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FTSE for FRIDAY (FTSE:UKX), trading around 9,104. August already!!!

We’re  about to enter the horror which is August, a month virtually devoid of Formula1 and also, a complete absence of anything making much sense on low volume stock markets. Following last weekends masterclass from Louis Hamilton, we hope this weekends Hungarian Grand Prix lets the guy again show it’s possible to pass cars on a race track. And of course, once the Hungarian race completes, the world faces a month devoid of what sometimes passes as entertainment at weekend. Maybe the London Stock Exchange will someday opt to mimic such a ploy,  just closing for August holiday month!

Of course, at this point, we do need to mention anyone thinking of holidaying in Scotland during August should check the weather forecast. Typically, there’s a monsoon event during the first week and toward the end of the month, things can cool down. One year, we managed to become “stuck” in snow on the Applecross Pass in Ross-shire, made doubly embarrassing as we were in an Audi 4WD quarto. The snow was simply too deep… A couple of days later, the temperature was 22c and perfect for the West Coast. Nowadays we live 200 miles south in Argyll but due to our mountains, experience similar (or worse) weather to the highlands.

The UK market has been well behaved during July, albeit being just a little boring with each days parsimonious rise  proving less than exciting…

The chart below is a view of July, showing UK market movements literally in Minute by Minute mode. We actually like this charting ability as while it can almost provide too much information, it’s one of the ways by which real market direction can often be fathomed. In this instance, it would be reasonable to assume the market faces yet another UP day unless the index value pierced Red, currently at 9,117 points. Should such an event occur, it will give a reasonable clue the uptrend has failed, perhaps triggering some near term reversals.

At present, below 9,117 calculates with the potential of reversal to an initial 9.096 points with our secondary, if broken, at 9.050 points. What’s just a little crazy with this scenario is the potential stop loss level works out at 9.120 points, almost a free gift if reversal occurs. However, it’s unlikely such a boon would be visited upon traders, the market usually displaying a sense of humour by enacted a large part of the drop in the opening seconds of trade. It also creates a situation where anyone trying to explore a downward dip could find themselves entering the trade just below 9,096 points, only to find the index suddenly heading upward, usually to just above the stop loss level, before changing direction and heading to our proposed bottom at 9,050 points.

 

When this sort of nonsense occurs, it can be one of the most frustrating things about the markets, creating a scenario where “we were right, but anyone trying to trade lost money…”

 

Market movement above 9,160 is liable to prove better behaving, creating a situation where a lift to an initial 9,211 points is viable with our secondary, if bettered, at 9,248 points. In this game plan, the tightest stop loss looks like 9,117 points, a bit wide but visually making a lot of sense.

 

Have a good weekend. Can’t recommend any cuisine for Sunday as it’s the Hungarian Grand Prix, a country which fails to inspire any kitchen ideas. Maybe that’s why the people are always Hungry!

 

 

FUTURES

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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
10:18:56PM BRENT 7162.4 7087 7005 6914 7180 7282 7358 7621 7140
10:53:16PM GOLD 3289.28 3287 3284 3274 3298 3305 3318 3335 3293 ‘cess
11:09:38PM FTSE 9112.7 9104 9070 9030 9134 9179 9195 9230 9130 ‘cess
11:15:03PM STOX50 5311.4 5298 5279 5230 5342 5369 5397 5430 5336 Success
11:19:56PM GERMANY 24013.5 23965 23844 23648 24088 24112 24168 24236 24026 Shambles
11:23:38PM US500 6335.2 6326 6291 6243 6350 6372 6388 6409 6342 ‘cess
11:27:33PM DOW 44118 44049 43940 43547 44256 44400 44520 44677 44194 ‘cess
11:31:59PM NASDAQ 23176.6 23348 23270 23171 23450 23439 23534 24390 23286 Shambles
11:35:52PM JAPAN 40748 40781 40719 40615 40878 41018 41142 41361 40888 Success

 

31/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9132 points. Change of -0.04%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 7,774,577,039 a change of 48.3%
30/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9136 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,242,351,161 a change of -7.33%
29/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9136 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,656,845,157 a change of 28.68%
28/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9081 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,395,992,123 a change of -22.42%
25/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9120 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,666,736,165 a change of 2.7%
24/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,517,760,836 a change of 0.27%
23/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9061 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,503,107,449 a change of 15.9%

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:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 2086 Percentage Change: + 0.63% Day High: 2138 Day Low: 2055

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LSE:NWG Natwest Close Mid-Price: 527 Percentage Change: -0.57% Day High: 534.8 Day Low: 526

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 1816 Percentage Change: -0.98% Day High: 1838 Day Low: 1750

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 77.6 Percentage Change: + 8.38% Day High: 79.8 Day Low: 60

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LSE:RR. Rolls Royce. Close Mid-Price: 1072 Percentage Change: + 8.50% Day High: 1108.5 Day Low: 1047.5

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1098 Percentage Change: + 0.73% Day High: 1105.5 Day Low: 1094.5

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LSE:SPX Spirax. Close Mid-Price: 6345 Percentage Change: + 0.24% Day High: 6550 Day Low: 6325

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered Close Mid-Price: 1360.5 Percentage Change: -0.69% Day High: 1393 Day Low: 1345.5

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LSE:TERN Tern Plc Close Mid-Price: 0.92 Percentage Change: -5.13% Day High: 0.98 Day Low: 0.92

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SSE Plc (LSE:SSE), sparking into life again?

SSE Plc (LSE:SSE), trading around 1,853p. #Gold #Nasdaq  One of our favourite trend lines is the “Horizontal Trend”. Essentially, if you want a “safe” trade, taking a long position at the point where a price exceeds the Horizontal Trend and snatching a quick 10 to 15% price rise rarely goes wrong. Making this scenario a little more solid, in March 2024 we’d also given criteria for movement to 1935p, an ambition achieved in September last year. But something quite strange has been happening!

When we look at how the share price has behaved since it bettered our Horizontal Trend, things have been slightly mad, the value bouncing above and below the flat  Blue trend line around 1670p, behaviour which has probably being driving technical analysts utterly insane. To be honest, the share has totally fouled up any  calculations above our prior target of 1935p. We’ve a growing suspicion this prior target level shall be again assigned with the power to create yet another horizontal trend. Should this be the case, future share price closure above 1935p should prove significant, a movement capable of triggering some interest in a future 2266p with our secondary, if beaten, a longer term 2432p.

This begins to feel a little silly, creating an assumption a horizontal trend shall simply move upward rather than a share price exhibiting convention behaviour and entering a proper climbing (or failing) cycle. But for a sector such as this, where movements traditionally prove quite stale, it actually makes a degree of sense though will take getting used to.

Should things intend go wrong for SSE, it needs below  1487p to cause trouble, giving the threat of reversal to an initial 1242 with our secondary, if broken, a visually sane bottom at 987p. Obviously, nothing is currently suggesting such a thing, so perhaps the UK Government is about to release a rule which stops our countries electricity prices being higher than anywhere else in Europe!

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
11:16:41PM BRENT 7262.1 ‘cess
11:20:41PM GOLD 3278.3 3268 3249 3186 3304 3305 3316 3332 3288 Success
11:23:39PM FTSE 9144.7
11:25:56PM STOX50 5415.5
11:39:09PM GERMANY 24328.4 ‘cess
11:41:37PM US500 6408.9 Success
11:44:30PM DOW 44548.6 Success
11:47:59PM NASDAQ 23595 23223 23085 22913 23451 23601 23625 23699 23520 ‘cess
11:50:10PM JAPAN 40762

 

30/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9136 points. Change of 0%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,242,351,161 a change of -7.33%
29/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9136 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,656,845,157 a change of 28.68%
28/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9081 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,395,992,123 a change of -22.42%
25/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9120 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,666,736,165 a change of 2.7%
24/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,517,760,836 a change of 0.27%
23/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9061 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,503,107,449 a change of 15.9%
22/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9023 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,748,177,940 a change of -18.75%

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:BBY BALFOUR BEATTY. Close Mid-Price: 542.5 Percentage Change: + 0.84% Day High: 541.5 Day Low: 536

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LSE:CCL Carnival. Close Mid-Price: 2073 Percentage Change: + 2.52% Day High: 2090 Day Low: 2013

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 215 Percentage Change: + 19.98% Day High: 214.5 Day Low: 211

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LSE:ITM ITM Power. Close Mid-Price: 58.9 Percentage Change: + 1.20% Day High: 59.3 Day Low: 56.8

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LSE:OXIG Oxford Instruments Close Mid-Price: 1834 Percentage Change: -1.71% Day High: 1886 Day Low: 1828

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1370 Percentage Change: + 0.33% Day High: 1378 Day Low: 1349

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AstraZeneca Plc (LSE:AZN), trading around 257p.

#Gold #FTSE Reviewing Astrazeneca 6 months ago, we provided a fairly optimistic final paragraph, most of which has come to fruition and an update is needed. Now the recipient of 8 booster shots for Covid-19, recently was able to tick off 6 of the 7 symptoms for catching the illness. Quite literally, everything cleared up within around 12 hours, substantially faster than the previous 3 days of discomfort and suggesting the virus makers have managed to accelerate the speed at which their “stuff” kicks in.

While lots of people now eschew the vaccine for various reasons, personally I don’t really have a choice due to a seriously compromised immune system. In an almost funny state of affairs, a recent visit to “The Unit” drained an armful of blood for a complete lab analysis. Apparently, I am now normal, bloodwork saying no leukaemia is present, my immune system is working, my heart is tickety-boo, my blood pressure is perfect and there’s no sign of my T2 Diabetes. It was all good news, only slightly diluted by the reality of taking 17 different pills a day to treat my little range of issues. Thankfully the current daily chemo hasn’t caused any new side effects, the horrible range of medications necessary due to a particular brand of chemo provoking just about everything on the makers list of potential whoopsies.

Unfortunately, the consultant warned of the glaringly obvious. Just because I test as “normal”, one needs remember it’s due to the range of drugs. As a result, it would be frowned upon if I did something “not normal” like go skiing, go out for a run, take up cycling, return to swimming, or wander into the forest with my chainsaw to hunt trees. Being “normal” can be a little boring,  to be honest, though I sometimes wonder if I’m a victim of Big Pharma, a cancer drug causing a series of nuisance problems but don’t worry, we’ve a drug for that! A repeat prescription form which is reminiscent of “Good Old Yellow Pages” isn’t something to be proud of. But on the bright side, recently attending a function with many friends and family was nice, constantly complimented for looking great.

 

To be clear, Astrazeneca were NOT the supplier of the chemotherapy which consigned me to “normal”, nor do they seem to be the supplier of choice (here in Argyll) for Covid-19 boosters. Only the first injection back in 2000 was sourced from this UK company, all others since coming from Pfizer.

 

Astrazeneca Plc are one of the more impressive penny shares, current trading at around 11,158 pennies  at time of writing. Or more recognisably, £111 quid per share, thanks to strong Earnings in the second quarter of this year. Their share price behaviour has been assigned to successful cancer drugs and from a personal perspective, the last 15 years has seen astounding improvements in effectiveness, despite a residual hatred of a particular chemo which assigned me to live a “normal” life. While this may sound ungrateful from someone who happily spends hours at a desk, playing with software ideas and monitoring the markets, it took an age until the discovery of how (relatively) easy it could be to make successful wine. Alternately, there is always our shooting range and most recently, a vegetable garden plot is producing carrots, potatoes, peas, and questionable onions.

The immediate situation is interesting, suggesting share price movement above 11,225 should trigger a rise to an initial 12,001 and some very probable hesitation. Our secondary, should the 120 quid level be exceeded, calculates at an eventual 13,181 pence. Goodness knows how long such a movement may take as this secondary challenges the highs of 2024.

The share price needs dip below the 10,000p level to indicate trouble, giving a hint of coming weakness to an initial 9,187 with our secondary, if broken, at a less likely 8,132p.

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:30:04PM BRENT 7176.1 Success
10:50:16PM GOLD 3326.02 3307 3295 3282 3322 3334 3340 3351 3323
10:52:38PM FTSE 9140.4 9078 9051 9014 9101 9157 9169 9182 9122
10:54:37PM STOX50 5376 ‘cess
10:57:46PM GERMANY 24209.3 ‘cess
11:04:10PM US500 6373 ‘cess
11:07:10PM DOW 44631 Success
11:09:13PM NASDAQ 23329.3 Success
11:11:43PM JAPAN 40669

 

29/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9136 points. Change of 0.61%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,656,845,157 a change of 28.68%
28/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9081 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,395,992,123 a change of -22.42%
25/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9120 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,666,736,165 a change of 2.7%
24/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,517,760,836 a change of 0.27%
23/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9061 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,503,107,449 a change of 15.9%
22/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9023 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,748,177,940 a change of -18.75%
21/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9013 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,844,177,797 a change of 22.54%

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: 371.2 Percentage Change: + 2.77% Day High: 372.7 Day Low: 355.2

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LSE:GRG Greggs Close Mid-Price: 1567 Percentage Change: -4.74% Day High: 1640 Day Low: 1499

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 970 Percentage Change: + 1.06% Day High: 975.8 Day Low: 959.2

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LSE:ITM ITM Power Close Mid-Price: 58.2 Percentage Change: -11.01% Day High: 65.4 Day Low: 57.1

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 73.8 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 76.4 Day Low: 72.6

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1365.5 Percentage Change: + 2.32% Day High: 1366 Day Low: 1342

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M&G Plc (LSE:MNG), trading around 257p and hopeful.

#Gold #WallSt  We previously reviewed this back in April 2023, giving a couple of targets which the share price has finally achieved, needing only 27 months to enact a shuffle from 207p to our secondary at 252p. This is the sort of thing we dread from the company which grew out of Prudential, a characteristic of the sector “Assurance” sector being an assurance things will take an age to happen. Of course, from our perspective, there’s now an issue…

 

As the chart below shows, the share price has stalled at the 252 – 261p level since the middle of June. A peculiar facet of this sort of stutter is worth considering as we’ve an interesting take on it.

Firstly, the share price has stalled marginally above its prior highs in 2021, choosing to flutter around for a few weeks, perhaps while the share price gathers sufficient strength for another upward surge. Such a notion, while daft, remains something fairly common in price movements, when a rising cycle is planned. The reality of a price dithering around in a tight range for 3 to 12 weeks isn’t a surprise but what should come next generally will raise an eyebrow. If playing safe, above 261 should next trigger movement to an initial 280p with our secondary, if bettered, a longer term 306p. But cutting to the chase, we already suspect such a rise is on the cards, due to the current share price stutter, resulting in a situation where entering a trade anytime soon should pay dividends. Normally this situation shall experience a sharp rise, over a day or two, to our initial target, once the market has discovered a sufficient narrative to drive the rise.

If the share price decides to experiment with self flagellation, it needs move below 235p to potentially trigger trouble, calculating with an initial 216p with our secondary, if broken, at a hopeful bottom of 182p and a bounce!

Our biggest fear with this comes from the salient detail this potential future rise looks like a free gift. The UK market isn’t famed for giving away such levels of optimism.

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
9:57:32PM BRENT 6955
10:03:29PM GOLD 3314.6 3300 3281 3228 3319 3345 3363 3384 3326 ‘cess
10:09:45PM FTSE 9084.2 Shambles
11:16:35PM STOX50 5339 Success
11:21:55PM GERMANY 23989.7 Success
11:26:27PM US500 6394.7
11:29:53PM DOW 44869.1 44783 44748 44682 44864 44953 45043 45145 44843 Success
11:33:49PM NASDAQ 23384.3 ‘cess
11:36:21PM JAPAN 40814 ‘cess

 

28/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9081 points. Change of -0.43%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,395,992,123 a change of -22.42%
25/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9120 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,666,736,165 a change of 2.7%
24/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,517,760,836 a change of 0.27%
23/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9061 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,503,107,449 a change of 15.9%
22/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9023 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,748,177,940 a change of -18.75%
21/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9013 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,844,177,797 a change of 22.54%
18/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8992 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,769,021,038 a change of 5.9%

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:BARC Barclays. Close Mid-Price: 361.2 Percentage Change: + 0.19% Day High: 365.55 Day Low: 359.75

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LSE:RKH Rockhopper. Close Mid-Price: 73.8 Percentage Change: + 14.24% Day High: 74.6 Day Low: 64.6

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 302.6 Percentage Change: -1.11% Day High: 308.2 Day Low: 301

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LSE:SMT Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust. Close Mid-Price: 1083 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 1091.5 Day Low: 1082

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Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY) and the Formula 1 effect.

#Brent #Dax The most recent three weeks has seen Lloyds provide more entertainment than the Belgian Spa Grand Prix. The powers of Formula1 decided the motor race could not be run, due to rain, with the result the start was delayed and some work taken to sweep water off the track. Thus, viewers lost the entertainment of a “wet” race, the only saving grace when things eventually started being Louis Hamilton delivering a masterclass in how to overtake. But don’t get us wrong, Lloyds share price movements have been as boring as heck!

 

However, Friday ticked an early box promising movement as the situation remains of movement above 80p still targeting an initial 81.5p. It’s now the case where things shall become interesting with share price closure above 81.5p as while we can calculate 84p as possible, though far from impressive.  The Big Picture presents the scenario of movement to 93p in the fullness of time with an eventual 104p working out as possible sometime in the future, all being needed is the crucial closure above 81.5p.  It looks fairly obvious with our 81.5 and 84p targets, there’s certainly a chance of the share price pottering around for a while in such a zone. But overall, we already suspect a visit to 104p has already commenced.

Of course, there’s always the scenario of examining what may occur, if things go wrong for Lloyds.

Visually, we’d regard movement below 59p as risking triggering reversals, such a movement calculating with the potential of reversal to 45 with our secondary, if broken, at 42p. From glancing at the chart, there is certainly a strong suggestion of a bounce, should such a level make an appearance.

Risking being gullible, with Lloyds (as with Natwest and Barclays), we’re pretty optimistic for the future. And of course, next weekends race should be genuinely entertaining, a race I always miss-hear as the HungerGames Grand Prix.

 

 

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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
9:06:17PM BRENT 6755.7 6716 6571 6389 6906 7117 7192 7351 6816
9:08:51PM GOLD 3337.17
9:10:43PM FTSE 9143
9:14:05PM STOX50 5371.7
9:16:24PM GERMANY 24304 24063 23938 23729 24220 24320 24408 24523 24230
9:41:03PM US500 6393.5
9:44:57PM DOW 44891.6
9:48:02PM NASDAQ 23300.3
9:50:07PM JAPAN 41366
25/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9120 points. Change of -0.2%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,666,736,165 a change of 2.7%
24/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,517,760,836 a change of 0.27%
23/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9061 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,503,107,449 a change of 15.9%
22/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9023 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,748,177,940 a change of -18.75%
21/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9013 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,844,177,797 a change of 22.54%
18/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8992 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,769,021,038 a change of 5.9%
17/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8972 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,503,178,257 a change of -5.51%

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:LLOY Lloyds Grp.. Close Mid-Price: 79.04 Percentage Change: + 1.28% Day High: 80 Day Low: 77.08

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 306 Percentage Change: + 0.33% Day High: 305.6 Day Low: 302

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Our famed FTSE for Friday. Which might take longer…

#FTSE #Gold  Our insanely popular FTSE for FRIDAY encapsulates something so obvious, we often forget to mention it! While we throw around trigger levels and targets, we should really emphasise they’re not just for Friday. Assuming folks know we’re not Time Lords and nor do we drive DeLoreans, an inability to time travel shouldn’t be a difficult concept but when the FTSE hit our trigger level (from LAST Friday), the movement to 9075 still caught some users with surprise!

The bankable 79 points, while successful, still managed to take 3 days to achieve our upper target, largely thanks to the FTSE’s parsimonious daily movements until Wednesday of this week. Come Thursday, things appear to have changed as the UK index has now wandered into a zone where fairly strong upward travel has now become possible, perhaps even probable as long as our politicians and central bankers all go to Butlins for August, thus becoming unable to foul up the countries economy. We’re working on the basis “August” shall kick off this week, due to July running out of steam on Thursday.

 

Should this be the case, it’s now the case above 9179 points looks like the next major trigger for the relatively near term. In this scenario, above such a trigger level calculates with the potential of a lift to an initial 9282 points. Our longer term secondary works out at an astounding 9865 points, though our software warns of a hesitation potential at 9717 points.

But if we discuss the chart, there is a fly in the ointment.

Drawing a boring Red line from April of this year, the market has spent July slithering up a trend, carefully ensuring an uptrend hasn’t been broken. Should this engender optimism or should it warm of caution?  The blunt answer is we don’t know, there being no “warning shots” of dips below the trend line. Instead, market gains, while miserly, spent July paying homage to a trend line which makes absolutely no sense. If we treat the FTSE as a share, the lack of any dips below the trend imply a “gotcha” drop may not be ahead. Instead, substantial gains should be anticipated.

However,  below 9041 points could prove alarming, risking triggering reversal toward an initial 8816 points and a probable rebound. Our less likely secondary, should such a level break, works out at 8721 points.

 

Finally, it’s one of the better Grand Prix this weekend, often blessed with wet weather and always blessed with chaotic race rule interpretation.  But more importantly, our Sunday Grand Prix lunch cannot be influenced by the hosting country as Belgium isn’t famous for cuisine, aside from being the nation which probably invented what became known as French Fries. While personally, a Sunday lunch of Latte & Chips would be ideal, my wife tends have a different opinion and will doubtless conspire to serve Brussels Sprouts with Chips during the race…

 

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:01:02PM BRENT 6849.1 6848 6716 6911 7112 7182 6821 ‘cess
10:33:56PM GOLD 3368.17 3351 3329 3376 3392 3407 3372 ‘cess
11:42:28PM FTSE 9134 9096 9074 9120 9158 9168 9128 ‘cess
11:47:05PM STOX50 5351.7 5326 5288 5362 5372 5381 5354
11:50:56PM GERMANY 24278 24233 24119 24330 24425 24588 24240
11:53:22PM US500 6376.2 6355 6349 6368 6382 6530 6274 ‘cess
11:56:34PM DOW 44776.1 44665 44530 44811 45046 45105 44818 Shambles
11:58:35PM NASDAQ 23257 23043 22981 23170 23273 23287 23215

 

24/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9138 points. Change of 0.85%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,517,760,836 a change of 0.27%
23/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9061 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,503,107,449 a change of 15.9%
22/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9023 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,748,177,940 a change of -18.75%
21/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9013 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,844,177,797 a change of 22.54%
18/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8992 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,769,021,038 a change of 5.9%
17/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8972 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,503,178,257 a change of -5.51%
16/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8926 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,765,608,248 a change of -10.27%

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:BT.A British Telecom. Close Mid-Price: 220.2 Percentage Change: + 10.43% Day High: 221.2 Day Low: 199.4

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LSE:HSBA HSBC. Close Mid-Price: 960.9 Percentage Change: + 1.34% Day High: 968.6 Day Low: 954.5

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LSE:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 183 Percentage Change: + 0.99% Day High: 183 Day Low: 181.2

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LSE:ITV ITV. Close Mid-Price: 87.8 Percentage Change: + 13.29% Day High: 88.25 Day Low: 80.35

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury. Close Mid-Price: 305 Percentage Change: + 1.53% Day High: 304.8 Day Low: 298.6

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LSE:STAN Standard Chartered. Close Mid-Price: 1345.5 Percentage Change: + 1.39% Day High: 1361 Day Low: 1339

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 428 Percentage Change: + 0.00% Day High: 431.6 Day Low: 426.4

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LSE:VOD Vodafone. Close Mid-Price: 86.02 Percentage Change: + 3.44% Day High: 87.48 Day Low: 82.58

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Spirent Communications Plc (LSE:SPT) looking good.

#Brent #SP500 A few months ago, we published an optimistic outlook for Spirent, absolutely none of which has come to fruition! Instead, the share price has bumbled along, doing very little of actual interest. The really strange threat of takeover of the company is being clouded, due to some interesting news reports in recent weeks.

Companies such as UBS, Societe Generale, JPMorgan, and Barclays has been buying into Spirent in sufficient quantities which demand a public report, an RNS, is released. While we’d love to suggest such a collection of luminaries could be relied upon  to provide a reliable indication as to share price direction, historically they’ve all be guilty of some fairly large “oops” moments when trading shares, therefore reducing our confidence in their interest. Plus, there’s always the risk these predators will off-load their shareholdings in small increments, taking advantage of price movements due to buying frenzies from folks who think they’re getting in at the bottom of something good.

Should this be the corporate strategy, there are early signs they’ve made a mistake. Spirent share price is finally giving off some signs it’s about to move!

 

From a relatively near term perspective, it looks like movement above 201p should trigger a share price surge to an initial 205p with our secondary, if bettered, a more profitable 215p. Such a movement is liable to prove significant, creating a situation where recovery to an eventual 289p shall be regarded as a viable ambition. In such a scenario, there’s a reasonable probability 238p shall provide some hesitation is a longer term growth map, the share price stalling at a level previously achieved back in 2023.

To cancel such a potential, the share needs wither below 187p.

Share price movement below 187p looks a bit troubling, calculating with the potential of reversal to an initial 180p with our secondary, if broken, at 172p and a price level where some sort of bounce is expected.

For now, we’re inclined to favour market movements which indicate optimism, rather than questionable corporate manoeuvres. We’re fascinated at some of Spirent’s activities and a bit puzzled at the lack of real movement in their share price. But overall, we’re still interested, especially due to recent price movements.

 

FUTURES

FUTURES

Time Issued Market Price At Issue Short Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Long Entry Fast Exit Slow Exit Stop Prior
10:59:12PM BRENT 6793.1 6723 6670 6543 6775 6828 6864 6911 6762
11:01:30PM GOLD 3386.23
11:04:05PM FTSE 9111.4 Success
11:08:36PM STOX50 5418.2 Success
11:11:06PM GERMANY 24515.6
11:14:08PM US500 6367.4 6316 6295 6270 6340 6371 6376 6386 6355
11:17:38PM DOW 44897.6 Success
11:21:05PM NASDAQ 23244 Success
11:23:41PM JAPAN 41659 Success

 

23/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9061 points. Change of 0.42%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,503,107,449 a change of 15.9%
22/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9023 points. Change of 0.11%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,748,177,940 a change of -18.75%
21/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 9013 points. Change of 0.23%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,844,177,797 a change of 22.54%
18/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8992 points. Change of 0.22%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,769,021,038 a change of 5.9%
17/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8972 points. Change of 0.52%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,503,178,257 a change of -5.51%
16/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8926 points. Change of -0.13%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 4,765,608,248 a change of -10.27%
15/07/2025 FTSE Closed at 8938 points. Change of -0.67%. Total value traded through LSE was: £ 5,311,247,266 a change of 37.8%

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:IPF International Personal Finance. Close Mid-Price: 181.2 Percentage Change: + 0.55% Day High: 181.8 Day Low: 180

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LSE:OPG OPG Power Ventures. Close Mid-Price: 9.15 Percentage Change: + 2.81% Day High: 9.15 Day Low: 8.9

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LSE:SBRY Sainsbury Close Mid-Price: 300.4 Percentage Change: -0.33% Day High: 303 Day Low: 298.8

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LSE:TSCO Tesco. Close Mid-Price: 428 Percentage Change: + 0.45% Day High: 429.8 Day Low: 423.3

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