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#FTSE #GOLD  The FTSE has behaved as if the market has discovered how to use the product which makes Scotland more tolerable! It has just experienced 11 sessions of very light gains, nothing spectacular, but the lunge to 9,000 points on Thursday was noteworthy. Thankfully we’re able to now provide a scenario which should see the UK index exceed 9.000 points, doubtless sparking dancing in the streets. As for our miracle product discovery, it transpires an old fashioned thing called “Castor Oil” has an amazing effect on Horse Fly bites, along with Midge bites. And a chum in Germany advises it’s also brilliant for Mosquito bites. When buying Castor Oil, it’s important it comes in a glass bottle, ideally a dark brown container. This type of packaging is used for the best quality oil. Personally, a couple of years ago when two Horse Fly bites made my left hard unusable for 6 months, everything the medical fraternity tried failed. But as the recipient of a couple of bites on Monday, within 8 hours Castor Oil reduced the swelling and within 24 hours, the red circle of infection was gone. And now, just 4 days later, one of the bites is almost invisible. Better still the Midge bite itch can be treated with a tiny smear of oil and again, just 24 hours later, the evidence of the bite has vanished.

For folk who react badly to insect bites, we commend a quality Castor Oil whether you are in Scotland or anywhere else, where the insect population regards humans as part of their diet.

 

The FTSE is certainly behaving as if it’s started to ignore trauma in the country, Tariffs from the USA not causing problems, no worries about illegal immigrants, UK interest rates more than double those of the EU. While we suspect some artificial drama will pause growth at the 9,000 point level, doubtless blaming trader nerves at the visit to this psychological milestone.

Now above 8980 points calculates with the potential of a lift  to a tame 8996 points with our secondary, if bettered, at 9074 points and a number which should confirm the 9,000 point level isn’t inviolate. If triggered, the tightest stop loss level works out at 8925 points. From our viewpoint, with the FTSE achieving higher highs, the index is now regarded as facing a long term visit to 10,000 points!

Our converse argument, if things intend go wrong, below 8925 points now risks triggering reversal down to an initial 8731 points with our secondary, if broken, an eventual bottom at 8640 points. To get into real trouble and trash our potentials for the Big Picture, the index needs move below the level of the trend break on the chart, effectively 8500 points.

 

Have a good weekend. It looks unpleasantly hot and thus, we’ve had friends inviting themselves for a visit.

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
11:12:27PM	BRENT	6843.2	6629	5971		6896	7014	7051		6730	Success
11:15:55PM	GOLD	3325.4	3305	3297		3321	3326	3332		3318	‘cess
11:18:59PM	FTSE	8980.9	8893	8860		8928	8994	9005		8940	‘cess
11:39:18PM	STOX50	5439.1	5432	5424		5450	5468	5477		5431
11:42:05PM	GERMANY	24451	24428	24367		24488	24643	24846		24435
11:44:24PM	US500	6283.1	6230	6209		6256	6290	6297		6270
11:47:52PM	DOW	44651	44298	44194		44412	44775	44893		44661	Success
11:50:03PM	NASDAQ	22845.8	22713	22679		22797	22900	22968		22838	Shambles
11:53:21PM	JAPAN	39737	39601	39477		39720	39752	39785		39663

 

10/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8975 points. Change of 1.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,178,779,712 a change of 11.73%

9/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8867 points. Change of 0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,635,239,933 a change of -8.59%

8/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8854 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,070,905,643 a change of 38.98%

7/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8806 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,648,651,423 a change of 20.16%

4/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8822 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,036,552,845 a change of -37.43%

3/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8823 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,853,262,556 a change of -31.49%

2/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,084,402,553 a change of 23.76%

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:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 343.65 Percentage Change: + 1.18% Day High: 344.85 Day Low: 340.05

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom Close Mid-Price: 195.5 Percentage Change: -0.76% Day High: 198.8 Day Low: 195.4

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 369.9 Percentage Change: + 2.10% Day High: 370.5 Day Low: 355.3

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4938 Percentage Change: + 2.15% Day High: 4956 Day Low: 4870

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 8.25 Percentage Change: + 7.14% Day High: 8.25 Day Low: 7.65

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 975.4 Percentage Change: -0.91% Day High: 990 Day Low: 973.6

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1046 Percentage Change: + 0.24% Day High: 1055.5 Day Low: 1032.5

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LSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 6335 Percentage Change: + 2.34% Day High: 6400 Day Low: 6220

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1287 Percentage Change: + 2.31% Day High: 1296.5 Day Low: 1277.5

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#Gold #Nasdaq  When our broadband router suddenly turned Red at 3am, there was no option but to give up. A BT Openreach van has been doing his stuff with the fibre optic box along the road all morning, so I can finally hit the publish button!

It’s refreshing to write a report without a salacious photograph of a Crow wearing a white bra… But in the case of Jet2, we can include an excerpt from the chart which illustrates an issue with recent share price movements! We’re choosing to highlight a chart signal which invariably proves quite reliable. The share price broke below an obvious Red uptrend, then four sessions later the share price exceeded the level of trend break. The level of the trend break was 1796p, yet a few days later the price closed the day at 1825p. From our perspective, this was a reasonable difference, making us suspect the “trend break” may be fake, essentially an excuse to slow down share price performance for whatever reason the market goblins invent.

We’ve a daft story about Jet2, involving the pair of us oversleeping and missing a flight to the idyllic destination of Benidorm. In our defence, this trip was an attempt to discover if the place was as bad as the media paint, hopefully having a bit of a laugh in the process. We’d booked tickets on a Jet2 flight from Leeds, just needing to wake our daughter up and get her to drive south. This particular bit of blackmail ensured she had use of my Range Rover for the next week, along with access to my Debit Card to pay for fuel. We arrived at Leeds and Jet2’s headquarters, got on the flight, discovered our apartment overlooked a bar with Full English Breakfast, Strippers every evening and Karaoke along with happy hours in early evenings.. It transpired Benidorm was everything everyone said, until we discovered life and restaurants on the north side of the town. Meanwhile our daughter, driving the petrol engine Range Rover, managed to spend more than we achieved in our week in hell. Quite how folk could leave the UK and establish their own little unassimilated colony completely escaped us. Then we recalled the worst case scenario, when a bunch of British settlers sailed to the US, eventually forming a country which still uses English, has plenty of Stripper bars, and the ideal breakfast is pretty close to a Full English. Aside from the fact North Americans do not know how to cook bacon or make toast, the latter due to their inability to make bread.

To be blunt, regardless of any near term fun and games, we suspect this share price intends head upward, once sufficient numbers of share traders believe everything is going wrong with their investment!

 

To get the dodgy potentials out of the way, below 1646 calculates with the potential of reversals to an initial 1612 with our secondary, if broken, at 1586p and hopefully a proper rebound., To get into proper trouble, the share needs finish a session below 1500p to send our eyebrows into orbit.  Until such a point, our inclination is to regard the market as “simply” mucking around.

Alternately, it feels more probable we should pay attention, if the share price staggers above 1750 as this should trigger movement to an initial 1800p as moves to a fairly useless 1810 are expected. But share price closure above 1800p should prove significant for the longer term, suggesting an ambition at an initial 2064p with our secondary, if exceeded, calculating at 2,202p and almost certain hesitation.

It looks like Jet2 should prove worth watching.

 

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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
11:23:49PM	BRENT	6976
11:26:39PM	GOLD	3319.96	3306	3300	3293	3316	3322	3328	3334	3309	‘cess
11:29:51PM	FTSE	8904.9									‘cess
11:33:41PM	STOX50	5465.4									Success
11:46:05PM	GERMANY	24634.5									‘cess
11:48:32PM	US500	6264.7									Success
11:51:31PM	DOW	44483.5									‘cess
11:54:19PM	NASDAQ	22867.1	22727	22671	22588	22818	22880	22936	22986	22790	Success
11:56:18PM	JAPAN	39918

 

9/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8867 points. Change of 0.15%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,635,239,933 a change of -8.59%

8/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8854 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,070,905,643 a change of 38.98%

7/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8806 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,648,651,423 a change of 20.16%

4/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8822 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,036,552,845 a change of -37.43%

3/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8823 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,853,262,556 a change of -31.49%

2/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,084,402,553 a change of 23.76%

1/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8785 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,724,160,773 a change of 7.93%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 349.5 Percentage Change: + 1.01% Day High: 353 Day Low: 342

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 362.3 Percentage Change: + 0.61% Day High: 363.2 Day Low: 358.7

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 4834 Percentage Change: -0.17% Day High: 4878 Day Low: 4826

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 329.9 Percentage Change: -1.79% Day High: 335.6 Day Low: 330.3

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 984.4 Percentage Change: + 1.86% Day High: 987.6 Day Low: 971.2

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LSE:SFOR S4 Capital Close Mid-Price: 24.5 Percentage Change: -2.00% Day High: 24.95 Day Low: 23

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1043.5 Percentage Change: + 0.24% Day High: 1047 Day Low: 1037

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LSE:SRP Serco Close Mid-Price: 209.2 Percentage Change: -0.66% Day High: 211.2 Day Low: 207

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1258 Percentage Change: + 0.64% Day High: 1265.5 Day Low: 1247

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Click Epic to jump to share:LSE:AAL Anglo American** **LSE:AFC AFC Energy** **LSE:AML Aston Martin** **LSE:ASC Asos** **LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:AVCT Avacta** **LSE:AZN Astrazeneca** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC** **LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CASP Caspian** **LSE:CCL Carnival** **LSE:CEY Centamin** **LSE:CLAI Cellular Goods** **LSE:CNA Centrica** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:DLG Direct Line Group** **LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:GENL Genel** **LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:GRG Greggs** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:IDS International Distribution** **LSE:IGG IG Group** **LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group** **LSE:IPF International Personal Finance** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:ITM ITM Power** **LSE:ITV ITV** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:MRO Melrose** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures** **LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments** **LSE:PHP Primary Health** **LSE:PMG Parkmead** **LSE:QED Quadrise** **LSE:RKH Rockhopper** **LSE:SBRY Sainsbury** **LSE:SCLP Scancell** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **LSE:SPT Spirent Comms** **LSE:SPX Spirax** **LSE:STAR Star Energy** **LSE:TERN Tern Plc** **LSE:TLW Tullow** **LSE:TRN The Trainline** **LSE:TSCO Tesco** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **LSE:VOD Vodafone** **LSE:WG. Wood Group** **LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital** **

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Risk Warning & Notice to Investors

Buying, selling and investing in shares is not without risk. Market and company movement will affect your performance and you may get back less than you invest. Neither Trends and Targets Ltd, Shareprice, or Interactive Investor will be responsible for any losses that may be incurred

#FTSE #STOXX It was hard to avoid publishing this zoomed snapshot from the office. One of the two garden crows, Sheryl, was patrolling the soggy lawn and grass cuttings. This bird is smaller than her partner – Russell – and has always been distinguished by white flecks on one side. However, seeing the bird face on gave the distinct visual impression the bird was wearing a white bra or bikini top as her white feathers are present on both sides! Our varied garden wildlife continues its tradition of being weird. As is Firstgroup…

 

We reviewed Firstgroup back in March, giving a long term target price level of 239p. In recent days, it has achieved 238p and stalled, carefully avoiding threading its way above 239p and we suspect this may prove quite critical. One of our favourite signals is triggered, when a share price exceeds one of our target levels on the first lunge but in this instance, the path from 183p to our 239p hasn’t exactly been a success as the market appears to have designated 238p as a ceiling. While this could be a data calibration error on our part, we’re not entirely convinced.

The immediate situation now looks like movements above 238p should provoke a visit to 241.5p, not the most profitable leap in a share price. But in the event FirstGroup price manages above 241.5p, things become more interesting as movement to an initial 282p looks possible with our longer term secondary, if bettered, a very useful 413p, a price level not seen since 2010…  To cut to the chase, we now regard it as the case this share price must close above 241.5p to signal a sea change in the share price potentials. Here’s hoping as Firstgroup has been visually parked for the last ten years.

 

 

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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
9:47:56PM	BRENT	6967									‘cess
9:50:14PM	GOLD	3300.05									‘cess
9:53:03PM	FTSE	8862.7	8805	8778	8746	8828	8876	8892	8911	8842	‘cess
11:09:26PM	STOX50	5382.7	5332	5313	5287	5357	5388	5406	5432	5340
11:12:11PM	GERMANY	24247									Success
11:15:10PM	US500	6228.2
11:20:59PM	DOW	44243.5									Shambles
11:26:10PM	NASDAQ	22713.9
11:29:01PM	JAPAN	39943

 

8/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8854 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,070,905,643 a change of 38.98%

7/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8806 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,648,651,423 a change of 20.16%

4/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8822 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,036,552,845 a change of -37.43%

3/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8823 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,853,262,556 a change of -31.49%

2/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,084,402,553 a change of 23.76%

1/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8785 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,724,160,773 a change of 7.93%

30/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8760 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,303,542,637 a change of 7.14%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 346 Percentage Change: + 0.73% Day High: 350 Day Low: 343.5

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LSE:FRES Fresnillo Close Mid-Price: 1469 Percentage Change: -1.34% Day High: 1537 Day Low: 1458

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 360.1 Percentage Change: + 1.49% Day High: 362.4 Day Low: 355.7

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 335.9 Percentage Change: -0.97% Day High: 339.6 Day Low: 334

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 61.6 Percentage Change: + 4.05% Day High: 62.2 Day Low: 59.2

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1041 Percentage Change: + 0.92% Day High: 1044 Day Low: 1029

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 210.6 Percentage Change: + 1.54% Day High: 210.4 Day Low: 207.4

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1250 Percentage Change: + 2.50% Day High: 1250 Day Low: 1225.5

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#Gold #SP500 We’ve had emails asking about Mkango but first, Jeremy Clarkson actually provided some inspiration in his recent release of Clarkstons Farm. In one episode, he admits his favourite machine is a bush eating robot, providing some interesting possibilities. It was a surprise when wasting time on YouTube Shorts, a video of a robot tracked vehicle which used spinning flails to cut grass proved captivating. Despite the machine looking like an extra from the dystopian future of Terminator, there was something quite attractive about the idea of using something like a bomb disposal robot to butcher the grass, using a remote control and embedded camera. And with the tracks, it could even climb down to the lower garden, scaring the heck out of anyone passing by.

It was clear Mr Clarkson may actually have a point. Thus, the unheard of happened, a link was clicked on a dodgy Chinese YouTube video. The price of the thing was absurdly cheap, under 400 quid. Puting this into context, replacing the cutting deck attachment for the little tractor (which cannot make it down to the front lawn) had grudgingly cost just over £600 a few years ago. With a Chinese company flogging an entire robot on the AliExpress website for a lower cost, the idea of sitting at the coffee table on the patio with a remote control gizmo is truly attractive. The machine from China, powered by a civilised petrol engine, is now under serious consideration and the idea of grass being finely cut by a rotating flail is quite interesting. Unfortunately, this was the cue for another YouTube rabbit hole, comparing varied methods of cutting grass. It transpires this new fangled flail idea could be quite superior to the current cutting deck which has two massive rotating sharp propellers which give a cutting width of nearly four feet. But it is high maintenance.

An inordinate amount of consideration is being given to the idea of buying this clickbait item. It could also be used to terrorise wildlife in our Argyll garden.

 

As for Mkango, a company who aim to become a market leader in producing recycled rare earth magnets etc, there seems to be an almost hysterical wave of optimism for their future share price. To be fair, we’ve around 50 hard drives stored which contain considerable amounts of data we no longer use, nor will ever be interested in. They are helpfully labelled and generally require a single Western Digital thump to allow them to spin back into life. There is no way they are going into landfill and probably face a future when an upright drill tears a hole through each pristine disk. We’d never considered a company like Mkango would regard these products as recyclable but it wouldn’t hurt to make them inaccessible and toss them in the direction of a company who can make use of the contents. Doubtless the motors which spin them above 7,000 rpm contain some worth.

 

We’ve established Mkango share price closure above 37.5p shall be regarded as important for the longer term for Mkango, capable of triggering price movement to an initial 47.5p with our secondary, if bettered, at a future all time high of 61p. There are some truly optimistic numbers being bandied around for the share price but only if the price manages to close above 61p, nearly twice the current level, shall we dare believe some of the “sky is the limit” numbers being bandied around for this AIM listed share.

Probably a company worth doing some research into.

 

 

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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
10:25:18PM	BRENT	6930									Success
10:37:00PM	GOLD	3336.26	3296	3290	3265	3316	3340	3356	3376	3326	Success
10:41:02PM	FTSE	8763.3									‘cess
10:47:35PM	STOX50	5313.1									Success
10:49:40PM	GERMANY	23950.5									Success
10:53:32PM	US500	6216.8	6200	6194	6164	6232	6270	6297	6329	6244	Success
11:31:18PM	DOW	44288									Success
11:35:02PM	NASDAQ	22630									‘cess
11:39:35PM	JAPAN	39355									Success

 

7/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8806 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,648,651,423 a change of 20.16%

4/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8822 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,036,552,845 a change of -37.43%

3/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8823 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,853,262,556 a change of -31.49%

2/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,084,402,553 a change of 23.76%

1/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8785 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,724,160,773 a change of 7.93%

30/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8760 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,303,542,637 a change of 7.14%

27/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8798 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,950,185,062 a change of -11.23%

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.

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 7.7 Percentage Change: + 1.99% Day High: 7.7 Day Low: 7.55

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1219.5 Percentage Change: + 1.04% Day High: 1235 Day Low: 1219

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#Brent #Nasdaq Our enthusiasm for Formula1 has been diminishing somewhat this year. Until the UK’s weather produced a superb weekend at Silverstone, a race which demanded drivers display skill and experience and created a situation where the rookie drivers collectively failed to finish. It transpires the reason for such a great race was rain pouncing on the circuit for a while, and when the deluge stopped, it was to take an age before the track dried. Pirouetting cars became the order of the day, one team (HAAS) even producing a spin off with both their cars perfectly synchronised as  they headed to the barriers. The commentators even mentioned the team deserved a bonus point for such a tidy disaster between two team mates.

Of course, this has created a gullible situation, where we’re now looking forward for the Belgium race in 3 weeks. This race can also be pretty chaotic, so perhaps some resumption of enthusiasm for F1 shall continue. But Silverstone also created slight guilt as, here in Argyll we constantly moan about the rain, forgetting it’s often the missing ingredient for a good Formula1 race. Or in the case of Silverstone this year, an excellent race, even though Hamilton failed to secure a podium position and looked like he was taking it easy to give the guy ahead, his friend Nico Hulkenburg, his first podium finish in 15 years of racing.

 

If only we could gather as much enthusiasm for Lloyds share price, the value proving quite spiteful in its behaviour. Three weeks ago when we reviewed Lloyds, we presented 79p as being a trigger level for some real growth. During the intervening period, the highest achieved has been just 77.6p, then the share price slithered back under its miserable rock of tranquillity. At times it feels like Lloyds are battling an invisible entity, one which is determined to inhibit any real increase in value.

However, similar to Formula1, we now have hope for the future. But unfortunately, the trigger level of 79p remains pristine and valid. It is now the case, movement above 79p should trigger a share price gain to a confident looking (but pathetic sounding) 81.5p. While we suspect some hesitation to occur at the 81.5p level, our longer term secondary calculates at a more useful 87.3p, a share price level where the invisible entity shall doubtless introduce reasons to slow things down, perhaps due to the share value equalling the highs of ten years ago in 2015.

Things are clearly becoming a little silly and frustrating, when we’re reduced to blaming things on “invisible entities!” There’s already a suspicion such a being is assaulting this writer in his private life, stealing hair and creating a great deal of frustration. A receding hairline had always been thought to be something which occurred over a period of years. Instead, just 5 months this year and folk are starting to comment…

Returning to Lloyds, should the share price eventually close above 87.3p, a wild ride into the future is expected.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
4:07:39PM	BRENT	6828.5	6600	6000	5360	6900	6858	6892	6939	6814
4:17:28PM	GOLD	3336.79								3330
11:09:37PM	FTSE	8817								8790
11:11:42PM	STOX50	5291.7								5278
11:15:11PM	GERMANY	23851								23787
11:16:39PM	US500	6259.3								6248
11:18:02PM	DOW	44720.5								44664
11:23:57PM	NASDAQ	22811	22751	21698	21320	22830	22833	22870	22931	22752
11:25:47PM	JAPAN	39865								39818

 

4/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8822 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,036,552,845 a change of -37.43%

3/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8823 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,853,262,556 a change of -31.49%

2/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,084,402,553 a change of 23.76%

1/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8785 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,724,160,773 a change of 7.93%

30/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8760 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,303,542,637 a change of 7.14%

27/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8798 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,950,185,062 a change of -11.23%

26/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8735 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,649,993 a change of -3.11%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 81.62 Percentage Change: + 3.00% Day High: 82.3 Day Low: 79.64

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#FTSE #WallSt  Worldwide, fireworks are used to celebrate getting ride of the Westminster Government or, in the case of Guy Fawkes, even an attempt to get rid of the UK’s celebration of greed and incompetence. The US markets, closed for 4th July, traditionally exert a calming effect by their closure, ensuring Europe doesn’t end the day by doing anything interesting. And of course, Friday night in America will culminate with massive displays of fireworks, generally to the annoyance of the major cities who deem them dangerous.

Historically, we’re never shocked at seeing the FTSE behave as if it has slipped its leash, running around on 4th July as if it were doing something important. But unfortunately, the UK market also slouches back toward the starting level for the day, dashing any illusions of hope (or gloom) which the session falsely implied. But on the bright side, it’s the UK Grand Prix this weekend, where we shall doubtless see Louis Hamilton finish fairly high in the points, along with the jingoistic potential of Russell George reversing into position as the race winner… It will be nice, if Formula 1 decided to reintroduce racing to the sport as things still feel very contrived. Watching a rookie driver slicing through a pack of cars to torpedo Max Verstappen at the Austrian race was a breath of fresh air, effectively dismantling a race where the result had been a forgone conclusion.

Who knows, maybe this weekend at Silverstone shall provide some surprises, other than the fireworks at the chequered flag when George Russell wins! Cynical? Us?

 

With regard the FTSE, the UK index is regarded as being in an upward cycle, thought of as just messing around since the start of June while awaiting the correct set of circumstances to head up properly. Personally, we suspect this shall prove to be interest rate manipulation by the Bank of England, an organisation which appears to believe its function is to stop the country from prospering, adhering to an economic model which is increasingly ridiculed…  The concept of increasing Interest Rates, to push up prices, to combat inflation, still makes a sentence which fails to make any sense.

From a near term perspective, it appears movements above 8838 should next trigger gains to a useless 8849 points with our secondary, if bettered, an ambitious 8892 points. If triggered, our suggested stop level is at 8800  But we suspect it will be worth remembering the US is closed with the result any movement above 8849 risks fizzling out like a Pound Shop firework, the market doubtless intending to finish the day flat.

If trouble is expected, below 8800 risks kicking off reversal to an initial 8771 with our secondary, if broken, calculating at 8744. Our thoughts on the secondary target are doubtful, given an expectation the market shall end the day flat.

 

Have a good weekend, hopefully drier than forecast for here in Argyll.

 

 

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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
10:35:48PM	BRENT	6863	6814	6798		6856	6904	6940		6860
10:38:22PM	GOLD	3325.82	3311	3292		3335	3365	3386		3340	‘cess
10:41:54PM	FTSE	8814.6	8787	8767		8805	8840	8851		8805	Success
10:44:08PM	STOX50	5334	5300	5283		5318	5340	5347		5328	‘cess
11:38:10PM	GERMANY	23921.9	23758	23709		23895	23951	24004		23898	‘cess
11:41:51PM	US500	6274.5	6221	6195		6236	6285	6452		6161	Success
11:46:22PM	DOW	44788	44344	44229		44541	44881	44971		44455	‘cess
11:48:48PM	NASDAQ	22856	22616	22515		22692	22890	22940		22787	Success
11:51:03PM	JAPAN	40014	39655	39526		39868	40137	40336		39980

 

3/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8823 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,853,262,556 a change of 0%

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

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

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

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

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

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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 90.6 Percentage Change: + 8.50% Day High: 91.2 Day Low: 83.4

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#Stoxx #Dax  We’ve long had a problem with the company, formerly known as Research Machines, the company championing their outdated and useless computers in the early 1980’s, technology which was really only capable of teaching pupils where the On/Off switch was, along with some vague keyboard skills. The problem was they boasted of owning a 40% share in school computers, this against a backdrop of the IBM PC taking the rest of the world by storm. It was the equivalent of teaching pupils Scottish Gaelic to ensure they’d be proficient in foreign languages, before releasing them into a world where everyone speaks English.

From a personal perspective, already coding at home while Research Machines successfully sold the idea “a computer is a computer” to an educational establishment ignorant of the industry, was frustrating, even some teachers perfectly aware of the divorce from reality being inflicted in schools. In fairness, this was early days with lots of false starts but when the first IBM PC’s appeared in late 1980, it became clear within weeks of the direction the industry was taking. The only problem, you already had to be on the road to know the correct direction. In a brilliant example of how folk fail to learn, 15 years later we had British Telecom convincing themselves the Internet was a fad which wouldn’t last and the concept called Broadband really would never experience any real demand.

 

With the mid-1990’s, Research Machines renamed themselves as RM, continuing to produce products for schools, eventually producing something which was designed to “protect” pupils and staff from inappropriate online content. Amusingly, a few years later, a nephew explained how he’d by-passed this hindrance at his school, and was warned not to get caught. He revealed his method was in use with the entire staff – with the exception of the schools IT department.

 

As for RM’s share price, it has been experiencing a pretty tough time since 2020, reaching a low of around 18p and now, trading around 82p, actually exhibits some hope for the future. If we adorn ourselves with a Captain Sensible Hat, above 134p could be regarded as a sane recovery trigger, movement above such a level suggesting an initial target of 193 with secondary, if bettered, at 261p. Obviously, these massive gains sound a little outlandish but the funny thing is, the current price cycle introduces the concept of recovery above 92p as ticking the first box in a cycle to 134p, the all important trigger level for big moves.

Conversely, we’d comment share price closure below 75p risks promoting traffic downhill in the direction of an initial 54p with our secondary, if broken, calculating at 28p and hopefully a bouncy bottom.

 

 

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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
10:37:38PM	BRENT	6896.4									Success
10:40:47PM	GOLD	3357.16									Shambles
10:44:09PM	FTSE	8791.7									Success
10:48:44PM	STOX50	5325	5283	5268	5248	5304	5327	5337	5361	5310
10:51:38PM	GERMANY	23809.8
10:53:38PM	US500	6227.4									‘cess
11:28:41PM	DOW	44493.7	44420	44321	44211	44514	44651	44710	46225	44056
11:30:57PM	NASDAQ	22624.4
11:33:03PM	JAPAN	39711

 

2/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,084,402,553 a change of 23.76%

1/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8785 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,724,160,773 a change of 7.93%

30/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8760 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,303,542,637 a change of 7.14%

27/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8798 points. Change of 0.72%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,950,185,062 a change of -11.23%

26/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8735 points. Change of 0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,576,649,993 a change of -3.11%

25/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8718 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,755,869,829 a change of -23.33%

24/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,507,244,124 a change of 60.9%

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:BT.A British Telecom Close Mid-Price: 192.85 Percentage Change: -1.83% Day High: 197.2 Day Low: 191.35

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1956.5 Percentage Change: + 3.85% Day High: 1966 Day Low: 1893.5

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LSE:GRG Greggs Close Mid-Price: 1675 Percentage Change: -15.19% Day High: 1762 Day Low: 1646

Target met. Weakness on Greggs below 1646 will invariably lead to 1625p w ……..

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 344.4 Percentage Change: + 0.38% Day High: 348 Day Low: 342.8

Target met. Further movement against British Airways ABOVE 348 should im ……..

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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 83.5 Percentage Change: + 4.51% Day High: 85.3 Day Low: 77

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 338.3 Percentage Change: -5.05% Day High: 357.1 Day Low: 337.3

Continued weakness against MKS taking the price below 337.3 calculates as ……..

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LSE:NWG Natwest Close Mid-Price: 473.8 Percentage Change: -5.50% Day High: 510.6 Day Low: 471.1

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures Close Mid-Price: 7.36 Percentage Change: -1.87% Day High: 7.43 Day Low: 7.34

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