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#Gold #WallSt The last “Parked for Pandemic” cruise ship sailed past, the other day. Immediately, we suspected it was Scotlands leading political trougher, Nicola Sturgeon, exploiting a new method of escaping difficult questions, making her way to a country without an extradition treaty. Lacking drama, the real answer is an upturn in demand for cruise liners, causing all the parked ships to leave the River Clyde.

Logically, as the white behemoth sailed out to sea, probably hoping to never, ever, return to its moorings near Glasgow, a place where extremes of weather have always been a proud local joke. An amusing aspect of where the liners were moored came from the local maternity hospital, the windows giving countless new mothers the opportunity to take “selfies” with 4 large cruise ships parked literally behind them.

 

Cruise ship company Carnival Plc had been experiencing a severe share price decline, even prior to Covid sticking the boot in at the start of 2020, and we’re understandably curious as to whether the worst is over. Perhaps the public shall once again revel at the chance of being isolated in a giant petri dish, again at the mercy of whatever causes the next health panic for the world.  The immediate situation for Carnival share price demands it close a session above roughly 749.311p currently, exceeding Blue on the chart and taking a voyage into the realms of discovery. In such a scenario, we can calculate an initial target for the share price at 868p with secondary, if bettered, working out at a longer term 1075p.

Noticeably absent from this prediction is an expectation of a return to the wonderful heights above 35 quid before the pandemic hit and it’s a bit of a nuisance, feeling like an excess of patience shall be required. Currently, the best we can give is of closure above Blue on the chart theoretically allowing a distant 1315p to become a sensible future potential.

Perhaps the company shall start issuing extremely positive results to the market, something which appears doubtful due to the plethora of adverts for heavily discounted cruise ship cabins. However, the last ship has sailed from the River Clyde in Glasgow, so perhaps this means something.

 

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:57:52PM	BRENT	84.64									‘cess
11:00:21PM	GOLD	1995.5	1981	1977	1953	1997	2016	2024	2039	1993
11:02:14PM	FTSE	7907.94
11:04:22PM	STOX50	4386
11:08:07PM	GERMANY	15831									‘cess
11:10:25PM	US500	4155.37
11:12:55PM	DOW	33984.5	33740	33691	33584	33916	34008	34121	34258	33900	‘cess
11:16:00PM	NASDAQ	13097.59									‘cess
11:18:23PM	JAPAN	28569									‘cess

 

17/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7879 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,768,055,555 a change of -13.28%

14/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7871 points. Change of 0.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,498,351,712 a change of 11.26%

13/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7843 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,941,877,578 a change of -0.83%

12/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7824 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,983,460,119 a change of -24.23%

11/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7785 points. Change of 0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,576,655,503 a change of 53.55%

6/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7741 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,283,125,901 a change of 0%

5/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7662 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,017,004,065 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.

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

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LSE:AVCT Avacta Close Mid-Price: 138.2 Percentage Change: -0.58% Day High: 147.5 Day Low: 134.5

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LSE:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 154.28 Percentage Change: -2.28% Day High: 159.08 Day Low: 153.58

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 543.8 Percentage Change: + 0.52% Day High: 551 Day Low: 543.5

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 158.75 Percentage Change: + 1.21% Day High: 159.95 Day Low: 157.3

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 578.1 Percentage Change: -1.06% Day High: 588.1 Day Low: 573.7

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LSE:IGAS Igas Energy. Close Mid-Price: 19.46 Percentage Change: + 6.92% Day High: 22.55 Day Low: 18.48

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 168.65 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 169.65 Day Low: 167.45

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LSE:ODX Omega Diags Close Mid-Price: 2.7 Percentage Change: -6.90% Day High: 2.8 Day Low: 2.55

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#Dax #Brent The S&P 500 index is currently presenting a perfect argument as to why folk dare not trust national index’ as a safe barometer as to how well things are going. Currently, this S&P 500 is up 8.3% this year, an encouraging number by any standards. However, there’s a deeper harsh reality, this level of gain driven by just 20 companies out of 500. The implication, for the residual 480 components of the index, isn’t great. Once the top 20 are discounted, the index itself only moved by just over 1%.

Similar poisonous behaviour also infects the FTSE 100, up by 5.1% so far this year, but the market is also away with many respectable shares doing very little of interest. Which, needless to say, brings us to Lloyds bank, up by 3.1% this year. One aspect of Lloyds share price behaviour which continues to bother us is the share price’s failure to attempt to pre-pandemic price level of 58p. Both Barclays and Natwest proved able to exceed this particular low bar but alas, in the case of Lloyds, the share price appears to be viewing the pre-pandemic price as a Limbo Dance price bar, ensuring it remains below rather than risk doing anything valuable for investors!

 

From a Big Picture perspective, the share price needs now exceed 52.4p to apparently trigger movement to an initial 57p with secondary, if bettered, at 62.7p. In the event trouble is planned, the share price needs weaken below 45p as this risks provoking reversal to an initial 41.7p with secondary, if broken, a quite dangerous 36p, within reach of a hopeful ultimate bottom of just 30p.

For now, with Lloyds we’ve too many reasons to lack any optimism for the immediate future.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
5:24:00PM	BRENT	86.34	85.15	84.51	83.61	86.38	87.21	87.38	87.91	85.6
5:25:39PM	GOLD									2003
5:27:18PM	FTSE									7873
5:29:19PM	STOX50									4376
5:31:18PM	GERMANY	15826.5	15757	15723	15682	15803	15846	15880	15919	15789
5:32:50PM	US500									4137
5:35:08PM	DOW									33807
5:37:23PM	NASDAQ									13038
5:39:11PM	JAPAN									28452

 

14/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7871 points. Change of 0.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,498,351,712 a change of 11.26%

13/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7843 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,941,877,578 a change of -0.83%

12/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7824 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,983,460,119 a change of -24.23%

11/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7785 points. Change of 0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,576,655,503 a change of 53.55%

6/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7741 points. Change of 1.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,283,125,901 a change of -14.63%

5/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7662 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,017,004,065 a change of -11.84%

4/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7634 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,690,797,913 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.

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

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LSE:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 139 Percentage Change: + 6.11% Day High: 142.5 Day Low: 133

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca Close Mid-Price: 11892 Percentage Change: -0.20% Day High: 11990 Day Low: 11880

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 157.88 Percentage Change: + 3.23% Day High: 158.58 Day Low: 153.04

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 156.85 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 158.3 Day Low: 156.35

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 10.8 Percentage Change: -13.43% Day High: 11.2 Day Low: 10.5

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 491.7 Percentage Change: + 0.83% Day High: 499.8 Day Low: 490.3

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 584.3 Percentage Change: + 3.00% Day High: 587.4 Day Low: 563.3

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2685 Percentage Change: + 3.87% Day High: 2745 Day Low: 2615

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LSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 11640 Percentage Change: + 0.43% Day High: 11845 Day Low: 11595

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#FTSE #Bitcoin As we go into the weekend with new snow on the mountains in Argyll, our lawn is finally cut, there’s reason for optimism. And of course, some puzzlement. The FTSE is looking capable of tracing new highs, Bitcoin looks like it’s about to enter a recovery phase, even Gold looks like it’s about to attempt to new levels above $2100.

 

Our puzzlement comes from conventional wisdom, essentially if the markets are tanking, smart money is supposed to head elsewhere like Gold or Bitcoin. But the markets, while certainly lacking flamboyant gestures, continue to exhibit gains on almost a daily basis. Firstly, we want to examine Bitcoin as it feels like it’s on the edge of doing something clever.

Currently, it appears Bitcoin (trading around 30,300 USD at time of writing) need only exceed 30,575 to apparently trigger a gain in the direction of $33,186, a fairly useful little jump. Our secondary, however, is of special interest as should this initial target be exceeded, we are calculating $47,938 as a secondary, a price level not seen for 12 months. Visually, it makes a lot of sense but do pay attention to the initial target as it “really” needs exceeded to better a funny batch of movements last year, making a strong lift to our $47k level a viable proposition.

For everything to go wrong for Bitcoin, it needs below $23,500 to spoil the party.

 

FTSE for Friday We’re a little hacked off about the UK Aim market once again riding second fiddle to the FTSE, making a series of pretty useless movements rather than exhibit the very real strength shown when it enacted pandemic recovery, quite literally leaving the FTSE 100 in the dust. However, movements since the start of 2022 almost felt the junior exchange was facing payback for its temerity and only now, are there slight signs things may be improving. But we need see the AIM above 900 points (currently 825 points) to start thinking happy thoughts again.

As for the FTSE, it’s looking very like the index is planning another forage into the land of higher highs.

Currently, above 7862 points should hopefully trigger gains to an initial 7913 points with secondary, if bettered, at 7970, a price level where the visuals suggest hesitation is possible. However, were it not for the previous stall at this level at the start of March, our secondary would work out at 8080 points but, in this instance, our software is probably taking the wiser stance. Market gains recently are proving slow and steady, making us wonder what shall be required to see days of 100+ point movements return. Perhaps a return to Government by Liz Truss will be needed to shake things up, ideally the Scottish Govt where many senior folk have resigned, doubtless pending police investigation results.

Our alternate scenario requires the FTSE to slither below 7808 points, risking a slight reversal cycle to an initial 7760 with secondary, if broken, at 7703 points and hopefully yet another bounce.

 

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:21:33PM	BRENT	86.02	85.17	84.32		86.15	87.2	87.61		86.3
10:23:38PM	GOLD	2040.56	2015	2012		2030	2045	2051		2033	Success
10:25:38PM	FTSE	7862.03	7794	7772		7830	7867	7872		7843
10:27:35PM	STOX50	4374.4	4338	4326		4362	4377	4388		4357
10:37:10PM	GERMANY	15767.26	15671	15650		15739	15782	15798		15732
10:47:53PM	US500	4144.62	4110	4094		4125	4148	4152		4128
10:50:35PM	DOW	34000.5	33585	33555		33785	34059	34065		33900
10:53:30PM	NASDAQ	13087.84	12995	12974		13047	13122	13146		13047
10:55:28PM	JAPAN	28368	28088	27955		28233	28426	28518		28301	Success

 

13/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7843 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,941,877,578 a change of -0.83%

12/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7824 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,983,460,119 a change of -24.23%

11/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7785 points. Change of 0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,576,655,503 a change of 53.55%

6/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7741 points. Change of 1.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,283,125,901 a change of -14.63%

5/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7662 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,017,004,065 a change of -11.84%

4/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7634 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,690,797,913 a change of 0%

3/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7673 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,510,009,325 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.

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

Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares

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LSE:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 231.8 Percentage Change: -0.09% Day High: 240 Day Low: 231.6

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca. Close Mid-Price: 11916 Percentage Change: + 0.80% Day High: 11912 Day Low: 11792

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LSE:BDEV Barrett Devs. Close Mid-Price: 478.2 Percentage Change: + 2.38% Day High: 488.6 Day Low: 473.7

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 12.47 Percentage Change: -5.67% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0

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LSE:GENL Genel. Close Mid-Price: 134 Percentage Change: + 5.51% Day High: 136.2 Day Low: 126

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 487.65 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 492.2 Day Low: 479.8

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 1144 Percentage Change: -0.82% Day High: 1156 Day Low: 1140

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 278.2 Percentage Change: -0.61% Day High: 281.6 Day Low: 277.3

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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 20.5 Percentage Change: + 5.13% Day High: 20.75 Day Low: 19.5

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 269 Percentage Change: + 0.60% Day High: 275.5 Day Low: 268.5

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#FTSE #WallSt It’s that time of the year when our thoughts turn to Kingfisher, owners of B&Q. A series of frustrating setbacks while servicing our little red tractor provoked a genuine “down tools” moment, along with the announcement of a need to visit the mainland and go to B&Q. When asked what was needed, a glib answer of “a break from than little red hellish machine” didn’t entirely satisfy, especially as B&Q are not famed for their supply of tractor parts.

But the store has its uses, almost as mentally soothing as wandering aimlessly in a book shop or once, in electronics stores.

The tractor, usually fairly well behaved, generally needs an oil and filters change at the start of the season, grease pumped everywhere, tyre pressures checked, and invariably some minor welding on the grass cutting deck. Today was different. There was a fresh dusting of snow on the hills here in Argyll and clambering around the small tractor wasn’t an attractive proposition. After connecting up the freshly charged battery, turning the key produced nothing, no clicks, no warning lights, just utter silence. This was half expected, the ignition switch previously needing “shoogled” to tempt the thing into starting, so it was clearly time to fit the replacement I’d ordered when the machine was put away for winter. In an effort to win favour with it, I’d also ordered a new starter solenoid, just in case.

After a few hours, the new parts were comfortably in place, the new key turned, and there was still nothing, except the hills were getting a little more white. It was time to actually do some diagnosis with a volt meter, checking continuity through every single cable on the ignition circuit. Obviously, before going to any of this effort, the fuse board had been checked. After a lot more work, the little red tractor now concealed under an ever growing pile of displaced parts, the dashboard had been removed and it was now time to check the “topple switch” under the seat, something designed to detect if the driver has fallen off or the tractor has toppled. Obviously, this switch was working perfectly but when checking the wiring for it, the discovery of an in-line fuse provoked an immediate sinking feeling. There was a tiny little  20 amp fuse which had blown, thus ensuring nothing on the tractor would work. Once the laughter stopped, it was the work of hours to put everything back together, gentle puffs of snow blowing into the shed to assist in making the day more pleasant.

So, I’m going to visit B&Q with the intention of standing gazing at some self propelled lawnmowers. Perhaps the tedious 1.5 mile walk while cutting grass shall not be as unpleasant as memory dictates. Or maybe the job of servicing the little red tractor shall continue with no further unpleasantness!

And this is why the inspiration to review Kingfisher appeared.

 

Currently, things don’t look that great for the owners of B&Q (and Screwfix etc), their share price threatening reversal to 222p with any further movement below 242p.  Visually, there’s a reasonable argument hoping for a bounce at such a level, due to the coincidence of the Red uptrend on the chart and a prior share price low at the end of last year. Things become a little unpleasant with any break of 222p as a visit to 201p looks extremely possible.

Trading around 253p at present, their share price calculates as needing above 288p to trigger a confident looking recovery cycle, giving an initial ambition at 318p with secondary, if bettered, at a longer term 343p. On the chart, we’ve teased with a distant looking 392p, almost certainly a share price level which should provoke hesitation, and suspect this shall not become an issue unless our little red tractor disgraces itself, forcing the purchase of a lawnmower from B&Q…

  

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:29:22PM	BRENT	87									Success
9:44:38PM	GOLD	2014.7									Success
9:47:05PM	FTSE	7811.85	7803	7793	7754	7833	7858	7885	8087	7771	Success
9:49:06PM	STOX50	4338.5									Success
10:06:41PM	GERMANY	15682									Success
10:08:34PM	US500	4091.32									Success
10:13:08PM	DOW	33622.5	33595	33456	33289	33735	33957	34192	34320	33567	‘cess
10:15:58PM	NASDAQ	12851.17									Shambles
10:17:59PM	JAPAN	27901									Success

 

12/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7824 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,983,460,119 a change of -24.23%

11/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7785 points. Change of 0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,576,655,503 a change of 53.55%

6/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7741 points. Change of 1.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,283,125,901 a change of -14.63%

5/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7662 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,017,004,065 a change of -11.84%

4/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7634 points. Change of -0.51%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,690,797,913 a change of -12.58%

3/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7673 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,510,009,325 a change of 0%

31/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7631 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,002,582,813 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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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 154.9 Percentage Change: + 1.34% Day High: 156.9 Day Low: 152.85

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 24 Percentage Change: -4.19% Day High: 25.1 Day Low: 23.6

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 106.8 Percentage Change: + 1.14% Day High: 108.3 Day Low: 105.5

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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 19.5 Percentage Change: + 14.71% Day High: 20 Day Low: 17

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 232.6 Percentage Change: -1.44% Day High: 238.2 Day Low: 226.6

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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 267.4 Percentage Change: -0.11% Day High: 268.6 Day Low: 264.4

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#Gold #DAX Typically, we trawl Google News for some salacious gossip regarding whatever share is our focus on any particular evening. Today, for a change, we’d a slightly different motive as BT’s share price appears to be making some positive movements. Surely nothing to do with their relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as it’s difficult to identify any real benefit for BT from this partnership.

Yet, the BT Group newsroom continue to issue Press Releases waxing lyrical about their collaboration, the most recent containing the sentence; “This allows BT customers to benefit from improved simplicity when purchasing via AWS Marketplace”.

It’s pretty sane to suggest if Amazon identify a method by which purchasing from Amazon can be made simpler, they shall roll it out for all their customers, not just BT’s. And why is there no mention of BT actually profiting from any of these simplified purchases?

 

However, aside from our cynical nature, it feels like the market has seen something about BT as their share price looks poised to experience some gains.

There is a pretty solid looking downtrend which dates back to 2016 and currently, price movements exceeding 154.05p should make an attempt at an initial 161p next. As the chart below highlights, this implies a challenge of the Blue downtrend, along with a theory of closure above 161p entering a zone where we can dare speculate on the potential of longer term traffic to a future 211p. While conventional wisdom suggests the risk of some hesitation at such a level, due to the share price’s historical behaviour, the perceived Glass Ceiling is around the 208p level, allowing significant hope the share price shall find any delay just above the 2 quid level as being a fleeting impediment. We shall revisit our analysis should such a level be achieved as some quite strong long term recovery becomes possible.

 

A converse picture demands the share price dial itself back below 134p to ring a wrong number as an initial 129 calculates as possible with secondary, if broken, at 106p and hopefully a trampoline empowered bottom. The implications, should 106p ever break, are silly.

  

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:15:52PM	BRENT	85.4									Shambles
9:18:10PM	GOLD	2004.19	1995	1992	1987	2003	2007.5	2014	2025	2000
9:26:22PM	FTSE	7791.56									Success
9:27:53PM	STOX50	4339.7
9:30:21PM	GERMANY	15682.86	15622	15589	15540	15677	15710	15742	15782	15663
9:32:26PM	US500	4116.47									‘cess
9:34:51PM	DOW	33718.2									Success
9:36:50PM	NASDAQ	12988.55									Shambles
9:38:44PM	JAPAN	28041									Success

 

11/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7785 points. Change of 0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,576,655,503 a change of 53.55%

6/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7741 points. Change of 1.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,283,125,901 a change of -14.63%

5/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7662 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,017,004,065 a change of -11.84%

4/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7634 points. Change of -0.51%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,690,797,913 a change of -12.58%

3/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7673 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,510,009,325 a change of 8.45%

31/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7631 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,002,582,813 a change of 0%

30/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7620 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,859,647,247 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.

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

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 152.85 Percentage Change: + 2.31% Day High: 153.85 Day Low: 150.4

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 112.9 Percentage Change: + 1.39% Day High: 114.6 Day Low: 111.35

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 562.4 Percentage Change: -0.09% Day High: 564.4 Day Low: 558.3

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LSE:IGAS Igas Energy. Close Mid-Price: 17.31 Percentage Change: + 0.12% Day High: 17.8 Day Low: 16

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 1344 Percentage Change: + 1.13% Day High: 1356 Day Low: 1294

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 49.43 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 49.9 Day Low: 48.91

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 105.6 Percentage Change: + 0.96% Day High: 106.3 Day Low: 103.9

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#Gold #Dax By most criteria, we should wholeheartedly approve of the games being played with Barclays share price.  We’ve circled an area of the chart, one which featured in our report three weeks ago, where we presented a scenario allowing weakness to 134p. The share price actually, following some intraday fun and games, closed at a low of 133.9p, pretty exactly given the number of gaps exhibited by the share price during March and April.

Often, when we come across shares under such tight control by the market, a degree of confidence is allowed for future movement scenario, regardless of the direction being speculated upon.

In the case of Barclays, our inclination is to speculate on the potential of future gains, hopefully the world remaining calmed down by the usual Easter chocolate overdose. Personally, it has been a pleasure this year not feeling the need to loosen my belt, due to stealing grand-children’s easter eggs. This turns out to be a positive side effect of T2 Diabetes and better still, deciding to “fall off the wagon” on Sunday brought a surprise discovery my chocolate cravings had gone and now, I didn’t even like the stuff!

 

Our hope for Barclays demands the share price closes above 159p as this looks certain to trigger movement to an initial 163p with secondary, if bettered, a visually sane 175p. What’s surprising about our 175 ambition is it collides, almost dangerously accurately, with some share price shenanigans in February this year, when the market opted to gap (manipulate) Barclays share price below the Blue downtrend since 2007.

It’d be fair to suggest we shall be frothing with optimism, if the price manages to regain this Blue downtrend as the market almost managed to issue a Press Release saying it regards it as important. It results in a situation where closure above Blue should be taken as the first solid signal some movement of strength should be expected as our software has designated a future 220 as a significant point of interest.

 

If everything intends go wrong for Barclays, below 134p shall now prove troublesome, giving an initial expectation of 115 with secondary, if broken, at 99p.

  

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:23:10PM	BRENT	84.17	83.75	83.105	82.31	84.72	85.49	85.925	86.6	84.58
11:24:44PM	GOLD	1991.22								1996
11:27:04PM	FTSE	7772								7757
11:28:34PM	STOX50	4328.4								4311
12:03:47AM	GERMANY	15682	15545	15497	15431	15615	15697	15728	15789	15624
12:05:28AM	US500	4116.72								4102
12:07:33AM	DOW	33609.3								33499
12:09:05AM	NASDAQ	13067.29								13005
12:12:58AM	JAPAN	27869								27820

 

6/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7741 points. Change of 1.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,283,125,901 a change of -14.63%

5/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7662 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,017,004,065 a change of -11.84%

4/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7634 points. Change of -0.51%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,690,797,913 a change of -12.58%

3/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7673 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,510,009,325 a change of 8.45%

31/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7631 points. Change of 0.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,002,582,813 a change of 23.52%

30/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7620 points. Change of 0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,859,647,247 a change of 17.38%

29/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7564 points. Change of 1.07%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,139,938,147 a change of -38.03%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 111.35 Percentage Change: + 1.78% Day High: 112.6 Day Low: 109.8

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LSE:JET Just Eat Close Mid-Price: 1329 Percentage Change: -1.77% Day High: 1393 Day Low: 1319

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LSE:MMAG Music Magpie Close Mid-Price: 22 Percentage Change: -4.35% Day High: 23 Day Low: 22

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1140 Percentage Change: + 0.97% Day High: 1151 Day Low: 1127.5

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LSE:QED Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 1.3 Percentage Change: + 0.58% Day High: 1.32 Day Low: 1.2

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#FTSE #Gold  As the markets wind down for the Easter Weekend, we were struck by how important our Blue downtrend featured in last Fridays article has proven.  Last Thursday, we’d speculated whether the markets failure to close above the downtrend was significant and now, it appears to be the case, only in a way we hadn’t entirely anticipated.

This week has seen the index close above the trend, retreat slightly to close exactly on the trend, and now, is making slight upward nudges. It’s certainly creating a visual picture of strength and, if it were a share, we’d be quite comfortable speculating on the potentials for continued growth. A tiny little fly landed in the ointment when the FTSE closed 10 points below the previous high this week, the lower high implying a risk of slower movement.

However, as it’s Easter and the annual chocolate binge for everyone except me (T2 Diabetes), about the best scenario we dare give is the potential of movement next above 7679 triggering growth toward 7751 next. Our secondary, should such a level be exceeded, now calculates at 7932 points and the potential for a stutter in the cycle. The reasons behind this risk are pretty obvious from the chart below, the market previously opting to stall at such a level at the start of March. In-house, when we come across these “stalls” on the way up, we’ve tended to settle on them simply ensuring a delay in any rising cycle, rather than a solid ceiling level.

Who knows, perhaps the FTSE still intends a visit to the 8200 level eventually.

 

Our alternate scenario, if everything intends fall apart, comes should the FTSE discover sufficient excuse to slither below 7630 points, such a calamity calculating with an initial drop potential at 7581 and hopefully a bounce as it meets the historic downtrend. Our secondary, if broken, is at 7532 and a bit problematic, risking the index vanishing down faster than Scotlands Nicola Sturgeon avoiding TV crews, should this level also break.

We can provide 7144 as a potential bottom level but realistically, the FTSE could find itself at 6800 faster than Ms Sturgeon will doubtless say; “Who’s this Peter Murrell person? I’ve no recollection of marrying him… I’ll need to check my diary as we never talked!”

 

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:32:42PM	BRENT	84.74	83.71	83.14		85.12	85.91	86.36		84.93
9:34:45PM	GOLD	2021.06	2010	2006		2020	2024	2028		2018	‘cess
9:36:27PM	FTSE	7673	7631	7626		7651	7682	7697		7663
9:39:06PM	STOX50	4304.3	4289	4277		4305	4327	4336		4307	‘cess
9:51:23PM	GERMANY	15531	15472	15373		15574	15621	15637		15577	‘cess
10:19:56PM	US500	4088.27	4072	4060		4095	4108	4117		4088	‘cess
10:21:39PM	DOW	33474.5	33318	33274		33440	33538	33586		33446
10:24:00PM	NASDAQ	12961.44	12898	12807		12985	13132	13216		13062	Success
10:26:36PM	JAPAN	27673	27552	27494		27653	27856	28007		27723	Success

 

5/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7662 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,017,004,065 a change of -11.84%

4/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7634 points. Change of -0.51%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,690,797,913 a change of -12.58%

3/04/2023 FTSE Closed at 7673 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,510,009,325 a change of 8.45%

31/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7631 points. Change of 0.14%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,002,582,813 a change of 23.52%

30/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7620 points. Change of 0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,859,647,247 a change of 17.38%

29/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7564 points. Change of 1.07%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,139,938,147 a change of -38.03%

28/03/2023 FTSE Closed at 7484 points. Change of 0.17%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,680,856,903 a change of 37.06%

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:JET Just Eat Close Mid-Price: 1353 Percentage Change: -6.24% Day High: 1479 Day Low: 1336

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1129 Percentage Change: + 2.36% Day High: 1130.5 Day Low: 1106

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LSE:PMG Parkmead Close Mid-Price: 25.25 Percentage Change: -4.54% Day High: 26.4 Day Low: 23.5

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 30.5 Percentage Change: -5.72% Day High: 32.35 Day Low: 30.5

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 236.2 Percentage Change: -2.56% Day High: 242.4 Day Low: 232.6

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