Trends And Targets

It transpires there is something more irritating than Tullow Oil’s share price movement on September 30th. Our lawn, due the final cut of the year, has two tree stumps. One’s from an ancient fir tree, the other was once a pear tree, and both stumps remain in use for various jobs. They are ideal for lights, to hold shooting targets, or even as the anchor for the occasional tight-rope (a grand-daughter thing) Neither tree stump represents a surprise, each useful in different ways over the last 15 years.

Somehow, I managed to crash into both stumps on Wednesday afternoon. The problem was wet grass, the big chunky rear tyres driving the little tractor solidly forward. Making a sharp left turn to manoeuvre the tractor and grass cutting deck around the 1 metre tall fir tree stump failed, the big back wheels sliding the skinny front wheel straight into the stump. The steering rod bent, the wheels each now pointing inward like someone pointing the toe of each shoe at the other. It looked ridiculous and needed the tender attention of a crowbar and sledgehammer. With each wheel pointing forward after 20 minutes of battering, the tractor restarted and 2 minutes later, I repeated the performance and ran into the old pear tree stump… This time, each wheel was left pointing outward at a 45 degree angle. It was easy to make a wise decision to throw a tarp over the tractor, giving a day or two to calm down before sorting the steering out. Perhaps this year has spoiled things, becoming used to the robot lawnmower and losing tractor driving skills. But the robot does not do well on wet grass and a slope, hence retaining the little red tractor.

This, of course, brings us to Tullow Oil as their share price movements have proven as comprehensible as the tractors front wheels. Over the years, many folk were solidly fed up with the UK AIM market, due to often incoherent price movements. Trading volumes fell, traders voting with their wallets as they became fed up being the markets cash cows. By the end of 2020, the AIM market has almost revalidated itself and was starting to behave with a degree of honesty. And then, like a junkie, it felt like it had again embraced its old habits, price manipulation on 30th of September driving Tullow down into a ridiculous zone where a bottom of 4p became possible.

     

The width of the movement looks hard to justify unless it was deliberate attempt to panic traders and release some cheap shares back into the hands of the market. It feels like the folk behind the AIM (and FTSE) are failing to learn from the exodus from the UK to Europe and New York as companies become fed up with their share value failing to equal similar instruments in other countries.

In the case of Tullow, manipulated at the open on the 30th Sept from 19.5p down to 16.6p was a bad thing, reversing the share value below the Blue downtrend since 2024. On the day, with a closing price at 10.26p, it also broke the immediate Red uptrend and sent all sorts of wrong signals to the market place. In the course of a day, it broke below the Red uptrend since 2025 also, suggesting quite firmly previous trends could now be ignored, the market looking like it was intent on doing to Tullow, something similar to the current UK Governments attempts to destroy both business and society.

At present, ongoing share price movement below 7.8p risks promoting further reversal to an initial 6.2p with our secondary, if broken, a hopeful bottom with a bounce at 4p.

Of course, there’s always the risk someone will decide the drop has been overcooked. In the interests of sanity, we can describe 11.8p as a potential trigger level as movement above such a point should prove capable of a lift to an initial 15p. This would emphatically return the share value above the Red uptrend, giving a secondary at 18.2p and a return once again above the Blue downtrend. From our perspective, this would broadcast a few positive signals for the longer term, causing us to rush to our tea cups and viewing the leaves as it currently calculates as being above to double in value from our secondary level.

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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
10:03:38PM	BRENT	9975.6
10:07:04PM	GOLD	4109.68	4067	4055	3998	4123	4147	4164	4196	4109	‘cess
10:09:23PM	FTSE	10469.7									‘cess
10:25:22PM	STOX50	6183.1									Success
10:29:10PM	GERMANY	25112.4
10:31:36PM	US500	7797.6	7764	7757	7735	7792	7831	7877	7934	7812
10:35:05PM	DOW	51145.9									Success
10:39:03PM	NASDAQ	31158.3									‘cess
10:41:47PM	JAPAN	69611									‘cess

 

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:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 432.05 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 444.55 Day Low: 429.7

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2078 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2082 Day Low: 2040

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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 89.6 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 95.5 Day Low: 89.6

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LSE:MRO Melrose. Close Mid-Price: 450 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 471.4 Day Low: 450

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 286.6 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 286.6 Day Low: 260.8

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 3048 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 3256 Day Low: 3002

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Until someone emailed, we’d never heard of Aurrigo International (suspect they shall choose to rename themselves to  ‘Ai Plc’). While their name apparently derives from the Latin word for “chariot” – Auriga – tossing in an extra “r” just confuses the fingers when typing.  Their website is quite fascinating, their specialism in Autonomous Vehicles showing they seem to be working hard in quite varied directions. If their website and PR is to be believed, what they’ve been up to in the aviation field deserves some accolades, the idea of baggage and cargo being handled automatically at airports should give them some strong market focus.

We were less impressed with their Self Driving road vehicle concepts, this being an ambition shared with some of the largest companies in the world.  It’s a puzzle why they think competing in such a field may be a good idea but hey, it was a rush judgement from viewing the website.  Equally, mucking around with electric vehicle development, while giving the excuse for PR green headlines, seems to remove focus from the area they are good at, the aviation marketplace.

But we had to pause at the section where they mention expertise in wiring harness’s. This was an area in which the writer once personally utterly fouled up. The vehicle was a TVR 3000 and the wiring loom had gone full TVR, literally catching fire with smoke come up from the gear lever base. The genius’s at TVR has chosen to route the main wiring along the transmission tunnel which was also the place they’d routed the 6 into 2 exhaust pipes. Also part of this festival, the fuel injection lines were discovering interesting pathways up to the engine. The whole thing was a nightmare and of course, TVR could not supply a replacement wiring loom.

How hard could it be to make one myself? After all, outside the area which had caught fire and melted, it should only be a matter of copying everything already in place. But another uniquely TVR issue was to arise, the existing loom using a preponderance of various shades of Red wire, along with quite a few shades of Orange. After several weeks, an auto electrician was asked to help, the job taking him a full week. We also re-routed the writing and fuel lines away from the exhaust system, giving the machine a chance of surviving life. Of course, it was to take another two TVR’s before a cheaper hobby was discovered, owning a motor cruiser…

Anyone who can produce a reliable wiring harness deserves to be held in awe.

Aside from our rough and ready thoughts about the company activities, from a charty perspective, their share price looks poised for some positive movement.

Currently, above just 122p looks perfectly capable of triggering gains to an initial 138p with our future secondary, if exceeded, calculating at a potential future 171p and a new high.

For things to go awfully wrong, the price needs drive itself below 75p and visually there’s nothing suggesting such may be a danger.

We like this one but are nervous at their wide product focus for such a relatively small company.

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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
10:56:26PM	BRENT	9994.5									‘cess
10:58:39PM	GOLD	4163.62									‘cess
11:00:38PM	FTSE	10534.5
11:03:53PM	STOX50	6245.1									‘cess
11:11:20PM	GERMANY	25373.7	25282	25184	25072	25405	25520	25610	25870	25386	‘cess
11:16:58PM	US500	7828.7	7767	7742	7708	7796	7844	7852	7931	7804	‘cess
11:35:27PM	DOW	51562.4									Success
11:39:00PM	NASDAQ	31240.9									‘cess
11:41:27PM	JAPAN	70819									‘cess

 

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:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 447.3 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 452.95 Day Low: 446.55

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 201 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 215.5 Day Low: 198.8

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 37.9 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 38.7 Day Low: 36

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2050 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2066 Day Low: 2038

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 57.1 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 58.4 Day Low: 54.2

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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 95.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 97.6 Day Low: 92.05

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 5885 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 5900 Day Low: 5880

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LSE:MRO Melrose. Close Mid-Price: 461 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 481.6 Day Low: 458.3

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 262.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 271 Day Low: 256.4

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LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech. Close Mid-Price: 230.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 238.6 Day Low: 219.6

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 3112 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 3192 Day Low: 3062

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1637.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1651 Day Low: 1633

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Marriage is often a game about a silent war. Sometimes, it may be something to do with a random sock in the bedroom, other times the silent battle may be over a dishwasher needing emptied, and of course, the icing on the cake can sometimes come from a completely unexpected direction. We’ve a secret war going on currently and the subject is my hair. Since stopping 30 months of chemo, my metabolism has kicked back into life with hair growth of maybe around 2cm a month.

Throughout our marriage, my wife has cut my hair, sometimes at random moments when she simply cannot take the Einstein look any longer. Okay, she describes it as Top Gears James May inspired but with accelerated growth since May, there is a definite curl on my shoulders as the stuff is as out of control as our grass. The additional problem has come from a German brand of shampoo, Alpecin, which claims to thicken hair.

It works. Now on the edge of entering traditional Status Quo territory with discussion on hair length and unwilling to ask my wife to cut it. That decision is typically her job, when she gets fed up apologising for the mess. Some of the folk who’re met while doing dog walks are her friends and eventually, one of them is bound to make a joke. Or perhaps, my wife has already enrolled them to her side, in an attempt to make my unruly thick hair my problem.

Some battles are great fun, as long as no-one mentions them…

Unfortunately, we’re about to mention the battle of London Metric share price as it looks foul. The share price has broken below the uptrend since 2020 and sits in a position where weakness below 170p risks a visit to an 163p with our secondary, if broken, a hopeful bottom at 145p and a bounce. In fact, if a bounce is scheduled, it shall ideally occur before this secondary with anything exceeding 177p deserving being taken very seriously.

However, something exceedingly strange is going on in the UK, almost feeling like a serious effort is being made to frighten folk. First, we had the Iranian bloke trying to enter the Top Secret Nuclear Base locally here in Argyll. The chap was released on bail with nothing more heard. Then we have a bunch of dodgy blokes arrested at an air base containing US bombers. They were also released on bail. And of course, the USA then evacuated its aircraft from the base, absolutely nothing to do with the arrests, of course. And now, we’ve politicians calling for an Iron Dome over London to protect against missiles, drones, and hopefully pigeons too. London Metric claim to have over 300 properties in the area needing protected from the world.

We strongly distrust efforts to spread fear in the market place, suspecting the converse may prove true for the future. In the case of LSE:LMP, above 177p should allegedly enter a price movement cycle to an initial 211p with our secondary, if exceeded, calculating at a useful future 231p, along with an urgent need for us to revisit our calculations. our suspicion is this share intends break the effective flatline since 2022, perhaps making an upward surge.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
11:31:55PM	BRENT	9927.9								10024
11:34:36PM	GOLD	4143.35	4124	4110	4090	4150	4170	4187	4208	4150
11:37:25PM	FTSE	10527.8								10452
11:40:11PM	STOX50	6263.7								6220
11:43:26PM	GERMANY	25322.6	25152	25096	25009	25236	25352	25414	25595	25162
11:46:09PM	US500	7778.6								7710
11:48:57PM	DOW	51306.9								51234
11:51:34PM	NASDAQ	31080								30922
11:54:36PM	JAPAN	69976								69263

 

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:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 212 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 215 Day Low: 205

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 38.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 42.2 Day Low: 37.1

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 51.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 62 Day Low: 48

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 765 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 797 Day Low: 748

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1620.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1625.5 Day Low: 1593.5

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It was a good Grand Prix, thanks to the rain. It was a rotten weekend, thanks to the Argyll rain. Locally, ducks are giving swimming lessons to other birds… But the race itself was enjoyable, once again underlining the key to an entertaining race comes from things going wrong which the leaden hands of the organisers cannot control. It was certainly a surprise seeing the field of race cars behave like a Temu solar panel, failing to work once sprinkled with rain. One wonders if it is possible to purchase solar lights from China which remain working in the UK climate. From the behaviour of the Formula1 field, it seems certain the teams have been buying cheep waterproof electronics from Temu…

We’re enjoying a little grumble about Barclays share price movements. We’d proposed a “secondary” drop target of 453p when we reviewed the share three weeks ago. As the chart extract below shows, on October 1st the market chose to manipulate (gap) Barclays price below our 453p when the market woke up, suggesting a new trend has potentially kicked off.  From our perspective, this feels like “they” sprinkled Barclays share price with a dusting of Temu magic, giving the potentials for some unpleasant further failures.

But on a brighter note – and we’ll come back to this later – share price closure above 458p may now be taken as an extremely positive signal for future growth. Or alternately, the share price manipulated (gapped) above such a level at the open of trade.

Unfortunately, for now, we have little choice but to anticipate the worst, weakness below 435 threatening to trigger reversal to an initial 402p with our secondary, if broken, a more painful 353p. Ridiculous movement such as this tends add fuel to the arguments which despair of FTSE market behaviour, driving shares to seek relisting outside the UK. The callous treatment of Tullow in recent days has been an extreme example of the cavalier notion of “logic” which permeates the UK markets.

Our alternate “happy” scenario, if it’s all been a dreadful mistake, suggests above 458p may potentially give the first signal of an error being corrected, calculating with the potential of a lift to an initial 491p with our secondary, if beaten, at 522p. This secondary target is visually quite pleasing, suggesting a price level where some hesitation should take place despite a third level attraction coming from a distant 559p.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
2:52:42PM	BRENT	10199.9	9775	9626	9395	9950	10321	10571	10974	10140
2:55:14PM	GOLD	4140.29
2:59:09PM	FTSE	10497.8
3:16:04PM	STOX50	6255.6
3:18:27PM	GERMANY	25271.4
3:44:50PM	US500	7721.6
3:47:41PM	DOW	51187	50531	49876	48250	51147	51643	52091	52611	51339
3:51:17PM	NASDAQ	30793.9
3:55:33PM	JAPAN	69566

 

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:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2026 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2054 Day Low: 1980

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 990 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1017 Day Low: 931

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 54.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 55.2 Day Low: 49.85

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LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc. Close Mid-Price: 260.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 268.4 Day Low: 259.2

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LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech. Close Mid-Price: 223.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 237 Day Low: 207.8

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 3102 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 3132 Day Low: 3012

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LSE:SCLP Scancell. Close Mid-Price: 9.45 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 9.46 Day Low: 9.35

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 7.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 10.5 Day Low: 7.8

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Buying, selling and investing in shares is not without risk. Market and company movement will affect your performance and you may get back less than you invest. Neither Trends and Targets Ltd, Shareprice, or Interactive Investor will be responsible for any losses that may be incurred as a result of following a trading idea.

Last Friday, our FTSE outlook presented 10,415 points as a potential market bottom. The reversal was to take another 4 days to enact with the “strength” of the drop proving as clear as mud. The index indeed reached our target as shown below, breaking our 10,415 target just after 9am on Thursday. Ultimately, during intraday shenanigans, it was to reach 10,390 points in what would normally count as a solid break of the target level. However… this was not to be the end of the story, the index ending the session at 10,428 points and from our perspective, failing to officially destroy our target, the market closing a touch higher.

While there may be a touch of saving face here, explaining a scenario where a price both meets target AND fails to break it, this is always a frustration with our insistence on a Closing Price rule. Had the UK index CLOSED the session below 10,415 points, we’d be cheerfully announcing a major reversal scenario commencing. Instead, we are forced into caution as nothing is looking certain.

We’re left with a classic conundrum. The market “proved” our target level can be broken but also “proved” it wasn’t immediately ready to kick open the gates of hell with a potential apocalyptic scenario. At present, about the only confident thing we dare suggest (for reversals) is of movement below 10,390 igniting a slide down to an initial 10,290 points. Our secondary, if such a level breaks, calculates down at 10,055 points along with a very probable bottom.

But, the market ensured the FTSE didn’t close below our target, implying some surprise strength may be waiting in the wings. Above 10,470 shall be viewed positively, potentially triggering recovery to an initial 10,515 points with our secondary, if bettered, a critical 10,589 points. This secondary is a fairly big deal, dropping the index into a zone where the market can challenge the level of trend break at 10,670 points and the potential of making the current drop something of a fake.

We do, of course, take all this nonsense quite personally as we’re guilty of treating the market as an animate “them” which is clearly ridiculous. After all, whey would “they” avoid the index closing below our target level.

Have a good weekend and pretend to enjoy the Grand Prix. We shall…

 

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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
10:25:23PM	BRENT	10256.9	9592	9288		9800	10292	10420		10107	Success
10:28:55PM	GOLD	4176.43	4138	4106		4168	4192	4211		4172	Success
10:32:00PM	FTSE	10461.3	10386	10352		10452	10564	10641		10467	Success
10:35:10PM	STOX50	6180.4	6160	6099		6200	6272	6320		6210	Success
10:40:28PM	GERMANY	24975.5	24829	24710		24998	25230	25355		25036	Shambles
10:43:56PM	US500	7667.9	7616	7606		7654	7691	7720		7659	Success
10:48:39PM	DOW	50921.8	50557	50066		51026	51199	51386		50976	‘cess
10:51:47PM	NASDAQ	30506.9	30263	30053		30421	30873	30970		30493	‘cess

 

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:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 2427 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2491 Day Low: 2403

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1279 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1329 Day Low: 1279

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 49.3 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 50.55 Day Low: 46.95

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LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech. Close Mid-Price: 214 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 220.8 Day Low: 211.2

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 3014 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 3034 Day Low: 2878

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 89.55 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 91.7 Day Low: 89.5

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 58.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 60.5 Day Low: 56.2

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On Wednesday, I became the “pratt in a convertible“. Leaving a hospital appointment, the car dashboard reported 19.5c outside, signalling what was probably going to be the last day of the year the magic button could be pushed and the VW  EOS mechanical roof retracted. Roof down, flat cap on, shades on, the 8 mile journey to the ferry terminal commenced, as usual enjoying a similar feeling to riding a motorcycle, aware of everything going on 360 degrees around. The similarity to riding a motorcycle is nothing to do with “wind in the hair” nonsense, just the massively improved feeling of awareness by escaping from the confines of a tin box.

It was curious, driving down the ramp to the ferry, how the sun had remained the same, yet the outside temperature had dropped to 16c. Clearly the return to Argyll was underway! But within another 5 minutes .of the ferry choosing to reverse across the estuary (fairly common with heavy sea swells to protect car windscreens from damage), the outside temperature was now 16c and my finger was solidly holding the magic button in the “UP” position, the thing refusing point blank to move due to “Luggage Compartment Sensor Error”, a nasty message advising I hadn’t tidied away my shopping from Aldi and Tesco, thus giving the VW the chance to behave like a supermarket Self Scan ‘assistant’ and furnish as little aid as possible. In a totally non scientific experiment, Tesco won the award for the least helpful assistant, someone who was happy to bypass the flashing red light above the machine, though less willing to remove the security tag from the blue jeans which caused the alert. I always wonder whether my Scottish patterned checked scarf (which looks rather like Palestinian protest headgear) shall get me through a security checkpoint on a two tier nod and wink. This remains an untried test.

Aldi, on the other hand, had self scan Gestapo with a sense of humour, cheerfully pointing out I’d inverted the “Pick Up, Scan, Drop” sides of their gadget, then taking over the job. When I got home, I noticed the bloke had only scanned 5 of the 8 bags of coffee beans!!! Rushing back and pointing out the 12 quid error is impossible, due to the £50 ferry return ticket. I like to think I’m an honest guy but there is a limit.

Once I’d played Jenga with all the shopping in the car boot, the roof finally deigned to close just before we docked in Argyll. The outside temperature was now 14c, the wind rather strong, and the unspoken “Pratt” word visible on every face who’d been watching the pantomime with the car roof. But when leaving the ferry, virtually every vehicle turned left, suggesting they were tourists/day trippers, with only myself turning right to head into the frozen wasteland which is now Argyll… Summer is officially over!

To seamlessly lead into 80 Mile, a company focussed on Exploration and Development of Energy and Strategic Resources in Greenland, Wednesday provided a sharp reminder Argyll enjoys an Arctic Climate thanks to very little between the area and the North Pole. Though perhaps 80 Mile have a building on Greenland which briefly interrupts our inbound weather.

According to our calculations, above 1.3p should next promote share price growth to an initial 1.9p with our secondary, if exceeded, working out at a future 2.4p. The close proximity of these target levels tends suggest the probability of a glass ceiling making an appearance somewhere between these two target levels. The implication of such behaviour is quite fascinating, a suggestion share price closure some point in the future, shall open the doors for a cycle leading to an eventual 5p. This would prove quite a big deal, justifying the flurry of emails we received asking our opinion for the long term.

Our inevitable negative scenario needs mentioned as it’s quite troubling. The share price needs below 0.4p for real panic, entering a cycle where the eventual bottom works out at an impossible -4p. While we truly look forward to the day a company shall offer “investors” 4p to take a share off their hands, the chances are unlikely. Unless they perhaps appoint a current Government chancellor as the Chief Financial Officer, someone we suspect perfectly capable of lowering a car roof on a day like Wednesday.

 

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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
10:57:15PM	BRENT	9727.8	9637	9457	9202	9859	9856	9893	10036	9777
11:00:39PM	GOLD	4153.16	4150	4141	4115	4158	4164	4168	4175	4154
11:09:27PM	FTSE	10594.9
11:16:11PM	STOX50	6257.1									‘cess
11:21:06PM	GERMANY	25140.4									Success
11:31:47PM	US500	7675.6									Shambles
11:44:36PM	DOW	51042									‘cess
11:48:49PM	NASDAQ	30497.3									Success
11:51:44PM	JAPAN	67015									Shambles

 

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

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

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

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

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 49.15 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 49.15 Day Low: 46.45

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LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech. Close Mid-Price: 217.6 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 218.6 Day Low: 201.8

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 3020 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 3032 Day Low: 2836

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 59.1 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 64 Day Low: 58.2

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 787 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 793 Day Low: 671

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Back in the day... a favourite bit of software was a spreadsheet package called SuperCalc. Microsoft Excel still hadn’t been assembled yet, a product which successfully cherry picked the best bits of existing main players in the spreadsheet game (Lotus123 & Supercalc) and integrated “easily” with other Microsoft products. Almost overnight, Supercalc & Lotus seemed to vanish

From a personal perspective, this was my first entry into the Car Finance game as I was asked to produce something to replace the horrid Ready Reckoner little books for car finance, utterly hated by everyone who worked in our company car showrooms. A rookie mistake was to spend a few minutes working out the correct monthly payment for a deal, only for the customer to ask “how much will it be a month, if I pay an extra £500? Customers only really wanted the monthly payment. Producing a spreadsheet with some embedded macro’s turned the finance calculation into the work of seconds and it was quickly reported back that clients tended not to question whatever figures were produced from the Apricot PC used in the car showroom.

When everything hit the fan over the victimless “crime” Close Brothers, and other financiers were involved in, I paid a bit of attention to the story though I’d been away from the car game for over 30 years. Introducing computers to business, along with some success with software, ensured a different path was taken away from my families motor trade business’s.

It was certainly a surprise seeing Close Brothers surge by 15% on news of continued loss, along with a new figure to settle claims relating to the Motor Finance Consumer Redress Scheme.

An interesting situation exists for the share price, the share value solidly exceeding the downtrend since 2021 and suggesting a new game may be afoot. As a result, above 446p looks capable of triggering further gains to an initial 470p and visually, some potential hesitation.  Our longer term secondary works out at 501p which should expose the share to an attraction from a future 554p, along with plenty of visuals which demand a stall in gains as it will match a bunch of highs since 2024. Should such a level be achieved, we shall need stare hard into our tea leaves again to present a reasonable scenario for the more distant future.

Our alternate scenario, if the current situation turns out to be a trap, suggests below 375p could trigger reversal to an initial 339p with our secondary, if broken, at a probable bottom at 280p.

Fingers crossed but we suspect Close Brothers are going to head upward.

 

FUTURES

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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
9:28:29PM	BRENT	9528.8
9:31:09PM	GOLD	4174.54
9:52:47PM	FTSE	10658.3	10606	10548	10473	10658	10757	10794	10856	10690	Success
9:57:02PM	STOX50	6337.5
10:00:52PM	GERMANY	25451.8
10:03:38PM	US500	7678.4									‘cess
10:13:36PM	DOW	51407.8
10:16:25PM	NASDAQ	30374.8	30223	30153	30055	30374	30446	30498	30632	30335
10:20:18PM	JAPAN	66142									‘cess

 

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:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 146.6 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 146.6 Day Low: 144

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LSE:CPI Capita. Close Mid-Price: 218 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 221 Day Low: 213.5

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 41.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 41.8 Day Low: 40.1

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 2472 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2542 Day Low: 2438

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LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech. Close Mid-Price: 199.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 201.4 Day Low: 179

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2976 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 3010 Day Low: 2842

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 64 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 66.8 Day Low: 64

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 2329 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2360 Day Low: 2329

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 0.78 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 0.85 Day Low: 0.775

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