Trends And Targets

#FTSE #WallSt

Some light amusement can be had by visiting the “Controversies” section of HSBC’s Wikipedia page. Basically, it appears difficult for a scandal to roll past the bank without someone uncovering their involvement. Even the recent German coal mining flap, now dropped by the media, reveals HSBC made loans to the miner. As they were part of a consortium of 25 bankers financing multi billion Euro loads, more important questions would deserve being asked, if they were NOT involved.

Another aspect of HSBC provided a surprise, though it really shouldn’t. The company was founded in 1865 by a Scottish bloke, continuing a tradition of an irrational number of large institutions being able to trace their roots back to ex-pats from the Edinburgh banking community. HSBC are regarded as one of the worlds strongest banks, a detail confirmed in 2007 when the financial crisis was starting to smoulder. Required by the UK treasury to increase their available capital, the company immediately transferred £750 million to London, along with lending £4 Billion to other UK banks!

 

However, despite a stonking CV, HSBC share price has tended remain in the doldrums, effectively matching the test of the banking sector. However, with share price movements this year, it appears this homage to mediocrity may be changing.

Elsewhere in Europe and the US, when share prices (and index values) start exceeding their pre-pandemic highs, it has invariably proven as a signal for happier days ahead and in the case of HSBC, it has closed – and stuttered – at the 600p level, visually confirming this is probably a fair trigger.

Movement above 600p looks capable of provoking gains to an initial 635p with secondary, if bettered, calculating at a sane looking 750p. The share price has an obvious downtrend since 2006, one which we’re unable to arithmetically provide a collision zone for the share price. If we’re honest, it’s already the case a distant looking 918p works out as a seriously long term target, hence a suspicion this important looking Blue downtrend shall prove to be a footnote in history.

 

For everything to go horribly wrong for HSBC, their share price needs to close a session below 533p to utterly foul all the foregoing calculations.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:19:38PM	BRENT	86.32									‘cess
9:21:44PM	GOLD	1938.09									‘cess
9:31:12PM	FTSE	7773	7742	7720	7690	7771	7806	7832	7862	7764
9:33:02PM	STOX50	4165.01
9:35:43PM	GERMANY	15129									Shambles
9:37:21PM	US500	4025.87
10:36:42PM	DOW	33759	33302	32798	32269	33445	33795	33826	33975	33682
10:38:20PM	NASDAQ	11920
10:40:24PM	JAPAN	27197									‘cess

 

24/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7757 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,520,852,512 a change of 27.06%

23/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7764 points. Change of -0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,345,074,257 a change of -16.34%

20/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7770 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,193,532,558 a change of -8.71%

19/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7747 points. Change of -1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,688,982,543 a change of 12.09%

18/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7830 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,315,047 a change of -21.93%

17/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7851 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,501,128,630 a change of 48.1%

16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%

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:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 368 Percentage Change: + 1.43% Day High: 371.4 Day Low: 362.8

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LSE:EMG MAN Close Mid-Price: 242.5 Percentage Change: -0.08% Day High: 246.1 Day Low: 236.7

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 468 Percentage Change: + 4.00% Day High: 470.7 Day Low: 453.7

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 565.6 Percentage Change: -2.16% Day High: 582.2 Day Low: 558.8

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2676 Percentage Change: + 1.67% Day High: 2702 Day Low: 2636

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 594.8 Percentage Change: + 0.46% Day High: 597.5 Day Low: 589.4

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 166.32 Percentage Change: + 2.43% Day High: 166.06 Day Low: 162.24

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5700 Percentage Change: + 0.96% Day High: 5724 Day Low: 5626

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 79.4 Percentage Change: -1.98% Day High: 82.9 Day Low: 79

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 50.13 Percentage Change: + 0.64% Day High: 50.25 Day Low: 49.67

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2335 Percentage Change: + 1.97% Day High: 2370 Day Low: 2285

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 111.4 Percentage Change: + 2.96% Day High: 112.04 Day Low: 108.64

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#Gold #SP500

As one of these blokes who just doesn’t understand how some things work, ie; washing machines, electric irons, and most recently, a little household device which somehow tests a tiny smear of blood, calling into question a recent medical diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes*. Awe best describes how I feel about the work done by Angle Plc.  It’s easy to be impressed with their gadgets.

 

Just 10 years ago, reporting to “the unit” in hospital for blood tests always was a difficult time.

Firstly (and still unchanged), nursing staff are frustrated lumberjacks, wielding their needles while really wanting a chainsaw. And it’s no less painful when they stab a vein to fill 7 test tubes with blood. Strange to say, what happens next always proved harder to handle, the 90 minute wait while blood is analysed, then a sit-down chat with Mr Consultant. Cancer unit waiting rooms were rarely cheerful places, their very nature producing invisible dark clouds over a bunch of folk, each hoping for the best while dreading the worst.

After perhaps 5 years of tolerating this gloom, a personal decision to “get folk talking” actually worked, usually only needing one outrageous comment to break the ice. For instance, complaining out loud  (with a grin) about the frankly terrifying parking in the disabled parking zone, mentioning a blue badge doesn’t mean you have to park like a beginner, always brings out stories from other guests. With the discovery the waiting room didn’t need to be 90 minutes of silent fear, every monthly visit became a personal mission to allow those who wanted to talk, to talk about anything, other than the real reason we were all there.

And then suddenly, it ended.

Telling the ward sister I was popping downstairs for a newspaper and returning 15 minutes later, Mr Consultant was pacing the corridor, waiting. It transpired the lab had a new diagnosis machine, blood work now being produced in minutes. My unread copy of the Daily Mail went straight into a bin, ammunition for my ad hoc comedy sketch no longer required.

*After a diabetes diagnosis, buying the recommended testing machine managed to confirm my blood sugar levels as normal, regardless of the time of day tested. About the only thing I haven’t tried is run a test while actually chewing a sugar cube. The GP practice confirm they shall again test in a few months, just in case we’d an aberration result.

 

Angle Plc, known for making the Parsortix machine, a device which appears capable of some really clever work in the treatment and diagnosis of various cancers. It’s fairly easy to turn into some sort of fanboy about this sort of thing, after experiencing the horror of prolonged delays for bloodwork results, so perhaps it shall be worth doing some research on their financials from a company value perspective.

From our perspective, there’s something fairly interesting going on.  At the start of this year, the share price hit a low of 22.25p, bouncing by around 50% in the period since. After noting the share price Big Picture calculated with an “ultimate bottom” of just 19p, there’s an obvious hope it has bounced before bottom, thus implying some strength may be present. Obviously, from a future perspective, this is a good thing as perhaps expressing an interest in the share may not carry the risk of catching a falling knife.

Currently, above 34p calculates with the potential of a lift to an initial 40p with secondary, if beaten, at a significant 46p.

The chart below describes why 46p risks being significant, giving the share price the opportunity to close above the downtrend from the fall from 160p+ to current levels. We shall need revisit the share price, should it manage to close above the Blue downtrend, due to the future implications potentially being quite positive.

Obviously, a personal bias intrudes in wishing the best for their products but, we do like shares which bounce above their “ultimate bottom” levels.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:07:46PM	GOLD	1931.67	1911	1907	1898	1923	1935	1938	1947	1918
11:10:30PM	BRENT	88.03									Success
11:12:24PM	FTSE	7801.65
11:15:14PM	STOX50	4164.3									Success
11:17:30PM	GERMANY	15130.94									‘cess
11:25:53PM	US500	4017.77	3962	3931	3894	3982	4041	4079	4144	4000	‘cess
11:28:22PM	DOW	33619									Success
11:30:32PM	NASDAQ	11861									Success
11:32:08PM	JAPAN	27168									Success

 

23/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7764 points. Change of -0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,345,074,257 a change of -16.34%

20/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7770 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,193,532,558 a change of -8.71%

19/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7747 points. Change of -1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,688,982,543 a change of 12.09%

18/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7830 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,315,047 a change of -21.93%

17/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7851 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,501,128,630 a change of 48.1%

16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%

13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%

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

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

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

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

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

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:SBRY Sainsbury** **

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 362.8 Percentage Change: + 0.78% Day High: 364.6 Day Low: 361

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 98.72 Percentage Change: + 0.04% Day High: 99.44 Day Low: 97.62

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 242.7 Percentage Change: + 1.42% Day High: 242.7 Day Low: 239.1

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 450 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 457.1 Day Low: 447.2

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LSE:IAG British Airways Close Mid-Price: 162.38 Percentage Change: -0.28% Day High: 164.08 Day Low: 161.96

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5646 Percentage Change: + 0.14% Day High: 5662 Day Low: 5610

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 49.81 Percentage Change: + 1.09% Day High: 49.79 Day Low: 49.3

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 244.8 Percentage Change: + 0.58% Day High: 245.9 Day Low: 243

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#Brent #Dax

A ‘watched toaster never boils’, ‘waiting for the dishwasher spin cycle’, ‘a sure thing’. We like to spice our lives with these quaint homilies, little trite sayings which promise nothing other than confirmation of a gullible nature. Three weeks ago, reviewing Lloyds, we added; ‘an unusual expression of hope for the long term’ to the list of nonsense sayings.

While our predicted movement was indeed correct, the market proved quite spiteful as we’d only been predicting movement of around 1.48p, a financially useless gain but nevertheless, one which nudged the bank share price into a region with; ‘an unusual expression of hope for the long term’, immediately hating ourselves for this potential crossed finger moment. To be fair, visually Lloyds share price requires closure above 50p to give hope.

Despite bettering the immediate closing price downtrend, along with the Blue ‘high of the day’ downtrend, the bank share is teasing traders by remaining blatantly below the 50p level. This Green horizontal trend – or glass ceiling – looks like the real villain of the piece, hinting strongly only closure above 50p shall prove useful to signal coming share price recovery to an initial 56p with secondary, if bettered, a longer term 62p. Both target levels look sane, our secondary at 62p matching the share price pre-Covid levels, bringing a logical ambition for the future along with almost certain hesitation.

 

If everything intends go wrong, or at least suffer a slowdown, below 47p looks capable of reversing to an initial 45.5p with secondary, if broken, at 44.5p and hopefully yet another bounce and attempt at redemption.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
10:23:11PM	BRENT	87.68	85.63	85.035	84.11	87.34	87.81	87.945	88.71	87.2
10:24:47PM	GOLD	1927.38								1925
10:27:10PM	FTSE	7791.53								7750
10:32:53PM	STOX50	4138								4110
10:34:33PM	GERMANY	15098	14938	14878	14804	15027	15101	15121	15153	15033
10:36:54PM	US500	3957.02								3937
10:39:33PM	DOW	33270								33097
10:41:06PM	NASDAQ	11568								11442
10:43:05PM	JAPAN	26917								26830

 

20/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7770 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,193,532,558 a change of -8.71%

19/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7747 points. Change of -1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,688,982,543 a change of 12.09%

18/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7830 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,315,047 a change of -21.93%

17/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7851 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,501,128,630 a change of 48.1%

16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%

13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%

12/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7794 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,732,068,747 a change of -8.81%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 360 Percentage Change: + 0.90% Day High: 360.6 Day Low: 356.6

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LSE:DARK Darktrace Plc. Close Mid-Price: 243.5 Percentage Change: + 3.48% Day High: 248.2 Day Low: 234.9

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 239.3 Percentage Change: + 1.66% Day High: 240 Day Low: 235.7

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 575.9 Percentage Change: + 2.09% Day High: 575.8 Day Low: 566.4

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 162.84 Percentage Change: + 1.84% Day High: 162.84 Day Low: 160.3

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5638 Percentage Change: + 1.40% Day High: 5646 Day Low: 5580

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LSE:POLY Polymetal Close Mid-Price: 342.75 Percentage Change: -1.22% Day High: 347.5 Day Low: 335

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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 247.9 Percentage Change: -0.12% Day High: 250.2 Day Low: 246.8

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#FTSE #Nasdaq 

Thursday evenings are not supposed to be this way. While most folk are thinking “one more day until the weekend”, we’re assigned to sitting here thinking “what the heck is going on?”. Normally, our FTSE for Friday column almost writes itself but following three completely illogical sessions on the FTSE, writing “we’re puzzled” is an exercise in understatement.

On Wednesday, when the S&P 500 started to fall, sheer luck had us lurking in the background, reading an internet chatroom. Traders quickly embraced the usual hysteria, eventually all agreeing with someone who discovered the drop commenced at the moment when a Press Release announced some bloke from The US  Federal Reserve had caught influenza. Demanding proof, the equivalent of a loaves & fishes moment, some checking actually confirmed this ridiculous notion. Which was a bit of a shame as we’d felt the reason may be more to do with some major movers and shakers opting to ditch Davos, Switzerland, when they realised they are too old to go skiing and preferred warmer climates anyway.

 

We’ve a bit of a suspicion reversals are due to ease, if only due to a good argument favouring the current 3,911 point S&P bouncing AT around 3,875 points. Equally, we shall be interested in what happens, should the Nasdaq achieve 11,185 points, roughly 100 points below its current level.  As for Germany and the DAX, it already should be bouncing but really needs above 15,000 to confirm the sentiment.

When we bunch all this together and apply the arguments to the FTSE, there’s an insinuation the UK market should struggle to make its way below 7,713 points, if it reads the same script as other markets. Who knows, perhaps it’s the case the “grown ups” are all at Davos with the markets being run by those who cannot ski, playing safe this week. Should this be the case, next week could be interesting as visually, there are strong arguments developing which favour gains fairly soon.

Re-reading this, it all sounds a bit “Conspiracy Theory” but in fairness, it’s as daft as believing someone with a runny nose caused the S&P 500 to reverse.

 

Near term, we’re supposed to believe weakness below 7,713 on the FTSE should introduce weakness to a tame 7,695 with secondary, if broken, a more dramatic 7,635 points. If triggered, the tightest stop loss level looks like 7,753 points.

Our converse, happier scenario, questions the potentials, if the index manages above 7,780. This looks capable of triggering recovery to a useful 7,820 points with our secondary, if exceeded, working out at 7,872 points and a return to the level where the market resided, before everyone went skiing in Switzerland, almost making it like this week didn’t happen!

 

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:07:16PM	BRENT	86.43	84.94	84.22	83.31	86	86.59	87	88.03	85.9	‘cess
10:09:06PM	GOLD	1933.6	1896	1891	1877	1911	1935	1940	1954	1923	Success
10:11:10PM	FTSE	7779.99	7755	7747	7735	7770	7783	7810	7823	7759	Success
10:13:21PM	STOX50	4115.7	4103	4088	4052	4123	4124	4130	4144	4102	Success
10:16:01PM	GERMANY	14991.64	14964	14917	14798	15074	15025	15068	15124	14968	Success
10:17:43PM	US500	3903	3884	3874	3858	3910	3926	3941	3960	3900	‘cess
10:32:08PM	DOW	33064	32948	32817	32297	33170	33256	33359	33496	33108	‘cess
10:33:55PM	NASDAQ	11331	11245	11139	10955	11350	11420	11455	11525	11359	‘cess
10:35:45PM	JAPAN	26324	26234	26187	26113	26338	26432	26495	26582	26331	‘cess

 

19/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7747 points. Change of -1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,688,982,543 a change of 12.09%

18/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7830 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,315,047 a change of -21.93%

17/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7851 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,501,128,630 a change of 48.1%

16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%

13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%

12/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7794 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,732,068,747 a change of -8.81%

11/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,062,115 a change of 15.31%

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

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

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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:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 8 Percentage Change: -5.88% Day High: 8.5 Day Low: 7.75

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#Gold #FTSE 

Here in our bit of Argyll, the last two mornings have been fascinating. When daylight grudgingly makes an appearance around 08.30am, the flat calm sea has been frozen, quite literally covering the two miles across to the local marina. Given recent rainfalls, it’s easy to speculate hell actually has frozen over! But there’s perhaps a silver lining, online retailers perhaps facing a surge in demand for warmer clothing. It’s funny how “price resistance” becomes less important, the colder it gets.

 

We’re curious whether clothing retailer Boohoo are poised to release some positive numbers for the winter/festive season. It already appears “the market” has some expectations as, for instance, last September we promised all sorts of doom and gloom, if their share price broke below 30p. It didn’t.

Instead, the price has eventually toddled off in a more positive direction, already spiking to our initial 47p target and exceeding it quite nicely, topping out at 56p before being forced back down toward the 30 level again. With the share price starting 2023 by breaking through the immediate downtrend, we’ve a strong suspicion this shall prove worth watching.

At present, Boohoo are trading around 47p and visually, only need exceed 50p to hopefully trigger a nod in the direction of 59p. Achieving such a target shall be important, returned the share above Red, an uptrend which dates back to 2015. Our secondary, in the event 59p is exceeded, calculates at 75p, this ambition hopefully proving a footnote on a path to 97p and some almost certain hesitation, given previous stumbles around the pound level.

The visuals suggest quite firmly closure above 97p shall prove critical for the future, forcing us to revisit price movements and run some new calculations.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:28:59PM	BRENT	84.91									Shambles
9:31:42PM	GOLD	1903.71	1900	1890	1879	1909	1912	1915	1919	1904	‘cess
9:34:08PM	FTSE	7795.74	7784	7769	7733	7821	7820	7823	7836	7797	Success
9:39:21PM	STOX50	4152.7									Shambles
9:41:09PM	GERMANY	15129									‘cess
9:44:53PM	US500	3929									Success
9:47:38PM	DOW	33269									Success
9:49:21PM	NASDAQ	11414									‘cess
9:52:21PM	JAPAN	26481									Success

 

18/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7830 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,075,315,047 a change of -21.93%

17/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7851 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,501,128,630 a change of 48.1%

16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%

13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%

12/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7794 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,732,068,747 a change of -8.81%

11/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,062,115 a change of 15.31%

10/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7694 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,451,478,270 a change of 2.33%

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: 356.6 Percentage Change: + 1.02% Day High: 358.6 Day Low: 352

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 97.86 Percentage Change: + 0.66% Day High: 99.54 Day Low: 97.08

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 3049 Percentage Change: + 2.97% Day High: 3089 Day Low: 2961

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 440.3 Percentage Change: + 1.01% Day High: 454.3 Day Low: 440

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 576.6 Percentage Change: + 4.29% Day High: 584.5 Day Low: 552.9

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2636 Percentage Change: + 2.17% Day High: 2680 Day Low: 2610

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 1711 Percentage Change: + 0.35% Day High: 1722 Day Low: 1687

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 161.04 Percentage Change: + 2.61% Day High: 162.92 Day Low: 158.08

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5580 Percentage Change: + 2.20% Day High: 5628 Day Low: 5530

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 2215.5 Percentage Change: + 4.06% Day High: 2452.5 Day Low: 2204

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LSE:POLY Polymetal. Close Mid-Price: 350 Percentage Change: + 8.02% Day High: 360 Day Low: 338

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 166 Percentage Change: + 4.40% Day High: 168 Day Low: 157

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#FTSE #Nasdaq

Before we dig into Persimmon, along with the wider construction industry, it’s maybe worth mentioning it looks like folk will be able to heat their home! The price of Natural Gas, which has been falling all year (okay, the last 12 sessions) has become interesting, now reaching levels last seen in June 2021. Hopefully, this shall drive energy prices down, along with the rate of inflation, as gas looks capable of returning to its historical trading range.

Currently trading around 3.445USD, it appears a bucket of Natural Gas (or however it’s priced) fetching below $3.3 risks promoting reversal down to 2.65 next with secondary, if broken, an improbable looking long term 1.07 dollars. Perhaps the Ukraine thing shall decide to stick its oar in to spoil the logic pointing at reversals. Natural Gas requires above $4.60 to cancel the reversal argument.

 

As for Persimmon, our inclination is toward some optimism for their share price. After all, if people can afford to heat their house, perhaps they shall also be inclined to buy a new one. Aligning with this theory, it appears the construction industry index, the catchy named FTSE:NMW501010 is doing all the right things, even trading above is level pre-pandemic. If things go in accordance with other indices, this market (presently trading around 7600 points) is heading toward an eventual 8,500 points, a level at which we shall need revisit the numbers.

With the builder trading around 1427p at present, above 1445p looks capable of triggering a lift to 1645p next, coming close to regaining the Red uptrend which dates back to 2009. Above 1645p, our secondary calculates at a longer term 1911p, a price level where the visuals almost certainly mandate some hesitation. For the distant future to become rosy, share price closure above 1911 shall be regarded as sufficient reason to once again stare hard at the tea leaves as considerable strength allegedly becomes available.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:29:01PM	BRENT	86.75									Success
9:58:46PM	GOLD	1909.26									‘cess
10:01:08PM	FTSE	7849	7828	7811	7789	7862	7877	7889	7909	7841	Shambles
10:03:34PM	STOX50	4179.6									Shambles
10:06:07PM	GERMANY	15185.32
10:07:57PM	US500	3991.82
10:10:01PM	DOW	33894.5									Success
10:11:30PM	NASDAQ	11556.97	11467	11409	11338	11530	11589	11630	11693	11518
10:14:10PM	JAPAN	26296

 

17/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7851 points. Change of -0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,501,128,630 a change of 48.1%

16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%

13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%

12/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7794 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,732,068,747 a change of -8.81%

11/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,062,115 a change of 15.31%

10/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7694 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,451,478,270 a change of 2.33%

9/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.32%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,327,251,474 a change of 8.1%

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:EMG MAN Close Mid-Price: 236.9 Percentage Change: -0.29% Day High: 239.9 Day Low: 235.8

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2580 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2586 Day Low: 2528

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 591.2 Percentage Change: -0.82% Day High: 596.7 Day Low: 589.1

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5460 Percentage Change: + 0.66% Day High: 5496 Day Low: 5408

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4379 Percentage Change: + 0.09% Day High: 4397 Day Low: 4340

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 150.9 Percentage Change: + 0.53% Day High: 152.5 Day Low: 146.5

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 298.7 Percentage Change: + 0.74% Day High: 300.3 Day Low: 294.9

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 2285 Percentage Change: -1.08% Day High: 2320 Day Low: 2215

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LSE:POLY Polymetal Close Mid-Price: 324 Percentage Change: -2.70% Day High: 355 Day Low: 308.8

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#Gold #SP500

We reviewed Synthomer last year, indicating our “ultimate” bottom, the level below which we cannot calculate, was at 159p. At the time, the share price was around 192p and now, unfortunately, it is trading at 150p, having visited just 85p last October. As a company renowned for their sticky coating, it’s a surprise to see their share price slide downhill so fast!

We always add a caveat to our scenario, when we mention an “ultimate bottom.” This represents a price level below which we cannot calculate and that’s it. As Synthomer proved, aside from a strange little stutter which acknowledged the presence of our target levels, the market then opted to manipulate (gap) the share price down to 110p, doubtless causing panic amongst investors, forcing the price to eventually hit 85p and bounce pretty solidly.

There’s been something quite off colour with the bounce.

We’ve a little purple line on the chart, representing our “ultimate bottom”. On several occasions, this share price has recovered, hit our historical 159p level, and refused to go any higher. With this sort of nonsense, it can price useful to keep a close eye on a share price. Essentially, closure ABOVE our 159p should prove significant, tending to imply the market overcooked the previous drop and intends to power some surprise recovery. In this instance, closure above 159p calculates with the potential of a visit to 194p initially with secondary, if exceeded, at a distant sounding 232p, along with the price regaining the long term uptrend.

 

Usually, we’d prefer to complete a report with a converse scenario but for Synthomer, the situation remains of a share price swimming in a zone where we can no longer calculate a logical bottom. But if a bloke stops you in the street and offers you £1.75 for every Synthomer share you take off his hands…

Perhaps it shall prove the case the current resurgence of the building trades will be regarded as useful for this FTSE250 constituent.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:08:51PM	BRENT	84.31
9:10:34PM	GOLD	1916.13	1911	1909	1902	1917	1930	1935	1943	1916
9:12:21PM	FTSE	7856.5
9:22:04PM	STOX50	4153.3
9:24:52PM	GERMANY	15121									‘cess
9:50:10PM	US500	3990.15	3976	3968	3963	3994	4007	4018	4029	3984	‘cess
9:52:17PM	DOW	34259
9:54:09PM	NASDAQ	11485									‘cess
10:24:04PM	JAPAN	25878									‘cess

 

16/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7860 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,389,692,147 a change of -22.72%

13/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7844 points. Change of 0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,680,414,260 a change of -0.9%

12/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7794 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,732,068,747 a change of -8.81%

11/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,286,062,115 a change of 15.31%

10/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7694 points. Change of -0.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,451,478,270 a change of 2.33%

9/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7724 points. Change of 0.32%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,327,251,474 a change of 8.1%

6/01/2023 FTSE Closed at 7699 points. Change of 0.86%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,928,257,963 a change of -18.51%

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 Percentage Change: + 2.91% Day High: 139.5 Day Low: 130.5

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 182.5 Percentage Change: + 0.97% Day High: 182.44 Day Low: 178.84

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LSE:BDEV Barrett Devs. Close Mid-Price: 463.2 Percentage Change: + 1.80% Day High: 467.2 Day Low: 453.5

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LSE:CASP Caspian. Close Mid-Price: 5.15 Percentage Change: + 15.73% Day High: 5.25 Day Low: 4.55

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 799.8 Percentage Change: + 5.26% Day High: 800.8 Day Low: 749.8

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 237.6 Percentage Change: + 3.76% Day High: 238.6 Day Low: 232.7

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 441.9 Percentage Change: + 2.46% Day High: 445.7 Day Low: 426.5

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 39.2 Percentage Change: + 4.26% Day High: 39.55 Day Low: 38

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 159.1 Percentage Change: + 1.13% Day High: 159.56 Day Low: 157.2

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5424 Percentage Change: + 0.04% Day High: 5454 Day Low: 5348

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 76.9 Percentage Change: -1.41% Day High: 81.4 Day Low: 76

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4375 Percentage Change: + 2.22% Day High: 4374 Day Low: 4280

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LSE:MMAG Music Magpie. Close Mid-Price: 40.2 Percentage Change: + 8.06% Day High: 40.7 Day Low: 37

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 808 Percentage Change: + 5.18% Day High: 808.2 Day Low: 750

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2310 Percentage Change: + 2.67% Day High: 2305 Day Low: 2220

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LSE:POLY Polymetal. Close Mid-Price: 333 Percentage Change: + 2.15% Day High: 344 Day Low: 317.9

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey. Close Mid-Price: 117.35 Percentage Change: + 2.27% Day High: 119.4 Day Low: 114.75

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 163.5 Percentage Change: -6.03% Day High: 174 Day Low: 162.5

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