FTSE for Friday: is the blue-chip index heading for a hot spell?
Independent analyst Alistair Strang detects a ‘slightly’ elevated heartbeat in the premier index.
26th June 2026 09:22
by Alistair Strang from Trends and Targets
There are now signs some confidence is entering the marketplace with many shares starting to display a “slightly” elevated heartbeat. Perhaps, the temperature of the market is finally about to head up and do something useful.
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For the FTSE 100, it’s apparently the case where we should anticipate movement above 10,576 triggering market recovery to an initial 10,696 points. Our secondary for the longer term (ie; next week) is 10,882 points. This is assuming the market behaves according to our rules, a scenario which presents a stop loss level at 10,383 points, wide but a reasonable risk/reward calculation.
If things intend to go horribly wrong, below 10,383 risks promoting trouble, calculating with an initial 10,266 points with our secondary, if broken, at 10,104 points.
Source: Trends and Targets. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
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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