{"id":1587,"date":"2020-02-13T23:36:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T23:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2020-02-14T08:21:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T08:21:46","slug":"friday-ftse-centrica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/13\/friday-ftse-centrica\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday FTSE &#038; Centrica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>#FTSE #D<\/strong>OW<strong> <\/strong>Centrica must be tempting a bunch of folk hoping to jump in, viewing the price as a &#8220;bargain&#8221;. We have doubts, hoping it shall bounce around the 60p mark but worried, &#8216;cos if broken, the big picture  suggests &#8220;bottom&#8221; may reside around 40p. Needs a miracle above the 90p level to  foul up these prospects! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the FTSE for Friday, we&#8217;re \nmore than a little concerned about the drop experienced on Thursday. When we \nissued our 10am report to clients, we&#8217;d speculated on the market achieving a \nbottom at 7407 points. Somehow or other, the FTSE contrived to reach 7406.9 \naround 11:30am, showing half hearted bounces in the period since. Despite a \nbunch of day traders doubtless viewing the chart, gleefully assuming &#8220;double \nbottom&#8221; and expecting Friday to show gains, we&#8217;re not entirely convinced. \nThere&#8217;s something a bit funny going on with international futures &#8211; mainland \nEurope and the US behaving as if Friday should experience recovery, the FTSE \nrather less so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weakness now below 7406 points \ncalculates with an initial drop target at 7368 points. If (when) broken, our \nsecondary comes along at&nbsp; 7310 points and we&#8217;d hope for a real bounce at \nsuch a level. If triggered, tightest stop is at 7442 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the event the market (the FTSE \nduring trading hours) manages above 7442, our initial ambition is for movement \nto 7470 points. If bettered, secondary calculates up at 7503 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week has been difficult and we \nsuspect health fears have knocked the FTSE off its track to head to 7690 points<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/img\/ukx140220.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, chart goes here\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<TABLE BORDER=2>\n<TR> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Time Issued<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Market<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Price At Issue<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Short Entry<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Fast Exit<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Slow Exit<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Stop<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Long Entry<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Fast 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<\/TR>\n<TR> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">10:13:24PM<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">GOLD<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">1576.78<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">1564<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">1559.5<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t&nbsp;<\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">1573<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">1579<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">1580.5<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t&nbsp;<\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">1571<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Success<\/font><\/td> <\/TR>\n<TR> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">10:15:26PM<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">FTSE<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">7453.67<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">7402<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p 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size=\"2\">&#8216;cess<\/font><\/td> <\/TR>\n<TR> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">10:28:24PM<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">JAPAN<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">23727<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">23564<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">23507.5<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t&nbsp;<\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">23679<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">23782<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">23823<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t&nbsp;<\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">23687<\/font><\/td> <td>\n\t<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\">Success<\/font><\/td> <\/TR>\n\n<\/TABLE>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<H5>13\/02\/2020 FTSE Closed at 7452 points. Change of -1.09%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3       6,664,066,181 a change of 30.17%<\/h><\/p>\n<H5>12\/02\/2020 FTSE Closed at 7534 points. Change of 0.47%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3       5,119,461,685 a change of -10.2%<\/h><\/p>\n<H5>11\/02\/2020 FTSE Closed at 7499 points. Change of 0.71%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3       5,701,269,309 a change of 0.17%<\/h><\/p>\n<H5>10\/02\/2020 FTSE Closed at 7446 points. Change of -0.27%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3       5,691,847,581 a change of -12.91%<\/h><\/p>\n<H5> 7\/02\/2020 FTSE Closed at 7466 points. Change of -0.51%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3       6,535,596,145 a change of 5.4%<\/h><\/p>\n<H5> 6\/02\/2020 FTSE Closed at 7504 points. Change of 0.29%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3       6,200,545,970 a change of -22.21%<\/h><\/p>\n<H5> 5\/02\/2020 FTSE Closed at 7482 points. Change of 0.58%. Total value traded through LSE was: \u00a3       7,970,542,064 a change of 19.14%<\/h><p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/offer_subscribe.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n<IMG border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/images\/specialoffer.gif\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#FTSE #DOW Centrica must be tempting a bunch of folk hoping to jump in, viewing the price as a &#8220;bargain&#8221;. We have doubts, hoping it shall bounce around the 60p mark but worried, &#8216;cos if broken, the big picture suggests &#8220;bottom&#8221; may reside around 40p. 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