Trends And Targets

#Brent #Dax

Lloyds Banking Group share price starts to feel like it has a lot in common with 11 year old girls, afraid of everything. A misplaced joke managed to spoil Saturday night, grand-daughters having an “adventure” staying in our caravan. The caravan is parked on the driveway, motion sensors and security lights in abundance, along with CCTV with motion sensor alerts. It’s also around 10 metres from the front door. All this stuff has nothing to do with paranoid security*** but rather, a lack of lighting in the highlands where nights can be pitch black. And the CCTV lets us know when the supermarket driver appears with a delivery!

The offending joke? Telling the girls if they heard wolves prowling around outside, to just come into the unlocked house…

Around 1am, all hell broke loose. Two roe deer triggered the outside lights. The girls decided they were wolves, the holiday weekend took a turn for the worse. My daughter proved quite condescending at breakfast on Sunday, both little girls finally sound asleep, probably enjoying wolf puppy dreams. Worse, all plans for Sunday were cancelled until the girls surfaced.

 

Lloyds share price has spent the last three weeks, cowering in terror from hopefully imaginary wolves. There has been a pretty obvious downtrend since the middle of January, one which gives hope movement bettering the trend should provoke recovery to an initial 50.5p with secondary, if bettered, at a confident looking 56p. Unfortunately, there has also been a well defined Red uptrend since March, one which was broken last week.

This results in a scenario where weakness now below 45.25p risks promoting reversal to an initial 43p with secondary, if broken, at 40.6p and hopefully a bounce, faster than a child being chased by an invisible wolf.

 

*** The final level of security for the children was myself. Needing only three hours of sleep a night, in theory there was a “responsible” adult watching telly just 20 feet away, nice and warm indoors!

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
8:37:23PM	BRENT	107.45	102.8	100.815	97.78	104.75	108.1	109.36	112.73	105.32
9:06:24PM	GOLD	1862
9:12:54PM	FTSE	7473
9:14:24PM	FRANCE	6439.5
9:16:45PM	GERMANY	13944.88	13792	13638	13452	13940	14040	14101	14182	13963
9:18:22PM	US500	4152.22
10:02:19PM	DOW	33057
10:03:58PM	NASDAQ	13053
10:05:46PM	JAPAN	26888

 

29/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7544 points. Change of 0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,989,742,428 a change of 18.72%

28/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7509 points. Change of 1.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,887,371,702 a change of -15.1%

27/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7425 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,934,236,931 a change of -7.56%

26/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7386 points. Change of 0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,501,270,625 a change of 7.74%

25/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7380 points. Change of -1.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,962,693,363 a change of 2.9%

22/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7521 points. Change of -1.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,766,539,663 a change of -21.54%

21/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7627 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,624,086,669 a change of 11.51%

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:BDEV Barrett Devs. Close Mid-Price: 494.5 Percentage Change: + 0.28% Day High: 503 Day Low: 490.2

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 24.5 Percentage Change: -9.93% Day High: 26 Day Low: 23.6

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LSE:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 79.46 Percentage Change: -1.17% Day High: 80.74 Day Low: 79.62

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 23.98 Percentage Change: + 4.72% Day High: 24.1 Day Low: 22.84

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LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown Close Mid-Price: 917.2 Percentage Change: -2.15% Day High: 941.8 Day Low: 909.6

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LSE:HUR Hurrican Energy Close Mid-Price: 9.5 Percentage Change: -0.31% Day High: 9.95 Day Low: 9.3

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2330 Percentage Change: + 2.64% Day High: 2335 Day Low: 2275

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 152.1 Percentage Change: + 0.53% Day High: 155 Day Low: 151.4

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#FTSE #KGF.L

Inspiration to review Kingfisher wasn’t hard to come by, due to a disastrous DIY event. It appears, for whatever reason, Kingfisher (owners of B&Q and ScrewFix in the UK) are enjoying their own share price meltdown, something of a surprise given the return to what passes for normality in the UK. It used to be the case, until the internet took over, you could judge someone by their catalogue. Were they a “ScrewFix” person or a “Maplin Electronics” person? Both fabulous books contained the seeds for dream projects for the future. Alas, catalogues appear to have gone the way of “Good Old Yellow Pages”, the internet failing to provide the tactile experience of sitting down with a coffee, turning catalogue pages and discovering inspiration. Plus there was the added advantage; no-one thumbing through a catalogue would be accused of being lazy. Despite the fact ‘research’ was usually being enacted on the most ridiculous of subjects…

For Kingfisher, perhaps it’s the outlandish level of price rises being enacted in their B&Q stores, staff members tending to take on an “Arthur Dailly” aspect when queried about the price of anything wood related. Apparently prices for ‘raw’ timber can now change daily, creating a difficult situation for a corporate dealing in bulk sales. Then again, perhaps the company exposure to their successful outlets throughout Europe is creating an issue, especially with their brand in Poland being geared to handle proper DIY jobs, rather than the wimpish level of projects B&Q clients try in the UK!

 

Regardless, the share price has been falling and things are not looking great.

The Blue line on the chart, the share price downtrend, dates back to 2014 but importantly, it can also be extended far back in time to 1999. Thus, Kingfisher has seen their price retreat below a downtrend which is 23 years old. Surely this is pretty significant.

Weakness now below just 246p threatens reversal to an initial 193p with our longer term secondary, if broken, calculating at 127p and a challenge against the Covid-19 low of 2020. The only certainty of an escape from trouble will come with any miracle gain above Blue, currently 307p.

FTSE for Friday The UK market performed pretty much as expected on Thursday and looks capable of maintaining its recovery. Obviously, a carelessly misplaced bomb or, in the UK, a carelessly misplaced party invitation risks derailing things but otherwise, above 7520 points for the FTSE should prove capable of triggering a nod in the direction of 7578 points next. If exceeded, our secondary calculates at a longer term 7644 points. The market needs below 7470 to tarnish our optimism.

 

This provides a suitable trigger level, if attempts are being made to spoil the holiday weekend. Below 7470 risks reversal to an initial 7435 with secondary, if broken, at 7389 points and hopefully a bounce.

Have a good weekend. Hopefully the holiday Monday is dry!

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:53:05PM	BRENT	107.11	102.78	101.91		104.7	107.7	109.07		105.5	‘cess
10:55:41PM	GOLD	1894.86	1879	1873		1887	1897	1902		1888
10:57:23PM	FTSE	7539	7450	7411		7515	7585	7629		7507	‘cess
11:00:57PM	FRANCE	6558	6431	6412		6477	6575	6621		6524
11:03:11PM	GERMANY	14011	13758	13676		13940	14123	14182		13994	‘cess
11:04:55PM	US500	4251.62	4184	4156.5		4223	4308	4319		4242	Success
11:07:41PM	DOW	33856	33240	33038		33500	34064	34195		33837	Success
11:09:50PM	NASDAQ	13238	13032	12914		13232	13544	13608		13340	Success
11:17:50PM	JAPAN	27150	26890	26728		27078	27248	27333		27140

28/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7509 points. Change of 1.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,887,371,702 a change of -15.1%

27/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7425 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,934,236,931 a change of -7.56%

26/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7386 points. Change of 0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,501,270,625 a change of 7.74%

25/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7380 points. Change of -1.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,962,693,363 a change of 2.9%

22/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7521 points. Change of -1.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,766,539,663 a change of -21.54%

21/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7627 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,624,086,669 a change of 11.51%

20/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7629 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,734,053,627 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:AFC AFC Energy Close Mid-Price: 31.8 Percentage Change: -3.40% Day High: 34 Day Low: 31.2

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 246.2 Percentage Change: + 0.49% Day High: 248 Day Low: 239

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LSE:CASP Caspian Close Mid-Price: 2.7 Percentage Change: -6.90% Day High: 2.9 Day Low: 2.7

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 30.25 Percentage Change: + 0.83% Day High: 30.8 Day Low: 29

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 911 Percentage Change: -1.98% Day High: 957.4 Day Low: 898.8

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 228.7 Percentage Change: -4.31% Day High: 235.5 Day Low: 222.6

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 547.6 Percentage Change: + 14.15% Day High: 561.6 Day Low: 523.6

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#GBPUSD #Gold

It used to be the case, at this time of year, lots of folk asked about how Sterling was looking against the Dollar & Euro. This year, despite a plethora of TV adverts, we’ve not had a single email asking our thoughts on currency and now, GBP vs USD is looking a bit of a disaster. Of course, the term “disaster” can be subjective, such as happened today with a garden shed.

 

Sometimes, no matter how ridiculous it paints the writer, some stories are simply too good and shouldn’t be kept secret…

A fact about staying in the Scottish Highlands in the need to become fairly self sufficient. Folk living in civilisation find it easy to make a call and get a bloke round to do a job. Whereas in the Highlands, it’s never that easy for reasons which are fairly understandable. Just getting someone to quote for a job can prove difficult, due to reason of the distance needing travelled. Often it’s the case where a vague promise of “dropping by next time working in the area” is the best you’ll get. Worse, someone will turn up (always an hour late, that’s a big rule) and discover they’ve the wrong parts. This means waiting till they next catch a ferry to whatever supplier on the mainland and the inevitable delay in rescheduling the job. On the bright side, folk are pleasant, easy going, and the Scottish word for ‘Mañana’ is ‘Argyll’.

The foregoing is an explanation for why I managed to glue myself onto a shed, at the top of a ladder, above a stream. And also start a small forest fire.

Steel roofed sheds have an annoying feature. Condensation forms under the roof in surprising quantity, ensuring our little tractor and garden tools were constantly soaked. We decided the easiest method of stopping condensation was to cover the roof with old fashioned roofing felt. Obviously it couldn’t be nailed on but there’s a product called Roofing Adhesive, a product thicker than treacle and also blacker than black. The accessible part of the roof was coated with the adhesive and 3 metres of felt cheerfully glued itself in place. But the back half of the roof looked quite problematic, my wife offering an easy solution.

“Why not treat the roofing felt like wallpaper? Coat the non-gritty side with the adhesive, fold it on itself, prop the ladders at the back of the shed and just unfold it, covering the roof.”

It all seemed simple, when talking in the kitchen. At the top of the ladders, trying to unfold the roofing felt, a gust of wind ensured it wrapped around the ladders, myself, and my arms. I was trapped, the ladders feeling like they wanted to fall backward into the stream 2 metres below the base of the ladder. Calling for help was a non-starter, knowing my wife was wearing earphones while pretending to be busy in the kitchen. Eventually the ladders felt sufficiently stable to allow myself to use my weight to tear the roofing felt apart and escape to ground level, where my walking stick awaited, thanks to recovering from a knee operation. Oops.

Needless to say, once my wife stopped giggling, she popped out to buy more White Spirit as the half litre bottle was not going to clean my arms, my face, nor my hair. All my clothing went directly onto the garden bonfire, creating havoc – but that’s another story. Roofing Felt adhesive is Highly Flammable and burns quite energetically!

She also bumped into a bloke at the hardware store and he’s promised to visit on Friday and complete the job…

 

As for Sterling vs the US Dollar, as mentioned, things are looking a bit of a disaster. The immediate situation suggests weakness continuing below 1.2500 risks an attempt at 1.2210 and hopefully a bounce. We’re not the only people capable of drawing a Red line in crayon since the lows of 1985 and anticipate achieving such a target level will be judged as sufficient to provoke a rebound. Unfortunately, it may prove worth remembering the Covid-19 drop of March 2020 proved the Red line can be broken. As a result, we’d advocate caution if 1.2210 breaks as our secondary calculates down at 1.1721, a level where the currency pairing almost must bounce.

To get out of trouble, the relationship needs exceed 1.2700 as this should provide early warning for surprise recovery to 1.3047 initially. Visually there’s a heck of an argument suggesting hesitation at such a level, due to movements during March and early April. Our longer term secondary, if 1.3047 is exceeded, works out at 1.3342.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:57:59PM	BRENT	104.82
10:59:53PM	GOLD	1886.18	1880	1877	1866	1891	1911	1920	1933	1899	‘cess
11:02:21PM	FTSE	7459.62
11:07:15PM	FRANCE	6427.3									‘cess
11:09:14PM	GERMANY	13851.68
11:11:09PM	US500	4219.92
11:13:40PM	DOW	33383									Shambles
11:17:47PM	NASDAQ	13177	12924	12798	12644	13112	13260	13328	13505	13084	‘cess

27/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7425 points. Change of 0.53%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,934,236,931 a change of -7.56%

26/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7386 points. Change of 0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,501,270,625 a change of 7.74%

25/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7380 points. Change of -1.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,962,693,363 a change of 2.9%

22/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7521 points. Change of -1.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,766,539,663 a change of -21.54%

21/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7627 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,624,086,669 a change of 11.51%

20/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7629 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,734,053,627 a change of 0%

19/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7601 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,126,164,773 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:ASC Asos Close Mid-Price: 1317 Percentage Change: -1.27% Day High: 1353 Day Low: 1315

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LSE:AVCT Avacta Close Mid-Price: 119 Percentage Change: -9.85% Day High: 133.5 Day Low: 119

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY Close Mid-Price: 245 Percentage Change: -1.29% Day High: 249.2 Day Low: 243.4

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LSE:BDEV Barrett Devs Close Mid-Price: 490.6 Percentage Change: -3.46% Day High: 510.6 Day Low: 491.3

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LSE:CCL Carnival Close Mid-Price: 1260 Percentage Change: -1.87% Day High: 1283.5 Day Low: 1237.5

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LSE:EME Empyrean Close Mid-Price: 2.55 Percentage Change: -70.69% Day High: 2.9 Day Low: 1.8

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LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown Close Mid-Price: 940 Percentage Change: -0.95% Day High: 966.4 Day Low: 936.2

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 30 Percentage Change: -1.64% Day High: 30.65 Day Low: 29.55

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LSE:ITV ITV Close Mid-Price: 73.16 Percentage Change: -0.79% Day High: 74.24 Day Low: 72.54

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LSE:JET Just Eat Close Mid-Price: 2032.5 Percentage Change: -2.87% Day High: 2121 Day Low: 1984.4

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer Close Mid-Price: 136.95 Percentage Change: -3.35% Day High: 142.7 Day Low: 135.65

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 929.4 Percentage Change: -2.17% Day High: 963.6 Day Low: 913.4

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 82.38 Percentage Change: -2.06% Day High: 85.77 Day Low: 82.37

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 124.85 Percentage Change: -3.03% Day High: 129.85 Day Low: 124.75

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#FTSE #Nasdaq

By unspoken agreement, when my wife arrived home from an expedition to the mainland, I’m always “on duty”, able to help unload whatever garbage she’s bought from garden centres, home hardware stores, and of course, Tesco. But today, she drove up the driveway and despite me working with the garden strimmer, felt able to empty the card on her own. The reason was quite simple. We’ve a petrol strimmer and there’s a Big Rule with petrol driven garden machines. Once you’ve got the things started, under no circumstances dare you stop the engine unless you want a fight with the pull chord.In a fit of inspiration, came the realisation the stock market is nothing like a garden strimmer.

 

Due to the machines warped sense of humour, once started you must keep it going whereas with the stock market, there is no reason to always have a play in place. Often (like currently) quite the opposite applies and deciding to step away can often be the most important winning trade. Many traders will doubtless not talk about these incidents, substantial losses caused by a feeling they “had” to trade despite a small voice saying the opposite. In-house, we’ve currently got a hysterical pretend position with one of the Spread Bet organisations. For reasons which should be obvious, we maintain several demo accounts as it can prove quite surprising how different organisations present the futures markets. The numbers never vary that greatly but it can prove a mild shock, when ‘after hours’ market spikes occur as some providers exaggerate just a little.

Our in-house faux pas occurred toward the end of January, a spur of the moment decision to “buy” Nasdaq at 13,807, thanks to a spike down on one of the demo platforms. Of course, as it was a pretend trade, it was also completely forgotten about until this evening, when a glance at that particular Spread Bet platform revealed the trade was now 1,000 points down. Placing even a demo trade, out of boredom, was silly, especially one which had neither a Stop Loss order nor a Close Position & Profit order.

 

To escape the above epiphany and return to the real world, our glance at various European shares revealed Vivendi appear on the edge of some troubling behaviour. Since their parting of ways with Universal Music last year, the share price has described a pretty boring path, fluttering around the 10-12€ level. However, it appears to be knocking on the door of some dramatics at present, the share price needing below 11.05€ to trigger reversals to an initial 10.5.

It’s crucial to note, should 10.5 break, there’s a very real risk for ongoing reversal down to a bottom of 8.77€, hopefully a level the share price decides to bounce. From a Big Picture perspective, the share is already lurching around at bottom levels, resulting in a mild hope 10.5 may be deemed “bottom” and with any bounce capable of bettering 12.2€, travel to 13.5 calculates as possible.

Perhaps worth keeping an eye on.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:17:41PM	FTSE	7311	7300	7260	7185	7388	7461	7499	7513	7391	Shambles
10:20:10PM	BRENT	105.07
10:22:07PM	GOLD	1905.62
10:23:48PM	FRANCE	6369.2
10:26:48PM	GERMANY	13566.45									Success
10:31:02PM	US500	4149.77									Success
10:33:15PM	DOW	33235									‘cess
10:35:59PM	NASDAQ	12838.87	12792	12702	12473	12932	13225	13257	13411	13093	‘cess
10:38:28PM	JAPAN	25998									Success

 

26/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7386 points. Change of 0.08%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,501,270,625 a change of 7.74%

25/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7380 points. Change of -1.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,962,693,363 a change of 2.9%

22/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7521 points. Change of -1.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,766,539,663 a change of -21.54%

21/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7627 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,624,086,669 a change of 11.51%

20/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7629 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,734,053,627 a change of 26.25%

19/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7601 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,126,164,773 a change of 0%

14/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7616 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,624,976,338 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.

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 30.5 Percentage Change: -3.94% Day High: 32.6 Day Low: 30.5

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 950 Percentage Change: -8.30% Day High: 1048 Day Low: 950.6

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 84.11 Percentage Change: -3.13% Day High: 89.01 Day Low: 84.19

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LSE:SRP Serco Close Mid-Price: 149.7 Percentage Change: -0.20% Day High: 153.9 Day Low: 149.1

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#Gold #Dow

Very rarely will a corporate website fit the criteria “you got me at the first sentence!” but #Pensana Plc managed this feat. Their headline “Building The Worlds First Sustainable Magnet Metal Supply Chain” deserved immediate approval. The reason, a personal fascination with Neodymium Magnets. These things, finding uses everywhere, are amazing, capable of holding up to 1,000 times their own weight. They’re not toys and find themselves used everywhere. Even our garden gate closes quite firmly, thanks to a little magnet strategically placed.

More recently, a project to build a “rock tumbler” ran into an issue, the rotating cylinder tending to squirm its way along the rolls and eventually climb out of the tumbling frame. The solution proved simple, a magnet inside the cylinder and a magnet at the end of the frame. When the two identical poles came into each others proximity, the cylinder was repelled and would squirm its way in the opposite direction for a while. A nice simple solution with no moving parts.

Obviously, rare earth magnets are used extensively in other flippant areas, such as electric vehicles, wind turbines, fridge magnets… etc.

 

The surprise with all this enthusiasm for magnets is the current state of Pensana Plc share price. By our usual standards, we’re supposed to imply it risks heading to 2.5p but recently, at the start of April, price movements ticked the first box to cancel the break below the Red uptrend. The share price broke trend at 80p at the start of February this year, immediately making a visit to 2.5p a genuine risk. However, at the start of April, the share exceeded the point of trend break, strongly suggesting the drop threat is no longer lingering with intent. Instead, we should apparently be search for triggers which imply imminent gains, if such are possible against the background of the current stock market.

Visually it appears sane to allocate the most recent high of 93p as a viable trigger level. Movement above this level calculates with the potential of gains to an initial 122p. Our longer term secondary, if this initial ambition is exceeded, works out at 153p. Beyond such a level, we shall prefer to examine the tea leaves again as some quite disproportionate gains appear possible.

Perhaps the company intend develop a share price magnet… For everything to go horribly wrong, the share now requires trade below 59p as once again, our ridiculous potential of 2.5p shall become valid.

Many thanks to the nice folk who effectively “buy the coffee” when clicking on a fascinating advert on this page.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:34:32PM	BRENT	102.26
10:59:08PM	GOLD	1898.05	1891	1879	1853	1902	1919	1921	1931	1904	Success
11:01:29PM	FTSE	7445.9									Success
11:03:12PM	FRANCE	6524									Success
11:04:50PM	GERMANY	14077.54									Success
11:06:26PM	US500	4293
11:08:28PM	DOW	34040	33298	33200	32896	33620	34112	34178	34390	33812
11:10:32PM	NASDAQ	13511.24
11:12:29PM	JAPAN	26794

 

25/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7380 points. Change of -1.87%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,962,693,363 a change of 2.9%

22/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7521 points. Change of -1.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,766,539,663 a change of -21.54%

21/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7627 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,624,086,669 a change of 11.51%

20/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7629 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,734,053,627 a change of 26.25%

19/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7601 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,126,164,773 a change of -7.53%

14/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7616 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,624,976,338 a change of 0%

13/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7580 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,507,163,189 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.

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LSE:HL. Hargreaves Lansdown. Close Mid-Price: 978.8 Percentage Change: + 1.24% Day High: 982.4 Day Low: 946.4

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LSE:JET Just Eat. Close Mid-Price: 2121 Percentage Change: + 0.57% Day High: 2171.5 Day Low: 2016

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 1036 Percentage Change: -0.58% Day High: 1047 Day Low: 995.8

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 86.83 Percentage Change: -5.18% Day High: 91.52 Day Low: 87.03

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#Brent #Dax

Sometimes things are not what they seem. A TV interview with Queen musician, Brian May, was a visual surprise. The guy has gradually turned into a clone of Top Gear bloke, James May! He only needed start talking about the awkward float valve in an old SU carb to complete the visual illusion. Barclays, once upon a time a share which radiated hope for recovery has morphed, now joining a select group of very few shares trading below their “Russia” drop from March 7th.

Despite the “Russia” drop being to 142p and Barclays recently hitting 140p, only very slight hope may be taken from the 10p bounce as the share price has failed to to move into the realms of safety. Worse, from our perspective, by wandering below 142p, the share has triggered a serious reversal potential. Ongoing weakness below 140p now suggests the threat of a an initial 132p with secondary, if broken, a hopeful “bottom” at 96p.

Strange to say, the only thing giving some hope is the Blue downtrend which dates back 10 years. For some reason, movements against Barclays since July of 2021 are attempting to treat this Blue trend as important. We fear this level of respect is only a bad news story away from being broken, the visuals tending suggest a plunge to 95p should impress folk looking to grab a piece of the UK banking sector for under a quid…

 

To get out of trouble, above 151p is supposed to generate a lift to an initial 156p. If exceeded, our secondary works out at 169p which sounds useful but unfortunately fails to exceed any sort of recent highs. At present, Barclays requires above 184p to suggest a comprehensive attempt is being made to escape the zone which increasingly looks capable of dragging the price down to 96p.

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
5:36:37PM	BRENT	105.53	105.1	102.54	98.77	107.15	107.71	108.175	109.2	105.7	‘cess
5:38:29PM	GOLD	1932.04									‘cess
5:43:33PM	FTSE	7482.45									Success
5:45:40PM	FRANCE	6536.5
5:48:17PM	GERMANY	14020	14003	13958	13862	14039	14155	14195	14259	14083	Success
6:05:13PM	US500	4273									Success
6:07:16PM	DOW	33833.1									Success
6:09:18PM	NASDAQ	13361.05									Success

 

22/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7521 points. Change of -1.39%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,766,539,663 a change of -21.54%

21/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7627 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,624,086,669 a change of 11.51%

20/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7629 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,734,053,627 a change of 26.25%

19/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7601 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,126,164,773 a change of -7.53%

14/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7616 points. Change of 0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,624,976,338 a change of 20.3%

13/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7580 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,507,163,189 a change of -5.24%

12/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7576 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,811,485,837 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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:AVCT Avacta** **LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **LSE:POG Petrop etc** **

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LSE:IQE IQE Close Mid-Price: 31.6 Percentage Change: -6.65% Day High: 33.5 Day Low: 31.85

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 1042 Percentage Change: -4.40% Day High: 1083.5 Day Low: 1027

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LSE:POG Petrop etc. Close Mid-Price: 2 Percentage Change: + 2.56% Day High: 2.75 Day Low: 2.11

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#FTSE #WallSt

Sometimes it’s possible to utterly confuse yourself by looking at something too closely. Other times, you risk crashing in flames, ‘cos you didn’t bother looking. And at present, it’s worth looking at the FTSE every which way, because it’s behaving utterly cluelessly. We’ve always the fear; “If it ain’t goin’ up, it’s gonna go down” will apply when shares behave this way, so perhaps we should look for dangerous drop triggers against the London main index.

 

The immediate chart below reviews minute by minute movements on the FTSE, since the start of March. Visually, it’s pretty clear things have proven fairly tepid since the start of April, the market effectively flatlining. The previous high on the FTSE was 7688 points, achieved on February 10th, and the market has yet to attempt to exceed such a level. To be fair, there’s a heck of a strong argument demanding the FTSE head to 7740 points next, if only the index would wander above the Blue line on the chart. At time of writing, this Blue level is at 7637 points and we shall prove as attainable as a UK politician telling the truth. To be blunt, the closer the index approaches the trend, the greater the chances of the market opting to react in a negative fashion. Hence, our suspicion we need to check drop triggers.

It looks like the first indication of real trouble shall come, if the FTSE stumbles below 7594 points as this calculates with the potential of sharp reversal to an initial 7538 points. The visuals against such a reversal tend imply a reasonable chance of a bounce, given all the market lows in the first week of April. Things become a little more dangerous, should 7538 break as travel down to a secondary at 7436 works out as possible.

At this level, things risk becoming nastier than a Scottish ‘summer’ day, due to the need for divine intervention to inhibit a further reversal cycle which eventually approaches the 7200 point level…

 

During the course of Thursday evening, news from the USA regarding potential interest rate changes provoked hysterics on most indices. In common with the rest of the world, FTSE futures dropped sharply but we feel the level at which the real market opens on Friday morning shall be crucial, both in defining if the FTSE faces some near term drops or, if the market opens the day above 7594 points, a slight chance for another day enjoying watching London do very little…

Have a good weekend and enjoy the Italian GP.

 

FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:39:41PM	BRENT	108.35	106.4	105.32		108	108.9	109.305		107.1
10:52:03PM	GOLD	1951.69	1936	1931		1950	1958	1966		1948	‘cess
10:54:33PM	FTSE	7551.43	7534	7528		7561	7591	7607		7541	Shambles
10:56:37PM	FRANCE	6599	6583	6512		6642	6758	6802		6680	Success
11:02:15PM	GERMANY	14332	14303	14245		14435	14464	14517		14365	Success
11:05:05PM	US500	4388.72	4384	4372		4410	4439	4456		4391	Success
11:07:31PM	DOW	34751	34714	34477		34990	35114	35291		34808	Shambles
11:10:38PM	NASDAQ	13704	13662	13632		13844	13869	13946		13825	Success
11:13:06PM	JAPAN	27125	27056	26783		27266	27333	27394		27219	Success

 

21/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7627 points. Change of -0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,624,086,669 a change of 11.51%

20/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7629 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,734,053,627 a change of 26.25%

19/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7601 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,126,164,773 a change of -7.53%

14/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7616 points. Change of 0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,624,976,338 a change of 20.3%

13/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7580 points. Change of 0.05%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,507,163,189 a change of -5.24%

12/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7576 points. Change of -100%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,811,485,837 a change of 0%

11/04/2022 FTSE Closed at 7618 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,589,702,864 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.

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 5306 Percentage Change: + 1.03% Day High: 5386 Day Low: 5254

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 524.2 Percentage Change: + 1.87% Day High: 527 Day Low: 514.2

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LSE:TRN The Trainline. Close Mid-Price: 289.2 Percentage Change: + 0.98% Day High: 303.2 Day Low: 270.3

Further movement against The Trainline ABOVE 303.2 should improve acceler ……..

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