Trends And Targets

#FTSE #Nasdaq Frustration at lack of action in the UK financial sector made us curious as to how things are going in Europe. The worlds 8th largest bank, Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP), is an obvious contender, their share price threatening to exceed the high before Covid-19 fouled up the markets. As both the Stoxx 50 and the CAC40 already have exceeded this benchmark, our suspicion is for financial elements to follow, leaving the UK even further behind.

For BNP, it closed Thursday at 53.83, a tiny amount below the critical 54.18 closing trigger we’re hoping for. Perhaps this shall not prove a big deal, the share price only needing trade above Thursdays day high of 54.58 to hopefully point at near term traffic in the direction of 56.12. Our inclination will be to view 56.12 as significant as the Green line on the chart explains. Reaching this level shall provide a solid definition of “higher high”, launching the share price into a region where a longer term cycle toward 60.62 is believable. In this instance, we can also give a 3rd level target at 67 Euro, an ambition which is visually believable.

If BNP intend go horribly wrong, the share price requires below 45.6, but only if it intends emulate UK banks by languishing in the gutter of despair. We’re inclined toward some hope.

FTSE for FRIDAY With spectacular levels of misplaced optimism, we started April by speculating whether the FTSE would follow the French model, maybe commencing a lunge toward the pre-Covid highs of 2020. The core element for this belief was an expectation the UK would doubtless mess around for a few weeks before finally heading north, perhaps with the FTSE experiencing an 8% gain in the process. At time of writing, the FTSE is at 6,961 points. When we wrote our gullible article (link), it was at 6,942 points. By our calculations, a 19 point movement on the FTSE is rather a lot less than an 8% gain and we’re not amused. Self defence demands we admit timeframes are rarely a strong suit, when applied to stock markets but we’d hoped for something more substantial in the way of a rise. The present situation demands the FTSE CLOSE above 7052 points before we dare believe any gains are being made with integrity.

From a near term viewpoint, the FTSE needs exceed 7025 points and this should trigger positive in the direction of 7052 points with secondary, if exceeded, calculating at 7092 points. If triggered, the tightest stop looks painfully wide at 6955 points.

Alternately and alas, more likely, is the risk travel below 6952 shall now provoke reversals to an initial 6910 points with secondary, if broken, working out at 6859 points.

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:19:16PM	BRENT	68.03	67.12	66.785		67.97	68.43	68.775		67.54	Success
10:30:25PM	GOLD	1772.28	1755	1751		1770	1782	1785		1772	Success
10:33:17PM	FTSE	6966	6938	6932.5		6975	7018	7039		6968	Success
10:38:52PM	FRANCE	6317	6278	6270.5		6305	6350	6363.5		6325	Success
10:43:16PM	GERMANY	15180	15147	15097.5		15204	15241	15259.5		15180	Shambles
10:46:27PM	US500	4206.77	4174	4160		4210	4217	4223.75		4185	“”
10:49:34PM	DOW	34038	33983	33963.5		34059	34082	34142.5		33928	“”
10:52:08PM	NASDAQ	13958	13829	13808.5		13923	14041	14114.25		13900	“”
10:54:12PM	JAPAN	29006	28844	28770		28990	29142	29198		29051	“”

29/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6961 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,795,996,815 a change of 1.77%

28/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6963 points. Change of 0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,695,013,979 a change of 9.25%

27/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6944 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,212,742,605 a change of 17.08%

26/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6963 points. Change of 0.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,452,134,004 a change of -2.38%

23/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6938 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,560,582,809 a change of -19.42%

22/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6938 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,660,042,698 a change of 11.95%

21/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6895 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,055,857,470 a change of -18.68%

 

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:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 317 Percentage Change: -1.18% Day High: 326.8 Day Low: 316

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LSE:BPCLSE:BPC Bahamas Pet. Close Mid-Price: 0.36 Percentage Change: + 2.43% Day High: 0.38 Day Low: 0.32

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LSE:BT.ALSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 163.8 Percentage Change: + 2.47% Day High: 164.7 Day Low: 161.15

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LSE:EMELSE:EME Empyrean. Close Mid-Price: 6.35 Percentage Change: + 13.39% Day High: 6.5 Day Low: 5.6

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 830.4 Percentage Change: -2.33% Day High: 868 Day Low: 825.2

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LSE:HSBALSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 454.3 Percentage Change: + 2.47% Day High: 458.95 Day Low: 444

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LSE:HUR Hurrican Energy Close Mid-Price: 2.3 Percentage Change: -2.13% Day High: 2.47 Day Low: 2.25

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LSE:IAG British Airways Close Mid-Price: 201.45 Percentage Change: -0.64% Day High: 205.5 Day Low: 198.24

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LSE:IPFLSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 128.6 Percentage Change: + 6.28% Day High: 129.6 Day Low: 122.8

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LSE:LLOYLSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 45.45 Percentage Change: + 0.78% Day High: 45.86 Day Low: 45

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LSE:QFILSE:QFI Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 5.7 Percentage Change: + 8.57% Day High: 5.98 Day Low: 5.36

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LSE:SCLP Scancell Close Mid-Price: 20.6 Percentage Change: -4.19% Day High: 21.25 Day Low: 19.75

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LSE:STANLSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 521.6 Percentage Change: + 5.63% Day High: 533.2 Day Low: 498

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LSE:TLWLSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 56.18 Percentage Change: + 13.11% Day High: 57.72 Day Low: 50.52

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#SP500 #WallSt An email asking our thoughts on Woodbois couldn’t be ignored. Anything relating to timber fascinates, perhaps due to our exploits with a chainsaw constantly proving there is some skill in tree butchery, skill which proved completely absent last weekend. Following instructions from the chainsaw owners manual, a 40 foot Holly tree was felled, quite dramatically. Falling the wrong way, a restraint rope ensured the trees final murderous ambitions were spoiled. Unfortunately, the rope also allowed the dead tree to pivot 180 degrees in mid-air, looking very like it intended replant itself the wrong way up. We didn’t see what happened next, being rather busy running away, but somehow, the thing fell exactly where it was supposed to.

The problem had been caused by a rotten section at the bottom of the trunk and as the tree weight moved, this section immediately imploded. How we laughed…

 

To judge by Woodbois website, they foolishly don’t use software designers nor surveyors to work their timber. Instead, this Africa focused timber specialist employ folk who know what they’re doing, sourcing sustainable timber for supply to an international customer base. Recent share price movements tend suggest some recovery is probable, especially as the share in now trading above the pre-Covid19 high, something we’re inclined to view optimistically as it generally bodes well for the future.

As a relevant aside, the chum assisting with the tree incident is a surveyor, choosing to visit to ‘have some fun’ as he’s battling a full diary of work, due to the building and construction industries clearly making plans for the future. Historically, we’ve found the level of work he faces tends provide a useful barometer for market direction. When he’s busy, the markets tend head up!

Presently trading around 6.9p, Woodbois need only exceed 7p to suggest near term travel to an initial 8p. If exceeded, our longer term secondary is slightly confusing at either 9.5p or 10.5p. The culprit for this confusion is circled in Red on the chart, an illogical manipulation gap in July of last year. Visually, an attempt at the 10.5p level makes some sense thanks to previous share price hesitation back in 2018.

For things to go horribly wrong, the share price needs relax below 4.8p as this introduces the potential of a visit to 3p eventually.

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:01:17PM	BRENT	66.59									Success
10:03:45PM	GOLD	1781.96									Success
10:26:51PM	FTSE	6968									Shambles
10:36:26PM	FRANCE	6301									Success
10:41:48PM	GERMANY	15303									Success
10:43:52PM	US500	4192	4180	4174	4165	4195	4201	4210.5	4223	4181	‘cess
10:46:44PM	DOW	33814	33791	33760	33682	33901	33969	34026	34104	33879	‘cess
10:48:55PM	NASDAQ	13984									‘cess
10:51:43PM	JAPAN	28939									Shambles

28/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6963 points. Change of 0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,695,013,979 a change of 9.25%

27/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6944 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,212,742,605 a change of 17.08%

26/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6963 points. Change of 0.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,452,134,004 a change of -2.38%

23/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6938 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,560,582,809 a change of -19.42%

22/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6938 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,660,042,698 a change of 11.95%

21/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6895 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,055,857,470 a change of -18.68%

20/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6859 points. Change of -2.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,216,900,407 a change of 19.04%

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

The Arrow icons refer to expected Big Picture direction. No Arrow, No clue!

Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:BT.A British Telecom** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:GENL Genel** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:QFI Quadrise** **LSE:TLW Tullow** **LSE:TSCO Tesco** **

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LSE:BT.ALSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 159.85 Percentage Change: + 0.79% Day High: 160.55 Day Low: 158.7

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LSE:CARLSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 41.4 Percentage Change: + 3.50% Day High: 42.8 Day Low: 40.3

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LSE:EXPN Experian Close Mid-Price: 2786 Percentage Change: -0.36% Day High: 2808 Day Low: 2772

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 850.2 Percentage Change: -4.11% Day High: 876.8 Day Low: 847.4

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LSE:GENL Genel Close Mid-Price: 163 Percentage Change: -0.49% Day High: 166.4 Day Low: 162.2

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LSE:HIKLSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 2325 Percentage Change: + 0.17% Day High: 2330 Day Low: 2295

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LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown Close Mid-Price: 1626.5 Percentage Change: -1.42% Day High: 1663.5 Day Low: 1621.5

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LSE:LLOYLSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 45.1 Percentage Change: + 3.51% Day High: 45.72 Day Low: 44.48

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LSE:NWGLSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 203.5 Percentage Change: + 1.19% Day High: 208.3 Day Low: 202.1

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LSE:QFILSE:QFI Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 5.25 Percentage Change: + 14.50% Day High: 5.58 Day Low: 4.7

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LSE:TLWLSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 49.67 Percentage Change: + 1.43% Day High: 50 Day Low: 48.4

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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 219.7 Percentage Change: -0.79% Day High: 223.2 Day Low: 219.65

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#FTSE #Nasdaq Lockdown brought the discovered joy of not needing to fly anywhere, grounding airline share prices. Further notable discoveries during this last year involved Parma Ham packaging and how to get dressed in the dark, just two things which shall be remembered once Lockdown becomes a memory and we’re again are forced to embrace the dubious pleasure of flying.

Getting dressed in the dark, aided by illumination from a mobile, became a feature when required to make video calls for international chats at stupid times. Eventually, it was noted the laundry label on t-shirts and sweaters is always located on the inner left hand seam of garments. Immediately, a fashion faux pas was avoided as it became impossible to wear t-shirts inside out or back to front, similarly with sweaters. For some reason, there’s always a member of the Zoom Stasi, eager to make a “funny comment” about getting dressed in the dark.

The Parma Ham incident, however, was probably something the rest of the world already knows. My wife has learned it’s best to say nothing about my antics when opening cooked meat packaging. Generally, a small kitchen knife is used to stab the package, then cut a flap. Lifting the flap allows the meat (or smoked salmon) to be removed and a quick sandwich assembled (we try to be sociable during video chats), essentially lunching together.

And then one day, the world changed.

The Parma Ham was laid flat, expecting its usual stabbing, when a feature of the plastic caught my eye. Printed on the packet were a series of lines on just one corner. Closer inspection (aka, reading glasses) revealed the edge could be pealed at this point, allowing the lid to be opened and resealed with ease. A quick glance at every similar plastic package led to the discovery of this being a standard thing, even available on packets of bacon and cheese slices.

I could now get dressed, even feed myself and it was all thanks to Lockdown…

 

Will the airline industry reveal any discoveries, once flying resumes? Or shall they continue treating paying customers as a necessary inconvenience. We suspect a charm offensive shall be employed, if only due to the number of surveys reporting extreme reticence about flying, despite immunisations. The airline industry believe it will be many, many years until they can return to their prior passenger levels and this degree of hesitation is illustrated with IAG’s share price movements.

Since breaking though its immediate downtrend back in March this year, any optimism which looked forward to a rise was dashed pretty swiftly, the share price opting to flounder around aimlessly for a couple of months. Worse, not only has it not gone up, the price managed to fall below the level of trend break and this is rarely a good sign. Instead, it tends indicate any historical trend shall be ignored until such time a good reason NOT to ignore it appears. With IAG, there’s been a solid fascination with the 200p trend break level and when we look back in time, this level has been fouling things up since Covid-19 hit at the start of last year.

Presently trading around 203p, the share price needs better 224p to allow hope for the future as we can calculate the potential of this triggering recovery to an initial 261p. If exceeded, we can even propose a longer term attraction lurking at 350p and with prior movement history, we suspect some hesitation at such a level.

There is a caveat we should mention, one which may prove important. If the market discovers reason to “gap” IAG share price upward by around 40p for whatever excuse, we shall take this as a signal the market intends the share price to start a strong recovery process. In such a scenario, we can suggest a Big Picture longer term ambition awaiting from 578p. Absolutely nothing suggests this scenario at present but there are quite a few airline industry shares which will require kick started to get them moving properly.

 

As always, we can present a converse scenario as the price needs break below Red on the chart, currently 183p, to justify concern as this triggering a descent to an initial 153p with our longer term secondary, if broken, working out at 107p and hopefully a proper bounce.

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:50:01PM	BRENT	66.08									‘cess
9:53:06PM	GOLD	1777									‘cess
9:56:08PM	FTSE	6949	6926	6916	6896	6961	6976	6989	7039	6938
9:58:02PM	FRANCE	6278.5
10:01:07PM	GERMANY	15267									‘cess
10:03:14PM	US500	4187.22
10:08:49PM	DOW	33914									‘cess
10:11:10PM	NASDAQ	13966	13945	13919	13872	14001	14060	14077	14200	13994
10:14:41PM	JAPAN	28979									Success

 

 

27/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6944 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,212,742,605 a change of 17.08%

26/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6963 points. Change of 0.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,452,134,004 a change of -2.38%

23/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6938 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,560,582,809 a change of -19.42%

22/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6938 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,660,042,698 a change of 11.95%

21/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6895 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,055,857,470 a change of -18.68%

20/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6859 points. Change of -2.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,216,900,407 a change of 19.04%

19/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 7000 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,222,332,197 a change of -24.15%

 

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

The Arrow icons refer to expected Big Picture direction. No Arrow, No clue!

Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BPC Bahamas Pet** **LSE:BT.A British Telecom** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:ITV ITV** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:ODX Omega Diags** **LSE:QFI Quadrise** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SRP Serco** **LSE:WTG Watchstone** **

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LSE:BT.ALSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 158.6 Percentage Change: + 1.31% Day High: 158.65 Day Low: 155.5

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LSE:CARLSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 40 Percentage Change: + 12.20% Day High: 40.8 Day Low: 33

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LSE:EXPNLSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 2796 Percentage Change: + 1.90% Day High: 2799 Day Low: 2734

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 302.1 Percentage Change: -1.34% Day High: 308.8 Day Low: 300.65

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LSE:ITV ITV Close Mid-Price: 116.55 Percentage Change: -1.73% Day High: 119.1 Day Low: 115.55

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LSE:NWGLSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 201.1 Percentage Change: + 1.21% Day High: 201.6 Day Low: 197.55

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LSE:ODXLSE:ODX Omega Diags. Close Mid-Price: 74 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 74 Day Low: 65

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LSE:QFILSE:QFI Quadrise. Close Mid-Price: 4.58 Percentage Change: + 11.56% Day High: 4.56 Day Low: 4.32

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 102.94 Percentage Change: -4.53% Day High: 107.76 Day Low: 103.18

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LSE:SRPLSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 143.8 Percentage Change: + 1.70% Day High: 148.1 Day Low: 141.6

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LSE:WTG Watchstone Close Mid-Price: 50 Percentage Change: -4.76% Day High: 52 Day Low: 48

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Kefi Gold & Copper Plc (LSE:KEFI) Since reviewing this minor miner, Kefi, in 2020, their share price successfully achieved our initial target level of 2.5p but has yet to achieve our secondary ambition. If only due to their name change from Kefi Minerals to a focussed Kefi Gold & Copper, a further glance at the tea leaves should be justified, thanks to the share price essentially flatlining thus far in 2021. In fairness, this could even be a reflection on the price of Gold, thanks to the metal price not enjoying a particularly interesting start to 2021 with a fairly placid 200 dollar trading range.

Unfortunately, there’s a pretty convincing logic currently suggesting the price of Gold intends bottom around $1530 once it finds sufficient excuse. The metal requires exceed $1870 just to escape the trend and despite recent improvements in the price of Copper, we doubt these shall prove capable of offsetting a misbehaving Gold price. A glance at Kefi website remains full of optimism for forthcoming results both from Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia.

 

Our normal preference is to establish a “safe” trigger level when examining upward travel potentials but in the case of Kefi, the share price did something silly at the start of April, shown as an inset on the chart. This sort of confusion was interesting as it confirmed the validity of the Blue downtrend. The share surged above the trend, enjoyed a couple of days in the sun, then suddenly the market decided “nope” and on April 14th the price was gapped down below the ruling downtrend. At no time since has the share price been permitted to close a session above this trend, perhaps indicating trades above just 2.14p (the highest achieved since the price was forced down) shall suggest Kefi share price intends to go up with some integrity. Our “safe” trigger level is at 2.5p with a further trigger lurking at 2.97p for those who demand minimal levels of risk.

Visually, we’re inclined to treat 2.5p as the sensible trigger. Achieving a slight movement from current to above 2.14p risks another (very rare) false start.

Above 2.5p should commence movement to an initial 3.4p with secondary, if exceeded, calculating at 4p. The secondary is quite a big deal, placing the share firmly in a zone where positive news flow could easily allow a future 7p to make its presence felt.

When we previously reviewed this, we’d suggested movement below 1p would justify panic. The current situation paints a picture where below 1.4p presents itself as the panic level.

 

In summary, the share price movement highlighted on the chart below should prove interesting, both confirming a trend and confirming the market was not ready to let the price run free. Generally any second attempt upward will enjoy sharp and sudden price jumps. In plain English, it’s ‘fingers crossed’ time.

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:22:00PM	BRENT	65.23
10:24:03PM	GOLD	1781.61	1772	1767	1757	1782	1782	1786	1792	1774
10:26:17PM	FTSE	6962.75									‘cess
10:29:14PM	FRANCE	6269									‘cess
10:37:49PM	GERMANY	15288									Shambles
10:40:12PM	US500	4189.37	4171	4164.5	4155	4185	4193	4206	4234	4173
10:42:58PM	DOW	33997									Shambles
10:45:07PM	NASDAQ	14034.22									‘cess
10:47:39PM	JAPAN	29189									Success

26/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6963 points. Change of 0.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,452,134,004 a change of -2.38%

23/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6938 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,560,582,809 a change of -19.42%

22/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6938 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,660,042,698 a change of 11.95%

21/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6895 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,055,857,470 a change of -18.68%

20/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6859 points. Change of -2.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,216,900,407 a change of 19.04%

19/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 7000 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,222,332,197 a change of -24.15%

16/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 7019 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,885,119,827 a change of 21.21%

 

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

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 319.4 Percentage Change: -0.19% Day High: 322.2 Day Low: 315.8

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LSE:BLVN Bowleven Close Mid-Price: 4.5 Percentage Change: -5.26% Day High: 4.75 Day Low: 4.5

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LSE:BT.ALSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 156.55 Percentage Change: + 0.97% Day High: 157.1 Day Low: 153.85

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LSE:CASP Caspian Close Mid-Price: 2.25 Percentage Change: -2.17% Day High: 2.3 Day Low: 2.25

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LSE:DDDD 4D Pharma Close Mid-Price: 111.8 Percentage Change: -0.53% Day High: 115.6 Day Low: 111.4

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G Close Mid-Price: 22.25 Percentage Change: -1.11% Day High: 22.55 Day Low: 22.25

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LSE:FRESLSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 906.8 Percentage Change: + 1.50% Day High: 916.6 Day Low: 888.2

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 6176 Percentage Change: -0.35% Day High: 6304 Day Low: 6160

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LSE:SPXLSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 12280 Percentage Change: + 0.12% Day High: 12360 Day Low: 12170

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LSE:WTGLSE:WTG Watchstone. Close Mid-Price: 52.5 Percentage Change: + 2.74% Day High: 51.2 Day Low: 48.9

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#BrentCrude #WallSt Except for the stock markets, there’s a lot to be said for “nothing really happening” as we’re all in favour of a bit of peace and quiet, especially following the unpleasant year we’ve all experienced. Unfortunately, the FTSE 100 remains a fully paid up member of “The Lethargy Club” and this boredom has encompassed unpleasant numbers of shares. Thankfully, with the FTSE, the last week has given early warning for a change in fortunes and with Natwest, perhaps we should see the bank share price finally do something interesting.

The core issue with Natwest took place 6 weeks ago, a triggering movement which thus far has produced nothing. This has been so utterly frustrating we’re still featuring our irritation in this, our 3rd analysis since March 7th 2021. Despite moaning we’re not great with timeframes, it has been very frustrating witnessing the rest of the world enjoy stock markets which perform according to logic while in the UK, we’re a stock market which models itself after “The Sleeping Beauty”. We should maybe console ourselves with the sentiment, ‘while nothing good has happened, neither has anything bad’.

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Our immediate hope comes from easing of many UK Lockdown restrictions from 26th April. Perhaps this, finally, shall provide an excuse for the UK primary market to wake up and dance (or whatever Sleeping Beauty did) as we can calculate some interesting potentials from a Big Picture perspective, along with a fascinating near term ambition.

For Natwest share price, next above 201p remains with a hope for 212p next, this number fascinating us since March. The bank share price has done nothing to dispel the notion, just joylessly failed to make the final step to our target level.

What sparks our interest comes should the movement to 212p occur as this risks a cascade effect. Or at least, it would if the UK market opts to follow the examples being set in France, Germany, the USA, Japan, Australia, etc. Achieving 212p should prove important to The Big Picture, triggering a longer term cycle toward 251p with a longer term main attraction residing at 307p. It’s not often we can present a scenario for a retail bank which gives the prospect of 50% growth. If it were not for the visuals on the chart below, our inclination would be to distrust the game plan as a pipe dream.

At time of writing, the share is trading around 194p. The price needs below 183p to give reason for panic, allowing weakness to an initial 171p with secondary, if broken, a scary looking 141p.

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:50:09PM	BRENT	65.48	64.59	63.8	62.53	65.67	65.76	66.06	66.71	65
9:52:42PM	GOLD	1777.46									‘cess
9:54:31PM	FTSE	6923.79
10:02:43PM	FRANCE	6251									Shambles
10:04:56PM	GERMANY	15267.96									‘cess
10:06:55PM	US500	4178.37									‘cess
10:09:34PM	DOW	34040	33951	33884.5	33793	34056	34080	34162.25	34226	33980	‘cess
10:11:50PM	NASDAQ	13936.74									‘cess
10:14:16PM	JAPAN	29166

23/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6938 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,560,582,809 a change of -19.42%

22/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6938 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,660,042,698 a change of 11.95%

21/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6895 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,055,857,470 a change of -18.68%

20/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6859 points. Change of -2.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,216,900,407 a change of 19.04%

19/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 7000 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,222,332,197 a change of -24.15%

16/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 7019 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,885,119,827 a change of 21.21%

15/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6983 points. Change of 0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,355,568 a change of 19.55%

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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LSE:ASCLSE:ASC Asos. Close Mid-Price: 5314 Percentage Change: + 1.07% Day High: 5328 Day Low: 5176

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LSE:BPC Bahamas Pet Close Mid-Price: 0.4 Percentage Change: -24.19% Day High: 0.48 Day Low: 0.38

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LSE:EMELSE:EME Empyrean. Close Mid-Price: 5.95 Percentage Change: + 5.31% Day High: 5.95 Day Low: 5.4

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LSE:FGPLSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 88.9 Percentage Change: + 4.47% Day High: 101.3 Day Low: 88.55

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LSE:ITRKLSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 6198 Percentage Change: + 0.98% Day High: 6266 Day Low: 6112

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LSE:NG. National Glug Close Mid-Price: 903.5 Percentage Change: -1.26% Day High: 918 Day Low: 899.5

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LSE:PMGLSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 48.15 Percentage Change: + 6.76% Day High: 49 Day Low: 47.1

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LSE:QFI Quadrise Close Mid-Price: 4.04 Percentage Change: -6.05% Day High: 4.36 Day Low: 3.91

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LSE:WTG Watchstone Close Mid-Price: 51.1 Percentage Change: -4.66% Day High: 52.6 Day Low: 50.2

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LSE:ZOOLSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 129.5 Percentage Change: + 1.57% Day High: 132.5 Day Low: 127.5

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#FTSE #Gold A few weeks can make a heck of a difference. Both are the same scene, the ‘only’ difference being an absence of Scotland’s usual grotty weather causing the 7 mtr garden waterfall to dry out. What was revealed, uniform rows of leafy moss hugging the cliff face, able to survive the worst of our climate here in Argyll.

The FTSE, on the other hand, is proving less than interesting and the 20 point trading range experienced during most of Thursday justified spending the day clearing vegetation from the stream, rather than watching the markets. The day felt similar to one of those “pretend” sessions, when London is scheduled to close at 12.30pm prior to a holiday and the market grudgingly goes through the motions. It was only with an hour of trade left did the index suddenly discover an ability to rise by a further lacklustre 20 points.

Unlike the waterfall snapshots, The FTSE, exhibits remarkably consistent behaviour. The two charts above highlight a remarkable lack of interesting behaviour, making us experience a mental transition from “is today the day” to “what’s the point, I’m going to clear the waterfall” and this sort of thing becomes a vicious circle, begging the question; “are people losing interest in the UK market?” The immediate situation has seen many triggering movements across members of the FTSE 100 but the lack of follow through is proving quite dismaying. In plain English, many shares should be going up yet failing to do so. We take some hope from the UK Aim market as it continues to outperform the FTSE and at 1,264 points, it’s 300 points above the high achieved before the Covid-19 drop. The FTSE 100, at 6938 points, is still languishing 560 points BELOW the pre Covid-19 high.

Perhaps naively, we’ve constantly expected “today will be the day”, constantly been let down, and we’re losing faith. Of course, the point at which the UK decides to play catch up will invariably occur when the maximum number of folk at looking elsewhere! The immediate situation with the FTSE now suggests the index requires exceed 7,125 points to make proper recovery almost impossible to avoid.

FTSE for FRIDAY

If we indulge our favourite scenario, a hunt for early signs of strength, above 6,960 points is now supposed to provoke the FTSE to attempt 6,995 points. Given recent conditions, we cannot sniff at the 35 point rise potential, even with the tightest stop looking like 6,900 points.

In the event 6,995 is exceeded, this gives the first hint of strength, especially as our secondary calculates at 7,055 points, placing the index solidly in a zone where an attempt at our Big Picture trigger level 7,125 can be expected. Visually, there are many suggestions the FTSE is about to experience some weakness and as a result, we’re curious as to whether “now is the time?”

 

If things intend go wrong, below 6,903 looks troubling, capable of sparking reversal down to an initial 6,873 points. If broken, our secondary calculates at 6,851 and the prospect of some sort of rebound. The implication should such a level break is the market finding a bottom around 6,785 points.

Have a good weekend. Us, by working on the waterfall, we’ve ticked off a nasty chore, so shall enjoy the good weather and do sod all…

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:13:54PM	BRENT	65.13	64.11	63.8		64.97	65.8	66.015		64.51
10:15:54PM	GOLD	1784.49	1777	1773.5		1788	1796	1802.5		1783
10:18:18PM	FTSE	6905.87	6879	6856.5		6923	6941	6950		6885
10:27:15PM	FRANCE	6239.8	6234	6221		6258	6265	6285		6239	Success
10:31:30PM	GERMANY	15250	15210	15177.5		15270	15338	15369		15249	‘cess
10:33:44PM	US500	4137.17	4122	4112		4146	4179	4188.75		4154	Shambles
10:35:41PM	DOW	33826	33715	33562		33875	34069	34099.5		33850	Success
10:37:36PM	NASDAQ	13780	13713	13676.5		13803	13895	13942.5		13764
10:40:17PM	JAPAN	28906	28782	28671.5		28982	29207	29291		29020	Success

22/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6938 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,660,042,698 a change of 11.95%

21/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6895 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,055,857,470 a change of -18.68%

20/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6859 points. Change of -2.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,216,900,407 a change of 19.04%

19/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 7000 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,222,332,197 a change of -24.15%

16/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 7019 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,885,119,827 a change of 21.21%

15/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6983 points. Change of 0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,355,568 a change of 19.55%

14/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6939 points. Change of 0.71%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,751,574,999 a change of -6.5%

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:DGELSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 3316.5 Percentage Change: + 2.74% Day High: 3319 Day Low: 3239.5

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LSE:EMELSE:EME Empyrean. Close Mid-Price: 5.65 Percentage Change: + 10.78% Day High: 5.65 Day Low: 5.1

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LSE:EXPNLSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 2771 Percentage Change: + 3.05% Day High: 2793 Day Low: 2689

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 415.5 Percentage Change: -0.08% Day High: 416.1 Day Low: 412.15

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LSE:ITRKLSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 6138 Percentage Change: + 1.52% Day High: 6156 Day Low: 6020

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LSE:NG.LSE:NG. National Glug. Close Mid-Price: 915 Percentage Change: + 1.21% Day High: 917.5 Day Low: 904

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LSE:VEC Vectura Close Mid-Price: 113.6 Percentage Change: -0.53% Day High: 116.6 Day Low: 113

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LSE:ZOOLSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 127.5 Percentage Change: + 4.94% Day High: 127.5 Day Low: 121.5

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#DAX_Futures #SP500_Futures While we enjoy Caribbean skies here in Argyll (but with Arctic temperatures) our thoughts turned to Bahamas Petroleum, a company who operate in some of the most desirable holiday destinations with a range of offshore exploration, appraisal, development and production assets and licences. They even operate on the land in Trinidad. Their share price has behaved badly over the last 5 years, now trading in a zone where we cannot calculate a bottom.

The important thing is, the share remains trading and perhaps the current upward volatility in the price of crude shall finally extend some grace to Bahama’s price movements. The share price has been trading at a pretty accurate bottom level just above 0.4p since February. While there has not been a convincing bounce, we are impressed at the effort employed to keep the share trading above 0.4p, hopefully an attempt to avoid creating an ‘Elvis has left the Building’ moment.

 

All we ask is for the price to almost double from current (0.525) as this should justify close attention, thanks to some strong acceleration potentials. Above 0.91p should prove capable of triggering recovery to an initial 1.37 with secondary, if exceeded, at 2.31p. At this level, things certainly have the opportunity to become exciting as arithmetically, the shares highs of 10 years ago could easily provoke strong growth, especially if price acceleration occurs due to positive news flow from the company. We’ve shown the various target levels on the chart, absolutely none of which appear viable currently but with closure above 0.91p, this ‘risks’ entering a cycle with 14p as an attractive eventual point of interest.

Obviously, we’re biased as we love the Bahama’s or indeed, anywhere warmer than Scotland at present.

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
8:58:10PM	BRENT	64.58									‘cess
9:00:27PM	GOLD	1795									Success
9:03:26PM	FTSE	6931									Shambles
9:55:43PM	FRANCE	6237									Success
10:02:48PM	GERMANY	15234	15163	15130	15002	15264	15255	15280.5	15350	15211	Shambles
10:04:51PM	US500	4163.52	4119	4094.5	4068	4140	4175	4181	4195	4154	Success
10:07:20PM	DOW	34091									‘cess
10:16:05PM	NASDAQ	13905									Shambles
10:19:38PM	JAPAN	28849									Success

21/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6895 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,055,857,470 a change of -18.68%

20/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6859 points. Change of -2.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,216,900,407 a change of 19.04%

19/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 7000 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,222,332,197 a change of -24.15%

16/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 7019 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,885,119,827 a change of 21.21%

15/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6983 points. Change of 0.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,355,568 a change of 19.55%

14/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6939 points. Change of 0.71%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,751,574,999 a change of -6.5%

13/04/2021 FTSE Closed at 6890 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,082,010,354 a change of 5.4%

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

The Arrow icons refer to expected Big Picture direction. No Arrow, No clue!

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LSE:DGELSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 3228 Percentage Change: + 0.92% Day High: 3252.5 Day Low: 3193.5

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LSE:EZJLSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 966.2 Percentage Change: + 3.38% Day High: 971 Day Low: 933.4

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 415.85 Percentage Change: -0.34% Day High: 419.3 Day Low: 413.45

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LSE:NG. National Glug Close Mid-Price: 904.1 Percentage Change: -0.79% Day High: 913.8 Day Low: 903.2

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LSE:ODX Omega Diags Close Mid-Price: 71 Percentage Change: -2.74% Day High: 74 Day Low: 69

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LSE:PMGLSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 44.2 Percentage Change: + 12.33% Day High: 47 Day Low: 41.3

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LSE:SCLPLSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 22.75 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 22.75 Day Low: 22.5

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LSE:VODLSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 132.84 Percentage Change: + 1.03% Day High: 133.42 Day Low: 131.88

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LSE:WTG Watchstone Close Mid-Price: 52.2 Percentage Change: -3.15% Day High: 54.8 Day Low: 52.2

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LSE:ZOOLSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 121.5 Percentage Change: + 4.74% Day High: 121.5 Day Low: 117

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