Trends And Targets

#FTSE #BrentCude  Currently the FTSE appears to be taking lessons from the President of Ukraine in the field of amateur dramatics but, when we review movements so far in 2025, the gloss is coming off the index’ performance faster than PR points from Mr Zelensky. For a few days, it looked like the UK’s professional fireworks industries were going to save the day but we’re no longer quite as confident, aside from the salient detail Qinetic appear destined to head for 580p or so, around 50p higher than current. More importantly, we just got around to watching Ford Vs Ferrari, a largely ignored movie from 2019 which turned out to be extremely entertaining, making the visuals of motor racing enjoyable without working hard to invest oneself in the back-story of every team and driver. In other words, a good movie if even slightly interested in racing though it was a strange experience rooting for Ford, a car company we now detest thanks to a C-Max.

 

As for the FTSE, it has now stumbled below the uptrend since 2024, a tiny little nudge which indicates some trouble may be ahead. Presently trading around 8682 points, the index needs now close a session above 8696 to get itself out of trouble.

For now, continued traffic below Thursdays low of 8645 risks triggering reversal to an initial 8610 with our secondary, if broken, at 8510 and hopefully a bounce. While visually this makes some sense, our arithmetic points at a bottoming potential around 8400 points. On the bright side, the tightest stop loss level can be assigned at 8696 points, fairly wide but otherwise acceptable.

 

Should gain potentials prove effective, above 8720 should prove interesting, allowing surprise recovery to an initial 8763 points with our secondary, if bettered, at an eventual 8844 points.

We are not impressed with the FTSE, hoping the kick off of F1 in a few days shall end the hiatus of weekends when we’re looking for some realistic action. Have a good weekend, ideally better than promised here for Argyll where snow is allegedly forecast.

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:44:38PM	BRENT	6933	6830	6635	6102	6982	6983	7031	7085	6926
11:17:55PM	GOLD	2910.86	2892	2883	2867	2912	2927	2942	2959	2913
11:23:39PM	FTSE	8651.7	8630	8591	8484	8694	8800	8856	8931	8744	Success
11:32:59PM	STOX50	5488	5452	5413	5362	5510	5566	5584	5628	5524
11:37:42PM	GERMANY	23235	23058	22981	22816	23266	23486	23640	23829	23159	‘cess
11:44:06PM	US500	5758.2	5711	5692	5634	5766	5813	5841	5884	5743	‘cess
11:47:44PM	DOW	42639	42375	42199	41887	42660	43037	43123	43373	42877
11:51:45PM	NASDAQ	20165	19973	19883	19612	20190	20477	20609	20823	20290	‘cess
11:54:19PM	JAPAN	36935	36841	36662	36257	37108	37477	37628	37892	37241	‘cess

 

6/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8682 points. Change of -0.83%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,671,130,291 a change of 6.49%

5/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8755 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,203,655,204 a change of -19.84%

4/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8759 points. Change of -1.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,986,196,002 a change of 22.76%

3/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8871 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,320,378,637 a change of -49.26%

28/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8809 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 14,426,533,627 a change of 91.89%

27/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8756 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,518,268,288 a change of 21.01%

26/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8731 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,212,854,759 a change of -4.11%

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:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 288.8 Percentage Change: -1.63% Day High: 305 Day Low: 286.2

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G Close Mid-Price: 9 Percentage Change: -2.70% Day High: 9.25 Day Low: 8.85

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup Close Mid-Price: 170.4 Percentage Change: -0.47% Day High: 177.9 Day Low: 171.3

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo. Close Mid-Price: 838.5 Percentage Change: + 1.21% Day High: 844 Day Low: 820.5

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LSE:GRG Greggs Close Mid-Price: 1762 Percentage Change: -3.03% Day High: 1842 Day Low: 1755

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 9308 Percentage Change: -2.80% Day High: 9694 Day Low: 9270

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 27.16 Percentage Change: -2.93% Day High: 29.3 Day Low: 26.6

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 72.74 Percentage Change: -0.47% Day High: 74.46 Day Low: 72.34

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LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 13.7 Percentage Change: -1.65% Day High: 14.75 Day Low: 13.58

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Click Epic to jump to share:LSE:AAL Anglo American** **LSE:AFC AFC Energy** **LSE:AML Aston Martin** **LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:AVCT Avacta** **LSE:AZN Astrazeneca** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC** **LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:BT.A British Telecom** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CASP Caspian** **LSE:CCL Carnival** **LSE:CEY Centamin** **LSE:CLAI Cellular Goods** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:DARK Darktrace Plc** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:EME Empyrean** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:GENL Genel** **LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:IDS International Distribution** **LSE:IGG IG Group** **LSE:IPF International Personal Finance** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:ITV ITV** **LSE:JET Just Eat** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:MMAG Music Magpie** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures** **LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments** **LSE:PHP Primary Health** **LSE:PMG Parkmead** **LSE:QED Quadrise** **LSE:RKH Rockhopper** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SBRY Sainsbury** **LSE:SCLP Scancell** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:SPT Spirent Comms** **LSE:SPX Spirax** **LSE:SRP Serco** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **LSE:STAR Star Energy** **LSE:TERN Tern Plc** **LSE:TRN The Trainline** **LSE:TSCO Tesco** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **LSE:VOD Vodafone** **LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital** **

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#Gold #SP500  With arguably the best car design wizard Adrian Newey joining their team, on paper, it’s certain the team should face an interesting 2025 season. There is an obvious wrinkle with their two drivers, one of whom has questionable driving ability and the other boasting a dodgy past. Unfortunately, the stock market appears to be venting its opinion before a wheel has even turned, Aston Martin share price now resting in a place which threatens a visit to the scrap yard rather than any winners podium.

From our perspective, Aston Martin share price is in a dire position, its recent drop below Red on the chart exposing the share price to an extremely painful Big Picture potential. It’s now trading in a zone where it’s apparently being attracted by an ultimate bottom of just 7p. Now matter which calculation we throw at Astons price movements, this is the only consequence showing if the price wanders below 72p anytime soon. We’re far from hopeful their Formula 1 team shall provide any reason for positive emotion in the marketplace.

 

Of course, perhaps Aston Martin have a trick up their sleeves, giving the stock market an excuse to push the share price up above the Red uptrend since 2022. Such a movement would certainly prove significant, potentially provoking recovery to an initial 109 with our secondary, if bettered, at 131. This would effectively dump the share price in a zone where a longer term 158p becomes possible.

We’re not hopeful, anticipating yet another race season where Aston Martin become another “also ran” racing team, making up numbers to give the impression of fair racing.

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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
10:56:35PM	BRENT	6928									‘cess
11:15:08PM	GOLD	2918.56	2895	2885	2870	2920	2931	2962	3005	2902
11:34:57PM	FTSE	8785.8
11:39:08PM	STOX50	5527.8
11:44:19PM	GERMANY	23184.8									Success
11:48:02PM	US500	5838.1	5743	5711	5662	5804	5860	5891	5941	5820
11:50:46PM	DOW	42995.5
11:53:31PM	NASDAQ	20574.9
11:56:48PM	JAPAN	37733

 

5/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8755 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,203,655,204 a change of -19.84%

4/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8759 points. Change of -1.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,986,196,002 a change of 22.76%

3/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8871 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,320,378,637 a change of -49.26%

28/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8809 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 14,426,533,627 a change of 91.89%

27/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8756 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,518,268,288 a change of 21.01%

26/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8731 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,212,854,759 a change of -4.11%

25/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8668 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,478,870,440 a change of 6.36%

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:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 293.6 Percentage Change: -3.86% Day High: 315.4 Day Low: 295

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 9.25 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 9.25 Day Low: 8.91

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 9576 Percentage Change: -0.85% Day High: 9834 Day Low: 9548

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 73.08 Percentage Change: + 2.32% Day High: 74.14 Day Low: 72.48

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 805.2 Percentage Change: + 2.39% Day High: 815.4 Day Low: 796.2

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LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 13.93 Percentage Change: -1.76% Day High: 14.5 Day Low: 13.75

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 #FTSE #Nasdaq One of the great mysteries of the stock market was exhibited this week, Greggs Plc boasting of sales passing a record £2bn but still experiencing a 10% share price drop  and price movement below an uptrend since 2020. In fairness, the market has spent since the start of 2025 expecting this drop, share price movements during the first two months of the year spreading themselves as this as the butter on a Greggs sandwich! To be honest, it’s an area this writer knows nothing about, never having been in a Greggs nor eaten their products, thanks to “enjoying” Coeliac disease, the gluten thing. But Greggs sales increase was nothing to do with the British public overwhelming their already hard working outlets but instead, due to the company opening more Greggs outlets.

This has certainly contributed to a perceived increase in sales but mainly due to their store count increasing by nearly 10% rather than existing branches – already suffering from higher wage costs and inflationary pressures – doing particularly well. As a result, we’re a little cynical over the companies immediate prospects.

From a charty perspective, we are already showing the share as being on a cycle to 1769p and perhaps a bottom. With the low of 1784p on Tuesday, in a world of unicorns and unending optimism, we’d be happy to suggest this drop was close enough to such a target as 1769p. Unfortunately, such an attitude would ignore the price already being parked below the read uptrend since 2020, and then gapped below our Red uptrend below. This behaviour gives a pretty thorough inclination to believe the market hasn’t yet finished grinding Greggs into the ground… We do not expect a real immediate bounce.

Now below 1769 looks capable of entering a cycle down to 1333 next with our secondary, if broken, at 1257p. The proximity of both target numbers tends imply a bounce should be anticipated, especially due to the target levels sitting comfortably above the lows of 2020. In addition, below 1257p would enter a twilight zone where an ultimate and unlikely drop target of 612p awaits.

 

If things were to attempt an emergency surgery to stop the rot, above 2100 would imply the potential of coming movements to 2512 with secondary, if bettered, at 2685p. This seems about as unlikely as expecting the current UK Prime Minister to apologise for his incompetence.

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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
9:49:16PM	BRENT	7096.2									‘cess
9:52:20PM	GOLD	2917.27									Success
9:54:10PM	FTSE	8831.9	8746	8698	8627	8800	8873	8908	8962	8826
11:43:49PM	STOX50	5478.1									Success
11:46:19PM	GERMANY	22748									‘cess
11:48:32PM	US500	5817.8									‘cess
11:51:19PM	DOW	42764.5									‘cess
11:54:29PM	NASDAQ	20478	20270	20093	19891	20457	20700	20795	21048	20500	‘cess
11:57:04PM	JAPAN	37300									Success

 

4/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8759 points. Change of -1.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,986,196,002 a change of 22.76%

3/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8871 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,320,378,637 a change of -49.26%

28/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8809 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 14,426,533,627 a change of 91.89%

27/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8756 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,518,268,288 a change of 21.01%

26/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8731 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,212,854,759 a change of -4.11%

25/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8668 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,478,870,440 a change of 6.36%

24/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,091,356,449 a change of 2.58%

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:AFC AFC Energy Close Mid-Price: 7.19 Percentage Change: -2.18% Day High: 7.9 Day Low: 6.6

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LSE:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 75.25 Percentage Change: -9.17% Day High: 82.5 Day Low: 73.2

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LSE:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 305.4 Percentage Change: -6.15% Day High: 322.4 Day Low: 306

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LSE:AVCT Avacta Close Mid-Price: 33.75 Percentage Change: -11.18% Day High: 38 Day Low: 31.25

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 12.88 Percentage Change: -2.28% Day High: 13.1 Day Low: 12.7

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LSE:GRG Greggs Close Mid-Price: 1904 Percentage Change: -8.55% Day High: 2022 Day Low: 1784

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 5385 Percentage Change: + 4.46% Day High: 5575 Day Low: 5320

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 226.1 Percentage Change: -10.95% Day High: 252 Day Low: 226.9

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 1876 Percentage Change: -2.19% Day High: 1920 Day Low: 1850

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LSE:TLW Tullow Close Mid-Price: 14.18 Percentage Change: -10.99% Day High: 15.7 Day Low: 14.14

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#Gold #SP500  Despite Mr Musk leading the initiative to getting everyone back into the office and visibly working under the lash of whip wielding “team leaders” etc, there’s another reality which isn’t being given sufficient credence and it relates to how banks treat assets. It used to be the case where banks would treat ownership of office blocks and towers as solid, safe, assets, the safest gauge by which they’d judge the net worth of clients. Times have changed dramatically since 2020 and now, office blocks and to a lesser degree, retail rental property, are now longer being treated as “money in the bank”.

IWG Plc, known for providing serviced offices under several trading names,  perhaps are hanging the reason for their existence on a shaky hook but their share price has recently, quite exuberantly, broke through the downtrend since 2020, showing some early signs for price recovery. We’re fairly comfortable with an initial scenario which suggests movement next above 202p should bring recovery to an initial 209p. This would make a lot  of visual sense, challenging the highs of 2024.

Our longer term secondary (or later that day!) calculates at 216p but our inclination is not to trust any rise until such time the share price actually closes above 209p.

An event such as this opens the door to significant Big Picture performance, calculating as placing the share price in a region where ongoing traffic to a future 286p works out as very possible, perhaps hinting at offices throughout the world packed full of happy folk returning to cubicles with artificial scent hiding the smell of freedom and a litany of problems logging into servers, thanks to IT departments overwhelmed with the concept of returning to business as usual. Amusingly, a chum already involved in such a scenario, recently moved house and a key component of his new property was the ability to emplace and cool a bank of servers. The last few years proved conclusively he functioned best, when controlling corporate systems from home, rather than the 3rd world portacabins assigned to IT. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that one of Scotlands leading restaurants is literally across the road, making his new house a perfect place for a chat over lunch…

 

If everything intends go wrong, this share price needs close below 166p to justify panic.

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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
11:24:57PM	BRENT	7140.3									Shambles
11:37:12PM	GOLD	2892.46	2859	2847	2831	2879	2896	2914	2941	2869	Success
11:12:09PM	FTSE	8834.7
11:16:26PM	STOX50	5497.8									Success
11:23:22PM	GERMANY	23026.4
11:28:55PM	US500	5858.9	5812	5777	5706	5874	5956	6008	6073	5908
11:35:13PM	DOW	43219									Shambles
11:37:39PM	NASDAQ	20464.6
11:40:38PM	JAPAN	37319									‘cess

 

3/03/2025 FTSE Closed at 8871 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,320,378,637 a change of -49.26%

28/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8809 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 14,426,533,627 a change of 91.89%

27/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8756 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,518,268,288 a change of 21.01%

26/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8731 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,212,854,759 a change of -4.11%

25/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8668 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,478,870,440 a change of 6.36%

24/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,091,356,449 a change of 2.58%

21/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8659 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,938,081,458 a change of 0.78%

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:AVCT Avacta Close Mid-Price: 38 Percentage Change: -3.80% Day High: 39.5 Day Low: 37.5

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LSE:BARC Barclays Close Mid-Price: 311.1 Percentage Change: -0.06% Day High: 316 Day Low: 305.65

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 13.18 Percentage Change: + 0.92% Day High: 13.26 Day Low: 12.8

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 942.5 Percentage Change: + 0.95% Day High: 950.2 Day Low: 929.4

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 72.34 Percentage Change: -0.88% Day High: 73.32 Day Low: 71.76

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 253.9 Percentage Change: -2.27% Day High: 258.8 Day Low: 242.7

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 776.8 Percentage Change: + 4.41% Day High: 798.4 Day Low: 767.4

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 1268.5 Percentage Change: -0.04% Day High: 1281 Day Low: 1259.5

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#Brent #Germany We’ve waited years to enter a positive frame of mind regarding the UK retail banks. Now, movement which has actually started places us in the position of being ultra cynical, bank share prices being as trustworthy as a Ukrainian president! There seems a wilful motive in European media, deciding to ignore the Ukraine President was asked to Washington to sign an agreement in front of the world press, then he decided to change the rules in the hope of placing the US administration in a difficult public position.

However, he chose the wrong folk to play such a game with, ending with egg on his face but outside the USA, the media seem to be pretending they were not in attendance to take snapshots of the usual PR show of signing something which has already been agreed behind closed doors. To be fair, it was quite funny and the convoluted attempt by the UK PM to say he didn’t and wouldn’t watch what actually happened was questionable, reminiscent of his “didn’t come across my desk” excuse when he served as head of public prosecutions yet somehow didn’t know of three major high profile cases which were ducked. Apparently, Cyril Smith, Jimmy Saville and Grooming Gangs glided below his  desk and notice, similar to the Ukraine Presidents faux pas in Washington. It makes the concept of “learning from mistakes” questionable but we’re trying to be exceedingly cynical in promoting any optimism against a retail bank such as Lloyds. Every time we’ve expressed hope, retail banks rush to follow Lemmings.

 

But now, it’s getting increasingly difficult to be an ultra-cynic about the UK banking sector for several reasons.  Firstly, there’s the downtrend since 2009 which we think important. No matter which trend line we throw at the share, Lloyds has undoubtedly broken trend and can be assumed as recovering? We’ve opted to set a fairly attainable trigger level for Lloyds, suggesting the share price needs close above 73.5p before we dare take the next phase of growth seriously. It is actually quite a big deal as the price is about to move firmly into a Big Picture scenario. Additionally, with the share price closing above the pre-pandemic high, this is generally taken as a big deal for future progression.

Closure above 73.5p should now trigger a cycle to an initial 92p with our secondary, if bettered, at a longer term 114p or better.

For everything to go wrong for Lloyds, closure below 62p would be troubling, allowing reversal to 55p with our secondary, if broken, at a bottom of 52p. For amusement, we’re showing the chart for Lloyds since 2005, effectively showing Lloyds share price is flatlining and price rises shall really only become important once the price exceeds 123p!

For this reason, Lloyds is really worth watching, finally.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
8:24:52PM	BRENT	7300.9	7191	6990	6822	7376	7314	7341	7357	7266
8:46:30PM	GOLD	2856.97								2852
11:19:53PM	FTSE	8863.7								8832
11:24:25PM	STOX50	5482								5445
11:26:59PM	GERMANY	22640.9	22222	22048	21841	22320	22668	22695	22826	22478
11:28:42PM	US500	5968								5926
11:31:12PM	DOW	43871.5								43550
11:34:04PM	NASDAQ	20940								20743
11:37:35PM	JAPAN	37720								37540

28/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8809 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 14,426,533,627 a change of 91.89%

27/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8756 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,518,268,288 a change of 21.01%

26/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8731 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,212,854,759 a change of -4.11%

25/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8668 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,478,870,440 a change of 6.36%

24/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,091,356,449 a change of 2.58%

21/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8659 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,938,081,458 a change of 0.78%

20/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8662 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,892,381,883 a change of 10.17%

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

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

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

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

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 72.98 Percentage Change: + 1.76% Day High: 72.74 Day Low: 71.14

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 259.8 Percentage Change: -4.84% Day High: 274.1 Day Low: 253.9

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1269 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 1272.5 Day Low: 1252

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 1.15 Percentage Change: -4.17% Day High: 1.2 Day Low: 1.15

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Sometimes, glaring at market movements in an attempt to elicit potential movements just doesn’t work. Currently, the FTSE is in such a humourless situation, our software tending to prefer giving giving “safe” predictions which frankly, are useless. When this sort of thing starts to occur, we zoom out and look at the big picture, trying to figure out if the index is suffering from some sort of historical effect.

It turns out this is probably the case as, when we look back in time to the “fun” year which was 2020, a situation was created which suggested the potential of some market stutters around the 8765 level. This, very oddly, appears to be happening though it is hard to comprehend why the absurd market drop literally 5 years ago, should be contributing to our current confusion. With shares, it is understandable as folk who invested while trying to pick bottom, generally are delighted to get their money back, once an investment finally turns to real profit. From a Big Picture perspective, we count this as a halfway point and for the FTSE, this works out roughly halfway to an overall target of 10156 points.

Visually, it appears we may be correct, the recovery from a market low of 4900 creating such a punctuation mark in the FTSE at 8765 and there’s no doubt the index is currently bouncing a bit above and a bit below the target level, like trying to nail exactly 30mph when a police car is behind you!

If we’re right and adhere strictly to our software rules, it’s apparently the case where above 8765 should now power market movement to 8849 next with our secondary, if bettered, at 8928 points. These numbers are quite serious, though bare no immediate resemblance to the state of market futures, while writing this. The FTSE closed Thursday at 8756 points, pleasantly close to our trigger level, but currently (4am Friday) market futures are sitting at just 8697 points. Something, perhaps the UK Prime Ministers visit to the White House, is causing quite severe FTSE Future reversals. Maybe the UK Prime Minister was photographed on his knees, apologising for his behaviour and promising to be a better person in future. It was all a sharp contrast to the French President Macron, who Mr Trump didn’t even bother meeting when his motorcade arrived.

Regardless, FTSE Futures have lost 60 points overnight which does not bode well for Friday.

Presently, it feels like FTSE movement below 8680 should now trigger reversals to an initial 8579 with our secondary, if broken, a less likely 8336 points.

 

Have a good week and cheer up. It’s only 3 weeks until Formula 1 is back on telly.

 

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:54:31PM	BRENT	7327	7314	7301	7276	7348	7374	7690	7450	7340	Success
9:58:20PM	GOLD	2876.85	2876	2866	2836	2888	2898	2904	2916	2882
10:12:54PM	FTSE	8731.5	8700	8674	8644	8745	8785	8810	8839	8722	‘cess
10:43:22PM	STOX50	5432	5428	5408	5366	5458	5480	5497	5520	5450	‘cess
10:51:53PM	GERMANY	22402.7	22378	22215	22008	22500	22580	22636	22724	22460
10:57:16PM	US500	5867.9	5860	5831	5726	5906	5965	5995	6040	5927
11:01:03PM	DOW	43257	43224	43072	42798	43390	43772	43913	44142	43550	Shambles
11:07:41PM	NASDAQ	20613	20535	20248	19581	20786	21110	21233	21466	20902	Success
11:11:19PM	JAPAN	37701	37556	37459	37111	37793	38129	38366	38637	37960	‘cess

 

27/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8756 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,518,268,288 a change of 21.01%

26/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8731 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,212,854,759 a change of -4.11%

25/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8668 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,478,870,440 a change of 6.36%

24/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,091,356,449 a change of 2.58%

21/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8659 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,938,081,458 a change of 0.78%

20/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8662 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,892,381,883 a change of 10.17%

19/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8712 points. Change of -0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,348,624,853 a change of 11.87%

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:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 273 Percentage Change: -18.07% Day High: 341.6 Day Low: 268.9

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 731.6 Percentage Change: + 15.94% Day High: 760.8 Day Low: 710.2

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1264.5 Percentage Change: + 1.28% Day High: 1262 Day Low: 1236.5

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#Gold #DOW  We’d very mixed feelings in 2023, when a political “Leave Russia” project kicked off, campaigning against companies such as Convatec who remained active in Russia despite events in Ukraine. When a company who lists among their activities in being a market leader in Advanced Wound Care, a political campaign to remove them didn’t sit well. From a personal perspective with a parent who’d been active in the International Red Cross, politically driven complaints about medical activity during conflicts didn’t sit well.

Member of the FTSE 100, Convatec share price made a sufficient twitch to elicit a bunch of emails asking our opinion on what’s coming next?

 

We’re a bit suspicious, due to the dangers of peace breaking out in various areas of the world which shall obviously risk the profitability of Convatec! However, the stock market opted to “gap” the share price up above the Blue downtrend from a year ago, giving considerable hope some good times can be anticipated in the near future. Should we choose to be a little cynical, we’ll not be surprised if the share price experiences near term movement above 270p, triggering a jump upward to 280, quite possibly a little higher.

Should the market follow the usual plotline, a lunge to even 290p can be expected but invariably the price shall experience some relaxation, despite intraday flamboyance actually closing the session below our initial target of 280. But closure above 280p has the potential to trigger a power movement to 311p in the future. This could prove significant, especially as we’re two quite different arguments favouring a future attraction as coming from a confident 356p.

 

If things intend go wrong, the price needs wander below 236 to make trouble, allowing us to project the danger of a drop down to a confident looking 296p as a hopeful bottom. If broken, our less likely secondary works out at 174p.

This is one where we suspect a convoluted upward cycle is expected.

 

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:46:06PM	BRENT	7225.8
9:49:07PM	GOLD	2916.94	2891	2878	2860	2910	2931	2940	2957	2915	‘cess
11:26:13PM	FTSE	8709.5
11:28:05PM	STOX50	5480.8									Success
11:30:40PM	GERMANY	22636.1									Success
11:45:26PM	US500	5959.2
11:29:02PM	DOW	43381.2	43267	43106	42852	43501	43868	44093	44369	43678	Shambles
11:31:22PM	NASDAQ	21150.8									‘cess
11:33:26PM	JAPAN	38252

 

26/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8731 points. Change of 0.73%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,212,854,759 a change of -4.11%

25/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8668 points. Change of 0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,478,870,440 a change of 6.36%

24/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8658 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,091,356,449 a change of 2.58%

21/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8659 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,938,081,458 a change of 0.78%

20/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8662 points. Change of -0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,892,381,883 a change of 10.17%

19/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8712 points. Change of -0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,348,624,853 a change of 11.87%

18/02/2025 FTSE Closed at 8766 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,781,200,025 a change of -0.7%

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:AML Aston Martin** **LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:ITM ITM Power** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **

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Updated charts published on : Aston Martin, Aviva, HSBC, ITM Power, Lloyds Grp., Natwest, Standard Chartered,

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LSE:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 97 Percentage Change: -11.98% Day High: 116.5 Day Low: 93.5

Target met. In the event Aston Martin experiences weakness below 93.5 it ……..

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 524.8 Percentage Change: + 3.27% Day High: 527.2 Day Low: 508.4

Target met. Further movement against Aviva ABOVE 527.2 should improve acc ……..

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 911.7 Percentage Change: + 1.36% Day High: 910.8 Day Low: 894.8

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 29.28 Percentage Change: -2.01% Day High: 30.32 Day Low: 29.48

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 71.76 Percentage Change: + 4.58% Day High: 71.98 Day Low: 69.6

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 467 Percentage Change: + 3.02% Day High: 469.5 Day Low: 457.8

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1248.5 Percentage Change: + 3.96% Day High: 1256 Day Low: 1211.5

Target met. Further movement against Standard Chartered ABOVE 1256 should ……..

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