{"id":6243,"date":"2026-06-11T05:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/?p=6243"},"modified":"2026-06-11T05:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:52:22","slug":"bp-oil-lsebp-trading-around-540-5-at-time-of-writing-and-shrinking-in-cold-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/bp-oil-lsebp-trading-around-540-5-at-time-of-writing-and-shrinking-in-cold-water\/","title":{"rendered":"BP Oil (LSE:BP.),\u00a0trading around\u00a0540.5 at time of writing and shrinking in cold water&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">#WallSt #NasdaQ Back in April, we speculated BP share price would fall to 500p, if it dipped below a trigger level of 531p. Thankfully &#8211; from our perspective &#8211; the share price agreed with our calculations, hitting an exceedingly precise 500p on May 26th and bouncing a little bit thereafter. This is perhaps good, a signal the market does not wish Insect Urine to fall too far&#8230; This dreadful joke obviously derives from Bee Pee, a company long capable of looking down and spraying their largesse on traders! But we&#8217;re going &#8220;Back to School&#8221; briefly with the charts below.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">BP has a very obvious Blue downtrend, dating back to 2018. This particular downtrend was confirmed, repeatedly, by the market and when the share price broke upward in March of this year, we experienced a small gust of optimism, this sort of thing usually being the harbinger of a happy future. Unfortunately, the US President had other ideas, a cunning plan to boost the price of oil and thus, US revenues. Unfortunately, the &#8220;cunning plan&#8221; is falling apart and as the lower chart extract exhibits, confidence in the price of BP shall diminish, along with the price of Crude Oil. The funny thing, the US President is able to say; &#8220;Not my fault &#8216;Gov, it&#8217;s entirely the other guy to blame!&#8221; . But as we see confidence in artificially inflated prices diminish, it&#8217;s also reasonable to anticipate the price of oil reversing soon and effecting BP share price. This is doubly important as the US needs &#8220;a win&#8221;\u00a0 to give sufficient propaganda for the coming US mid-term elections.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/img\/bp110626a.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial;\">Therefore, if we anticipate some amateur dramatics with oil prices, BP have a share price which is poised for some fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial;\">From a near term perspective, eyebrows should twitch if the share price falls below just 515p. Movement such as this is currently capable of driving reversals to an intial 490p with our secondary, if broken, calculating down at 459p along with a valid argument for a bounce. The crazy thing, this should see US Crude back in the 50 dollar range, along with Brent splashing around in the low 60&#8217;s. But for BP, if our calculation of a &#8220;bottom&#8221; at 459p breaks, we can present a visually absurd potential at 387p.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it&#8217;s not that absurd, given it matches prices in 2025 before the Strait of Hormuz became a no boating zone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial;\">The somewhat annoying calculation with BP is the price level of 550p, share price closure above which capable of targeting a &#8220;surprise&#8221; rise to an initial 652p with secondary, if bettered, an eventual 721p.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial;\">We think, with the USA and looming elections, oil prices shall be forced to reverse, probably give the major oil shares a bit of a hammering and in BP&#8217;s case, a hopeful bounce point at 459p. It&#8217;s funny to speculate, economically, the only people who are benefiting from the Straits shambles are the people actually involved in it. Which is a bit mad and if only the war against our neighbours hedge could produce a similar result. (We don&#8217;t care how big the hedge grows as it belongs to a neighbour who is paranoid about the 2 metre height designation. But terrified at the cost of removing, annually, a substantial amount of cuttings. And from our side of the fence, the little tractor gathers everything and drags it up to the burn pile. It&#8217;s a strange hedge war, the &#8220;victim&#8221; not complaining and the culprit in a flat panic. But then again, we&#8217;ve a massive garden area but other properties locally tend to be very large and with sensible garden sizes. The other neighbour has a 9 bedroom house, our properties separated by a wall, a pretty energetic stream and the noisy waterfall we complain about, often. Both neighbours admit they wish they&#8217;d our simple little cottage, where the only challenge is cutting the sodding grass. Our little mowing robot is &#8220;resting&#8221;, while we await a dry period to finish digging the robot perimeter cable into the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">But this is Argyll, where Scotland probably invented rain! After all, the sodden country invented everything else.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Should BP somehow decide to exhibit some strength, above 550 should designate a growth cycle to an initial 652p with our secondary, if beaten, working out at 721p sometime in an imaginary future. Our suspicion, backed up by the weakening charts above, is to anticipate reversals.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/img\/bp110626b.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"441\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>FUTURES<\/p>\n<table border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Time Issued<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Market<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Price At Issue<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Short Entry<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Fast Exit<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Slow Exit<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Stop<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Long Entry<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Fast Exit<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Slow Exit<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Stop<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Prior<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">11:13:02PM<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">BRENT<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">9394.3<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8216;cess<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">11:18:13PM<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">GOLD<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">4055.56<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8216;cess<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">11:21:55PM<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">DOW<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">49836.5<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">49782<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">49675<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">48985<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">50110<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">50327<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">50515<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">50762<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">50091<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8216;cess<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">11:55:07PM<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">FTSE<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">10176.6<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8216;cess<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">11:04:00PM<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">STOX50<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">5963.1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">11:09:52PM<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">GERMANY<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">23997.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8216;cess<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">11:13:38PM<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">US500<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">7234.7<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">11:17:51PM<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">NASDAQ<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">28259.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">28245<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">27889<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">27447<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">28469<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">28796<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">28995<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">29246<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">28457<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8216;cess<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">11:22:27PM<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">JAPAN<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">62750<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Shambles<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/offer_subscribe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/images\/specialoffer.gif\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">SUCCESS above means both FAST &amp; SLOW targets were met. &#8216;CESS means just the FAST target met and probably the next time it is exceeded, movement to the SLOW target shall commence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Our commentary is in two sections. Immediately below are today&#8217;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 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">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.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">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.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We can be contacted at info@trendsandtargets.com. Spam filters set to maximum so only legit emails get through&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Section One &#8211; Outlook Updated Today. Click here for Section Two &#8211; Outlook Remains Valid shares<\/h4>\n<p><a name=\"Click_Epic_to_jump_to_share\"><\/a>Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:BP. BP PLC** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:IGG IG Group** **LSE:NWG Natwest** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **<\/p>\n<p>********<\/p>\n<p>Updated charts published on : BP PLC, Fresnillo, IG Group, Natwest, Taylor Wimpey,<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\">LSE:BP. BP PLC<\/span>. Close Mid-Price: 540.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Movement below 517 now risks becoming troublesome, giving the potential fo &#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/offer_subscribe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe for more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&lt;\/p<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/private\/shares\/bp.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Previous BP PLC &amp; Big Picture *** <\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\">LSE:FRES Fresnillo<\/span>. Close Mid-Price: 2820 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> If Fresnillo experiences continued weakness below 2799p, it will invariab &#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/offer_subscribe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe for more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&lt;\/p<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/private\/shares\/fres.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Previous Fresnillo &amp; Big Picture ***<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\">LSE:IGG IG Group<\/span>. Close Mid-Price: 1902 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Target met. All IG Group needs are mid-price trades ABOVE 1902 to improve &#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/offer_subscribe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe for more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&lt;\/p<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/private\/shares\/igg.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Previous IG Group &amp; Big Picture ***<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\">LSE:NWG Natwest<\/span>. Close Mid-Price: 586.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> In the event Natwest experiences weakness below 583.6 it calculates with &#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/offer_subscribe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe for more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&lt;\/p<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/private\/shares\/nwg.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Previous Natwest &amp; Big Picture ***<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\">LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey<\/span>. Close Mid-Price: 75.74 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0 Day Low: 0<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Target met. Weakness on Taylor Wimpey below 75p will invariably lead to 7 &#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/offer_subscribe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe for more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&lt;\/p<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/private\/shares\/tw.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Previous Taylor Wimpey &amp; Big Picture *** <\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> *** End of &#8220;Updated Today&#8221; comments on shares.<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#WallSt #NasdaQ Back in April, we speculated BP share price would fall to 500p, if it dipped below a trigger level of 531p. Thankfully &#8211; from our perspective &#8211; the share price agreed with our calculations, hitting an exceedingly precise 500p on May 26th and bouncing a little bit thereafter. This is perhaps good, a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/bp-oil-lsebp-trading-around-540-5-at-time-of-writing-and-shrinking-in-cold-water\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BP Oil (LSE:BP.),\u00a0trading around\u00a0540.5 at time of writing and shrinking in cold water&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trendsandtargets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6245,"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6243\/revisions\/6245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trendsandtargets.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}