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Natwest (LSE:NWG) and another rainy day…

#Brent #US500  Before our review of Natwest, It’s probably worth looking hard at these numbers, 7,000 points and 2,200 points. These are the number of points lost on the DOW and the FTSE respectively, after President Biden took office in 2020. It was a drop which exceeded 33% and in light of current dramatics, should not be forgotten! Of course, the other disaster which befell at the same time was Covid-19 but as things progress, it’s likely the market shall develop its own version of Alzheimer’s in calculating any reversals. Which is, of course, a cruel joke given the mental state of the former US President, clearly suffering from the most poisonous illness visited on his family. From a personal experience, it was difficult spending years mourning the death of a parent who was still physically alive…

 

As for Natwest, “Oh dear”.

When we reviewed the share three weeks ago, we warned of the dangers of a dip below 428p as it risked making our silly GaGa scenario into reality. Unfortunately, this has proven to be the case, their share price hitting 403p which is sufficiently close to our 400 level to be deemed a success. Our next target, should 400 be pierced (as it almost certainly will be) remains at 368p and the very strong potential of some sort of bounce. Our secondary in this instance is at 363p, essentially the same price level and effectively doubling the bounce potentials.

The problem comes if the market decides Trump Tariffs are as bad as Covid-19, arithmetically giving it permission to eventually target a bottom around 262p for Natwest. Currently, absolutely nothing is giving such a signal but we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention it.

 

So far, with the market games of clutching pearls, things are not as bad as headline writers would have folk believe, Natwest not even CLOSING below the uptrend since the start of 2024. Unfortunately, we do suspect this will end in tears and a visit to the 368p level is on the cards. Only if below 363p will we justify rushing out to buy a pair of running shoes.

Only if above 440 shall we take any rise seriously as movement to an initial 455 is expected with secondary, if bettered, at 501p. To be blunt, this is not a scenario we expect.

 

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
11:35:11PM BRENT 6333.8 6284 5930 5616 6478 6975 7072.5 7339 6433
11:40:36PM GOLD 2984.95
3:35:28AM FTSE 7880
3:42:05AM GERMANY 19867
3:46:06AM US500 4897.8 4802 4643 4195 5224 5074 5204 5338 5039
3:53:30AM DOW 37176
3:56:25AM JAPAN 31438

 

4/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8055 points. Change of -4.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 0 a change of -100%
3/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8474 points. Change of -1.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,189,785,390 a change of 71.42%
2/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8608 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,777,697,374 a change of -10.48%
1/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8634 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,337,298,132 a change of -21.51%
31/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8582 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,799,696,301 a change of 28.06%
28/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,813,922 a change of 6.75%
27/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8666 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,974,129,293 a change of -6.31%

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

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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Our Fabulous FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX)

#FTSE  #LiberationDay With the USA celebrating ‘Liberation Day’, the media comfortably settled into a groove where they could broadcast the fact ‘Trump Tariffs’ being imposed were simply wrong.. With a complete distrust of media headlines, we took the approach of thinking “what if Trump is right” and therefore considering the impacts from a USA perspective. It is almost a cliché but it’s worth visiting Detroit, if only on Google Streetview. The harm done to a once dominant US car industry utterly wrecked the entire city as manufacturing capacity moved away. If searching for an impressive house needing some renovation, Detroit should be the first place reviewed with a horror of empty neighbourhoods and shuttered business’ just awaiting someone spending money.

The Detroit story has been repeated throughout America and it’s a bit of a giggle to use Streetview to look at the various Springfield cities in the country, many devastated when their primary employer left the town. It’s a story repeated worldwide, it being easy to identify areas of the UK which were also destroyed when a major business moved for economic reasons. From a somewhat parochial viewpoint, a pop duo called The Proclaimer’s wrote a song called “Letter From America” which lamented the loss of entire towns due to the primary employer deciding workers were cheaper elsewhere. The chorus  “Bathgate no more, Linwood no more, Methil no more, Irvine no more” rings quite hollow for those who’ve seen the heart of these towns trashed but in truth, The Proclaimers could have extended the lyrics dramatically by extending their viewpoint beyond the central belt of Scotland. Worldwide, nation states repeatedly failed to protect their own people, preferring a bias toward free international trade as critical headlines about the death of a town tend vanish within a few weeks as the news cycle moves on. What happened in Scotland with de-industrialisation was repeated nationwide, the UK Government (along with an international mindset) failed to protect their population. Even from a recent mindset, the company “Dyson” cheerfully binned their manufacturing capability in the UK in preference for cheap labour in Asia. Amusingly,  many “Civic Amenity Sites” (aka The Dump) now have areas specifically for Dyson products, the quality of the cheaply made machinery now being extremely questionable. But on the bright side, Dyson saved  money on wages, buildings, and tax.

 

This plotline has been repeated throughout Europe and the USA, almost a frightening regime of countries failing to do anything to protect their people. It seems President Trump may be taking a first step in trying to undo the damage this mindset has caused but personally, we’re uncertain whether tariffs against trade shall prove to be the correct movement. It’s certainly an easy reaction in an attempt to bring manufacturing, mining, processing, back to home but it fails to address the core problem, where a corporate entity decided their wage bill could be reduced by moving offshore. The traditional excuse was “to remain competitive” but the reality was “to maximise corporate profits”, creating a situation where national governments should have considered protective action. For instance, would Dyson or abhorrent bra maker Ultimo have moved production offshore, if they’d be banned from selling in from their home country thereafter? It would be a simple approach, though goodness knows how the USA would handle action against Ford, General Motors, or whoever as they’d need to ban entire ranges of vehicles from each manufacturer.

Essentially, it’s probable President Trump is right but the concept of tariffs may be to simply get the attention of corporate entities as the longer term result may prove dangerous, creating inflation in the USA and an environment where companies shall be cautious of investing, due to enhanced costs. The situation becomes a “who will blink first” scenario but a corporate entity, when the Board of Directors are forced to decide if they want future meetings to take place in Somalia or Georgia, will doubtless had a strong incentive to blink first.

 

 

What has this to do with our FTSE for FRIDAY?

The markets are behaving as if the USA has declared war, despite a tariff regime which shall make “things” more expensive for their own populace. Creating a regime, where BMW, Mercedes, Range Rover are suddenly 25% more expensive than competing vehicles with certainly ruffle feathers. But will Americans decide a Ford or GM badge has the same cachet as a Range Rover? (it would certainly be more reliable.) While historically USA protectionism has produced extremely messy results, we’re now in different times when the results of such a change of stance will happen quite a bit faster.

For the FTSE, we lack any degree of enthusiasm for the near term. Currently, we can calculate movement below 8450 should trigger further reversals to an initial 8400 with our secondary, if broken, coming in at an eventual 8230 points and hopefully a bounce.

Otherwise, to pretend confidence,  near term gains above 8470 should trigger recovery to an initial 8553 with our secondary, if beaten, at 8596 points. To be honest, the only thing we’ve confidence in is the Japanese Grand Prix race being entertaining this weekend as it feels unlikely the FTSE shall deliver anything to smile about.

Have a good 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
10:13:54PM BRENT 6970.1 6944 6931.5 6728 7035 7035 7074 7119 6968 Success
10:20:17PM GOLD 3114.09 3054 3033 2988 3101 3136 3168 3206 3106 Success
10:23:11PM FTSE 8457.5 8432 8399 8285 8501 8538 8564 8608 8487 ‘cess
10:39:56PM STOX50 5082.9 5084 5023 4841 5150 5228 5282 5351 5167 Shambles
10:42:32PM GERMANY 21605 21580 21492 21273 21788 22149 22383 22652 21880 ‘cess
10:46:30PM US500 5382.2 5369 5340 5070 5467 5484 5514 5562 5415 ‘cess
11:06:04PM DOW 40434.5 40352 39630 38568 40680 41144 41255 41550 40864 ‘cess
11:16:39PM NASDAQ 18481.2 18437 17909 16458 19000 19008 19253 19524 18844
11:21:03PM JAPAN 33739 33565 32369 29604 34246 34861 35426 36102 34403

 

3/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8474 points. Change of -1.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,189,785,390 a change of 71.42%
2/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8608 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,777,697,374 a change of -10.48%
1/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8634 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,337,298,132 a change of -21.51%
31/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8582 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,799,696,301 a change of 28.06%
28/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,813,922 a change of 6.75%
27/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8666 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,974,129,293 a change of -6.31%
26/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8689 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,245,116 a change of -37.66%

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:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 7904 Percentage Change: -6.04% Day High: 8144 Day Low: 7862

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Sealand Capital Galaxy (LSE:SCGL) sprouting potentials!

#Gold #SP500  A flurry of emails asking for our opinion on Sealand justified taking the time to run the numbers on a company we’ve previously chosen to dodge. Back in 2020, the share price experienced a short sharp upward movement, a cycle which suggested it was the focus of an over-enthusiastic internet chatroom frenzy. This is something we intensely dislike, due to the number of victims who believed “sages” in discussion forums an 8 year old can subscribe to. At times, you can stumble across solid, reliable, information in chatrooms but  when folk justify the potential of a price movement from 1p to 30p, simply because the share had once traded at the higher number, this is the time to invest in Adidas running shoes! (other brands are available, some of which you can run in…)

 

Sealand themselves inspire a degree of terror, due to a personal hatred of corporate word salads. The front page of their website boasts the following clear and open description of their activities, making us wonder why they cannot describe what they actually do?

 

The company share price spike to the 13p level earlier this year through January, sagging painfully into February, it bore none of the typical hallmarks of an internet chat room frenzy. Instead, we can speculate there was an expectation of an important piece of news, something optimistic which faded away when it failed to materialise.  The growth curve turned out to be virtually identical to the retreat curve and price movements since tend suggest a degree of patience exists.

Now, it’s the case where we can speculate movement above 1.3p should prove capable of provoking a lift to an initial 1.67p with our secondary, if beaten, at 2.21p or maybe even 3p, thanks to movements in the last couple of days. Okay, we’re not promising a return to 30p but from our immediate perspective, speculating on the potential of growth for 2x the current price level is almost dangerously flamboyant.

Finally, our software really does not like the potentials if the share price somehow discovers an excuse to close a session below 0.67p. This would allegedly being a seriously bad thing, introducing the potential of an ultimate bottom at an impossible -7p drop target.

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:43:41PM BRENT 7320.6 Success
11:44:55PM GOLD 3159.47 3119 3102 3082 3135 3162 Clueless Clueless
11:48:22PM FTSE 8473.6 ‘cess
11:52:12PM STOX50 5122.4 Success
11:34:47PM GERMANY 21685 Shambles
11:38:13PM US500 5468.8 5440 5409 5302 5506 5507 5528 5558 5466 Success
11:41:10PM DOW 41220 Success
11:43:54PM NASDAQ 18728 Success
11:47:37PM JAPAN 34135 Success

 

2/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8608 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,777,697,374 a change of -10.48%
1/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8634 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,337,298,132 a change of -21.51%
31/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8582 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,799,696,301 a change of 28.06%
28/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,813,922 a change of 6.75%
27/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8666 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,974,129,293 a change of -6.31%
26/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8689 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,245,116 a change of -37.66%
25/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8663 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,516,934,652 a change of 81.47%

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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BITCOIN (COIN:BTCUSD), dripping down like poison.

#FTSE #DOW  The President Trump initiative of imposing import tariffs, generally in retaliation for tariffs imposed against American products, seems to be provoking some amusing side effects. Apparently, Tariffs will cause crypto currency to soar, if we believe some analysts. Equally, other analysts predict crypto shall collapse, due to the Tariff wars… Similar nonsense was broadcast over the price of Gold, a commodity which is currently trading very slightly higher than we can calculate! Conventional logic suggests Gold should experience some collywobbles at current levels but, if the market is emphatic in assigning an ambition against Gold prices, goodness knows how high it could go.

It is certainly the case Bitcoin isn’t exactly showing many great ambitions at present. While it was spiked to 85,271 dollars, this was enacted thanks to a manipulation gap at the open of trade. Visually, this surge is something we feel cannot be trusted, due to the obvious Blue downtrend since the start of this year. Despite the opportunity, the market failed to push the value of Bitcoin above the downtrend and this makes us cautious for the future. It was certainly an easy and straightforward goal to better but, with an impressive degree of control, the market has avoided piercing the Blue downtrend.

In a loss scenario where the market is now currently messing around, below 84,500 looks like it has the potential of dribbling downhill as movement to an initial 79,339 looks possible with our secondary, if broken, at an eventual bottom and rebound (maybe) at 76,045 dollars.

However, Bitcoin does not require a great deal of work to display the potential for surprise recovery. Above just 86,000 theoretically should trigger recovery to an initial 87,750 with our secondary, if bettered, at 90,000 dollars, kicking open the door for some further impressive gains.

For now, we are far from confident Bitcoin shall exhibit recovery.

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:08:10PM BRENT 7439.1
11:10:30PM GOLD 3112.61 Success
11:17:15PM FTSE 8609.7 8575 8544 8501 8618 8645 8662 8706 8610 ‘cess
11:20:16PM STOX50 5309.8 ‘cess
11:24:18PM GERMANY 22529 ‘cess
11:27:25PM US500 5642.3
11:37:57PM DOW 42053.7 41507 41386 41132 41806 42155 42246 42490 41920 Shambles
11:40:37PM NASDAQ 19485.5 ‘cess
11:44:06PM JAPAN 35819 ‘cess

 

1/04/2025 FTSE Closed at 8634 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,337,298,132 a change of -21.51%
31/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8582 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,799,696,301 a change of 28.06%
28/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,813,922 a change of 6.75%
27/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8666 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,974,129,293 a change of -6.31%
26/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8689 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,245,116 a change of -37.66%
25/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8663 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,516,934,652 a change of 81.47%
24/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8638 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,693,303,680 a change of -72.9%

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.

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 1780 Percentage Change: + 2.42% Day High: 1793 Day Low: 1729

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 230.6 Percentage Change: -1.96% Day High: 235.8 Day Low: 226

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Marks and Spencer Group (LSE:MKS) and a local park…

#Gold #Germany  For years, literally since the invention of on-line shopping, we’ve had considerable doubts for the survival potentials with regard the big High Street retailers. But since the start of the 21st Century, M&S started a very discrete repositioning process which was impressive. Suddenly, a deal between themselves and BP saw some petrol stations migrate from being a bunch of petrol pumps, a car wash, and a shop, into becoming a very big M&S food store. But also equipped with fuel pumps etc.

From a personal perspective, I saw this happen to a fuel station I’d managed years previously as part of my family business. Before I escaped!

When I took control of the place, along with another few filling stations, it quickly became a favourite due to an excellent public park across the road. Even back in the day, my dog(s) joined me while I pretended to be a competent manager and this particular site also had a very large and very empty office, due to admin tasks being carried out at the main retail outlet several miles away. The dogs loved the place, spoiled by my staff, frequent walks in the park, and chauffeur service between their primary eating and sleeping home and this excellent  eating and sleeping home. Even better, the large plate glass windows allowed them to judge every dog being walked past, while also keeping an eye on customers filling their vehicles. From a dogs perspective, it was heaven.

 

This is going to sound unbelievable but, one day I decided to start selling newspapers and milk in the car accessory laden petrol station shop. The sale of milk demanded I buy an open fridge and it became obvious to stock it with pre-packs of bacon, sausage, and butter. Within weeks, everything was to change, the car accessory stock consigned to an outside store as the retail shop turned into a proper shop. The petrol station was in the middle of “flatland” in Glasgow’s south side with my stocking preferences being literally all the stuff I needed in my own kitchen in my local flat.

The oil company (for whom we were tenants) pushed back to a degree, worried the retail success would damage fuel sales. The converse was true, the main counter now boasting two cash registers and two staff. The place had become a runaway success. In one of the local pubs, I was challenged about the sales potentials and argued we could sell anything. As a result, I found myself with 7 days to sell 100 pink cuddly elephants. We sold them all, after 5 days. It can be safely assumed some fond memories remain of this outlet, one of my more stupid decisions being to award one of my supervisors a Concorde trip to New York which we’d won due to cigarette sales. On another occasion, another freedie Concorde Middle East prize for retail sales was ducked and given to my assistant manager, my excuse being if had wanted to fly Concorde, I’d pay for the trip myself…

When the machine stopped flying, a pang of regret was felt, along with the knowledge I was probably the only person who’d won TWO trips on the jet and dodged the experience and to be honest, it wasn’t generosity but an absolute terror of flying unless it was an essential trip.

When thankfully free of the (now defunct) family business and now mucking around with software design, it wasn’t a surprise when M&S and BP got together and turned my favourite petrol station into everything it could be. It was the pioneering M&S food shop in Scotland, perhaps the UK, hailed as a massive success. Due to the oil company charging annual rental based on shop sales figures, it’s possible we’d been less than accurate in reporting our sales but the manager couldn’t help himself, boasting about record breaking newspaper, milk, and cigarette sales, doubtless hoping for another trip to the Middle East by Concorde. Instead, he ensured the site became the first target for a major M&S Foodstore initiative and with exquisite karma, “Mary” who I’d given my freebie Concorde flight to New York, became the general manager of the new massive M&S/BP outlet which remains an outstanding success.

 

In summary, while we retain considerable distrust for the future of any conventional High St retailers, M&S have done the work. Currently, above 356p points at a potential for a visit to an initial 378p with our secondary, if bettered, at 398p. Historically, we’re always impressed when a share price regains an uptrend, due to fairly strong growth being possible.

 

Should things intend go wrong for MKS, below 333p threatens to trigger reversal down to an initial 305 with our secondary, if broken, calculating at 288p, along with perhaps a bounce! However, visually there’s a strong suggestion the share price shall eventually enter a cycle which proposes a long term target at 501p. And this should be deserved by a company which, we suspect, spotted the potential of online shopping harming their business.

 

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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
11:20:26PM BRENT 7461 Success
11:28:35PM GOLD 3121.74 3100 3093 3081 3118 3128 3137 3149 3112 Success
11:31:47PM FTSE 8604.6 Success
11:36:39PM STOX50 5253.1 Success
11:40:46PM GERMANY 22243.7 21972 21923 21409 22284 22353 22440 22596 22137 ‘cess
11:45:47PM US500 5593.8 ‘cess
11:50:50PM DOW 41933.3 Success
11:56:39PM NASDAQ 19193.9
11:59:09PM JAPAN 35938 ‘cess

 

31/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8582 points. Change of -0.88%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,799,696,301 a change of 28.06%
28/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,813,922 a change of 6.75%
27/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8666 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,974,129,293 a change of -6.31%
26/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8689 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,245,116 a change of -37.66%
25/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8663 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,516,934,652 a change of 81.47%
24/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8638 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,693,303,680 a change of -72.9%
21/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8646 points. Change of -0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 17,319,068,122 a change of 126.14%

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:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 280.3 Percentage Change: -4.19% Day High: 288.15 Day Low: 279.3

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LSE:GRG Greggs Close Mid-Price: 1738 Percentage Change: -2.08% Day High: 1765 Day Low: 1733

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 8252 Percentage Change: -1.24% Day High: 8304 Day Low: 8186

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1009.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1015.5 Day Low: 1004.5

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 1720 Percentage Change: -3.59% Day High: 1762 Day Low: 1706

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 48.6 Percentage Change: + 3.40% Day High: 49.1 Day Low: 45.6

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 9.5 Percentage Change: -6.17% Day High: 10.12 Day Low: 9.25

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Barclays (LSE:BARC)  weather report!

#Brent #WallSt  The country appears to have gotten through March without the promised chaos of snow cover, everywhere, despite the media promising such an event. Unsurprisingly, similar to the missing snow storms, there’s a complete lack of anyone in the media questioning why we were treated to panic headline stories about an event which no-one really believed would happen. Increasingly fewer people buy national newspapers, due in no small way to them being as truthful or accurate than poundshop politicians.

This quite neatly brings us to our outlook against Barclays from three weeks ago.

We gave some quite bombastic predictions, none of which actually happened! Instead of triggering our gain scenario by moving above 313p, the best the share managed was a visit to 311.6p. On the alternate side of life, on March 13th, the share price dipped briefly below our drop trigger of 287, accomplishing this feat with a plunge in the opening second of trade. This unfortunately is one of our favourite hobby horses, one which states to never trust a dip down (or spike up) at the open of trade. Often, we feel these movements are engineered to create “mood lighting” for traders, creating an expectation which will inevitably force the wrong conclusions by the gullible. This is why our preference is for closing prices to be treated more seriously, regardless of the subject being a share, index, or commodity.

 

Unfortunately, if we stick to our guns and rely on closing prices, we’re now forced to take the stance of anticipating further movement below 293p to now trigger reversal to an initial 279p with our secondary, if broken, a less likely 272p. Overall, this isn’t great, placing the share price in a zone where an eventual “bottom” of 256p becomes possible. But we’d also advocate paying close attention to where the share price actually closes in relation to our target levels.

Visually and historically, there’s a pretty good chance of a bounce, should the 279p level next make an appearance. But as for rushing in and taking a Long position at such a level, there’s also the grave danger of the often tested uptrend since February of 2024 breaking, it being a fairly medium term uptrend and emphatically not a set of rules. If sufficient number of traders lose reliance on this Red line, things could go wrong rather quickly and make our gloomy 256p the subject of reality… Then again, perhaps President Trump shall place a 25% tariff on “foreign” share dealing, abruptly giving share prices a sharp gain. (this is a joke, not a possibility!)

With our expectation being for Barclays to bounce from the 279p level, it shall prove interesting if any rebound exceeds the 310p level as this should provoke gains to an initial 322p with our secondary, if bettered, at 335p. Overall, we’d regard this as kicking off a cycle toward 407p as a major point of interest sometime in the future.

Of course, none of the above mentions predicted snow storms. But we’re now suspecting a dusting of snow down to the 279p level is almost upon the markets. Then again, it’s officially Spring with the clocks finally returning to Sane Time escaping the absurd regression which takes us into artificial winter darkness to satisfy some weird political theory..

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
2:18:55AM BRENT 7240.9 7237 7204 7155 7280 7351 7392 7445 7288
2:21:56AM GOLD 3084.21 3074
2:25:12AM FTSE 8642.5 8668
2:34:56AM STOX50 5321.5 5334
10:11:32PM GERMANY 22455 22308
10:14:17PM US500 5557 5597
10:16:42PM DOW 41426.3 41412 40926 40291 41714 41850 41977 42161 41688
10:19:40PM NASDAQ 19179.5 19643
10:23:19PM JAPAN 36256 36809

 

28/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,813,922 a change of 6.75%
27/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8666 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,974,129,293 a change of -6.31%
26/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8689 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,245,116 a change of -37.66%
25/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8663 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,516,934,652 a change of 81.47%
24/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8638 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,693,303,680 a change of -72.9%
21/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8646 points. Change of -0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 17,319,068,122 a change of 126.14%
20/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8702 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,658,434,671 a change of 23.47%

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:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 2046.5 Percentage Change: + 1.21% Day High: 2050.5 Day Low: 2006.5

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 292.55 Percentage Change: -1.71% Day High: 300.2 Day Low: 293.55

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1009.5 Percentage Change: + 2.86% Day High: 1012 Day Low: 985.4

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 1784 Percentage Change: -1.22% Day High: 1892 Day Low: 1770

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 47 Percentage Change: + 4.44% Day High: 47.2 Day Low: 45.3

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LSE:SPX Spirax Close Mid-Price: 6415 Percentage Change: -2.36% Day High: 6535 Day Low: 6375

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Our massively popular FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX)

#FTSE #Frogs  It’s difficult to know where to start this Friday as the markets are a bit confused. Obviously, US President Trump is being partially blamed for doing exactly what he said he was going to do with tariffs. The media conveniently forget his original “bloodbath” comment related to his intention of restricting the flow of foreign vehicles into the American market, said during the presidential campaign. Unfortunately, the media chose to twist his words to mean something else entirely different, now acting surprised at someone doing something they said they were going to do.

In fairness, we’re fairly similar here in Argyll, Scotland, when the temperature finally starts to climb away from freezing and the door toward Spring slowly opens. This means it starts to rain quite heavily and frequently, triggering the annual festival of folk acting surprised foul weather has returned, as happens every single year. The annual frog migration, creating a roadkill splatter of amphibians every night, has happened roughly 4 weeks later than usual this year. This suggests the rain is going to continue, making it safe for the frogs to dump spawn everywhere without fear of puddles drying up. On the basis frogs know a thing or two, we’ve good reason to be sceptical about 2025 producing a dry summer during May and June (when summer actually happens on Scotlands West Coast).

Hopefully the frogs don’t give reason for further comment this year! Equally, perhaps the monster frog who lives under the steps up to the lawn, chooses to make an appearance. If so, this beast will be around 16 years old and has avoided the owls, the crows, the cats, and the pine marten, perhaps appreciating it has lived under the protection of the dogs (who ignore it) but threaten doom on any other creature on “their” patio.

 

Returning to the FTSE and a market which really hasn’t done anything since the middle of March, it’s currently the case we’re cautious of taking any rise seriously unless the index exceeds 8684 points, preferably not with a spike in the opening second of trades. Movement above such a level as 8684 should trigger fairly unimpressive traffic toward an initial 8700 points with our secondary, if bettered, a rather more useful 8769 points. If this scenario kicks off, the tightest stop loss level looks attractive 8638 points.

Our alternate scenario, if things decide to go bonkers or the UK media learn to read the horrible joined up writing from the Chancellors Financial Statement on Wednesday rather than the “Press Release For Dummies” which was issued, suggests traffic below 8610 points could lead to reversals down to an initial 8564 points with our secondary, if broken, a hopeful bottom of 8512 points.

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
8:27:17PM BRENT 7326.4 7255 7239 7295 7337 7355 7312
8:31:08PM GOLD 3056.07 3027 3015 3041 3060 3070 3047 Success
8:34:38PM FTSE 8665.5 8610 8598 8642 8668 8697 8635
8:38:32PM STOX50 5375 5337 5312 5388 5401 5421 5370
8:41:03PM GERMANY 22665 22616 22528 22742 22740 22821 22612 Success
8:44:07PM US500 5695 5673 5663 5730 5736 5759 5698
8:47:17PM DOW 42323 42150 41912 42350 42570 42735 42455 ‘cess
8:50:34PM NASDAQ 19820.3 19780 19698 19862 20004 20114 19830
8:53:07PM JAPAN 37684 37528 37443 37706 37806 37930 37650 ‘cess

 

27/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8666 points. Change of -0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,974,129,293 a change of -6.31%
26/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8689 points. Change of 0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,309,245,116 a change of -37.66%
25/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8663 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,516,934,652 a change of 81.47%
24/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8638 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,693,303,680 a change of -72.9%
21/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8646 points. Change of -0.64%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 17,319,068,122 a change of 126.14%
20/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8702 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,658,434,671 a change of 23.47%
19/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8706 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,202,916,969 a change of 4.34%

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:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 45 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 45.8 Day Low: 43.2

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