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Just Group Plc (LSE:JUST) looks positive.

#Gold #SP500  Our wedding anniversary, traditionally spent surrounded by snow covered mountains to echo our marriage in Vail, Colorado, didn’t let us down on Monday evening. Following Fridays storm, our Argyll  mountains are white and temperatures have dipped. But the strange thing, the quiet little restaurant we’d chosen was mobbed, literally Saturday night busy but on a Monday! It transpires electrical  power still has not been restored to a few areas locally, thanks to pylons being destroyed in the storm. The eatery chose to offer a special deal to the folk affected and the place was reaping the benefits of increased trade and spectacular, understandable, alcohol consumption.

 

Rather hilariously, last time we reviewed Just Group Plc, we managed to confuse ourselves we were actually looking at Just East Takeaway Plc and made the decision to leave the humiliating article in place. Just because we detest the delivery services “hip” advertising, the article wrote itself but alas, the wrong company. Thankfully such confusion is now impossible, Just Eat Takeaway exiting London to concentrate on their European listing. But we shall never forgive Just Retirement for renaming themselves Just Group as it allowed us to look like morons… (okay, we should have checked and thus, deserved an ‘Idiot’ Award!)

Unfortunately, the company still manages to sow a degree of confusion as there’s another Just Group in existence, an Australian retail company…

 

We’re inclined toward optimism regarding Just Group Plc share price. On Wikipedia, the company is listed as providing annuities to retirees with serious health conditions such as heart disease or heavy smokers. Their products apparently pay out higher income than the usual products offered in the market.

Currently, above 165p should prove useful, capable of provoking share price movement to an initial 173p. If beaten, our longer term secondary works out at 190p and visually, some hesitation. But overall, with closure above 173p, we shall regard the share as being influenced by a distant looking 254p.

It is interesting to note the share price recently enacted a classic Gap Down / Gap Up movement and to apply our usual criteria, this should mean the share price is indeed heading to an encouraging 190p. It will be interesting to see what happens as this is one of the rare occasions where we’re showing the share price dance steps publicly in advance.

Should things intend go horribly wrong, share price closure below 144p shall ring alarm bells, taking the share into a zone where reversal to an initial 103 with secondary, if broken, at 90p.

 

But according to a big in-house rule, this is going to 190p. Allegedly!

 

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:34:38PM BRENT 7617.1 Shambles
10:41:01PM GOLD 2742.82 2730 2720 2698 2756 2774 2791 2811 2747 Success
10:45:18PM FTSE 8524 ‘cess
12:13:14AM STOX50 5208.6
12:15:02AM GERMANY 21362.8 Success
12:19:12AM US500 6012.9 5983 5969 5949 6021 6029 6059 6107 5980 Success
12:21:41AM DOW 44612 Success
12:26:02AM JAPAN 39000 Success

 

27/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8503 points. Change of 0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,749,731,761 a change of -19.91%
24/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8502 points. Change of -0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,930,778,515 a change of -10.73%
23/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8565 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,643,702,165 a change of 25.9%
22/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8545 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,277,040,750 a change of 4.97%
21/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8548 points. Change of 0.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,027,009,717 a change of 16.44%
20/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8520 points. Change of 0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,317,400,042 a change of -38.76%
17/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8505 points. Change of 1.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,049,507,611 a change of 39.47%

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.

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 1.73 Percentage Change: -2.82% Day High: 1.77 Day Low: 1.73

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 28 Percentage Change: -5.08% Day High: 29.5 Day Low: 27.5

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Barclays Plc (LSE:BARC), a happy share?

#Brent #DAX  Three weeks ago, when we discussed Barclays, we were moaning about the weather here in Argyll. Now, having survived the January breeze, we shall do so again.  The only thing scary about the hurricane was it happened during daytime. Usually, these things go unreported as they happen during the night in our part of Scotland. For instance, in January last year, our heavy steel upper garden shed found itself decorating the trees with its contents of Xmas decorations until it finally slept forever amongst a 12 foot hedge. This year, its replacement didn’t even shrug when the winds battered it, even our wheelie bins also remaining in place as each held a concrete paving slab.

As storms go, it wasn’t that exciting but inevitably, the power went off at noon, justifying lighting the wood burner and prepping candles before darkness invaded at 4.30pm. An hour later, the ferry company decided the winds had abated to sufficiently retrieve their three vessels parked outside and by 7pm, my wife and I were getting fed up with the forced concept of talking to each other. Thankfully, the power clunked on and though satellite telly was unavailable, the internet still existed, our evening regaining a twist of normality. The animals also ventured out to the garden, no longer cross eyed, as neither particularly liked strong wind and rain and spent the day asking to go out, then refusing to stay out.

Saturday brought some reality, a few roads blocked by fallen trees and locals competing with each other to start their chainsaws. To be honest, I’d prepped and sharpened my own 32 inch machine just in case it was needed but was able to drive to my favourite forest walk without interruption. Finally, at this point, the impact of the hurricane was evident, a massive number of trees broken off around 20 feet from ground level, along with a similar number blown down to a 45 degree angle as their tops tangled in other trees, inhibiting any impressive fall. Overall, this was an indication the pine tree forest had been allowed to grow higher than was safe to cope with a breeze in Argyll. But most importantly, our little red tractor remained dry and secure under its tarpaulin, covering a machine caught outdoors mid-service with the big rear wheels off.

It is reported we survived wind speeds of up to 105mph completely unscathed, around 10mph higher than last years January storm!

But broadly speaking, here in Argyll, it was just another windy day, despite the media making a really big thing out of it. We suspect many folk like us, caught out a year ago, had prepped for this year and in our case, only regretted not having a standby generator. But missing an evening of Coronation St or East Enders was more of a blessing, rather than an issue. Unfortunately, nothing brought the satellite signal back for Saturday, meaning we missed the usually excellent Lee Mack and his “1% Club” on telly.

 

Suddenly, it was Sunday evening and we’d to look at Barclays, dreading the share price had enacted nothing since out previous analysis. Thankfully, the share had enacted a surge upward to our initial 289p level and seems to be messing around, visually proving our target level was viable. Our demand for this sort of thing is for a price to exceed our initial (289) target, move a bit higher, then twist backward as if it were returning under the slimy stone it had been hiding. In the case of Barclays, it needs below 285p to justify any slight concern as this risks triggering reversals to an initial 274p with our secondary, when (if) broken as a bottom of 263p and hopefully a solid rebound.

Should Barclays emanate some hope, above 300p now calculates as capable of a visit to 318 with our longer term secondary, if bettered at an eventual 361p.

Here’s hoping!

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FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
9:45:08PM BRENT 7747 7701 7560 7339 7803 7790 7845 7894 7736
10:02:05PM GOLD 2770.09
10:36:20PM FTSE 8460
11:18:43PM STOX50 5188
11:22:08PM GERMANY 21308 21277 21208 21098 21395 21410 21432 21483 21354
11:29:15PM US500 6052.4
11:32:18PM DOW 44248
11:35:24PM JAPAN 39857

 

24/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8502 points. Change of -0.74%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,930,778,515 a change of -10.73%
23/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8565 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,643,702,165 a change of 25.9%
22/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8545 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,277,040,750 a change of 4.97%
21/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8548 points. Change of 0.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,027,009,717 a change of 16.44%
20/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8520 points. Change of 0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,317,400,042 a change of -38.76%
17/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8505 points. Change of 1.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,049,507,611 a change of 39.47%
16/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8391 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,054,366,255 a change of -17.27%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital** **

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 10470 Percentage Change: -1.46% Day High: 10655 Day Low: 10455

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LSE:NWG Natwest Close Mid-Price: 421.4 Percentage Change: -1.91% Day High: 430.9 Day Low: 421

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 605.6 Percentage Change: -0.98% Day High: 624.6 Day Low: 604.8

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 29.5 Percentage Change: -4.84% Day High: 31.5 Day Low: 29.5

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FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX) looking good and windy…

#FTSE #GOLD Friday looks “interesting” in all the wrong ways. An inkling came from the Scottish Government and an Emergency Alert Text warning; we should expect a bit of a breeze on Friday from 10am through to 5pm and to be careful if wearing a kilt in public! In fact, the Met Office helpfully chimed in, pointing out we’re in a Red Zone and should anticipate winds of 90mph or higher. The clue to take things seriously came from a local weather forecast guy, a bloke with a legendary reputation for being right, usually converse to anything the Met Office says. Our local weather hero suggested, quite strongly, we should batten down the hatches in our bit of Argyll and tie cows to the nearest tree.

To be fair, both wheelie bins were deliberately kept empty since collection on Tuesday and for this storm, we’d a cunning plan which involved dumping a paving slab in each bin, after laying it flat on the ground. After doing so, it’s questionable whether we shall be able to get them upright ever again. And with a degree of the inevitable, our little tractor is also outside its shed currently, being serviced, both rear wheels removed while awaiting some parts. The tarpaulin over it was clearly going to vanish in any storm, so it was time to secure the covering with ropes. How successful this works out we shall know soon. One of our garden sheds disappearing into the trees in a storm last January, so we decided its replacement was going to stay put, moving 7 heavy concrete paving slabs inside to ensure it’s got a load of weight. The only remaining question is whether to let the cat out, then lock the cat flap in the hope it doesn’t come back!

Kidding aside, while we’re used to strong winds in Argyll, the level of panic from the grown ups is quite a concern. This evening, there has been a “drone” from distant massive diesel engines as a few boats take shelter on the loch outside, sea conditions in the Firth of Clyde often being quite notorious during storms. Hopefully we survive the weekend without needing swimming or flying lessons…

 

As for the FTSE, it also exhibits the potential for a massive surprise. We spent a few years moaning about the FTSE’s inability to break above the market level, pre-Pandemic. The rest of the world headed north while the UK markets continued to snuffle in a gutter, failing to glance upward. Eventually in April 2024, the index twitched quite firmly above Pre-Covid levels, enthusiastically leaping upward by a relatively small amount but now appears on the edge of making some proper movements.

From a near(ish) term perspective, above 8585 points risks triggering further recovery to an initial 8643 points with our secondary, if beaten, at an amazing 8759 points. If triggered, the tightest stop loss level looks like 8510 points which, while attractive, almost derails our mention of something truly important.

In this scenario, we can risk presenting a third level target which is difficult to ignore.

Should 8759 points be exceeded, the UK index enters a zone where it apparently has the ability to play catch-up with the likes of the Dax, Wall St, the S&P, gaining by a quite illogical amount. Our third level ambition above 8759 calculates at an amazing 10,020 points. Alas, we also suspect the UK shall require a political shake up of American proportions to introduce true confidence in business to a society which often feels its own government is at war with it.

Our inevitable converse scenario kicks in, should the index stumble below our stop loss level of 8510 points as this has to the potential to trigger reversals to an initial 8467 points with our secondary, if broken, at an eventual bottom of 8410 points along with a hopeful bounce.

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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
11:29:41PM BRENT 7719.3 7700 7637 7877 7881 7961 7810 ‘cess
11:33:32PM GOLD 2754.05 2736 2728 2747 2762 2770 2749
11:36:46PM FTSE 8556 8530 8513 8554 8573 8589 8547
11:43:18PM STOX50 5231.1 5197 5179 5214 5240 5246 5225
11:49:04PM GERMANY 21473 21225 21146 21332 21500 Utterly Success
10:57:47PM US500 6113.9 6067 6045 6084 6120 6127 6095 ‘cess
11:03:14PM DOW 44530.3 44038 43870 44230 44556 44685 44151 ‘cess
11:05:59PM NASDAQ 21872.3 21694 21599 21827 21945 22180 21735 ‘cess
11:08:22PM JAPAN 40033 39680 39539 39884 40107 40169 39888 Success

 

23/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8565 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,643,702,165 a change of 25.9%
22/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8545 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,277,040,750 a change of 4.97%
21/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8548 points. Change of 0.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,027,009,717 a change of 16.44%
20/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8520 points. Change of 0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,317,400,042 a change of -38.76%
17/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8505 points. Change of 1.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,049,507,611 a change of 39.47%
16/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8391 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,054,366,255 a change of -17.27%
15/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 1.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,109,137,300 a change of -9.61%

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:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 1006 Percentage Change: -6.24% Day High: 1106 Day Low: 994.5

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 10625 Percentage Change: + 0.43% Day High: 10640 Day Low: 10520

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 429.6 Percentage Change: + 2.85% Day High: 428.9 Day Low: 418.8

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 611.6 Percentage Change: + 1.36% Day High: 610.8 Day Low: 598.4

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 31 Percentage Change: -4.62% Day High: 32.5 Day Low: 30.5

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Taylor Wimpey Plc (LSE:TW.) and a spring growth?

#Gold #Nasdaq  Every now and then, a share price does something stupid which bodes well for the future! While this entire statement in quite contradictory, we’ve often seen this type of share price dance which can present a pretty solid hope for the future. Our silly sounding argument relates to the Blue downtrend since 2007 and how the share has behaved in relation, almost as if the downtrend actually matters? Obviously, if we paint a downtrend and pay attention to price movements, by January 2nd this year the market confirmed this 18 year old line is actually important – to the market.

From our perspective this is quite a good thing. While the share price bettered the trend in 2024, even achieving a high of 169p, the market has opted to force the share price below Blue in quite an orderly manner, which shall presumably panic private investors. From a near term perspective, they are correct but by confirming our roughly painted Blue line is important, the market has created a drop dead obvious opportunity for the future. Our fuss about this argument comes from what invariably happens, when a share price regains such a historic trend? Often, the share price shall go up, quite spectacularly, and for this reason we propose keeping an eye on Taylor Wimpey in the months ahead.

 

The immediate problem comes from the depth of reversals. Currently below 106p calculates with the potential of reversals to an initial 90p with our secondary, if broken, at a bottom of 83p. The problem comes, if such a scenario unfolds, is it makes our “surprise” gain scenario becomes arithmetically impossible. For now, we think LSE:TW. will prove worth keeping an eye on.

Currently, share price movement above roughly 121.519 calculates as taking the share above Blue again, ideally triggering our recovery scenario with the potential of recovery to an initial 151p with our secondary, if bettered, at a game changing 175p and considerable hope for the future.

Taylor Wimpey, currently around 114o ,  hopefully roars this dream with such a reality bomb, working out with the potential of ongoing gains toward a 151p with our secondary, if bettered, at 376p and the need for a entire conversation. ;about some reasonable near term potentials.  .

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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
10:38:22PM BRENT 7820.1  
10:43:01PM GOLD 2755.72 2740 2731 2720 2759 2764 2767 2793 2742 ‘cess
11:37:57PM FTSE 8513.3 Shambles
11:41:35PM STOX50 5195.3 ‘cess
11:47:13PM GERMANY 21248.1
11:55:08PM US500 6079.3 Success
10:58:50PM DOW 44131.1 ‘cess
11:04:18PM NASDAQ 21804.6 21781 21739 21671 21837 21895 21945 22000 21820 Success
11:07:38PM JAPAN 39885 39511 39338 39135 39881 39947 39988 40074 39857 Success

 

22/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8545 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,277,040,750 a change of 4.97%
21/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8548 points. Change of 0.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,027,009,717 a change of 16.44%
20/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8520 points. Change of 0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,317,400,042 a change of -38.76%
17/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8505 points. Change of 1.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,049,507,611 a change of 39.47%
16/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8391 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,054,366,255 a change of -17.27%
15/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 1.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,109,137,300 a change of -9.61%
14/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8201 points. Change of -0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,758,270,581 a change of 5.88%

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

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

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

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

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

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:IGG IG Group** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital** **

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LSE:HIK Hikma. Close Mid-Price: 2130 Percentage Change: + 0.95% Day High: 2128 Day Low: 2108

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 329.5 Percentage Change: + 0.30% Day High: 333.7 Day Low: 327.4

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1073 Percentage Change: + 0.75% Day High: 1076 Day Low: 1064

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 10580 Percentage Change: + 1.83% Day High: 10575 Day Low: 10425

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 417.7 Percentage Change: + 0.12% Day High: 421.8 Day Low: 413.2

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 603.4 Percentage Change: + 1.58% Day High: 608.6 Day Low: 596.4

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1075 Percentage Change: + 1.90% Day High: 1078 Day Low: 1056.5

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 32.5 Percentage Change: + 3.17% Day High: 32.5 Day Low: 31.5

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Rolls Royce Holdings Plc (LSE:RR.) still accelerating?

#FTSE #Stoxx  The fires in Los Angeles inevitably brought more calls for modular nuclear power stations, as developed by Rolls Royce and already approved in the USA, to be brought into common usage, able to ensure any area beset by disaster is quickly able to function again. While Tesla certainly stepped up, deploying a load of their Cybertrucks throughout damaged areas of LA, considerably more power was needed than that required to supply wireless routers and computers. And on the other side of the coin, aircraft contrails high in the sky tending suggest Rolls Royce other popular products are in full use again.

With Rolls Royce price rises appearing to stall since the start of December last year, we’ve been awaiting any sort of secret signal things might start moving upward once again.

On Monday, the share price managed to close just 0.6p above its previous higher high last December 4th, a legendry “higher high” which shall surely open the floodgates which favour future share price growth. However, it may be an idea to get real as this difference of 0.1%, is less than impressive and we’re slightly concerned about exhibiting outright optimism for the future.

However, if we rely on our software flagging this up for attention, it’s apparently now the case where movement above 600p should trigger the potential of movement to an initial 653p and some potential hesitation. Movement above this initial target of 653p now calculates with an impressive ambition of a future 732p, along with some almost certain hesitation and perhaps some volatility.

Our converse view demands some concern, should this share wander below Red on the chart, currently around 561.143p, as this threatens reversal to an initial 530p with our secondary, if broken, calculating at a possible bottom of an eventual 485p. For now, the bias our software allows is weighted on an expectation of further gains for Rolls Royce, so it’s time to cross fingers or clutch whatever “lucky” token is available. Maybe doing both will be smart!

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:15:20PM BRENT 7858.2 ‘cess
11:21:10PM GOLD 2742.17 Success
11:23:49PM FTSE 8557.8 8478 8444 8399 8514 8579 8590 8674 8480
11:28:31PM STOX50 5178.2 5126 5110 5083 5169 5192 5204 5229 5167
11:31:07PM GERMANY 21141.3
11:41:29PM US500 6056.9 ‘cess
11:45:38PM DOW 44007 Success
11:50:19PM NASDAQ 21651 ‘cess
11:59:37PM JAPAN 39344

 

21/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8548 points. Change of 0.33%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,027,009,717 a change of 16.44%
20/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8520 points. Change of 0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,317,400,042 a change of -38.76%
17/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8505 points. Change of 1.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,049,507,611 a change of 39.47%
16/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8391 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,054,366,255 a change of -17.27%
15/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 1.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,109,137,300 a change of -9.61%
14/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8201 points. Change of -0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,758,270,581 a change of 5.88%
13/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8224 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,383,033,146 a change of 23.46%

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:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 825.5 Percentage Change: + 0.02% Day High: 829.2 Day Low: 823.8

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1055 Percentage Change: + 1.20% Day High: 1055.5 Day Low: 1042.5

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Inchcape Plc (LSE:INCH), driving for success?

#GOLD #SP500  Now the free world actually has a leader with President Trump, it’s going to be interesting how quickly the free world falls apart. With the UK perceived by the new US government as a failed state, we’re certainly living in interesting times. Inchcape must be fascinated at the implications for their own business, due to the “cunning plan” by certain motor vehicle manufacturers falling apart with Chinese firms shipping components for vehicle assembly to Mexico for assembly, then transferred to the USA under preferential export rates. It appears safe to say it’s not now going to happen.

Inchcape, one of the largest vehicle distributors with operations in 37 countries, are one of the few members of the motor trade we’re unable to produce a joke about. But once upon a time, there was another distributor who essentially had a conveyor belt of transporters heading to our family business yards in Scotland, big fields filled with drab cars covered in shipping wax. As a child under 10 years old, it was quite a big deal to be pressed into service driving brand new cars around the field, parking and running fast back to the delivery vehicle. Inevitably, as the day progressed and the parking area filled up, the brand new vehicles were treated as go-carts by the 10, 12, and 14 year old boys who were having the time of their life. It’s safe to say myself and my cousins loved car transporter deliveries at the weekend, though we did catch hell when caught racing vehicles around the compound.

One funny thing about vehicle distribution was mentioned, extremely quietly, when our parents discussed the annual accounts. The distributor has delivered 7 transports of cars, perhaps around 70 vehicles, which had never been invoiced for. Back in the day, the appropriate paperwork, import and registration documents for each vehicle delivered were kept inside the glove compartment. After we race tested each vehicle, we’d attach an identifier tag to each set of keys and attach a magnetic identifier to the vehicle roof, clipping keys onto the paperwork and dropping everything into a cardboard box which was invariably stored in the first vehicle delivered. Once a transport driver announced “that’s it”, we’d climb onto our bicycles and ride back to the company head office. (Obviously, not true, the oldest 14 year old cousin would attach magical ‘trade plates’ to the vehicle with all the records and drive the few miles back to the offices. We’d strict instructions to play dumb and pretend we all thought trade plates allowed anyone to drive a car!) But as the years went by, somehow the manufacturer and distributor lost 70 cars, giving our family company a surprise financial windfall.

 

Returning to Inchcape, their share price is, according to the charty fans, supposed to be on the verge of sharp reductions, potentially to an eventual bottom around 612p. The share, quite successfully, achieved our gain targets, even exceeding our secondary target of 813p for a while in 2024 but now, “poised for failure” appears to be an easy conclusion.

From a visual perspective, we’re now supposed to believe reversals below 735p threatens a drop to an initial 679 with our secondary, if broken, at an eventual 612p and hopefully a rebound/. BUT we have our doubts, due to share price behaviour during the last few sessions.

Our doubts are growing, due to share price behaviour during the last few days. The chart inset shows something candles don’t reveal as despite intraday movements, the price has remained above the Red uptrend, creating a situation where we suspect the market doesn’t want Inchcape to drop, yet will be quite happy if traders fall for a “fake” play. When a share price breaks below an uptrend, yet “walks” up the trend in the period thereafter, is generally a pretty reliable signal for continued gains.

Inchcape are living in interesting times.

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:40:26PM BRENT 7909.2 ‘cess
11:01:50PM GOLD 2703.57 2689 2678 2662 2705 2714 2732 2745 2689 ‘cess
11:29:51PM FTSE 8500.5 ‘cess
11:33:21PM STOX50 5152.3
11:45:18PM GERMANY 20943.7 ‘cess
11:49:26PM US500 5998.8 5961 5952 5921 6009 6045 6062 6104 5984 ‘cess
12:16:35AM DOW 43536 Success
12:22:39AM NASDAQ 21432.9
12:30:22AM JAPAN 38961 Shambles

 

20/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8520 points. Change of 0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,317,400,042 a change of -38.76%
17/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8505 points. Change of 1.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,049,507,611 a change of 39.47%
16/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8391 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,054,366,255 a change of -17.27%
15/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 1.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,109,137,300 a change of -9.61%
14/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8201 points. Change of -0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,758,270,581 a change of 5.88%
13/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8224 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,383,033,146 a change of 23.46%
10/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,170,108,064 a change of -6.19%

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:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 13.62 Percentage Change: -3.54% Day High: 14.04 Day Low: 13.14

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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 1049 Percentage Change: -0.47% Day High: 1059 Day Low: 1046

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 10375 Percentage Change: + 0.10% Day High: 10450 Day Low: 10350

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 40.1 Percentage Change: + 1.26% Day High: 42 Day Low: 39.5

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Close Mid-Price: 1042.5 Percentage Change: -0.33% Day High: 1048 Day Low: 1032.5

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1078.5 Percentage Change: + 0.19% Day High: 1083 Day Low: 1075

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Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY), can bank shares be happy?

#Gold #FTSE  Market movements on Friday was indicative of the converse for TDS, a brand new illness invented in America called Trump Derangement Syndrome. We’ve been expecting a market surge once Mr Trump adorns the symbols of office, a MAGA hat, a McDonalds Burger and an AR15 type of rifle. We’d to smile a bit at the news of an attempt to mimic Make America Great Again (MAGA) with a similar European movement, inevitably bearing the moniker (MEGA), reminiscent of a time which never was. Bits of Europe were brilliant but generally before the creeping damage from the EU.

It’s easy to suspect many people look back fondly on the days of Germany before the EU, France feeling utterly free and chaotic, Spain being proud of itself, Austria refusing to let go of tradition, and the UK hospitality industry unable to spell ‘welcome’.. Nowadays, Europe feels about as authentic as a visit to Ikea, a drab land of homogenised versions of what’s wanted, a bland example of The Jam’s lyric; ‘the public wants what the public gets‘ from their classic angry track “Going Underground”.

 

Friday witnessed the FTSE surge upward, just like a queue of airline travellers when a delayed departure gate to escape the UK opens. The index certainly exceeded our near term targets on Friday, even managing to close 9 points above our secondary and more importantly, substantially exceeding it during the session. This gives considerable hope for the days to come and it’d be foolish to ignore some very visible potentials for the retail banking sector.

Lloyds managed to close Friday at a near term higher high, achieving a point higher than any since October of last year. As a result, there are a couple of strange looking potentials immediately available as movement on Lloyds above 59p now points at an almost confident visit to 60.7p. At this point, we run into a problem unless the market starts to gap Lloyds share price up at the open as it’s difficult to pull a closing price target above 60.7p from anywhere. In theory, share price movement above 60.7p should allow continued growth to 67.2p but, to be fair, we don’t trust the calculation as it’s got a track record of being wrong. But importantly, in the even this share price manages to somehow close a session above Blue at 63p, it enters a cycle where a long term 92p makes a lot, an awful lot, of sense.

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
1:50:50AM BRENT 8020.4
1:56:12AM GOLD 2701.53 2700 2693 2682 2712 2719 2726 2735 2703
2:02:26AM FTSE 8501.8 8410 8363 8306 8483 8525 8540 8720 8495
2:06:28AM STOX50 5144.5
2:11:38AM GERMANY 20891
2:42:05AM US500 5997
2:46:51AM DOW 43470
2:49:22AM NASDAQ 21435
2:53:49AM JAPAN 38796

 

17/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8505 points. Change of 1.36%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,049,507,611 a change of 39.47%
16/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8391 points. Change of 1.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,054,366,255 a change of -17.27%
15/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8301 points. Change of 1.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,109,137,300 a change of -9.61%
14/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8201 points. Change of -0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,758,270,581 a change of 5.88%
13/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8224 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,383,033,146 a change of 23.46%
10/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8249 points. Change of -0.84%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,170,108,064 a change of -6.19%
9/01/2025 FTSE Closed at 8319 points. Change of 11.63%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,511,068,613 a change of -13.81%

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

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

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

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

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 822.7 Percentage Change: + 0.60% Day High: 828.2 Day Low: 818.5

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1054 Percentage Change: + 0.76% Day High: 1056 Day Low: 1043

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 10365 Percentage Change: + 1.32% Day High: 10415 Day Low: 10210

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 39.6 Percentage Change: + 3.66% Day High: 40.3 Day Low: 38.3

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1046 Percentage Change: + 2.45% Day High: 1044.5 Day Low: 1019.5

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1076.5 Percentage Change: + 0.89% Day High: 1081 Day Low: 1067.5

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