Are Barclays shares about to accelerate?
Independent analyst Alistair Strang examines prospects for the blue-chip bank after a ‘pit lane’ August.
27th August 2025 07:39
by Alistair Strang from Trends and Targets
Barclays managed to spend August in the pit lane of share prices, essentially doing absolutely nothing of interest while creating a pretence of movement.
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The immediate situation for Barclays (LSE:BARC) suggests movements above 378.5 should now bring a share price rise to an initial 385p with our “longer term” secondary, if bettered, at a more useful 397p. This secondary value is quite significant, representing a price level where we suspect some volatility will prove almost essential.
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Should things intend to go pear-shaped for Barclays, below 364 risks proving troublesome, capable of triggering share price reversals to an initial 343p with our secondary, if broken, at 330p and hopefully a bottom.
Our inclination is to assume that Barclays’ share price will extend upwards to just below the £4 level, and then reverse!
Alistair Strang has led high-profile and "top secret" software projects since the late 1970s and won the original John Logie Baird Award for inventors and innovators. After the financial crash, he wanted to know "how it worked" with a view to mimicking existing trading formulas and predicting what was coming next. His results speak for themselves as he continually refines the methodology.
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