Trends And Targets

With news the UK now has a spare “Prince” title lying around, perhaps our King could decide to really impress Mr Trump on his next visit by bestowing him a new title. After all, the UK has a track record of awarding nonsense prefixes to folk who’ve done absolutely nothing to deserve them (ie; Sir Kier Starmer, Lady Mone of Bra-land), tossing a royal title in the direction on the US President could even do some good! There would even be some legitimacy, given his Scottish heritage and love of our country. After all, a glance at the FTSE shows the country is running out of time and will probably need a friend in high places…

With the FTSE now running at around 9760 points, things are getting close to a “logical top”, a point at which we tend expect some reversals. Not necessarily a Bear market, more a case where an artificial excuse is discovered to introduce a sharp 15% drop in the index value. Other markets tend deal with these critical levels in their own fashion, usually by – in the case of the Nasdaq or S&P – the index being gapped over the potentially dangerous area. But with the UK’s traditional adherence to self flagellation being a solution to every problem, we shall not be aghast if some reason is discovered to provoke a short term market problem.

Our concern stems from the expectation of a coming Interest Rate reduction, throwing a reasonable reason for a further excuse for index gains. As a result, the situation now exists where movement above 9,780 should promote gains to an initial 9,821 points with our secondary, if bettered, calculating at 9,908 points. In a sane world, we’d already be concerned at the proximity of these two bigger picture targets as they tend suggest an area where some reversals can be anticipated. Additional, our “Big Picture” high potential now calculates at 10,162 points, an index level where some hesitation almost must occur. Whether reversal to around 8.300 points takes place should be questionable, though visually it even makes an awful lot of sense.

Near term, below 9689 looks capable of triggering reversals to an initial 9644. Our longer term secondary, if broken, works out at 9596 points, though this may require news Princess Kate has changed the colour of her hair to freak the UK media out. Unfortunately, overall such a cycle suggests the chance of a future visit to a bottom of 9475 points.

Tragically, such a reversal dance would be broadly in line with our expectations for the way the FTSE behaves, essentially working hard to pretend “everything is okay, just carry on” and keep the market on its trajectory. While visually this isn’t the worst idea, given the markets growth curve in 2025, our worry is a “business as usual” mindset shall not work for the longer term with the proximity of a market “Top” just above the magical 10,000 point level. If only the UK would mimic the US method of introducing main market gaps to jump above problem areas. While this may sound ridiculous, it works as conventional logic would not allow Wall St to reside at 47,000 points.

 

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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
11:30:39PM	BRENT	6405.2	6359	6339	6251	6437	6678	6895	7193	6425
11:35:03PM	GOLD	4017.2	3953	3918	3875	4013	4042	4082	4138	3994
11:38:34PM	FTSE	9750.4	9686	9641	9592	9738	9790	9800	9838	9740	‘cess
11:48:23PM	STOX50	5692	5680	5662	5638	5710	5715	5731	5753	5685
11:51:18PM	GERMANY	24113.7	24002	23936	23780	24142	24226	24294	24382	24114	Success
11:53:46PM	US500	6865.3	6819	6810	6773	6869	6896	6925	6960	6867	‘cess
11:58:17PM	DOW	47537.3	47385	47263	47006	47661	48034	48218	48480	47730
11:48:38PM	NASDAQ	26040.6	25709	25581	25356	25956	26151	26320	26522	25989	Success
11:52:33PM	JAPAN	51901	51239	50894	50520	51564	52020	52112	52404	51781	‘cess

 

30/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9760 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,306,885,149 a change of 3.02%

29/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9756 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,121,713,518 a change of 7.72%

28/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9696 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,683,126,613 a change of 7.14%

27/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9653 points. Change of 0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,304,536,727 a change of 2.03%

24/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,198,860,657 a change of 1.36%

23/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9578 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,128,914,273 a change of -30.05%

22/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9515 points. Change of 0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,332,238,538 a change of 33.6%

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:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 182 Percentage Change: -2.57% Day High: 187.55 Day Low: 181.15

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 447.85 Percentage Change: + 1.43% Day High: 448.2 Day Low: 439.15

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 179.8 Percentage Change: + 1.87% Day High: 180.65 Day Low: 175.8

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1733 Percentage Change: -1.28% Day High: 1738 Day Low: 1700

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 88.82 Percentage Change: + 0.27% Day High: 89.1 Day Low: 87.9

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LSE:PHP Primary Health Close Mid-Price: 94.6 Percentage Change: -0.21% Day High: 95.15 Day Low: 94.2

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1571 Percentage Change: + 3.63% Day High: 1580.5 Day Low: 1529.5

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 8.1 Percentage Change: + 1.25% Day High: 8.5 Day Low: 8

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 462.9 Percentage Change: + 1.27% Day High: 462.4 Day Low: 456.4

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#Nasdaq #Gold Just for a giggle, we’ve been once again messing around with our absurd time travel thoughts, remaining determined to “prove” when a share price should move to our target levels. There are two holy grails with prices and we’re happy we’ve gone as far as possible in our calculations for target levels. But the other part of the argument has always defeated, generally leaving us looking utterly incompetent in our own eyes. Of course, a history of incompetence doesn’t inhibit us making another go, trying out a further set of formula which “might” even work.

They won’t, we’re not Time Lords!

However, MAN Group share price movements since 2021 do lend themselves to another experiment with time travel, due to price movements successfully managing to meet our timing calculations with the result, another attempt at self flagellation was called for. As always, we shall look forward to a bunch of email reminders, if this goes horribly wrong. As usual, mainly because we still don’t accept things happen within specific timeframes, though there is some evidence to the contrary.

When we throw our timeframe logic at MAN, apparently we should anticipate it visiting 241p sometime around the middle of next January. Our longer term secondary, calculating at a future 271p, should apparently occur in mid-September next year. To be honest, we’ve printed this out and pinned it to the wall, a reminder to award ourselves a pat on the back. Or more probably, a self inflicted knife wound!

Our generally more successful price mapping currently suggests above 216p should trigger movement to 241 with our longer term secondary, if exceeded, calculating at 271p. While lacking the panache of our time travel formula, we still think it safer to promote our traditional way of looking at things, despite the level of patience being required. But it’s less open to ridicule than daring suggest 241p should appear around 16th January, 2026. Gosh, we’ll be in big trouble if any of this timeframe methodology actually works out.

If things intend go wrong, below 181p would promote trouble, along with reversal to 160 and a very possible bounce.

 

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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
10:31:53PM	BRENT	6424.6
10:35:27PM	GOLD	3932.84	3916	3885	3836	3966	4032	4072	4134	4001
11:39:55PM	FTSE	9742.9
11:42:38PM	STOX50	5698.6									‘cess
11:44:59PM	GERMANY	24116.4									‘cess
11:47:17PM	US500	6879.2									Shambles
11:50:26PM	DOW	47564.5									Shambles
11:55:09PM	NASDAQ	26075.7	25907	25856	25776	26010	26236	26389	26470	26000	Success
11:57:49PM	JAPAN	51079

 

29/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9756 points. Change of 0.62%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,121,713,518 a change of 7.72%

28/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9696 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,683,126,613 a change of 7.14%

27/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9653 points. Change of 0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,304,536,727 a change of 2.03%

24/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,198,860,657 a change of 1.36%

23/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9578 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,128,914,273 a change of -30.05%

22/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9515 points. Change of 0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,332,238,538 a change of 33.6%

21/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9426 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,488,291,268 a change of 12.47%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 405.05 Percentage Change: + 0.15% Day High: 408.5 Day Low: 403.4

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 441.55 Percentage Change: + 1.81% Day High: 442.1 Day Low: 433.5

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 213.8 Percentage Change: + 1.91% Day High: 213.6 Day Low: 209.2

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 371.25 Percentage Change: + 5.63% Day High: 377.05 Day Low: 367.65

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1073.4 Percentage Change: + 2.21% Day High: 1073.4 Day Low: 1056.2

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 88.58 Percentage Change: + 0.82% Day High: 88.92 Day Low: 87.8

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 585.4 Percentage Change: + 0.55% Day High: 588.8 Day Low: 581

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LSE:QED Quadrise Close Mid-Price: 3 Percentage Change: -3.23% Day High: 3.01 Day Low: 2.9

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1174 Percentage Change: + 0.95% Day High: 1179 Day Low: 1163.5

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1516 Percentage Change: + 1.07% Day High: 1522.5 Day Low: 1499.5

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#FTSE #Nasdaq Back at the start of October, we speculated on the 4,000 dollar level for Gold, also creating a Halloween scenario where the price of Gold would exceed 4,000 dollars for a while, then collapse.  It is certainly interesting to note the price of the metal exceeded the 4k target level by 10%, then experienced some slight reversals after a while. We had certainly expected the 4k level to be exceeded and Gold indeed bubbled higher, doubtless triggering a shedload of stop-losses for those wise folk who’d opened Short positions. It’s not rocket science, the market follows the same rulebook almost regardless of the share, commodity, or even pretend items like crypto.

Of course, the implication behind such an absurd statement is a suggestion the markets may suffer manipulation, rather than follow the vague rules established by our fellow Scottish economist Adam Smith which applied to his theory of Supply and Demand. Despite the bloke being lauded internationally, he was from Kirkcaldy in Fife and thus, naive but with his eye on the main prize, getting personally wealthy. It was a strong tradition, fellow travellers on the journey including the like of Andrew Carnegie and famous Scottish grifter, Gordon Brown. By espousing a theory which was already obvious, he created a scenario which made perfect sense, the value of a product may increase due to its perceived rarity as demand increases. Equally, the value may reduce, due to lack of demand in the face of over production.

The major flaw in Adam Smiths arguments comes from something else blindingly obvious, both sides of his equation are aware of his “laws” and both sides do their utmost to make the “laws of supply and demand” work in their favour. Currently, with the price of Gold, it’s doing its utmost to give the impression some major reductions may be imminent, perhaps due to something perceived as peace in the Middle East reducing tensions, reducing oil prices, reducing the demand for a safe haven for funds. After all, Gold is always regarded as the sane “safe haven” and with panic about financial safety reducing, so should the price of Gold.

 

However, it’s proving a bit obvious from our perspective and while we suspected a major “gotcha” was going to happen, this initial reduction on the price of Gold has not been as vivid as expected. As a result, we now suspect a further upward surge may be possible, doubtless utterly confounding all the smart folks holding short positions from the $4,000 level. We smell a rat, along with a strong argument favouring departure from Adam Smiths rules. Above 4,045 now risks triggering the price of Gold heading to an initial 4,258 dollars with our secondary, if bettered, a future 4,384 which naturally challenges the previous two highs.

In other words, should Gold make its way to 4,384, opening a Short position with a seriously tight stop should not be the worst decision. In this scenario, we anticipate immediate reversal to 4,045 dollars or so. Our longer term secondary (or later in the session) works out at 3,815 but we have doubts.

Should we choose to adopt our usual software driven stance, the immediate scenario promises weakness below 3,885 bringing a trip down to an initial 3,816 with our secondary, if broken, at 3,622 and perhaps a bounce.

Gold is behaving a bit weird, perhaps a Halloween thing, but despite our usual expectation of reversal, we think it will confound the market and head upward first! After all, you can always trust the market to utterly ignore Adam Smith with a similar reverence shown to his countryman, fellow Kirkcaldy idiot Gordon Brown, famous for selling off the UK’s Gold reserves at the market lows of just $300, 25 years ago. But in his hunt for personal wealth, he managed to attain the UK’s highest paid position at the political trough, becoming Prime Minister…

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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
11:43:38PM	BRENT	6391.7									Success
11:46:06PM	GOLD	3975
11:18:08PM	FTSE	9692.5	9631	9604	9563	9671	9727	9800	9876	9687	Success
11:24:05PM	STOX50	5691.1
11:26:25PM	GERMANY	24190
11:36:10PM	US500	6902.8
11:39:36PM	DOW	47652.6									‘cess
11:44:11PM	NASDAQ	26094.5	26005	25975	25938	26043	26101	26140	26413	26022	‘cess
11:47:42PM	JAPAN	51283

 

28/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9696 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,683,126,613 a change of 7.14%

27/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9653 points. Change of 0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,304,536,727 a change of 2.03%

24/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,198,860,657 a change of 1.36%

23/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9578 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,128,914,273 a change of -30.05%

22/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9515 points. Change of 0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,332,238,538 a change of 33.6%

21/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9426 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,488,291,268 a change of 12.47%

20/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9403 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,879,963,453 a change of -30.6%

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: 8.75 Percentage Change: -0.34% Day High: 8.99 Day Low: 8.65

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 404.45 Percentage Change: + 2.21% Day High: 402.55 Day Low: 393.6

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 80 Percentage Change: + 5.68% Day High: 83.6 Day Low: 76.8

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 346 Percentage Change: -0.17% Day High: 348 Day Low: 337.4

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1163 Percentage Change: + 0.87% Day High: 1163.5 Day Low: 1149.5

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 459 Percentage Change: + 0.04% Day High: 461.3 Day Low: 449.9

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 93 Percentage Change: + 4.42% Day High: 93.5 Day Low: 88.46

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 11 Percentage Change: -2.22% Day High: 11.25 Day Low: 10.62

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#Gold #SP500 A prominent member of the cancer industry, Avacta share price has been describing some interesting patterns since 2021, manoeuvres which allow us to produce a “back to school” article. We describe their place as a pharmaceutical company as being part of an industry, it being worth remembering they are all in it to make money. Personally, being given permission by our consultant to fall off the chemotherapy bandwagon, after being treated with daily chemo for the last 24 months. Come February, freedom beckons, along with 4 or 5 years probably until my leukaemia returns and needs another kicking, doubtless with the newest successful drug which will probably have boosted a manufacturer like Avacta.

To cut to the chase, Avacta is perfectly conforming to our frequent comments regarding the importance of closing prices, when mapping share price movements.

 

Figure #1 below shows our least favourite mess of a trend line break,  where a share price breaks a drop dead obvious trend, retreats below it, then recovers above the trend again. This essentially tosses a bunch of logic into a mincing machine!

Figure #2 below, conversely, shows what happens when closing prices are used. Quite a different picture emerges. To employ common sense, along with some wishful thinking, the share price broke the trend, enjoyed a minor surge, then the price reversed to “test” the level of trend break, a ridiculous expectation but unfortunately one which often seems to happen.

Our conclusion, in these instances, is to make an assumption the market is mapping the share with closing prices, using this for our projections for the future.

 

Unsurprisingly, once such a determination is made, the prospect for accurate price calculations rises to quite an encouraging level, allowing us to us employ the word “confident” in our predictions. In the case of Avacta, it creates a situation where above 74 should now make its way to an initial 83.2p with our secondary, if beaten, a confident looking longer term 103p.

Should things intend go wrong, below 62p looks dodgy, capable of promoting reversal to an initial 52p with our secondary, if broken, at a completely silly 28p. Unfortunately, our “completely silly” moniker has a problem as it matches share price movements from just a few weeks ago!

For now, we’re pretty optimistic on this one.

 

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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
9:42:56PM	BRENT	6499
9:47:07PM	GOLD	3981.07	3968	3944	3873	4014	4100	4136	4191	4044
9:50:15PM	FTSE	9673.4
9:54:38PM	STOX50	5710.5									‘cess
10:36:45PM	GERMANY	24315.9									Success
10:42:22PM	US500	6879.5	6833	6813	6790	6858	6882	6944	7008	6834
10:49:10PM	DOW	47557.8
10:53:55PM	NASDAQ	25849.2
10:57:19PM	JAPAN	50474

 

27/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9653 points. Change of 0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,304,536,727 a change of 2.03%

24/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,198,860,657 a change of 1.36%

23/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9578 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,128,914,273 a change of -30.05%

22/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9515 points. Change of 0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,332,238,538 a change of 33.6%

21/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9426 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,488,291,268 a change of 12.47%

20/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9403 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,879,963,453 a change of -30.6%

17/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9354 points. Change of -0.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,031,145,247 a change of 41.83%

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:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:SBRY Sainsbury** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **LSE:TSCO Tesco** **

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 395.7 Percentage Change: + 1.91% Day High: 397.3 Day Low: 391

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 677.5 Percentage Change: + 0.15% Day High: 681 Day Low: 671.5

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LSE:CAR Carclo. Close Mid-Price: 75.7 Percentage Change: + 6.62% Day High: 76 Day Low: 72

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 208.2 Percentage Change: + 0.29% Day High: 211.4 Day Low: 206

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 9362 Percentage Change: + 0.15% Day High: 9466 Day Low: 9336

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 5085 Percentage Change: + 0.10% Day High: 5110 Day Low: 5065

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 87.84 Percentage Change: + 2.31% Day High: 87.82 Day Low: 85.44

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LSE:NG. National Glib Close Mid-Price: 1149 Percentage Change: -0.17% Day High: 1156 Day Low: 1143

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 583.2 Percentage Change: + 1.89% Day High: 585.6 Day Low: 572.2

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 346.6 Percentage Change: + 0.76% Day High: 347.4 Day Low: 342.8

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire. Close Mid-Price: 27.3 Percentage Change: + 2.06% Day High: 26.75 Day Low: 26

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 458.8 Percentage Change: + 0.75% Day High: 459.5 Day Low: 454.3

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#Brent #Dax We’d like to say something nice about the Mexican Grand Prix but when UK driver Hamilton wasn’t given his place back by his team-mate and later, penalised by 10 seconds when he made precisely the same error, it was clear once again the Formula One people appear to have something against the British driver. But on the plus side, we’d a wonderful Mexican feast on Sunday evening, despite the channel being changed from the motor race to watch Jeremy Clarkson doing his Millionaire quiz show.

Even more positively, it appears a garden owl is back, the thing making a serious effort to make itself known, perched on a branch and driving our animals wild with its calls. After going outside, it took about 5 minutes before the realisation dawned of it being parked just 50 feet away, unmoving and giving an unblinking stare. It was only when edging toward the office door (for a camera) did the bird take flight, its size giving a distinct impression if we got into a fight, there may be some problems. big brown owl is quite scary close up. The surprise comes from the detail our usual garden guest is a snowy owl, easier to spot, very loud, and just as difficult to photograph. Amazingly, despite some truly cold weather, we appear to have gotten through October without any snow which is nice. Hopefully the final 5 days of the month remain clear, due to the requirement for some welding outdoors before garden machines get put into hibernation.

 

Similar to our new brown owl, Barclays appears to be stepping out of its snooze. When we previously reviewed the share three weeks ago,  we provided criteria for a potentially fake drop to 359p, our belief being the share was entering a “mess around” phase prior to some upward movement.  It feels very like this has happened and now, the share price is knocking the door for party time! Or so we hope.

Again, three weeks ago, we lauded the potential of what would happen if Barclays share price managed to close above the level of the Red trend break at 385p. This has now happened and while the price has failed to close above Septembers high of 389p, our inclination is to take heart something may be bubbling under. It remains the case the sceptic within believes a reduction in the UK’s punitive interest rates on November 6th shall be the excuse for some proper share price movements but, there’s always the risk the price shall move on the rumour, then retreat on the reality. Obviously, this is a fairly major danger with the markets.

If is now the case where above 389p has the potential to trigger movement to an initial 397 with our secondary, if bettered, at a future 413p. While these target levels are fairly impressive, above 413p opens the door toward a long term attraction at 505p.

However, if things intend go wrong with yet another slow-down attempt, below 372p risks promoting reversal to an initial 344p with our secondary, if broken, an eventual 330p. Though such reversal sounds dire, this share needs now close below 307p to inspire utter 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
10:05:14PM	BRENT	6517.1	6420	6344	6258	6482	6600	6659	6756	6509	Success
10:31:00PM	GOLD	4126.58
10:42:01PM	FTSE	9584.2									‘cess
10:52:31PM	STOX50	5672.9
10:55:47PM	GERMANY	24215.4	24036	23978	23893	24150	24240	24288	24403	24169
11:00:37PM	US500	6740.8									‘cess
11:06:02PM	DOW	46733
11:10:51PM	NASDAQ	25144.4									Success
11:14:44PM	JAPAN	48954

 

24/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9645 points. Change of 0.7%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,198,860,657 a change of 1.36%

23/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9578 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,128,914,273 a change of -30.05%

22/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9515 points. Change of 0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,332,238,538 a change of 33.6%

21/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9426 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,488,291,268 a change of 12.47%

20/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9403 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,879,963,453 a change of -30.6%

17/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9354 points. Change of -0.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,031,145,247 a change of 41.83%

16/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9436 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,957,299,333 a change of -9.18%

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:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:SRP Serco** **LSE:TSCO Tesco** **

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 676.5 Percentage Change: + 1.81% Day High: 675.5 Day Low: 661.5

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 207.6 Percentage Change: + 1.76% Day High: 207.8 Day Low: 201

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 9348 Percentage Change: + 1.39% Day High: 9376 Day Low: 9244

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 5080 Percentage Change: + 1.20% Day High: 5085 Day Low: 5035

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1151 Percentage Change: + 0.35% Day High: 1153 Day Low: 1140

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 572.4 Percentage Change: + 4.91% Day High: 583 Day Low: 555

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 255.8 Percentage Change: + 0.31% Day High: 257.4 Day Low: 253.6

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 455.4 Percentage Change: + 2.20% Day High: 456 Day Low: 444.2

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#FTSE #WallSt This weekends Grand Prix is one of our favourites, Mexico. One of the bigger attractions, aside from some decent racing, will be the excuse for Mexican food on Sunday during the race, though we’ll resist knocking back Tequila every time the most successful Mexican Formula 1 driver, Sergio Perez, (who isn’t racing) is mentioned. Unfortunately, the biggest problem locally with Nacho’s is finding the right cheese, as Argyll outlets tend eschew the idea of stocking Monterrey Jack and Fontina. Invariably, we end up using Cheddar…

We’re about to stumble into the last week of October and there are plenty of signs the market is getting as enthusiastic for the future as we are for the coming Grand Prix. The FTSE is currently trading at its highest levels ever, though many shares remain with prices trudging in misery. The AIM market is a case in point, flatlining with a spirit reminiscent of the current UK government, feeling like it’s afraid to actually do anything useful. We’re surprised at the AIM as it’s ignoring the current perception of success elements of the FTSE is enjoying.

 

Our immediate hope is for movement above 9595 on the FTSE triggering a surge toward an initial 9637 points. The feels like a perfectly viable ambition and our secondary, if such a level is exceeded, works out at a future 9750 points. This would prove quite a major jump from current levels, one which we suspect shall not occur until the BoE makes an effort reduce interest rates on 6th November. Then again, there is always the risk the market shall grow on potential of an interest rate cut, rather than surge on the day a cut is announced. It certainly suggests the next 10 trading sessions may prove interesting. If our upward cycle theory triggers, the tightest stop loss looks like 9530 points.

 

Our scenario, if 9530 breaks, threatens FTSE reversal down to an initial 9507 points with our secondary, if broken, at 9445 points and hopefully a bounce, given the proximity of the uptrend since the start of this year.

Have a good weekend, enjoy the Grand Prix, and remember to eat Mexican…

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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
10:05:14PM	BRENT	6517.1	6420	6344		6482	6600	6659		6509	Success
10:31:00PM	GOLD	4126.58	4073	3968		4119	4164	4225		4124
10:42:01PM	FTSE	9584.2	9511	9489	9454	9558	9595	9635	9704	9525	‘cess
10:52:31PM	STOX50	5672.9	5639	5635		5665	5680	5714		5661
10:55:47PM	GERMANY	24215.4	24036	23978		24150	24240	24288		24169
11:00:37PM	US500	6740.8	6683	6661		6710	6750	6770		6725	‘cess
11:06:02PM	DOW	46733	46546	46437	46316	46736	46800	46873	47026	46706
11:10:51PM	NASDAQ	25144.4	24783	24656		24917	25154	25172		25030	Success
11:14:44PM	JAPAN	48954	48524	48426		48815	49035	49231		48942

 

23/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9578 points. Change of 0.66%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,128,914,273 a change of -30.05%

22/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9515 points. Change of 0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,332,238,538 a change of 33.6%

21/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9426 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,488,291,268 a change of 12.47%

20/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9403 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,879,963,453 a change of -30.6%

17/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9354 points. Change of -0.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,031,145,247 a change of 41.83%

16/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9436 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,957,299,333 a change of -9.18%

15/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9424 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,458,430,377 a change of -17.04%

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:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:SRP Serco** **

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 436.95 Percentage Change: + 3.69% Day High: 438.3 Day Low: 430.8

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 178.6 Percentage Change: + 2.17% Day High: 179.1 Day Low: 175.1

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 55 Percentage Change: -2.48% Day High: 55.1 Day Low: 50.1

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 9220 Percentage Change: -1.24% Day High: 9364 Day Low: 9158

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 5020 Percentage Change: + 1.21% Day High: 5030 Day Low: 4962

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1147 Percentage Change: + 0.17% Day High: 1151.5 Day Low: 1138.5

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 255 Percentage Change: + 2.33% Day High: 255.4 Day Low: 249.8

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#Gold #Nasdaq Our decision to ditch Satellite TV, along with the BBC TV Licence, has led to ongoing discussion about a Raspberry Pi. Using a 52 inch TV as a big computer monitor in the lounge is a bit silly, the screen never needing the functionality of a modern computer to power it. To simplify things, we knocked together some software which holds the gateways to certain streaming services, along with links to favoured YouTube channels. Of course, the advantage of using a PC also allows Advert zapping software to run in the background but thankfully this need is decreasing. Plus, if one were so inclined, using a Windows PC (from behind a VPN) gives access to a few websites with reputations of being bang up to date with the latest Movies and TV shows.

A few VPN services include effective Advert stifling capability, theoretically removing the need for a Windows application to make the viewing experience tolerable.

With us about to buy all the components for a Raspberry Pi, there was a pause for thought at the vast changes seen by my own generation. For instance, a memory of my father grudgingly buying a colour TV in the 1970’s, finally accepting Black & White broadcasts had been improved upon. Of course, we’ve seen payphones vanish from our streets and reappear in gardens<?>, recently we ditched a landline completely, and now, the TV licence is being shown the door. This last initiative is completely due to the realisation BBC (and other terrestrial channels) only supply government approved news to the UK, the truth about what’s really going on often only available, if nestled comfortably behind a VPN and avoiding the dreaded “This content is not available in your region” message.

In summary, we suspect a someone will doubtless use the Raspberry Pi concept to create an useful internet TV receiver, hopefully supplied with a remote rather than our current plan to use a wireless thumb-drive mouse as the interface!

 

Raspberry share price is currently a bit interesting, showing the potential for some immediate decline  At present, below 353 allows weakness to an initial 335 with our secondary, if broken, at an eventual new all time low of 285p. However, it feels very possible the share has perhaps closed sufficiently on our drop target but failed to reach it, due to some underlying strength. There’s obviously quite a lot of supposition in this thinking but price movements since the low of 353 look a little questionable.

If we’re correct, above just 368p should allegedly trigger recovery to an initial 381p with our secondary, if bettered, at 393p. This would certainly imply a coming challenge against the ruling Blue downtrend on the chart below but equally, open the doors for argument toward a future 414p with the price visually stalling while it meets a prior series of highs at an imaginary glass ceiling of 427p, a price level this price needs close above to indicate happier times ahead.

Our suspicion is this shall be worth watching for a surprise bounce, anytime soon.

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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
9:59:47PM	BRENT	6316									Success
10:06:30PM	GOLD	4097.81	4011	3966	3827	4090	4158	4230	4305	4102
10:11:21PM	FTSE	9509.2									‘cess
10:16:09PM	STOX50	5632.6
10:21:59PM	GERMANY	24125.8									Success
10:44:20PM	US500	6700.3									Success
11:03:34PM	DOW	46524.8									‘cess
11:09:02PM	NASDAQ	24869	24648	24622	24429	24873	24920	24996	25112	24760	Success
11:12:34PM	JAPAN	48709									Success

22/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9515 points. Change of 0.94%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,332,238,538 a change of 33.6%

21/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9426 points. Change of 0.24%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,488,291,268 a change of 12.47%

20/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9403 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,879,963,453 a change of -30.6%

17/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9354 points. Change of -0.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,031,145,247 a change of 41.83%

16/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9436 points. Change of 0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,957,299,333 a change of -9.18%

15/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9424 points. Change of -0.3%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,458,430,377 a change of -17.04%

14/10/2025 FTSE Closed at 9452 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,579,322,985 a change of -18.86%

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

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

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

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

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

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AFC AFC Energy** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:SBRY Sainsbury** **LSE:SRP Serco** **

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LSE:AFC AFC Energy Close Mid-Price: 8.79 Percentage Change: -0.45% Day High: 9 Day Low: 8.71

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 174.8 Percentage Change: + 0.66% Day High: 176.45 Day Low: 174.45

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 7.1 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 7.1 Day Low: 7.02

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LSE:EMG MAN Close Mid-Price: 202.6 Percentage Change: -0.59% Day High: 205 Day Low: 201.2

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 56.4 Percentage Change: + 2.36% Day High: 56.5 Day Low: 54.8

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 340.2 Percentage Change: -1.22% Day High: 349.65 Day Low: 339.8

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 9336 Percentage Change: + 3.41% Day High: 9358 Day Low: 9010

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1145 Percentage Change: + 0.53% Day High: 1150.5 Day Low: 1141.5

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 342.8 Percentage Change: + 1.42% Day High: 344 Day Low: 338.4

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 249.2 Percentage Change: + 0.81% Day High: 251.6 Day Low: 248

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