FTSE for Friday: where next for the blue-chip index?
Independent analyst Alistair Strang publishes his latest forecasts for the premier index.
24th April 2026 09:12
by Alistair Strang from interactive investor
Above 10,524 should trigger movement to an initial 10,583 with our secondary, if beaten, at 10,657 points.
This secondary, matching market highs since the start of April, is almost certain to provoke market hesitation. It looks like the FTSE 100 will need above 10,690 points to provoke the upward cycle, which is apparently coming.
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If things intend to go wrong for the FTSE, below 10,358 risks triggering reversal down to an initial 10,196 with our secondary, if broken, down at 10,034 along with the potential for a rebound.
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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