Author: T&T Staff

#Gold #DowJones Once again, a share price moved in a fashion which really, really, bothers us. Back in 2021, we gave criteria which provided a scenario for a drop target of 453p against this share, one which should have provided a level from where a bounce should be anticipated. However, circled on the chart is a little “oops” which took place in September 2022, the share price being “gapped” below our target level, almost as if the market was aware of the rebound potentials and opting to create a new situation, one where all bets were off as a brand new trend commenced.

In a fairly blunt rule of thumb, if a price is gapped above one of our target levels, happy days are generally ahead. Whereas, if gapped below a target level, you’d probably be safer buying shares in a new luxury yacht marina in the Straits of Hormuz. With Ceres moving from 453 down to an eventual bottom at 46p, their share price has been a horror story!

Curiously, we’ve had a bunch of emails asking our opinion for the future for Ceres, perhaps inspired by the mess in the Middle East along with a suspicion it’s finally the time for Hydrogen Cells to take centre stage as sensible and sane energy sources but unfortunately, it’s liable not to be something which happens overnight. Doubtless, Ceres Power are already perfectly aware of this and will already have moved far beyond naive expectations of their market place expanding rapidly overnight. While immediate oil and gas supply may be compromised, with the current dogma led UK government starting to publicly question its Net Zero nonsense, acknowledging new oil production from Scotland may be quite a good idea, even though the Middle East may be resolved, many governments are experiencing a sharp reminder of how silly and dangerous their policies actually are.

There’s a crazy story locally, one which is almost certainly true. The UK apparently enjoys the largest oil deposits yet offshore around Argyll and the Clyde Estuary. Unfortunately, oil companies are forbidden from further exploration due to the need for navigation to the secret Nuclear Submarine bases just along the road from us. Almost gleefully, we look forward to the day when a Labour government has to choose between Nuclear subs and Oil reserves. Such a decision would be as difficult as choosing between a decent Dark Rum or a local island Malt Whisky…

If we wander into the realms of cautious optimism, currently it seems this share need only trade above 352p to hopefully trigger a gain to an initial 393p with our secondary, if bettered, at a significant future 438p and the potential of a looming higher high. This price level risks being very important as closure above such a level dumps the share price in a position to explode toward a future 575p. We do suspect it shall be worth watching for the market choosing to “gap” this share price up at the open, any time now. This is liable to be cheerfully suggesting happy times ahead.

Should things intend go pear shaped, we’d feel justified raising an eyebrow if the share price makes it below 285p as this risks triggering another unpleasant cycle of reversals, giving an initial target of 186p with our secondary, if broken, at 104p, a number we wish didn’t make visual sense.

Finally, as someone always happy to feel sorry for myself due to non-fatal-but-incurable leukaemia, Tuesday brought a bit of a surprise. After an armful of blood was extracted last week, I managed to almost forget a meeting scheduled three months ago with my consultant at the mainland hospital. At some point, taking time to figure out how to properly automate Google Reminders for this sort of thing would be a good idea, an alarm 90 minutes before the appointment being a little unhelpful. However, turning up an hour late is always forgiven as the consultant grew up locally and knows how problematic the ferries can be, along with moronic patients. Long story short, after 114 weeks of chemotherapy, I can now stop and hopefully regain some stamina and strength in the next few years before everything needs start again. Really good news, only spoiled by checkups every 90 days which are a pain in the arm. Now, I only need remember how to commence an exercise regime!

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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
10:41:09PM	BRENT	10040.3									Success
10:47:28PM	GOLD	4776.35	4606	4558	4484	4670	4781	4803	4838	4715	‘cess
10:51:02PM	FTSE	10520									‘cess
10:54:42PM	STOX50	5806.5									‘cess
10:58:08PM	GERMANY	23680									Success
11:07:59PM	US500	6753.7									Success
11:11:07PM	DOW	47468.9	46204	45639	45069	46654	47560	47667	48717.5	46961
11:13:28PM	NASDAQ	24767.2									Success
11:16:15PM	JAPAN	55919

 

7/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10348 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,456,687,194 a change of 2.69%

2/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10436 points. Change of 0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,261,693,815 a change of -29.12%

1/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10364 points. Change of 1.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,245,214,633 a change of 9.62%

31/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10176 points. Change of 0.48%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,345,809,311 a change of 18.6%

30/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10127 points. Change of 1.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,880,014,253 a change of 15.35%

27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 a change of 0%

26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 0%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:ASC Asos** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:SFOR S4 Capital** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:STAR Star Energy** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **

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LSE:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 206.5 Percentage Change: -4.84% Day High: 218.5 Day Low: 206.5

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 218.7 Percentage Change: + 0.09% Day High: 220.2 Day Low: 217.2

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LSE:SFOR S4 Capital. Close Mid-Price: 31.75 Percentage Change: + 4.44% Day High: 33.45 Day Low: 30

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1285.5 Percentage Change: + 1.38% Day High: 1312.5 Day Low: 1281.5

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 16.25 Percentage Change: + 6.56% Day High: 16.25 Day Low: 15.25

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 82.94 Percentage Change: -1.92% Day High: 85.62 Day Low: 82.58

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#Gold #SP500 It took a while for the penny to drop about the UK markets enjoying a proper holiday over the Easter Weekend. We’d been focussed on the plethora of chocolate, due to grandchildren, but ignored the salient detail we are facing more than a Holiday Monday but also getting the Friday off work. So, due to the market being closed on Friday, we’re providing a near term analysis for the FTSE on Thursday.

At first glance, things do not look good for the FTSE as during the night, Futures markets moved down by 50 points at 2sm. The reason seems to be straightforward, the US President promising to send Iran a free gift of live munitions, delivered from the air. World markets are not impressed with the Presidents expression of his position, Crude Oil shooting up in price and national indices being gapped down in value. It creates a pretty firm indication we’re about to go into the Easter Weekend with the markets in a pretty foul position.

Below 10,250 has the potential to trigger reversal to an initial 10,190 with our secondary, if broken, at 10,108 points. If triggered, the tightest stop is absurdly attractive at 10,284 points! We distrust this free gift from the markets, the Risk/Reward situation being more attractive than the unopened chocolate Easter Eggs currently piled on top of our kitchen fridge. Visually, there is a strong indication the 10,108 point level should prove valid, matching the level of the current upward trend break through Blue on the chart and creating a logical bounce point.. But should 10,108 break, the Big Picture calculates trouble which could eventually (hopefully) end at 9,384 points.

The funny thing, the FTSE has been in a cycle where conventional thinking has been indicating the market intends above 10,400 points to now make an attempt at 10,567 points with our secondary, if exceeded, now calculating at 10,934 points. Were it not for overnight futures gapping down the markets, we’d be cheerfully assuming the FTSE intends remain within its current gain cycle. Instead, it feels like we’re about to witness the FTSE winding back toward the 10,100 level.

Have a good weekend. Alas with no Formula1 until the start of May, we’re all going to have another form of entertainment!

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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
10:48:48PM	BRENT	9847.1									Success
1:42:54AM	GOLD	4787.2	4649	4613	4550	4714	4790	4814	5052	4727	‘cess
1:46:59AM	FTSE	10286.2									‘cess
1:49:10AM	STOX50	5622.1
1:53:33AM	GERMANY	22866.5									‘cess
1:57:37AM	US500	6494.5	6493	6479	6436	6552	6590	6614	6715	6560
2:00:32AM	DOW	46078.3									‘cess
2:04:24AM	NASDAQ	23643.6
2:07:22AM	JAPAN	52582									Success

 

1/04/2026 FTSE Closed at 10364 points. Change of 1.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,245,214,633 a change of 9.62%

31/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10176 points. Change of 0.48%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,345,809,311 a change of 18.6%

30/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10127 points. Change of 1.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,880,014,253 a change of 15.35%

27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 a change of -12.17%

26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of -1.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 15.71%

25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%

24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%

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:CNA Centrica** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:SFOR S4 Capital** **

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LSE:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 212 Percentage Change: -0.24% Day High: 215.6 Day Low: 209.9

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 562.5 Percentage Change: -0.53% Day High: 576.8 Day Low: 558.9

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 349.5 Percentage Change: + 3.04% Day High: 352 Day Low: 344.3

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LSE:SFOR S4 Capital. Close Mid-Price: 29.7 Percentage Change: + 6.83% Day High: 29.8 Day Low: 27.7

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#FTSE #Stoxx When Doc Martin was on telly, it became compulsory viewing in our household, one of the very few programs my wife and I enjoyed, Recently, in America, they’ve tried to rebuild the show with a series called “Best Medicine”, the attempt being ‘fairly’ successful but by episode 9, the arrival of the stars parents finally added a touch of brilliance. Martin Clunes, playing the town doctors father, made a solid step in turning the show into another bout of obligatory television. But thus far. it doesn’t compare with the UK version.

Strangely, running comparisons also seemed a good idea, when trying to figure out what the markets are up to. The FTSE 100 can be misleading, behaving absurdly due to incompetent UK political behaviour and also throwing a fit when anything bad happens internationally. Obviously, this is due to the multinational makeup of FTSE components, whereas the AIM and the FTSE 250 mainly reflect UK trauma. Overall, should this be the case, the FTSE 250 and the AIM are not reacting well to what’s happening ‘locally’, the market placing each index in quite a difficult situation, where further reversals appear probable.

Currently, the AIM risks some pain as movement below 693 points looks capable of triggering reversal down to an initial 684 with our secondary, if broken, working out at a probable bottom at 633 points. This would indicate the potential of the AIM matching the lows of Covid19 back in 2020, a very possible scenario and one which paints an unhappy picture for many AIM components.

The FTSE 250, as shown below, is in a very similar situation to the AIM, there being a strong suggestion any weakness below 20,810 points risks triggering a fun Easter Egg roll, one which will doubtless target an initial 20,086 points with our secondary, if broken, working out at a potential bottom of 18,878 points. In an identical manner to the AIM, this risks challenging a trend which commenced with the 2020 Covid19 lows for the FTSE 250. In other words, more pain for the stock market until the UK manages to figure itself out and give the markets some hope.

Conversely, there’s the FTSE 100 itself, a market which has (currently) escaped the downward pressures facing the other two, instead offering a surprising amount of optimism. Above 10,246 points should next trigger recovery to 10,306 points with our secondary, if bettered, an extremely significant 10,523 points. As the chart shows, achieving such a secondary would exceed the previous level of trend break at 10,400 points and traditionally, this is one of the market movements where setting off a party popper is usually justified as it would bode extremely well for the future. But unfortunately, there’s the puzzle of the AIM and the FTSE 250, neither looking poised for anything positive.

If the AIM is to generate some smiles, it needs above 730 points to ideally trigger recovery to an initial 743 with our secondary, if beaten, calculating at 759 points. While visually this secondary is almost certain to provide a level where the market shall pause, market closure above the 759 level should prove capable of generating a future 826 points, returning the index to the land of happiness and good weather. We fear, despite the AIM’s fascination with the immediate Blue downtrend, it is fated to make a visit to 633 points eventually.

As for the FTSE 250, it needs climb above 21,520 to hopefully trigger an initial 21,731 with our secondary, if bettered, at 22,097 points and in an identical fashion to the AIM above, some almost certain hesitation. Theoretically, closure above 22,097 should open the door for a return to the land of milk and honey, giving a long term suggestion 23,792 points could be “a thing” sometime in the future.

It’s going to be interesting as the suggestion is of international events helping the FTSE 100, while local influences in the UK continue their damage to the other two ‘junior’ markets.

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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
9:59:31PM	BRENT	10231.3
10:49:02PM	GOLD	4682.14
10:52:13PM	FTSE	10272	10078	10000	9905	10241	10286	10324	10543	10166	‘cess
10:56:54PM	STOX50	5650.1	5545	5506	5452	5607	5660	5679	5769	5618	Success
10:59:00PM	GERMANY	23022.4									Success
11:01:19PM	US500	6529.2									Success
11:50:49PM	DOW	46293									Success
11:52:58PM	NASDAQ	23817									Success
11:55:15PM	JAPAN	53032									‘cess

31/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10176 points. Change of 0.48%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,345,809,311 a change of 18.6%

30/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10127 points. Change of 1.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,880,014,253 a change of 15.35%

27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 a change of -12.17%

26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of -1.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 15.71%

25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%

24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%

23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%

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:AFC AFC Energy** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:TERN Tern Plc** **

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LSE:AFC AFC Energy. Close Mid-Price: 10 Percentage Change: + 0.50% Day High: 10.4 Day Low: 9.6

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 606.3 Percentage Change: + 0.71% Day High: 609.4 Day Low: 594.4

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 565.5 Percentage Change: + 2.17% Day High: 571.2 Day Low: 550.5

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 180.05 Percentage Change: -0.99% Day High: 181.6 Day Low: 175.85

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1132 Percentage Change: + 2.30% Day High: 1135.5 Day Low: 1079

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 0.85 Percentage Change: + 13.33% Day High: 0.85 Day Low: 0.74

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#Gold #Germany .#Grok why do we do hashtags?

The largest owner of oil/gas wells in the United States reportedly has a strange business model, reducing the book cost of the liability for future plugging of expired wells. This has created a situation, where the company has made more from accounting gains than its cumulative reported profits on oil and gas extraction. It always provokes a smile, when the most profitable part of a business is the accountancy department as “paper profit” is something we’ve learned to distrust. Once long ago, as part of a family business, my own division was the parts department, exposing me to early efforts to “computerise” part of the company. Being a little pig headed, the paper system of inventory was retained for 6 months but the operation proved a resounding success. At any time, a director could walk in and ask how many of a particular widget we had in stock and the parts bin could be presented, showing the exact number displayed on the green computer screen.

A further aspect to this computer nonsense came from the fact we also collated the real cost price of products, along with the retail value of sales. To be plain, we knew (to the penny) how profitable the parts department was, revealing a surprise number from our “trade” sales to other garages throughout the UK. The official parts distributor had managed to become a major customer, due to a personal fascination with sourcing where spare parts for cars actually came from. This entailed cutting out Vauxhall, Lada, TVR (yes really), and Chrysler from our company supply chain as it was always cheaper to go directly to the manufacturer of oil filters, brake equipment, electrical bits, steering components etc. This created a situation where we generally had in-demand components in stock, our busy workshops giving an immediate clue as to what was failing across various makes of cars. As can be guessed, with TVR’s, it was always exhaust systems but this success with the Parts Department provoked serious problems with the accountancy department. In a management meeting, they decided to allocate around 50% of the costs for the entire building against my department, ensuring the profit table was topped by car sales (who allocated vehicles to the accountants), by the workshop (who serviced all the company cars) and my Parts Department who refused to provide expensive “top of the range” sound systems for any company vehicles, along with any tuning changes or special wheels and tyres.

Needless to say, a corporate war broke out, as our in-house accountants were playing with the numbers, expecting my Parts Department would roll over and accept their analysis. The company CEO was on an extended holiday and efforts by the Sales Dept, the Service Dept, to launch an embargo against the Parts Dept failed hilariously, when they discovered nothing could be ordered without the correct order codes from our software. It didn’t help that I was part of the family who owned the company, allocated no real authority except over my own department. When the CEO returned, the Service Department was folded into the Parts Department, my software eating the outdated workshops system and the entire left hand side of the company building being my sudden responsibility. The two accountants left, the workshop manager left, the unpleasant service reception manager jumped off a popular suicide bridge, Sharon in accounts (the book-keeper) turning into an unexpected ally. She was promoted to head up the accounts department and work with our external auditors. What followed was quite unpleasant, a discovery Car Sales were running at a loss, the workshops had overspent on equipment with top heavy management wages, and my little Parts Department had been carrying the entire company. This revelation, while being personally 20 years old, engendered a lifelong distrust of “accountants” who create imaginary profit in companies. Sometimes it can go badly wrong, very quickly, and I ended up managing the retail petrol stations in a mistaken effort to stop getting my hands dirty.

However, by an impressive 7p, LSE:DEC has managed to create an official “higher high”, giving optimism for the future.

Currently, above 1406p should trigger movement to an initial 1,456p with our secondary, if bettered, at 1,527p and some very probable hesitation. This is an important number, due to closure above 1,527p calculating with a Long Term visit to 1,943p and almost confident stutters, the price running into share behaviour in 2023. Visually, despite their accountancy gymnastics, it looks like Diversified should be worthy of some attention. A Higher High above a trend is not something we generally ignore.

If things intend go wrong, below 1060p should justify a raised eyebrow or ten, giving the risk of reversals to an initial 931p with our secondary, if broken, at a comfy bottom of 766p and a very, very, possible rebound. They are, after all, the company who own the most oil wells in America!

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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
10:58:38PM	BRENT	10780.4
11:06:37PM	GOLD	4510.69	4307	4179	4038	4476	4825	5030	5342	4488
11:09:10PM	FTSE	10074.3
11:24:09PM	STOX50	5501.5
11:28:32PM	GERMANY	22446.6	22325	22211	22072	22463	22623	22669	22775	22451	‘cess
11:31:42PM	US500	6344.4
11:44:10PM	DOW	45246.4
11:47:16PM	NASDAQ	22927.8
11:49:46PM	JAPAN	51184

 

30/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10127 points. Change of 1.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,880,014,253 a change of 15.35%

27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 a change of -12.17%

26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of -1.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 15.71%

25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%

24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%

23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%

20/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9918 points. Change of -1.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 19,578,284,329 a change of 84.81%

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.

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 553.5 Percentage Change: + 2.80% Day High: 559.6 Day Low: 538.5

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 181.85 Percentage Change: -2.13% Day High: 185.8 Day Low: 178.05

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LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech Close Mid-Price: 106.6 Percentage Change: -6.16% Day High: 113.9 Day Low: 105.6

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 1106.5 Percentage Change: -0.18% Day High: 1120 Day Low: 1090

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#Brent #S&P500 It was a funny old weekend. The Japanese Grand Prix was good – in places. Otherwise, a comment from driver Alonso proved quite salient, describing around 1/2 of the passes now taking place on track as NOT actual passes, instead being moves of drivers to avoid hitting the car in front. The problem comes from the current need to harvest electricity from the car by slowing down, creating a situation where a car doing 190mph can suddenly face a car which has slowed to 160mph. Quite a spectacular accident was caused by this scenario and Alonso’s explanation also covered by most overtakes are reversed within minutes as the slow car returns to normal speed. My wife opted to ignore everything going on in Formula1 world, instead resuming her battle with a toilet flush!

Things came to a head last week, when she broke a fingernail reaching behind the toilet lid to press the flush button. The idea behind the placement of the flush is it forces the toilet lid to be closed to allow the loo to cycle. With her purchase of a “soft close” toilet seat and lid assembly, the slow closure saw her poke a finger into the gap, breaking a nail in the process. So she opted to ‘Make An Invention’ to solve the process, gluing a a bit of plastic onto the flush button. This meant the toilet could now be flushed by simply pushing the lid. It was a genius idea but a few bugs became apparent. Firstly, it was important to pull the toilet lid away from the push button or water would keep running. And by the time the clocks changed on Sunday, her bit of plastic fell off, whatever adhesive she used proving not up to the task.  While watching my recording of the early morning race from Japan, my hands were kept occupied by shaping a 3cm thick circle of foam, designed to be glued onto the rear of the toilet lid. By using thick foam, it would compress to push the flush, yet return to its original shape, springing the lid back into place and ensuring water didn’t keep running. My wife took the honours of fitting the small disk in place and now, we’ve a loo which flushes when you push the toilet lid.

Unfortunately, such a quirky idea is par for the course in our house here in Argyll. It’s almost like the foul Scottish weather keeps us indoors. On Sunday, any plans for a relaxed dog walk vanished, the temperature seriously cold (feels like -9c), the wind seriously strong, and the rain was just serious.

This whimsical trip into the world of toilets takes us neatly to Natwest, their share price recently providing the first hint it may flush itself away. The Red uptrend, since 2023, was broken last Monday but exquisite care was also taken to ensure the share price DID NOT close below the Red line. As the chart inset highlights, the market tended confirm our usual paranoia about Closing Prices is actually justified. It’s certainly now the case where share price closure below 519p should broadcast a strong signal telling traders “Natwest is not Cheap!”. Instead, our expectation shall be of grim times ahead as the price risks being flushed…

In fact, even trades below 517 carry the threat of triggering reversal to an initial 465p with our secondary, if broken, at 447p. Unfortunately, this isn’t the end of the nightmare as we can calculate movement below 447 threatening an eventual bottom, hopefully, at 386p.

However, we’re inclined to take hope the movement on March 23rd was simply a warning of what could happen, rather than a promise for what’s ahead. But there’s no doubt this Red uptrend is important to the markets. Should this prove correct, above 546p is supposed to sprinkle fairy dust on the share price, triggering gains to an initial 582p with our longer term secondary, if exceeded, working out at 658p and some visual hesitation. We’ve a degree of hesitant optimism here, due to the care the market has taken to avoid breaking the trend.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:02:58PM	BRENT	10638	9701	9275	8770	10122	10926	11788	11263	10362
11:07:22PM	GOLD	4506.89
11:09:51PM	FTSE	9865
11:13:17PM	STOX50	5424.6
11:38:27PM	GERMANY	22036.1
11:40:51PM	US500	6327	6317	6292	6052	6393	6446	6482	6536	6356
11:42:49PM	DOW	44900
11:44:53PM	NASDAQ	22932.7
11:47:15PM	JAPAN	50864

 

27/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9967 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,831,266,544 a change of -12.17%

26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of -1.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 15.71%

25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%

24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%

23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%

20/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9918 points. Change of -1.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 19,578,284,329 a change of 84.81%

19/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10063 points. Change of -2.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,593,978,868 a change of 34.88%

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:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 584.1 Percentage Change: + 0.17% Day High: 584.1 Day Low: 573.8

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 42.7 Percentage Change: -2.95% Day High: 43.6 Day Low: 42.7

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LSE:GRG Greggs Close Mid-Price: 1480 Percentage Change: -2.70% Day High: 1522 Day Low: 1478

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 185.8 Percentage Change: -1.17% Day High: 189.5 Day Low: 181.6

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#FTSE With the FTSE dropping 1,000 points during the past few weeks, we deserve the chance to exhibit our report from last Friday, along with the circled Red bottom at 9,680 points. For one minute on 23rd March, the market reached (and broke) our target before recovering by an impressive 400 points. Our drop target was “out” by 0.1%, an impressive error margin.

The surprising thing about this shoulder dislocation moment, while patting ourselves on the back, is the indication the FTSE may actually be back under control,  rather than experiencing reaction to the unknown. Our theory, perhaps heartless, is Iran & Co have decided they want a base price of $94 against Crude Oil, so when the price achieves such a level, an outrageous Press Release to Reuters is sufficient to drive the price of oil back up. Equally, when the price exceeds 101 US dollars (using Brent as our guideline), it’s the time for US President Trump to state Iran is visiting to enjoy a peaceful BBQ on the White House lawn.

It almost feels like the stock markets are acknowledging the chaos in the Middle East is a form of stability. What really surprised us, our sister-in-law has been trapped in Jerusalem during March and informed by the airline a couple of weeks ago it would be around 28th March before she could fly home to Scotland. Her flight landed early today, almost exactly as told, and it begs the question, just how did the airline know?

Needless to say, we shall be popping up to the miserable north of Scotland to catch up on any gossip, a fun 420 mile round trip in a day, probably Saturday. Apparently there was a Patriot Missile emplacement very close to where she was staying…

Can we pull a similar stunt to the above again?

We do this fairly often, rarely bothering to back check our results, but when noticing the low of the FTSE while whipping our RI (Real Intelligence) to generate this comment, it rung a distant bell. This is probably why our Friday report remains the most commonly read thing we produce, a ridiculous number of views from China, the Middle East, and North America, literally in that order. The UK generally slots in just after China but often just above, as we’d expect from our location bias. And thankfully, our chums in Reunion continue to login every Friday.

Staring hard at the FTSE to try and comprehend if the markets are truly performing in accordance with logic, the immediate question is straightforward. Shall movement above 10,120 generate a market lift to an initial 10,191 points?  If bettered, our secondary calculates at a confident and smug sounding 10,236 points. This secondary level is important as closure at such a point makes a very useful future attraction from 10,511 present a magnetic influence. Perhas President Trump shall announce his predecessor, Preside Clinton, is arranging the prerequisite number of virgins for a future White House picnic with Iran. But only if they’d stop messing around with the price of oil!

Our alternate, and less happy, scenario is quite horrid. There is now a strong suggestion weakness below 9670 points shall trigger a FTSE visit to 9528 points. If (when) broken, our secondary calculates at  a bottom for the FTSE at 9,363 points and hopefully a proper bounce. To be blunt, unless the FTSE makes it above 10,236 points, we suspect it still faces a drop to 9,363 points. To paraphrase the ancient cartoon, “Stingray”, it seems “Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Month”. We suspect April shall not be terribly happy as the FTSE suggests a further 1,000 point fall may be ahead. Our level of 10,236  to rubbish the proposal is key, so worth watching for.

And on the bright side, motor racing returns to telly this week, hopefully the Japanese Grand Prix delivering its usual complement of real entertainment. It is interesting how Red Bull seem to have stopped winning races, since firing their manager, the guy who is married to Ginger Spice. Obviously, the teams previous success had absolutely nothing to do with Christian Ginger Spice Horner’s team curation. So far, the Red Bull team seem to outfitted themselves with entirely the wrong sort of wings.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:31:23PM	BRENT	9982	9690	9544	9317	10019	10230	10354	10696	9990	Success
11:33:34PM	GOLD	4405.49	4351	4316	4243	4465	4535	4694	4892	4486	Success
11:36:08PM	FTSE	9961.4	9928	9883	9822	10009	10066	10135	10204	10022	‘cess
11:43:06PM	STOX50	5565.4	5526	5508	5450	5592	5652	5769	5899	5567	Success
11:46:05PM	GERMANY	22592.2	22490	22111	21788	22760	22910	23070	23257	22570	Success
11:49:21PM	US500	6492.1	6472	6456	6375	6514	6576	6618	6667	6521	Success
11:35:44PM	DOW	46067.4	45906	45805	45493	46226	46565	46760	47288	46300
11:38:10PM	NASDAQ	23634.1	23566	23248	22816	23755	24040	24228	24448	23856	Success
11:44:16PM	JAPAN	52604	52353	51728	50852	52750	53483	53921	54444	52843

 

26/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9972 points. Change of -1.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,777,739,669 a change of 15.71%

25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%

24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%

23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%

20/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9918 points. Change of -1.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 19,578,284,329 a change of 84.81%

19/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10063 points. Change of -2.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,593,978,868 a change of 34.88%

18/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,854,191,076 a change of -1.67%

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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#Germany #S&P500 US President Trump wrote a book called “The Art of The Deal” which essentially launched his future in 1987. We’ve a sneaking suspicion the Iranians may have read his book and now, are cheerfully mincing his efforts in the Middle East. A standard President Trump ploy is to open negotiations by asking for the outrageous. Recent examples include Greenland and his threat to take over the entire island or his threat to fire the head of the Federal Reserve due to lack of action on Interest Rates.  And, of course, every single initial announcement about tariff’s.

Of course, his intention was to bring parties to the negotiating table, while creating the impression he was in the stronger position.. The Middle East is providing further entertainment, though with a nasty sting in the tail. For instance, President Trump announces a potential peace deal, Crude Oil prices immediately fall. Then Iran announces there is no peace deal, immediately provoking a rise in oil prices and making the Middle East happy again. Cynical traders have probably caught onto the current game with oil, indulging Short positions on President Trump announcements, closing and switching to Long’s the instant the media report unnamed sources in Iran claim there are no peace talks. It would be funny, if it were not for the damage being done to the west. What’s surprising, current price movements are nowhere close to those from March to June 2022, when the Ukraine thing was being blamed (incorrectly) for oil prices running amok. Back then, Crude Oil prices spiked before the Russians had fuelled a single tank.

This, obviously, has nothing to do with Fevertree but their share price has displayed worrying degrees of ineptitude in the last year. It broke the long term downtrend, since 2022,  at 710p, yet has failed to grace the markets with any reasonable share price. Equally though, the share has failed to dip below the level of trend break in the period since, giving some confusing hope some slight recovery may be on the cards.

At present, we shall be hopeful, if the price manages above just 828p. Such a movement should trigger an initial surge toward 878p with our secondary, if beaten, calculating at a future 975p. At this price level, things become interesting as market closure above a future 975p takes the share into the gravitic attraction for a distant 1193p.

Our alternative scenario, if things turn pear shaped, allows for reversal below 765p trigggering a visit down to an initial 679p with our secondary, if broken, painting a bottom and a hopeful bounce from 633p. While we do suspect some gains may be on the cards, the reversal potentials may also be worth raising a glass to!

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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
10:52:22PM	BRENT	9792.3
11:02:25PM	GOLD	4522.93
11:19:51PM	FTSE	10085.5									‘cess
11:21:28PM	STOX50	5617.3
11:23:38PM	GERMANY	22865	22800	22721	22597	22953	23088	23274	23584	22890
11:27:10PM	US500	6577.3	6550	6519	6480	6599	6636	6658	6703	6595
11:26:55PM	DOW	46310									‘cess
11:32:12PM	NASDAQ	24111.2
11:35:43PM	JAPAN	53933

 

25/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10106 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,721,737,754 a change of -9.66%

24/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9965 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,440,227,588 a change of -27.54%

23/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9894 points. Change of -0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,268,753,932 a change of -47.55%

20/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 9918 points. Change of -1.44%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 19,578,284,329 a change of 84.81%

19/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10063 points. Change of -2.35%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,593,978,868 a change of 34.88%

18/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,854,191,076 a change of -1.67%

17/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10403 points. Change of 0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,987,381,967 a change of 9.97%

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.

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 29.5 Percentage Change: + 15.46% Day High: 30.6 Day Low: 26.15

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 0.75 Percentage Change: + 11.11% Day High: 0.8 Day Low: 0.68

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