Trends And Targets

#Gold #SP500 Our exercise, taking a glance at how things have gone since the pre-pandemic highs, dropped us into an interesting area of analysis. For instance, the FTSE is currently stalled, almost exactly at pre-pandemic levels. Whereas the DAX is 81% above levels when it all went wrong and the DOW is 75% higher. Even France is 80% higher that its level, prior to the artificial pandemic drop.

But what really surprises us to a degree is how the FTSE is behaving. It hit the level of the markets at the start of 2022 and this sort of thing will generally provoke some stutters, the markets rarely missing the chance to pretend a glass ceiling exists. The S&P500, when it ran into this illusory barrier back in 2020, it hesitated for almost four months before accelerating upward. Even France in 2021 hesitated for the entire month of March! But the FTSE has stuttered around the 7500 point level for a record breaking 25 months.

Australia is an unusual case, currently at 7615 points and 10% above its pre-pandemic level, managed to spend a couple of years wasting everyones time, pretending it was about to go up. Now, thankfully, the index has started to achieve some higher highs, making us suspect it has now entered a longer term cycle to an eventual 8300 points. But the UK continues to languish, failing to achieve any sort of lasting break upward. The situation now demands the index better 8047, the high in 2023, before we dare believe some proper growth is underway.

Actually, for the UK, the situation is far worse as there’s a problem which dates back to 2017. Visually, the FTSE has spent most of the last 7 years flapping around between roughly the 7000 and 8000 point levels, aside from the 2020 drop which appears to have been internationally agreed manipulation across all markets.

Near term for the FTSE, we’re not overwhelmed with optimism and instead suspect near term movements below 7593 shall provoke reversal to an initial 7567 points with secondary, if broken, at 7624 along with some hope for a rebound. If triggered, the tightest stop is almost suspicious at just 7620 points.

If the market intends behave itself, above 7620, ideally not with an upward spike in the opening seconds of trade, should place the market in a position where recovery to an initial 7665 works out as possible. Should such a level be exceeded, our secondary works out at 7689 points and possible hesitation. The market needs better 7725 to suggest a break through the Blue downtrend, potentially changing the rules and making 7757 a distinct possibility sometime in the future.

Have a good weekend.

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
8:57:29PM	BRENT	8162	7995	7944		8098	8177	8361		8010	Success
8:59:49PM	GOLD	2032.72	2020	2012		2032	2038	2045		2028	Success
9:03:28PM	FTSE	7612.6	7605	7585		7622	7654	7683		7624	‘cess
9:08:20PM	STOX50	4702.1	4677	4668		4700	4721	4742		4696	Success
9:10:26PM	GERMANY	16967	16887	16863		16951	17030	17073		16980
9:41:02PM	US500	4996.9	4968	4954		4990	5003	5015		4987
9:42:57PM	DOW	38715.5	38539	38506		38650	38755	38836		38683
9:44:54PM	NASDAQ	17780.2	17711	17679		17768	17817	17830		17770
9:47:29PM	JAPAN	37120	36786	36672		36977	37152	37477		36934	Success

8/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7595 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,436,383,411 a change of -4.43%

7/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7628 points. Change of -0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,688,534,403 a change of 1.67%

6/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7681 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,595,046,133 a change of -6.77%

5/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7612 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,001,091,520 a change of -6.39%

4/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7615 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,410,714,874 a change of 39.22%

2/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7615 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,604,656,485 a change of -16.86%

1/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7622 points. Change of -0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,538,356,181 a change of -5.22%

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:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 172 Percentage Change: -1.15% Day High: 174.7 Day Low: 170

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LSE:AZN Astrazeneca Close Mid-Price: 9823 Percentage Change: -6.36% Day High: 10490 Day Low: 9700

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 57.5 Percentage Change: + 1.95% Day High: 58 Day Low: 56.5

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 97.9 Percentage Change: -1.61% Day High: 99 Day Low: 94.2

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra Close Mid-Price: 396.8 Percentage Change: -1.39% Day High: 404.7 Day Low: 396.25

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group Close Mid-Price: 7634 Percentage Change: -0.10% Day High: 7734 Day Low: 7568

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 317.7 Percentage Change: -1.61% Day High: 325.2 Day Low: 316.6

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 34 Percentage Change: -1.45% Day High: 34.5 Day Low: 33.75

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#Gold #Stoxx50 One of the baseline positions we take in deciding how well a specific share is doing is pretty simple. Is it trading above its price level, pre-pandemic? If so, some slight optimism becomes possible but the other stance also has merit. How has it performed since the pandemic drop and are their any signs of recovery?  am efully a bottom. The chart below for IAG would be funny, aside for the fact it represents what’s happened to the funds of real people!

British Airways owner IAG (we cannot be bothered writing their full name again) enjoyed a dreadful pandemic as shown above, their share price steadfastly refusing to do anything useful. At a glance, there are a couple of hints it may have bottomed but such an attitude is only a negative news report away from being proven utterly wrong. Our preference, always, is to await a price actually making positive movements before daring to express optimism. After all, there is absolutely no rule a share price should bounce. Rather often, absence of a bounce can be indicative the market knows/suspects something investors are unaware of, so perhaps it can prove worthwhile to either look elsewhere or, as we’ve done in this instance, take a look at the wider marketplace.

Currently, IAG share price is at just 22% of its level before the pandemic hit. Easyjet, also suffering, are not in such a pained position with their share price at 37% of the pre-pandemic price. Across the Atlantic, Delta are at 67% and AAL at 48% of their pre-Covid price. And bad boy on the block, Jet Blue, appear to be languishing at just 27% of their value before everything went wrong in February 2020. But visiting Germany discovers Lufthansa soaring, their share price now at 80% of their pre-pandemic price.

This level exercise tends hint quite strongly airline stocks can certainly recover and, from a European context if Lufthansa are to be believed, quite strongly. We’d warn our 6 company sample is far from representative of the entire industry, it was just a collection of the more famous airline company names. Somehow or other, in the test of values, floating germ containers, the cruise line Carnival were included and even they are at 36% of share value before the virus hit. In other words, doing a lot better than British Airways’ owner.

Quite why IAG are at the bottom of the heap in this tuppenybit survey, especially as airlines appear to be flying again and fuel costs are reversing, escapes us. It may just be the case the market is awaiting IAG announcing a return to paying dividends or giving away enhanced air miles to folk who work on the stock market. Who knows, a quick glance at Google News didn’t reveal any immediate quick answer for us to regurgitate as something of interest.

 

About the only nice thing we can say about IAG is their share price failed to drop to our miserable “bottom” level around 81p as speculated in 2022. Instead, it hit 90p, since recovering in an extremely half hearted manner. However, it certainly appears what should be a valid downtrend (Blue) has formed, hopefully capable of giving us trigger levels for proper movement upward.

Currently, above 162p (Blue) should hopefully prove capable of triggering price recovery to an initial 175p. We would regard closure above such a level as significant for the longer term, ticking a pretty big box suggesting IAG has commenced some real recovery. In such a case, closure above 175p should mark the dawn of an age, where a future 288p becomes a believable target with a third level of 362p calculating as viable, along with almost certain hesitation.

But for now, watching British Airways is a bit like watching one of these runway de-icer machines, trundling along slowly under the snow glare of a scary Denver Airport whiteout, with little hope of ever becoming airborne. But this, of course, doesn’t mean anyone should stop watching them, or even IAG share prices.

Should everything intend go wrong, below 138p looks troubling, capable of commencing a descent to an eventual bottom at 87p.

 

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
8:56:22PM	BRENT	7925.7									‘cess
8:59:02PM	GOLD	2034.49	2031	2027	2021	2039	2045.17	2049	2060	2031	‘cess
9:04:12PM	FTSE	7634
9:07:29PM	STOX50	4685.8	4685	4676	4665	4695	4700	4710	4721	4682
9:15:40PM	GERMANY	16930									‘cess
9:26:20PM	US500	4994									Success
9:45:11PM	DOW	38686									Success
9:50:04PM	NASDAQ	17763.4									Success
9:52:34PM	JAPAN	36358

 

7/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7628 points. Change of -0.69%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,688,534,403 a change of 1.67%

6/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7681 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,595,046,133 a change of -6.77%

5/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7612 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,001,091,520 a change of -6.39%

4/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7615 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,410,714,874 a change of 39.22%

2/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7615 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,604,656,485 a change of -16.86%

1/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7622 points. Change of -0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,538,356,181 a change of -5.22%

31/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7630 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,843,417,633 a change of 22.29%

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.

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: 105.3 Percentage Change: -1.63% Day High: 107.65 Day Low: 105.2

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LSE:ITV ITV Close Mid-Price: 57.7 Percentage Change: -2.20% Day High: 59.38 Day Low: 57.58

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 322.9 Percentage Change: + 1.60% Day High: 324.6 Day Low: 316.9

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LSE:STAR Star Energy Close Mid-Price: 7.47 Percentage Change: -3.92% Day High: 7.8 Day Low: 7.5

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey. Close Mid-Price: 148.75 Percentage Change: + 1.16% Day High: 150.6 Day Low: 147.45

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LSE:VOD Vodafone Close Mid-Price: 63.6 Percentage Change: -3.97% Day High: 65.95 Day Low: 63.77

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 34.5 Percentage Change: -8.00% Day High: 37.5 Day Low: 34.5

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#FTSE #Nasdaq The amusing case of the “tank” parked at Wickes, Basingstoke, for some weeks, a protest due to an apparently sub-standard kitchen installation, has come to an end. The bloke has caved in to a legal demand it be moved, neatly proving he wasn’t ‘slightly ignorant’ and could rise above the moniker used by a Wickes executive last year, damaging their own share price slightly. The puzzle over the whole affair is why it happened. The chap had the remedy of the Small Claims Court, yet chose not to use it despite the cost of repairs being within the courts ability. And Wickes also chose to enjoy international TV coverage over a dispute which would have been relatively easily cleared up. The affair reeks of being a battle of ego’s on each side, one which is doubtless not finished.

However, there’s now the hope Wickes shall experience a surge in their share price, given their Basingstoke branch is no longer threatened by a 60 year old military vehicle!

 

From a charty perspective, some hope is indeed possible for the share. It broke a downtrend in December last year, enjoyed an initial surge followed by an inevitable fallback. The price to which it fell back was at 137.5p, just above the level of trend break at 137p. This implies some genuine strength may in fact be evident.

Currently trading around 157p, it looks like above 160p should next trigger price recovery to an initial 173p. Visually, there’s a vague threat of some hesitation at the 173p level but given previous hiccups at this point only lasted a short time, we’re not inclined to expect real dramatics. In the event the 173p level is exceeded, our longer term secondary calculates at a future 204p along with almost certain stutters in the price cycle.

 

If Wickes intend any attempt at self immolation, below 137p would be a problem, risking triggering reversal to an initial 116p with secondary, if broken, at 105p and hopefully a bottom.

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:38:20PM	BRENT	7860									‘cess
9:42:46PM	GOLD	2035.48									‘cess
9:45:47PM	FTSE	7690.6	7621	7598	7563	7653	7703	7720	7738	7683	Success
9:48:02PM	STOX50	4690.9									Success
9:50:32PM	GERMANY	17018.2									Success
9:54:31PM	US500	4949.8
9:58:09PM	DOW	38477
10:00:55PM	NASDAQ	17558	17476	17422	17336	17567	17582	17617	17664	17546
10:04:12PM	JAPAN	35975									Success

6/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7681 points. Change of 0.91%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,595,046,133 a change of -6.77%

5/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7612 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,001,091,520 a change of -6.39%

4/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7615 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,410,714,874 a change of 39.22%

2/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7615 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,604,656,485 a change of -16.86%

1/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7622 points. Change of -0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,538,356,181 a change of -5.22%

31/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7630 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,843,417,633 a change of 22.29%

30/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7666 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,778,161,303 a change of -12.39%

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:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 176.6 Percentage Change: -3.86% Day High: 185.6 Day Low: 173.9

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom Close Mid-Price: 107.05 Percentage Change: -2.50% Day High: 110.3 Day Low: 106.3

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 632 Percentage Change: + 2.07% Day High: 633.9 Day Low: 626.1

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LSE:IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group. Close Mid-Price: 7570 Percentage Change: + 0.72% Day High: 7628 Day Low: 7542

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 317.8 Percentage Change: + 2.58% Day High: 320.6 Day Low: 312.4

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 27.05 Percentage Change: -4.59% Day High: 28.5 Day Low: 25.9

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 37.5 Percentage Change: -2.60% Day High: 38.5 Day Low: 37.5

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#Gold #Wall_St Just because something has potentials doesn’t mean it will fulfil them. Long time ago, we designed an earpiece/microphone assembly suitable for mobile phones. It cost a fortune to patent and the idea of seeking investors simply never occurred, especially as Motorola had first dibs on the product. During the period when cell phone design changed from analogue to digital, Motorola discovered their flip phone could not longer cope with our gizmo and pulled out.

Eventually, we let the patents lapse as the alternative was selling the house and living in a cave. It was a shock one evening, in a Chinese takeaway, seeing someone chatting away on their Nokia with an earpiece design strikingly familiar to ours from 5 years previously. It took digital to make Bluetooth headsets a reality! As can be assumed, since that particular horror story, a great deal of care has been taken to avoid spending serious amounts of money on an “good ideas”, the event leaving just a hint of sour grapes – and a few nice design awards. However, the recent gift of a 3D Printer has accidentally kicked open the door marked “Good Ideas”. The thing has been a nightmare to get our head around, simply due to everything happening in three dimensions. As software designers, it took a while for the penny to drop 3D printing was really about writing very basic programs in an old fashioned language style as, from a Windows PC basis anyway, there’s no software capable of being operated by normal folk. It’s not a case of drawing something simple like a 3d cube in Paint, then pressing the print button. In fact, our 3d Printer isn’t even connected to a PC, instead lazing around on the wireless network in case any updates are released for its core software.

To cut to the chase, a recent visit from a plumber/electrician/boiler engineer, had the bloke mesmerised by the 3D machine quietly groaning away while it printed a batch of designs which had been knocked up. He asked what the peculiar bits of plastic were for, immediately understanding when it was demonstrated, and I could see our bill increasing when he exhaled; “That’s Genius! Can you sell me some for my parents AND grandparents”. As with most folk who’ve never wandered down the path of innovation, he was focussed on the “Potential” market size, swiftly realising anyone who takes regular pills needs this sort of thing. When it was explained there are extreme dangers, if one innovates something which doesn’t exist, as there’s an entire world out there you need to personally meet, one by one, if you’re to have any hope of success, he thankfully conceded the point but still wants 28 of the things for his family! (We’re being a little circumspect and misdirectional, something we are good at.) It’s one thing to design something which does the job better than existing products – we’ve plenty experience of that with software – but a quite different set of circumstances if you’ve just invented something like a Showjumping Hoverboard For Untrained Cats! (we’d all love to watch…)

We’re still discussing whether to take the plastic gizmo’s outside, along with the printing code, and bury them in a pit filled with lime. But in case this approach may be wrong, tomorrow a coffee has been booked with our local drug dealer (pharmacologist) for her opinion as we’re anxious to avoid the investor route from the brilliant movie “The Producers”, one unfortunately adopted by many new starts. (You sold 7 x 30% shares of the company!)

 

And this brings us, neatly, to TotalEnergies. We previously reviewed the company is 2022 and the price has since successfully achieved our initial and secondary targets without a great deal of fuss. Like our little bit of blue plastic, this share price is currently showing some potentials and thanks to a couple of emails, we decided it was worth revisiting. There’s an immediate problem and it’s shown on the chart below.

Essentially, since 2006, this has been a share price which has flatlined. Regardless of the reasons, folk invested prior to 2006 now need the share price to climb above 240€ if the want to break even.

However, from a relatively near term perspective, some hope is possible. Above just 63 Euro calculates with the potential of a lift to an initial 67 and a new high. Our secondary, with closure above such a level, works out at a longer term 92€.

If things intend go wrong, below Red (Currently 56 Euro) calculates with the potential of reversal to an initial 54€ with secondary, if broken, down at 49€ and hopefully yet another bounce. Our inclination is to anticipate Total Energy as heading toward somewhere between the 67 and 92 Euro levels. Somehow, achieving 92€ seems like too much of a good thing.

 

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
9:28:48PM	BRENT	7790
9:35:16PM	GOLD	2024.02	2014	2005	1997	2025	2032	2035	2042	2021	‘cess
9:37:51PM	FTSE	7624									Shambles
9:41:01PM	STOX50	4660.4									‘cess
9:44:30PM	GERMANY	16913
9:46:33PM	US500	4937
10:36:51PM	DOW	38352	38237	38163	37956	38425	38702	38902	39130	38542	‘cess
10:39:36PM	NASDAQ	17613
10:41:27PM	JAPAN	36359

 

5/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7612 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,001,091,520 a change of -6.39%

4/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7615 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,410,714,874 a change of 39.22%

2/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7615 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,604,656,485 a change of -16.86%

1/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7622 points. Change of -0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,538,356,181 a change of -5.22%

31/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7630 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,843,417,633 a change of 22.29%

30/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7666 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,778,161,303 a change of -12.39%

29/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7632 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,453,884,268 a change of -16.87%

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:FOXT Foxtons. Close Mid-Price: 56 Percentage Change: + 1.27% Day High: 57 Day Low: 54.5

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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 65.92 Percentage Change: + 6.87% Day High: 70.68 Day Low: 62.56

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp. Close Mid-Price: 41.89 Percentage Change: -1.00% Day High: 42.6 Day Low: 41.04

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce Close Mid-Price: 309.8 Percentage Change: -0.13% Day High: 317.8 Day Low: 308.8

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#Brent #DAX All dog owners are guilty of “the pretend throw”, tossing something over the dogs head in the hope it chases after a feint, until the point when the owner is given the dread suspicious side-eye. Our own Golden Retriever was once so gullible it got to the stage where she doesn’t “do” balls, insisting on a football and absolutely nothing smaller. We’re a little afraid we may be about to fall victim to a feint from Barclays as the share price has been ticking an unpleasant number of attractive  boxes recently.

 

The first box to be ticked came from our report on Barclays three weeks ago. We’d dangled the potential of a very possible bottom price level at 136.3p, along with a strong potential for a bounce is such a level was achieved. Real life saw the share weaken to 138.5, then start to bounce. We always like it when a price bounces just about a drop target level as this often signifies some hidden strength.

The second item of interest came on Thursday of last week, the price gapped DOWN at the open and on Friday, it was gapped UP. This GaGa dance step is one we find frequently attractive as it’s generally a pretty solid suggestion the market in about to indulge a cunning plan for price gains.

And the third item is one we’re a little less optimistic about, the share prices behaviour in relation to the Blue downtrend since February of last year. For some reason or other, the price is once again respecting this downtrend.

 

And thus, similar to a recent ‘foster’ dog called Badger, we’re primed and ready to chase brainlessly after Barclays share price, if the market opts to hit a pretty obvious trigger level. Above just 151.7p (last Fridays high) calculates with the potential of a lift to 155.5p with secondary, if bettered, working out at a comfortable looking 158.6p. And it’s this secondary target which is provoking plenty of self doubt, representing a new “higher high” for the share, one which implies a pretty strong suggestion of a return to a future long term 173.1p and a price level not seen for just 12 months!

Hopefully we’ve not taken the bait, providing a set of targets while the market giggles behind a concealing hand. But for things to start going wrong, Barclays now needs slink below 145p to risk a path to 142.3 with secondary, if broken, a disheartening 139p.

Our suspicion, ever the optimists, is we’re about to see the first ball thrown in a path to an eventual 173p.

 

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
9:33:08PM	BRENT	7737.8	7680	7579	7301	7825	7888	7935	8020	7774
9:35:28PM	GOLD	2039.4
9:40:04PM	FTSE	7631.8
9:43:39PM	STOX50	4661.8
10:07:22PM	GERMANY	16933.4	16890	16850	16792	16934	16965	16995	17030	16912
10:10:02PM	US500	4951.2
10:13:08PM	DOW	38628
10:15:22PM	NASDAQ	17594.2
10:17:38PM	JAPAN	36388

 

2/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7615 points. Change of -0.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,604,656,485 a change of -16.86%

1/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7622 points. Change of -0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,538,356,181 a change of -5.22%

31/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7630 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,843,417,633 a change of 22.29%

30/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7666 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,778,161,303 a change of -12.39%

29/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7632 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,453,884,268 a change of -16.87%

28/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7635 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,560,613,072 a change of 58.4%

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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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 575.2 Percentage Change: + 2.93% Day High: 582 Day Low: 569

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 100.7 Percentage Change: -1.37% Day High: 103.9 Day Low: 98.4

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 4465 Percentage Change: -0.36% Day High: 4548 Day Low: 4465

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 505 Percentage Change: -2.17% Day High: 532.4 Day Low: 494.6

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#Gold #FTSE We’ve been getting extremely frustrated at the lack of real movement among FTSE 100 shares. A throwaway comment in the office, “better check the AIM and the FTSE250, because they may get attention while the FTSE is sleeping” proved, hopefully, a worthwhile exercise. Over the years, we’ve noticed this can often be the case and with many FTSE 100 components appearing to be awaiting “something”, the effort shall perhaps be justified.

 

Surprisingly, it’s the FTSE250 which currently holds out most hope for positive movements with movement above 19404 points calculating with the potential of a lift to a tame looking 19683 points. At this level, things start to get quite interesting. Market closure above 19683 works out with the potential of a lift to 20640 points, dumping the market into a region where a future 21064 calculates with quite strong 3rd level ambition. It’s difficult to ignore we’re proposing a scenario with an overall 10% lift potential for this market, so it’s perhaps going to be worthwhile keeping an eye on FTSE250 components. This index needs below 18000 points to risk spoiling the potential party in the future.

 

As for the AIM market, things are quite a bit less positive. There are, of course, potentials but unfortunately the index appears to be experiencing difficulty recovering from the thrashing it was given in 2022. It has at least recovered above the level of the Red uptrend break of 740 points, generally a pretty positive signal. Until such time the value actually recovers above Red, spending money on a Party Popper is liable to be misguided. Thankfully, very little work is required and now above 767 points should prove capable of a lift to an initial 787 points with secondary, if bettered, a more encouraging 825 points. This secondary level is a big deal, emplacing the AIM in a region where a long term cycle to 1110 points should prove possible.

If things intend go wrong for the AIM, below 700 points shall now suggest investing in running shoes!

 

Finally, the FTSE. So far this year, writing about the UK’s premier index has been about as exciting as writing about the UK’s retail banks.

Currently, the FTSE is supposed to be heading to an initial 7736 with secondary, if bettered, now at 7849 points. The only little problem has been a tendency for the market to retreat, every single time it looked on the verge of producing something positive. It’s certainly the case above 7690 should still make an effort to achieve these target levels but we’re wondering what other factors are at play, inhibiting any moves which would dare emulate other markets in the world.

Instead, our inclination is to fear the worst as weakness now below 7606 points suggests reversal to an initial 7569 points with secondary, if broken, at 7541 points. While neither reversal target embraces a huge number of points, the movements would be sufficient to maintain the FTSE in its favourite position, marching on the spot. If triggered, the tightest stop is wide around 7660 points.

Have a good weekend.

 

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FUTURES

Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Prior
8:46:06PM	BRENT	7878.9	7854	7620		8046	8044	8107		7887	‘cess
8:48:20PM	GOLD	2054.97	2041	2036		2058	2067	2072		2057	Success
9:03:32PM	FTSE	7647.3	7613	7596		7657	7680	7711		7640
9:40:46PM	STOX50	4660.2	4613	4593		4649	4667	4688		4631	‘cess
9:42:29PM	GERMANY	16988	16786	16750		16872	17004	17062		16916	‘cess
9:44:24PM	US500	4930.8	4895	4881		4906	4932	4941		4898	‘cess
9:46:46PM	DOW	38495	38334	38272		38455	38520	38683		38375	Success
9:49:41PM	NASDAQ	17500.5	17312	17228		17404	17518	17663		17322	‘cess
9:53:20PM	JAPAN	36290	36120	36054		36236	36310	36317		36216	Shambles

 

1/02/2024 FTSE Closed at 7622 points. Change of -0.1%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,538,356,181 a change of -5.22%

31/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7630 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,843,417,633 a change of 22.29%

30/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7666 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,778,161,303 a change of -12.39%

29/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7632 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,453,884,268 a change of -16.87%

28/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7635 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,560,613,072 a change of 58.4%

25/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7529 points. Change of 0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,141,889,174 a change of -12.43%

24/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,729,886,078 a change of -8.08%

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:BT.A British Telecom** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone** **LSE:MMAG Music Magpie** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet. Close Mid-Price: 558.8 Percentage Change: + 0.47% Day High: 570.4 Day Low: 553.6

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 102.1 Percentage Change: -2.76% Day High: 106.5 Day Low: 102.1

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LSE:MMAG Music Magpie Close Mid-Price: 9 Percentage Change: -5.26% Day High: 9.5 Day Low: 8.5

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc Close Mid-Price: 516.2 Percentage Change: -5.56% Day High: 543 Day Low: 515

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#Germany #SP500 For years, getting the brand names of Barbour and Burberry mixed up has been a personal foible. Both companies do outdoors wear, each brand name starts with a “B” but there’s one important difference I was blissfully unaware of. Today the wind here in Argyll decide to amuse residents with occasional 80mph gusts, normally not a problem but as we’ve still a destroyed shed in the garden, there were issues as the carcase was being blown around. We dare not get rid of the debris until the insurance company approves!

 

The mangled steel shed was being pushed up a hedge, crashing to the ground every time the wind eased. It was becoming clear some of the steel sides were becoming loose, creating a mental picture of it flying through the air and decapitating someone miles away. In one lull in the weather, I’d an idea of how to stop the thing dancing around, so pulled on a heavy waxed jacket and hard hat, heavy boots, and gloves. My intention was to coil rope around the debris, pull everything tightly closed, and drag it into the shelter of a wall. This seemed the right thing for all concerned until my wife spotted me and let rip. Apparently I was to come back indoors and change jackets, opting for an old one which was awaiting being waxed. It was also somewhat disreputable, worn when walking the dogs or using a chainsaw. The chainsaw was actually the reason it hadn’t been waxed as saw dust clings gleefully to a waxed cotton jacket.

We’d a plumber working as I muttered my annoyance at my wife’s irritation because I was wearing a Burberry jacket to tie down a shed.

“No wonder,” he said, “how many pairs of shoes could she buy for the cost of one?”

“Not many,” I replied. “This thing was about £90 fifteen years ago!”

He looked at the scruffy jacket, saying “it’s a Barbour jacket!”. I replied, “are they not the same thing” and like plumbers everywhere, it transpires he knew the price of Burberry jackets. Nope, I would have drawn the line at rescuing a shed, had I been wearing a jacket worth more than the aforementioned shed. However, it did provide some inspiration to take a look at Burberry share price.

 

There are issues with Burberry. When their share price passed below 1330p in January, it entered – from our perspective – a pretty bad place. Despite the share price looking like it’s experiencing some recovery currently, we’re not convinced and the five year chart tends back up our prejudice.  While strictly speaking the price now needs sink below 1162p to ring alarm bells and trigger the next drop cycle, visually it’s already in the zone with the result we shall not be surprised to see ongoing traffic downhill to an initial 967p with our secondary, and hopefully the bottom, calculating at an eventual 695p. It certainly seems unfair we’re proposing a share price return to levels not seen since 2010.

Unfortunately, to convince us of any attempt to get out of trouble, the share price needs exceed 1655p to hopefully trigger recovery to an initial 1980p with secondary, if beaten, working out at a longer term 2318p. Who knows, maybe someone in the markets has also confused Barbour and Burberry…

 

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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
11:19:57PM	BRENT	8058
11:24:17PM	GOLD	2040.33									‘cess
11:33:30PM	FTSE	7615.1									Shambles
11:37:04PM	STOX50	4635.3									Success
11:41:25PM	GERMANY	16834.1	16820	16787	16710	16850	16926	16988	17053	16861	Shambles
11:47:36PM	US500	4853	4843	4834	4802	4868	4905	4913	4936	4875	Success
11:51:01PM	DOW	38178									Success
11:53:59PM	NASDAQ	17189									Success
11:56:53PM	JAPAN	35946									Success

 

31/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7630 points. Change of -0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,843,417,633 a change of 22.29%

30/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7666 points. Change of 0.45%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,778,161,303 a change of -12.39%

29/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7632 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,453,884,268 a change of -16.87%

28/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7635 points. Change of 1.41%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,560,613,072 a change of 58.4%

25/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7529 points. Change of 0.03%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,141,889,174 a change of -12.43%

24/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7527 points. Change of 0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,729,886,078 a change of -8.08%

23/01/2024 FTSE Closed at 7486 points. Change of -0.01%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,145,475,949 a change of 1.4%

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.

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Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:EME Empyrean** **LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone** **LSE:HSBA HSBC** **LSE:IPF International Personal Finance** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital** **

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LSE:EME Empyrean Close Mid-Price: 0.33 Percentage Change: -11.60% Day High: 0.35 Day Low: 0.28

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LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone Close Mid-Price: 105 Percentage Change: -5.83% Day High: 110 Day Low: 106

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 618.2 Percentage Change: -0.48% Day High: 625.3 Day Low: 617.3

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 120 Percentage Change: -1.64% Day High: 122 Day Low: 120

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LSE:SDY Speedyhire Close Mid-Price: 28.2 Percentage Change: -4.41% Day High: 29.65 Day Low: 28.4

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LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital Close Mid-Price: 38.6 Percentage Change: -3.98% Day High: 40.5 Day Low: 38.5

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