Trends And Targets

#Brent #Dax  With the retail banks, there’s a race to avoid the start! With Grand Prix, there’s a race to the end and in recent years, nothing has come close to the excitement of Singapore at the weekend. With four cars almost nose to tail, the final laps proved amazing, the stress getting to one of the Mercedes drivers who decided to test how effective the front crumple zone of his car was, literally on the final lap.

The poor bloke did a perfect “From Hero to Zero” crash, missing 3rd place in the race and gifting that honour to his team-mate, Louis Hamilton.

 

Similarly, Natwest appears to be shuffling into position where it might actually start to do something useful. Amazingly, this particular scenario dates back to 2007 and the Blue downtrend on the chart.

As shown above, this Blue line, dating back to a time when politicians lost their integrity with the Financial Crash, could easily be thought of as a crayon mark on a chart, were it not for Natwest share price behaviour in the last week. When an extensive effort is made to ensure a share fails to close above a downtrend (circled in Red above), it tends make our attention zoom in, just in case we’re seeing a signal for something important. In this particular instance, we suspect this shall prove to be the case. We’d urge no-one to get too excited as we’re not about to propose anything as interesting as the Singapore GP but it certainly feels like something solid could happen fairly quickly.

Trading around 236p at time of writing, the share price need only exceed 240p to hopefully trigger movement to an initial 249p with our secondary, if bettered, working out at an irritating 258p. Despite a potential 18p rise not deserving sneezed at, visually such an ambition matches the highs from July and a price level where we suspect the share price shall develop a bit of a stutter. Our usual rules demand the share close above these prior highs of 261p before we dare regard Natwest as entering any sort of serious race. Until then, rather aptly, it remains trapped in the retail bank equivalent of a clown car.

Should Natwest indulge in its favoured hobby of throwing custard pies at traders, below 231p becomes problematic, allowing for reversal to 217 with secondary, if broken, calculating down at 204p and hopefully a proper bounce.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
6:49:50PM	BRENT	9378.8	9222	9178	9099	9322	9425	9500.5	10295	8950
6:55:15PM	GOLD	1923.37								1916
6:58:10PM	FTSE	7695								7696
7:00:10PM	STOX50	4284.3								4288
7:03:21PM	GERMANY	15870.9								15893
7:05:15PM	US500	4451	4464	4438	4412	4484	4516	4524	4555	4477
9:53:33PM	DOW	34593.5								34882
9:55:49PM	NASDAQ	15197.68								15246
9:57:43PM	JAPAN	33282								33320

 

15/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7711 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,856,220,608 a change of 129.91%

14/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7673 points. Change of 1.97%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,026,828,350 a change of 14.3%

13/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7525 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,272,761,043 a change of 13.44%

12/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,648,224,872 a change of 0.61%

11/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7496 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,619,826,018 a change of -15.09%

8/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7478 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,440,944,541 a change of 24.28%

7/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7441 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,377,889,513 a change of 26.38%

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:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 2302.5 Percentage Change: + 1.77% Day High: 2321.5 Day Low: 2255.5

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LSE:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 577 Percentage Change: + 1.37% Day High: 585.6 Day Low: 573.6

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LSE:BP. BP PLC Close Mid-Price: 523.2 Percentage Change: -0.17% Day High: 528.9 Day Low: 520.7

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 169.7 Percentage Change: + 0.59% Day High: 170.05 Day Low: 167.2

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup Close Mid-Price: 156.2 Percentage Change: -1.08% Day High: 159.9 Day Low: 155

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2540 Percentage Change: + 1.93% Day High: 2554 Day Low: 2500

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 6296 Percentage Change: + 0.87% Day High: 6344 Day Low: 6296

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 1022.5 Percentage Change: -0.39% Day High: 1037.5 Day Low: 1021.5

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 2295 Percentage Change: -1.08% Day High: 2380 Day Low: 2295

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LSE:PHP Primary Health Close Mid-Price: 97.4 Percentage Change: -1.62% Day High: 99.9 Day Low: 96.6

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 227.4 Percentage Change: + 0.71% Day High: 231.4 Day Low: 227

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 270.7 Percentage Change: + 1.42% Day High: 271.7 Day Low: 268.8

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#FTSE #GOLD  Good news appeared to come from everywhere on Thursday. From a personal perspective, an unwelcome diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes early this year has proven difficult to live with, the medication provoking unpleasant side effects. A routine blood test threw up something which demanded further checks, resulting in an absence of diabetes! Which is a good thing, along with a suspicion the real “cure” came from losing some weight.

The FTSE similarly looks poised to deliver some good cheer following a rather spectacular session on Thursday, the best day of the year for the index. The mining sector certainly received a sprinkling of fairy dust with the oilers receiving a smaller boost. The banking sector, unsurprisingly, lagged behind the party, doubtless due to the ECB taking interest rates to all time highs. We note UK chip designer ARM chose to launch their IPO in the USA on the Nasdaq, sending quite nasty signals about their confidence in the UK and the FTSE. Regardless, the FTSE certainly cheered from the sidelines as a day up by just over 2% at one point was a welcome relief.

 

However, there is a chance some unpleasantness awaits for the FTSE, despite the visual impression currently being given. As always, the problem comes from a trend line, the Blue downtrend on the chart for 2023. The FTSE closed Thursday at 7673 points, effectively slightly below the downtrend which is currently sitting at 7682 points. This isn’t an encouraging signal but the FTSE needs below 7606 points to incite any serious concern, risking triggering reversals to an initial 7578 points with secondary, if broken, at 7541 and hopefully a rebound. Should this scenario trigger, the tightest stop loss level looks like 7650 points.

Our alternate, more positive, scenario is fairly palatable. Above 7687 points calculates with the potential of a lift up to an initial impressive 7804 points. Our secondary, should this level be exceeded, works out at 7868 points. Definitely a fingers crossed day appears to be ahead but market futures currently indicate some optimism.

Have a good weekend and enjoy the grand prix.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:10:49PM	BRENT	9353.8	9158	9091		9236	9360	9598		9111	Success
9:15:34PM	GOLD	1909.52	1901	1897		1913	1915	1919		1907
9:18:50PM	FTSE	7707.2	7531	7455		7621	7714	7752		7575	Success
9:23:26PM	STOX50	4299	4257	4245		4288	4302	4315		4278	Success
9:26:27PM	GERMANY	15871.6	15727	15668		15827	15878	15908		15799	Success
9:30:52PM	US500	4509	4470	4466		4490	4511	4518		4491	Success
9:41:30PM	DOW	34961.5	34655	34599		34839	34965	35011		34891	Success
9:45:09PM	NASDAQ	15491.5	15332	15305		15431	15515	15538		15429	‘cess
9:50:17PM	JAPAN	33397	32939	32809		33105	33415	33452		33304	Success

 

14/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7673 points. Change of 1.97%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,026,828,350 a change of 14.3%

13/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7525 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,272,761,043 a change of 13.44%

12/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,648,224,872 a change of 0.61%

11/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7496 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,619,826,018 a change of -15.09%

8/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7478 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,440,944,541 a change of 24.28%

7/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7441 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,377,889,513 a change of 26.38%

6/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7426 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,464,082,337 a change of -12.27%

 

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:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 2262.5 Percentage Change: + 7.74% Day High: 2272.5 Day Low: 2123.5

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 524.1 Percentage Change: + 3.13% Day High: 526.1 Day Low: 510

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 168.7 Percentage Change: + 1.50% Day High: 168.7 Day Low: 165.8

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LSE:EME Empyrean Close Mid-Price: 0.82 Percentage Change: -2.94% Day High: 0.8 Day Low: 0.78

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 6242 Percentage Change: + 0.42% Day High: 6244 Day Low: 6126

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1026.5 Percentage Change: + 2.45% Day High: 1029.5 Day Low: 1003.5

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 99 Percentage Change: + 2.75% Day High: 98.85 Day Low: 95.8

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 225.8 Percentage Change: + 0.22% Day High: 226.6 Day Low: 222.9

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LSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 9836 Percentage Change: + 1.30% Day High: 9876 Day Low: 9614

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LSE:TRN The Trainline. Close Mid-Price: 276 Percentage Change: + 11.56% Day High: 286.4 Day Low: 263.2

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 57.5 Percentage Change: -4.96% Day High: 60.5 Day Low: 57.5

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#Gold #Stoxx50  The packaging industry was an area where some personal experience left a long lasting impression. After making the mistake of inventing something, winning awards, meeting astronauts etc, the next stage came when needing it manufactured, along with a demand for retail packaging and instructions, all of which soured the fun involved in getting a product ready for market.

Everything had happened quickly and the expectation of it taking years to “get to market” rapidly changed when a major retailer wanted the product on the shelves that year.

 

The manufacturing element proved remarkably easy as it was really a case of assembly as the required components could be ordered already pre-cut to size, the electronic elements also supplied ready to be soldered. Packaging however proved to be quite a different set of skills. Thankfully, a friend in the manufacturing industry knew a bit about the issues being faced, strongly suggesting we search for packaging types already available “off-the shelf” rather than attempt to produce a custom packaging solution. This was around the time when folk were joking at the need for a chainsaw to open many types of clear plastic packages, all of which displayed the contents but with packaging capable of deforming a pair of scissors.

Eventually, my little product was ready for market, able to be displayed everywhere mobile phones were sold in the UK. It had been a traumatic few months but now every aspect was covered aside from the niggling detail the packaging cost more than the product it contained. And then one day, the opportunity to change everything arrived with a phone call. One of the major mobile phone manufacturers wanted to take an option on my patent and such was the stature of the company, it would be crazy to dismiss the idea. After calling the retailer expecting to stock the product, they also agreed it would be short sighted to dismiss the offer as it implied the big time. After all the hassle involved in getting to this point, the idea of sitting back and waiting for royalty cheques without ever getting involved in packaging was too appealing, so I found myself waiting until this multi-national was ready to go live.

Unfortunately, a major change of requirements for the mobile phone network through a spanner in the works, needing each and every one of their mobiles redesigned to incorporate the new requirement. Time passed, then a year passed and finally was given the devastating news their product redesigns wasn’t able to accommodate my product. This was the start of a devastating series of events which saw me eventually opt to abandon the patent, rather than cough up just over £49k, a lot of money at that point in time. Thankfully, considerable success writing software for the financial sector ensured a regular income which could be trusted. So this is why Motorola phones never appeared, bundled with what has become known as Bluetooth headsets!

And everything I know about packaging says to avoid it…

 

It’s worth visiting MPAC’s website, just to enjoy the short video of a packaging robot on their homepage. ‘Mesmerising’ barely starts to describe the process, though they’d doubtless avoid giving star billing to a video showing fish being vacuum packed.

The company share price has enjoyed a pretty awful time in the last few years but we’re starting to wonder if they’re poised to experience some recovery. Visually, we’d a major expectation of the share perhaps bottoming just above 179p and the recent dip to 185 was certainly sufficiently close. The situation now exists of below 185 threatening a trip to 179 with secondary, if broken, working out at an eventual poisonous 129p sometime in the future.

However, the share price only needs exceed 218p currently to give the first signal pointing at recovery, ideally triggering movement to an initial 236 with our secondary, if exceeded, at 257p. Should such a cycle commence, we shall not be surprised if the price continues to pedal uphill to an eventual 328p and some almost certain hesitation.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:33:49PM	BRENT	9175.8									Shambles
9:37:26PM	GOLD	1908.44	1908	1895	1876	1916	1915	1918	1923	1907
9:40:08PM	FTSE	7528
9:42:53PM	STOX50	4217.2	4196	4160	4120	4219	4238	4250	4268	4212	‘cess
9:46:23PM	GERMANY	15638.6									Success
9:49:23PM	US500	4470.9									‘cess
9:51:59PM	DOW	34591.5
9:54:28PM	NASDAQ	15370.9									‘cess
9:56:46PM	JAPAN	32856									‘cess

 

13/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7525 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,272,761,043 a change of 13.44%

12/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,648,224,872 a change of 0.61%

11/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7496 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,619,826,018 a change of -15.09%

8/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7478 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,440,944,541 a change of 24.28%

7/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7441 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,377,889,513 a change of 26.38%

6/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7426 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,464,082,337 a change of -12.27%

5/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7437 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,948,449,247 a change of 27.07%

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:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 166.2 Percentage Change: + 1.62% Day High: 166.05 Day Low: 163.5

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 3148 Percentage Change: -0.44% Day High: 3157.5 Day Low: 3112

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LSE:EME Empyrean Close Mid-Price: 0.85 Percentage Change: -2.97% Day High: 0.85 Day Low: 0.85

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 6216 Percentage Change: + 0.78% Day High: 6242 Day Low: 6134

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#FTSE #Nasdaq  Our second reader request of the week surprised us. With the incessant range of dire insurance company adverts on television, it’s easy to assume most investors would steer clear of the sector, lest they end up in catchphrase hell. DLG even make this clear on their homepage, describing their various brands as “each having its own clearly defined personality”. Our own assumption would be they’d rate brands by profitability, rather than whether a cartoon character was fooling the gullible.

Ongoing efforts by corporate bodies to present themselves as cuddly, friendly, responsive, often tend utterly fall apart in the face of any difficulty. In our own household, we’ve annual reasons for fury, namely insurance renewals. Quite why an insurance company thinks it’s a good idea to double policy costs defeats us, making us suspect it’s because we’ve failed to burn our house down, crash each car, and claimed on pet insurance. But, here in Argyll, very little ever happens aside from cries of fury, when people open insurance renewal quotes. And then spending time on comparison websites to discover the extent of attempted fraud perpetuated by the insurance industry quickly reminds how crooked the business is, once their cuddly dogs, singing admirals, phones with wheels, are ignored.

Following a particular event with one of the biggies, we’re now careful to visit bank payment mandates to ensure nothing is set to automatically renew. Instead, insurance renewal has become an annual declaration of war against an industry attempting to paint themselves as having ethics. Thankfully, we ensured ALL our domestic policies fall due for renewal every June, making the time of battle a fairly short and sharp period.

 

Despite our rather negative view of the insurance industry, for DLG there appears a good reason to keep an eye on them in the months to come. Currently, above 184p looks capable of triggering share price recovery to 210p with secondary, if bettered, calculating at 240p and essentially undoing all the damage to their share price during 2023. At this level, the visuals imply plenty of reason for some hesitation to occur but crucially, closure above 240 shall be viewed as important, taking the share price into a region where a future 337p can be hoped.

However, things are currently far from “safe” as below 150p risks promoting reversal to a cuddly 108p and an almost certain rebound. Our secondary, should such a level break, calculates down at a less likely 34p.

Overall, we feel the imperative from 108p has already shown some strength in the share price as the recent dips to the 130’s look like the market has deemed the drops as “close enough”. Should this visual impression be correct, this is perhaps worth keeping an eye on.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:36:22PM	BRENT	9171.9									Success
9:39:17PM	GOLD	1913.15									Success
9:41:45PM	FTSE	7515.8	7495	7484	7462	7520	7533	7554	7567	7513
9:44:07PM	STOX50	4239.5
9:47:57PM	GERMANY	15705.6
9:53:41PM	US500	4463.5
10:19:53PM	DOW	34651									‘cess
10:22:59PM	NASDAQ	15297.4	15284	15262	15189	15339	15439	15467	15530	15373
10:25:18PM	JAPAN	32774									‘cess

 

12/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,648,224,872 a change of 0.61%

11/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7496 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,619,826,018 a change of -15.09%

8/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7478 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,440,944,541 a change of 24.28%

7/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7441 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,377,889,513 a change of 26.38%

6/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7426 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,464,082,337 a change of -12.27%

5/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7437 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,948,449,247 a change of 27.07%

4/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7452 points. Change of -0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,107,267,145 a change of -28.59%

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: 3162 Percentage Change: -0.43% Day High: 3195 Day Low: 3160.5

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LSE:EME Empyrean Close Mid-Price: 0.88 Percentage Change: -10.25% Day High: 1.07 Day Low: 0.95

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 6168 Percentage Change: + 0.75% Day High: 6184 Day Low: 6136

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 17 Percentage Change: + 3.28% Day High: 17.6 Day Low: 15.6

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 224.4 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 226.1 Day Low: 222.8

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#Gold #SP500  This week, we’re doing a few “Readers Requests”, if only due to the number we’re dodging in our email. August being August, we dodged the issue as the number of folk reading our daily blurb drops dramatically. But it’s now September and the stock market shall doubtless resume its usual misbehaviour.  There’s a funny thing about Bushveld, one which ties rather neatly with our recent comment of timeframes being an issue.

Nearly five years ago, we’d pointed out the potential of Bushveld Minerals reaching down to 1.9p but really didn’t think the arithmetic set of circumstances would arise. Of course, that all changed when Covid-19 kicked off in 2020 and the rest, as they say, is history. It was to take until a week ago but finally, Bushveld completed its long trek downhill and reached our target level of 1.9p. Another side to this tale was equally silly. In the same report, we’d created a set of parameters with a target level at 39p. The market opted to exhibit its sense of humour, reaching this target within just a week of the analysis. If only shares would come with something like a microwave timer!

For Bushveld, the situation with this battery material major remains the same, we still cannot calculate below 1.9p, so perhaps there’s a reasonable argument which shall reveal upward triggers for the share price which shall signify proper share price recovery. We cannot help but smile at the “vanadium” market, a resource obviously absent from Scotland but this little country has its own designs for effective power storage. A major project has kicked off, pumping water uphill to be stored inside a mountain, only released when generators need turned. This is presumably a hedge against the phenomena of cold winter months, when the wind sometimes doesn’t blow for weeks on end and windfarms remain static. At least, this did happen in 2010 and again for a few days last winter.

The immediate situation for BMN suggests paying some attention, if the share price stumbles above 2.65p as this should ideally trigger near term price recovery to an initial 3.7p. If exceeded, our secondary ambition works out at 4.5p and a share price level where our software demands the price actually close a session before becoming too excited for the longer term.

Perhaps this shall be a share, where “the only way is up” could become a justified theme tune.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:20:48PM	BRENT	9030.7									‘cess
9:25:06PM	GOLD	1922.15	1921	1918	1914	1925	1931	1934	1940	1923
9:27:13PM	FTSE	7507.4									‘cess
9:29:18PM	STOX50	4262.5									‘cess
9:31:59PM	GERMANY	15825.7									‘cess
9:34:31PM	US500	4486									Success
9:54:07PM	DOW	34661.5	34566	34497	34401	34674	34730	34823	35002	34630	Success
9:56:13PM	NASDAQ	15459.6									‘cess
9:58:25PM	JAPAN	32661									‘cess

 

11/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7496 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,619,826,018 a change of -15.09%

8/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7478 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,440,944,541 a change of 24.28%

7/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7441 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,377,889,513 a change of 26.38%

6/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7426 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,464,082,337 a change of -12.27%

5/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7437 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,948,449,247 a change of 27.07%

4/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7452 points. Change of -0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,107,267,145 a change of -28.59%

1/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7464 points. Change of 0.34%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,351,126,417 a change of -43.85%

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:DARK Darktrace Plc. Close Mid-Price: 410 Percentage Change: + 1.61% Day High: 418.4 Day Low: 406.4

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 3175.5 Percentage Change: -0.77% Day High: 3216 Day Low: 3162

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 36.2 Percentage Change: + 3.43% Day High: 36.2 Day Low: 36.2

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 6122 Percentage Change: -0.20% Day High: 6156 Day Low: 6016

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 16.46 Percentage Change: -2.60% Day High: 16.96 Day Low: 16.26

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LSE:SPT Spirent Comms Close Mid-Price: 145.8 Percentage Change: -0.75% Day High: 147.1 Day Low: 141.7

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#Brent #DaxFutures  There remains a degree of “back to school” attitude available, when reviewing Lloyds Bank. Three weeks ago, we paid homage to the Blue line on the chart, along with the exquisite care employed by the markets to ensure this share Closing price didn’t stumble below the trend. Unsurprisingly, we were again correct and even our target drop price of 41p proved underwhelmingly accurate.

On September 7th, the share price closed at 41.03p!

The next day, the share did tumble below 41p with intraday traffic but, we’re starting to wonder if the Blue line and the 41p level have been deemed sacrosanct. Maybe this shall prove to be the case but for now, we suspect below 40.70 shall provoke weakness to 38.90 next with our secondary, if broken, at 36.7p. The visuals give warning, should such a miserable situation come to fruition, a visit to 38.9p may take under mid-October with our 36.7p making an appearance mid-November, should the Blue line remain a step too far for the market. Which is a ridiculous notion as one thing we consistently prove is we’re a bit rubbish at timeframes! Should the right set of circumstances align, the market will take a share directly to a target level without pausing to consider our feelings…

We’re going to embrace the notion 41p shall perhaps be a bottom for the share price and for now, the only way is up. Obviously, for any number of reasons this is questionable but a letter arrived on Saturday telling me to turn up on 9th October for my Sixth Covid-19 vaccination, a sharp reminder the pandemic has not gone away. In the last week, “lucky” enough to chat to my local GP, along with my Consultant in the blood unit at hospital, I’d carried out an amateur straw poll for their opinions regarding the jag. Both, quite strongly, voted in favour. This is perhaps significant, each dealing with real life patients on a daily basis with the hospital consultant being the most forceful, claiming deaths due to Covid have been understated, rather than enhanced to induce panic vaccine take up. She did ask if I’d trust anyone on Twitter or Reddit, giving an opinion on dealing with an irritating Leukaemia?

To cut to the chase, it was a sharp reminder the “fun” times of Covid-19 have not yet gone away.

More seriously though, if Lloyds share price intends a rise (finally), what are the potentials?

Above just 41.8p should give some immediate hope, calculating with the potential of an imminent rise to 42.6p. In the grand scheme of things, perhaps not the most fascinating change in circumstances but maybe a scenario allowing a cheeky little day trade, hopefully one which shall not trap someones funds. Our longer term secondary, if this initial target is exceeded, works out at a more encouraging 44.1p but importantly, thanks to a couple of price manipulation gaps during August, this could easily continue acceleration to a future 45.2p!

 

In summary, we suspect Lloyds are about to produce some sort of share price recovery but visually, nothing particularly earth shattering seems to be on the cards. We shall need to interrogate our tea leaves to look beyond the current 45.2p ambition.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
8:21:44PM	BRENT	9016.1	8901	8870	8802	8987	9075	9090	9153	8977
8:29:53PM	GOLD	1918.62								1919
8:31:41PM	FTSE	7483.3								7464
8:35:18PM	STOX50	4236.3								4225
8:38:29PM	GERMANY	15735.4	15574	15525	15500	15686	15790	15844	15934	15708
8:41:01PM	US500	4459								4457
8:58:35PM	DOW	34575								34548
9:00:41PM	NASDAQ	15297.3								15292
9:02:59PM	JAPAN	32726								32683

 

8/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7478 points. Change of 0.5%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,440,944,541 a change of 24.28%

7/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7441 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,377,889,513 a change of 26.38%

6/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7426 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,464,082,337 a change of -12.27%

5/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7437 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,948,449,247 a change of 27.07%

4/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7452 points. Change of -0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,107,267,145 a change of -28.59%

1/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7464 points. Change of 0.34%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,351,126,417 a change of -43.85%

31/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7439 points. Change of -0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,748,715,745 a change of 104.69%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 161.9 Percentage Change: + 1.63% Day High: 162.15 Day Low: 158.55

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 16.36 Percentage Change: + 0.80% Day High: 16.53 Day Low: 16.16

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LSE:DARK Darktrace Plc. Close Mid-Price: 403.5 Percentage Change: + 5.24% Day High: 411.9 Day Low: 384.6

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LSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 3200 Percentage Change: + 0.79% Day High: 3203 Day Low: 3164

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2398 Percentage Change: + 1.18% Day High: 2438 Day Low: 2356

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 6134 Percentage Change: + 0.99% Day High: 6136 Day Low: 6010

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 1012 Percentage Change: + 0.90% Day High: 1012 Day Low: 982

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 41.34 Percentage Change: + 0.76% Day High: 41.41 Day Low: 40.7

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 220.4 Percentage Change: -1.52% Day High: 225.3 Day Low: 218

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 705.6 Percentage Change: + 0.06% Day High: 707.4 Day Low: 695.6

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#FTSE #GOLD  The weather has been causing problems with the markets. Or perhaps not, it just seems everything else is being blamed! Currently, the FTSE is exhibiting a strange series of movements we’re more inclined to assign to tightly controlled AIM shares. In the absence of a catchy phrase, we call this “Reacting to a trend from afar”. Whatever that means!

When a share price follows a trend, without actually disturbing it, generally this suggests the potential of any trend break provoking sharp movement. In the case of the FTSE, the chart below has a circled area, one which shows 5 intraday highs from London somehow deciding to mirror the immediate Blue downtrend. We’ve speculated quite often on just why this phenomena may occur but remain clueless as to any answer which isn’t ridiculous. However, there is one feature from this sort of thing as it’s often the case any future break of the trend will produce very sharp movements. In this instance, the “threat” is a break of the downtrend should provoke sharp upward movements, rather than a namby-pamby half hearted trip across a trend line.

In the case of the FTSE currently, if we choose to assign similar motivation to that which we suspect for AIM shares, the implications are quite extraordinary as, from a Big Picture viewpoint, we’re supposed to suggest moves next above just 7500 should kick off a cycle to 7637 next with secondary, if bettered, at 7800 points. While this is all very interesting and encouraging, our intention on a Friday is to produce one or two potentials which shall hopefully occur in the very near future.

For the FTSE, the near term suggestion is of strength bettering 7465 points triggering share price recovery toward an initial 7525 points. If bettered, our secondary calculates at 7595 points. If triggered, the tightest stop looks quite palatable at just 7425 points. Oddly, either one of these movements is allegedly capable of booting our Big Picture scenario into life…

Our converse scenario, demands the index slither below 7390 to move into a region where a reversal cycle down to 7307 becomes possible with our secondary, if broken, working out at a visually possible 7229 points.

In summary, we’re just not  sure which direction the market intends. It’s certainly getting very close to the point where a rush upward will make a lot of sense but the level of tight control in relation to that trend line bothers us.

Have a good weekend, even with a lack of Grand Prix.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:59:25PM	BRENT	8953	8922	8908	8848	8972	8991	9015	9046	8958
10:01:45PM	GOLD	1919.3	1915	1912	1909	1920	1923	1926	1929	1918
10:04:02PM	FTSE	7443	7412	7396	7374	7447	7462	7478	7510	7430	‘cess
10:07:07PM	STOX50	4225.1	4208	4201	4184	4228	4245	4256	4272	4224
10:14:38PM	GERMANY	15734	15653	15625	15568	15730	15796	15841	15903	15714
10:17:10PM	US500	4452.5	4440	4425	4387	4460	4464	4474	4489	4446
10:19:42PM	DOW	34517	34338	34307	34222	34419	34563	34603	34708	34477
10:22:49PM	NASDAQ	15268	14967	14879	14747	15077	15369	15415	15507	15286	‘cess
10:28:18PM	JAPAN	32896	32769	32619	32383	32896	33290	33405	33617	33160

7/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7441 points. Change of 0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,377,889,513 a change of 26.38%

6/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7426 points. Change of -0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,464,082,337 a change of -12.27%

5/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7437 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,948,449,247 a change of 27.07%

4/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7452 points. Change of -0.16%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,107,267,145 a change of -28.59%

1/09/2023 FTSE Closed at 7464 points. Change of 0.34%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,351,126,417 a change of -43.85%

31/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7439 points. Change of -0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,748,715,745 a change of 104.69%

30/08/2023 FTSE Closed at 7473 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,785,593,396 a change of 0%

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:AAL Anglo American Close Mid-Price: 2025.5 Percentage Change: -2.90% Day High: 2064 Day Low: 2015

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 159.3 Percentage Change: + 2.08% Day High: 159.45 Day Low: 154.9

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LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown Close Mid-Price: 736 Percentage Change: -0.70% Day High: 740.8 Day Low: 728.2

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 16.74 Percentage Change: -1.53% Day High: 17.24 Day Low: 16.58

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LSE:JET Just Eat Close Mid-Price: 1003 Percentage Change: -2.62% Day High: 1021 Day Low: 995.5

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 41.03 Percentage Change: -1.12% Day High: 41.55 Day Low: 41.09

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LSE:SPT Spirent Comms Close Mid-Price: 144.7 Percentage Change: -2.69% Day High: 148.8 Day Low: 144.4

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