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#Gold #SP500 It seems some folk have woken up to QinetiQ, a UK company who are one of the worlds foremost in producing weapons which can kill people somewhere else on the world. Rockets and Missiles seem to be their specialist subject, probably rather more capable than the Pound Shop rockets and drones  being flung around with abandon in the Middle East. There was a Tom Clancy book, “Red Storm Rising” I think, which has proven fairly prescient, detailing how GPS co-ordinates can make it easy for munitions to reach their target. However, in the best Tom Clancy tradition, the US Government controls the satellites which issue GPS data, capable of substantially widening the error range of each co-ordinate or just turning the system off entirely.

But nowadays, the real terror for the security services must be the possibility of someone with a Smartphone posing for a snapshot beside the Thames Barrier, the hidden data behind the photograph holding the exact location reference. Such a photograph, sent to a “chum” in a distant country, would provide fairly exact target location data which could be used for anything. QinetiQ on the other hand probably make missiles which broadly ignore GPS data, instead relying on a vast library of actual waypoints and targets. To be blunt, it’s pretty horrible but there can be little doubt current world affairs for a company like QinetiQ must suggest it’s raining soup and they are the folk who’ve invented the soupbowl.

All of this is a bit of a puzzle, the company share price being pretty rangebound over the last couple of years.  Currently at 476p, the share needs a 10% rise to even begin to alert us something has changed. Movements above 525p currently look capable of a lift to an initial 550p with our secondary, if bettered, at a confident looking 602p. A nudge such as this would be extremely significant, suggesting a third level future target of 674p should become possible.

However, the lackadaisical attitude over the last year bothers us – a lot.  Sometimes, it feels the market punishes QQ just because they’re not a household name like Rolls Royce or Lockheed Martin, thus condemned to spend their life as a “Me Too” share rather than an actual driver for the sector.

This being the case, the immediate suggestion is of weakness below 458 triggering reversal to an initial 438p with our secondary, if broken, a less likely bottom at 402p. From QinetiQ’s viewpoint,  hopefully peace doesn’t rear its ugly head in the Middle East as they probably supply goods to the good guys. Or we can hope this is the case.

On the bright side, we’re slowly approaching another Grand Prix weekend.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:11:43PM	BRENT	9644									Shambles
11:14:13PM	GOLD	4430	4195	4039	3577	4482	4536	4703	4905	4350
11:44:55PM	FTSE	9961.6									‘cess
11:47:43PM	STOX50	5615.9
11:50:18PM	GERMANY	22820									‘cess
11:52:53PM	US500	6589.7	6563	6451	6320	6656	6657	6718	6813	6565
11:55:51PM	DOW	46239.6									‘cess
11:34:16PM	NASDAQ	24222.6									Success
11:36:59PM	JAPAN	53030									Success

 

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

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

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

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

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

16/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10317 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,262,925,875 a change of -9.77%

13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%

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:AML Aston Martin. Close Mid-Price: 40.12 Percentage Change: + 9.32% Day High: 40.66 Day Low: 36

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LSE:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 216 Percentage Change: -1.82% Day High: 224 Day Low: 211

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 611.8 Percentage Change: + 0.30% Day High: 622.8 Day Low: 591.8

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 44.6 Percentage Change: -1.87% Day High: 44.6 Day Low: 43

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 237.5 Percentage Change: -0.63% Day High: 244.5 Day Low: 231

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1378.5 Percentage Change: -1.54% Day High: 1400.5 Day Low: 1351

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 362.2 Percentage Change: + 2.43% Day High: 370.7 Day Low: 337.1

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 170.9 Percentage Change: + 0.65% Day High: 174 Day Low: 163.8

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 43.85 Percentage Change: -3.09% Day High: 45.35 Day Low: 43

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 3168 Percentage Change: + 3.26% Day High: 3244 Day Low: 2884

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 3638 Percentage Change: + 1.28% Day High: 3712 Day Low: 3520

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LSE:PHP Primary Health Close Mid-Price: 91.15 Percentage Change: -1.25% Day High: 93.6 Day Low: 89.3

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1183 Percentage Change: + 1.89% Day High: 1230 Day Low: 1093

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey. Close Mid-Price: 88.62 Percentage Change: + 1.16% Day High: 91.06 Day Low: 84.32

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#Brent #DAX One of the things about having a secret Nuclear Submarine base just long the road, along with Europe’s largest store of Nuclear weapons, is imagining a good snowball fight. If you have a snowball, the very last thing you would do is throw it at someone standing beside a big pile of snowballs! These are the sort of lies we tell ourselves here in this bit of Argyll, safely insulating ourselves a grim reality while makes the lack of tourism understandable. However, the other day, things got very real with local gossip telling a story about an Iranian bloke and a Romanian woman trying to get into the sprawling nuclear base.

With Iran being centre stage in the Middle East, this news certainly raised an eyebrow, even though it took until Saturday before mainstream media acknowledged the event had happened. The next stage will probably be a suggestion the Iranian visitor was known to have mental problems, while the woman was conducting a TikTok prank. However, the entire affair is a bit unsettling, the Middle East suddenly not being quite as far away regardless of what efforts the UK Government will employ to minimise the news story. After all, there’s no rule dictating Iranian drones can only be launched from Iran, as a ship would provide a stable launch platform, aside from the obvious problem of quite a few mountains, providing often foul weather in Argyll, creating quite big instructions against inbound fireworks.

However, the markets seem to be taking things seriously and Lloyds have now achieved our proposed secondary target at the 90p level. The immediate situation suggests weakness below 90.5 should next trigger reversals to an initial 88p, our secondary calculating at 80p. Despite conventional market behaviour hinting at the potential of a near term bounce, unless any recovery exceeds 97p, there is a high likelihood of Lloyds remaining in a weak zone. This results in a situation where any domino effect breaking our drop targets calculates with an eventual bottom at 60p making itself apparent.

Perhaps this shall prove worth watching for against Lloyds, if nastiness continues among the folks spoiling what looks like a good Formula1 season.

Our alternate scenario, if life chooses to take a positive turn, above 97p now works out with a strong potential of share price recovery to an initial 125p with our secondary calculating at 132p and some serious hesitation. It looks like an interesting week is ahead, so we may choose to issue updates on Lloyds and the FTSE too.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
8:40:50PM	BRENT	10950	10579	10432	10242	10720	11015	11275	12301	10850
8:48:09PM	GOLD	4490.26
10:26:59PM	FTSE	9785.5
10:32:24PM	STOX50	5433
10:35:04PM	GERMANY	22035	21902	21637	21304	22054	23177	23423	23930	22897
10:38:13PM	US500	6501.5
10:44:34PM	DOW	45610
10:49:33PM	NASDAQ	23815.1
10:53:34PM	JAPAN	51033

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

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

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

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

16/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10317 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,262,925,875 a change of -9.77%

13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%

12/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,832,637,892 a change of -14.1%

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:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 36.7 Percentage Change: -3.98% Day High: 40 Day Low: 36.7

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1400 Percentage Change: -0.14% Day High: 1405 Day Low: 1381

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 3068 Percentage Change: -0.26% Day High: 3180 Day Low: 3006

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 224.5 Percentage Change: -3.23% Day High: 234.5 Day Low: 221.5

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LSE:QED Quadrise Close Mid-Price: 1.5 Percentage Change: -9.77% Day High: 1.6 Day Low: 1.5

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 1161 Percentage Change: -2.44% Day High: 1210 Day Low: 1148.5

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 20.2 Percentage Change: -2.88% Day High: 20.5 Day Low: 20

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 87.6 Percentage Change: -2.32% Day High: 91.44 Day Low: 87.6

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#FTSE4Friday At times, the lack of critical thinking from the folk at the top in the UK deserves an award. For instance, while announcing a 50% tariff on raw steel from China, the UK Government tossed 500 million toward creating a port to accept a surge in cheap Asian car imports. Vehicles which are made of processed steel and thus, exempt from new tariffs. will complete the destruction of the UK vehicle industry. Similarly, at a time when finances are getting extremely tight in the UK, the Bank of England decide to ignore pressure to reduce interest rates, ensuring the stifle any attempts for things to get better.

Folk making these decisions are all paid by the taxpayer, yet somehow feel it’s their duty to reduce the number of taxpayers within our country. The new tariff on Chinese steel, while providing headline opportunities along with photo ops for politicians, shall doubtless prove too little, too late. But not to worry, the politicians making the decision will be retired by the time everything goes wrong.

On the basis “The Market Always Knows”, the FTSE has experienced a severe kicking, needing above 10,460 points, ideally closing above this level, to greatly reduce its drop potentials. While above 10,095 will doubtless induce a fake form of recovery on Friday, we’re not convinced happy times are ahead. We can calculate above 10,095 should trigger recovery to an initial 10,138 points with our secondary, if bettered, at 10,275 points. This could prove quite important, theoretically placing the share price in a zone where a future “safe” 10,480 calculates as providing an attraction. But we’ve become used to a severe drop day such as Thursday entertained us with, providing a miracle recovery on the following day. While our secondary target at 10,275 reads as attractive, it fails to move the index into safe recovery territory.

Unfortunately, we anticipate things risk going wrong as below 10,000 points now threatens reversal to an initial 9,860 points (matching the start of this year) with our secondary, if broken, at 9,680 points. All things considered, we suspect 9,860 shall find itself assigned as a “bottom” level for the FTSE. It can be assumed we’re not confident for the near term as it feels like the UK Govt are in control of market movements!

On the bright side, the weather has suddenly improved, the grass starting to grow, and the mechanical roof of our VW successfully unwinds itself into the boot. And the birds are singing. The only big problem comes from Frogs as we’ve not yet seen the annual migration occur. This implies the Frogs “think” streams and pools shall be full of water for longer this year, signalling a wet summer is ahead. Who knows, maybe Frogs know a thing or two…

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:53:33PM	BRENT	10486	10121	9789		10514	11017	11231		10721	‘cess
11:14:49PM	GOLD	4645.17	4502	4336		4674	4680	4711		4620	Success
11:29:36PM	FTSE	10071.1	9996	9928		10090	10149	10212		10070	Success
11:36:12PM	STOX50	5653.4	5576	5562		5644	5688	5732		5635	Shambles
11:51:52PM	GERMANY	23026	22734	22519		23000	23200	23334		22935	Success
11:54:17PM	US500	6626.7	6592	6552		6632	6642	6671		6605
11:56:39PM	DOW	46113.6	46021	45821		46250	46309	46488		46021	‘cess
11:43:10PM	NASDAQ	24373	24106	23994		24356	24472	24556		24331	‘cess
11:45:49PM	JAPAN	53251	51924	51413		52650	53480	53859		53104	‘cess

 

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

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

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

16/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10317 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,262,925,875 a change of -9.77%

13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%

12/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,832,637,892 a change of -14.1%

11/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10353 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,282,615,552 a change of -7.67%

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:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 38.22 Percentage Change: -3.19% Day High: 39.24 Day Low: 37.74

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 583.2 Percentage Change: + 4.93% Day High: 583.5 Day Low: 559.1

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 45.3 Percentage Change: -1.52% Day High: 46.8 Day Low: 44

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 246 Percentage Change: -0.40% Day High: 256 Day Low: 239.5

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1402 Percentage Change: -1.75% Day High: 1413.5 Day Low: 1393.5

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 350 Percentage Change: -4.68% Day High: 356.6 Day Low: 350

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 3076 Percentage Change: -7.41% Day High: 3200 Day Low: 3002

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone. Close Mid-Price: 232 Percentage Change: + 8.41% Day High: 230.5 Day Low: 218

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1445 Percentage Change: + 6.25% Day High: 1477 Day Low: 1410

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 3582 Percentage Change: -2.40% Day High: 3630 Day Low: 3554

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 26.3 Percentage Change: + 3.95% Day High: 26.5 Day Low: 25.5

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 1190 Percentage Change: -5.22% Day High: 1232.5 Day Low: 1173

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 20.8 Percentage Change: -3.26% Day High: 22.45 Day Low: 20.5

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 15.25 Percentage Change: + 3.39% Day High: 15.5 Day Low: 14.75

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 89.68 Percentage Change: -4.11% Day High: 93.28 Day Low: 89.42

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#Gold With regard Formula1, it appears April has been cancelled, making us suspect the month perhaps used the wrong pronouns or misgendered an important calendar date. But as far as the rest of the world is concerned, Aprils Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix are now cancelled due to local events, leaving a conflict sized hole in this years schedule and giving teams plenty of time to enjoy chocolate Easter Eggs with their families. Of course, it’s easy to be flippant about what’s happening in the Middle East as it doesn’t affect is in the UK, a merciful lack of rockets every night meaning we can all sleep easy.

Until, that is, you pull up at a fuel pump! Buying my parsimonious VW’s monthly ration of 20 litres of diesel, the local garage was charging 170.9p per litre. Or in language readers will comprehend, nearly 2 Taylor Wimpey shares a litre or even 13 Tullow Oil shares a litre. This makes things become serious, especially for someone whose only real world experience of armed conflict came from a Saturday night in Belfast during “The Troubles”. It was a scary experience, being around a lot of blokes with guns – and they were the British Army guys. On another occasion, our first night in Johannesburg proved fascinating, the sound of fireworks continuing incessantly. We even stood on the balcony, searching the night sky, coming to the conclusion the fireworks display was probably on the other side of the hotel. The next morning at breakfast, we asked the obvious question, only to be told we’d been listening to gunfire.

The world is a strange place.

Currently, one of the great puzzles is why the US Dollar appears to be strengthening against other currencies. What’s odd is the pairing appeared ready to head upward until the end of January this year saw a sharp pivot in the dollars fortunes. Abruptly, the idea of everyone going to Disney Florida changed!

Now, if the dollar continues to flex its illusory muscles, a visit to the summer traffic hell of Cornwall will probably make more economic sense than trying to escape the UK.

The current situation for Cable looks poised on the edge of darkness with movement below 1.32188 looking very capable of triggering reversal to an initial 1.31224 with our secondary, if broken, down at 1.28625. If triggered, the tightest stop loss level looks like 1.32800.

In this instance, we suspect the US Dollar strength shall prove a mirage, one which the market shall doubtless vanish with a flick of the “gotcha switch” as movement above 1.3483 has the potential of triggering improvement to an initial 1.3633 with our secondary, if bettered, at 1.3896.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:42:08PM	BRENT	10726									Success
10:46:05PM	GOLD	4828.37	4803	4762	4544	4898	4900	4933	4977	4800	Success
10:52:32PM	FTSE	10210.2									‘cess
11:00:28PM	STOX50	5647.5									Success
10:52:19PM	GERMANY	23134.1									Success
10:55:49PM	US500	6620.6									‘cess
11:00:26PM	DOW	46177.4									‘cess
11:29:27PM	NASDAQ	24411									‘cess
11:33:33PM	JAPAN	53815									Success

 

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

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

16/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10317 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,262,925,875 a change of -9.77%

13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%

12/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,832,637,892 a change of -14.1%

11/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10353 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,282,615,552 a change of -7.67%

10/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10412 points. Change of 1.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,136,252,085 a change of 18.42%

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

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

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

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

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 555.8 Percentage Change: + 0.71% Day High: 559.8 Day Low: 546.2

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 247 Percentage Change: -2.95% Day High: 254.5 Day Low: 242.5

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1427 Percentage Change: -1.65% Day High: 1461.5 Day Low: 1420

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 172.3 Percentage Change: + 2.38% Day High: 178.9 Day Low: 166.2

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 3322 Percentage Change: -3.65% Day High: 3468 Day Low: 3230

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 21.5 Percentage Change: -2.27% Day High: 22.5 Day Low: 21.4

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#FTSE #Nasdaq Bitcoin has been a little interesting, the reversal on February 6th  to the Red line on the chart proving extremely interesting from our perspective. Historically, we’ve tended distrust Bitcoin (with extreme levels of justification) but the drop in February was, according to our formula, arithmetically precise on several levels. The bounce in the period since has been a little less than resounding but we shall be quite fascinated, if the price manages above $79,000 anytime soon. A movement such as this shall potentially signal recovery to an initial $83.5k with our secondary, if bettered, working out at a rather more attractive $97,100 and some probable hesitation.

This sort of scenario will doubtless indicate the sheen is coming off Gold, doubtless opening some short potentials.

In the event further trouble is planned for Bitcoin, it needs below $60k to cause problems, allowing reversal to an initial $51,300 with our secondary, if broken, a probable bottom at an unlikely $43k. However, while we seem to be genetically programmed to anticipate the worst for crypto, in this instance we suspect some recovery may be on the cards.

Trustpilot Group, by an astounding 0.2 of a penny, is looking surprisingly trustworthy for the future. For a while, we’ve entertained a vague disquiet about the companies business model as when companies start exhibiting their “Trustpilot” ratings in advertising, there is a reasonable expectation of financial collusion between the two parties. However, the market appears to be viewing Trustpilot with some confidence, the share price achieving an “official higher high” by 0.2p and ringing a little bell which demanded we review their chances.

It’s apparently the case, where movement next above 235p has the potential of triggering some price recovery to an initial impressive 285p with our secondary, if exceeded, calculating at 338p and a visual challenge against the high of 2025. This will represent a level at which we shall be required to give the tea leaves another good hard look.

Should things intend go wrong, below 208p would provide concern, the share price entering a dangerous area where reversal down to an initial 110p with our secondary, if broken, working out at a silly looking 27p.

In this instance, our inclination is to anticipate some happier days ahead for this share price.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:32:01PM	BRENT	10146									‘cess
10:34:27PM	GOLD	4998.74
10:50:15PM	FTSE	10362.8	10301	10253	10192	10370	10436	10462	10499	10390	‘cess
10:52:48PM	STOX50	5754									‘cess
11:13:33PM	GERMANY	23676
11:15:35PM	US500	6712.3
11:21:03PM	DOW	46948									‘cess
11:24:17PM	NASDAQ	24774.3	24500	24344	24163	24635	24860	24928	25148	24720
11:27:35PM	JAPAN	54358

 

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

16/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10317 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,262,925,875 a change of -9.77%

13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%

12/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,832,637,892 a change of -14.1%

11/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10353 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,282,615,552 a change of -7.67%

10/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10412 points. Change of 1.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,136,252,085 a change of 18.42%

9/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10249 points. Change of -0.34%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,404,375,895 a change of 9.05%

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:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 647.6 Percentage Change: + 1.09% Day High: 652.4 Day Low: 637.6

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 551.9 Percentage Change: + 2.15% Day High: 552.8 Day Low: 539

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 220 Percentage Change: + 2.52% Day High: 221.3 Day Low: 214.5

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 212 Percentage Change: + 1.78% Day High: 213.9 Day Low: 209

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G Close Mid-Price: 61.8 Percentage Change: -0.64% Day High: 67 Day Low: 62.2

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup Close Mid-Price: 168.3 Percentage Change: -1.98% Day High: 171.9 Day Low: 167.7

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LSE:GENL Genel. Close Mid-Price: 54.7 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 55.6 Day Low: 53.5

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 3722 Percentage Change: + 1.97% Day High: 3748 Day Low: 3632

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 25 Percentage Change: + 2.04% Day High: 25 Day Low: 24.5

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LSE:QED Quadrise Close Mid-Price: 1.68 Percentage Change: -9.43% Day High: 1.85 Day Low: 1.65

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 0.68 Percentage Change: + 35.00% Day High: 0.68 Day Low: 0.5

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#Gold #S&P500 It’s unusual to feel the need to declare an interest but my wife has held Costain shares for nearly 30 years. It has been funny, over the years the companies annual report growing from basically a couple of A4 sheets to a thin brochure which became glossy. Most recently, she received a seriously professional book, an item which made a similar noise to “Good Old Yellow Pages” when it was tossed in an empty wheelie bin. While it turns out giving your significant other a bunch of penny shares for their 30th birthday wasn’t exactly received with glee, when one of the companies (Edinburgh Oil & Gas) was taken over, she found herself able to buy a Mazda MX5 convertible which she grudgingly admitted was a nice belated 30th birthday present.

From memory, her Costain shares were around 10p each and (partially) thanks to the share split in 2010, she will probably start following our analysis on price movements. She already has a plan to take our grand-daughters on an extravagant shopping spree!

From a relatively near term perspective, above 199 suggests the potential of a lift to an initial 206p with our secondary, if beaten, at a very confident looking 217p.  This 217p is important, the share price closing at or above such a level giving a strong indication a new Big Picture cycle has commenced, one where a future 390 exhibits itself as an attraction.

Our alternate scenario, if things decide to go wrong, suggests below 156p should be capable of causing trouble, calculating the potential of reversal to an initial 138p with our secondary, if broken, at 110p and hopefully a bottom. However, on this share, our inclination is toward optimism for the longer term.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:46:41PM	BRENT	9905.7
10:50:00PM	GOLD	5001.11	4970	4957	4864	5030	5038	5064	5096	4996	‘cess
10:52:05PM	FTSE	10336.6
11:05:25PM	STOX50	5744.1
11:33:46PM	GERMANY	23594.7
11:36:58PM	US500	6695.1	6649	6613	6574	6680	6729	6770	6824	6688	Shambles
11:41:19PM	DOW	46924.5
11:48:24PM	NASDAQ	24634.5									‘cess
11:52:35PM	JAPAN	54376									‘cess

 

16/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10317 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,262,925,875 a change of -9.77%

13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%

12/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,832,637,892 a change of -14.1%

11/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10353 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,282,615,552 a change of -7.67%

10/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10412 points. Change of 1.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,136,252,085 a change of 18.42%

9/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10249 points. Change of -0.34%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,404,375,895 a change of 9.05%

6/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10284 points. Change of -1.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,624,236,280 a change of -0.81%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:AVCT Avacta** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:BT.A British Telecom** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:GENL Genel** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **

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LSE:AVCT Avacta. Close Mid-Price: 73 Percentage Change: + 2.82% Day High: 74.5 Day Low: 70

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 540.3 Percentage Change: + 1.12% Day High: 545.8 Day Low: 533.3

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 214.6 Percentage Change: + 0.09% Day High: 218.6 Day Low: 214.2

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 208.3 Percentage Change: + 0.53% Day High: 210.2 Day Low: 205.9

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 260 Percentage Change: -2.99% Day High: 272.5 Day Low: 255

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 362.8 Percentage Change: -1.79% Day High: 372 Day Low: 358.5

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 3428 Percentage Change: + 0.65% Day High: 3454 Day Low: 3302

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LSE:GENL Genel Close Mid-Price: 54.7 Percentage Change: -6.17% Day High: 58.4 Day Low: 54.7

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 3650 Percentage Change: -2.25% Day High: 3740 Day Low: 3664

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1230 Percentage Change: + 1.19% Day High: 1240 Day Low: 1208.5

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire. Close Mid-Price: 22.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 23 Day Low: 21.45

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#Brent #US500 Our world news feed, biased toward important events, has been punctuated on Sunday evening with irritating snippets about ‘The Oscars’. Is anyone really going to care about a Norwegian film winning Best International Movie? We’re keeping a weather eye open for news about China, the Middle East, US economic or political events, the drip feed of ridiculous news from an inflated talent show giving information we’d prefer avoid.

To be honest, news of awards has never been sufficient to get us into a cinema, instead preferring to read about recommendations from folk who are trusted. The last film we bothered going to the local cinema to view was “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”, a complete surprise to watch and emphatically not a waste of a few hours. Previously, we’d gone to view the 3rd episode of Guardians of the Galaxy, a film which cured any desire to watch any further movie from Marvel. Few things are worse than when a film franchise starts to take itself seriously, completely forgetting folk go to the cinema to escape life for a while. A storyline where Superman struggles with dandruff, designed to make his character relatable, would probably kill the Man of Steel utterly in the box office.

Brent Crude continues to confuse, probably deserving an Oscar for the tight price control currently exerted.

Apparently, above $102.70 should next trigger movement to an initial 108 dollars with our secondary, if beaten, at 117.34 dollars. If triggered, the tightest stop loss looks fairly attractive at $100. This sort of thing would produce a Double Top visually, implying an excellent price level where a share correct can make itself known, powering the price down to an initial $79 with secondary, when broken, at $67 and a lot of questions about “what was all that about?”. Despite the very real military things going on, we strongly suspect a boost to the price of oil is the driving imperative in the Middle East.

On a slightly amusing note, my sister-in-law decided to visit her archaeologist daughter for a quick holiday, her daughter working in Jerusalem. Her flight home was understandably cancelled when the conflict kicked off. Currently, she’s told a flight to Scotland cannot be expected until the 27th of March! My brother, always the opportunist, has opted to relocate to their big static caravan in the garden of a house they are renovating. Importantly, it is close to Inverness and takeaway food can be delivered. Their main house (85 miles from the nearest Tesco) has absolutely zero takeaway opportunities and now, he can tell his wife he’s struggling with flooring or drainage issues. while chilling in the big caravan with a wood burning stove.

It will be interesting, if hostilities ease just before 27th March, in accordance with the airline schedule.

The Chinese Grand Prix was a surprise, actually quite enjoyable with the constant changing places of drivers making it tempting, very tempting, to fast forward the recording to discover who actually won. The amalgam of electric motors and F1 engines has injected a decent level of chaos, where aside from Mercedes and whatever cheat they are employing, drivers are working hard to come to terms with their new cars.

Barclays share price has been enjoying quite an interesting level of surprising movements. Firstly, it started March by being gapped down below the Red uptrend since April 2025. Additionally – and surprisingly – the share price appears to be making an effort to respect the Blue downtrend since 2007, currently at 379p. When this sort of thing occurs, it generally signals some strength in a share price with surprise recovery often taking place.

If we dwell on our negative scenario, below 379p has the potential for trouble, giving an initial target of 353 with our secondary, if broken, at 280p and hopefully a bounce.

Our more positive scenario demands the share price exceed 402p as a lift to 414 looks possible with our ‘longer term’ secondary, if bettered, calculating at 430p and the need for us to take a long hard look at the future for their share value.. We suspect Barclays share price is about to enact a surprise recovery.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:12:59PM	BRENT	10342.8	9627	9372	9000	10192	10490	10806	11732	9627
11:14:50PM	GOLD	5006.56
11:19:22PM	FTSE	10264.1
11:21:36PM	STOX50	5712.5
11:33:42PM	GERMANY	23412.6
11:36:11PM	US500	6640.2	6654	6558	6462	6680	6734	6770	6824	6670
11:38:09PM	DOW	46598.5
11:41:00PM	NASDAQ	24400
11:50:55PM	JAPAN	53576

 

13/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10261 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,049,702,522 a change of -8.86%

12/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10305 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,832,637,892 a change of -14.1%

11/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10353 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,282,615,552 a change of -7.67%

10/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10412 points. Change of 1.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,136,252,085 a change of 18.42%

9/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10249 points. Change of -0.34%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,404,375,895 a change of 9.05%

6/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10284 points. Change of -1.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,624,236,280 a change of -0.81%

5/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10413 points. Change of -1.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,694,948,171 a change of 1.74%

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

Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AVCT Avacta** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **

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Updated charts published on : Avacta, BP PLC, Centrica, EasyJet, Intertek, Rolls Royce, Taylor Wimpey,

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LSE:AVCT Avacta Close Mid-Price: 71 Percentage Change: -1.39% Day High: 73.5 Day Low: 69.5

All Avacta needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 73.5 to improve acceleration ……..

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 534.3 Percentage Change: + 0.96% Day High: 539.4 Day Low: 528

Target met. Continued trades against BP. with a mid-price ABOVE 539.4 sho ……..

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 207.2 Percentage Change: + 0.19% Day High: 209.9 Day Low: 206.2

Continued trades against CNA with a mid-price ABOVE 209.9 should improve ……..

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 369.4 Percentage Change: -2.99% Day High: 377.8 Day Low: 370

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 3734 Percentage Change: -3.86% Day High: 3822 Day Low: 3724

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 1215.5 Percentage Change: -5.30% Day High: 1277.5 Day Low: 1214

Weakness on Rolls Royce below 1214 will invariably lead to 1198 with seco ……..

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey. Close Mid-Price: 94.68 Percentage Change: + 1.13% Day High: 95.5 Day Low: 92.58

Continued weakness against TW. taking the price below 92.58 calculates as ……..

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