#DAX #SP500 Strange things can happen. For instance, every time the price of crude oil starts falling, ‘something’ happens. Whether it’s an explosion at an oil refinery or a cargo ship blocking the main canal for oil tankers, crude oil prices will suddenly recovery in panic. Equally, if there ever were a company whose time has come, Open Orphan appear to be it. Founded long before the pandemic hit, this company offer a unique testing facility – their ‘FluCamp’ holiday hotel where volunteers can be “safely” infected/monitored/results noted in drug tests. Additionally, the company offer management of clinical trials for new drugs, covering every stage of the (usually) long and convoluted process. Another arm of the company are involved in developing flu vaccines.

As for the origins of the company name, we couldn’t find an explanatory anecdote on their website and couldn’t be bothered asking. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not important anyway but we suspect share price movements shall be. After all, with the pandemic and the reality Covid-19 is here to stay for the foreseeable future, a company capable of building a road through every stage of testing and development should be in demand as it’s unlikely the offerings from AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna, etc shall be the final product. The virus will continue to mutate, hopefully to finally become less nasty. After all, a virus which kills its host probably has not selected the wisest long term life cycle!

 

Presently trading around the 32p mark, ORPH are proving fairly encouraging for the longer term. By recently closing above the 29p, the share price ticked a fairly major box from our perspective, price influences regarded as moving from Near Term to Big Picture. From our convoluted perspective, this is quite a big deal and gives hope for the future. Growth next exceeding 33p calculates with the potential of reaching an initial 41p. If exceeded, our longer term secondary works out at 56p with our conventional rules indicating some hesitation should be anticipated.

For the brave, it’s worth remembering both these ambitions represent all time highs for the share price. While we cannot currently calculate above 56p, there’s no rule against it. Circled on the chart, a series of strange share price movements during October last year. With a series of very determined nudges, the market indicated it wants this share price higher.

 

For everything to go pear shaped, the price needs slip below Blue on the chart, currently around 22p.

 

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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
8:58:29PM	BRENT	64.07									‘cess
9:00:31PM	GOLD	1734.4									‘cess
9:46:30PM	FTSE	6693.97
9:54:03PM	FRANCE	5921									‘cess
9:56:17PM	GERMANY	14549.51	14518	14492.5	14450	14584	14619	14662	14710	14559	Success
9:57:45PM	US500	3892.62	3887	3872	3844	3918	3942	3965	3991	3904	‘cess
10:00:02PM	DOW	32460									‘cess
10:02:21PM	NASDAQ	12823									Success
10:05:57PM	JAPAN	28480									Success

24/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6712 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,180,734,714 a change of -2.58%

23/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6699 points. Change of -0.4%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,344,120,262 a change of 9.46%

22/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6726 points. Change of 0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,795,599,482 a change of -59.88%

19/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6708 points. Change of -1.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 14,446,904,194 a change of 140.91%

18/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6779 points. Change of 0.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,996,916,137 a change of -9.18%

17/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6762 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,602,740,362 a change of -14.86%

16/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6803 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,754,900,384 a change of 34.17%

 

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:LLOYLSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 42.23 Percentage Change: + 2.16% Day High: 42.3 Day Low: 40.77

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LSE:VOGLSE:VOG VICTORIA. Close Mid-Price: 4.25 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 4.25 Day Low: 4.17

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#FTSE #CAC40 It’s difficult not to retain fondness for the original IBM PC. It was solid, reliable, and the only things which went wrong invariably were not labelled IBM. After a few years, the 2nd generation IBM PC’s came along, the AT models, and these provided a whole new batch of memories. Specifically, their keyboards. An IBM AT keyboard was a work of art, capable of withstanding hot coffee, red wine, sugary drinks. They were solid and when office computers were upgraded, astonishing numbers of folk retained their original IBM AT keyboard as it would work with the newer, faster,  ‘IBM Compatible’ PC clone.

In the years since a puppy chewed through my own original IBM keyboard cable, I’ve probably bought dozens of keyboards in an attempt to find the quality and feel of that original design masterpiece. For a while, it even appeared Microsoft were attempting to take the keyboard crown with their ergonomic keyboards. Alas, after a year, it became clear why there is an entire industry selling stick-on keyboard letters on eBay. Presumably factories in China have yet to re-discover a method of ensuring letters and numbers don’t fade away.

 

Since 2013, IBM’s share price has followed a pretty vile trajectory, the share price halving and thanks to Covid-19, even discovering a logical bottom at $95. We would have hoped for a solid bounce from this bottom level, a feature of price movements which has been noticeably absent for the last 12 months. The good news, we can now identify a trigger level, once which looks capable of returning the warm fuzzy feeling a proper IBM keyboard used to give.

Presently trading around $131, the share price need only CLOSE a session above $136 to give a surprising level of hope for the future. A price gain such as this should trigger the potential for recovery toward an initial $157 with secondary, if exceeded, calculating at $168. In fact, if positive news flow is involved, any gains could easily find their way toward 182 dollars and a level at which we’d anticipate some hesitation. A glance at the chart below confirms this suspicion, given the level of the high at the start of 2017.

To work on trends and targets above $182, we shall require give the tea leaves a stir sometime in the future.

 

For IBM to give similar levels of dismay as a modern keyboard, the share price needs slide below $105. In such a scenario, the reversal prospects become truly horrendous as the share price risks entering a cycle toward 29 US dollars eventually.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:54:58PM	BRENT	60.49									Success
9:57:12PM	GOLD	1727.12
9:59:09PM	FTSE	6671.77	6655	6640	6609	6710	6719	6737.5	6765	6655
10:17:41PM	FRANCE	5919.2	5912	5898	5875	5936	5967	5978	6000	5933	‘cess
10:20:01PM	GERMANY	14610									‘cess
10:21:23PM	US500	3912.32
10:23:19PM	DOW	32448									‘cess
10:25:17PM	NASDAQ	13051
10:28:54PM	JAPAN	28790									Success

 

23/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6699 points. Change of -0.4%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,344,120,262 a change of 9.46%

22/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6726 points. Change of 0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,795,599,482 a change of -59.88%

19/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6708 points. Change of -1.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 14,446,904,194 a change of 140.91%

18/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6779 points. Change of 0.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,996,916,137 a change of -9.18%

17/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6762 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,602,740,362 a change of -14.86%

16/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6803 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,754,900,384 a change of 34.17%

15/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6749 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,779,699,069 a change of 6.67%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 272 Percentage Change: -2.67% Day High: 279.8 Day Low: 271.25

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#Gold #Nasdaq The last year has not been kind to drug pusher, Faron. The Finnish cancer drug specialist has seen their price oscillate between 520p and 220p since our previous report but astonishingly, the share has remained firmly trapped between two trends, despite this bandwidth of movement. We’re a little bit encouraged by a single “blip” in price moves in January of this year (circled) as this might actually mean something.

Often, when we witness this sort of thing, usually it’s an uptrend momentarily broken, we prefer regard it as an early warning signal, one telling us ‘The Trend Can Break – Caution Advised’. Roughly 2/3rd of the time, this caution proves justified. The converse, thankfully, can prove true, when a downtrend experiences a momentary break. In the case of Faron, the Blue downtrend line was confirmed yet again and may perhaps merit some close examination in the weeks ahead.

 

The current price movement prospects look fairly interesting. Presently trading around 345p, the share need only exceed 365p as recovery toward an initial 391p calculates as possible. If exceeded, our longer term (or the next day!) secondary works out at 420p, along with yet another challenge of the Blue downtrend. Importantly though, if such a movement is being propelled by positive sentiment, the share price could easily continue upward to a surprising 470p.

Obviously such an ambition gives the share price a chance to actually close above the major Blue downtrend. Despite historical hesitation around the 470p level, we quite strongly suspect this scenario shall prove game changing for the longer term. To cut a long story short, above 470p gives an amazing calculation which points to 670p eventually!

 

For everything to go wrong, Faron Pharma needs fall below 310p to justify raised eyebrows as this threatens reversal to an initial 256p with secondary, if broken, a frightening 186p. It’s important to mention we cannot calculate any targets below the 186p, always a scary sentence to write. However, despite the companies shambolic price drop in 2018, the share has always avoided hitting major drop targets, making us conclude there is embedded strength in the company.

 

This is one we feel worth keeping an eye on.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:52:06PM	BRENT	64.25
9:53:54PM	GOLD	1739.28	1727	1720.5	1713	1737	1743	1747.5	1754	1730
9:55:56PM	FTSE	6715.5									‘cess
9:58:07PM	FRANCE	5962									Success
10:02:18PM	GERMANY	14659									‘cess
10:04:54PM	US500	3943.02									‘cess
10:07:33PM	DOW	32771
10:09:45PM	NASDAQ	13091	12880	12814	12692	12992	13180	13258.5	13446	13003	Success
10:11:47PM	JAPAN	29260									‘cess

 

 

22/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6726 points. Change of 0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,795,599,482 a change of -59.88%

19/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6708 points. Change of -1.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 14,446,904,194 a change of 140.91%

18/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6779 points. Change of 0.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,996,916,137 a change of -9.18%

17/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6762 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,602,740,362 a change of -14.86%

16/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6803 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,754,900,384 a change of 34.17%

15/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6749 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,779,699,069 a change of 6.67%

12/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6761 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,418,064,712 a change of -9.29%

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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#Brent #SP500 The Egyptians, when building pyramids, probably experienced something similar to a personal experience at the weekend. Instead of a pyramid, an idea of building a picnic table from railway sleepers came to fruition, along with the unpleasant reality of being unable to lift the sodding thing. Drawing on the Egyptian model, a broom handle was sliced up to produce a series of wooden rollers, the intention being to place the table top on its side and manoeuvre it to the patio.

Unfortunately, by failing to account for a very slight incline, it transpired the massively heavy table top preferred the attraction of gravity as it rolled downhill, only coming to a grudging halt when it ran out of rollers. But the exercise was otherwise quite amazing, the force of a push from a finger able to move the very, very, heavy structure. Hopefully Barclays share price is about to find itself of rollers as we’re mildly impressed with the impetus since our previous analysis 3 weeks ago.

Our interest relates to current share price behaviour. Barclays followed our recovery scenario, reaching our initial target of 181p and is currently fluttering above and below this target level. Obviously, this is fairly assuring as it tends confirm we’ve been mapping movements using the correct table. It’s what comes next is a bit of a puzzle.

Previously, we speculated with an initial recovery target of 181 with secondary, if bettered, at 190p. With 181p exceeded, the scenario remains valid but there’s a pretty major issue thanks to Barclays share price before Covid-19 hit the fan. The share experience a high of 184p before the price was tossed off a pandemic cliff and now, has successfully closed a session above its pre-pandemic high on several occasions during the past week.

This creates the likely nirvana of “Higher Highs”.

 

When we review successful movements in other international marketplaces, this type of behaviour has tended indicate good times ahead with the result our calculates potential from 181p to 190p is liable to become a very brief footnote in Barclays price behaviour. Instead, there appears a reasonable chance 190p shall be bypassed completely with the potential of an attempt at 224p instead. Longer term, we can even calculate 289p as presenting a reasonable ambition, something which even makes a degree of visual sense. On the chart, we’ve drawn a dotted line which dates back over 10 years, indicating historically Barclays tends experience a problem around the 289p level. With closure above such, it’d start to feel like the 2009 financial crisis was finally diminishing.

 

For it all to go wrong for Barclays, the price currently needs slip below roughly 145p but visually (gulp), a degree of optimism appears possible against this UK retail bank. All it needs is the push of a finger, in the right place, at the right 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
9:43:07PM	BRENT	64.47	61.99	60.785	59.46	63.4	64.78	65.795	67.29	63.8
9:47:05AM	GOLD	1745									‘cess
9:49:24AM	FTSE	6718									Success
9:59:19AM	FRANCE	6003									‘cess
11:13:55AM	GERMANY	14628									Success
11:22:49AM	US500	3907.27	3896	3888	3855	3930	3934	3952	3974	3908
11:25:13AM	DOW	32624									Success
11:29:39AM	NASDAQ	12848									‘cess
11:36:47AM	JAPAN	29457									Success

 

 

19/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6708 points. Change of -1.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 14,446,904,194 a change of 140.91%

18/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6779 points. Change of 0.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,996,916,137 a change of -9.18%

17/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6762 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,602,740,362 a change of -14.86%

16/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6803 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,754,900,384 a change of 34.17%

15/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6749 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,779,699,069 a change of 6.67%

12/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6761 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,418,064,712 a change of -9.29%

11/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6736 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,972,975,685 a change of -1.35%

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

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

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

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

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LSE:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 182.6 Percentage Change: -0.65% Day High: 182.94 Day Low: 177.58

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This week has not been the most interesting on the FTSE. Or indeed other world markets, starting with fears of missiles hitting Saudi oil refineries, moving onto fears of Astrazeneca vaccine side effects and it being banned. But now, the fear of missiles seems to be receding and the price of crude oil has followed. In addition, various international agencies announce the vaccine is safe.

Even Boris Johnston is getting a doze tomorrow but perhaps he shall be struck down by a meteorite instead, this apparently being riskier than the vaccine itself. From a personal note, it’s been 5 weeks since the jag and no unpleasant side effects. I’m still a small, fat, ugly, hairy, Scottish bloke!

 

Receding oil prices rarely bode well for the share price of Oil Majors on the FTSE, perhaps able to exert a dampening effect on our thoughts for Friday. But a return to optimism over the potential of a return to “normality” may well promote a feel good factor for the FTSE. In addition, it’s spring and here in Argyll the snow has melted with the temperature moving into double figures, always an encouraging sign even if it’s only 10c as a day high.

We should now be skipping around like lambs, if the FTSE manages above 6814 points as this should now generate sufficient impetus for an initial gain in the direction of 6857 points. If bettered, our secondary calculates at 6918 points but with the recent pace of movement, we suspect this shall prove too difficult to expect in a single day. More importantly, these sort of index gains lay out longer term ramifications for the UK market, launch the FTSE into a zone where we need to admit 7208 points should present a major point of attraction in the future, providing a level at which we’d suspect some hesitation. Unfortunately, the still remains considerably short of an attempt at the pre pandemic high of 7500 points, cementing the UK’s place as the slowest market amongst the G7 nations.

 

For things to go wrong, the FTSE needs limp below 6733 points, entering a region where reversal toward 6691 calculates as possible. If broken, our secondary works out at 6635 points.

 

Have a good weekend. Only another week until Formula1 recommences. Will not miss the “pleasure” of rising absurdly early to watch the first GP of the season traditionally being from Ozz. At least Bahrain will start at a civilised time.

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:49:49PM	BRENT	62.79	61.34	59.325		63.99	63.87	65.9		62.23	Success
9:52:24PM	GOLD	1736.6	1718	1711		1733	1739	1743.5		1729	Success
10:13:08PM	FTSE	6741	6718	6709		6786	6794	6817		6718	‘cess
10:18:13PM	FRANCE	6016	6003	5983		6033	6030	6039		6010	Success
10:22:54PM	GERMANY	14705	14674	14630		14719	14804	14823.75		14527	Success
10:27:17PM	US500	3921	3906	3884		3939	3938	3947		3919	‘cess
10:34:45PM	DOW	32918	32879	32816		32991	33035	33075		32879
10:38:54PM	NASDAQ	12820	12772	12679		12995	13076	13158		12948
10:41:41PM	JAPAN	30000	29894	29727.5		30037	30273	30387.5		30060

 

18/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6779 points. Change of 0.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,996,916,137 a change of -9.18%

17/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6762 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,602,740,362 a change of -14.86%

16/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6803 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,754,900,384 a change of 34.17%

15/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6749 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,779,699,069 a change of 6.67%

12/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6761 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,418,064,712 a change of -9.29%

11/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6736 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,972,975,685 a change of -1.35%

10/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6725 points. Change of -0.07%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,055,011,331 a change of -12.01%

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:MRWLSE:MRW Morrisons. Close Mid-Price: 177.7 Percentage Change: + 0.08% Day High: 179.65 Day Low: 177.25

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LSE:RKHLSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 12 Percentage Change: + 9.49% Day High: 12.1 Day Low: 10.4

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LSE:RMGLSE:RMG Royal Mail. Close Mid-Price: 526 Percentage Change: + 1.58% Day High: 530.8 Day Low: 520.4

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LSE:VOD Vodafone Close Mid-Price: 136.12 Percentage Change: -0.58% Day High: 138.14 Day Low: 135.66

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#BrentCrude #DAX Everyone’s hero, Warren Buffett, dumped his Apple shares and found himself using the pocket change generated to buy one or two shares in US telecoms giant Verizon. In fact, his company Berkshire Hathaway are now Verizon largest shareholder. Obviously, the markets regard this as quite a big deal and a Trends and Targets quick survey of hedge funds shows a substantial majority bullish on the share prospects.

Unfortunately, the last few years have not been particularly kind to many hedge funds, their reputation somewhat tarnished due to the horrific number which shut down.

Despite everyone being eager to find ‘the next Tesla share’, it’s generally far safer to explore slower, safer, and more stable companies, though obviously worth considering what field they are in, along with their future potentials. In telecoms, the demand is obviously for a high tech future and to judge by their press releases, Verizon are producing all the right 5G noises for the USA market.

 

Despite all our optimistic writing, we’re pretty far from convinced the immediate future is rosy for Verizon, the immediate trend indicating the risk of weakness below just 54 dollars driving the share price back to a visually appealing 52 dollars. We like this level as it promises some sort of bounce but the danger comes should 52 break as ongoing travel down to targets of 50.5 dollars (or less) calculates as possible. As the chart below highlights, this presents an issue.

By breaking the Red uptrend since 2010, the share price enters a region where “bottom” calculates down at $44 in the event our 50.5 level breaks. This, in theory, is the case anyway but we’ve some doubts. Inevitably, a bunch of smart folk would review any break of trends as an opportunity, especially if a share price failed to make it below its most recent low. In the case of NYSE:VZ, this suggests the price requires break below the $49 level to justify hysterical behaviour.

In summary, we suspect Verizon shall reverse from its current 55 dollars but we’re more inclined to regard the movement as presenting an opportunity for the longer term.

 

For everything to come up roses, the share price currently requires exceed $59 to enter a region, where growth to an initial $68 is hoped with secondary, if bettered, at 72 US dollars. Importantly, we cannot calculate any targets above the $72 dollar level for this company. This does not mean a ceiling awaits, just should it exceed 72 dollars, it enters unknown territory where things can become very illogical! Perhaps worth keeping an eye on, if contemplating a ‘fire and forget’ long position.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:27:11PM	BRENT	67.63	66.72	66.285	65.52	67.8	67.97	68.34	68.88	67.03	Shambles
9:33:55PM	GOLD	1745.75									‘cess
9:40:31PM	FTSE	6784
9:59:47PM	FRANCE	6074									‘cess
10:02:10PM	GERMANY	14665	14530	14477	14408	14580	14684	14698.5	14737	14625
10:04:54PM	US500	3976									‘cess
10:18:33PM	DOW	33052									‘cess
10:20:43PM	NASDAQ	13215									‘cess

 

17/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6762 points. Change of -0.6%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,602,740,362 a change of -14.86%

16/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6803 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,754,900,384 a change of 34.17%

15/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6749 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,779,699,069 a change of 6.67%

12/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6761 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,418,064,712 a change of -9.29%

11/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6736 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,972,975,685 a change of -1.35%

10/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6725 points. Change of -0.07%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,055,011,331 a change of -12.01%

9/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6730 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,881,664,141 a change of 1.69%

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:RMG Royal Mail Close Mid-Price: 517.8 Percentage Change: -0.23% Day High: 523.8 Day Low: 515.6

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LSE:VODLSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 136.92 Percentage Change: + 1.78% Day High: 137.58 Day Low: 135.12

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#FTSE #Nasdaq STV stands for Scottish Television, often regarded as a bit of a joke north of the border. But they’ve reinstated their dividend, so perhaps worthy of some consideration. When the national Scottish football team was playing, they opted to show the equivalent of a Welsh tiddlywinks contest instead. Their excuse; “we didn’t think Scotland would qualify…” tends display their core ethos. Similarly, their approach to news appears to be to check what the other channels are saying, then copy it. At times, it’s easy to suspect the only thing keeping STV going are endless government sponsored adverts for Covid-19 related announcements.

Hopefully the channel is charging the government “full retail” as investors will expect a dividend return for all this faux advertising. Perhaps not, given they’ve just announced a massive fall in profits and revenue too. By reinstating their dividend, the company are broadcasting optimism for the future and do suggest they’ve big plans for the next few years.

 

Presently trading around 336p, the share price needs better 349 to give hope for price improvements as growth to an initial 382p looks possible with secondary, if exceeded, at 441p. Quite a few shares are making attempts at pre-Covid highs from 2020 and we note, our secondary calculation rather neatly challenges such an ambition, making it believable.

Premier African Minerals (LSE:PREM) The magic words, ‘Rare Earths’, tend make us pay attention but until this lot started to be the focus of emailed questions, we’d never paid them attention. Of course, we’re always a bit suspicious of shares trading for less than a penny, due to the frequent casualty rates but something about price movements in recent days caught our attention.

At present, trading at 0.366p, the share requires exceed 0.496p to give hope for continued gains. Obviously, shares of this price can suffer mercilessly from the offered spread. For instance, on Tuesday the price was reports as down 7.8% but the number becomes meaningless with an offered spread of 10.3%. This creates the unpleasant notion where any price movement needs be large in percentage terms before any profit is made. And it gets worse, if factoring the cost of dealing the trade.

Above 0.496p certainly has some potential, allowing growth toward an initial 0.577p with secondary, if bettered, working out at 0.764p. Importantly, and amazingly, by achieving our initial target, the share will find itself in a region which permits longer term traffic toward 0.99p and perhaps beyond. We cannot calculate any drop potentials against this share. Since 2016 it has been trading in a region where all drop targets must be prefaced with a minus sign.

The fact they are still listed on the market must surely give hope!

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:31:33PM	BRENT	68.23									‘cess
10:53:51PM	GOLD	1732
10:56:50PM	FTSE	6802.85	6764	6748.5	6727	6808	6808	6818.5	6851	6770
10:58:32PM	FRANCE	6053.8
11:00:47PM	GERMANY	14564									‘cess
11:12:05PM	US500	3967.37									‘cess
11:14:25PM	DOW	32853
11:16:46PM	NASDAQ	13177	13088	13007	12910	13211	13298	13357	13441	13135	Success
11:19:11PM	JAPAN	29805									Success

16/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6803 points. Change of 0.8%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,754,900,384 a change of 34.17%

15/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6749 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,779,699,069 a change of 6.67%

12/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6761 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,418,064,712 a change of -9.29%

11/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6736 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,972,975,685 a change of -1.35%

10/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6725 points. Change of -0.07%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,055,011,331 a change of -12.01%

9/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6730 points. Change of 0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,881,664,141 a change of 1.69%

8/03/2021 FTSE Closed at 6719 points. Change of 1.34%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,767,361,334 a change of -3.17%

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:AVCTLSE:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 275 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 283.5 Day Low: 268

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LSE:BARCLSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 183.02 Percentage Change: + 1.52% Day High: 185.64 Day Low: 181.38

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LSE:BDEVLSE:BDEV Barrett Devs. Close Mid-Price: 770 Percentage Change: + 2.86% Day High: 772 Day Low: 730.4

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LSE:CCL Carnival Close Mid-Price: 1732.5 Percentage Change: -1.62% Day High: 1800 Day Low: 1722.5

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LSE:CNALSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 56.18 Percentage Change: + 2.18% Day High: 56.74 Day Low: 54.84

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LSE:ECOLSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 27.25 Percentage Change: + 4.81% Day High: 26.25 Day Low: 25.55

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LSE:LLOYLSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 41.48 Percentage Change: + 0.91% Day High: 42.09 Day Low: 41.15

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LSE:RKHLSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 10.72 Percentage Change: + 2.10% Day High: 11 Day Low: 10.3

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LSE:RMGLSE:RMG Royal Mail. Close Mid-Price: 519 Percentage Change: + 3.10% Day High: 519.6 Day Low: 507.4

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LSE:RR.LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 122.85 Percentage Change: + 4.11% Day High: 125.2 Day Low: 118.25

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LSE:TW.LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey. Close Mid-Price: 184.7 Percentage Change: + 1.60% Day High: 185.8 Day Low: 181.05

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LSE:VODLSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 134.52 Percentage Change: + 1.10% Day High: 134.58 Day Low: 132.6

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