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

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

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

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

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

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FUTURES

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 3258 Percentage Change: + 0.52% Day High: 3270 Day Low: 3229

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

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

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LSE:SRP Serco Close Mid-Price: 174 Percentage Change: -0.57% Day High: 188.2 Day Low: 164.8

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

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

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

 

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

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

 

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FUTURES

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:BLVN Bowleven Close Mid-Price: 0.5 Percentage Change: -13.04% Day High: 0.57 Day Low: 0.4

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

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LSE:IDS International Distribution. Close Mid-Price: 286.6 Percentage Change: + 4.14% Day High: 290.4 Day Low: 279

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 119.5 Percentage Change: + 0.42% Day High: 121 Day Low: 119

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

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

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

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire. Close Mid-Price: 35.55 Percentage Change: + 0.99% Day High: 36 Day Low: 35

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

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#Gold #FTSE The subject of a few recent emails asking our opinion, we’d never come across FTSE 250 member IntegraFin until folk started asking questions, this generally being a sign something may be brewing and hopefully not misplaced optimism in an internet chatroom. To be fair, their movement history since being listed in 2018 is fairly typical and now, the share price appears to be on the edge of making realistic gains.

There certainly appears to be an issue at the 290p level as since 2022, the share price has been regularly forced down below such a point. However, since some movements last December, we’re justified in taking an interest as it looks possible something interesting is brewing. More useful, since the price made its initial surge upward at the end of 2023, the share price appears keen to define yet another trend for itself, making it plain the Blue downtrend matters on no less than 7 occasions in just a few weeks. This behaviour, ideally, allows us to establish a trigger level for future positive movements.

This being the case, we’ve opted to establish a trigger level at 307p as movement above such a point calculates with the chance of a lift to 323p with secondary, if beaten, a longer term 335p. Visually, there’s a threat of some hesitation at the 335p level, given prior highs. Essentially, a bunch of folk trapped since the start of 2023 can be expected to ditch their shares, thus provoking some selling pressure. Only with closure above 335p shall we date start expressing hope for a future wander uphill to an eventual 457p.

 

For now, the share price is trading below Blue on the chart and therefore, at risk of a hysterical fall.

Below 273p would now be regarded as a bad thing, introducing the threat of reversal to 257p with secondary, if broken, a rather more damaging 208p, along with the visual expectation of a rebound.

 

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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
9:19:26PM	BRENT	7991
9:22:36PM	GOLD	2012.58	2011	2009	1999	2021	2037	2046	2058	2024	‘cess
10:15:56PM	FTSE	7507.2	7496	7484	7466	7524	7540	7563	7617	7510
10:21:31PM	STOX50	4557									Success
10:42:31PM	GERMANY	16875									Success
10:48:57PM	US500	4871.9									Success
10:53:41PM	DOW	37871									Shambles
11:00:31PM	NASDAQ	17504.9									Success
11:20:41PM	JAPAN	36191

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

16/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7558 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,673,801,232 a change of 52.3%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:EME Empyrean Close Mid-Price: 0.4 Percentage Change: -15.79% Day High: 0.4 Day Low: 0.38

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 3246 Percentage Change: + 0.78% Day High: 3268 Day Low: 3214

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 520.2 Percentage Change: + 2.36% Day High: 538.4 Day Low: 514.6

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4390 Percentage Change: + 0.69% Day High: 4396 Day Low: 4355

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 42.16 Percentage Change: -2.10% Day High: 43.47 Day Low: 41.98

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 173.3 Percentage Change: + 3.03% Day High: 173.8 Day Low: 167.4

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 2.09 Percentage Change: -27.30% Day High: 2.15 Day Low: 1.75

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#FTSE #Nasdaq Due to a little bout of leukaemia, I’m probably more interested in Hemogenyx than most people should have any right to. Most folk, wandering down a cancer path, start to become extremely frustrated at all the nonsense “cures” constantly promised in clickbait stories. Some promise cures in a vague tomorrow, some promise cures with miracle herbs, spices, or berries but unfortunately, not a single person is ever cured by a “promise”. Eventually, by the simple expedient of not buying newspapers, folk insulate themselves from constant disappointment.

One such “promise” sticks in mind, the promise of Stem Cell treatment. The newspaper article made it all sound very simple. A compatible family member would be sat in one chair and plumbed into a special machine. The person suffering from a cancer would sit alongside and also plumbed in. After a few hours, Stem Cells would be transferred from the healthy person to the ill one and voila, within just a few weeks a blood cancer would be eradicated. The media made it read like a simple process, one which would be available to everyone. But the reality was it was just in testing and wonderful early results didn’t stand the test of time. Companies involved in the field had a lot more work to do but for months, nurses and consultants in cancer units were being bombarded with questions by patients who felt ignored by not being offered the miracle treatment.

Before sounding terribly dramatic, my own version of leukaemia isn’t fatal, requiring regular (daily in my case) tedious chemotherapy. I do keep a weather eye open, glancing at the inevitable medical journals which grace the waiting room of the vampire unit which specialises in blood disorders but the mantra, “don’t hold your breath” remains the best advice possible. However, a recent email jelled with an article I’d read about Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals, a company we previously reviewed a few years ago, one which is active in my own field, and also a share price which we were not terribly enthusiastic about.

 

As expected, their share price crumbled but didn’t actually reach our ‘worst case’ ultimate  bottom of 0.75p, instead falling to an all time low of just 1p and doing very little useful in the period since. This failure to attain an ultimate bottom actually justifies some hope, usually indicating hidden strength. The immediate situation certainly gives an excuse for some optimism, allowing us to create a scenario where above just 3.5p should next trigger share price recovery to an initial 4.8p with our secondary, if beaten, a cheerful looking 6.75p. Visually, there’s an almost certain expectation of some hesitation at the 6.75p level but in this instance, beware if the market opts to gap the share upward by around 0.7p, if the company opt to provide good news.

Such an event shall be regarded as significant, moving the price into a region where upward travel of some strength becomes expected. Despite an obvious personal bias, we suspect this shall prove worthy of watching.

 

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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
9:57:58PM	BRENT	7926.9									‘cess
10:00:11PM	GOLD	2028.97									‘cess
10:04:15PM	FTSE	7506.1	7457	7434	7403	7507	7529	7562	7615	7483
10:15:50PM	STOX50	4483.3									Shambles
10:18:27PM	GERMANY	16678.5									‘cess
10:21:36PM	US500	4871.3
10:24:01PM	DOW	37924.5									‘cess
10:26:40PM	NASDAQ	17428	17284	17258	17198	17370	17434	17452	17508	17374	Shambles
10:30:09PM	JAPAN	36511									‘cess

 

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

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

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

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

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

16/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7558 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,673,801,232 a change of 52.3%

15/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7594 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,725,366,941 a change of -35.31%

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

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

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

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

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:DGE Diageo** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **

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LSE:AV. Aviva Close Mid-Price: 433.2 Percentage Change: -1.39% Day High: 441.9 Day Low: 434.3

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 2685.5 Percentage Change: -0.56% Day High: 2711 Day Low: 2676

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 54.1 Percentage Change: + 1.50% Day High: 56 Day Low: 53.6

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 43.06 Percentage Change: -0.83% Day High: 43.85 Day Low: 43.09

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)#Gold #SP500 JD’s decision to deliver a late Christmas present to investors, starting 2024 with a cheery profits warning, managed to utterly trash their share price and movements since continue to sow confusion. What we find a little interesting are the number of emails asking where we can calculate an eventual bottom, suggesting folk are keeping a fairly close eye on the price.

Perhaps there is already a degree of inherent strength, the share already bouncing from the Red pandemic low uptrend. This bounce allows us to create a box ticking scenario, one where we can take movement above 118.75p as hopefully ticking the first box suggesting any gains may prove viable. As the share is currently trading around 115p, it certainly doesn’t have far to go for an attempt at our first major trigger level. Share price gains exceeding 118.75 calculate with the potential of a lift to an initial 124p with secondary, if beaten, at 136p.

It’s certainly curious how recovery such as this shall certainly tickle the forced price from from the start of this year, almost hinting the drop was perhaps overcooked. Confirmation of such will be given, if there’s any effort made to gap this share price upward as we will be inclined to believe a cycle of gains can be expected to continue.

 

Of course, there’s an obvious risk of trouble, thanks to companies generally being pretty circumspect when throwing around profit warnings. As a result, the worst may not be over yet and the share price now needs only slink below 105p to dial in the potential of a visit to 95p and a price level which is visually a bounce point. In the event such a level breaks, our secondary works out at 75p and we think any recovery from such a level shall require patience and probably the right market conditions.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:15:02PM	BRENT	7949
9:18:04PM	GOLD	2020.16	2017	2013	2004	2026	2030	2035	2041	2023
10:01:52PM	FTSE	7487									Shambles
10:03:43PM	STOX50	4471.7									‘cess
11:34:53PM	GERMANY	16664.5									‘cess
11:41:01PM	US500	4852.2	4844	4834	4823	4858	4869	4896	4930	4844	‘cess
11:44:56PM	DOW	37996.5									‘cess
11:48:28PM	NASDAQ	17341.5
11:50:49PM	JAPAN	36631									‘cess

 

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

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

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

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

16/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7558 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,673,801,232 a change of 52.3%

15/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7594 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,725,366,941 a change of -35.31%

12/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7624 points. Change of 0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,758,721,485 a change of -30.28%

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:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 397.9 Percentage Change: -3.49% Day High: 414.75 Day Low: 397.45

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2708 Percentage Change: + 0.67% Day High: 2732 Day Low: 2680

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 7490 Percentage Change: + 0.92% Day High: 7558 Day Low: 7432

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 167.6 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 170 Day Low: 166.3

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#Brent #WallSt March 2007 was an interesting year, a time which gave birth to the Blue downtrend on the NatWest chart. It’d be reasonable to question whether a ridiculous 18 year old chart has any relevance but when we delve into how the market was treating Natwest during 2023 and current, you’d need the moral intellect of a Post Office senior manager to deny the evidence of the last 12 months.

As someone who’s been involved with software design for rather a long time, the original article in Computer Weekly made fascinating reading, a memorable disaster clearly waiting to happen. It was obvious the sub-post masters were the victims of a corporate body determined to defend a faulty product, rather than take any action. As the years went by and prosecutions and deaths continued, any occasional article in the media was once again rebutted by the Post Office defending their “robust” system. Essentially, it was a case where no-one now dared admit to a terrible mistake and now, it’s unlikely anyone senior in the organisation shall suffer the deserved consequences of their often corrupt practices.

Which takes us back to 2007 and the dawn of the banking shambles. Aside from the odd knighthood being rescinded, the banking industry in the UK managed to find itself insulated from blame, a quite different set of circumstances to Europe and the USA. Even Iceland discovered the urge to charge several senior members of their banking community.

 

If this Blue line is the stick with which Natwest continues to be beaten, the market has been doing a fascinating job assuring us of its importance. In December, the share price broke above the trend but price movements in recent days indicate some alarm, almost promising weakness next below 203p shall provoke reversal to an initial 191p with secondary, if broken, at 180p and hopefully a rebound. There’s a dangerous implication, should the share value close a session below 180p and a sharp reversal to a bottom at 141p becomes possible.

However, the index has been throwing plenty of trend break signals at us, all of which conspire to suggest above 225p shall promote price recovery to 263p with secondary, if beaten, an encouraging 294p along with an urgent need for us to again review the tea leaves.

For now, we think it intends 180p.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:45:45PM	BRENT	7341.3	7320	7303	7250	7356	7405	7461	7628	7342
10:48:25PM	GOLD
10:50:24PM	FTSE
10:52:58PM	STOX50
10:54:44PM	GERMANY
11:34:11PM	US500
11:37:30PM	DOW	37900.8	37423	37208	36962	37560	37940	38037	38166	37833
11:42:16PM	NASDAQ
11:44:10PM	JAPAN

 

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

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

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

16/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7558 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,673,801,232 a change of 52.3%

15/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7594 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,725,366,941 a change of -35.31%

12/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7624 points. Change of 0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,758,721,485 a change of -30.28%

11/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7576 points. Change of -0.98%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,259,450,269 a change of 68.77%

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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This second  full week of work for the FTSE has proven less than interesting. Aside from a single movement at the open on Wednesday, the FTSE 100 generally is making fewer movements than our temperature gauge here in Argyll. And therein lies a story, a week without a boiler and -14c has proven “interesting”. The lounge and adjacent bedroom has been quite happy, due to an incredibly hungry wood burning stove. The rest of the house has struggled, an oil filled electric heater heroically failing to do much with the office. The secret weapon of an electric waistcoat (powered by a USB power bank) made evenings fairly tolerable and hopefully the engineer arrives on Friday with the magical part to get the boiler running again.

It was annoying to discover, via Google, complete burner assemblies were available for a few hundred pounds, a price which seems cheap after 4 days without on demand heat.

Oddly, the problem isn’t the fact it doesn’t work. It does, just it also fills the house with white noxious smoke and triggers all the emergency alarms, two of which we didn’t even know we had! Despite it being possible to reach behind the engineers bit of protective tape and turn the boiler on, just one attempt to “take the chill off” led us to decide freezing to death would be better.

Thankfully we shall remain forever grateful for the last minute discovery Air Source Heat Pumps don’t really work in Scotland. Below 5c and they turn into big consumers of electricity, this unfortunately being a fairly low bar here in Argyll. Our home has fantastic insulation but as most of winter is spent below 5c, the much hyped product was worth avoiding. The last straw was the owner of a company which makes the devices, going public and saying he wouldn’t recommend them in Scotland, due to excess electricity costs.

 

As for the FTSE, we’re a little uncomfortable as to its prospects. January is usually a little rubbish and given all the rubbish going on in the world currently, some hesitancy makes sense. This week has seen one of the more absurd statements from Government, saying interest rate reductions may prove slower, thanks to inflation rates from December. This, rather neatly, avoided admitting the real reason inflation rates were higher was entirely due to Government action by increasing duty during December on life’s good stuff (booze and tobacco). Meanwhile, those guilty are enjoying skiing in Davos and will doubtless return to the UK with their full duty free entitlement of cheap cigars, Silk Cut cigarettes and Johnny Walker Black Label. (There’s a fond memory here, my Mum returning from Barcelona in the 1960’s with my first flamenco guitar. She stuffed it full of Silk Cut, then instructed me to be a nuisance in the customs hall.)

Our expectation is for the FTSE to find its way down to 7384 points with any weakness below 7426 points. If triggered, the tightest stop is visually at 7475 points but realistically, if this triggers, we suspect the drop shall prove sharp. If this is indeed the markets cunning plan, should it open Friday below 7475 points and things are liable to go pear shaped. Overall, there’s a reasonable argument anticipating an eventual 7340 points to provide a trampoline movement.

Of course, there is always an alternate and less complex scenario. Above 7490 (and not with a spike in the opening second) should prove capable of a lift to a pitiful 7499 points. If bettered, our secondary works out at an exciting and unlikely, cycle to an eventual 7613 points.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:23:49PM	BRENT	7868.3	7633	7532	7407	7755	7907	7984	8101	7857	Success
10:26:00PM	GOLD	2022.92	2006	2003	1996	2015	2024	2026	2034	2013
10:30:11PM	FTSE	7476.7	7429	7409	7383	7454	7487	7497	7528	7446	Success
10:37:21PM	STOX50	4468.7	4441	4431	4416	4459	4476	4482	4485	4467	Success
10:40:50PM	GERMANY	16607	16514	16490	16446	16574	16620	16646	16746	16550	Success
10:43:35PM	US500	4780.5	4740	4727	4707	4767	4788	4795	4822	4764	Success
10:45:52PM	DOW	37471.8	37130	37015	36842	37297	37534	37545	37604	37417	‘cess
11:18:23PM	NASDAQ	16987.4	16714	16590	16454	16780	16998	17064	17136	16874	Success
11:21:17PM	JAPAN	36071	35412	35137	34818	35626	36100	36435	36810	36001	Success

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

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

16/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7558 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,673,801,232 a change of 52.3%

15/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7594 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,725,366,941 a change of -35.31%

12/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7624 points. Change of 0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,758,721,485 a change of -30.28%

11/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7576 points. Change of -0.98%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,259,450,269 a change of 68.77%

10/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7651 points. Change of -0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,893,879,848 a change of -19.09%

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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