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Georgina Energy Plc (LSE:GEX) was trading around 13.75 at the time of writing.

#Gold #Dax Hopefully this is our final grumble about Argyll’s weather for August. The annual monsoon has arrived, delivering what feels like a month’s worth of rain in the space of an hour, accompanied by 60mph winds, temperatures dropping to 11°C, and a garden waterfall that sounds like an F-35 making a vertical take-off. In other words, here in our corner of Scotland, the weather is dreadful, though at least it remains reassuringly predictable. If the usual pattern holds, the final couple of weeks of August should be reasonably pleasant before September ushers in autumn with a proper cold snap.

Of greater irritation, perhaps, is knowing pushing the magic button to retract the mechanical roof of the VW shall be a rare event for the rest of the year! It would be accurate to admit this £1,500 car (for the dogs to ruin) still rates as one of the most fun vehicles ever owned. Needless to say, it is being properly maintained as a “keeper”.

Our predictive abilities also appear to apply to Georgina Energy Plc. We reviewed their share price potentials a couple of months ago, giving a couple of target levels, both of which have now been achieved. The next big deal demands the share price CLOSE a session above 13.8p but so far, movements have proven a bit reticent, the highest closing price being 13.75p.  From our perspective, missing target by just 0.05p is actually a big deal, a suggestion the market isn’t yet ready to allow the share price to fly solo. However, intraday traffic (not the closing price) allowed for the share price to exceed our 13.8p twice in the last week, so perhaps there is room for optimism.

It’s certainly now the case where movement above 14.8p shall be seen as triggering travel to an initial 15.8p with our secondary, if beaten, at 19.5p. These are fairly significant ambitions, launching the share price into a zone where a future 33p shall be viewed as exerting a distant attraction.

Of course, there is always a downside scenario. A fall below 11.5p would increase the risk of a retreat towards an initial target at 8p. Should that level fail to hold, our secondary support lies at around 5.7p, where we would expect a more substantial “bouncy bottom” to emerge.

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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
10:35:29PM BRENT 7875.7
10:41:05PM GOLD 4246.21 4064 3974 3876 4088 4268 4288 4364 4218 Success
11:02:11PM FTSE 10896.2 ‘cess
11:04:23PM STOX50 6492.6
11:07:43PM GERMANY 26229.2 26122 25992 25842 26261 26442 26465 27086 26160
11:17:34PM US500 7731.7 ‘cess
11:20:41PM DOW 54424.3 ‘cess
11:29:40PM NASDAQ 29478.5 ‘cess
11:34:33PM JAPAN 65891

 

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:AV. Aviva. Close Mid-Price: 701.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 704.6 Day Low: 691.6

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 409.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 418.1 Day Low: 409.4

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1570.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1581.2 Day Low: 1544.4

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 713 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 719 Day Low: 686

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LSE:SFOR S4 Capital. Close Mid-Price: 51.9 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 51.9 Day Low: 39

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LSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 7345 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 7415 Day Low: 7315

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Helios Towers Plc (LSE:HTWS) was trading around 197.90 at the time of writing.

#FTSE #DOW We’ve had a couple of enquiries, asking our opinion of Helios share price. A constituent of the FTSE 250, the company are active in the Middle East and Africa, throwing up telecommunication towers all over the place. According to Wikipedia, they own and maintain over 10,500 towers, keeping the cellular market alive across the continent. If only we had something similar here in Argyll, an area of Scotland where cellular reception is kindly described as “spotty”. For instance, we now receive a reliable signal in our house, a vast improvement over the situation where we’d to go to the top of the garden to get a signal. But 3Mobile turned things on their head, if we continue up the cliff and into the forest, the cellular signal matches the coverage map from 3Mobile. Somehow or other, the mobile signal only covers about 100 metres inland from the shore line, then becomes unreliable. The crazy thing, we can actually see the tower from the hill behind the house but the cellular company has chosen to point their antenna fairly low down.

Perhaps they have to pay a “rent” to provide better coverage?

It certainly can be an irritation, if having a gossip with a friend while out with the dog, as there are numerous stretches where a conversation will suddenly go dead. Thankfully, it’s easy to warn the other person in advance, thus halting the amusing game of manners, trying to call each other back at the same time, getting connected and then cut off again. In virtually all areas of life, Argyll can be quite a bit behind the rest of the world. Though we have moved from Black & White TV to colour TV and also boast Hot & Cold running water! And about 10 years ago, the main road into the Cowal Peninsula was upgraded from an exciting single track to twin lanes,  making the drive less challenging. It’s also worth mentioning any dream of there being a motorway anywhere in Argyll would be an empty hope. Despite Argyll hosting part of the A82, the busiest road in the West, very little is judged to deserve dual carriageway upgrades.

Obviously, it doesn’t take much to trigger a rant about Argyll. At first glance, Helios Towers Plc seemed incapable of igniting a response, then we remembered Argyll’s little foible with cellular communications…

However, Helios are operating in an area of the world where Heat, Terrain, Wildlife, the People, are unlikely to be a problem, so doubtless they avoid all the usual difficulties Argyll faces.

As the chart below shows, the Green line represents the previous “All Time High” closing price at 205p. In May of this year, the market clearly thought the 205p risked becoming an issue, opting to manipulate (Gap) the share price over this little Red Circled obstacle. When we say Closing Prices are a big signal, this was one of these occasions where we’ve little choice but to judge the signal as seriously important for the longer term.

Our suspicion now is next time Helios share price closes a session above 205p, a journey to an initial 234p should commence with our longer term secondary, if exceeded, working out at a future impressive 293p. This is obviously a fairly significant change in the share price valuation, making us suspect the company perhaps have some good news tucked up their sleeves, awaiting release. Regardless, keeping an eye on Helios would certainly make some sense in the days ahead.

If trouble is planned,  their share price needs close below 190p to potentially spoil the aforementioned targets and instead, kick off a cycle downhill to an initial 166p with our secondary, if broken, at 139p. At present, there’s nothing suggesting this should become an issue, though our software demands we mention it.

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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
11:40:30PM BRENT 7795 Success
11:43:31PM GOLD 4084.93 Success
11:48:06PM FTSE 10908.5 10868 10853 10828 10891 10931 10953 10993 10892 ‘cess
11:51:01PM STOX50 6522.6 Success
11:54:10PM GERMANY 26402 Success
11:56:26PM US500 7751.3
11:01:38PM DOW 54236.2 53139 52675 52134 53378 54286 54500 55215 54056 Success
11:05:24PM NASDAQ 29692.2 ‘cess
11:10:05PM JAPAN 65601

 

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:BP. BP PLC. Close Mid-Price: 525 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 562.9 Day Low: 523.4

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 152.9 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 154.85 Day Low: 151.65

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1584.6 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1610 Day Low: 1562.8

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 716 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 726 Day Low: 705.6

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1529.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1547.2 Day Low: 1517.2

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LSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 7290 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 7300 Day Low: 7135

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 2248 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2262 Day Low: 2208

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LSE:STAR Star Energy. Close Mid-Price: 26 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 26.4 Day Low: 25.4

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Click Epic to jump to share:LSE:AAL Anglo American** **LSE:ASC Asos** **LSE:AV. Aviva** **LSE:AVCT Avacta** **LSE:AZN Astrazeneca** **LSE:BARC Barclays** **LSE:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY** **LSE:BLOE Block Energy PLC** **LSE:BME B & M** **LSE:BT.A British Telecom** **LSE:CAR Carclo** **LSE:CPI Capita** **LSE:DGE Diageo** **LSE:ECO ECO (Atlantic) O & G** **LSE:EMG MAN** **LSE:EXPN Experian** **LSE:EZJ EasyJet** **LSE:FGP Firstgroup** **LSE:FOXT Foxtons** **LSE:FRES Fresnillo** **LSE:GENL Genel** **LSE:GKP Gulf Keystone** **LSE:GLEN Glencore Xstra** **LSE:GRG Greggs** **LSE:HIK Hikma** **LSE:IAG British Airways** **LSE:IGG IG Group** **LSE:IPF International Personal Finance** **LSE:IQE IQE** **LSE:ITM ITM Power** **LSE:ITRK Intertek** **LSE:ITV ITV** **LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.** **LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer** **LSE:MRO Melrose** **LSE:NG. National Glib** **LSE:OCDO Ocado Plc** **LSE:ONT Oxford Nanopore Tech** **LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments** **LSE:PHP Primary Health** **LSE:PMG Parkmead** **LSE:QED Quadrise** **LSE:RKH Rockhopper** **LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc** **LSE:SBRY Sainsbury** **LSE:SCLP Scancell** **LSE:SDY Speedyhire** **LSE:SFOR S4 Capital** **LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust** **LSE:SRP Serco** **LSE:TERN Tern Plc** **LSE:TLW Tullow** **LSE:TRN The Trainline** **LSE:TSCO Tesco** **LSE:TW. Taylor Wimpey** **LSE:VOD Vodafone** **LSE:ZOO Zoo Digital** **

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Diploma Plc (LSE:DPLM) was trading around 7,480.00 at the time of writing.

#Gold #Nasdaq My wife works for a corporate and decided she’d spend August working from home, principally due to knowing her offices would be mostly empty for the month. The pile of electronics (and a new office desk) has been assembled, allowing her to create a “wife cave” with secure communication through our already secure network. But the point of the story was quite a surprise. Habitually, completing our outlook for market futures is an excuse to make the 2nd latte of the day, along with a bacon roll. Smoked Back Bacon is allowed on Mondays and Fridays, perhaps a safe ration by NHS standards.  Needless to say, our Monday after work reward had a couple of extra rashers of bacon thrown into the Ninja cooker, along with a couple of slices of toasted bread.

Long story short, interrupting wifes video call by sliding a plate with toast and bacon within reach proved hilarious, the immediate response being a chant of “I’ve got bacon!” to make her video colleague in New York jealous.  Apparently, by the end of the day, “legend” status was bestowed upon me, due to my wife being the only person with an in-house slave! And once my wife shut down her Cisco unit, it seems the best food ever is unexpected food. But on Friday, if I fail to serve bacon sandwiches, the world will end!

It was all quite strange, finally a benefit of my habit of working 24 hours a day, rather than my wifes rigid 8 (ish) hour days. I do a few hours on the markets, off for a few hours, run experiments for a few hours, nap for 90 minutes, run more test scenarios, then cut the grass or do a dog walk, and finally catch the closing numbers for the FTSE and load them into our software. And then, we try and figure out what’s hot or what’s not. But now, there’s an order to provide bacon around 10am on Mondays and Fridays too. Stress comes from really odd angles… It is going to be interesting in a couple of weeks, when bacon is switched out for heavenly ‘Brie and Pineapple’ as the spread on toast. It’s fairly certain 2 people suddenly working from home will create some surprise discussions. We dare not consider the toilet seat position, during market trading hours!!!

We’ve trawled through the history of Diploma Plc, looking for the usual juicy stories. Unfortunately – from our salacious point of view – there are none, the Wikipedia page proving to be quite boring, a presentation unsullied by anyone with an axe to grind. For example, the final paragraph on their Wiki page reads;

“Diploma is a distributor, operating in the three sectors of Controls (including specialised wiring), Seals (including seals and gaskets) and Life Sciences (including consumables and instrumentation)” This is about as anti-septic as it gets, so perhaps some good times should be ahead for Diploma Plc. There are not even accusations of staff sneaking the odd bacon roll! Maybe we should take a positive stance on their share price future potentials?

Currently, it seems above 7490p should trigger share price recovery to an initial 7812p. If bettered, our longer term secondary works out at a future 7912p,  This is all quite a big deal, indicating the potential of All Time Highs but we run out of fingers, if being asked to count above 7912p. Should the market intend exceed this level, we should therefore anticipate the share price being “gapped” up at the open in the days ahead, an absurd notion but one which often proves quite accurate. Should the market opt to gift the share price with opening second gaps, it becomes probable a future intention above 7912p is expected.

And finally, one of my dog walking chums sought me out on Monday, wanting to ask “What’s Wrong?”. She’d picked up my writing style had changed over the last week, this being due to running articles “through” ChatGpt and accepting its improvements to make the writing style smoother and more professional. Needless to say, AI has now been ditched, a friend noticing (and complaining) about the change being something worth paying attention to. As as result, our dodgy grammar shall remain and anyone who does not like it can go visit a duck.

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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
10:07:18PM BRENT 8282.4
10:11:43PM GOLD 4055.01 4026 4008 3987 4042 4058 4069 4077 4048
10:17:31PM FTSE 10871
10:21:15PM STOX50 6442.3
11:07:55PM GERMANY 26095.4 ‘cess
10:57:01PM US500 7608.6 Success
11:25:49PM DOW 53280.3 Success
11:44:47PM NASDAQ 28835.8 28200 28010 27727 28509 28854 29353 30120 28586 ‘cess
11:53:33PM JAPAN 64090

 

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:IGG IG Group. Close Mid-Price: 1371 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1481 Day Low: 1312

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 722.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 725 Day Low: 714.6

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1506.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1527.8 Day Low: 1495.8

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Barclays Plc (LSE:BARC) was trading around 508.70 at the time of writing.

#Supergirl #StarTrek They say a week is a long time in politics. In the stock market—and for Barclays in particular—the three weeks since our last look at the share price have felt like a lifetime.

The shares briefly hinted at a bullish breakout before immediately reversing course the following day, generating what amounted to a “cancel” signal as the price was manipulated (or gapped) below the blue line on the chart. That is not an encouraging development. There is now a growing likelihood that a move below 504p will lead to a test of 453p. Should that level fail to hold, our longer-term secondary target remains 420p, although our confidence in that outcome is lower. For anyone considering a short position, a break below 486p would represent a more prudent point at which to light the fuse.

The recent price action reminds us of the new series of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Episode one featured spectacular writing, with the Starship Enterprise seemingly responsible for the existence of the Asteroid Belt, the extinction of the dinosaurs, the reason Mars is red and lifeless, and even the chain of events that ultimately led to the rise of humanity. About the only achievement they didn’t credit Captain Kirk with was creating Coronation Street—that popular police drama supposedly set in the north of England. (Surely it’s only a matter of time before Reg from The Bill makes a guest appearance!)

Then came episode two, which, for this viewer at least, was a major disappointment. It was bad enough that we switched off halfway through. If Barclays’ price action on 27 July was episode one, then the move on 30 July was undoubtedly episode two, completely overturning our expectations for the near-term outlook.

On a more positive note, perhaps Barclays has ambitions to emulate the new Supergirl film. We went into the cinema expecting the worst, only to find an entertaining film that wisely refused to take itself too seriously. Its central theme was not unlike the John Wick franchise: just as you don’t mess with John Wick’s dog, you certainly don’t mess with Supergirl’s. With the grandchildren visiting, we naturally had the perfect excuse for a trip to the local cinema.

Should Barclays decide to embrace its inner superhero, a move above 521p would be expected to trigger an advance towards 528.5p. A decisive break above 528.5p—or, preferably, a daily close above that level—would open the door to our longer-term target of 584p, with a more ambitious third target sitting at 639p.

For now, however, the chart suggests Barclays is playing a game of “Will I Stay or Will I Go?” It wouldn’t take much buying pressure to break free in either direction, and the next decisive move could set the tone for the weeks ahead.

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop
6:23:09PM BRENT 8977.1 8056 7678 6929 8776 9925 10690 11219 8787
6:28:21PM GOLD 4042.72
6:51:45PM FTSE 10871.4
11:13:39PM STOX50 6365.8
11:15:33PM GERMANY 25825 25553 25456 25322 25715 25900 26033 26193 25771
11:17:35PM US500 7518.5 7491
11:19:44PM DOW 52658.3 52534
11:21:48PM NASDAQ 28440.8 28384
11:24:26PM JAPAN 63668 63300

 

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:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1576 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1604.4 Day Low: 1566.4

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 114.7 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 117.6 Day Low: 113.85

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 705.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 722.4 Day Low: 688.2

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1467.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1520.2 Day Low: 1445.6

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 672 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 695 Day Low: 647

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 359.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 379.5 Day Low: 357.5

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 2188 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2253 Day Low: 2177

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Our internationally popular FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX) was trading around 10,897 at the time of writing.

#FTSE #GOLD Our “higher highs” rule can sometimes seem a little confusing. The FTSE is currently being celebrated across the financial media after setting a new intraday all-time high of 10,979.80 points. It sounds impressive, eclipsing February’s previous intraday peak of 10,934 points. Should we be overflowing with optimism?

Actually no, we’re not willing to abandon caution.

This is due to our favourite rule of thumb, the closing price matters far more than the intraday high. Thus, on February 27th, the FTSE closed the session at 10,910 points. And on Wednesday this week, it closed at 10,908 points, with Thursday 30th July closing the day at 10,897 points. This creates a seriously confusing scenario, where the day when an All Time High made itself known, it was also the same day where the FTSE recorded another “lower low” in its history of closing prices. This is – from our perspective – the Gold Standard of chart signals. The FTSE desperately needed to close above 10,910 points from February, yet the highest closing price achieved in July has been 10,908 points.

We regard this as quite a big deal, an important box remaining unchecked and leaving us poised to take a negative stance on what’s coming next for the UK market. The good news is we appear to be witnessing the formation of a Glass Ceiling – or Flat Trend as we call it – one of these things where future closure above the ceiling (10,910 points) shall almost certainly bring strong upward index movements. Until such an event, our inclination is to regard the All Time High as a fake feint by the market, perhaps designed to make traders abandon short positions in despair!

From a near term perspective, we shall be fascinated if the FTSE manages below 10,865 points as this risks triggering reversals to an initial 10,830 points with our secondary, if broken, at a less comfortable 10,748 points. If triggered, the tightest stop loss level works out at 10,915 points. While this secondary target of 10,748 would ideally be one of these strange “backtests”, when the index chooses to challenge the point at which the breakout above Blue occurred. Should this be the case, it will indeed be reasonable to anticipate a bounce from the 10,748 level. A major issue does exist at such a point, due to movement below 10,748 risking a drop of a further 180 points, taking the FTSE below Blue and utterly fouling optimism for the future.

The above negative scenario also gives “the market” the opportunity to park the FTSE for August, giving a “safe” trading range below 10,750 and the 11,000 point level. This would make sense, creating a nursery while the grown ups all head to Butlins for a month.

The Bullish Alternative

Naturally, there’s a positive scenario as well.

A move above 10,980 points should trigger an initial target around 11,089 points. If that level is overcome, our secondary objective becomes 11,166 points. Beyond that, we’d expect the longer-term influence of 11,438 to begin asserting itself.

Have a good weekend.

We’re now in that unfortunate part of the year when Formula 1 disappears for its summer break. Around here in Argyll, the main spectator sport becomes avoiding tourists negotiating the single-track roads. On the bright side, the foreign number plates are noticeably fewer this year, with only the occasional Irish registration making an appearance. Whether that’s good news probably depends on how much time you’ve spent behind a hesitant caravan on a Highland passing place.

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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
11:37:08PM BRENT
10:55:21PM GOLD 4092.82 4028 3993 3953 4052 4120 4133 4148 4098
10:59:30PM FTSE 10917.1 10791 10710 10620 10850 10980 11011 11043 10913 ‘cess
11:03:04PM STOX50
11:05:19PM GERMANY
11:07:06PM US500
11:09:28PM DOW
11:12:38PM NASDAQ
11:15:18PM JAPAN

 

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:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1587 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1595.6 Day Low: 1548

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LSE:ITRK Intertek. Close Mid-Price: 5835 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 5850 Day Low: 5830

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LSE:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 115.65 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 116.15 Day Low: 107.65

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 409.5 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 411 Day Low: 401.1

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LSE:NWG Natwest. Close Mid-Price: 683.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 691.6 Day Low: 656.8

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 2216 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2239 Day Low: 2139

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Currys Plc (LSE:CURY) was trading around 168 at the time of writing.

#Brent #Japan For many years, despite the rapid growth of online discount retailers, Currys continued to offer something that internet-only competitors couldn’t: the opportunity to see products in person before making a purchase. Whether browsing white goods, smartphones, televisions or computers, customers could visit a Dixons, Currys or PC World store to compare models firsthand before deciding what to buy.

The traditional strategy, of course, was to inspect the product in-store before checking prices online. Amazon, eBay and countless other retailers often undercut Currys, while Google’s shopping results made it even easier to compare prices within seconds. Once you’d settled on the perfect American-style fridge freezer after seeing it in a Currys showroom, there was every chance you could find exactly the same model elsewhere for considerably less.

Occasionally, however, convenience outweighs the savings.

When our television unexpectedly gave up the ghost, we quickly realised that watching everything on a laptop screen wasn’t going to replace a 50-inch TV. Rather than spend days researching online deals, we simply headed to Currys and bought a replacement. After all, our grandchildren were due to visit, and we feared they might actually have to spend the weekend talking to us instead of immersing themselves in the latest Netflix or Amazon Prime Video series.

As it turned out, they found a third option entirely—spending most of the weekend on their phones, video-calling the same friends they see every day at school.

One pleasant surprise was discovering that Currys still stock “not-so-smart” televisions. That suited us perfectly, allowing us to continue using our trusted Roku streaming stick instead of relying on a manufacturer’s built-in smart TV platform.

Turning to the chart, there is encouraging technical news.

By moving above 163p, the Currys share price has confirmed a transition into a pattern of higher highs—a development that typically signals strengthening upward momentum. The move above this level opens the door to an initial target around 168p. If this barrier is overcome, the next objective sits at 191p, with a longer-term target of 244p should buying momentum continue.

These may not be the most ambitious price objectives, but the appearance of a confirmed higher-high pattern suggests they deserve serious consideration.

Ironically, the dominance of online retailers may no longer be quite as overwhelming as it once was. Warehouse-style retailers such as Currys have become increasingly competitive on price, reflecting years of pressure from internet rivals. In many cases, the gap between online and in-store pricing has narrowed considerably.

Our own American-style fridge freezer story ended rather unexpectedly—with a purchase from Tesco. The only drawback was discovering that the appliance was a couple of inches wider than our kitchen had anticipated.

As always, there is a downside scenario to consider. Should the share price fall below 127p, it would suggest the current positive outlook has failed. Such a move could trigger a decline towards an initial target of 93p, with a secondary objective at 75p if selling pressure intensifies. We would hope this lower level would provide meaningful support.

For now, however, the technical picture remains constructive, and we continue to favour the upside.

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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
10:40:54PM BRENT 8757.6 8410 8329 8162 8555 8837 9005 9325 8703 ‘cess
10:43:39PM GOLD 4067.71 Success
10:46:04PM FTSE 10819
11:18:15PM STOX50 6236.2 Success
11:21:01PM GERMANY 25436.7 Shambles
11:39:59PM US500 7346.3 Success
11:51:10PM DOW 51751.8 ‘cess
11:56:47PM NASDAQ 27365.4 Shambles
11:59:14PM JAPAN 61643 60427 59584 58376 61241 63020 63862 65007 62011

 

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:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 230.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 232 Day Low: 226

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 3077 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 3081 Day Low: 2979

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LSE:GRG Greggs. Close Mid-Price: 2002 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2002 Day Low: 1773

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 1547.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1581.4 Day Low: 1542.4

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LSE:MKS Marks and Spencer. Close Mid-Price: 405.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 407.4 Day Low: 399.9

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LSE:SAGA SAGA Plc. Close Mid-Price: 661 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 685 Day Low: 646

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Headlam Group Plc (LSE:HEAD) was trading around 5.24 at the time of writing.

#Gold #Nasdaq Headlam, the UK’s leading floor-covering supplier, will probably be familiar to anyone who’s bought an older house and decided to do something with the kitchen, bathroom or hallway floor.

The moment you start lifting tired carpet, peeling back old laminate or wrestling with bargain wooden flooring, you often uncover an original sin lurking beneath: Linoleum (thankfully now largely replaced by Vinyl). Sometimes it was glued down, but more often it was simply pinned in place. Unfortunately, decades of age leave the material – made from linseed oil, sawdust, pine resin and chalk – brittle and unforgiving. Any hope of simply rolling it up quickly disappears. Instead, it’s a case of leaving it where it is or finding something soft for your knees, because you’re about to spend hours painstakingly scraping the awful stuff from the floor.

Years ago, when working for a car dealership, the instruction was to carefully score the dealer sticker with a Stanley knife before applying it to a new car. The idea was simple: make it almost impossible for the customer to remove the dealership’s branding. Stripping up old Linoleum has always felt like the flooring industry’s equivalent. After renovating several properties over the years, we’ve developed a healthy dislike for the stuff.

So, when Headlam acquired a Fife-based flooring company in 2011, it seemed inevitable they had ventured into the Linoleum business. Fife was, quite literally, the global capital of the lino industry. Thankfully, Vinyl has now replaced Linoleum in most homes and, one hopes, will prove a little kinder to whoever eventually has to remove it. Personally, we’re rather old-fashioned and still prefer carpet – especially if sharing a home with dogs.

Unfortunately, Headlam Group’s share price is performing about as well as the Scottish summer. Just when you think better weather has arrived, everything falls apart. Looking out at our garden waterfall today, it feels as though August’s monsoon has simply turned up a little early. Waterfalls are wonderful in theory, until you discover you have to live with the constant roar.

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The share price presents much the same gloomy picture. By our usual standards, the decline from 561p to around 5.24p places Headlam in exceptionally difficult territory. Once shares reach these levels, traditional support calculations become almost meaningless, with many theoretical floor targets existing somewhere below zero. In other words, it’s difficult to identify a level where we can confidently suggest the decline has finally run its course.

From our perspective, that’s a significant problem. Our own ultimate downside calculation had suggested 27p should represent a major floor. That level is now nothing more than a distant memory.

The longer-term picture only reinforces the concern. Looking back to price action since 2008, one event stands out. In 2023, while the shares were still trading above 200p, the market abruptly gapped below our long-term rising trend line, collapsing from around 239p to 180p. Gaps of this nature rarely send encouraging signals. Instead, they often mark the point where sentiment shifts decisively for the worse, suggesting the market had already begun discounting a far more difficult future.

At present, rather than trying to identify a definitive bottom, we’d much rather wait for evidence that a genuine recovery is underway.

The first encouraging sign would be a move back above 8.25p, which calculates with the potential to target an initial 12.5p. Beyond that, our secondary recovery level sits at 16.5p. This is the important one. A convincing close above 16.5p would indicate to our software that a proper upward movement cycle has begun. If achieved, it would open the door to ambitions around 38p and potentially higher.

For now, however, we’re not convinced Headlam has actually found its floor.

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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
11:13:41PM BRENT 8276 Success
11:16:47PM GOLD 4025.3 4011 4005 3968 4037 4055 4068 4087 4034 ‘cess
11:20:41PM FTSE 10895.7
11:22:47PM STOX50 6296.3
11:25:28PM GERMANY 25496.6 ‘cess
11:27:55PM US500 7425.5 Success
11:30:48PM DOW 52690 Success
11:37:31PM NASDAQ 27786.6 27469 27138 27081 27589 27926 28132 28758 27740
11:41:03PM JAPAN 62266 ‘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:BME B & M. Close Mid-Price: 229.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 230.8 Day Low: 219.2

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LSE:CNA Centrica. Close Mid-Price: 155.2 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 160.9 Day Low: 154.95

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LSE:DGE Diageo. Close Mid-Price: 1672 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1684.5 Day Low: 1616

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LSE:EMG MAN. Close Mid-Price: 306.4 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 327.2 Day Low: 304.4

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LSE:EXPN Experian. Close Mid-Price: 2981 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 2983 Day Low: 2814

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LSE:GENL Genel. Close Mid-Price: 51 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 51 Day Low: 49.9

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LSE:PHP Primary Health. Close Mid-Price: 97.25 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 97.25 Day Low: 94.8

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 123.25 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 123.75 Day Low: 119.05

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