Trends And Targets

#Gold #SP500 Of all the TV soaps, the only one which doesn’t force an exit from the room is Coronation St. This is due entirely to the comedy content but it was to take years until the penny dropped about the clever name of the cafe; ‘Roys Rolls’. Balanced against the character “Roy” driving one of the UK’s most awful & unreliable cars, a Morris 1000, the cafe name suddenly became quite funny.

While the current incarnation of Rolls Royce has absolutely nothing to do with the four wheeled monstrosities with the right to use the company name, it was interesting seeing the company name pop up last week in numerous reports from the USA. Modular nuclear power stations have been given the go-ahead in the US, Rolls Royce being directly named as a major contributor to the new technology. These plants, described as the size of a football pitch, are designed to be dropped into suitable sites, producing sufficient power for a city. Somewhat whimsically, RR now mention they’re working on portable nuclear plants, able to be trucked in for events, then removed.

As a result, it’s easy to imagine Glastonbury suddenly becoming more civilised, the festival powered by rather more than banks of generators, perhaps even moving walkways shuffling audiences between various sound stages, as electricity supply ceased being an issue. From our own perspective, a sharp reminded of how important electricity is was delivered by a bunch of lumberjerks. The team of 6 professionals arrived at 9am, having requested access to some trees threatening a neighbours home. The story is complex but the only direct access to this part of the forest is either through our garden or by helicopter. Or maybe by building a bridge over a gully, along with a new 2 mile track. All things considered, it was easier to let the crew of 6 trudge through our gate and into the forest. The guys were given the usual security warning, “don’t feed the dogs, ignore the cats, watch out for the punk black & red squirrel, and yell if you want to make coffee. Oh, and be careful of those two wires. One carries broadband, the other is electricity”. Yup, the last part didn’t work. The very first tree they cut spun gracefully in the air, secured by safety ropes, before catching the power line. Once the power line separated, the dance continued and the phone/broadband line was snagged a few seconds later.

How we all laughed…

The six professionals made appropriate telephone calls, trudged through our garden, and left by lunchtime with vague promises as to when they’d return to finish the job. Curiously, it was BT who first appeared and strung a new line. Many hours later, the electricity guys materialised, vanished, then returned and also strung new lines. The clear victors of the day were our animals, loving the company but the punk squirrel kept out of the way. This weird looking animal is perfectly capable of mistaking a human for a tree, running up your body and leaping from a shoulder with no warning.

But, in keeping with the Rolls Royce story, something important also happened. Around 3pm, our postman delivered a parcel which contained a new hydro-electric generator we’ve been waiting for, our previous hand made effort being a footnote in history when the garden waterfall destroyed it. This time around, we’re taking a Rolls Royce approach, using a series of small generators to charge a bank of batteries. It’s a bit like mooring a nuclear submarine outside parliament in London and if required, just tie another alongside on the Thames. This would finally give the UK’s Rolls Royce powered nuclear fleet something useful to do and also, remove them from our own very immediate area in Argyll. Rolls Royce could birth an entirely new industry, creating 3 pin plug points to replace the acoustic tiles on the hulls of the machines.

There was certainly a feeling of “karma” when the generators arrived as should our modular approach to power generation work, nature can do its worst and we’ll still have the lights on.

 

None of this explains why Rolls Royce share price is rubbish. The company, obviously used to an income stream produced when their jet engines are turning, were obviously hurt during the pandemic. But the daily contrails again decorating the sky above Scotland’s west coast, suggest airlines are again flying, once again paying rent to Rolls Royce for their fabulous jet power. In addition, this modular nuclear solution being accepted in the USA is surely brilliant news, the thinking doubtless to follow into the rest of the world with Rolls Royce at the heart of the matter. But their share price remains rubbish!

If we indulge our favourite party trick of drawing lines on charts, this miserable state of affairs could continue until the end of August, when Rolls Royce reach a point where some action is almost demanded by the market. But if we err on the side of common sense, visually there’s a chance things may not “kick off” until the end of 2022.

All of this presents a bit of a problem, thanks to the Big Picture now demanding the price bottom around 60p, maybe even 55p if the market is having a bad day. Maybe it’s the case until the market is forced to transcend a major trend line, it shall continue to behave badly. If this (somewhat silly) theory is correct, movements during the last month gently suggest the share price has until around August 20th to hit bottom or it will hit the first in a series of trend lines demanding action. This being the case, we shall not be aghast to witness RR enact a final act of self immolation just before August 20th.

However, if we chose to believe the company has a future, such a state of affairs almost doesn’t matter (as long as the price bounces), the share price only needing exceed 94p by the start of September to now allegedly trigger recovery to an initial 102p with secondary, if bettered, at 110p. This secondary is fairly important, due to the potential of it exceeding Blue on the chart around the end of this year and provoking some game changing behaviour toward 142p, a price level where we shall require to once again plug in our tea leaves.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:53:37PM	BRENT	96.77									‘cess
9:55:21PM	GOLD	1792	1787	1778	1768	1796	1808	1812	1819	1791	‘cess
9:59:31PM	FTSE	7521									Success
10:02:19PM	STOX50	3759
11:33:31PM	GERMANY	13728
2:27:46AM	US500	4221	4111	4081	4034	4138	4222	4224	4261	4192	Success
2:29:56AM	DOW	33392									Success
2:31:33AM	NASDAQ	13430									Success
2:34:17AM	JAPAN	28163									Success

 

10/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7507 points. Change of 0.25%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,197,338,086 a change of -9.09%

9/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7488 points. Change of 0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,716,882,880 a change of 22.59%

8/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7482 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,663,235,289 a change of 8.84%

5/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7439 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,284,416,444 a change of -24.22%

4/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7448 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,653,918,717 a change of 0.91%

3/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7445 points. Change of 0.49%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,602,756,478 a change of -3.28%

2/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7409 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,792,539,911 a change of 52.35%

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

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

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

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

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LSE:ASC Asos. Close Mid-Price: 1002 Percentage Change: + 1.93% Day High: 1015 Day Low: 955

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LSE:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 464.9 Percentage Change: + 12.21% Day High: 465.4 Day Low: 424.7

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 169.76 Percentage Change: + 2.35% Day High: 170.1 Day Low: 165.42

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 286.8 Percentage Change: + 1.85% Day High: 288.4 Day Low: 280.8

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 836.5 Percentage Change: + 1.58% Day High: 837.5 Day Low: 819

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5072 Percentage Change: + 2.11% Day High: 5090 Day Low: 4934

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 104 Percentage Change: -2.80% Day High: 110.8 Day Low: 104.4

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LSE:RMG Royal Mail. Close Mid-Price: 269.3 Percentage Change: + 1.09% Day High: 268.5 Day Low: 255.5

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#FTSE #STOXX50 An aspect of marketing is generally “the big lie”. Naming an ice covered, arctic island “Greenland” was an early example. And in Scotland, we have “The Summer Isles”, a hellhole of bad weather for most of the year. Whereas in England, there’s always “Cheddar Gorge”, a pleasant drive but always utterly bereft of cheese.

Greenland was named quite deliberately, in the hope of attracting gullible Norse settlers to an island 80% covered by ice sheets, a place which rivals “The Summer Isles” for vegetation cover. And similar to Cheddar Gorge, the streets are not paved with cheese.

Bluejay Mining are centred on Greenland, doubtless taking advantage of climate change due to more of the landscape becoming accessible for mining operations. They’re focussed on a mineral sand called ilmenite (or limenite), essentially the most important or of titanium, used in producing lightweight strong metal components. In addition, titanium oxide provides substantial longevity in paints, inks, plastics, and so on, even somehow including some foodstuffs. This latter fact fell into the category of “I don’t want to know”.

We’re writing about Bluejay Mining, thanks to a few emails asking our opinion of their share price future potentials.It’s not difficult to understand why folk are suddenly interested, thanks to their share price experiencing a 43% leap on 9th August. Hopefully it’s not just the result of spurious internet chatroom gossip, especially as the upward surge has landed the share in a pretty comfortable position, making further advances a quite viable proposition.

Movement now continuing north above 7.05p suggests the potential of a visit to a warm sounding 8.8p next. Should the market successfully close above this level, our longer term secondary calculates at 12p. Normally, we’d simply say “if 8.8p is exceeded, our secondary is 12p” but in this instance, with such a massive jump, we’re understandably nervous at the risk of creating enhanced expectations. But we shall admit a visit to 12p makes a lot of visual sense and closure above such a point ‘risks’ becoming game changing for the long term.

The share price requires to fall below 4.3p to suggest ditching snow boots and investing in running shoes.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:19:21PM	BRENT	95.91									‘cess
9:40:32PM	GOLD	1794									‘cess
9:49:08PM	FTSE	7493.97	7468	7456	7440	7488	7504	7516	7522	7484
9:51:33PM	STOX50	3720	3704	3684	3652	3733	3743	3759	3792	3704	‘cess
9:53:16PM	GERMANY	13541									‘cess
9:55:37PM	US500	4127
9:57:34PM	DOW	32810
10:00:03PM	NASDAQ	13031									Success
10:03:12PM	JAPAN	27871									Success

 

 

9/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7488 points. Change of 0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,716,882,880 a change of 22.59%

8/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7482 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,663,235,289 a change of 8.84%

5/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7439 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,284,416,444 a change of -24.22%

4/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7448 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,653,918,717 a change of 0.91%

3/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7445 points. Change of 0.49%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,602,756,478 a change of -3.28%

2/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7409 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,792,539,911 a change of 52.35%

1/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7413 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,802,113,332 a change of -37.81%

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.

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

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 422.55 Percentage Change: + 1.50% Day High: 425.65 Day Low: 415.9

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LSE:IGAS Igas Energy. Close Mid-Price: 56 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 59 Day Low: 56

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 4967 Percentage Change: -0.98% Day High: 5056 Day Low: 4900

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LSE:PPC President Energy Close Mid-Price: 1.2 Percentage Change: -4.00% Day High: 1.25 Day Low: 1.2

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#Gold #Nasdaq As one of the UK’s largest and oldest investment trusts, it was something of a surprise to discover they’re domiciled In Dundee, a city famous for cartoon characters like ‘Desperate Dan’, George Galloway, the DC Thomson empire, and little else. Similar to every country in the world, Scotland has a social split between the West Coast and East Coast. Dundee is an East Coast town, deserving of little attention and long been cursed as somewhere you must pass through on the way to somewhere more interesting. But a glance at the history of Alliance Trust reveals an aggressively outgoing company, its very DNA always focussed on investment across the Atlantic and now, globally.

Okay, we’re west coast based and expected to be biased about the wrong side of Scotland.

 

It appears Alliance Trust enjoy a share price which is shuffling toward the starting position for some positive movement.  Presently trading around 995p, we regard 1,008p as a potential trigger level which should prove capable of providing a lift to an initial 1,070p. Visually, this matches the previous all time high of last year but, should the price close a session above 1,070, we’d hope a further cycle shall commence to our secondary target of 1,164p. The company has certainly experienced a firm climb in value, since the lows of the financial crash in 2009 and now, in the long term, suggests an eventual 1,215p shall provide some sort of future ceiling and probable hesitation.

As always, we’d be careful with that number as, should the market start to “gap” the share price up at the open, it will become entirely possible the market itself has different ideas beyond 1,215p.

 

The converse scenario demands weakness below 875p to trigger potential reversal to an initial 800p with secondary, if broken, at 656p and hopefully a bounce. Visually, there’s nothing suggesting this scenario shall become an issue.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:11:20PM	BRENT	96.19
10:15:14PM	GOLD	1789.05	1681	1648	1507	1740	1790	1797	1808	1755
10:18:05PM	FTSE	7494.57									Success
10:19:39PM	STOX50	3764									‘cess
10:22:26PM	GERMANY	13700									‘cess
10:26:00PM	US500	4153									‘cess
10:35:42PM	DOW	32930									Success
10:39:14PM	NASDAQ	13211	13170	13115	13021	13220	13320	13445	13500	13153	Success
10:41:53PM	JAPAN	28174									‘cess

8/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7482 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,663,235,289 a change of 8.84%

5/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7439 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,284,416,444 a change of -24.22%

4/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7448 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,653,918,717 a change of 0.91%

3/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7445 points. Change of 0.49%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,602,756,478 a change of -3.28%

2/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7409 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,792,539,911 a change of 52.35%

1/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7413 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,802,113,332 a change of -37.81%

29/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7423 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,113,428,375 a change of 2.61%

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:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 166 Percentage Change: + 1.22% Day High: 166.92 Day Low: 164.74

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 120.64 Percentage Change: + 0.75% Day High: 121.52 Day Low: 118.92

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LSE:IGAS Igas Energy. Close Mid-Price: 55.8 Percentage Change: + 9.20% Day High: 55.8 Day Low: 52

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 822 Percentage Change: + 0.55% Day High: 831 Day Low: 818.5

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1135 Percentage Change: + 1.16% Day High: 1142.5 Day Low: 1122

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 254.1 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 256.3 Day Low: 252.3

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 145.4 Percentage Change: + 1.68% Day High: 146.2 Day Low: 143.1

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 86.7 Percentage Change: + 4.46% Day High: 87.05 Day Low: 82.96

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#Brent #Dax August has now swung into full frustration mode, many share prices simply going through the motion during a period when no-one is particularly interested. In Europe, this must be an especially strange month on the markets, due to the very real nature of close-downs for the entire holiday month. But the UK, resolutely, pretends to ignore reality and instead, just moan about the weather.

One thing worthy of comment, due to ongoing ridiculous fuel costs, has been the recent approval by US Regulators of the first Small Modular Nuclear Reactors. This approval is especially germane for Rolls Royce who’ve announced they’re looking at producing a Mobile Small Nuclear Reactor. While thinking this was exactly what a nuclear submarine was – and remains – we’ve been keeping abreast with Rolls Royce work in this field.

Our little tractor would doubtless benefit from a “Back To The Future” type of nuclear device, ideally capable of treating grass cuttings as reaction mass, as it’s now easy to grudge every trip to the local petrol station to fill various fuel cans for various machines. The tractor likes one fuel, the chainsaw and pressure cleaner another, the strimmer yet another special mix, and somehow, they each appear to consume 5 litres per month. Previously this thirst had been ignored but now, the cost has been “noticed”.

All kidding aside, we’re mildly fascinated with Rolls Royce share price movements, entirely due to their nuclear initiative, and shall doubtless cover them in a headline analysis during the coming week.

 

As for Barclays, hopefully they’re also capable of finally doing something useful during August. Near term, above 166p should make an attempt at an initial 169p with secondary, if exceeded, a rather more interesting 177p. Visually, it isn’t difficult to understand why the secondary is of interest, taking the share price above it’s previous two highs and finding itself in a region where a longer term visit to 212p now makes quite a lot of sense.

For everything to now go wrong, the price requires slip below Red on the chart, presently around 150p, to risk triggering reversals to an initial 133p with secondary, if broken, at 119p eventually.

However, we suspect we’ve just seen early signs of an attempt to drive Barclays up to 212p, doubtless not during August.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:57:14PM	BRENT	94.09	92.45	91.07	88.16	94.7	96.12	97.25	98.86	93.7	‘cess
9:59:19PM	GOLD	1775.47
10:01:47PM	FTSE	7456
10:03:53PM	STOX50	3739									‘cess
10:05:37PM	GERMANY	13618	13557	13517	13424	13620	13695	13743	13805	13623
10:17:32PM	US500	4144.6									Success
10:19:57PM	DOW	32794									Success
10:23:09PM	NASDAQ	13208
10:24:58PM	JAPAN	28117

 

5/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7439 points. Change of -0.12%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,284,416,444 a change of -24.22%

4/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7448 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,653,918,717 a change of 0.91%

3/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7445 points. Change of 0.49%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,602,756,478 a change of -3.28%

2/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7409 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,792,539,911 a change of 52.35%

1/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7413 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,802,113,332 a change of -37.81%

29/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7423 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,113,428,375 a change of 2.61%

28/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7345 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,958,117,609 a change of -17.71%

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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#FTSE #DJI There’s something distinctly strange going on, as evinced by the Bank of England on Thursday. By announcing a long recession, along with the deepest plunge in living standards ever, the organisation gave a subtle hint things may not be rosy for the next 18 months or so. Perhaps politicians shall decide to throw street parties to combat this misery?

The “strange” element of all this gloom is the markets don’t currently seem to be embracing the concept of a recession, perhaps quite the opposite. It may be the case the current boost in corporate profits, due to price gouging, will face payback. With the service sector announcing their worst month, since the pandemic lockdown started, maybe we’re seeing the opening salvo of what’s to come. It’s also quite curious, with Crude Oil prices now flirting with a reversal cycle (ie; Brent Crude to $77 looks possible), we can entertain a faint hope of a reduction in fuel costs. Unfortunately, for this to become a reality, it will require oil refineries to revisit a pricing structure based on greed. Fuel prices will not experience “proper” reversal until such time the cost of cooking a barrel of oil returns to sane levels. The current increase, from pre-pandemic $9 to between $39 and $50 dollars to refine a barrel, may prove difficult to sustain in the face of reduced demand, due to the forecast recession.

From an immediate perspective, Wall St (The Dow Jones Industrial Average, it’s tedious name) is trading around 32,726 at time of writing. This index needs exceed just 32,914 points to suggest coming movement to an initial 33,137 points, a fairly tame increase which simply matches the highs of June. Should such a level be exceeded, our secondary is at 33,758 points, along with a challenge against the Blue downtrend for 2022. It’s interesting, closure above such a level is liable to be game changing, allowing a future cycle toward 36,875 points!

Should everything plan to go pear shaped on Wall St, the index needs below 30,500 points (Red on the chart) to risk a reversal cycle which permits a future 25,600 as a hopeful bottom. Amusingly, should such a level break, an ultimate bottom calculates around 16,000 points, undoing all the gains experienced since Mr Trump became president…

As for the FTSE for Friday, the UK market is proving slightly less optimistic than the US. As usual, there’s a plethora of probable causes, the Conservative Ugly Baby contest, Brexit, Bank of England, August holiday time, or even the weather but, the FTSE has not been holding any lasting upward momentum recently. This week has been as concise in direction as a bluebottle, all calculations suggesting the market should be heading up, the market refusing to co-operate. The immediate situation is pitiful, working out with movement above 7,492 presenting a useless challenge of attaining 7,513 points next. Even our secondary, should such a level be exceeded, is pretty dismal and works out at 7,531 points. About the only hope possible is our theoretical 3rd target level of 7,587 but in a week where only initial targets were being attained, we’re not inclined to any great hope for this ambition.

In addition, there’s now a tiny little problem at 7,410 points.

Should this level break, a reversal cycle to 7,340 looks possible as our initial target. If broken, our secondary calculates at 7,317 points. In this instance, a surprisingly tight stop loss level looks possible around 7,450 points.

Have a good weekend and relax, it’s only another 21 days until the next Grand Prix weekend

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:16:34PM	BRENT	93.47	93	92.61		94.22	97.84	99.66		96	Success
9:18:28PM	GOLD	1792.53	1766	1755		1774	1795	1805		1775	Success
9:20:23PM	FTSE	7435	7416	7399		7444	7466	7482		7442	Shambles
9:22:44PM	STOX50	3753	3731	3717		3762	3762	3761		3740	Success
9:24:52PM	GERMANY	13655	13613	13544		13691	13796	13851		13601	Success
9:36:07PM	US500	4150.97	4133	4119		4159	4171	4179		4144
9:37:38PM	DOW	32745	32640	32579		32756	32906	32951		32763
9:39:01PM	NASDAQ	13306	13163	13099		13254	13334	13394		13248
9:56:47PM	JAPAN	27877	27820	27711		27929	27965	27987		27895	‘cess

 

4/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7448 points. Change of 0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,653,918,717 a change of 0.91%

3/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7445 points. Change of 0.49%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,602,756,478 a change of -3.28%

2/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7409 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,792,539,911 a change of 52.35%

1/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7413 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,802,113,332 a change of -37.81%

29/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7423 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,113,428,375 a change of 2.61%

28/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7345 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,958,117,609 a change of -17.71%

27/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7348 points. Change of 0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,240,157,901 a change of 9.37%

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:IGAS Igas Energy. Close Mid-Price: 49.25 Percentage Change: + 4.34% Day High: 49.9 Day Low: 48.1

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LSE:ODX Omega Diags Close Mid-Price: 3.17 Percentage Change: -5.93% Day High: 3.35 Day Low: 3.05

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LSE:VOD Vodafone Close Mid-Price: 118.64 Percentage Change: -0.19% Day High: 119.12 Day Low: 117.42

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 142.5 Percentage Change: + 1.79% Day High: 148.5 Day Low: 142.5

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#Brent #SP500 We never expected to be confirming how successful a polymer companies products are but, in the case of Synthomer, we can testify their bitumen adhesive is superb, remaining pliable, waterproof, and is a complete sod to remove from human skin and the hair. Panic reading of the ingredients of the black gloop came with the realisation this very successful British company were involved in the contents. Most of which I was now ‘wearing’.

 

It all started with a good idea, gluing a roll of bitumen sheet to a steel roof, attempting to finally cure the level of condensation inside the shed. One half of the shed was easily treated, the gooey black adhesive painted on and solidly grabbing the roll of roofing bitumen. The rear of the shed was a different story, a spectacular drop available into a stream 12 feet below if the ladders shoogled the wrong way. The suggestion the roofing sheet be treated similar to wall-paper, the adhesive applied to the roll, not to the metal roof, was quickly adopted and within minutes, I was at the top of the ladders, starting to unfold the roofing sheet.

A gust of wind caught the 5 metre sheet, causing it to wrap around the idiot (me) at the top of the ladders, quickly bonding me to the side of the shed, along with the ladders. Utter panic ensued along with a painful realisation this was not a job I should be doing on my own. At least there was very little chance I’d topple backward into the stream below, thanks to the bonding capability of Synthomer’s fabulous product. But unfortunately, wrapped in black sticky glue, the only response was to tear myself out of the wrapping as I didn’t fancy a career as a human burrito.

Once my wife stopped laughing, when I appeared outside the kitchen window, she drove to the local hardware store to buy plenty of paint remover. The latex gloves I’d been wearing were a distant memory, the short sleeved shirt provided zero protection against the black ooze, and thankfully the shorts I’d been wearing were due to be replaced. Several hours later, the worst of the gunge had been removed, a long soak in a hot bath assisted the attempts to get the product out from under my fingernails, and we were confident my hair would grow back as it was decided it was safer to cut the worst off, rather than attempt trying to replace shampoo with paint brush cleaner.

As for Synthomers fundamentals, do your own research! However, from a personal perspective, their product works well but unfortunately, the markets look a bit nervous in the way their share price is moving.

 

Since 2014, there’s been a visual promise the share price has a logical “floor” around 190p and once again, the market is tap dancing at this level. Doubtless, a bunch of folk will be anticipating a bounce anytime soon but unfortunately, we’re starting to develop some doubts. The ongoing problem with “glass ceilings” or “floors” is fairly brutal. They usually break around the 3rd or 4th time they are assaulted. Currently, the price is, for the 3rd time, engaging with this hypothetical floor but unfortunately, the share price has also dripped below the Red uptrend on the chart, a line which dates back to 2009. Basically, all the pieces are in place for a loss of confidence for any immediate bounce.

Thankfully, the curious series of movements since the pandemic hit tend suggest ongoing weakness below 192p should hopefully “only” provoke relaxation to 169p and hopefully a proper recoil. Our secondary target level calculates at 159p, virtually the same number. We literally cannot calculate a bottom number below 159p. This results in a scenario, by our own in-house rules, of a strong expectation for a bounce, ideally just above the 169p level.

In the event everything intends suddenly go right, the price presently needs better Blue on the chart, currently around 260p, to enter a cycle which gives a vague promise of a distant 468p.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:49:06PM	BRENT	96.87	96.27	95.6	93.2	97.82	98.99	99.65	100.77	97.84	Success
9:51:14PM	GOLD	1765
9:55:25PM	FTSE	7456									Success
9:58:22PM	STOX50	3740									Success
10:42:25PM	GERMANY	13624									Success
10:44:47PM	US500	4151.52	4123	4110	4091	4139	4159	4174	4187	4141	Success
10:47:04PM	DOW	32806									Success
11:18:01PM	NASDAQ	13221									Success
11:19:59PM	JAPAN	27995									Success

3/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7445 points. Change of 0.49%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,602,756,478 a change of -3.28%

2/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7409 points. Change of -0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,792,539,911 a change of 52.35%

1/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7413 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,802,113,332 a change of -37.81%

29/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7423 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,113,428,375 a change of 2.61%

28/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7345 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,958,117,609 a change of -17.71%

27/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7348 points. Change of 0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,240,157,901 a change of 9.37%

26/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7306 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,619,636,706 a change of 9.19%

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:DARK Darktrace Plc. Close Mid-Price: 399.9 Percentage Change: + 4.74% Day High: 399.8 Day Low: 377.3

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 2896 Percentage Change: + 1.44% Day High: 2893 Day Low: 2840

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 814 Percentage Change: + 2.58% Day High: 820 Day Low: 787.5

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 105 Percentage Change: -0.94% Day High: 109 Day Low: 99.1

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 912.2 Percentage Change: + 4.90% Day High: 919.4 Day Low: 857

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LSE:ODX Omega Diags. Close Mid-Price: 3.38 Percentage Change: + 5.47% Day High: 3.8 Day Low: 3.35

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 79 Percentage Change: + 7.63% Day High: 79.6 Day Low: 73

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 401.4 Percentage Change: -1.62% Day High: 416.3 Day Low: 397.8

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital. Close Mid-Price: 140 Percentage Change: + 4.48% Day High: 140 Day Low: 134

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#Stoxx50 #NK225 As one of the guilty party in the Deepwater Horizon debacle, Transocean share price has taken a little hit since 2010. The corrosion of their share price has actually been worse, the rot starting in 2008 and proving pretty relentless in the years since. However, something interesting appears to be happening, share price movements worth paying attention to.

The Blue line on the chart below dates all the way back 14 years and suddenly, the stock market decided the share price deserved being gapped up above this long term historical downtrend. Equally puzzling, the presence of the Red uptrend since 2020’s pandemic lows. As the chart inset shows, the share price was also gapped up, regaining this uptrend.

Usually, in the grand scheme of things, we get quite exciting when a price is gapped up above its Red uptrend, this generally providing a reliable signal for happy times ahead. We’re always slightly less optimistic, when a price is gapped above a Blue downtrend, this sort of movement often being at the mercy of overall market conditions before things come to fruition. In this particular case, we’re at a loss as we cannot recall an instance when both things happened at the same time.

Maybe it’s an indicator the market is finally forgiving Transocean for trying to burn down the world and instead, is hoping the company intends set fire to the stock market!

The immediate situation certainly allows for some real optimism, suggesting ongoing traffic above $4 should trigger price recovery to an initial $5 next. If exceeded, our longer term secondary calculation works out at a visually sane $7.3. The picture from the chart certainly suggests a risk of hesitation, should $7.3 make an appearance.

 

For everything to go as badly as the companies attempts to cap an oil well in the Mexican Gulf, the share price now needs drip below $2.4 as this would transport it into a zone where “bottom” calculates as a visit to $1.12.

We really suspect Transocean Ltd should prove worth watching in the weeks and months ahead.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:05:26PM	FTSE	7394
9:08:19PM	BRENT	99.93									Success
9:10:46PM	GOLD	1761.44									Success
9:13:27PM	STOX50	3679	3661	3656	3631	3685	3702	3712	3729	3676	Success
9:16:42PM	GERMANY	13421									‘cess
9:19:01PM	US500	4091
9:42:52PM	DOW	32410									Success
9:44:58PM	NASDAQ	12891
9:46:54PM	JAPAN	27739	27716	27678	27598	27824	27884	27920	27978	27760

 

1/08/2022 FTSE Closed at 7413 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,802,113,332 a change of -37.81%

29/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7423 points. Change of 1.06%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,113,428,375 a change of 2.61%

28/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7345 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,958,117,609 a change of -17.71%

27/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7348 points. Change of 0.57%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,240,157,901 a change of 9.37%

26/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7306 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,619,636,706 a change of 9.19%

25/07/2022 FTSE Closed at 7306 points. Change of 0.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,062,435,734 a change of 37.23%

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:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 281.2 Percentage Change: -0.50% Day High: 287.2 Day Low: 280.8

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LSE:IGAS Igas Energy. Close Mid-Price: 44.1 Percentage Change: + 6.27% Day High: 45.4 Day Low: 41

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 106 Percentage Change: + 6.00% Day High: 105 Day Low: 99.9

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 73.4 Percentage Change: + 12.75% Day High: 76.4 Day Low: 66.8

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LSE:TRN The Trainline. Close Mid-Price: 408 Percentage Change: + 1.39% Day High: 410.2 Day Low: 398.4

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