Trends And Targets

#FTSE #Nasdaq  We’ve now reached that dangerous time of the year, when some idiot will write “only 176 more days until Christmas” or something equally depressing, such as “the nights are getting longer”… In our case, it’s a reflection of how boring the markets have been for the last couple of months, trying to find something more interesting to write about! From a personal perspective, experiencing an utter failure of my brilliant idea of wearing a model dragonfly on each hat deserves some comment! The creatures called “Clegs” here in Argyll (horsefly everywhere else) come out during July and August. Boasting painful and swollen bites on my right hand, along with another on my left elbow – biting through a heavy country shirt, I can confirm the Cleg season has started, meaning my dog walks will now take place on the sea shore rather than alongside freshwater rivers.  The things avoid salt water, unfortunately meaning we now must tolerate tourists on visits to the beaches.

When we last analysed Glencore share price, we finished our article with a paragraph which read as below;

In real life, Glencore share price dribbled down to a bottom of 205p on April 7th, closing the day at a less painful 230p, once again a victim of our final paragraph. This paragraph is where we relax and cover ourselves by pointing out the threats if everything goes wrong. Glencore joined a not very select group of shares who suffered from the curse of our throwaway comment.

We are understandably concerned at the share price moving below our 211 target and hitting 205 during the trading session on April 7th. However, some hope is being taken by the price closing in relatively safe territory, meaning we should look at “surprise” recovery prospects. But before we delve into this theory which projects gains, a glance at the immediate situation is suggested.

Below 205p now calculates with the potential of reversal down to an initial 182p with our secondary, if broken, at eventual bottom of 117p. It becomes very difficult to calculate below 117p at present, due to many target levels coming out with minus signs ahead of them.

 

However, there are some signals we generally associate with a bottom being attained already, so we’re more inclined to look for suggestions for share price gains.

Currently trading around 291p, Glencore needs to trade above 298p to hopefully trigger movements to an initial 324p with our longer term secondary, if beaten, at 363p and a challenge against the Red uptrend since 2020. In reality, we need closure above a future 355p to suggest impending movement of strength for the longer term. Essentially, closure above 355p should trigger a future argument which anticipates the potenial of a distant 509p as exerting an attraction. Surprisingly, the chart visuals strongly concur with such an optimistic hope.

 

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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
10:36:19PM	BRENT	6704.5
10:38:39PM	GOLD	3338.09									Success
10:41:05PM	FTSE	8790.3	8726	8701	8662	8750	8807	8817	8830	8780	‘cess
10:45:08PM	STOX50	5288.7									Success
10:56:42PM	GERMANY	23700
10:58:53PM	US500	6198
11:31:04PM	DOW	44513.7									Success
11:33:33PM	NASDAQ	22486.7	22385	22233	22072	22507	22718	22854	23011	22627
11:35:34PM	JAPAN	39581									Success

 

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%

23/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,665,666,044 a change of -66.2%

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: 196.45 Percentage Change: + 1.39% Day High: 196.65 Day Low: 194.15

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1884 Percentage Change: + 3.01% Day High: 1906 Day Low: 1837

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 332.5 Percentage Change: -0.30% Day High: 349 Day Low: 322.5

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 171 Percentage Change: + 0.59% Day High: 171.6 Day Low: 169.8

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 79.68 Percentage Change: + 2.44% Day High: 79.92 Day Low: 78.24

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#Gold #SP500   We’d a bit of a giggle with the insurance company who provide cover for the dogs car.  Our “spare” car is used entirely for the animals and by myself to visit the hospital on the mainland. Traditionally, it’s a car we expect to run into the ground, one where the MoT people finally say it’s not worth fixing. At this point, we tend list it on eBay for spares/repairs, giving it a starting price of 100 quid. It can be correctly assumed the dogs car doesn’t get lavished with care. When we renewed the insurance last week, the accepted quote was just £182 and everyone was happy (Living in Argyll is not a high risk postcode for cars!)

A couple of days after renewal, the insurance company sent an email asking for confirmation of the annual mileage. The policy had been issued on the basis the car only did 2 thousand miles a year but when we checked the MoT’s, it transpires the spare car was doing just of 2,500 miles per year. When we informed the insurers, they demanded a further £139 per year or else they’d cancel the policy. We had a few days to think about it… My wife took over the phone call, perfectly aware I can be a touch acidic about corporate stupidity but this time, she also ran into a wall of sorts. A couple of days later she called them back, saying we’d no choice but to cancel the policy as the increase was absurd. We received a full refund immediately, less £6 due to the period already insured. She kept the call centre person on the line, while she did something clever.

“I’ve just taken out a new policy with your firm, at the original price, this time using 3,000 miles a year as the estimated mileage. And I’ve paid for it in full. Are there any questions?” She quoted the person the policy number, hearing laughter from the other end. There were no questions but the representative taking the call surely had a funny story to tell. It’s now been five days and they have not cancelled, so a battle with an insurance company was easily won, giving everyone a good giggle at the expense of software which didn’t allow human intervention.

Our hardliner attitude to insurance companies dates back to last year and our battle to get an insurance company to even acknowledge our garden shed disaster. In that instance, incompetence made us decide to play hardball, an attitude which still resonates when renewing the dogs car policy. (We are serious about this; the private registration number even ends in WUF (Golden Retriever dogs are extremely messy, costing a small fortune to have vehicles as diverse as TVR’s and Range Rovers professionally cleaned internally. Our favourite disaster came from the dog who stole a Vienneta from a cool bag while we were buying some wine, pushing it against the car glass as she forced her muzzle into the packaging, squirting chocolate and ice-cream onto the windows etc. This was a factory special TVR 290ti 2+2 with light brown leather upholstery, a model which never officially existed…  And the animal was the only dog we ever gave a middle name to; “Chaos”)

 

The “battle” with our car insurance company, an easy win, leads us to view Beazley with rather gentle eyes, rather than automatically launch into savage mode. Oddly, when we reviewed the company a year ago. Unsurprisingly, we’ve given criteria for gains to 755p, a potential ultimate level which held between July and November last year. However,. somehow or other, the share price managed to propel itself beyond our target level, almost a “no brainer” as this share had closed repeatedly above 755p.

 

With the company recently indulging in share Buy-Backs, reducing the number of shares on offer and ideally increasing the desirability of the share, moves next above 956 point in the direction of movement to an initial 992 with our secondary, if bettered, at 1007. The proximity of these targets, despite the exciting breathlessness of new all time highs, isn’t that great in terms of monetary leap. Our longer term attraction from 1038p isn’t that impressive but we’d warn, if the market finds an excuse to start “gapping” this price up, goodness knows how high it could go!

If things intend go wrong, below 911 risks promoting reversal to an initial 890 suggests a quote of 858 may be coming, our secondary if broken working out at 762 and a hopeful 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
9:37:54PM	BRENT	6651.8
11:37:09PM	GOLD	3302.39	3273	3261	3245	3290	3310	3321	3346	3293
11:41:49PM	FTSE	8762.9
11:44:41PM	STOX50	5301.9
11:48:28PM	GERMANY	23921
11:50:31PM	US500	6195.9	6173	6161	6143	6188	6215	6222	6229	6192
11:53:19PM	DOW	44039.7									‘cess
11:55:42PM	NASDAQ	22651									Success
11:58:05PM	JAPAN	40258

 

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%

23/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,665,666,044 a change of -66.2%

20/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,804,431,161 a change of 245.4%

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: 522 Percentage Change: -0.29% Day High: 535.5 Day Low: 518

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1829 Percentage Change: + 2.64% Day High: 1838.5 Day Low: 1795

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LSE:CPI Capita Close Mid-Price: 333.5 Percentage Change: -0.60% Day High: 343 Day Low: 334

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1828 Percentage Change: -0.35% Day High: 1843.5 Day Low: 1820.5

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 67.7 Percentage Change: + 1.50% Day High: 68 Day Low: 66

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 170 Percentage Change: + 1.55% Day High: 170 Day Low: 167

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LSE:MRO Melrose Close Mid-Price: 530.8 Percentage Change: -0.97% Day High: 544.2 Day Low: 531

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 967.6 Percentage Change: + 1.40% Day High: 983.2 Day Low: 959.2

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LSE:SRP Serco Close Mid-Price: 202 Percentage Change: -0.98% Day High: 209.6 Day Low: 202.6

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 1207 Percentage Change: -0.98% Day High: 1230.5 Day Low: 1195

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#Brent #Dax   As pet owners, we’re fairly used to being manipulated mercilessly by animals who insist the world runs to their rules, rather than ours. For instance, the cats would always patrol their 3/4 full dried food dishes at 8pm, insisting they would die of starvation unless the bowls were immediately filled. Equally, the ongoing fun of dogs barking to get out, then immediately barking to get back in, can be infuriating when the penny drops all the animals really want is to ensure you are paying attention.

Matters came to a new low on Saturday.

Penny, our grown up Golden Retriever was sleeping on the patio, completely ignoring Russel (a crow) who was goose-stepping on the lawn trying to get her attention. Eventually, Russel flew off, quickly returning with our other garden crow, Cheryl. Each positioned themselves on the roof of the log shelter and making crow noises to awaken the snoozing dog. Once the animal started barking, the two crows continued to torment her with low passes above her head to drive her slightly insane. Eventually, the barking became too much for me, so the dog was ordered indoors. To appease the two crows, a couple of slices of bread were tossed onto the lawn, each snatched immediately and both birds vanishing to their secret lair above the waterfall. Once again, silence reigned supreme in the garden and I could relax, watching events from the Austrian Grand Prix qualifying session.

And then common sense reared its head.

The pair of crows had deliberately engineered a situation, where they’d inevitably be thrown some food. They NEVER behave like this unless a dog is sleeping outside. And thus, we now face a future where the cats, dogs, and even the crows manipulate us to get their own way. Crows are officially sneaky!

We’ve also realised the only thing a red squirrel hates is another red squirrel. We’ve 7 of the little monsters, regularly rioting in the leafs above as they get ready to compete for the annual harvest from our hazelnut tree. Thankfully, it’s impossible to consider any method by which these colourful and noisy animals could influence our behaviour.

 

However, the retail banks share a lot with crows in attempting to influence human behaviour! By most standards, Natwest share price should be heading upward quite firmly, now looking capable of movement above 525 bringing a visit to an initial 553 with our secondary, if bettered, a longer term 572p. Unfortunately, similar to our crows behaviour, it feels more likely the market shall opt to slow things down with movement below 500p now looking capable of driving reversal down to an initial 480 with our longer term secondary, if broken, at a bottom of 432p and an “almost certain” bounce.

What’s frustrating is visually the 480p level should be capable of arresting reversals, this target ambition matching the point of trend break from the blue downtrend since 2007. But we’re not the only folk with a blue crayon, instead suspecting the market shall endeavour to create an entirely new trend by breaking below such an obvious historical precedent.

 

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:05:44PM	BRENT	6633.8	6586	5973	5317	6795	6772	6809	6876	6690
11:07:56PM	GOLD	3272.96
11:09:59PM	FTSE	8788.2
11:11:38PM	STOX50	5334.6
11:14:14PM	GERMANY	24111.5	23784	23662	23508	23890	24125	24248	24659	23993
11:27:43PM	US500	6178
11:29:48PM	DOW	44001.2
11:31:45PM	NASDAQ	22590.3
11:41:10PM	JAPAN	40648

 

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%

23/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,665,666,044 a change of -66.2%

20/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,804,431,161 a change of 245.4%

19/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8791 points. Change of -0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,996,665,836 a change of -22.28%

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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Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares

Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:CCL Carnival** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:IPF International Personal Finance** **LSE:MRO Melrose** **LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures** **LSE:RR. Rolls Royce** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:SRP Serco** **LSE:STAN Standard Chartered** **LSE:TSCO Tesco** **

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LSE:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 338.55 Percentage Change: + 2.22% Day High: 340.3 Day Low: 334.15

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LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 523.5 Percentage Change: + 2.05% Day High: 524.5 Day Low: 512

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1782 Percentage Change: + 3.91% Day High: 1782 Day Low: 1734.5

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 335.5 Percentage Change: + 5.01% Day High: 336 Day Low: 316.5

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LSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 1834.5 Percentage Change: + 0.27% Day High: 1855 Day Low: 1821

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 231.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 238 Day Low: 229.2

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 66.7 Percentage Change: + 4.55% Day High: 67 Day Low: 64.1

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 167.4 Percentage Change: + 2.32% Day High: 167.8 Day Low: 163.8

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LSE:MRO Melrose. Close Mid-Price: 536 Percentage Change: + 3.59% Day High: 536.4 Day Low: 510

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 7.5 Percentage Change: + 11.94% Day High: 7.4 Day Low: 7

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 954.2 Percentage Change: + 2.18% Day High: 951.8 Day Low: 925.4

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1036.5 Percentage Change: + 1.32% Day High: 1039 Day Low: 1024

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LSE:SRP Serco. Close Mid-Price: 204 Percentage Change: + 2.51% Day High: 206 Day Low: 199.4

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1219 Percentage Change: + 2.78% Day High: 1220 Day Low: 1189.5

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LSE:TSCO Tesco Close Mid-Price: 400.9 Percentage Change: -0.50% Day High: 407.9 Day Low: 400.9

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There was something almost poetic about Thursday. Refusing to update the main office computer, just to allow it to host Windows 11, there has been considerable irritation at the supposed need to throw out a 10 Core processor and motherboard, just to match Microsofts vision on the future. Historically, we’ve upgraded computers to facilitate the latest game, to improve software compilation times, or simply because waiting for them to start up had become infuriating. We once had a server which would grind into life, while the person who’d turned it on left the building, went to the local cafe, returning with a few large coffees after the usual morning gossip, sat down and still had to wait to press the three magic keys to login. However, the recent realisation my wifes gaming PC had updated to Windows 11 quite some time ago with no drama’s, it became easy to decide to change my main PC. To be fair, none of the hardware ordered represents any form of upgrade, the biggest change when the job is complete being a lack of dust on components.

It was time perhaps to concede our hardware was older than 10 years and thus, an order was placed for bunch of new toys.

Within a couple of hours, Microsoft were kind enough to announce their cut-off date for Windows 10 support was being moved from October this year to October next year, maybe even until 2029 as they intend to keep Windows 10 security updated! A vague suspicion has settled into place this particular computer probably will not be touched until some time over the Festive season, when there’s plenty of time to muck around with hardware.

 

The big question is whether the FTSE shall improve? After all, with around 680 million computer users NOT spending the time and money to change to Windows 11, there’s surely lots of money sloshing around which can be spent on shares! In addition, the NATO contribution increase to 5% of GDP is being viewed positively by governments. Apparently, whether it’s a bridge across to Sicily or a new runway at Heathrow, governments are delighted at the excuse to spend money on major infrastructure projects if they can suggest the project improves their national defences. Personally, here in Argyll,  it would be a delight to welcome a tunnel across to the mainland, giving faster access to the largest nuclear weapon stores in Europe, while making trips for shopping, hospital, or visiting family easier. And remove the hated PA23 Postcode parcel surcharges. Just this week, ordering a M10 Allen socket which cost just 5.75 suffered an attempt to levy a £24 carriage charge, due to our postcode. Thankfully, the seller decided it was as easy to send it by Royal Mail, meaning Friday shall be spent replacing a CV joint, always a fun job…

 

Returning to the FTSE, we remain with an expectation the UK market should enjoy gains.

At time of writing (3am Friday), FTSE Futures are blundering around the 8755 level and we’ll start paying close attention, if the FTSE itself exceeds 8776 points once the market opens in a few hours. In such a scenario, our initial target calculates at 8819 points, a quite reasonable gain. Our secondary, should such a target level be exceeded, works out at 8892 points and some probable hesitation, due to the market colliding with previous levels from Mid-June. If triggered, the tightest stop looks like 8740 points.

If things intend go wrong, below 8700 risks triggering reversal down to an initial 8615 points with our secondary, if broken, calculating at 8524 points.

 

Have a good weekend. It’s the Austrian Grand Prix, often pretty boring. It’s funny, the original Nurburgring is deemed too dangerous for a modern race but wouldn’t it be a cracking replacement for the awful Monaco GP. But instead of a race, drivers would record timed laps, a bit like Monaco qualifying on steroids. It would be fascinating viewing.

 

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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
9:55:52PM	BRENT	6636	6617	6394		6747	6878	6966		6732
10:00:08PM	GOLD	3332.33	3311	3305		3329	3337	3346		3311
10:12:12PM	FTSE	8704.3	8700	8684		8722	8764	8791		8743	Success
10:56:37PM	STOX50	5253.3	5243	5218		5272	5283	5298		5250	Success
11:05:53PM	GERMANY	23496	23461	23418		23560	23575	23606		23500
11:08:30PM	US500	6094.8	6048	6032		6078	6108	6114		6061
11:11:43PM	DOW	42987.7	42774	42673		42946	43140	43366		43030
11:14:18PM	NASDAQ	22254.5	23165	22108		22240	22326	22402		22165
11:17:01PM	JAPAN	39000	38713	38557		39015	39165	39275		38906

 

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%

23/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,665,666,044 a change of -66.2%

20/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,804,431,161 a change of 245.4%

19/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8791 points. Change of -0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,996,665,836 a change of -22.28%

18/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8843 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,142,450,151 a change of -29%

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: 6.7 Percentage Change: + 3.08% Day High: 7.25 Day Low: 6.48

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#FTSE #Nasdaq  With a perfect lack of good timing, Babcock chose the wrong FTSE session to show off some polished results, along with news of a share buyback.. Still, they closed the session up 10.75% which didn’t stink, especially as the FTSE could only manage a -0.46% day! But what really caught our attention was we’d reviewed the company just three months ago, giving 1042p as a fairly major target, a share price the company has spent most of June bouncing around. In other words, it was certainly time for a smug grin.

Babcock, whose share price has doubled this year, certainly are luxuriating in the threat of increasing military tensions, along with the US administration “suggesting” a commitment of 5% of GDP be spent on defence. It’s strange, personally being fascinated by all these military toys, along with a well tuned degree of utter distrust in politicians motives for using them! Ideally, my favourite military would spend the year holding pageants in every major city, along with giving dates and times for low level fly pasts of training aircraft. It would work wonders for the sale of polish and assorted cleaning paraphanalia, along with giving plenty of requirements to buy proper camera’s rather than the substandard results from mobile phones which are really designed to produce “selfies”.

Then again, North Korea is quite “big” on military parades!

 

However, by moving beyond our previous 1042p, Babcock share price has movements into a zone where movement next above 1,176 should next provoke gains to an initial 1,260p, along with some almost certain hesitation. Our secondary, should the share price close above such a level calculates at a future 1,528p.  This would represent a new all time high, doubtless forcing us to once again visit Babcock and review their share price.

If things intend go wrong, the price needs fail below a ridiculous sounding and looking  512p.

For now, it appears while Babcock shall doubtless experience the travails of an often insane FTSE 100, the long term underlying trend seems to be pushing upward and even though there’s an expectation some dramatic drops will doubtless ensue in the months ahead, we’re more focussed on the future. Unless, of course, if discovers an excuse to visit below 512p. Early warning will come with movement below a silly sounding 615p.

 

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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
9:55:52PM	BRENT	6636
10:00:08PM	GOLD	3332.33
10:12:12PM	FTSE	8704.3	8700	8684	8637	8722	8764	8791	8821	8743	Success
10:56:37PM	STOX50	5253.3									Success
11:05:53PM	GERMANY	23496
11:08:30PM	US500	6094.8
11:11:43PM	DOW	42987.7
11:14:18PM	NASDAQ	22254.5	23165	22108	22036	22240	22326	22402	22552	22165
11:17:01PM	JAPAN	39000

 

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%

23/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,665,666,044 a change of -66.2%

20/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,804,431,161 a change of 245.4%

19/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8791 points. Change of -0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,996,665,836 a change of -22.28%

18/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8843 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,142,450,151 a change of -29%

17/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8834 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,242,544,038 a change of 37.46%

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

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

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

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

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 916.8 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 929.4 Day Low: 913.8

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#Gold #SP500  With recent events in Iran, it is certainly likely the country shall be in the running to develop new suppliers of uranium. Who knows, perhaps the North American portfolio of Metals One which includes uranium exploration projects, shall benefit as the world falls back into its normal mode of operation. Something the worlds media seem to be wilfully ignoring was the amazing co-incidence of Iran choosing to fire some missiles at the largest military base in the area, the US base in Qatar. With extraordinary perception, the US military had evacuated the (heavily defended) base 5 days earlier – well before the assault on Irans nuclear facilities! Many news articles questioned what was going on but the end result looks transparent, a probable agreement with Iran on how they would respond, well before the B2 bombers did their magic on the enrichment facilities. MSN News even published before & after satellite views of the US base.

The level of choreography of this conflict is becoming worse than the original script for “Weapons of Mass Destruction” as used by Blair and Bush… In our very sceptical opinion anyway!

 

We’ve received a few emails asking our opinion on Metals One share price movements. Recent dance steps are proving fascinating, suggesting something is going on with the market potentially intending to reverse the recent damage of this dip down to 7.2p. The extracts below show the care being taken to ensure the share price closes above the historical Red uptrend, generally a sign someone has a cunning plan.

From a near term perspective, there is a suggestion movement above just 22.6 should trigger movement to around 27.7p. This should prove critical, taking the share price into a region where a future 34.2 becomes a longer term attraction with a future, slightly mad looking 61p making itself known as our Big Picture secondary target.

Like everything to do with share prices which can prove substantially less stable than enriched uranium, movement below 15p would now be required to incite concern. In fact, even share price closure below 17p would be worrisome, allowing a painful 4.3p to make itself known as the ultimate drop target. We cannot calculate below such a level without introducing minus signs.

But for now, we suspect this shall deserve some optimism in the period ahead.

 

 

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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
11:13:11PM	BRENT	6679.2									‘cess
11:21:25PM	GOLD	3320.6	3315	3292	3239	3325	3356	3379	3407	3315	Success
11:31:57PM	FTSE	8756.7									‘cess
11:35:22PM	STOX50	5306.6									‘cess
11:38:34PM	GERMANY	23689.5									Success
11:41:12PM	US500	6089.4	6052	6043	6023	6071	6103	6128	6160	6056	‘cess
11:45:34PM	DOW	43069.7									‘cess
11:48:24PM	NASDAQ	22170									‘cess
11:51:53PM	JAPAN	38800

 

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%

23/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,665,666,044 a change of -66.2%

20/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,804,431,161 a change of 245.4%

19/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8791 points. Change of -0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,996,665,836 a change of -22.28%

18/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8843 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,142,450,151 a change of -29%

17/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8834 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,242,544,038 a change of 37.46%

16/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8875 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,269,012,608 a change of 2.72%

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:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 1722.5 Percentage Change: + 11.81% Day High: 1754.5 Day Low: 1614

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup. Close Mid-Price: 230 Percentage Change: + 2.13% Day High: 231.2 Day Low: 215.6

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 164.8 Percentage Change: + 2.62% Day High: 164.8 Day Low: 160.6

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 909.2 Percentage Change: + 2.55% Day High: 912.8 Day Low: 888.4

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1190.5 Percentage Change: + 2.41% Day High: 1202 Day Low: 1182.5

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#Brent #Gold  A rather cheeky concept was enacted on Monday. With grand-daughters returned to Edinburgh, we’d the usual pile of left over foods which neither my wife nor I will touch. At one point, between rain showers, two croissants were tossed onto the lawn. Literally, within seconds, Cheryl*** & Russell, our two garden Crows, appeared with each flying off with a fully intact Morrisons bakery croissant. The two birds have made a nest in a tree above the garden waterfall, one of the few birds nests which is insulated with Golden Retriever hair.

Curiosity made us wonder just how greedy the two birds could be. We’d 1/2 a Hovis White loaf and usually I’d limit the greedy birds to a slice per day but on this occasion, perhaps they could be convinced it was party time. About 15 slices of bread were tipped onto the grass in a dry area under a tree. Both animals swooped, returning to their nest with a slice each. But then something odd happened. One of the birds swooped down to the lawn to patrol the bread, the other flew off. A couple of minutes later, the missing crow returned with two chums, all four birds clearing the bread from the lawn, one even giving a passing seagull the fright of its life by deliberately hitting its back, claws extended. It appeared our garden crows decided to share their bounty with a couple of local chums. To be honest, all four crows looked dangerously well fed, hanging around the wall at the top of the garden in the hope more miracle food would appear. When our Golden Retriever decided to patrol her territory, the crows couldn’t be bothered flying away, choosing to ignore the dangerous dog who was choosing to ignore the dangerous birds. We’ve long suspected there is a real relationship between the dog and Cheryl & Russell and today they confirmed it. She eventually lay down at the top of the garden, her back to the crows, asserting her dominance over the lawn.

All things considered, it was an interesting experiment which proved crows will work together, when required. And more importantly, it got rid of some lovely white bread which I cannot eat due to Coeliac disease and my wife will not eat, due to being on a ‘forever’ diet… While an argument could be fairly made we’ve too much time on our hands, the FTSE moving just 20 points above and below a pivot point of 8,760 was a painfully slow day to watch.

*** The crow called Cheryl is easily spotted due to her single white feather below her left hand wing. Russel, almost twice her size, just looks like a thug.

 

However, Tuesday looks like some fun is possible for the FTSE, market futures trading at 8,800 points at time of writing with a suggestion Tuesday should become a day with free bread everywhere. Or at least, some solid gains on the market. In the event the FTSE makes it above 8,838. On the other side of the coin, Brent Crude risks reversal toward 6253 cents and a probable short term rebound. But should 6253 break, our longer term secondary calculates at a possible bottom around 5,692 cents. A bounce at such a level is not certain.

As for Rightmove, there are certainly a wide range of mixed commentary, the bias appearing toward analysts predicting doom. However, the visuals don’t agree and the news the company has removed 100,000 shares from the trading pool is unlikely to reduce their price potentials. Movements next above 784 look capable of triggering a cycle toward an initial 806 with our longer term secondary at 836p and a new all time high. Significantly, once above 806p, we shall regard the share as being in the thrall of a long term attraction up at 886p.

Alternately, below 703 is required to inject concern into our calculations, suggesting the potential of weakness to an eventual 647p and a possible bounce.

 

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
10:36:29PM	BRENT	6936									Success
10:38:35PM	GOLD	3355.76	3350	3337	3318	3367	3394	3408	3427	3379
10:47:28PM	FTSE	8787.2	8730	8718	8656	8778	8793	8802	8826	8764
10:50:57PM	STOX50	5267									‘cess
10:59:28PM	GERMANY	23480.9									‘cess
11:02:16PM	US500	6049.8									Success
11:04:44PM	DOW	42760.7									Success
11:07:23PM	NASDAQ	21997.9									‘cess
11:10:54PM	JAPAN	38829									Shambles

 

23/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8758 points. Change of -0.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,665,666,044 a change of -66.2%

20/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8774 points. Change of -0.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 13,804,431,161 a change of 245.4%

19/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8791 points. Change of -0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 3,996,665,836 a change of -22.28%

18/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8843 points. Change of 0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,142,450,151 a change of -29%

17/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8834 points. Change of -0.46%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,242,544,038 a change of 37.46%

16/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8875 points. Change of 0.28%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,269,012,608 a change of 2.72%

13/06/2025 FTSE Closed at 8850 points. Change of -0.38%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,129,702,776 a change of -3.74%

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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Section One – Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two – Outlook Remains Valid shares

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Updated charts published on : Anglo American, Carclo, Diageo, Greggs, Intertek, Natwest,

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LSE:AAL Anglo American. Close Mid-Price: 2017 Percentage Change: + 0.25% Day High: 2022 Day Low: 1987.2

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LSE:CAR Carclo Close Mid-Price: 46.55 Percentage Change: -2.51% Day High: 49 Day Low: 46.6

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1848.5 Percentage Change: -1.73% Day High: 1874 Day Low: 1850

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 1910 Percentage Change: + 0.32% Day High: 1913 Day Low: 1878

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 4718 Percentage Change: + 1.55% Day High: 4716 Day Low: 4612

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LSE:NWG Natwest Close Mid-Price: 494.3 Percentage Change: -2.43% Day High: 505.8 Day Low: 493.6

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