32060	31936	31736	32207	32408	32497	32643	32237

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9/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7587 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,744,774,883 a change of 3.35%

8/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of -0.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,591,181,240 a change of 31.12%

7/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7554 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,501,608,401 a change of -4.09%

4/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7564 points. Change of 0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,650,960,164 a change of -42.72%

3/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7529 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,373,701,191 a change of 36.1%

2/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7561 points. Change of -1.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,683,211,781 a change of 12.76%

1/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7667 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,153,367,086 a change of -3.72%

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.

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 2205 Percentage Change: + 0.50% Day High: 2212 Day Low: 2173

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 127.5 Percentage Change: + 2.00% Day High: 129.5 Day Low: 124

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 5.25 Percentage Change: -8.70% Day High: 6.1 Day Low: 5.25

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 36.4 Percentage Change: + 4.00% Day High: 36.5 Day Low: 34.86

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