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#FTSE #Stoxx As an exercise in cynicism, we opted to run the price of Crude oil through a similar movement pattern to that experienced, when the Russia/Ukraine thing kicked off. Back then, we regarded the price inflation of Brent Crude as very contrived, an artificial construct which almost felt it was simply to satisfy media expectations. The actual increase in the price of Brent realistically happened well before Russia started to battle with the door locks of their UAZ 452 trucks, probably the best lightweight 4WD’s ever built, even though their door lock mechanism dated back to a UK supplier in the early 1960’s. But a UAZ 452 van will happily trundle across a field of tree stumps, a task where a Landrover panics and a Landcruiser would find itself impaled. It was a little disconcerting, discovering early UK imports had, by default, a gun mount on the roof.

When we throw the Russia/Ukraine model at Brent currently, there appears to be the possibility of movement above 82.5 dollars bringing a further lift to an initial $87.3 with our longer term (or later that day) secondary calculating at 97 dollars. This secondary target is an issue, representing a logical “top” when we apply the growth model from 2022. What is extremely frustrating is, until mid February, Brent had been residing in a zone where the threat of reversal to an eventual 50 dollars made a lot of sense. The preceding 8 months had seen the market try every trick to avoid triggering a sharp drop.

But, long story short, we suspect Brent shall be intended to top out at 97 dollars. And it’s worth going on to YouTube as Americans have discovered the UAZ 452 as an import.

 

As for Central Asia Metals Plc, the share price is currently paying the price for a company news report of a fairly major “Ooops”, declaring the life potential of its mine in Macedonia should be reduced by 5 years until 2034. Probably a bad idea to declare your corporate Golden Goose is approaching a Best Before date!

There is something fascinating about the reversal inflicted on the share as it suggests weakness below 173 could bring a drop to 158p and visually, a strong suggestion of a bounce. Our reasoning for this relates to the Blue downtrend since 2023 and our official breakout above Blue happening at 157p. This tends strongly indicate a probable level for a rebound anytime soon. However, should 158p break, our secondary calculates at a future 131p, a price level which we would find difficult to justify given the historical picture.

Our alternate scenario suggests above 239p would be needed to signal the drop cycle has been a terrible mistake. In such a position, we would anticipate ongoing movement to an initial 268 with our longer term secondary, if bettered, working out at a future 327 and some hesitation.

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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
10:22:09PM	BRENT	8164.9
10:25:40PM	GOLD	5087.33									Success
10:28:35PM	FTSE	10516.7	10404	10378	10258	10530	10578	10624	10697	10503
10:32:20PM	STOX50	5813.3	5736	5705	5540	5854	5854	5879	5927	5811	Success
10:36:21PM	GERMANY	23985.5									Success
10:44:07PM	US500	6805.1									Success
10:54:29PM	DOW	48431.2									Success
10:59:13PM	NASDAQ	24673.1									‘cess
11:02:55PM	JAPAN	55191									Success

 

3/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10484 points. Change of -2.75%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 11,057,042,576 a change of 13.19%

2/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10780 points. Change of -1.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,768,828,981 a change of -37.65%

27/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10910 points. Change of 0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 15,667,378,118 a change of 96.88%

26/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10846 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,957,799,956 a change of -7.62%

25/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10806 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,613,928,989 a change of 413.26%

24/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10680 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 1,678,265,417 a change of -75.91%

23/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10684 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,967,110,577 a change of -9.04%

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: 40.28 Percentage Change: -7.15% Day High: 44.74 Day Low: 40.34

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LSE:DGE Diageo Close Mid-Price: 1565 Percentage Change: -2.73% Day High: 1590 Day Low: 1544.5

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 431.5 Percentage Change: -4.11% Day High: 445 Day Low: 425.9

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LSE:FGP Firstgroup Close Mid-Price: 179.6 Percentage Change: -2.50% Day High: 184.7 Day Low: 177.2

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 46.5 Percentage Change: -5.10% Day High: 48.2 Day Low: 46.8

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1247 Percentage Change: -0.16% Day High: 1273 Day Low: 1233

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 26 Percentage Change: + 1.56% Day High: 29.5 Day Low: 22

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LSE:ITRK Intertek Close Mid-Price: 3882 Percentage Change: -18.14% Day High: 4410 Day Low: 3882

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 13.88 Percentage Change: + 8.61% Day High: 14.04 Day Low: 12.78

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 185.5 Percentage Change: -0.05% Day High: 189.3 Day Low: 181.6

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 104.65 Percentage Change: -5.04% Day High: 109.55 Day Low: 103.3

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LSE:WG. Wood Group. Close Mid-Price: 28.96 Percentage Change: + 11.81% Day High: 29.1 Day Low: 27.82

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#Gold #SP500 In recent weeks, a few “analysts” have been pushing British Airways owner IAG as a “buy” with what they claim to be significant upside. However, thanks to the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East, it now longer looks like any sort of sure thing, quite the converse in fact. With airspace closed due to Iran attacks, an important profit centre faces loss of income until things are sorted out, a sharp balance against their recent record financial results.

The harsh reality of the Iran war has dumped the share price below the immediate uptrend (circled) with some dangerous (or perhaps interesting) potential for further reversals. There are a couple of numbers worth keeping in mind as they’re going to assume some importance in the days/weeks ahead;

If the drop is going to give the first indication of it being a “fake”, above 426p shall be regarded as a fairly important signal to anticipate a cycle of gains.

Alternately, 344p – the Blue breakout level – should highlight the potential for further weakness in the share price, this appearing to be the immediate excuse for some concern.

Should the share price wander below 370p, reversal down to an initial 339p calculates as possible with our secondary, if broken, at a hopeful “bottom” by 304p. Visually, such a price level would establish an excellent point for a bounce, despite the Big Picture suggesting an eventual 271p could present itself as exerting an attraction. This scenario is obviously important, risking reversals below the critical 344p breakout level!

However, the share price ‘only’ needs above 426p to introduce a chance of happy days ahead, giving the potential to trigger a visit to 475p with our secondary, if exceeded, at 499p, the Big Picture claiming the value to be in the thrall of a distant 602p.

It is all a little bit confusing but we suspect IAG intends a bottom briefly at 339p. Hopefully, once the USA starts to flex its control of oil prices, thanks to recently acquiring control of Venezuela oil, we can only smile at the discomfort of a famous Venezuelan football (Carlos Sanz) who had to flee Iran at the outbreak of hostile behaviour. Perhaps he should pursue a career in the arms industry as a consultant, or maybe seek a position playing for Greenland…

 

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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
11:17:46PM	BRENT	7789.9									Success
11:21:41PM	GOLD	5354.08	5261	5227	5164	5321	5416	5465	5533	5341
11:24:13PM	FTSE	10781.1									Success
11:26:14PM	STOX50	5984.2									Success
11:29:53PM	GERMANY	24618.7
11:32:56PM	US500	6860.2	6854	6846	6805	6885	6901	6933	6991	6848	Success
11:35:43PM	DOW	48776.7									‘cess
11:50:22PM	NASDAQ	24891.5
11:52:23PM	JAPAN	57353									‘cess

 

2/03/2026 FTSE Closed at 10780 points. Change of -1.19%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,768,828,981 a change of -37.65%

27/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10910 points. Change of 0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 15,667,378,118 a change of 96.88%

26/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10846 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,957,799,956 a change of -7.62%

25/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10806 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,613,928,989 a change of 413.26%

24/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10680 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 1,678,265,417 a change of -75.91%

23/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10684 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,967,110,577 a change of -9.04%

20/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,659,209,162 a change of -16.29%

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:AML Aston Martin Close Mid-Price: 43.38 Percentage Change: -6.31% Day High: 45.88 Day Low: 42.62

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LSE:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 189.84 Percentage Change: -0.61% Day High: 197 Day Low: 184

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LSE:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 487.85 Percentage Change: + 2.14% Day High: 508.2 Day Low: 482.85

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LSE:CNA Centrica Close Mid-Price: 196.7 Percentage Change: -1.23% Day High: 202.1 Day Low: 194.75

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 45.8 Percentage Change: + 2.69% Day High: 48.7 Day Low: 44.9

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LSE:EZJ EasyJet Close Mid-Price: 450 Percentage Change: -3.02% Day High: 451.9 Day Low: 430.3

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 534.4 Percentage Change: + 0.07% Day High: 546.4 Day Low: 529.2

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1249 Percentage Change: -4.95% Day High: 1289 Day Low: 1236

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LSE:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1335 Percentage Change: + 2.61% Day High: 1334 Day Low: 1261

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 25.6 Percentage Change: + 34.74% Day High: 26.5 Day Low: 16.86

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1400 Percentage Change: + 0.65% Day High: 1428.5 Day Low: 1382

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LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech Close Mid-Price: 114.7 Percentage Change: -13.82% Day High: 131.2 Day Low: 106

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments. Close Mid-Price: 2645 Percentage Change: + 0.19% Day High: 2695 Day Low: 2575

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 22.5 Percentage Change: + 7.14% Day High: 22.5 Day Low: 21.5

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 12.78 Percentage Change: + 19.89% Day High: 13.86 Day Low: 11.52

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 185.6 Percentage Change: -4.97% Day High: 196.9 Day Low: 184.7

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LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey Close Mid-Price: 110.2 Percentage Change: -2.52% Day High: 112.15 Day Low: 109.8

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#Brent #SP500 After a weekend of what often feels like “contrived” reporting, it appears clear the markets are determined to use the newest conflict to power a confusion of activity. Gold and Oil prices shall probably head upward while more fragile equities head down. If our guess about the artificial nature of reports proves correct, it will doubtless prove a viable opportunity to invest in “cheap” shares, when the media attention once again returns to internal USA turmoil where a serious war is being played out against the President Trump regime by the US media.

The crazy thing about current movements came from our headline comment below against the FTSE last Friday;

With the FTSE reaching a level above which we couldn’t comfortably calculate, we cannot express any surprise at the sudden turbulence from the Middle East as it very conveniently matches the need of the FTSE to bounce around for a while while designating some sort of new trend. This sort of banana shaped logic happens far too often for us to ignore and we really don’t understand why. On the US markets, when a ceiling approaches, it’s often the case the market discovers an excuse to “gap” the index up above a level we’ve perceived as problematic. With the UK market, some sort of artificial tantrum tends be the norm.

As for Lloyds, when we reviewed them three weeks ago, we speculated on the risk present, if the share price managed to stumble below 105.7p. This has occurred, the share price reaching our initial target of 99p before enacting one of the weakest bounces possible. Additionally, the drop stumbled below our 99p target, appearing to “bottom” at 98.2p yet only giving a 5p bounce. We’re not optimistic about the immediate future, suspecting near term weakness below 101 shall now make an attempt at 96 with our secondary, if broken, at a bottom of 90p. Or perhaps even 84p, if the market gets serious about reversals!

Our alternate scenario allows for above 107 to trigger recovery to an initial 110p with our secondary, if beaten, a more interesting 125p.

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Time Issued	Market	Price At Issue	Short Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop	Long Entry	Fast Exit	Slow Exit	Stop
9:40:49PM	BRENT	7311.3	7037	6910	6763	7162	7328	7377	7880	6921
9:42:34PM	GOLD	5278.72
9:45:05PM	FTSE	10877.1
9:46:47PM	STOX50	6106.2
9:48:59PM	GERMANY	25164.4
9:51:08PM	US500	6864.9	6831	6821	6772	6878	6905	6930	6963	6873
10:47:25PM	DOW	48879.3
11:30:11PM	NASDAQ	24909.3
11:33:12PM	JAPAN	57906

 

27/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10910 points. Change of 0.59%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 15,667,378,118 a change of 96.88%

26/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10846 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,957,799,956 a change of -7.62%

25/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10806 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,613,928,989 a change of 413.26%

24/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10680 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 1,678,265,417 a change of -75.91%

23/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10684 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,967,110,577 a change of -9.04%

20/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,659,209,162 a change of -16.29%

19/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10627 points. Change of -0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,149,830,600 a change of 23.38%

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: 46.3 Percentage Change: -3.74% Day High: 48.9 Day Low: 44.9

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LSE:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 216.8 Percentage Change: + 4.28% Day High: 217.2 Day Low: 206

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 534 Percentage Change: + 1.62% Day High: 539.7 Day Low: 529.6

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1314 Percentage Change: -4.30% Day High: 1374 Day Low: 1321

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LSE:HSBA HSBC Close Mid-Price: 1393.6 Percentage Change: -0.31% Day High: 1410.4 Day Low: 1377.8

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LSE:IAG British Airways Close Mid-Price: 423.7 Percentage Change: -7.35% Day High: 464.1 Day Low: 422.5

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LSE:NG. National Glib. Close Mid-Price: 1391 Percentage Change: + 0.36% Day High: 1407.5 Day Low: 1377.5

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LSE:PMG Parkmead. Close Mid-Price: 21 Percentage Change: + 2.44% Day High: 21 Day Low: 20.5

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#FTSE #Gold In the rusty climate which is Argyll, as a matter of course we replace the “lock nuts” on alloy wheels with standard nuts for the vehicle. It makes a lot of sense, due to the hassle involved when secure lock nuts seize up, along with the reality alloy wheels are no longer routinely stolen from cars, at least in Argyll. It’s almost funny an entire industry has spawned, producing tools to remove seized locking wheel nuts. But the motor industry as a whole continues to behave as if it’s 1985 with covetous desire for alloy wheels rather than 2026. The market for stolen alloy wheels has gone, vanishing with a similar faded attraction as the numbers we’ve been expressing as targets for the FTSE.

There’s a reason behind this particular comment, one of the lock nuts utterly seized on a VW which had a set of replacement, unfitted, nuts in the glove compartment. The car was driven to a local tyre shop who used a powered hammer device to remove the offending nut. And then, the dashboard lit up with errors, traction control, stability control, ABS, and tyre pressure sensors all showing as failed. The job had shattered a wheel bearing, giving a batch of errors the day before it was due to be MoT’d.

We’ve been continuously reworking our FTSE numbers and can now speculate an absolute maximum of 10,899 points as a target for the UK market. We cannot presently calculate anything above such a level, unless the UK market starts “gapping” the index upward at the market open. From most perspectives, the high of Thursday at 10,860 points was probably sufficiently close to our target, forcing us to speculate on potential drop potentials. About the only positive near term potential we can dare mention is the “threat” of gains above 10,860 points travelling to 10,888 points with our secondary, if bettered, at 10,899 points.

We cannot calculate above such a level presently, a fascinating reality for the FTSE. The next few days should be quite interesting from a nerds perspective as some turbulence feels possible.

If things intend go wrong, below 10,740 risks a visit down to an initial 10,.655 with our secondary, if broken, working out at 10,505.

Have a good weekend.

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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
11:25:03PM	BRENT	7074.3	6915	6990	6846	7044	7233	7293	7419	7075	Success
11:27:25PM	GOLD	5173.78	5095	5068	5007	5203	5252	5472	5828	5122
11:36:47PM	FTSE	10846.3	10788	10747	10706	10811	10872	10889	10893	10832	‘cess
11:33:03PM	STOX50	6155.2	6142	6137	6116	6162	6182	6216	6243	6152
11:35:38PM	GERMANY	25259	25089	25042	24939	25178	25351	25477	25676	25243
11:38:08PM	US500	6880.9	6859	6845	6804	6898	6913	6935	6960	6882	Success
11:42:09PM	DOW	49211.3	49189	48955	48666	49369	49830	49880	50260	49366	Shambles
11:44:59PM	NASDAQ	24956.3	24814	24724	24486	25047	25082	25278	25501	24934	Success
11:48:46PM	JAPAN	58294	58208	57972	57282	58701	59204	59638	60110	58674

 

26/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10846 points. Change of 0.37%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,957,799,956 a change of -7.62%

25/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10806 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,613,928,989 a change of 413.26%

24/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10680 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 1,678,265,417 a change of -75.91%

23/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10684 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,967,110,577 a change of -9.04%

20/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,659,209,162 a change of -16.29%

19/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10627 points. Change of -0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,149,830,600 a change of 23.38%

18/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 1.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,416,218,337 a change of 13.36%

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:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 46 Percentage Change: + 6.48% Day High: 46.5 Day Low: 41.6

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LSE:HIK Hikma Close Mid-Price: 1373 Percentage Change: -16.89% Day High: 1527 Day Low: 1353

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1398 Percentage Change: + 0.29% Day High: 1393.4 Day Low: 1364

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LSE:IAG British Airways. Close Mid-Price: 457.3 Percentage Change: + 2.51% Day High: 457.5 Day Low: 443.8

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 20 Percentage Change: + 24.84% Day High: 21.75 Day Low: 17

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1352.5 Percentage Change: + 3.24% Day High: 1420 Day Low: 1359.5

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#Gold #SP500 With a week to go until the 2026 F1 Circus returns to school in Melbourne, Australia, we remain fascinated as to whether the performance of the Aston Martin F1 team has any bearing on their share price movements. Should this be the case,  Aston’s price so far this year tends broadcast an expectation of a pretty foul year for them on the race circuits. Between using Honda engines, along with retaining drivers such as Stroll and Alonso, they are certainly sewing the seeds of disappointment for times ahead.

Share price movements look especially bad for Aston Martin, our calculations showing movement below just 54p risks triggering reversal down to an initial 45p with our secondary, if broken, working out at 30p amd am a;,pst certain bottom with a hopeful rebound.   In a perfect world, the share would bounce at 45p but we certainly have our doubts.

Maybe there’s a chance things could go right for Aston Martin, their share price needing to close a session above just 62p to tick a box which, according to our logic, should provide early warning for a change in market mood. Such a scenario, suggests above 62p could trigger a recovery cycle to an initial 76p with our secondary, if beaten, at  88p in the longer term. At such a level we shall feel a need to re-run the numbers, due to a future 110p apparently introducing a Big Picture attraction.

Perhaps worth watching?

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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
10:38:33PM	BRENT	7080									‘cess
10:41:58PM	GOLD	5164.54	5140	5106	5069	5175	5194	5212	5235	5174	‘cess
10:48:23PM	FTSE	10819.3									Success
10:51:36PM	STOX50	6186.5									Success
10:55:19PM	GERMANY	25231.5									Success
10:58:51PM	US500	6962.7	6918	6901	6878	6944	6969	6981	7005	6924	Success
11:01:58PM	DOW	49451									‘cess
11:06:14PM	NASDAQ	25340									Success
11:10:25PM	JAPAN	59731									Success

 

25/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10806 points. Change of 1.18%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 8,613,928,989 a change of 413.26%

24/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10680 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 1,678,265,417 a change of -75.91%

23/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10684 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,967,110,577 a change of -9.04%

20/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,659,209,162 a change of -16.29%

19/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10627 points. Change of -0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,149,830,600 a change of 23.38%

18/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 1.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,416,218,337 a change of 13.36%

17/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10556 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,541,923,736 a change of 30.7%

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:BME B & M Close Mid-Price: 190.4 Percentage Change: -2.38% Day High: 196.15 Day Low: 188.95

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 48.4 Percentage Change: -0.72% Day High: 48.75 Day Low: 48.4

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LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra. Close Mid-Price: 534.5 Percentage Change: + 2.93% Day High: 536.3 Day Low: 526.2

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1394 Percentage Change: + 7.94% Day High: 1390.2 Day Low: 1335.4

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 250 Percentage Change: + 6.61% Day High: 251.5 Day Low: 249

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 16.02 Percentage Change: + 31.31% Day High: 17.42 Day Low: 12.2

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 358.6 Percentage Change: -0.22% Day High: 361.2 Day Low: 354.4

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LSE:TRN The Trainline Close Mid-Price: 188 Percentage Change: -7.48% Day High: 196.2 Day Low: 186

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#FTSE #WallSt On our previous review of HSBC almost a year ago, the share price was 863p and we speculated on a future target of 1095p. Obviously, this target level was achieved and exceeded with an exquisite set of dance steps last November as shown on the fascinating chart excerpt below. Okay, we found it fascinating as it confirmed our target level and proved it could be bettered. On the 2025 report chart, we painted 1201p as a potential future level but didn’t bother mentioning it, expecting to revisit the share long before it became an issue.  This third level target level was also attained, confirmed, and exceeded in early January, again shown on a chart extract below.

A major Oops, though with curiously similar dance steps to the November 2025 target breach..

 

HSBC opted to join the UK banking share price party and has (thus far) exhibited extraordinary strength.

From our perspective, the next hurdle for the share resided at 1315p, a target level recently attained and even very slightly exceeded, the share price closing a session at 1318p in early February. The big question now is simple; can we anticipate even more flamboyance in the period ahead?

We’re inclined to advocate caution. Currently, above 1323p paints 1376p as an initial target with our secondary, if bettered, at a future 1409p. We are more than a little nervous, thanks to the Big Picture. Our calculations which date back to the banking crisis of 2009 suggest we should only admit 1376p as a major target. Anything higher, in this instance, would take the share into difficult territory, making us suspect some real hesitation should be anticipated at 1376p. In fact, given the share value, this could be effectively anytime now.

If trouble is planned, below 1222p risks becoming an issue as this threatens reversal down to an initial 1151p with our secondary, if broken, working out at 1133p and an almost certain bounce.

Once again, we’re getting a little worried about banking sector prices…

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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
11:09:46PM	BRENT	7098.9
11:22:54PM	GOLD	5142.83
11:25:43PM	FTSE	10707.9	10643	10620	10585	10680	10724	10748	10783	10687
11:27:51PM	STOX50	6130.8
11:29:47PM	GERMANY	25026.7
11:32:15PM	US500	6888.8
11:18:31PM	DOW	49154.1	48759	48629	48407	48977	49300	49446	49675	49140
11:23:47PM	NASDAQ	25051.5
11:39:47PM	JAPAN	58000									Success

 

24/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10680 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: data error, a change of -75.91%

23/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10684 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,967,110,577 a change of -9.04%

20/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,659,209,162 a change of -16.29%

19/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10627 points. Change of -0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,149,830,600 a change of 23.38%

18/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 1.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,416,218,337 a change of 13.36%

17/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10556 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,541,923,736 a change of 30.7%

16/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10473 points. Change of 0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,005,351,962 a change of -53.38%

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:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 191.75 Percentage Change: + 1.78% Day High: 192.55 Day Low: 186.5

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 42.4 Percentage Change: + 0.47% Day High: 45 Day Low: 41.8

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LSE:FOXT Foxtons Close Mid-Price: 48.75 Percentage Change: -0.51% Day High: 48.75 Day Low: 48.6

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LSE:IGG IG Group Close Mid-Price: 1031 Percentage Change: -0.44% Day High: 570 Day Low: 570

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance Close Mid-Price: 234.5 Percentage Change: -0.44% Day High: 570 Day Low: 570

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LSE:PHP Primary Health Close Mid-Price: 107.6 Percentage Change: -0.44% Day High: 570 Day Low: 570

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 505.2 Percentage Change: + 1.24% Day High: 508 Day Low: 498.3

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#Gold #Nasdaq We’ve received a few emails asking us to review this share. Generally, from the tone of things, we tend suspect the price is being “ramped” in a discussion forum or perhaps even the financial media. And as a result, it’s probably worth some investigation before taking any risks, despite the potentials being fairly impressive.  Oddly, we had a good reason to be fascinated by this odd sounding share. It is named after a Scottish mountain we’d actually climbed!

In May one year, a Saturday evening in our village “pub” brought a commitment to meet up the next morning and climb a mountain. To be honest, alcohol was involved and four folk volunteered to meet up early on Sunday to drive into Perthshire and ruin a civilised Sunday morning. At 6am, we piled into a Mercedes estate and to be honest, the usual banter was completely absent as aside from the driver, three of us were mentally reviewing our sanity in agreeing to this adventure. But the blue skies made it look like an excellent day was ahead and Billy = the driver and the clown whose idea this was – had been fastidious in checking our choice of clothing in footwear before we tackled what is probably Scotlands easiest Munro (over 3,000 feet) mountain to climb.

We arrived at “base camp”, a big roadside lay-by – and could only eye the sky with some hesitation. The problem was, despite it being the start of May and our group being mostly sober, a few flakes of snow were falling and this is never a good thing in the Scottish mountains. Most rescue stories start with a similar scenario, the inexperienced tourist claiming the snow wasn’t even lying when they set out to climb in trainers, shorts, and usually a hoodie. Unfortunately, the four of us didn’t have such an excuse. We were all fairly serious skiers, we all had the right footwear and clothing, and if it were not for the inevitable group bravado, we should have abandoned the plan in the car park, the closest point to our target mountain.

But unfortunately, fortified by coffee and bacon rolls, a few flakes of white stuff were not going to dissuade our gang of hero’s, so we started the long, cold, tedious, uphill walk to allow everyone to tick this mountain off the list we’d not previously climbed. Inevitable, whiteout conditions prevailed but unfortunately, it was relatively easy to follow the well trodden path we’d chosen. Sometime around noon, arriving at the summit, any ideas of photographs to commemorate the occasion were forgotten, a round of handshakes through ski gloves, along with a quick toast of foul whisky, we turned tail and headed down. By 1pm, we were back in the Mercedes, admiring the now snow covered ground and planning were to get lunch. The village of Kenmore was an obvious choice, its incredibly scenic location hosting a fairly nice hotel/pub. And by 6pm, we were all home.

The only fly in the ointment, after completing the miserable climb, was  TV news. Across the highlands of Scotland, quite a few folk had been caught out with blizzard conditions in the mountains, two folk dead in the Cairngorms. We all knew, from the conditions while we thankfully descended the slopes, our climb had only been possible with our choice of clothing and anyone tackling Schiehallion without following the well marked tourist trail would have found themselves in a lot of trouble, very quickly. While the rest of the UK was welcoming Spring, the Scottish mountains retained their voracious appetite for victims. All things considered, we never gathered to climb a mountain again, preferring to ski down the things.

Hopefully Schiehallion share price doesn’t share similar tastes to the mountain which the investment trust is named after. The name derives allegedly from Gaelic and an impossible term which translates at “Fairy Mountain”. Another story claims the mountain is named after the shape of a female breast. Who knows…

Currently, above 1.8p should allegedly trigger share price movement to an initial 2.14p with our longer term secondary, if bettered, calculating at an impressive 2.7p. It certainly has potentials but similar to the mountain from which it takes its name, also has dangers, needing below 1.2p to justify serious concern.

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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
10:29:18PM	BRENT	7106.8
10:31:47PM	GOLD	5237.65	5123	5079	5022	5167	5250	5279	5316	5145	Success
10:34:05PM	FTSE	10693									Shambles
10:37:37PM	STOX50	6124.7
10:41:21PM	GERMANY	25004.4									‘cess
10:44:13PM	US500	6850.3									Shambles
10:47:23PM	DOW	48860.5									Success
10:50:31PM	NASDAQ	24751.4	24614	24528	24345	24771	24983	25085	25242	24806
10:53:45PM	JAPAN	56719

 

23/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10684 points. Change of -0.02%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,967,110,577 a change of -9.04%

20/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 0.56%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,659,209,162 a change of -16.29%

19/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10627 points. Change of -0.55%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 9,149,830,600 a change of 23.38%

18/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10686 points. Change of 1.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,416,218,337 a change of 13.36%

17/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10556 points. Change of 0.79%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 6,541,923,736 a change of 30.7%

16/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10473 points. Change of 0.26%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,005,351,962 a change of -53.38%

13/02/2026 FTSE Closed at 10446 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 10,736,069,118 a change of 25.25%

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

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

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

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

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

Click Epic to jump to share: LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:TERN Tern Plc** **LSE:TLW Tullow** **

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Updated charts published on : ECO (Atlantic) O & G, IQE, Tern Plc, Tullow,

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LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G. Close Mid-Price: 42.2 Percentage Change: + 9.61% Day High: 42.4 Day Low: 38.5

Target met. In the event of ECO (Atlantic) O & G enjoying further trades ……..

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LSE:IQE IQE. Close Mid-Price: 12.78 Percentage Change: + 21.95% Day High: 12.76 Day Low: 10.6

Now above 12.9 should prove capable of a lift to 15 next with some probabl ……..

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc. Close Mid-Price: 0.45 Percentage Change: + 5.88% Day High: 0.45 Day Low: 0.42

There is a chance this is about to exhibit some recovery! Movement next ab ……..

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LSE:TLW Tullow. Close Mid-Price: 10.2 Percentage Change: + 2.93% Day High: 11.14 Day Low: 9.79

Next above 11.4 should produce movement to 13p with our secondary, if beat ……..

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